The story of AZ Build Pro and The Arizona Real Estate Company is the story of Joel and Lavi Lindgren - an archetypal story; an American boy with American sensibilities meets an attractive Iron Curtain emigre schooled in Soviet era disciplines.  They get married, bringing together their vastly different worlds and this combination gives birth to who they are both as a family and as a business. 

Lavi was born in Communist Romania and immigrated to the Unites States at eight years of age with her family after waiting for years to be granted visas by the Communist government.  Growing up in Chicago, her parents worked long hours at multiple jobs with the goal of one day being able to own real estate and live the American dream.  Their first property was a four-plex where they could live in one unit and lease out the other three to help cover costs.  This is a typical story for Communist bloc immigrants and was Lavi's first foray into the world of real estate and project management.

Helena, Montana, where Joel was born, is about as far from Romania as one can get.  Joel's father worked in regional banking, a job about trust, caution and careful stewardship of risk.  Joel frustrated his parents by being more attracted to the outdoor life than to classrooms even though he averaged a 4.0 GPA throughout high school.  Joel spent most of his time doing things like hiking the Continental Divide, snowshoeing Yellowstone National Park and cycling through the Lewis and Clark National Forest.  He became so skilled at mountain biking that he earned himself a spot on the US National Mountain Bike Racing Team in 1992 and 1993 culminating in racing at  World Championships in France and a trip around Europe.  Joel did eventually end up going to school, which is where he met Lavi and the rest is history...