Nick Stromwall

Rise48 Equity

Driving efficiency, innovation, and scalability across Rise48 to maximize impact and growth.

I lead strategic initiatives that streamline operations, integrate AI and cutting-edge technology, and eliminate friction—empowering teams to work smarter, not harder.

My focus:
✅ Optimizing processes to improve productivity and reduce costs
✅ Implementing new technologies that enhance efficiency
✅ Driving innovation to keep Rise48 ahead of the curve
✅ Leading change management to ensure smooth adoption of new systems
✅ Collaborating with top leaders to align innovation with company goals

At the heart of it all: empowering gifted leaders to thrive by removing obstacles and unlocking their full potential.

VP of Efficiency and Innovation

Oak & Vine Capital

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

Principal Owner

Oak and Vine Upstream Energy Fund

I'm helping my investors multiply their money so they can multiply their impact through investing in alternative assets like oil and gas

Principal Fund Manager

Kingdom REI

Chief Operating Officer

Director of Operations

Minneapolis Midtown Duplex

I invested in SFH, duplexes, open land and AirBNBs

Real Estate Investor

Campus Outreach Minneapolis

* Linked passion & proficiency for administration and student mentorship with leading a team of gifted resource professionals to manage, lead and serve the team in our mission of Glorifying God by building laborers on the campus for the lost world in the areas of:
    * Human Resources
    * Finances
    * Event Planning and Management
    * Project Management utilizing asana
    * Team Communications using mailchimp (external) and slack(internal)
    * Technology and Systems implementation using google apps
    * Donor Management
    * Facility Management managing a fleet of vehicles and AV equipment
Projects:
—> Implemented asana project management tool to process internal projects such as templating onboarding process for hiring complete with 80+ steps, task dependencies and detailed task descriptions ensuring successfully trained hires who are well informed and a leadership team who is updated weekly on progress 
—> implemented and created COSTART.org a fundraising support raising and coaching system training over 200 regional, international & local staff on the fundamentals of support raising in order to deploy more laborers to local college campuses. Our team created a support coaching curriculum that trains local CO franchises to deploy local coaches for successful onboarding and deploying of field staff. 
—> Led the team and facilitated project management to celebrate 40 Years of Campus Outreach https://co40years.org/ utilizing asana, slack and google apps. Launched a multiple series blog and newsletter to each of the 800+ campus outreach staff worldwide complete with stories of changed lives, video interviews, and collected regional statistics to show showing the impact of campus outreach ministries over the past 40 years 
—> Conference director for our annual New Years Event (https://conycindy.com/) from 2009-2020 leading our staff in a 5 day conference with up to 1,200 attendees in various cities in the midwest.

Resource Team Director

* Implemented Google apps for our regional franchise team and after a period of testing led a team to implement across 400+ staff members within 20 franchises on 5 continents.
* Managed company budget of over $1MM
* Implemented new donor management systems that facilitated simple and effortless donations and simple reporting for staff members

Finance & Office Administrator

Support the Cities

A block from my home, the riots happened in Minneapolis after George Floyd. I woke up to find a way to be a good neighbor and love my city. The outpouring of the community in wanting to find a way to help was remarkable. What started off with a facebook live video surveying the damage, birthed Support the Cities, a way for the community to find ways to help in the aftermath. View more at https://www.facebook.com/supportthecities/

coFounder of Support the Cities

Teknicks Computer Consulting

* implemented Technology saving solutions & services for private individuals and small businesses
* provided onsite, remote and phone/email support for computers and any devices that was connected to the web
* solved small business owner technology problems through implementation of hardware and software solutions
* grew business through word of mouth connections and referrals

Owner

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.

The past 5 weeks I've been suffering from nasty headaches and double vision. Will you pray for my blood patch appointment tomorrow at 6am?

I woke up 4 weeks ago with debilitating headaches, and after several rounds of doctor appointments, blood work and CT and MRI found

1. I have lymes disease
2. I have a pinhole size leak in my spine, causing my brain to sag, headaches and double vision.

my Pastor at church asked me 2 weeks ago for an update after he saw my prayer request. I mentioned I was trying to see a specialist, and that I was scheduled for January.

he asked if it was a certain neuro opthamologist and I said YES. He knew him.

he sent a text and I saw him the next day and discovered that my problems were likely not lymes but rather the spine leak.

tomorrow I go in for a blood patch at 6am.

Will you pray with me?
1. PRAISE - That I was able to connect with the specialist
2. For a successful procedure tomorrow and
3. No more headaches and healed double vision

Thanks to my wonderful family for driving me around, picking up the home and jobs a lot more and bearing with my pirate patch.

Isaiah 26:3–4 (ESV) — 3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. 4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock.

