In his thirty-plus years in the field of residential development and prior to forming his own company in 1995, he served until the retirement of the founder as Principal, Senior Vice President and Chief Strategist of The Greenman Group, the nation’s most respected residential consulting and new home research firm. Previously, he was the Vice President and National Sales and Marketing Director of a multi-state merchant builder and subsequently operated his own homebuilding company in a two-state area while also building and developing commercial properties. In addition to his extensive experience in new construction, he has been active in rehabilitation, renovation and conversion of both residential and commercial properties, was chief operating officer of a mortgage brokerage concern, and, on-request, serves as an expert witness and consultant in a number of diverse litigation and arbitration matters regarding residential development.

Levitan is a charter “MIRM” designee, has served 3 terms as Trustee and served as President of the Institute of Residential Marketing. He also has served 4 terms as Trustee of the National Sales and Marketing Council and in 2008 served as Chair of the NSMC.

He is a national instructor of IRM and CSP courses, author of the IRM course, “Increased Profits Through Effective Builder-Broker Cooperation” and co-author of “Marketing on a Shoestring Budget”. He also is a Certified Marketing Professional (“CMP”), charter designee and Certified New Home Sales Professional (“CSP”), charter designee; a Registered Apartment Manager (“RAM”), winner of the national Pillars of The Industry – RAM 2000 award and co-author of “How To Excel In Leasing Apartments”; a certified Commercial Property Builder (“CPB”), charter designee; a Senior Housing Marketing Specialist (“SHMS”), charter designee and Certified Active Adult Specialist in Housing (“CAASH”), charter designee and served 3 terms as Trustee of the National Council on Seniors Housing (now the “50+ Housing Council”).

He is a noted author, speaker, lecturer and trainer in the housing industry. Engagements have included programs for the Florida Bar Association, New Jersey Association of Realtors, National Association of Home Builders conventions and seminars, Multi-Housing World and Multi-Housing World West, Builder Magazine’s Builder 100 Conference, Florida Realtors Land Institute, Urban Land Institute, Southeast Builders Conference, East Coast Builders Conference, Caribbean Basin Real Estate Congress, numerous Home Builders Institute courses, and numerous programs for Crittenden, Northwest Center for Professional Education, the Institute for International Research, the Real Estate Lending Institute and many others, as well as appearing as the keynote speaker at the annual meetings and conferences of several of the country’s leading residential builders and developers. He also is the author of an award winning blog on residential development.