Agustín "Gus" Quevedo, MBA, CRB
Chief Executive Officer of Intercontinental Financial Group, LLC
Agustín “Gus” Quevedo is the Chief Executive Officer of Intercontinental Financial Group, LLC (“IFG”), a boutique full-service firm serving the needs of Floridians since 2001 with individualized and professional real estate services. He is licensed in the State of Florida as a Real Estate Broker, Mortgage Broker, Real Estate Instructor and Chief Administrator, allowing him to divide IFG into the following real estate practice areas, making it a premier comprehensive real estate firm: IFG Real Estate, LLC; IFG Mortgage, LLC; IFG Title & Escrow, LLC; and Intercontinental School of Real Estate, LLC. Agustín also earned the prestigious designation of Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager (“CRB”), which is awarded exclusively to REALTORS® who meet the rigorous requirements and advanced professional training set forth by the Council of Real Estate Brokerage Managers.

Being a Miami native, Agustín’s geographic area of expertise has been the South Florida market, specifically Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, Brickell, Key Biscayne and South Beach. He has consistently been a multi-million dollar producer of residential and commercial transactions in these markets from both a real estate and mortgage brokerage perspective. Agustín has had the opportunity to participate in the development of the South Florida real estate market’s transition into a truly international real estate market. He also has had the privilege of contributing to the natural evolution of the traditional real estate business model into what IFG embodies, a boutique full-service real estate firm that incorporates a strong belief in Agustín’s business adage: “Exceptional Service. Exceptional Results.”

While growing his full-service real estate firm, Agustín has been an instructor at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) teaching Real Estate Principles and Practices. This class, which is a pre-licensing requirement to become a Real Estate Associate, covers topics tested by the Florida Real Estate Commission. His curriculum includes, but is not limited to, in depth instruction on the following topics: real property, liens, titles, contracts, tax factors, mortgages, property evaluation, real estate market, licensing requirements, legal aspects of the real estate business and property management. Serving as a professor at MDCC provides Agustín with the opportunity to fine-tune his teaching skills and apply them to his own real estate school, Intercontinental School of Real Estate, LLC, where he offers pre-licensing, post-licensing, continuing education and specialty courses for both Real Estate and Mortgage Brokerage. Agustín offers these courses either in-house as part of an intimate group setting or as distance education.

Before starting his own businesses, Agustín was President and Principal Broker of Sun Mortgage Corporation, where he originated and brokered loans upwards of three million dollars resulting from his analyses of his clients’ financial needs. Based on his analyses, Agustín would recommend appropriate loan structures while representing the clients through the complete process of residential and investment real estate acquisitions. He also dedicated several years to financial advisory roles with prominent brokerage houses Citibank, FSB and Prudential Securities. Agustín’s roles with both Citibank and Prudential positioned him to work closely with existing and prospective clients with regard to management of their assets and accomplishment of their financial milestones. Both roles also allowed him to travel extensively internationally, in particular throughout South and Central America, to service his clients on a personal basis, thus affording him acknowledgment as a top producer with extensive international market share. While at Prudential, Agustín was recognized with the esteemed award of “Top Gun”, awarded only to the best producing financial advisors within the organization. Agustín obtained his National Association of Securities Dealers (“NASD”) Series 7 and North American Securities Administrators Association (“NASAA”) Series 63 and 65 licenses while in the securities industry.

Agustín earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Miami in 1991 and served as President of the University of Miami’s Student Finance Organization during his senior year. He also earned a Master of Business Administration with a Specialization in Finance and International Business from the University of Miami in 1997. Agustín was born and raised in Miami, Florida and is fluent in Spanish.

 

Gonzalo Ruiz
President of Intercontinental Financial Group, LLC
Gonzalo Ruiz is the President of Intercontinental Financial Group, LLC ("IFG"), a boutique full-service firm serving the needs of Floridians since 2001 with individualized and professional real estate services. IFG is divided into the following real estate practice areas, making it a premier comprehensive real estate firm: IFG Real Estate, LLC; IFG Mortgage, LLC; IFG Title & Escrow, LLC; and Intercontinental School of Real Estate, LLC.

Gonzalo is licensed in the State of Florida as a Mortgage Broker and a Real Estate Broker-Associate and serves as the Principal Broker for IFG Mortgage, LLC. Gonzalo is also an instructor at Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) teaching the Mortgage Brokerage License Exam Preparation course. This class, which is a pre-licensing requirement to become a Mortgage Broker, covers topics tested by the Florida Department of Financial Services. His curriculum includes, but is not limited to, in depth instruction on the following topics: mortgage law, closing statements, lending rules, license types and the loan application process. As a professor at MDCC, Gonzalo is able to hone his teaching skills and apply them to his own real estate school, Intercontinental School of Real Estate, LLC, where he offers pre-licensing, post-licensing, continuing education and specialty courses for both Real Estate and Mortgage Brokerage. Gonzalo offers these courses either in-house as part of an intimate group setting or as distance education.

Gonzalo has been servicing clients in various financial service capacities since the mid-1980s. Prior to serving as President of IFG, he was Director of International Private Banking for American Express Bank International, where he advised wealthy offshore clients regarding their lending needs, investment portfolios, offshore trusts, estate planning and overall banking services. Before his role with American Express Bank International, Gonzalo spent half a decade as Vice President of International Private Banking for Deutsche Bank's Central American Book of Business Division and maintained a client base in excess of $120,000,000 of assets under management within six countries. Gonzalo also spent just under a decade with a subsidiary of Citigroup as a Regional Manager assisting clients with debt consolidation, asset protection and investing for the future. Throughout these three roles, Gonzalo has consistently consulted clients and provided solutions to meet their financial objectives. Frequently, he counseled clients and aided them in making decisions that would prove to be the most life-altering ones they would ever make. His genuine concern for his clients' futures drove him to be an ethical and trusted advisor and gained him the trust and respect of his clients and peers alike. While working in the securities industry, Gonzalo obtained his National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") Series 7 and North American Securities Administrators Association ("NASAA") Series 63 licenses, along with his Connecticut Life, Health and Annuity License.

Prior to his roles at financial institutions, Gonzalo was a Fiscal Officer for Long Lane School, a Juvenile Correctional Facility that fell under the jurisdiction of the State of Connecticut's Department of Children and Families. During Gonzalo's six-year tenure as Fiscal Officer, he managed the Facility's $30,000,000 budget and ensured that funds were apportioned appropriately among payables, payroll, operating expenses and internal accounts.

Gonzalo attended Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts where he earned a Bachelor of Science in 1987 with dual concentrations in Finance and Investments and in Economics. During his time there, Gonzalo was a member of the Blue Key Honor Society. Due to his academic and professional excellence, in 1996 Gonzalo was awarded the Robert A. Toigo Fellowship, which is a full scholarship, to participate in the Master of Business Administration program at Columbia University in New York. He graduated with his MBA from Columbia University with a Specialization in Finance and International Business in 1998. Gonzalo was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut and is fluent in Spanish.