Our Company
Condo Conversions Clearinghouse (CCC) has been in the condo conversion business since 1992. It has completed five conversions for its own account and has acted as a consultant on numerous other conversions. Our goal is to assist our clients in maximizing the profitability of their conversion. CCC specializes in conversions in small markets. There are reasons, legal and regulatory, for selecting conversions in smaller markets.
Condo Conversions Experience
Ed has completed five major house account conversions and has consulted on many other conversions for clients.
Work consisted of analyzing multi-unit and multi-family properties, planning the conversions, rehab and adding amenities, forming Homeowners Associations (HOA's), marketing the properties and arranging for purchaser financing.
Non-Condo Experience
Ed has also owned and operated multiple multi-family properties, developed four waterfront residential developments and has extensive experience developing other commercial properties.
He has owned and operated three environmental companies that were eventually sold to other well-known national environmental corporations.
Chairman of Board of a local hospital and Director of a National Bank.
Education
B.A. Management/Accounting, McNeese State University
Juris Doctor, Louisiana State University
Cherie Welch / Consultant
Cherie has been an investor in the multi-family housing industry for eight years. She has been a consultant on four conversions. She is responsible for planning the changes to be made to the exterior and interior of conversion properties. She is responsible for the design and decor of the "sales" models and for putting together the amenity package.
Non-Condo Experience
Cherie has been an investor in other real estate ventures. She is also a registered nurse.
Kara Nelson / Communications Manager
Kara has worked on 4 different conversions and is in charge of sales literature, advertising, media buys and the development and maintenance of the CCC web site. She is a stockholder and managing partner of a "single family home" real estate development.
Kara was employed with two New Orleans based magazines with her most employment being a “special events editor” with Gambit Magazine.
Education/Experience
A writer and consultant based in New Orleans, Kara is the former (and founding) editor of Gambit's CUE magazine. In addition to previous editorial gigs at Big Mouth Media and New Orleans Publishing Group, she did time on the company side — in Marketing and PR — working in a number of different industries, from skincare to telecom to talent scouting.
Today she uses her education — a B.A. in English Lit followed by an Image Studies Masters program at the University of Kent in Canterbury — in her work as a stylist, marketing consultant, editor and content creator.