Nick Stromwall

Principal Fund Manager @ Oak and Vine Upstream Energy Fund | Real Estate Investing, Syndications

What if we lived on 10% and gave 90% away?

I’m an entrepreneur at heart and an alternative asset fund manager who loves educating faith-driven investors on how to invest in alternative assets like real estate and energy.

Can you multiply money and impact with your current investing strategy?

I’m on a mission to build a thriving business that propels generosity—helping investors multiply their income so they can multiply their impact.

I spent 15 years in ministry developing leaders and building systems that empowered people to thrive. Now, I help people invest, train leaders, and build scalable systems that create lasting impact.

… And I help leaders get the #TripleWin:

✅ Winning at Work – Building scalable, high-impact businesses
✅ Winning with Family – Creating financial freedom for the people they love
✅ Winning in Community – Investing in opportunities that serve a greater purpose

As the VP of Efficiency and Innovation at Rise48, I focus on:
→ Streamlining systems to help our investors and team operate at peak efficiency
→ Developing scalable processes to support growth and maximize returns
→ Optimizing investor experience so they can confidently invest in high-quality, cash-flowing multifamily real estate

As the founder of Oak and Vine Capital, I focus on partnering with world-class operators in the best asset classes. I’ve served as a General Partner and Managing Partner in multiple real estate and energy syndications. 

My mission is clear:
→ To invest in businesses that create Kingdom Impact and empower investors to do the same.

Let’s multiply your resources for greater Kingdom impact.

Principal Owner

I help people multiply their money and impact through passive real estate investing in commercial real estate and alternative asset syndications.

Helping busy pros gain time & grow wealth through real estate investing. | Fractional COO | Integrating the pursuit of Jesus with whole health and business. | Business investor.

Are you a Faith filled real estate investor?

You can partner with us to build thriving communities. 

If you want to make an impact beyond your ROI, let's talk. Put your money to work and let it help you grow your impact and time with your faith, family and community. 

At Legacy Acquisitions we have over 20 years of real estate investing and asset management experience.

Andrew Stimson

The $50,000 hole in the ground.

22 feet down.

A subcontractor tied two sewer lines together, but only halfway.

It looked fine.
Until we backfilled.

The weight of the soil pushed the pipes apart.
Now we’ve got a failure…22 feet underground.

To fix it?

We had to bring in shoring boxes, one of the most dangerous, technical repairs you can make on a job site.

Crew in a confined trench.
Heavy equipment overhead.
Zero room for error.

Final cost: $50,000.
Covered by the contractor.

But here’s the real lesson:

• “Looks good” isn’t good enough
• Trust your subs, verify everything
• Deep utilities require obsessive supervision
• Problems underground become expensive above ground

In development, mistakes don’t announce themselves.
They wait.

Pressure exposes everything.

Experienced operators manage more than budgets.

They manage risk, before it surfaces.

I partner with Faith filled real estate investors to build thriving communities | Build-To-Rent (BTR) | John 15:5

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An exciting update on our Build-to-Rent development. 

The vision is starting to be seen. 

The team has been progressing quickly since starting the horizontal infrastructure phase. 

241 home development

• Dirt has been moved
• Ponds have been dug
• Sewer is now being placed

We are thankful for those that have partnered with us, and those that soon will, to build what will be a thriving community. 

15 minutes away we have another community that is being leased up almost as fast as homes become rent ready. 

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯.

- 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 3:23

We had 1 resident leave our community last week. 

There is good news to this though. 
He is moving into the home he finished building. 

We are getting that home ready for the next resident now.

Update on the Crest:
- On track for 102 build-to-rent homes
- 63 of which are rent ready
- 60 homes are leased

Our aim: optimize by the end of 2026 to help position the development for max cap rate compression.

What question do you have about this one?

Most investors only see the finished homes.
 
What they don’t see is the 2–3 years of risk mitigation before a single foundation is poured.
 
