HFO Adds Director of Operations Jennifer Lyke

October 14, 2021

HFO’s team of multifamily experts now includes Director of Operations Jennifer Lyke. Lyke is well known within the commercial real estate industry for her 25-year-career with Chicago Title as a Vice President and Commercial Escrow Manager.

“HFO is ve Jennifer Lyke ry fortunate to have added Jennifer to our team,” said HFO partner Rob Marton. ”She is known throughout the industry as a highly organized and results-driven professional and team leader. In addition, she is well known and respected by regional real estate investors for her client-focused and responsive approach.”

During her twenty-five-year career at Chicago Title, Jennifer consistently achieved annual recognition as a top national commercial escrow officer.

Raised in Alaska, Lyke spent her formative college summers working in the oil services industry, including construction jobs in Prudhoe Bay. Jennifer and her husband have lived in Portland for 25 years, raising their two teenage children and a 5-year-old tuxedo cat named Mittens. She is a volunteer at Jesuit High School for sporting events, campus activities, and the theatre program.

In addition to her decades of industry experience, Lyke holds a B.A. in Business Administration with an emphasis on finance and a minor in Art History from the University of Puget Sound.

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Max S., W. Hollywood, CA
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HFO Adds Director of Operations Jennifer Lyke

HFO Quote

I have brokers calling me all the time. Greg Frick is the only one I’ve talked with who left me feeling smarter after the conversation. I’ve become a loyal client of HFO.

Great experience over the years, and I will be using HFO in the future.

HFO is thoroughly professional.

I appreciated Adam’s responsiveness, experience, and knowledge.

I like that HFO focuses solely on multifamily and does it really well. I like the blog and appreciate HFO-TV. HFO has the experience and focus to get me the best multifamily deal. I wouldn't use anyone else.

Since 2006, HFO has consistently been recognized by CoStar as one of Portland Metro's PowerBrokers based on transaction volume. In March of 2021, HFO once again earned this distinction for the 2020 calendar year.

HFO is a very well run brokerage and goes above and beyond in providing information to investors. I really like their roundtables, market updates and podcasts.

There were many landmines in my transaction, and I am glad to have hired HFO because they handled it well. HFO is the only company my wife and I would recommend.

My listing was in a smaller market and HFO did a great job of finding buyers. They also did an excellent job handling all the backroom financials and documents.

I am such a fan of HFO. HFO is night and day better than the firm we used before and I am 100% loyal to them.

We had a wonderful experience with HFO - excellent on everything. They are very responsive. Greg did a great job.

Deep knowledge of the market and personal integrity of the brokers sets HFO apart for our family. As someone who spent 40 years in apartment brokerage, I believe HFO is far ahead of its nearest competitor.

My experience with HFO was very, very positive.

HFO is professional, knowledgeable and honest. They get it done.

I have done 5-6 deals with HFO, and things have gone so well. I use HFO exclusively.

One of the best firms at seeing a deal from the owner's perspective.

We do a lot of transactions and sometimes when there is an issue a broker will tell us "it's not my problem." Lee got in there and really helped beyond what was necessary.

HFO does a great job on the web and email keeping owners posted on the whole political scene.

Efficient and go-getters. Didn't wait for things to happen, they were active.

For the eleventh year in a row, HFO Investment Real Estate is one of Portland's top philanthropic corporations. (2020)

True professionals with unparalleled degree of expertise in the Portland multifamily space.

HFO is the best boutique real estate brokerage in Portland.

Greg is great, friendly, interesting, timely in calls and checks in regularly. Honesty is #1 and Greg has that going for him.

HFO doesn't lead sellers into unrealistic expectations of pricing. They are exceptional and advocate for both buyers and sellers' interest.

Greg is great. I'm very happy with him, and the whole HFO team.

Every time I had a problem Todd took care of it. The level of service at HFO is excellent.