What Do We Do?
Our goal is to give first time homebuyers, or those thinking of becoming investors, the knowledge and tools to achieve their dream. We believe that there are lots of people that value knowledge and want to know if they doing the right thing. We are here to help. We have decades of experience and can deliver easy to understand answers to many of the questions people have with honesty and a little humor.
About US
In addition to running Home Schooled, Mark Hickey is the owner of 4M Rentals, a residential investment and property management company in the Greater Boston Area. Founded in 2004, 4M Rentals has properties in Arlington, Somerville, and the City of Boston. Over the years this has given him a lot of experience working with architects, general contractors, plumbers, and electricians, to name a few. When time permits, he does some of the repairs and renovations himself.
Prior to founding 4M Rentals, Mark was a Real Estate Economist with the CoStar Group, the leading provider of data and analytics to the commercial real estate industry. He was with the firm for almost 15 years and focused his time on the analysis of market trends in Boston and greater New England. Mark got to work with lots of types of clients including; local, regional, and national banks; private equity investors, appraisers, brokers, sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, as well as public entities such as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. In this role, he would give over 100 presentations a year on what was happening in real estate.
Before joining CoStar, he spent 10 years working in financial services for some of the nation’s leading investment banks. This includes JP Morgan, Brown Brothers Harriman, and a firm that was later acquired by State Street.
Mark has been quoted about commercial real estate markets in major metropolitan newspapers and national media, including the Boston Business Journal, the Boston Globe, and The Wall Street Journal. He received his B.S. in Finance and Economics from the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University and an M.B.A. from the Carroll Graduate School of Management at Boston College.