David Sobelman
Chairman of the Board of Directors, President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and Assistant Treasurer
David Sobelman serves as chairman of our Board and our President, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary, and Assistant Treasurer. He founded Generation Income Properties, Inc. after serving almost 13 years in different capacities within the net lease commercial real estate market. In June 2017, Mr. Sobelman started 3 Properties, a commercial real estate brokerage firm focused solely on the net lease market. Mr. Sobelman has held various roles within the single tenant, net lease commercial real estate investment market, including investor, asset manager, broker, owner, analyst and advisor. In 2005, David began working with Calkain Companies LLC, a real estate brokerage and advisory firm. During his tenure, Calkain grew from two employees to over 40, and became one of the leading single tenant, net lease firms in the country. Prior to Mr. Sobelman’s career in single tenant, net lease investments, he served as a member of The White House staff, and was subsequently appointed to work for the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Sobelman wrote The Little Book of Triple Net Lease Investing, a leading book on the single tenant, triple-net lease investment market, which is currently in its second edition. Mr. Sobelman is a featured speaker at conferences in the United States and abroad and has been quoted in articles in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune and various regional real estate trade publications. Mr. Sobelman received a bachelor of science degree from the University of Florida and is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School Executive Education Real Estate Management Program. Mr. Sobelman is a board member for the University of Florida Foundation.
Ron Cook
Vice President of Accounting
With extensive experience in finance and accounting, Mr. Cook is a financial professional who serves as the Vice President of Accounting for Generation Income Properties leading the accounting functions at the firm. Mr. Cook has held executive and financial leadership roles over the past 10 years in consulting, family office and real estate private equity and is adept at strategic planning, financial reporting and modeling, data and market analysis, and forecasting.
Highlights of his career include leading as CFO, leading IPO initiatives, buy-side and sell-side due diligence engagements, and acquisition integrations, as well as overseeing and managing a $3B real estate development portfolio.