Cocktails and Capital

Cocktails and Capital | Houston, TX

An exclusive networking event hosted by CoreVest Finance for real estate investors — designed for meaningful conversations in a curated, pitch-free environment.

Wednesday

,

April

8

,

2026

6:00pm

-

8:00pm

CDT

Cocktails and Capital | Houston, TX

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What was covered

No presentations, no panels—just quality time with the people shaping the industry.

• Curated guest list of active investors and industry leaders
• Premium venue with hosted cocktails and light bites
• Informal, high-value networking (no panels or presentations)
• CoreVest leadership and regional team in attendance
• Meaningful introductions and organic conversations

Key Topics:

What agile event programs are and why they're essential

Strategies and tools for building agile event marketing

How to scale agile event programs without losing brand integrity or valuable data

Steps you can take right now to introduce agile event marketing into your business

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What to Expect

No presentations, no panels—just quality time with the people shaping the industry.

• Curated guest list of active investors and industry leaders
• Premium venue with hosted cocktails and light bites
• Informal, high-value networking (no panels or presentations)
• CoreVest leadership and regional team in attendance
• Meaningful introductions and organic conversations

Your Hosts

Joakim Mortensen

Chief Originations Officer

John McDermott

Relationship Manager

Stephen Herbert

Relationship Manager

Brittney Richardson

Production Associate

Julien Barbe

Vice President, Marketing

Elisa Victa

Vice President, Marketing

Venue

About CoreVest Finance

CoreVest is a leading private lender providing direct, reliable capital to residential real estate investors and builders focused on rental properties. Backed by in-house capital markets, construction management, and underwriting expertise, CoreVest delivers both recourse and non-recourse financing solutions to individual investors and institutional partners alike. With deep industry experience and trusted capital partnerships, CoreVest supports clients across the entire investment lifecycle—from acquisition and renovation to stabilization and long-term financing.

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Your Hosts

Jake Hernandez

Chief Creative Officer

Openform

Jake Hernandez is senior director of product marketing at Openform, where his goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Leo Di Salvo

Sr. Technology Consultant

Openform

Leo Di Salvo is the Senior Technology Consultant at Openform, where his goal is to help people unlock the power of in-person events.

Run of show

12:00PM

Webinar Begins

Opening remarks from your hosts

12:15PM

5-Tips

5 Tips for Creating Virtual Events

12:45PM

Closing

Final remarks from your hosts

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Resource List

01

A Guide to Agile Event Programs that Can Survive Anything

Explore why the most dynamic leaders are building strategies for agile event marketing with a focus on scaling in-person and virtual events that are fast, flexible, and hyper-effective at driving meaningful connections.

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02

Crisis Mode: Ideas for Managing Events in Challenging Situations

Learn strategies, experiences and lessons learned from top event marketing leaders who have walked through the fire more than once and lived to talk about it.

Register

03

How to Build a Rock Solid Agile Events Program

The old way of doing event marketing—a large, inflexible investment in a small number of tentpole events—doesn't fit into a business world that demands adaptability and speed.

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