--------About Mike Madden, CCIM

Mike Madden, CCIM, MBA, MIM, Adjunct Professor of Real Estate

After graduating with a Bachelor of Business form Western Illinois University, Mike began marketing land in the Jackson and Biloxi Mississippi areas with Conrad Martin Real Estate in 1979. He took about a decade off from the business to navigate USAF C-130's (big transport planes) all over the planet. He is a veteran of military actions in Panama, Iraq, Bosnia, and Hattie. During his military career, he cross trained into contracting where he worked on Government contracts on everything from base street repair (March AFB, Riverside, California ) to space based sensor systems (Aerojet Electronic Systems Division, Azusa, CA). During his hiatus from real estate, he earned an MBA from the University of Southern Mississippi, and a Master of International Management from Thunderbird, a graduate school specializing in international business, located near Phoenix, AZ.

Mike returned to real estate and the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the mid 90's. He specializes in large tracts of land, industrial sites, and thanks to the CCIM Institute, income-producing properties. Mike has a background as an appraiser. He worked appraisals for commercial, timber, residential, U.S. Government and industrial interests. For five years, Mike taught real estate investment, principles and law at the Jackson County Campus of theMississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Mike is presently a member of the instructor cadre of the Mississippi Realtor Institute presenting pre-license and continuing education courses.