Michael Furlong is both the longest serving board member and only east coast resident. Mr. Furlong has an extensive background in all facets of commercial real estate. An engineering degree initiated a period as a specialty subcontractor. An MBA led to mortgage banking and later to construction lending at a Maryland regional bank. The REIT excesses of the 1970s extended that career to include the workout of problem real estate projects and/or ill-conceived projects and portfolios. Furlong went into business with a partner to serve the more complex analytical and problem solving needs of corporate and institutional clients. The Savings & Loan Crisis of the mid 1980s increased the stakes to th