Jeff focuses on real estate loan origination principally in Arizona and in the Rocky Mountain region.

He brings 28 years of experience to NXT Capital, including originating over $2 billion in structured real estate debt in the southwest. Most recently, Jeff owned Teetsel Properties, LLC, where he was the development manager for a 550,000 square-foot mixed-use development. Jeff’s background also includes serving as a Senior Vice President and Regional Manager for iStar Financial Inc., where he spent over 12 years originating real estate debt over a multi-state region.

Previously, Jeff was a Senior Vice President for a private development firm in Phoenix, where he was responsible for managing 1,000,000 square feet of office space and serving as the development manager for a variety of large mixed-use and master planned community projects. Prior to that, Jeff was a Senior Manager and Director of Real Estate Valuation for Ernst & Young Kenneth Leventhal Real Estate Group’s Pacific Northwest region and an Assistant Vice President for Wells Fargo Bank.

Jeff earned a B.S. in Real Estate and Business Law from Pennsylvania State University.