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Who we are
Founded January 2025
Welcome! GRID Virginia Beach is a real estate investment community based in Virginia Beach, VA—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 Kristina
Real estate is more than my career—it’s something I’ve built with intention, resilience, and heart.
As a Virginia Beach native with over 20 years of sales and customer experience, I bring proven strategy, strong communication, and genuine care to every client relationship. I was first drawn to real estate for the flexibility it offered while raising my children, but it quickly became a true passion. After successfully balancing real estate alongside a full-time career early on, I went all in by the end of 2018 and haven’t looked back.
I’m known for being highly communicative, detail-oriented, and fiercely committed to my clients’ goals. Whether buying or selling, I work to create a process that feels organized, transparent, and far less stressful.
I’m proud to be a 3x ICON Achiever, 3x President’s Club winner, and ranked in the top 1% of agents in Hampton Roads. Today, I lead a growing real estate team serving clients throughout VA and NC.
Community involvement is close to my heart. As a breast cancer survivor, I’m passionate about raising awareness and funds each fall to support research for women’s cancers. When I’m not working, you’ll find me at the gym, in the kitchen, reading, out on the water, or spending time with my family. I’m a proud mom of two—my son works in cybersecurity and my daughter is in her third year of college studying business and real estate—along with our two fur babies, Tucker and Lexi.
About Markale
Markale Jordan is a real estate investor, licensed real estate professional, and entrepreneur specializing in off-market acquisitions, distressed properties, and creative real estate transactions throughout Hampton Roads and the surrounding Virginia and North Carolina markets.
Born and raised in North Carolina, Markale moved frequently during his childhood before his family eventually settled in Concord, North Carolina, during his early teenage years. He later attended Western Carolina University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in Business.
Markale began his real estate career in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. He joined New Western, one of the nation’s largest real estate investment brokerages, where he initially worked in dispositions before transitioning into acquisitions. During his nearly three-year tenure, he helped facilitate millions of dollars in investment property transactions across North Carolina and Virginia.
In 2022, Markale played a role in helping establish New Western’s Virginia Beach office and continued developing his expertise in the Hampton Roads investment market. By the end of 2023, he had become a top-producing investment agent, generating more than $4 million in transaction volume and helping produce more than $700,000 in wholesale fees during his time with the company.
After leaving New Western, Markale worked as an acquisitions specialist for multiple established home-buying companies throughout Hampton Roads. That experience allowed him to further develop his skills in seller negotiations, property analysis, creative deal structuring, and acquiring homes directly from homeowners.
After spending a year helping other investors and companies grow their businesses, Markale decided to build his own. In 2024, he founded Hampton Roads House Solutions, a locally focused real estate investment company that provides homeowners with straightforward solutions for selling properties as-is.
Since entering the industry, Markale has participated in approximately $10 million in real estate transaction volume and generated more than $1.4 million in fees through wholesaling, acquisitions, and creative off-market real estate transactions.
Today, Hampton Roads House Solutions continues to grow, with Markale currently completing approximately two to three real estate transactions per month. As the company enters its next stage of growth, his focus is on expanding its presence throughout the Hampton Roads, building a team in 2027, and creating a company capable of helping more homeowners while continuing to provide opportunities for investors throughout the region.
Markale’s approach to real estate is built around understanding the individual situation behind every property. Whether working with a distressed homeowner, landlord, agent, investor, or someone simply looking for a more convenient way to sell, his goal is to create practical solutions that make sense for everyone involved.
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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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