Commercial Real Estate Investing Services

Chapman Ducote, the founder of War Chest Real Estate, began his career in real estate in the late 1990’s with multiple successful real estate development deals. In the early 2000's he founded Merchant Services LTD, a vertically integrated credit card processing company, which significantly expanded over 15 years and was sold to private equity. Additionally, during his career in payment processing, Chapman was co-founder of Loop Pay, which was sold to Samsung in 2016, know today as Samsung Pay. Once 100% exited from his interests in the payment processing space, Chapman once again turned his full attention to retail investment properties in the real estate world.

Denise Kantrowitz brings over 25 years of extensive financial and operational experience to her role as CFO of WCRE.  She has experience leading high-growth companies, everything from Big 4 Accounting and private equity firms to direct marketing and manufacturing companies.

As a lifelong South Floridian, Denise understands changing markets and has experience growing and transitioning small to midsize companies to strategic and private equity buyers – a lesson that has proven invaluable in her career. She thrives on building, leading and collaborating with highly efficient teams and has tried and true experience in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, finance, regulatory issues, legal, human resources, customer service and information technology. Her role at War Chest Real Estate and spearheading our retail investment properties has proven to be a key element in our success. 

Brandon Goodman is a highly regarded retail investment properties agent who has established himself as a rising star in the industry. He started his brokerage journey in 2015 at Marcus and Millichap's Salt Lake City Office, where he perfected his skills in single-tenant investment sales, including Walgreens and Rite Aid. In 2016, Mountain West Commercial, a local boutique brokerage, lured him in to help grow their retail investment platform. By 2018, he had helped establish and run the Mountain West Investment division, significantly contributing to the firm's growth in shopping plazas, strip center, and single-tenant investment sales. In 2021, his hard work and expertise earned him recognition as one of the Top Four Investment Agents in Utah by CCIM, making him one of the youngest recipients of this prestigious award.

As of 2022, Brandon has taken on a new role as Executive Vice President of Investment Sales at Collier’s. With over 125 investment transactions and over $1 Billion in sales, he has cemented his reputation as a leading figure in the retail investment industry. He primarily focuses on retail shopping center investments and has worked with multi-family, office, mobile home parks, and industrial properties. He has represented some of the largest REITs and institutional investors, playing a pivotal role in the buying and selling commercial investments within the intermountain west.

Nate Monson is a  renowned retail investment properties agent, widely acknowledged as a rising star in the industry. His expertise in sourcing deals and strong relationships with key players in the shopping center ownership, development, and brokerage sectors have propelled him to the forefront of his field. To date, his team has closed on an impressive $1 billion in commercial property investment transactions, cementing their status as leading figures in the retail investment industry.

Jesse Smith acts as the head of management, for War Chest Real Estate and provides commercial property investment management services across the Western US. In this role, he leads all property management activities for the company, overseeing a team and portfolio of over 105 properties (5M+ sq ft in shopping plazas) in ten states.

Prior to starting with War Chest Real Estate, Jesse worked for Hines, overseeing the daily management and leasing of a $200M Class A office portfolio in Salt Lake City, Utah. Jesse has also worked for Newmark and Boeing in their real estate and property management divisions.

Jesse earned a Bachelor's degree in Facility and Property Management from Brigham Young University and a Masters degree in Real Estate Development (MRED) from the University of Utah. Jesse is a Certified Property Manager (CPM), a Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM), and is a licensed real estate broker in Utah, Colorado and Wyoming.