For one of our 241-home Build to Rent communities, we spent years in:
 
• City approvals  
• Engineering revisions  
• Utility coordination  
• Drainage and grading design  
• Entitlement risk reduction
 
Before we ever moved dirt.
 
That phase is now complete.
We’ve broken ground.  
Approvals are secured and site work is underway.
 
For experienced LPs, this is an important inflection point.
 
Vertical construction gets attention.  
But infrastructure speed is so important.
 
Roads.  
Utilities.  
Stormwater systems.  
Subgrade preparation.
 
This is where budgets tighten, schedules compress, and operator execution matters more than projections.
 
Anyone can model yield on cost.
 
Fewer teams can navigate municipalities, manage consultants, and bring a site to the point where real capital goes to work with reduced entitlement risk.
 
Build to Rent is about controlling risk before it becomes visible.
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Would you like a clear breakdown of how these projects move from entitlement to stabilization and where the real risk points live?

Comment “BTR” and I’ll send it over.

A $324,000 draw almost didn’t get funded.
 
Not because the work wasn’t done.
 
Because it was in the wrong spreadsheet category.

The entire draw was earthwork.
But the lender required it split across a dozen line items to match their Schedule of Values.
 
Same dollars.  
Same dirt.  
Different boxes.
 
We were forcing a square peg into a round compliance template.
 
𝘓𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯:
𝘓𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤.  𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨.
𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘢𝘺 1.
 
Because in development:
Many small things will add up to BIG things.

Most investments are measured by one thing.

Return.

But the best investments do two things at once.

They produce solid returns and leave something meaningful behind.

That’s one of the reasons we focus on intentionally built residential communities.

Not just houses.

Neighborhoods.

Places where:

• Kids can ride bikes down the street
• Neighbors actually know each other
• Families feel safe putting down roots
• Local churches and small businesses have room to grow

For us, real estate is more than a financial asset.

It’s a way to deploy capital into something tangible, durable, and life-giving.

For faith-driven investors, that matters.

Because stewardship is about multiplying what we’ve been given. 

When capital is aligned with the right vision, it can help shape communities that last for decades.

The question many investors eventually ask isn’t just:

“What is this investment returning?”

It’s:

“What is this investment creating?”

Public markets made a lot of people rich.

They’re also giving a lot of investors whiplash right now.

We’re seeing a growing shift:

High-net-worth investors are reallocating capital away from the traditional 60/40 model and into private markets.

In this webinar replay, we break down:

✅ Why sophisticated investors are reducing public market exposure
✅ Where private capital fits in a 2026 portfolio
✅ The real trade-offs (liquidity, risk, return profile)
✅ What most investors misunderstand about this shift

If you’re thinking about how to position your portfolio before 2026, this is worth your time.

Find the full replay in a link in the comments.

What is the Kingdom of God like?

𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥. 

𝘕𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘱, 
𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴, 
𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘰𝘸. 

- 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 4:26-27

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯:
- 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬,
- 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥,
- 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥.

- 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 4:28

What happens when it is ripe?

𝘏𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵, 
𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦.

- 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 4:29

What is your part to play? 
Is it as in these verses?

𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯; 
𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥.

- 𝘌𝘤𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘴 1:14

Or should we live as in Colossians 3:23:

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰, 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵, 
𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘳𝘥, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯.

𝗜 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗱. 

𝗛𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄. 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁?

#abundantlife #mark4 #seedthatgrows

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God’s kingdom doesn’t come like you think. 

It doesn’t come as in a flashing neon light. 
Most of the time.

Jesus said this about the kingdom of God. 

𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩, 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴….
- 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 4:31-32

Do you see how the kingdom of God can grow?
Watch the impact this tiny seed eventually makes.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘥𝘦.
- 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬 4:32

Have you ever had someone plant a grain of mustard seed in your life? 

Do you have the soil to let the kingdom of God grow within you?
 
𝘋𝘰 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘖𝘙𝘋 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯
- 𝘡𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘩 4:10

#abundantlife #mark4

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