Brent Houston

I began my career as a stock and option trader on the Chicago Board of Options Exchange and the Pacific Coast Options Exchange. I then co-founded Mr. Stock, an online brokerage firm that catered to sophisticated traders and option advisory services. After selling Mr. Stock, I took a senior position with Datek Online Financial Services. I oversaw a 50 person trading desk that accounted for nearly 2% of the entire NASDAQ volume. With the sale of Datek to Ameritrade, I returned to California to co-found two private lending companies The Helvetica Group and Bridgelock Capital/BLC Servicing. A funding partnership with Peak Capital Group enabled me to successfully manage a profitable real estate portfolio during one of the most toxic real estate periods (2006 - 2009). Currently, I am co-founder and Managing Partner of NextGEN Real Estate Corp.