Our Management Team

Joe Cook

Joe L. Cook is a man of great achievement who wears many hats. He heads 4 Investors Network (formerly Focus Real Estate Group); a conglomerate composed of a diverse group of companies active in representing investors in real estate transactions. Currently, the group focuses on mortgage banking activities through Mortgage Banking 4 Investors, as well as distressed property wholesaling via Foreclosures-4-Investors. Already operating in multiple western states, 4 Investors Network follows the company’s vision of expanding into a dozen new markets over the next few years.

As an investor, Cook also participates in small developments, such as the mixed use project (including a mini-storage component) currently in the middle stages of zoning, sale and development in Gilbert, AZ.

Cook is also leading completion of a significant rehab of a condo project that included the acquisition, refurbishing, leasing, sale and securitization of more than 348 units totaling more than $34 million in sales. That’s just one in a long list of impressive projects.

In the past, he guided the completion of a four-subdivision residential development, four office projects, one major single use commercial rehab project and an office rehab. Plus, he led the acquisition, repair and resale of more than 2,300 undervalued, distressed properties, including a vacant movie theater and the acquisition and re-positioning of an obsolete golf course!

Cook has an impressive executive resume. In the past, he served as vice president of investments for Wedbush Securities, where he distinguished himself as top producer of direct investments. Additionally, he was vice president of Piper Jaffray and Hopwood. He also served as president of Asset Management Group, a subsidiary of Piper Jaffray and was a member of that company’s executive council for two years. Cook has also been involved in numerous start-ups, liquidations and reorganizations of operating companies.