John is CEO of John Burns Real Estate Consulting, LLC, which helps real estate industry executives by analyzing and summarizing the information they need to make decisions with more confidence. John is on retainer with a number of companies, both in the housing industry and Wall Street, to monitor housing market conditions, and to help them refine their strategies in an ever-changing environment. He also completes customized consulting assignments to help them with land acquisition, market expansion, or strategic planning decisions. Prior to founding the company, he was Senior Consulting Manager at KPMG LLP (now BearingPoint Inc.) and Principal at a national real estate consulting firm. He is a CPA and has a MBA from UCLA and a BA in economics from Stanford University. He has been quoted by CNN, ABC World News Tonight, Business Week, and The Wall Street Journal.