First Vice President Investments
Joe Santelli is a National Retail and Development Advisor with Marcus & Millichap. His passion for the real estate industry is what drives him to deliver the highest quality service and consistently deliver results for his clients. Santelli focuses his efforts on putting the clients’ needs first to empower them to make the best business decisions regarding their real estate investments.
He founded The Santelli Group with the vision to service three key areas of the commercial real estate market: retail, urban core, and development. Fast forward to today, Santelli and his team serve as investment sales advisors for a wide range of private and institutional investors and leading developers, focused throughout Texas, Florida, and the surrounding southern and central regions of the United States. Santelli is a multiple-time Sales Achievement Award and "Best of the Best" Award winner at Marcus & Millichap, as well as a Power Broker Award winner. He has been featured in several real estate publications, including Dallas Morning News, D CEO, Yahoo! Finance, The Real Deal, and many more.
Prior to joining Marcus & Millichap, Santelli served as a top sales advisor and business developer for two Fortune 500 companies, where his many notable achievements and highest-ranking awards include being named Top Sales and Service Professional. Santelli has contributed to the growth of several large-scale organizations, resulting in a proven track record of performance. He also has a love for entrepreneurship, which inspired him to launch two start-up companies that have reached international exposure.
Santelli has earned his MBA with a double major in real estate and finance from Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business in Dallas, Texas. He is an active member of the SMU Real Estate Society and serves as a board member for the SMU Folsom Institute for Real Estate. Santelli has also earned his CCIM designation as a Certified Commercial Investment Member and is a member of the Forbes Business Council. He graduated cum laude from Westfield State University in Massachusetts with a bachelor’s degree in business management and a concentration in marketing.
Santelli has actively served as a board member for Dallas County Medical Society and St. Vincent de Paul North Texas, to advise as their real estate consultant. He also has served as a student mentor for the SMU Cox Mentorship Academy and the Foundation for CHOICE. In his free time, he enjoys golf, photography, attending art museums, sporting events, traveling, and spending time with his family.
Phone: 972-755-5282
TX License: 664135
FL License: SL3568387
Fort Worth Urban Markets Advisor
Brett Budde is an investment advisor specializing in urban core assets and redevelopment opportunities in the Dallas-Fort Worth markets. Budde's unmatched work ethic has earned him Marcus & Millichap’s coveted Pace-Setter Award, bestowed upon new agents displaying the highest standard of performance. In 2021 Budde was also awarded as a Top-Five Dialer in the Dallas and Fort Worth offices.
Prior to joining Marcus & Millichap, Budde worked in land brokerage as well as commercial real estate development. During his studies, Budde earned a highly competitive internship position at Vaquero Ventures, a local development firm, which provided him with valuable experience working through acquisitions and development in the Fort Worth market.
Budde attended Texas Christian University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in finance with an emphasis in real estate. Budde was also a member of the TCU Swim & Dive team and earned recognition for his dedication to his studies and athletics with the Academic All Big XII Conference Athlete Award.
In his free time, Budde enjoys spending time with family, traveling to various MLB baseball stadiums, and is currently working on improving his golf game.
Phone: 972-755-5235
TX License: 741776
Dallas Urban Markets Advisor
Ryan Clakley is an investment sales advisor specializing in urban core assets and automotive-focused real estate assets in the Dallas-Fort Worth markets. Clakley has an unmatched knowledge of business and people that can only be gained through extensive experience across multiple industries.
Prior to joining Marcus & Millichap, Clakley gained his business experience in the luxury automotive industry. His talent was quickly recognized, and he was invited to join a traveling sales team that worked to transform outdated, failing auto dealerships into profitable businesses. Clakley and his team worked to successfully rehabilitate multiple dealers throughout the state of California by utilizing modern marketing and strategic training techniques to increase efficiencies and profitability.
Clakley attended Diablo Valley College in Northern California where he majored in business marketing and learned to set strategic goals by analyzing various markets to gain a deep understanding of consumer needs. When Clakley’s aspirations outgrew the showroom, this experience guided him toward a career in commercial real estate.
In his free time, Clakley enjoys entertaining his family and admiring classic cars. He plans to restore a 1966 Pontiac GTO to complement his growing record collection.
Phone: 972-755-5285
TX License: 0784908
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