The Minnesota Real Estate Investor Success Summit

Kevin Amolsch formed Pine Financial Group, Inc in 2008 after leaving a small mortgage company as the senior loan officer for residential lending. Kevin has a degree in Finance which he obtained after serving four years in the US Army. Kevin started out in banking, working at
First Bank in the lending department while in school. From there he started his first real estate investment company, which is still active today.

After college Kevin spent two years working with Wall Street as a mortgage bond analyst before leaving to work as a loan officer with real estate investors full time. He and his companies have closed on over 2,200 transactions as a buyer, seller or private money lender. Kevin and Pine Financial Group, Inc have access to over $130 million in private equity and the business continues to see strong growth. He has spent more than 20 years as a real estate investor and 16 years in real estate lending. He is the author of 45-Day Investor and
frequent speaker and has been quoted in The Las Vegas Review Journal, The Denver Post, The Denver Business Journal, Forbes, and
Yahoo Real Estate.

Joe Schmit is an award-winning broadcaster, community leader, author, and keynote speaker who has spent over four decades covering major sporting events and interviewing prominent sports figures. Since joining KSTP-TV in 1985, he has earned 18 Emmy Awards and
received the prestigious Silver Circle designation in 2020 for his extraordinary contributions to broadcasting. He is the author of “Silent Impact” and “The Impact Blueprint,” and was inducted into the Minnesota Speakers Hall of Fame in 2019. Beyond his broadcasting career,
Schmit is deeply committed to community service, having served as a past president of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Twin Cities,
where he raised over $3 million through his Celebrity Golf Tournament. Together with his wife Laura, he has also led a $4.5 million capital campaign for VEAP, Minnesota’s largest food shelf, demonstrating his ongoing dedication to charitable causes.

Sean Blomquist has a passion for helping his clients make money. With a background in construction and finance, it was a natural fit to
work in this industry. He joined the Pine Financial Group team as their inspector in 2012 and became a full time originator in January
2013. Like the rest of our team, he speaks and teaches various groups about how to advance their real estate business. As the head of
MN originations, he has been involved in all of the 700+ transactions since Pine Financial started lending in MN. Sean was born and
raised in Minnesota and has lived in almost every corner of the metro. He currently resides in the north metro area with his wife and two
children.

Justin Cooper is a husband, father of two, a full-time real estate investor, mentor & coach to those looking to buy their first rental
properties and Senior Loan Officer with Pine Financial Group. Justin has been investing since 2007 and has completed several
renovations on residential properties in Denver, Colorado. He manages his own portfolio of rentals and is in the process of acquiring
additional properties. Born and raised in New York, Justin came to Colorado in 1996 to attend Colorado State University. He started his career on the plumbing and heating supply side of the construction industry, working his way up from stocking warehouses to managing his own branch, before making the leap to full time investor and hard money lender in 2011. Since then, Justin has expanded his rental
portfolio, completed several fix and flips, built new construction, bought non-performing notes, used his self-directed IRA to invest, has spoken nationally on various real estate investing topics to groups upwards of 500 people and most importantly, helped numerous investors purchase profitable properties. Justin is very passionate about investing and strives to help and teach people he meets on the benefits and know-how of real estate investments.

Born and raised in Colorado, Maya is a licensed real estate agent and amateur fix and flipper. A wife and mother of two, Maya spent 17 years as a sports broadcaster. Working in multiple states and making multiple moves, Maya grew to love the process and stability of real estate investment. While Maya is eager to work with and assist the experienced investors, she hopes to nurture and share experiences with folks taking their first steps into the exciting and terrifying world of fix and flips. In her spare time, Maya enjoys Sci-Fi, True Crime and sleeping.

LeAnn Riley is a nationally recognized consultant for Real Estate Investing Made SIMPLE. Through the Proven Profit Formula Coaching Program, she helps ambitious individuals start or scale their real estate portfolios with a strategic, cash-flow-focused approach. LeAnn provides expert guidance on acquisitions and strategies to build a profitable, sustainable investing business.

She built a $14 million real estate portfolio spanning residential, multi-family, condo development, commercial, and vacation properties, LeAnn brings firsthand experience to her coaching. She also leads the Encore Investment Team with Realty Group in Minnesota.

For LeAnn, family comes first. A proud single mother of two grown children, she enjoys gardening, pickleball, dancing, and most of all exploring the U.S. in her RV.

Mike Jacka has been investing and working in the real estate industry for more than 30 years and has experience in all aspects of single family residential real estate. Starting out as a handyman, then getting his real estate license in 1992 to becoming a real estate broker and ultimately starting and running one of the largest and most successful REIA’s (Real Estate Investors Associations) in the country.

Mike has bought and sold hundreds of properties all over the country and in Canada as well as represented several hundred people over the years with a real estate license.

As an investor, Mike has been a landlord, rehabber, wholesaler and a private lender. Currently Mike specializes in structuring creative seller financing deals including Subject To, Lease Options, Contract for Deeds and Wrap Around Mortgages.

The youngest of five siblings, Ryan O’Neill grew up in New Prague, Minnesota and went on to graduate from the University of Notre Dame in 1997. In 2005, Ryan founded The Minnesota Real Estate Team of RE/MAX Advantage Plus (www.MnRealEstateTeam.com). The team has been the #1 selling Real Estate Team in Minnesota in closed transactions and sales volume every year from 2006 through today. In 2024, the team closed over 1,600 transactions and $600 million in sales. In 2022, 2023, and 2024, the team was also selected as the #1 midsized employer in Minnesota in the Star Tribune’s Top MN Workplace Survey. In an effort to support those struggling with job loss, medical issues, and/or personal challenges, Ryan also started and runs a family foundation called “The O’Neill Foundation of Hope” (www.ONeillHope.org). Lastly, Ryan is also half of the piano-playing duo “The O’Neill Brothers” (www.PianoBrothers.com). He is most passionate about giving back to others and being a beacon of light, kindness, inspiration, and hope for everyone he meets.