Michael Hockett Virginia

Chesapeake, VA United States

Real Estate Developer

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A resident of Chesapeake, Virginia, Michael Hockett leverages more than three decades of business leadership in his role as a real estate developer. Since 2015, Michael Hockett has developed and purchased more than a dozen short-term vacation rental properties and used a portion of the profits to fund the construction of churches in Guatemala and Peru. Prior to focusing on real estate, he worked in the automotive sector. As the president and GM of Tidewater Auto Auction in Virginia, Michael Hockett oversaw the turnaround of the once-struggling facility, which he purchased in 1996. At that time, it was selling just 200 units per week at an average price of $936.