Derek is the Founder and CEO of Barnstable South, an equestrian training and evening facility in Ocala, FL. Prior to this, Derek had been involved in multiple aspects of Real Estate for over 25 years. He is a principle in Investors Realty, a family Property Development and Management Company focused on Manufactured Home Parks, Self Storage, Small Commercial Office Parks, and Land Development. He began his career selling Real Estate with Patterson Schwartz and Associates in Wilmington, Delaware and earned several designations including CRS and GRI, and then moved into New Home Sales, before joining the family business in 1986.

In projects within our portfolio, he is focused primarily on Infrastructure, Energy efficiency, Water and Waste-water, and Land Use. With New Acquisitions, he focuses on identifying new deals, and taking raw ground through Zoning and Project Approval to build-out. The Company employs approximately 40 Delawareans, and manages over 1600 units state-wide. The company now is an Energy Star Builder, and has completed both residential and commercial units.

Derek has a farm in Chester County where he has deployed multiple sustainable and renewable energy platforms from a Bio-fuel boiler to geothermal, solar, Micro-hydro electric and wind. The farm has also benefited from advanced onstruction techniques like ICF’s (Insulated Concrete Forms), SIP’s(structural Insulated Panels), and passive solar design. The farm, and Delaware businesses also use alternate fuel vehicle including CNG and Bio-diesel, both on and off road, and build to higher energy efficiency standards.