Professionally licensed in 2005 as a real estate broker in Oregon after growing up in a family that owned and operated commercial rental property. Ian's childhood was spent working on maintenance crews and supporting trades people with grunt work. In 2007 a license for construction was added to support major projects his family owned. After 14 years, his father retired and Ian took over the brokerage side of the business. in 2019 he received his CCIM designation joining the top echelon of commercial brokers worldwide.