Welcome to GRID Long Island 495 Group
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Who we are
Founded February 2023
Welcome! GRID Long Island 495 Group is a real estate investment community based in Riverhead, NY—built by investors for investors. We are a group of real people doing real deals in our local marketplace.
Our core mission is to connect to, learn from, and collaborate with like-minded people interested in growing their businesses and creating long-term wealth.
We welcome investors of all experience levels. We are life-long learners and believe everyone has value to share.
How it works
We meet once a month, 12 months a year, on the same day, week, and time of the month.
Each month we cover a different investing topic in the lifecycle of an investor—ranging from wholesaling to rehabbing to becoming a bank through private lending.
Our meetings are not sales pitches.
They are opportunities for us to dive deep into a real estate topic, connect with local experts in our marketplace, and build long-term relationships with other doers.
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Meet the GRID Community Leaders
About Sean
Sean is a Long Island native, born and raised in Riverhead, NY, and the youngest of four siblings.
During his school years, Sean was an avid athlete participating in wrestling, football, and golf. After high school, he studied business in Las Vegas and also played rugby for UNLV.
After college, Sean went to work in construction with the family business. Always driven and self-motivated, Sean opened his own company in 2000 eventually focusing on residential construction. Sean is a husband and father to three children and finds his family to be life's most rewarding achievement and motivation for success.
When not on the job site, you may find him spending weekends with is family enjoying boat trips around Long Island. Sean’s primary hobbies include offshore fishing and golfing. Above all, he balances work and time with friends and family.
" Don't count the days, make the days count" - M.A.
About Joshua
Joshua was born and raised on Long Island, NY, leaving only to serve our nation in the United States Army both at home and abroad.
His education and professional experiences are extensive and broad-based, all leading to a tireless dedication to his clients, customers, and team members.
Joshua's military service includes time serving as a Senior Human Resources Manager with the famed 101st Airborne Division at Ft. Campbell, KY, and the Virginia National Guard Human Resources Command Serving as a Special Projects Team Leader, publishing a career development handbook for Non-Commissioned Officers, and as a Training Manager and Instructor at the Virginia Army National Guard Officer Candidate School. These experiences taught Joshua what it truly means to serve, and he brings this same sense of duty to his clients. Joshua applies a military work ethic to each transaction-regardless of size and scope-and works tirelessly to help his clients realize their goals.
Joshua is well-known for his broad understanding of real estate, personal approach to supporting his buyers and sellers, and business acumen gained through his undergraduate degree in Human Resources- as well as his current pursuit of an MBA in Project Management-both earned from Grantham University. Joshua's real estate career spans nearly 15 years and includes lending experience with CitiFinancial selling both mortgages and personal loans, and an extensive real estate appraisal career completing over 1,000 valuations covering all of Long Island, the five boroughs, Westchester, Rockland, and Orange County New York. Joshua also served as an Operations Manager of a privately-owned real estate sales and development firm on the North Fork of Long Island managing a sizable distressed asset portfolio, traditional real estate sales department, and contracting and development division specializing in renovation and resale, new construction, permit expediting and land use.
Joshua's encyclopedic knowledge of the housing market along with his real estate appraisal, distressed asset management, and mortgage lending experience allows him to approach real estate from a unique perspective few others can offer. Joshua joined Douglas Elliman in 2018 as a branch manager where he uses his servant leadership style to support his agents in delivering a buying or selling experience that exceeds customer expectations.
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Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Douglas Elliman Real Estate is backed by over a century’s worth of insights and expertise. Above all, we are passionate about delivering unparalleled experiences. From sales, rentals, and new development to mortgages and title insurance, our agents are relentless advocates for our clients.
Our team is the top in the industry—they have access to the best and most reliable information and education, allowing them to expertly advise at every stage. Douglas Elliman leads the New York real estate market by sales volume and ranks as one of the nation’s largest independent residential real estate brokerages by the same measure completing nearly 60,000 rental and sales transaction annually with a company volume of $51 billion in total volume.
Benchmark Construction Management
Benchmark Construction Management, LLC is a custom home builder specializing in the design and build of residential luxury homes with a renovation and construction management arm as well. Benchmark prides itself in delivering a high-quality product and while keeping value and efficiency at the forefront of the conversation. Benchmark offers solutions and support before, during, and after construction completion.
Additionally, Benchmark partners with investors in Real-estate development using lessons learned from the management of Benchmark’s own multimillion-dollar real estate portfolio and the tens of millions under its care currently. If you are looking for a partner, consultant, and advocate, Benchmark sets the standard from which all others are measured.
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What people are saying
Very impressed. Probably the best content packed REI club meeting I’ve been to. If you are investing in real estate you have to join this group. Great assortment of industry professionals in the group as well.
— Whitney Sewell
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Phenomenal. These guys are the REAL DEAL and exactly who you want to associate yourself with to be successful in real estate investing. Honest, upfront, and experts at what they do I cannot recommend them more highly. From the moment I stepped into my first meetup (6 months ago) they have been nothing short of a class act. Very informative and lots of serious investors, wholesalers, lenders, contractors. As they say, the power is in the network and they have a great one.
— David Townsend
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GRID is exactly the kind of group I had been looking for as a new investor with a lot of questions and not sure who to trust for answers.
— Elise Browning
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