28 Oct 2025
Exclusive Interview with Whitney Rhoades Managing Director at Marcus & Millichap
Whitney Rhoades is a multi-family advisor focused on helping investors buy and sell commercial real estate in Oregon and southern Washington. As the Oregon office's most senior apartment broker, and founder of The Rhoades Group, Whitney leads Marcus & Millichap’s largest multifamily team in the state. Whitney has garnered both local and national recognition for her team’s dedication to providing clients with insight and value as a trusted partner in real estate. Named “The Best of The Best” in the Portland Business Journal, Whitney was the top producing apartment broker for Marcus & Millichap – Portland for 6 of the past 9 years, including most recently in 2024, and has earned numerous performance awards throughout her career. As a team leader in the Portland office, Whitney utilizes the unique capability of Marcus & Millichap's national marketing platform to her clients’ advantage, providing investors with access to the industry’s largest pool of commercial real estate inventory and capital, and the only CRE platform truly designed to create massive collaborative exposure to qualified buyers throughout the United States and Canada. When not hard at work, Whitney spends her free time traveling with her husband and hiking with their two dogs, and is continually exploring the vibrant and ever-changing culinary landscape of Portland.Michael Derk is an Executive Managing Director at MMCC. Michael is responsible for securing commercial debt and equity financing for an array of property types including multifamily, office and industrial, retail, seniors housing and hospitality. He is well connected with national, regional and local funding sources including, but not limited to agency lenders (e.g. Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac), commercial banks, CMBS lenders, life insurance companies, private and public funds and bridge lenders. Michael has more than 22 years of commercial real estate finance experience and has closed more than $4 billion in transactions. He specializes in structuring multifamily, retail and industrial products as well as other special purpose properties. During his career with MMCC, he has been honored with the firm’s National Achievement Award every year since 2005. He was also featured in Southern California Real Estate Magazine’s "40 Under 40" in 2004 and 2010. Mr. Derk achieved the highest revenue of all MMCC loan originators in California in 2004 through 2006, 2008 and 2009. He is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in accounting and finance. He also earned a master’s degree in real estate from the University of California, Los Angeles and studied abroad at Oxford University in England. He holds a sales license from the California Department of Real Estate and is a member of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA).Links to people and organizations mentioned in the video:Michael Derk Bio: https://www.marcusmillichap.com/advisors/michael-g-derkConnect with Michael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-derk-307628148/Contact Michael directly at michael.derk@marcusmillichap.com
