DAVE PALADINO - CPM, BROKER

Check out Dave's blog!

David Paladino is the founder of Dino's Storage, Paladino Development Group, Landmark Group, and Grncompanies.  Dave collectively has over 100 employees in Nebraska, Iowa, and Mannitoba.  Dave has been a licensed real estate broker in Nebraska and Iowa for over the past twenty years and a member of IREM and holds the CPM® designation.

Dave was born in Omaha, Nebraska and rasied in the Western/Northeastern area of Nebraska.  He is a graduate of the Massachusets Institute of Technology Center for Real Estate and earned a master's degree in Real Estate Development.  Dave also graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a degree in marketing.  Upon, graduation Dave worked in Atlanta for an IBM Industry remarketer.

Dave has grown Landmark Group to become the largest manager of single-family homes in Nebraska.  In addition to property management, Landmark specializes in rennovation, maintenance, leasing and brokerage of single-family investment homes.  As part of the management team,  Landmark Group has developed a maintenance organization of over 50 technicians.  Currently Landmark manages over 1,200 units in Nebraska and Iowa.  Dave is a licensed locksmith and has been certified by the EPA as a type I and II technician.

In 1988, Dave founded Grncompanies to meet the needs of real estate investors, developers, managers, and owners.  Grncompanies specializes in a wide of contractor services, including residential and commercial facilitiy maintenance and general construction services.

In 1997, Dave founded Paladino Development Group.  Paladino Development Group is a developer of residential and commercial real estate in Omaha.  From it's humble beginnings, Paladino Development Group has grown it's investments from just a few houses to a portfolio of over 200 homes and 300 apartments.  Including office buildings, retail/office space, and industrial/warehouse buildings.
In 1998 Dave founded ’Dinos Storage <http://www.dinosstorage.com>, which is a self-storage owner/developer based in Omaha, Nebraska with 12 locations in Omaha, Des Moines, Iowa and Winnipeg, Manitoba.  Dinos Storage develops, owns, and manages the largest self storage facilities in both Nebraska and Iowa.  Dino’s just broke ground of a four story storage facility on 147^th and Maple in Omaha.  The Dino’s Storage philosophy is to understand the customer, provide the highest level of customer service, and bring self storage to markets previously underserved through the development of self storage facilities.  Dino’s Storage was recently ranked as the 89^th largest self-storage operator in North America.  Dave also formed the Nebraska Self Storage Association and currently serves as president.


Dave is an instructor for Highmark Inc. Highmark is a faith based organization that spreads the word of Christ by traveling around the world teaching business owners in developing countries how to run a business based on American business principles. Dave has most recently taught in Baku, Azerbaijan and Bamako, Mali and Beijing and is currently partnering with Global Parkers in Hope and Crown College on developing a curriculum to be used in China with Chinese business leaders.



Selected Certifications
Class A Contractor City of Omaha
EPA Type I and Type II certified
Licensed Locksmith
EPA Lead Renovator Certification
Register Contactor in the State Of Nebraska
Certified Asset Recovery Specialist(CARS)

Dave was selected by the US Department of Defense to attend the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC 74) this conference is for influential civilians to see what it is like for men and women to be part of the US Armed Forces. JCOC 74 was hosted by the US Pacific Command.  In 2010 Dave was graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s FBI Citizen Academy.


In his free time Dave is an amateur triahtlete where he is actively involved in the Nebraska Triathlon Club and has consistent age group top ten finishes.  Dave and his wife Lisa are the Nebraska coordinators for the Bullmastiff Rescue Association of America.  They also are members of Christ Community Church in Omaha Dave and Lisa have three sons and two daughters and three grand daughters. Most recently Dave founded and is team caption of the Landmark Group Endurance Team, which recently received national media attention on its summit of Mt Whitney.  His most recent passion is Ultimate Frisbee and Power lifting

Dave’s recent athletic accomplishments have been to complete Ironman Arizona in a time of 12:22.  He completed the California International Marathon in 3:50 and climbed to the summit of Mount Rainer, WA, 14,410’as well as a fifth place overall finish with his brother Kevin in the inaugural Wild Hare 12 hour adventure races in Omaha   Dave’s is currently training for the sprint Triathlon in the Nebraska state games and an attempt  Aconcagua the highest peak in the western  hemisphere at 22,841’