Bob Nicolls, Owner, CPA Responsible for the overall operations and performance of the company. Mr. Nicolls has over 34 years of commercial real estate experience and handles acquisitions, dispositions, property financing and asset management duties. He was a Certified Public Accountant with auditing experience at a Big Eight accounting firm, and has financial reporting experience with a Fortune 500 Company. He also was involved in real estate lending, focusing on workouts and turnarounds on apartment buildings nationwide for a Chicago based bank. In 1992 he co-founded First Pacific Investments with two partners. The concept of that entity was to provide investors with a “cradle to grave” real estate investment and management service. In 2004, he solely founded Monarch Investment & Management Group. This entity is a full service real estate investment, management, and transactional company primarily focused on the acquisition of apartment communities. Opportunities are not limited by property quality or location as the company can perform across a wide variety of property types and locations. Profit maximization is paramount as the investment criteria.