As a Fort Lauderdale native raised in the Rio Vista neighborhood, Donovan has developed a hyper-local knowledge of Fort Lauderdale and Greater Miami. A boater all his life, Donovan knows his way around Fort Lauderdale's 180-plus miles of waterways. He is a graduate of University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in retail finance. He enjoys boxing, jiu-jitsu, personal finance and investing. Licensed as a real estate broker in Florida, he has developed the skills and discipline necessary to work through the complexities of a transaction. His appreciates the capabilities of real estate as an investment tool.