Steve Kaplan
Mr. Stephen Kaplan holds a real estate Broker’s license in California and has worked in the national commercial real estate industry since 1995. Early in his career Mr. Kaplan provided acquisition due diligence, investigative analysis and recommendations to regional real estate organizations. His portfolio responsibility includes regional and site specific market analysis, acquisition negotiation and pre-closing due diligence, supervision and recommendation of onsite and offsite operation and management of the commercial properties. In recent years, Mr. Kaplan has had primary acquisition, operational management supervision and sales for commercial real estate income properties totaling more than two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000). The commercial real estate included office buildings, industrial office warehouse complexes, mobile home parks, and self-storage facilities. The properties were located in Nevada, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, California and Tennessee. Mr. Kaplan currently owns interests in and manages or oversees more than fifty self storage facilities located throughout the United States, including in Killeen, Texas; Tyler, Texas; St. Augustine, Florida; Pensacola, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Bossier City, Louisiana; Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; and Martinsville, Virginia, among others, and provides onsite and offsite managerial and financial supervision. He is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminal Justice with specialty in investigative research and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications.

Troy Downing
Mr. Downing started his career in academia as a Research Scientist with the New York University Media Research Lab and eventually as an instructor in the NYU Information Technology Institute. During this time, Mr. Downing was also writing books that were published by IDG Books, McMillan and O’Reilly and Associates, among others. With a strong entrepreneurial drive, Mr. Downing left NYU to found a one-person technology company, WebCal, Inc. WebCal quickly grew from a one-person startup into a fast-moving technology company. After bringing a handful of colleagues and acquaintances together from NYU and other media companies, this small group of entrepreneurs merged WebCal with the fledgling Yahoo! Inc. in a mutually beneficial pooling of interests merger. During Mr. Downing’s time at Yahoo!, he began investing in Silicon Valley technology startups and eventually started hosting pitch sessions and performing technical due-diligence with small venture funds that placed seed-level financing with nascent startup companies. In mid 2001, Mr. Downing left the technology field to pursue personal interests in real estate investments. Deeply affected after September 11, 2001, Mr. Downing felt a need to give back to his Country and took time off to join the US Air Force / Air National Guard. After two tours to Afghanistan with a Search and Rescue Unit, 200 combat sorties, and 20 personnel recoveries, Mr. Downing once again turned his focus to Commercial Real Estate. Mr. Downing is a principal fund manager with EBS and Pilot Equity Partners, LLC and brought his experience with technology funds and applied it to Private Equity Commercial Real Estate Funds. Mr. Downing has been heavily involved in fundraising, deal structuring, due-diligence, and fund structuring and has closed more than $125 Million in Commercial Real Estate deals. In addition to his passion for Commercial Real Estate and Private Equity Funds, Mr. Downing is an avid aviator, golfer, and father of four. He spends his free time snowboarding, fishing, hiking and pretending to be a farmer with a small, 2,000 vine vineyard in northern San Diego County. Mr. Downing also is an active supporter of the MS Society, The Big Sky Institute, The Fragile X Foundation, Eagle Mount, The Cancer Society, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, and various other worthy causes.

Scott Rogers
Mr. Rogers has extensive experience in business operations and management, having both owned and/or operated several successful businesses throughout his professional career. He has previously served as Chief Operating Officer of a large real estate firm in Westchester County, New York, focused primarily on residential real estate as well as the mortgage and insurance business with more than Seven Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($750,000,000) in annual transactions. He received an undergraduate degree from Princeton University, Magna Cum Laude, in History. Mr. Rogers also received a degree of Masters in Business Administration from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.

Eric Kaplan
Mr. Eric Kaplan is Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Equity Based Services as well as All American Property Management. He is a licensed Financial Advisor and has extensive property management experience. He holds a Series 7 Securities license, a Series 66 Financial Advisors license, a Managed Futures/Options license, and a Life Insurance license. Eric Kaplan also has a B.A. in Fine Arts and a Masters Degree in Fine Arts. Eric Kaplan negotiated the acquisition of and performed the pre-closing due diligence inspections for commercial real estate income properties totaling more than 200 million ($200,000,000). Eric Kaplan oversees all manners of operation for more than 50 commercial real estate properties throughout the United States.

Howard Kaplan
Mr. Howard Kaplan has broad experience in real estate finance, site investment analysis, and commercial property income and expense analysis. He has successfully negotiated the acquisitions of commercial properties and institutional commercial loans throughout the United States for over 35 years. Mr. Kaplan has participated in the negotiation, acquisition, development, management and sale of more than $250 Million of commercial real estate including apartment projects, office buildings, industrial office/warehouse flex space projects, mobile home parks, and self storage facilities. He holds a Juris Doctor degree from Wayne State University Law School and has practiced law in Michigan.

Gregg Caledonia
Mr. Caledonia’s seasoned background in development and building is represented by a successful track record in many states including California, Nevada and Hawaii, in which he holds contractor licenses. His accomplishments during his term as president of Advantage Tennis Courts, Inc., include responsibility for development and construction of tennis facilities and recreational areas totaling more than $100,000,000.00 in project value. Currently, Mr. Caledonia is managing land projects that include the development of 400 acres for 2.5 acres home sites and an additional 50 acres for commercial development. With SRK he participates in acquisition, planning and land expansion in Arizona for a 50,000 square foot storage facility and leads the purchase and expansion of All American Storage near Port Charlotte, Florida. Furthermore, Mr. Caledonia has assisted EBS in the development of Golden Acres Mini Storage.