I help faith driven leaders multiply their money and impact through investing in alternative assets like real estate

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Procedure was a success. No more headaches. Vision improving

Amazed and grateful at the amount of people reaching out to check on me

in an age where social media can be so divisive this week showed me its power for good and connection 

For connecting in real life
For checking in on friends
For praying for one another

The real power is taking social connections into real conversations

DMS
Zoom meetings
In person coffee meet ups

I’m learning a lot and have a lot to learn

But being human and just being real is what people are craving

Real authentic relationships 

Grateful for you all being real and checking in.

Do you find it easy or challenging to connect through social media?

6 Months ago we marked a moment my son will never forget.

Alongside three other dads and their sons, we celebrated the transition from boyhood to manhood.

Inspired by The Intentional Father by Jon Tyson,
we built a full day of adventure, challenge, and blessing.

→ Sunrise bike ride
→ Hearty breakfast with the dads
→ Time at the gun range
→ All-out paintball battle
→ Knighting ceremony at an overlook in St. Paul
→ And a feast at Fogo de Chão to finish the day

Each dad stood before his son, sword in hand,
and publicly declared,

“You are now entering a new season and chapter, may you trust in the Lord 
With all of your heart, all of your strength and all of your soul”

Now is the time for more young men and women to rise up
→ the journey is just beginning
→ the real work of shaping, praying for and guiding
→ the input from peers, and wise grandparents

But we need more:

More intentionality.
More fathers speaking life.
More moments that mark the shift from child to adult.

Let’s raise sons who know who they are
and daughters who know what kind of man to look for.

This book was a catalyst but the vision was inside.
I want Isaac to know
→ who he is and whose he is
→ who he is becoming
→ and take steps of courage to continue to learn

It doesn’t happen overnight. (This is a season)
I’m not expecting perfection (more will be learned through failure)
I’m going to fail (but we have one to look to who is perfect)

Will you pray for us?

We marked the start 6 months ago, but the real work is the day-in, day-out mentorship, discipleship, and most importantly, our presence.

Pray
Proverbs 3:5-6: ‘Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.’
1 cor 16:13-14 ‘Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.’

→ Have you ever witnessed or participated in a rite of passage?
→ What traditions have meant the most in your own story?

Drop a “1” if you wish more families did this.
Drop a “2” if you’ve done something similar.

Please repost ♻️ if you want to propel this rite of passage movement!

Last weekend showed exactly what true partnership looks like.
 
We hosted our first ever Rise48 Equity  Partner Summit in Scottsdale, AZ, bringing together our incredible capital partners and investors from all over the country.
 
The weekend was packed with high level conversations, valuable insights, and unforgettable moments. From keynotes with Gail Kasper and John Chang, to networking happy hour and an off-road ATV adventure through the Arizona desert.
 
But more than anything, it reinforced something I’ve always believed. 

Partnership isn’t just about numbers or deals. 

It’s about people. 
It’s about trust. 
It’s about building something great together. 
 
A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and made this event such a success. 
I’m already looking forward to what we’ll build in the year ahead. 
 
👉 What was your favorite part of the Summit? 
👉 Or what should we bring to the next one

What makes events stand out for you?

Ryan owned a duplex for nine years.

Great asset. Tough experience.

He wanted passive, not a second job.

→ One vacancy used to crush him
→ Repairs were unpredictable
→ Time was the real cost

Large multifamily changed that.
One vacancy barely moves the numbers.
Systems replace stress.

High-income leaders don’t need more jobs. They need scale.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥:
The moment you stop trading time for returns, your investments start compounding in ways effort never could.
Wealth grows fastest when you’re no longer the bottleneck.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟭 If you want passive income that doesn’t feel like a second job.

𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝟮 If you want a simple breakdown of how multifamily reduces risk.

What if the risk you fear is actually the doorway to multiplication
Ever notice how the right opportunities appear when you finally decide to act

Today I have invested in sixteen syndications
Multifamily
Oil and gas
Industrial
Private credit

And I really like multifamily in Q4
This is the season to take advantage of bonus depreciation
This is the season to capture tax savings
This is the season when action creates impact

A friend shared something honest with me recently
“We have wanted to invest for a long time
We are just afraid to begin”

I get that
Fear shows up every time you stand at the edge of a new season

Before my first investment
I felt the same hesitation
The same doubt
The same questions

What if I get it wrong
What if this is not the right time
What if I fail

But here is what I learned

→ Fear is not a signal to stop
→ Fear is often the threshold of growth
→ God forms us through steps of obedience

It all started with one step
One decision
One moment of courage

And for so many leaders
This season is about stewardship
Not perfection
Not timing the market
Not waiting for certainty

Because here is the deeper truth

It is not about the money
It is about the impact you can create
With the resources God entrusts to you

When you grow resources
You grow generosity
You grow influence
You grow your ability to serve

This is about stewardship
This is about impact
This is about becoming who God designed you to be

→ One decision can shift your entire trajectory
→ One step can move you into a new season of obedience and impact

If you want to talk through that first step, reach out
I will walk you through it

Want to walk through this with someone who has done it sixteen times?
Want help overcoming the fear of your first investment?

whats one decision that has shaped your investing?

