We’re
DAECO

The DAECO team is dedicated to combatting the challenging issue of homelessness in our communities.

Our Story

Our Principal and Founder Justin Dae, interest in Real Estate was sparked by the skyline of Downtown LA. The Bay Area native and USC alumnus curiosity was ignited by the size and scale of Downtown LA, the mixture of old and brand new buildings co-existing to create a hub in a world-class city. Starting in commercial real estate sales in 2005, Justin amassed an impressive portfolio of clients and knowledge base of commercial real estate throughout Los Angeles County and City.

In 2014, we grew for the better. Justin began consulting for Brilliant Corners and the Housing for Health division of the Department of Health Services for the County of Los Angeles’ Flexible Housing Subsidy Program to attract private market multi-family ownership to house the unhoused. In the years following, Justin and our dynamic DAECO team have amassed a rich knowledge base in the landscape of homelessness and created partnerships between private market, non-profits and government entities to achieve quality housing for the most vulnerable in our city.

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Mission

DAECO provides subject matter real estate expertise to non-profit, government and private sectors for housing solutions to address the needs of the vulnerable and unhoused. Our commercial Real Estate knowledge is the foundation that we build upon to identify quality housing interventions. Our Consulting and Project Management services are key tools in executing innovative ideas and creating communities for all.

Vision

At DAECO, we provide a unique combination of real estate expertise and consultative solutions to deliver value that is both economically and socially impactful. We create spaces and places that transform lives and communities for the overall good. We are team built on collaboration and innovation, consistently challenging ourselves to improve with the ultimate result of higher level of service to our clients.

Values

At DAECO we are guided by the idea of achieving a net benefit in our work. This idea is rooted in the belief that we can collaborate to solve big problems. Private market, government and non-profit entities can achieve each individual sector goals with great benefits to our communities overall. DAECO is at the forefront of this collaboration and use the idea of net benefit as our currency.

Meet our Founder

FOUNDER & CEO

Justin Dae

We’re here to make an impact. We’re here to continue to learn and apply our knowledge and expertise towards helping those focused on supporting underserved populations and the community at large.

…and the dream team

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Director of Operations

Bari Dae

Bari’s goal is to be of service and solve problems. She was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and is a graduate of UC Santa Barbara. Bari has 10+ years experience in recruiting for Fortune 500 companies across the US. In her spare time, Bari enjoys spending time with her 2 young children and her husband Justin.

Director of Operations

Bari Dae

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Project Manager

Delia Munoz

Delia is a Southern California native, and currently resides in El Segundo. She attended UC Berkeley and graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Landscape Architecture. She is a Project Manager at DAECO, where her skills in problem solving, critical thinking, and application of organizational strategies enable her to help others. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with loved ones, cooking, and golfing.

Project Manager

Delia Munoz

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Project Manager

Jazelle Baliling

Jazelle is a Project Manager with a background of nearly 10 years in community health, urban planning and construction, creating innovative and unique environments. Born and raised in the South Bay of LA, she loves that her work at DAECO encompasses her experience in building structures and passion in building communities. Jazelle enjoys a varied number of interests, including traveling, baking, surfing and watching basketball.

Project Manager

Jazelle Baliling

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REALTOR

Jessica Spencer

Jessica Spencer was born and raised in Ventura County Ca. and resides in Los Angeles. She attended UC Santa Barbara where she received a Degree in History. She has 6 years of experience as a Realtor and a Life Insurance Underwriter for 9 years. Some passions she enjoys are podcasting, writing, boxing and brunching anywhere near the ocean.

REALTOR

Jessica Spencer

While I’ve had a passion for real estate for most of my adult life, I’ve been driven to help people in need for as long as I can remember. It was instilled in me from a young age as the son of a doctor and a social worker. It’s led me directly to where I am today.

I began my real estate career focusing on multifamily investment sales in 2005, eager to learn a new industry and build my own business. After a quick start the market crashed and in a few years the recession hit. I was able to adapt to remain in real estate by acquiring a Lender as my primary client for the next several years. This was a critical period that helped form the base of my knowledge and understanding across a wide range of asset types in varying conditions over a larger catchment spanning Los Angeles County. It was challenging work filled with uncertainty; but it allowed me to survive in a historical downturn and ultimately provided me with priceless knowledge and experience that helped prepare me for what was to come.

Seeing the impacts of the recession first-hand working on foreclosed properties, particularly in communities of color, was jarring. The number of vacant, bank owned “investment properties” that showed remnants of families and lives upended by the crisis really began to take its toll. This continued as the economy improved and a sharp increase of private investment into housing continued this all too familiar process of vacating units and lives in search of profits.

As I began to experience a shift in thinking and focus, I was introduced to a Non-profit housing and services agency, which proved to be a pivotal fork-in-the-road moment that ultimately guided me to where I am today. As a consultant, I brought my real estate expertise to engage landlords and developers to secure housing for a locally funded rental subsidy program for chronically homeless individuals. I soon became entrenched in a new world of permanent supportive housing, project-based subsidies, interim housing, master leasing and more.

This work spoke to me in a different way. I found it wildly rewarding to assist my non-profit clients not only locate an ideal location for their next project, but to understand the nuance of their work and how to apply that understanding to the site selection process. Over the years I learned best practices in creating successful, trauma informed supportive housing.

I realized I was able to make the type of impact I had desired for so much of my life. I became a go-to resource for Non-profit service providers, government and philanthropic funders of programs for people experiencing homelessness. I began to relish the opportunity to take my knowledge and advocate for these critical stakeholders desperately fighting to end homelessness in our City and County. It can be a tough world out there in real estate and while many are well-intentioned there are equally those out to take advantage. I pride myself on being able to represent non-profit and government entities along with the private market to work together on creative solutions to end homelessness. Each of these spaces contain their own nuance and it is rare to have a group like ours that speaks these languages interchangeably. That has allowed us to continue to be solution-oriented problem solvers, confident in our ability to take on new and high-stakes challenges while managing the various expectations of our stakeholders. We strive to be a consistent, reliable and accountable resource for our clients. We take a “measure twice, cut once” approach to ensure the highest quality work.

We’re here to make an impact. We’re here to continue to learn and apply our knowledge and expertise towards helping those focused on supporting underserved populations and the community at large.

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