Brad Sumrok
Strategic Advisor
Dianne C. Essary
Marketing Manager & Assistant Underwriter
Dianne is responsible for developing marketing strategies, generating new business leads, and analyzing trends. Dianne has earned her BBA in Management from the University of Texas at Arlington. In addition, Dianne has experience conducting analysis and pro forma creation on multifamily real estate investments.
Aaron E. Essary
Director of Acquisitions & Asset Management (Acquisition Team)
Lift Equity welcomed Aaron Essary who joined the team in 2022. Aaron oversees all the deal sourcing, negotiation, acquisition, and portfolio management. Aaron owns his own real estate company and brings contract negotiation and serves as lender liasion. In terms of financing, Aaron has extensive experience in budgeting and expense control. Aaron has served as Accounting Manager in the private sector for the last six years.
Aaron earned his BBA in Finance from the University of Texas. He is an innate investor and has been investing in real estate since 2015.
H. Frank Essary MBA
Founder, President
H. Frank Essary is the founder and president of Lift Equity who oversees all aspects of the business operations including property acquisitions, asset management, and accounting.
Frank is a lifelong real estate professional and has owned single-family homes and duplexes in Southern Illinois along with being a successful landman. He relocated to Texas where he was introduced to multifamily investing in 2012 and has since solo-owned and asset-managed a 118-unit property in Texas which he later sold with high capital gains. He later joined the Sumrok Apartment Mastery Personal Mentoring Program in 2019 and is evaluating properties for syndication or joint venturing.