$50,000 becomes $3,200,000
But waiting one year costs you $1,600,000

What does waiting one more year actually cost you?

Most people think the cost is small.
But the math tells the truth.

If you invested fifty thousand dollars today and it doubled every five years, here is what happens.
Over thirty years, that money doubles six times.

$50,000 becomes $3,200,000

But if you wait just one year
You lose the final doubling cycle
Your return gets cut in half

Your fifty thousand dollars still grows
But now it becomes only $1,600,000

Waiting one year does not cost a little
Waiting one year costs $1,600,000

And this surprises most people.
Waiting one year
Waiting two years
Waiting three years
Waiting five years
All cost the same amount

Once you miss the final doubling cycle
You cannot get it back

And Q4 magnifies this more than any other season.
Invest today and you receive bonus depreciation this tax year
You can reduce what you owe
You can offset passive gains
You can keep more of what you earn

The delay is where most people lose
Not the investment
The delay

→ One year of action builds momentum
→ One year of waiting erases a full doubling cycle

But here is the deeper truth.
It is not even about the money.
It is about the impact you can create with the resources God entrusts to you.

When your money grows
Your generosity grows
Your influence grows
Your ability to serve grows

You multiply what you have so you can multiply what you give
You steward well so you can bless well
You create margin so you can create impact

If you want to explore this before the year ends, reach out
This is my final offering of the year

Curious what bonus depreciation could do for you this year
Want to compare investing now versus investing next year

A lot of fund managers want to scale.
 
But very few have the infrastructure to support it.
 
That’s why our Rise48 Fund of Funds program exists.
 
It gives capital partners the ability to step into institutional-grade multifamily at scale—
without having to build acquisitions teams, legal systems, investor relations workflows, marketing engines, or any of the operational backbone required to compete.
 
Here’s what the program offers:

→ Fund Setup & Legal Support
Secure fund structure guidance + direct introductions to SEC attorneys and banking partners.
 
→ Compliance & Capital Raising Support
Regulatory alignment, formation documents, and a frictionless setup so you can raise confidently.
 
→ Fund Analytics & Investor Management
Waterfall modeling, net return estimates, investor distributions, and schedule management.
 
→ Back-Office Support
Portal administration, tax coordination, K-1 uploads, and full reporting management.
 
→ Marketing Support
Branded offering memos, websites, campaigns, investment one-pagers, property photos, even drone media.
 
In other words:
You focus on raising capital.
We handle the execution.
 
If you want to explore the full program, you can find all the details here:
🔗 https://lnkd.in/gSuJXz-t
 
And if you're ready to take the next step:
 
→ DM me to get started
→ Comment “FOF” to join an upcoming group training call

Ryan didn’t invest for returns.

He invested for purpose.

His deeper why:
Supporting a mission he believes in.

Alternative investments gave him room to:
→ Free up time
→ Increase giving
→ Support causes close to his heart

Money is a tool.
Impact is the mission.

You get clarity the moment you realize wealth isn’t the destination.
It’s the vehicle.

When your money aligns with your mission, fear loses its power and purpose takes over.

What mission are you building toward?
Comment "𝗣𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗩𝗘" if you need clarity on where to start

How long have you been thinking about investing without acting on it
Ever notice how fear grows louder right before your biggest breakthrough

A friend texted me today.
He has been receiving my alternative investment emails for over a year.
He has watched deals come and go.
He has talked with his spouse.
And he finally admitted something real.

“We really want to do this. We are just afraid.”

I get that.
I felt that same fear before my first deal.
The fear of the unknown.
The fear of doing something new.
The fear of getting it wrong.

Here is what I have learned.

→ Every investor starts with fear
→ Every investor starts with one decision
→ Every investor starts with one step

Today I have invested in sixteen syndications.
Multifamily.
Oil and gas.
Industrial.
Private credit.

But it all began with one moment of courage.

And right now is one of the most timely seasons to take that first step.
Q4 is when many high earning leaders have gains to offset.
Multifamily provides bonus depreciation that can reduce what you owe this year.

You can invest.
Reduce taxes.
Own real assets.
And finally start the journey you have been thinking about for months or years.

