Zaya Younan entered the real estate investment industry with several years of operations and management experience. As a top executive for a series of Fortune 500 companies, and later as a consultant, Zaya Younan had many opportunities to observe weaknesses in the industry and shape a promising method of approach. When he finally made the move from consulting to real estate investment in 2002, he based his firm Younan Properties, in California and then proceeded to lead the firm to astonishing growth over the next eight years. Younan Properties is now recognized as a model in the real estate investment business.