E61: Heidi Burkhart- A Force to be reckoned with

Heidi Burkhart is the President and Founder of Dane Real Estate
(“Dane”). Ms. Burkhart formed Dane, the affordable housing real
estate brokerage, in 2008 when she was 26. Dane is the only
woman-owned and operated brokerage in NYC, and a respected brand
nationwide in affordable housing. Today the company has
facilitated closings in excess of 20,000 affordable housing units
and over $2.5 billion in transactions. Dane has had tremendous
success rehabilitating properties nationwide but focuses heavily
on the NYC area, such as properties in the Bronx, Brooklyn,
Staten Island and New Jersey. Most notably Ms. Burkhart brokered
one of the first preservation projects in the nation utilizing
the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program, which included
the issuance of a new 20-year, Section 8 Project-Based Rental
Assistance (PBRA) contract. Ms. Burkhart has used her business
success as a platform for affordable housing and economic
development. She has contributed to publications including Real
Estate Weekly, The New York Real Estate Journal, The Real Deal,
Brick Underground, City and State, City Limits and Chief
Executive to champion the need for affordable housing, address
the state of the industry and speak to its future. She is also a
frequent guest on BronxNet TV and a contributor for The
Huffington Post. Throughout her career Ms. Burkhart has won
numerous awards for her business, civic and charitable endeavors.
Ms. Burkhart was awarded the 2016 Entrepreneur of the Year award
at The Stevie Awards for Women in Business. She also received The
2016 Golden Bridge Award-Silver Winner Best Entrepreneur/Founder
Woman. She received the ISPA Innovator Award 2014 for the
“#BlankCancer” program she created to bring a louder voice, their
own voice, to the fight against cancer. In 2013 she was selected
as one of Affordable Housing Finance’s Rising Star’s. Ms.
Burkhart graduated from the University of Toledo with a BS in
business.


Learn more about Heidi at:


https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-burkhart-475216a/


 


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