Murray, Brian: - Brian Murray is the best-selling author of Crushing It in Apartments and Commercial Real Estate and a real estate investor with more than thirteen years of experience. Without raising any outside capital, Brian bootstrapped his way from newbie investor to founder and CEO of Washington Street Properties, a commercial real estate investment and property management company that has been ranked on the Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing private companies for five years. In 2015, Brian was recognized with a Gold Stevie Award for Executive of the Year in the real estate industry. He is also the key principal and asset manager for Open Door Capital, a real estate investment firm that helps clients achieve superior returns through the acquisition of value-add manufactured housing communities. He currently lives in Alpharetta, a city just north of Atlanta, Georgia.