Michael H. Zaransky is founder and managing principal of the real estate development and investment firm, MZ Capital Partners. MZ Capital Partners has been recognized by INC Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in America by placement on the INC 500 list as well as the Best Place to Work in Multifamily by the National Apartment Association. Michael has a wide range of real estate, banking, and financial experience. Michael is a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council, the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO-Gold), the National Apartment Association, and the Urban Land Institute. MZ Capital Partners multifamily developments have received numerous industry awards and recognition including the NAIOP Multifamily Development of the Year Award. Zaransky is a James Scholar graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and earned his J.D. at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Michael has published numerous articles and lectured nationally on real estate investment. His real estate investment books “Profit by Investing in Student Housing” and “Purchase Rehab, and Reposition Commercial Investment Property,” real estate category best sellers, were published by Kaplan Publishing and are sold in major bookstores and online booksellers. Active in numerous trade, civic, and professional associations, Michael serves on the Board of Directors of the Crown Family Foundation and, as a past Board Chair, on the Board of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago/Jewish United Fund, one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the nation.