Andy Zhu

Principal at MFX Ventures

Speaker

Andy Zhu is the cofounder and principal of MFX Ventures, where he manages client coordination, business development, and investment structuring. MFX Ventures is a real estate financial analysis and development consulting company that has worked on 500M in projects across affordable housing, build-to-rent, workforce housing, mixed-use, hospitality, and other projects. He is passionate about discovering innovative uses of our resources to provide accessible, safe, and healthy homes for all, and is focused on providing purpose-built spaces for current and future generations.

Andy is a trusted voice in the development and investment sphere, having amassed a following of over 100,000 on TikTok who listen to his thoughts about markets and the future of investing (@genzrebuilds). He also has been a featured speaker on the CREative Talks Real Estate Podcast, the National Rental Home Council's Annual Conference, Conservice's Inaugural Single Family Home Conference as well as several appearances on the IMN conference circuit. He graduated Vanderbilt Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa with degrees in Political Science and Medicine, Health, and Society, and is one of the proud few remaining Nashville natives.

Andy is was previously the Director of Business Development and Investment Analysis for Pentagon Holdings, a build-for-rent, multifamily, and mixed-use developer based in Nashville with over 1600 units in its pipeline. While at Pentagon, he underwrote over 1.5B in potential deal flow over multifamily, mixed-use, and single-family build-for-rent asset classes and managed the company's capital markets process, including sourcing for acquisition loans, land development loans, construction loans, and business lines of credit.

When he's not talking business or real estate, you can find Andy playing (amateur) guitar and piano, dancing salsa, or brewing his homemade mead. He serves as a member of the Metro Nashville Homelessness Planning Council's Housing Opportunities Community and Performance Evaluation Committee. He is extremely involved in the Urban Land Institute, and is on several committees including Pathways to Inclusion and the Private Markets Attainable Housing Action Committee.