Robert Burns grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Go Eagles!). He attended and graduated with a BS in Secondary Education from East Stroudsburg University, 1978.
After receiving his degree, Bob took a job in San Juan Puerto Rico as a teacher and football coach. He started investing in various assets while living in Puerto Rico and continued here in South Florida. His experience includes buying pre-foreclosed properties, tax lien purchases, buying and selling discounted paper, rehabbing various sized properties from single-family homes to multi-unit buildings, education and consulting. Living and interacting with Puerto Rico’s Latin community was a lifetime experience and ended up staying there for ten years.
Bob arrived to South Florida from Puerto Rico in 1988 to take a job with Dow Jones. While working for Dow Jones, he had the opportunity to further travel the Caribbean and Latin America and spent several years in Mexico City.
In 2001 Robert Burns founded a small real estate investment firm located in South Florida called International Global Group, Inc. IGG helps the professional investment community market, sell and buy real estate assets.
He also runs a monthly meeting, Miami Real Estate Investors Association MREIA www.miamireia.com, which provides advice, contacts, services and opportunities to the real estate retail and investment communities.
Currently Bob lives in Miami, Florida with his wife of 12 years, Alejandra, his 10 year old son Bobby, Alexa his stepdaughter, two dogs, 1 cat and a hermit crab. They enjoy vacationing at the Bahama Beach Club, Ft. Myers Beach and are very involved with their son’s activities. Bob gives back by coaching football and basketball teams for various community organizations. Bob and his family are practicing Episcopalians and attend Trinity Cathedral in Miami, Florida.
