

Michael Payne – CEO/Founder
At MKS equity, we believe there is a better way to invest. A more practical way where investors can leave the hard work to us. We’re obsessively passionate about finding suitable properties in the most lucrative areas with growth potential. Our mission is to help people achieve their dreams through passively investing and remunerative returns. We focus on pairing the right investor with the right investment opportunity. It’s one of the least understood and transparent aspects of great investing, and we see that as an opportunity. We’re excited to simplify real estate investing for everyone through our investment community.
Michael Payne, CEO and founder of MKS equity, is a natural team leader, born to create and encourage positive change in all that are around him. Michael has a vision through his passion in real estate, business ownership and leadership to enrich the lives of others through passive real estate investment and mentorship, while driving others to find their true passion. Michael will enthusiastically tell those he encounters about his losses as well as his spectacular wins.

Rod Khleif, Sr. Advisor of MKS equity, is a multiple business owner and philanthropist who is passionate about business, high performance, real estate and giving back. As one of the country’s top real estate and peak performance luminaries. He has also owned over 2000 properties. Rod Khleif soared from humble beginnings as a young, impoverished Dutch immigrant to incredible success. Rod’s experience involves both remarkable triumphs, and spectacular failures, which he affectionately calls “seminars:’ Rod will explain the mindset required to recover from losing $50 million dollars in the crash of 2008 to the success he enjoys today. Rod brings incredible authenticity and insight to his approach to real estate, mindset, success and life. Rod can talk about Real estate, the psychology of success, and any business topic in great depth, contributing incredible first-hand, technical, and motivational knowledge and skills to the conversation. Rod also founded The Tiny Hands Foundation, which has benefited more than 130,000 children in need.

Rasool Mutawakkil, MKS Equity Advisor, specializes in financial analysis and underwriting to determine an investment’s potential. As a U.S. Army veteran intelligence operative, his attention to detail, work ethic, and desire to serve others with pertinent information are his primary drivers. Rasool has a bachelor’s degree in computer programming and is certified with numerous financial licenses in the state of Florida. He was an owner-operator of a multiple six-figure Airbnb business in Miami and currently has grown his multifamily investment portfolio by over $10MM in the past year. As a husband, father, and ambitious entrepreneur, his long-term goals include 1) establishing generational wealth for his family as well as 2) the continuous development of his education platform to show others how they, too, can reach any financial goal faster than they ever thought possible.