Focused only on real estate.
Endeavor places senior real estate leadership nationwide. That focus is deliberate, and it's the whole story of how the firm got here.
Built on real estate, not around it.
Endeavor was founded by Mike Glusker in 2016. The firm's early years covered more ground than real estate alone, but as the business grew, the work that mattered, the searches that stuck, the relationships that lasted, all pointed the same direction.
Today Endeavor works exclusively in real estate. Not a specialty inside a broader practice. Not one vertical among several. The entire firm, every relationship, every search, is built around this one market, which is exactly why it can go deeper in it than firms covering a wider territory.
A boutique by design, not by accident.
Stay Small on Purpose
Endeavor could grow its client list. It chooses not to. Staying focused keeps the firm close to the market, close to candidates, and free of the conflicts that come with a larger roster.
Senior on Every Search
Every engagement is led directly by firm leadership. No account manager hands the search off to a junior team after intake.
Real Estate, Full Stop
No adjacent verticals, no diversified practice areas. Every hour goes toward one market, which is how the depth adds up over time.
Built to Last Past Placement
The work doesn't end at signature. Endeavor stays close to both sides of a placement well past the start date.
A process built for real estate.
Intake & calibration
We map the role, the team, and what success looks like in the first 12 months.
Market mapping
We build a target pool from our existing real estate network, plus targeted outreach.
Presentation & interviews
You receive a curated shortlist, not a flood of resumes, with context on every candidate.
Close & onboarding
We manage offer mechanics and stay engaged well past the start date.
The people running your search.
Mike Glusker
Mike Glusker is the Founder and Managing Principal of Endeavor, a trusted executive search and talent acquisition leader to the U.S. real estate industry. Since launching the firm in 2016, he has placed high-performing professionals across real estate investment, development, capital allocation, and asset management, advising investment firms, developers, REITs, owner-operators, and family offices on executive hiring. Prior to founding Endeavor, Mike held senior leadership roles across banking, private equity, renewable energy, and finance. He holds a degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Finance, Economics, and Philosophy.
Sam Goodkind
Sam brings more than a decade of experience across executive search, talent strategy, and real estate. He advises investment firms, developers, REITs, owner-operators, and family offices on executive hiring spanning acquisitions, asset management, capital markets, development, and capital raising. Prior to Endeavor, Sam held leadership roles at The Agency RE and LT Executive Search, completing more than 100 placements, after beginning his career at Billy Clark Creative Management. He holds a B.A. in Political Science and International Studies from NYU, with a focus on real estate through NYU's Schack Institute of Real Estate.
Alex Solar
Alex is a Managing Director based in Chicago, focused on national recruiting execution and strategy. He's led searches from analyst to C-suite, for clients ranging from boutique developers to publicly traded REITs and institutional asset managers. Alex began his executive search career in 2011 with Robert Half before helping launch the Oil & Gas practice at HEI Search, where he met Endeavor founder Mike Glusker in 2014 and helped him launch Endeavor two years later with a pure focus on commercial real estate. He holds a degree in International Business from St. Xavier University.
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