Joe Pinson, a licensed real estate agent who specializes in the hotel and hospitality market, is partners in the Newport City-based Maxim Hotel Brokerage with Jack Carr and Harry Pflueger. The three have orchestrated hospitality properties from small highway motels to full-service hotels for large Las Vegas casinos. Pinson's office is in the Capistrano Business Center and is the local outpost for the company. Pinson is also a free agent and handles his own residential and business properties under the umbrella Joe Pinson, LLC.