Arnie established The Houston Group in 1987, in the depths of the real estate crash, naming the company after the great city with long-term potential. Specialized in providing all types of debt and equity, he has been in Commercial Mortgage Banking since graduating from the University of Texas in 1980, where he received a B.B.A. concentrated in finance and real estate. Throughout his career, Arnie has successfully closed hundreds of transactions for several billion dollars.