Ryan has over 15 years of experience as an entrepreneur. His first endeavor in 2004 was Scout Cleaning & Maintenance, an environmentally conscious cleaning service, and the next year, he co-founded U.S. Capital, a private equity holding company that sold to Northport Investments in 2008. This sale opened the door for the co-founding of DP Assets, LLC, a real estate asset holding company for institutional investment, which would eventually purchase the investment firm, Atlas Real Estate Group, in 2013. Ryan is also co-founder of a wellness-based social club, Archipelago, and a marketplace technology, venUse.

Today, Atlas Real Estate Group has several divisions: investment, which helps people achieve their personal path to financial independence; residential property management; a full-service buy/sell brokerage; and in the Denver area, Atlas represents Zillow Offers in all its transactions.

Ryan is an expert in real estate investment, having purchased over 4,000 units of investment real estate in the last 10 years. Ryan is also a regular contributor of articles and commentary about the real estate market and has commented or been featured in Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, US News and World Report, RealtyTimes.com, The Denver Post, Colorado Real Estate Journal, Investopedia, and other local and national publications.

Ryan was a Denver Business Journal 40 Under 40 honoree in 2017 and is a graduate of the University of Denver. He’s generously contributed to the Denver community for many years, having served on nonprofit boards focused on education and the environment.

Atlas Real Estate Group was honored with the Top Company Award in Real Estate by ColoradoBiz Magazine in 2018, the Best of Colorado Business Choice Award for Best Property Management for three consecutive years, 2017, 2018 and 2019, and Best Places to Work, 1st place, medium size company, by Denver Business Journal in 2019.

The Group’s internal real estate holdings are over $50 million, having bought and sold more than 4,000 properties on behalf of individuals and institutional investors totaling over $750 million worth of transactions. The group manages over 2,800 units of residential investment real estate for its clients.