Hunter Estess with Dash Development is a seasoned real estate investor, contractor, developer, and entrepreneur. Learning from his father, Hunter started his real estate career in the family business as a teenager in the early 2000’s. Hunter has extensive experience in property valuation and acquisition; multiple, simultaneous capital expenditure real estate new construction projects; property leasing and management; financing and refinancing; syndication, fundraising and financial selling; and marketing and property sales.
Hunter has owned, repositioned and deposed for profit multiple properties in Louisiana. Over the past two years, under the mentorship of nationally-acclaimed multi-family experts Michael Blank and Vinney Chopra, Hunter has expanded his predominately single-family real estate portfolio to investments in over 400 multi-family units in the Gulf Coast area. Most recently as a lead sponsor, Hunter syndicated and closed the 3.7 million dollar acquisition of a 56 unit apartment complex in New Orleans financed through a Freddie Mac loan and is currently repositioning the property through a significant value-add rehab budget and top-notch, third-party property management.
Hunter Estess is a 2006 graduate of LSU with a degree from the College of Engineering, with a focus on Construction Management. He is very involved in his church, as he teaches 2nd grade Sunday School class, and has lead multiple small groups. Hunter also volunteers as a assistant coach for the state championship wrestling team.
Hunter married Melissa Estess in 2009 and have two kids, Harrison (3) and Emory (2). Melissa is also an entrepreneur. She is the owner of the Bridal Boutique by Maeme, which has been awarded five straight years as Boutique of the Year by theKnot.com.
