East West Resource (EWR) is a private Real Estate Investment firm in the San Francisco, California Bay Area, that specializes in the acquisition of Apartments, Shopping Centers, Office and Single Tenant NNN Properties across the Country as well as, Hospitality, Vacation Destination Development, Fractional conversion and Distressed Property acquisition and disbursement. Founded in 1997 by Michael Blakeman, EWR and its affiliate Empire State Capital Advisors Group (ESCAG), has built a reputation for its value investment strategy, resulting in its current position as a quality provider of private equity, debt investment and portfolio acquisition opportunities to its investment clients. EWR and its affiliated Partnership's current portfolio consists of a market value of over $350M and includes locations in South Beach-Miami, Fla., Sonoma, CA., Phoenix and Scottsdale, AZ., Lake Tahoe, CA., San Francisco,  Portland, OR. Reno and Las Vegas, NV. We strive to create win-win situations for every transaction. We are focused on "World-Class" and "Value Add" properties and destinations to add to our growing portfolio. Michael Blakeman is the acting CEO of EWR and also acts as a consultant for many Real Estate companies and Law Firms. He is also considered to be one of the "pioneers" of the fractional "Tenancy in Common" form of Ownership in the SF Bay Area.