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Martin Sawa

Biography

Martin Sawa

Martin Sawa is a commercial real estate entrepreneur with a diverse career as a broker, operator and developer. He has negotiated numerous high-profile transactions in the San Francisco and Los Angeles markets.

Sawa received a BA from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Urban Planning from San Jose State University. He currently writes and helps others execute both business and life strategies.

Martin Sawa

Books by Martin Sawa

The Other Side of Success: Money and Meaning in the Golden State: A Memoir
by Martin Sawa - Memoir, Nonfiction

Nearly 30, broke and with a newborn daughter in tow, Martin Sawa quits his dead-end job and vows to fulfill the aspirations of his Ukrainian parents. Thus begins a relentless pursuit of financial success in the high-stakes world of commercial real estate. Navigating the skyscrapers of San Francisco and the gritty streets of Oakland, Sawa is on the verge of making it. But his world comes crashing down around him when he suffers a devastating personal loss, causing him to reevaluate the meaning of success. In the years before and after the new millennium, Sawa takes the reader through a time of sweeping technological, social and political change in California. While grappling with apex predators on nine-figure deals in San Francisco real estate, he rides the entrepreneurial roller coaster of prosperity and ruin.