Kim graduated from Memphis State University with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration in
Accounting in 1979. Prior to that, he spent time in the US Army and is a Vietnam Era veteran.
Kim would eventually receive his Master’s degree in Business in Taxation and Economics and later
received his Certified Public Accountant license in NC in 1994. He is currently licensed in SC
and NC and is the owner of Kim A. Hellman, CPA, MBA Consulting and Tax which he has owned since
1998 and is a member of the SC Association of CPAs. He has more than 10 years of working in
other public accounting firms. He works heavily with real estate developers, real estate agents,
and commercial and residential construction. Prior to joining and helping M&P Land, he has more
than 10 years’ experience as a controller for a commercial construction company, and has more
than 10 years’ experience overseeing accounting projects of commercial shopping centers and
hotel projects.