Odyssey Staffing:
US Quality, Offshore Cost
Leverage the power of top-tier cost-efficient talent in the Balkans to accelerate your Real Estate business
Turnkey Offshore Talent for the Real Estate Industry
Odyssey Staffing delivers skilled Real Estate professionals who integrate seamlessly into your workflows - working U.S. hours, using your tools, following your standards. No barriers, just immediate value.
Extraordinary Cost Savings
Odyssey drives significant all-in cost savings of 50-70% versus domestic labor, providing extremely cost efficient top-tier talent without compromising on quality.
Specialized Expertise
Our team has touched nearly every part of the real estate value chain and offers specialized expertise across the spectrum of real estate-related functions.
Plug & Play
Odyssey handles recruiting, onboarding, training, local-law compliance, payroll administration, accounting, and IT & security, allowing our clients to access incredible offshore talent "as a service" with minimal administrative overhead.
True U.S. Alignment
Unlike other offshore teams, our staff operates during U.S. business hours using U.S. tools, standards and communication practices. It feels like an in-house domestic team.
How We Work With Clients
Odyssey Staffing offers two flexible engagement models, both backed by institutional-quality talent and comprehensive administrative support. Whether you need embedded team members or flexible managed support, we ensure seamless integration aligned with your workflows, tools, and U.S. hours.
Dedicated Staffing
Shared Services
Full-time embedded professionals who operate as an extension of your existing team.
- Dedicated personnel working exclusively for you, aligned to your business needs and culture, integrating seamlessly into your existing tools and workflows.
- You manage day-to-day work and priorities directly
- Odyssey handles recruiting, onboarding, training, payroll, compliance, IT, and infrastructure
- Best for ongoing roles across property management, accounting, estimating, project management, design, and acquisitions
Flexible managed support providing expert bandwidth on demand, scaling with your project needs.
- On-demand access to Odyssey's specialized service teams
- Dedicated account coordinator assigned to each client to help manage workflows and deliverables
- Ideal for project-based work, overflow support, surge periods, and specialized assignments
- Common use cases include estimating, accounting, insurance coordination, project support, administrative support
Diverse Capabilities Across the Real Estate Value Chain
Odyssey Staffing provides specialized talent across all major real estate functions with expertise built through years of institutional experience.
Property & Asset Management
Leasing, collections, maintenance administration, procurement, financial budgeting, accounting, compliance
Construction & Project Management
Design coordination & approvals, scheduling, precon & procurement, field coordination, cost controls, closeout
Estimating
Quantity takeoffs, RFP & bid management, bid leveling, budgeting, contract awards, cost & cash flow projectionss
Accounting & Finance
Financial reporting, bookkeeping, AR/AP, payroll administration, job cost reporting, billing & requisitions
Engineering, Architecture & Design
AutoCAD and Revit drafting, 3D modeling & visualization, shop drawings, field support
Acquisitions & Development
Underwriting, zoning analyses, due diligence, market research, deal execution
Contracting & Risk Management
Contract & CO administration, insurance & risk management, COIs, compliance, claims & litigation
IT support
QA testing, data automation, IT systems support
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Purpose Built Institutional Quality Offshoring
Odyssey Staffing was built over the course of more than a dozen years as the in-house offshoring infrastructure for Spaxel, a vertically integrated owner, operator and developer of institutional real estate assets.
Since inception, Spaxel's offshore team has worked on billions of dollars of institutionally capitalized projects directly touching every part of the project lifecycle, including:
- Finance & Accounting
- Engineering & Architecture
- Acquisitions & Development
- Property & Asset Management
- Estimating & Procurement
- Project Management & Administration
- Sales & Marketing
- IT & Security
- Customer Service
- Administrative Support
The Odyssey Advantage
Our unique offering provides unmatched support and flexibility, ensuring your team's success and alignment with your business goals.
Dedicated Account Manager
Each client is assigned a dedicated account manager to ensure seamless integration, ongoing support, and to proactively address any needs, guaranteeing your team's success.
Flexible Engagement Models
Engage Odyssey through Dedicated Staffing or Shared Services based on your needs. We offer embedded team members or flexible managed support, tailored to your workflow and required level of bandwidth.
Tailored Training & Onboarding
We provide customized training led by our own senior functional experts, integrating your staff into your tools, systems, and workflows for immediate productivity and alignment with your business objectives.
Rapid Deployment
From signed agreement to productive team member typically takes two-three weeks translating into immediate impact.
Why Choose Odyssey
Built For Own Needs
Unlike traditional offshore staffing companies, Odyssey Staffing is not simply a third-party marketplace for offshore talent; Odyssey Staffing was built to service our own needs and power our own institutional platform. We're not middlemen, we're the prime user.
Institutional Quality
Our existing offshore team and infrastructure already service large multi-billion dollar institutional partners where reliability, quality and consistency are table stakes to play the game.
We Understand Success
Implementing a successful offshoring strategy requires a comprehensive approach leveraging technology, processes, and most importantly, a cultural commitment to fully integrating your offshore team. We know through first hand experience how to make it happen, and we work hand in hand with our clients to help them achieve success.Â
Executive Leadership
Our leadership team has collectively managed billions of dollars across the capital stack, developed and operated millions of square feet of residential and commercial assets, and hail from top-tier technology companies, venture capital firms and tech-enabled operating businesses.
Granit Gjonbalaj, CEO
Before founding Spaxel and Odyssey, Granit served as Chief Development Officer at WeWork, leading global real estate operations and a 3,000-person team. He also previously founded and led UA Builders and Propco.
Ben Siscovick, President
Prior to founding Spaxel and Odyssey, Ben was part of the founding team and a general partner at IA Ventures, and was research analyst and Head of Strategic Partners at Dayah Capital (Millennium Management).
Glenn Palilla, CFO
Glenn is a CPA and serves Spaxel’s CFO leading finance, asset management operations, and property management. Prior to founding Spaxel and Odyssey, Glenn was manager at KPMG and ran a CFO consulting firm.
Jimmy Gjonbalaj, COO
Jimmy is a founder of Spaxel and Odyssey. Jimmy has 15+ years of experience in construction and project management, overseeing all construction functions, including operations, staffing, and client accounts.
Dren Arifi, Regional Head
Dren is the Regional Lead of the Kosovo office, overseeing all operations as well as the Property Management division. Dren graduated from the University of Prishtina and holds a bachelors degree in Economics.
Rona Bajrami, Human Resources
Rona is the Senior HR Director at Spaxel and Odyssey, leading HR operationsacross the U.S. and Kosovo. Educated in London and Greece, she brings deep perspective recruiting and leading international teams.
Unlock Your Potential
Contact us to learn more about partnering with Odyssey Staffing.