Mitch Painter

Building for the long term. Creating a lasting impact.

Real estate entrepreneur, business builder and animal rescue advocate

Mitch Painter is a Cincinnati-based entrepreneur and co-founder of Prestige Properties, the real estate investment and management company he established with his twin brother, Matt Painter, in 1998.

Since then, Mitch has focused on acquiring, improving and operating investment properties through disciplined decision-making, long-term ownership and strong business relationships. Beyond business, he is pursuing an ambitious goal: helping save 10,000 dogs a year from high-risk shelters within the next decade.

Mitch Painter, co-founder of Prestige Properties, standing in the company’s Cincinnati office
At the Prestige Properties office in Cincinnati
1998Year Prestige Properties was founded
~1,000Apartments owned
1,500+Real estate transactions since 1998
10,000Dogs a year: the 10-year rescue goal
Mitch Painter greeting a guest in the Prestige Properties lobby beside a wall of photographs of the company’s apartment communities

Prestige Properties

Prestige Properties is a vertically integrated real estate company. Acquisitions, property management, renovations and asset management sit under one roof, which keeps the company close to every property it owns.

Since 1998 the company has completed more than 1,500 real estate transactions and more than $250 million in real estate projects and acquisitions.

How Mitch invests

Twin brothers, one company

Mitch and Matt Painter started Prestige Properties together in 1998. More than 25 years later they still run it side by side, through changing markets, financing environments and economic cycles.

About the partnership
Twin brothers Mitch and Matt Painter at the reception desk of Prestige Properties

Passion With a Purpose

Mitch’s animal rescue initiative uses modern marketing to help dogs in high-risk shelters reach the families who will adopt them.

010,000 dogs a year
563Dogs helped in 2025
1,000Goal for 2026 (dashed line)
10,000Dogs a year, within 10 years

In partnership with nine organizations, including Cincy CARE.

Learn about the initiative