Patricia Hightower

Current

PRESIDENT, CEO at BAYOU EQUITY

Past

Managing Partner at Road Home Investments
Principle at The Medical Advantage
CEO/Managing Partner at Bayou Imports

Executive Director at Gulf Coast Housing and Development

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Education

University of New Orleans
Xavier University of Louisiana

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Connections

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Industry

Real Estate

Websites

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Patricia Hightower’s Summary

Road Home Investments, a conventional mortgage lender and real estate investment firm, was founded after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to help rebuild the splendid, historic city of New Orleans. Our mission is two-fold 1) to help you take advantage of the tremendous growth potential that using a self-directed IRA can provide for your retirement portfolio and 2) to offer real estate investment opportunities in Louisiana, featuring attractive tax incentives enacted by the Gulf Opportunity (GO) Act of 2005. We endeavor to share our knowledge, providing FREE webinars on alternative investing so that you, too, can take advantage of the tremendous growth potential that using a Self-Directed IRA can provide for your retirement portfolio. This emerging $4.2 trillion dollar market is growing at $200 billion per year, mostly from pension plan rollovers and (401K)s into IRAs as "baby boomers" retire.

Patricia Hightower’s Specialties:

Self-directed IRA specialist, commercial and residential real estate investments, conventional financing

Patricia Hightower’s Experience

PRESIDENT, CEO

BAYOU EQUITY

(Real Estate industry)

July 2009 — Present (5 months)

BAYOU EQUITY is a real estate investment firm was founded after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to help rebuild the splendid, historic city of New Orleans.
Our mission is twofold:
1) To educate investors looking for “alternative solutions” to diversify and build their retirement portfolio through the POWER of a Self-Directed IRA. Real estate investments hold the potential to protect against the loss of principle while generating better than market rate returns through income production and capital gains. Moreover, real estate is a "tangible" investment, unlike shares in a stock portfolio, as one can virtually "see" what one has ownership in.
2) To facilitate "good deals" in the "new and improved" city of New Orleans and surrounding parishes. For "qualified" investors (accredited), Road Home Investments can clearly demonstrate the potential for return on investment, so that “qualified” investors can get the financial "benefits" they deserve.
Managing Partner

Road Home Investments

(Real Estate industry)

June 2007 — July 2009 (2 years 2 months)
Principle

The Medical Advantage

(Management Consulting industry)

September 1984 — September 2005 (21 years 1 month)

Managed a highly profitable medical practice and served as a consultant to both new medical corporations as well as established medical corporations.
CEO/Managing Partner

Bayou Imports

(Wine and Spirits industry)

June 2001 — September 2004 (3 years 4 months)

The South African wine industry is three hundred years old and the American wine drinking community continues to grow. Bayou Imports positioned itself to take advantage of such a trend where wine drinking, just as in Europe, continues to become less of a luxury but more of a way of life. Bayou Imports imported South African wine exclusively. As CEO I initiated and negotiated contracts with wineries across the South African wine-growing region.
Executive Director

Gulf Coast Housing and Development

(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

May 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 9 months)

Served as the first Executive Director of this a local housing non-profit. Obtained CHODO (Community Housing Development Organization) Status in both Orleans and Jefferson Parish.
Collaborated with local banks to develop non-profit/for-profit partnerships to provide affordable housing.
Introduced the “Main Street Program” to focus on commercial revitalization as a source of economic development while remaining committed to affordable housing.

Patricia Hightower’s Education

University of New Orleans

MHS , Management , 1999 — 2000
Xavier University of Louisiana

B.S. , Medical Technology , 1974 — 1977

Activities and Societies:

Alpha Kappa Alpha