David McIlwaine

Founder / Managing Partner:

David McIlwaine is a seasoned entrepreneur and successful executive with deep experience in business growth, scale and delivering results. His real estate experience is vast–spanning over 25 years.

Experience, knowledge and understanding have been gained firsthand by either currently owning or having owned multifamily units, commercial retail development, asset management, single family, vacation rental properties, second homes and custom builds. He personally wore Golden Handcuffs for almost 14 years, successfully gaining sovereignty over his career and net worth along the way. He founded MAC Assets in 2019 with a portfolio that currently includes property in the southeast as well as KC & Denver. At present he is a general partner in 1,000 doors.

David’s entrepreneurial experience spans a highly successful sales career in several areas including Real Estate, Marketing/Advertising, and Information Technology start ups. He has a variety of first hand experience including having held C Level positions, led teams across the US to overperformance, raised capital, executed mergers, implemented improvements in operating systems, coached diverse constituencies, created and delivered strategic growth initiatives all leading to successful outcomes. David graduated from the University of Kansas with a BS in Journalism and Advertising. 

Vincent Menechino

Managing Dir. Acquisitions & Asset Management

Prior to MAC Assets, Vinny was Dir. Of Acquisitions for Tricap Residential, focused on acquisitions of multifamily properties. Additionally, Vinny worked with BMC in Denver in his prior role, where he evaluated new acquisitions and served as an Asset Manager for over 2,000 units / $500M AUM.


Vinny spent seven years with Sentinel Real Estate Corp in New York City, a top 50 Multifamily ownership group, leading acquisitions and dispositions across several multifamily portfolios throughout the US. After Sentinel, Vinny spent time at Skyline AI, joining the cutting edge of Proptech firms utilizing AI driven algorithms to source as well as evaluate Multifamily real estate opportunities.

Vinny received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics-Finance from Bentley University and holds a Master of Science in Real Estate from Fordham University. 

Originally from New Jersey, Vinny currently lives in Denver and spends his free time at the gym working on Olympic weightlifting, playing softball, or playing with his golden retriever, Rocco. Typically, when not in Denver, he is out in Kansas on his girlfriend’s family farm working cattle, goats, lamas, and alpacas.