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Chief Denney
CEO Statewide | Acquisitions & Investment Program Management

Professional Summary

In 1989, Mr. Denney founded Statewide Financial Services, a company specializing in real estate investment and speculation, as well as, residential and hard money lending.  Throughout his illustrious career in real estate investment and finance, Mr. Denney has also founded several other companies, including:  Purpose Built Investments™, a company that partners with key developers across the U.S. to market single family and multi-unit residences to investors; The September Group which is a real estate acquisitions and holding company; GoZoneSource.com which provides Go Zone investment and tax opportunities to qualified investors; and Stand & Deliver, a marketing company that provides educational presentations to a variety of audiences. 

Mr. Denney has been recognized throughout the real estate investment industry for his unique approach to structuring deals.   Having actively worked on transactions in the states of California, Texas, Florida, Mississippi, Tennessee, Hawaii, Nevada, Alabama to name just a few, his experience in varying market conditions is quite vast. 

His expertise is also far-reaching in that he has worked with REOs, NODs, trustee sales, FSBOs, no-money down transactions, lease options, discounted notes, bulk REO purchases, foreclosures and pre-foreclosures, assignment of contracts, commercial transactions, market evaluations and timing, Performa evaluations, acquisition structuring, portfolio analysis and positioning, single and multi-family transactions, disposition strategies, builder bail-outs, and syndications.

Mr. Denney has originated more than 600 residential and commercial mortgages totaling over $210 million dollars worth of funding and has been active in over 60 private placements. 

In addition to his company Statewide Financial Services and various other business entities, Mr. Denney is the co-founder and Managing Director of CBRIS Partners, LLC, a real estate investment company focused on the acquisition, rehabilitation and disposition of distressed real estate assets across the country.

Education, Distinctions & Community Involvement

Mr. Denney is a 1990 graduate of The New School of Architecture with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture. 

As a resident of Rancho Santa Fe, Mr. Denney is actively involved in a variety of community activities volunteering much of his time to the local school and coaching youth sports.  He resides with his wife and his two children and enjoys performance car racing, traveling abroad, playing guitar and entertaining friends.  Mr. Denney has also been an active fundraiser for charitable causes such as the Victims of Katrina and Victims of the Tsunami.

His success in real estate investing has led Mr. Denney to become a well-respected pioneer.  He has been a featured guest on television and radio on the topics of real estate and wealth building.  He has traveled the country as a keynote speaker making presentations to investment clubs, professional organizations and educational seminar audiences.  He has shared the stage with such noted visionaries as Dr. Denis Waitley, T. Harv Eker, Robert Allen, Mark Victor Hansen, and many more.

Recent Project Summary:

-30+ single family residential homes REO acquisition and disposition in Memphis, TN

-25+ single family residential homes trustee sales acquisition/disposition in Las Vegas, NV

-Joint venture development project- 96 townhouse units in Gulfport, MS

-Joint venture development project- 160 condo units, Panama City Beach, FL

-Joint venture development project- 20 unit duplex project in Gulfport, MS

-Joint venture development project- 204 unit condo conversion in Ocean Springs, MS

-Joint venture development project- 350 homes w/ 2 18-hole golf courses in CA

-Joint venture development project- 92 condo units in N. Gulfport, MS

-Joint venture development project- 189 townhouse units in Gulf Shore, AL

-Joint venture development project- 34 duplexes/ 7 homes in N. Gulfport, AL

-Joint venture development project- 14 unit duplex in Biloxi, MS

-Joint venture development project- 81 unit condo conversion in Mobile, AL

-Joint venture development project- 64 unit duplex in Houston, TX

Robert Pabian
CBRIS Partners | Acquisitions and Investment Program Management

Professional Summary

With more than 30 years experience in real state development and marketing, Mr. Pabian took the helm of the Imperial Companies in 2003 with a focus on real estate acquisition and developing along the Gulf Coast.  The primary goal of Imperial is to provide workforce housing in demographically upscale markets along the coasts of Florida, Alabama and Mississippi.  Projects include all forms of housing from single family, to townhomes to condominiums.

His leadership provides the vision that ensures that the development sites, as well as any distressed assets, provide investment opportunities to investors with cash flow, below market pricing, appreciation, tax incentives, market strength, growth potential and a positive exit strategy.  When working with investors his objective is to provide a full range of services beyond just offering successful investment opportunities.  His company also offers a list of approved and proven property managers, real estate appraisers, surveyors, insurance agents and home inspectors.  

Mr. Pabian began his entrepreneurial career back in 1975 when he built 16 commercial convenience food stores and bought Phillips and Texaco distributorships in order to also supply gasoline.  He continued on to the billboard industry where he built over 1,000 billboards from Georgia to Florida and Mississippi.  He sold those assets to LAMAR advertising, including land, structures and accounts in 1999.  Throughout his distinguished career, he has actively acquired and rehabilitated many properties that are then sold for a healthy profit.

In addition to his various development projects and running his company Imperial, Mr. Pabian and Mr. Denney co-founded CBRIS Partners, LLC, a real estate investment company focused on the acquisition, rehabilitation and disposition of distressed real estate assets across the country primarily through trustee sales.

Education, Distinctions & Community Involvement

Mr. Pabian graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics.

He resides in Gulf Breeze, Florida with his wife Kris who is also actively involved in the daily operations of all real estate investment endeavors.  Both Mr. Pabian and his wife are active in their local community.   Mr. Pabian is an avid aviator having earned his pilots license in 1995.  He enjoys traveling to new destinations as well as spending quality time with his 4 adult children and 3 grandchildren.  

Recent Project Summary:

-30+ single family residential homes REO acquisition and disposition in Memphis, TN

-25+ single family residential homes trustee sales acquisition and disposition in Las Vegas, NV

-Developed a 65 lot subdivision on Lake Sinclair in Milledgeville,GA

-Joint venture development project- 96 townhouse units in Gulfport, MS

-Joint venture development project- 20 unit duplex project in Gulfport, MS

-Joint venture development project- 92 condo units in N. Gulfport, MS

-Joint venture development project- 189 townhouse units in Gulf Shore, AL

-Joint venture development project- 34 duplexes/ 7 homes in N. Gulfport, AL

-Joint venture development project- 14 unit duplex in Biloxi, MS

-Joint venture development project- 81 unit condo conversion in Mobile, AL