Matthew Kurzmann
Senior National Director
Affordable Housing Advisors, Marcus & Millichap
Southfield, Michigan
Matthew Kurzmann has long been a key part of the success enjoyed by Affordable Housing Advisors (AHA), a specialty group of Marcus & Millichap. Since joining AHA in 2011, Kurzmann has helped the firm accomplish a track record of selling more than 350,000 units of affordable housing with an aggregate value of more than $25 billion.
As a Senior National Director and Executive Team member with AHA, Kurzmann represents sellers and buyers of government-subsidized and tax credit multifamily properties. He was instrumental in the creation of, and continues to play an integral role with, AHA’s platform for nonprofit clients by helping to found AHA’s Nonprofit Education Initiative, which offers a complimentary valuation to every nonprofit owner of affordable housing in the country.
Kurzmann has represented and advised a wide range of owners, both nonprofit and profit-motivated. He takes pride in the fact that nearly all the transactions that he has brokered have resulted in the preservation of tens of thousands of affordable housing units.
But it’s not just these success stories that have kept Kurzmann in this industry. He also points to the people with whom he works as prime motivators, inspiring him to give his maximum effort every day.
“I enjoy working as part of an amazing team and competing with our team in the marketplace,” Kurzmann said. “I really take pride in the work we do at AHA and coming together as a team to achieve our clients’ goals and helping them succeed.”
This doesn’t mean that Kurzmann hasn’t faced challenges. He says that it was difficult in the early days of his career to compete in an industry that has long been dominated by career veterans. He also said that it can be difficult to remain positive in an industry that experiences so many highs and lows.
But like other successful CRE pros, Kurzmann found that working hard is the antidote to the CRE industry’s many challenges.
“First and foremost, it’s work ethic,” Kurzmann said. “You have to put in the work, every day. My success, and our team’s success, can be attributed to integrity, transparency and consistently maintaining a client-centric focus.”
Marcus & Millichap annually recognizes Kurzmann with their prestigious Chairman’s Circle of Excellence award, as well as being among the Top 10 Agents across the entire firm nationwide in recent years. Globe St. Real Estate Forum honored Kurzmann as one of its 2021 Multifamily Influencers, as well as including him in its “Fifty Under 40” list in 2020.
Kurzmann is also a member and supporter of the National Multi-Housing Council, the Institute for Responsible Housing Preservation, the National Leased Housing Association and the National Housing and Rehabilitation Association.
Despite his busy schedule, Kurzmann frequently gives back to the community through the company’s AHA Cares initiatives, where he has lead efforts volunteering for Habitat for Humanity and other organizations. He also contributes to numerous charitable groups, both locally and nationally.
While away from the office, Kurzmann enjoys spending time with his wife and their two boys, traveling and watching Indiana Hoosiers basketball.
