ATLANTA—Brett Kingman has long called Georgia home—he graduated from the University of Georgia—but Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) sent him packing to Tennessee to open a new branch office. Kingman joined MHA in 2011 and established the Nashville office in 2015.

Kingman, senior director at MHA, focuses on business development for the firm, market positioning of assets for listing assignments, as well as all aspects of the transaction process for Tennessee. Since joining MHA, he has been involved in the sale of over 9,500 multifamily units with an aggregate sales volume in excess of $475 million.

With Nashville just 250 miles north of Atlanta, MHA saw the opportunity from several perspectives. GlobeSt.com caught up with Kingman to talk about those opportunities in part one of this exclusive interview. Be sure to come back to tomorrow's Atlanta edition for part two.