Living At the Intersection of Business & Commercial Real Estate
commercial broker. business owner/operator. business buyer. commercial real estate investor. planning commissioner.
Our services
Commercial Brokerage Services
I help businesses and investors find the best asset and project for the chapter they’re in, nationwide. I’m local to the Golden State and the San Francisco Bay Area but continue to serve clients frequently out of state. I serve experienced investors looking to trade, beginners looking to get into their first asset, and business owners looking to expand or shrink their footprints.
Business Acquisitions
I’m experienced in identifying, underwriting, negotiating, and operating established businesses. One of my greatest passions is helping others create a strategic plan to do the same. As a consultant, I work with clients from initial planning through operational transitions. Buying a business is quite easy; learning how to pivot operationally and hold the margin is where things get challenging.
If you’re interested in business acquisitions, book a discovery call or a 1:1 to learn how we can help you prepare, evaluate your deal, create a due diligence guide, or dive into operational transitions after the acquisition.
Commercial Investment Consultations
Experienced in commercial facility acquisitions, ownership, and management, I help investors learn the nuances between residential and commercial investments and how to prepare them to 1031 out of their residential portfolios or simply dive right into commercial assets. One commercial asset can provide the returns that twenty residential homes do. They also provide different protections for landlords via NNN leases, among a myriad of other lease structures. If you’re curious how you can eke your way into commercial real estate investing, book a call here.
hi there, i’m Daniella Devine
I cut my teeth as the 3rd generation of my family’s business. After being the first to earn a bachelor’s degree in my family, I was hit by the 2008 economic crash. Getting that dream job became impossible. My Dad told me a job at ‘the shop’ was waiting, and hesitantly, I took him up on it. I had been sweeping floors of his industrial warehouses for allowance money since I was tiny, 5 years old or so. They also threw me coins for filing and cleaning their offices. I went back and started right where I left off. No job was too big for me: cleaning the bathrooms, filing, measuring units, peeling up flooring to try to glimpse if the VCT was hot. A decade plus later, I sold large projects, and I still swept the floors. That’s small business.
There is no real growth in business without ownership of commercial facilities. It’s not to say that your business can’t reach massive heights without a brick and mortar; it’s to say that when you start to grow in profit, you need somewhere to put that money. Folks that intend to solidify their businesses via cost control, depreciation, and tax write-offs understand this means purchasing commercial real estate.
There is no greater intersection of stability and growth than in business and commercial real estate ownership. I’ve made it my mission to acquire more businesses and demonstrate to both my brokerage clients and the people in my world why and how this is attainable for them.
In the span of a few years, I’ve co-founded a business and am acquiring other land and business opportunities. It’s not just the buy – the art is in the hold. Holding a business requires operational efficiency, a shrewd acceptance of the numbers, and the audacity to make fast decisions and pivot. Yes, audacity, because comfort is a drug, and change is scary.
I am not your average commercial broker. I’m not your average small business owner. I’m a chameleon, an ethnographer, and the product of three generations of family that has struggled to procure generational wealth. I’m here to share the good, the shocking, the brutality, the joy, the freedom, and the pain that comes with this path. You have a choice; we all do. This is mine.
Public speaking Opportunity
Daniella has spoken on several stages, motivating small business owners, potential investors, mothers, and women from all corners on how they can change their lives and create the financial flexibility to accomplish the things that they want. To inquire further, click here.
Why I Do This – And How I Can Help You Break Your Glass Ceiling
Helping Entrepreneurs Build Profitable, Impactful Businesses and Invest in Commercial Real Estate
I know what it’s like to be in a job pushing up against terrible middle managers and knowing that even the leadership team isn’t really where you want to land after decades of politicking your way up the ladder. I’ve started over more times than I can count, thinking this or that was the right path forward.
What I failed to understand was that my issue wasn’t work ethic, ambition, or grit. It was systems and people who didn’t serve me that stood in my way. I was never going to get the loyalty I gave or be satisfied with the opportunities afforded to me by others. I didn’t know it, but I needed to own my job, not have my job own me.
That’s why I have dedicated my life to showing you (yes, you) that you can accomplish the same thing. You can achieve a better work/life balance by choosing the business you buy. You can choose your salary by deciding what kind of business to buy, how many, and studying the art of scaling it (or not) and holding the margin – which is what inevitably pays you.
You can use that profit to roll into a commercial asset that your business lives in and build even more fastidiously wealth, security, and more freedom. Normal people can do this. If I can figure out how to accomplish this by sweeping warehouse floors, you can too.
When we work together, you’ll get
A clear, actionable strategy tailored to your business or plans
Technical expertise in business operations, commercial asset underwriting, and management.
Support & guidance every step of the way