The company’s founders have 50 years combined experience in real estate investing and mortgage placements in Western Canada. Prior to forming Alta Pacific, two of the company’s founders – Steve Froese and Dan Weiss – held ownership positions in a Calgary based Mortgage Investment Corporation (MIC). After 5 years of attaining 10-13% annual returns, Froese and Weiss partnered with BC based Brad Unrau and Ches Hagen to launch Alta Pacific.
Brad Unrau – Brad is currently among the top 2% of licensed Mortgage Brokers in the fastest growing Mortgage Broker firm in Canada; Dominion Lending Centres (headquarters in Vancouver, British Columbia). Brad reached the “top 10 brokers by lending volume” in the 1,500+ broker firm in his first year of joining the company. He achieved this through aggressive relationship building with his vast reach of existing investment partners and contacts in Western Canada. Brad has extensive experience in the acquisition, financing and management of residential and commercial real estate in B.C. and Alberta. Brad was first licensed in British Columbia as a CREA® licensed Realtor® in 1994 and continues to hold his Real Estate license as well as his Mortgage Broker license.
Steve Froese – Steve is co-founder and partner in Alta Pacific as well as Dominion Properties – based in Edmonton Alberta. In the mid to late 90s, Steve was a Realtor and part owner of Windermere Realty in Abbotsford, BC. Steve has general contracted residential and commercial projects in BC and Alberta; he owns and manages a commercial mortgage portfolio, has built 17 spa locations across Western Canada and the USA, and owns multiple poultry farms in Western Canada. Steve has over 15 years experience in residential and commercial real estate and brings great knowledge and wisdom to Alta Pacific.
Dan Weiss – Dan is partner and director with Alta Pacific as well as Dominion Properties in Edmonton. Dan is a licensed realtor with Re/Max River City in Edmonton Alberta and excels as a top performer. Dan has over 20 years experience in residential and commercial real estate across Alberta and the Western Canadian market. Dan brings vast experience in real estate procurement and property development to Alta Pacific.
Ches Hagen – In addition to being a partner in Alta Pacific, Ches is the co-founder of a Saskatoon based software company – VendAsta Technologies Inc. Prior to VendAsta, Ches was Chief Operating Officer with Point2 Technologies Inc. – ranked as “Canada’s #1 e-Commerce Company” by the Globe and Mail in 2001. In addition, Ches has experience in the acquisition and management of residential real estate in British Columbia. Ches is educated at British Columbia Institute of Technology.
