About Us
MREX’s mission is to democratize multifamily real estate investing through revolutionary technology and knowledge. Offering multiple courses and advanced programs, we quickly became the leading experts in multifamily financial engineering and capital markets. Our students soon realized that investing in multifamily properties meant running a profitable business and making sophisticated decisions such a stock market investor makes.
Our Values
We manage by providing context, autonomy and responsibility to empower people and teams so that they own problems and come up with solutions.
We work so that there is no distinction between building, working, and learning. We acknowledge that there is always room for improvement and welcome everyone’s input on any subject. We feel there is always room for improvement.
We share context on why decisions are made. We communicate directly, honestly, and constructively. We quickly bring problems to the surface, ask for help, and talk about what we need to do to be successful. We create room for honesty without judgement.
Nothing gets done by itself. When people say it’s impossible, we hack the system and get it done. If there is a will, there is a way.
We need to understand the why. We do things because they make sense, not because “that’s how it’s done.”. Impactful ideas happen by challenging conventional wisdom and rethinking solutions.
We focus on outcomes, not just effort. We get great things done by bringing together creative and technically astute people in an environment that has been tailor-made for them to be able to deliver the best of themselves.
We don’t delay failure and protect others from it, or hide it. We address it by helping people respond to and reflect on failures. When we understand the root causes, we can take action and grow together. For us, failure is the step before growth and success.
Our Team
Nikolaï Ray
CEO – MREX
Nikolaï is the founder and CEO of MREX. He’s regarded as one of North America’s leading experts in apartment investing with over CA$1 billion in analysis and transactions. A leading expert in multifamily financial engineering, he’s often called to stand in as teacher, adviser, and speaker. He is also a real-estate technology pioneer with his current work on multifamily real-estate property tokenization with block chain.
Claude Hamel
COO – MREX
Claude holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law and Industrial Engineering from Laval University and is a member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec. As a real estate investor himself and a specialist in business optimization processes and project management, he uses his skills to ensure the proper development of MREX College’s training programs.
Joel Lavoie
CTO – MREX
Joel is passionate about science and technology and has worked in the software industry for over 15 years as a developer, technical lead, manager, and in various management positions. He specializes in data science and web technologies (web applications, mobile development and server programming). He is currently developing with his team the MREX Terminal which should be released soon.
