Jay Rollins is a Managing Principal and Co-Founder of JCR. In this position he leads the firm strategy and investment policy.
From 1999 to 2005, Mr. Rollins was a Managing Director at GMAC Commercial Mortgage and ran a 500 million high yield investment program.
Prior to GMAC, Mr. Rollins was the President and Founder of Eastern Realty Corporation, an “RTC era” real estate investment company.
Mr. Rollins is a frequent writer, speaker and guest lecturer on the topic of real estate finance. He has written numerous articles on the topic of commercial real estate finance. In July 2007, his article “As Good As It Gets” was published in the National Real Estate Investor calling the top of the market. Mr. Rollins recently published a handbook on how to invest in commercial real estate, title “Commercial Real Estate Uncovered”. The book can be found on Amazon.
Mr. Rollins holds an MBA, specializing in Finance, from George Washington University and a BS in Finance and Marketing from Virginia Tech.