Jay McKee | Source | Founder and CEO at Lessen Property Management

Jay McKee is the founder and CEO of Lessen, a two-sided marketplace that connects real estate owners to property services such as renovations, maintenance, and cleaning on one side, and service providers to high-quality, well-defined projects with next-day payments on the other. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona with offices in Seattle and Miami, Lessen is currently the fastest-growing startup in the real estate services market. With nearly two decades of experience in construction management, real estate development, and strategic sales for small start-up technology operations, consulting companies, and home builders, Jay has played an essential role in building Arizona’s real estate landscape. Previously, Jay served as COO of Colony American Homes, where he was responsible for supporting the strategic business goals set forth by the organization. Prior to that, he was the founder and CEO of Vineyard Services where he was responsible for building the executive and delivery team of one of the largest REO Services companies in the United States. In this role, Jay was able to secure relationships with large GSE organizations, national banks, and several private equity firms seeking to rehab REO properties.