Michael H. Zaransky is the Founder and Managing Principal of MZ Capital Partners, a real estate private equity firm, and the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Prime Property Investors, Ltd. Michael has a wide range of real estate, banking, and financial experience and has been a licensed Illinois Real Estate Broker since 1979.

Michael is a member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO-Gold), the National Apartment Association, the National Multifamily Housing Council, and the Urban Land Institute.

Michael Zaransky is a James Scholar graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern University School of Law. Michael has published numerous articles, and lectured nationally, on the subject of real estate investment. Michael’s real estate investment books Profit by Investing in Student Housing and Purchase Rehab, and Reposition Commercial Investment Property, real estate category best sellers, were published by Kaplan Publishing and are sold in major bookstores and online booksellers.

Michael has won a number of awards for rehabilitating older properties, including the Chicago Apartment Association’s Chicagoland Apartment Marketing and Management Excellence (CAMME) Award and Vintage Apartments of the Year Award; the Good Neighbor Award by the Chicago Association of REALT