About Us

ELEVATION is a boutique real estate investment company which provides full circle value to our clients, employees, and business partners. We specialize in property re-development (Fix & Flip), consulting, wholesaling, and our unique Partnership Flip system. Our decisions are made using the following company values:

 

Value creation

Creative problem solving

Integrity

Passion for continuous improvement

Organized systems

 

We know people have many options when it comes to who they sell their property to, learn from, buy from, and partner with so we take our responsibility very seriously. We’ve been doing business in metro Denver since 2009 and look forward to providing value to others for decades to come! ELEVATION also has a sister company FLOW Investments which specializes in commercial real estate investments throughout the Mid-West in the multi-family and and self storage sectors.

Meet the ELEVATION team

Derek Marlin, CEO

Derek is a redevelopment (fix & flip) expert and the creator of the ELEVATION Academy. With over 10 years of experience in the real estate investment industry, Derek has generated over $40 million in profitable redevelopment properties in Denver and Cincinnati. Derek is the co-author of “The 2019 Guide to Denver Real Estate Investing Strategies” and co-host of the “ELEVATE your Flip” a Denver Real Estate Investing podcast. The seven part series podcast airs on Denver Investment Real Estate.com. Derek has first-hand investment experience working on Wall Street in the fixed income sector. He holds an MBA from the University of Florida, Series 7 and 63 securities licenses, has completed the Tony Robbins Business Mastery Program and numerous real estate focused seminars. His investment acumen was also refined with 12 years of experience working in corporate sales and marketing with the Denver Broncos and CBS television. Derek enjoys spending time with his wife Ann and their three teenagers, coaching youth athletics, traveling abroad and personally training for endurance outdoor-obstacle course events such as Tough Mudder and Spartan Races training for endurance outdoor-obstacle course events.

Ann Marlin, ELEVATION Team Lead

Ann is the Team Lead at Elevation and focuses on our institutional clients as well as sourcing and designing short term vacation rentals for our portfolio. While formally newer to the Real Estate industry, her family has been involved with multi-unit rentals, commercial properties and storage facilities for 40+ years. Ann comes from a 20 year background in the wedding industry so she thrives off of timelines, budgets, creativity, customer service and designing. One of her favorite things about real estate is seeing a property revived and renewed to its full potential along with the ever changing landscape of real estate. Having sold her previous business just prior to COVID, she is excited to continue to implement her skill set to another fast paced and exciting industry! Being from Montana, the vast skies and towering mountains of CO make her feel at home. She and Derek are having fun raising their three teenagers, keeping up with their crazy schedules, and continually in awe of how fast time flies!

Travis Masse, Project Manager

Travis is a hard working and forward thinking person with a passion for developing business across all platforms. Travis graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder with a degree in History. Previously to Elevation, he worked in the kitchen and bath space as well the home remodeling sector. As Project Manager, Travis is responsible for seeing projects from start to finish and ensuring a quality product is delivered each time. When not working Travis enjoys spending time and energy in a CrossFit box. Travis is a Level 1 certified instructor in CrossFit. He also enjoys watching his University of Colorado Buffaloes.

Jonathan Makolondra, ELEVATION Team Member

Jonathan first got his real estate license in 2011 in New York City where he sold for seven years before returning to Colorado where he was born and raised.

Jonathan is driven everyday to provide excellent customer service to Elevation clients and to save our investors’ money on the sale or purchase of their most valuable asset. Over the past eleven years Jonathan has successfully closed on $100M worth of real estate including cooperatives, condominiums, historic homes, estate sales, single-family and multi-family buildings.

In his free time Jonathan can be found playing ice hockey, researching crypto currencies, exploring Colorado, playing golf and spending time with family. Jonathan has a BA in Economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder and has experience buying/selling in the greater Denver Metro area, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.