About

We get it; managing your property can feel pretty overwhelming.

We get it because we’ve walked a mile or two in your shoes. We bought our first property in 1969 and have been in the industry ever since.

If you’re looking for a partner who knows all the ins and outs of this business, look no further. We’d love to help you get the most from your rental property without lifting a finger!

Meet the team

Robert Rives

Chairman & President

Fred Howell

Vice President & CFO

Justin Dunlap

Exec. CPM / GM

Fred Howell

Vice President & CFO

Cathy Teague

Account / HR Manager

Angie Dickenson

Property Manager

Joseph Abousharkh

Property Manager

Felicia Williams

Property Manager

Robert Bradbury

COM

Chris Brown

Self-Storage Manager

Linda Dyer

Self-Storage Manager

Our mission

To identify and understand the unique needs of each client and go beyond the expected in meeting those needs;

To provide each employee with the training and support needed to grow professionally and personally;

To adhere to the highest standards of honesty and ethical behavior toward customers, clients, employees, suppliers, and the community; and

To lead our industry by continually seeking and obtaining a competitive advantage based on quality management services, technology, and streamlined processes and procedures that will generate increasingly higher revenue and profits for the organization and its clients.

Our vision

Our vision is to “Build lasting partnerships with our customers by enhancing the value of their relationship with us”.

Every customer interaction is an opportunity to strengthen the customer relationship, which creates added value to the community, in which they live.

In order to achieve our vision, we must provide exceptional service to our customers on an equal and consistent basis and by doing so; we will exceed the expectations of our customers.

Our values

We keep learning

We will strive to work consistently and diligently to increase our knowledge of our customers, clients and their requirements.

We respond promptly

We will give the best possible service to our customers and clients by responding promptly to their needs.

We act with integrity

We will conduct business with our customers and clients consistently with honesty and integrity and without discrimination
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Robert Rives

Chairman & President
Robert Rives founded Professional Equities, Inc. (PEI) in 1969 and is the current chairman and president. His knowledge of the economic underpinnings of multi-family, office and mini-warehouse storage properties plus his decades of experience in real estate management enables PEI to accept multiple on-site engagements and quickly identify the action steps required to bring an asset to market competitiveness.

Rives is a founding member of the Economical Housing Organization, a non-profit group that provides housing for large and/or economically disadvantaged families. He is also a director of Rainbow Village which provides housing and employment opportunity for those with developmental disabilities.

A member of the Home Builders Association of St. Louis, Rives is a licensed real estate broker in Missouri.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Southeast Missouri State University.