Yusuf has been on both sides of the struggle to strengthen America’s most vulnerable neighborhoods. As a teenager, he operated a network of drug houses before being sentenced to prison for 10 ½ years.
After his imprisonment, during the depths of the financial crisis, he became an unlikely real estate investor and affordable housing advocate. From a single two family house in one of Milwaukee’s poorest zip codes, Yusuf built a portfolio of over two hundred residential and commercial units and founded an award winning property management company.
Yusuf is a former president of Wisconsin’s largest apartment owners trade association and currently serves as the Bradbury Dyer ‘64 Executive Director for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Lafayette College.
He holds an MPA from Princeton University and an MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Yusuf Dahl - Cofounder
Vladimir Barshchuk is a student and a Dyer Center fellow at Lafayette College, currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mathematics and Economics.
“By joining The Real Estate Lab I realized my passion for implementing my knowledge in digital advertising”
Vladimir Barshchuk - Media Promotion Analyst
Maksym is a student at Lafayette College, majoring in BS Computer Science and minoring in Economics. Maksym is a software developer for The Real Estate Lab, currently working on a Customer Relationship Management system.
“Learning by doing and working with an incredible, dedicated team is what makes my experience at the Real Estate Lab so rewarding”