→ Do not let fear sit in the decision seat

If you have been on the sidelines, reach out.
I am hosting one final end of year opportunity.

Are you open to exploring the one question that would remove your hesitation?

Want me to walk you through how bonus depreciation actually works and how it could help you this year?

Most people look at a fund-of-funds structure and see a capital solution.
 
At Rise48, we see a scaling engine.
 
Here’s the truth: 

When deal flow accelerates, speed becomes your competitive edge.

Our fund-of-funds partners give us the ability to move fast, take down larger assets, and stay aggressive in high-growth markets.

What our partners tell me they value most:

→ Leverage our acquisitions machine
→ Institutional-grade underwriting behind every deal
→ Custom marketing content for their investor base
→ Partnering with a team built to execute at scale
 
As we head into 2026 with some of the strongest opportunities we’ve seen in years, the right partnerships will be the difference between watching deals happen and executing them together.

→ Message me if you want a walkthrough of how the structure works
→ Comment “FOF” to join one of my upcoming group training calls to see if it’s a fit.

10 ideas of ways to serve your community this Thanksgiving season + editable bingo card

1. invite a neighbor for a meal. It sounds so challenging, but increase the scale of your recipe

2. take a few extra minutes to rake your neighbor's yard. We all have trees.

3. bake an extra loaf of bread. We're getting into the sourdough, and it's easy to 2x the recipe

4. create something beautiful and share it. Recipe. Art. Music.

5. offer to bring in the mail when your neighbors travel.

6. offer to take care of (shoveling) or other items when your neighbors travel.

7. drop off a card with a picture and a note of what you appreciate about your neighbor.

8. drop off a gift card to your favorite restaurant; just spread the joy!

9. serve food at a local kitchen or pantry.

10. Say "no" to some invitations so you can say yes to the right ones.

We all need help coming up with ways to love our community.

How or where do you show up to serve people?

P.S. Enjoy this good neighbor bingo card. The link is in the comments. Edit for your group!

𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘀 - 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀
 

 
Most people only see the offering email
 
They never see the engine behind it
 

 
The real work happens long before a deal hits your inbox
 

 
Every property we pursue goes through a rigorous review
 
Dozens of assumptions
 
Hundreds of data points
 
A full risk and opportunity filter
 

 
And today we’re opening that process up for you
 

 
Jeremy Dyer 🎙️ and Koushik C. are hosting a live session inside the Fundamental Forum
 
A free community where investors learn how commercial real estate really works
 

 
They’re walking through the exact framework Rise48 uses to underwrite a deal
 
What metrics matter
 
What assumptions we challenge
 
And how we decide if a property is worth presenting to investors
 

 
If you want more confidence in the deals you evaluate
 
If you want to understand why some properties stand out and others don’t
 
If you want a clearer lens for making better investment decisions
 

 
This session will help you level up
 

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
 
Drop a “FORUM” if you want the link to join us
 
Drop a “REPLAY” if you want the recording
 
Or tell me your biggest underwriting question and I’ll make sure we cover it live

Grateful for your prayers will update after procedure this am

Jason spent three decades investing in public markets.

- Stocks
- Mutual funds
- Index funds
- Quarterly swings

Then he shifted part of his IRA into private real estate and realized something important.

Real assets don’t react to headlines.
They don’t swing with election cycles.
They don’t move because someone tweeted.

They produce income.
They preserve principal.
They create stability.

Stability is a strategy.
When your retirement plan is built on assets that don’t panic, you don’t either.

Comment "𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘" If you'd like the simple side-by-side comparison,

Comment "𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗖𝗨𝗦𝗦" If you want to learn more

Turn from busy professional to a thriving investor in the next 90 days | FREE Live workshop this Friday | Check my featured section to learn more about it

I went from working 60-hour weeks in cybersecurity to co-founding XSITE Capital, a company that now owns and manages more than $243M in multifamily real estate. Today, I get to work when I want, from wherever I want, doing something I genuinely believe in. helping people and partners build real wealth through real estate.

Five years ago, I was living what most people would call a “successful” life, senior roles, six-figure salary, great title. But even with 100%  remote work, I was still trading time for money. That’s when my partners and I made a shift. We started acquiring institutional-grade multifamily assets. We built systems, created structure, and proved that we could grow wealth without sacrificing freedom.

We tested it. It worked and we realized thousands of other professionals were stuck in the same trap.

Today, we partner with:
• Institutional capital through programmatic JV, preferred equity, and co-GP structures in the $7M–$20M range
• Retail investors and busy professionals who want to grow their wealth passively through multifamily real estate

Our track record includes:
• Building and managing a $243M+ real estate portfolio
• Delivering over $8.8M in returns to 300+ investors
• Closing deals like The Rise in Conyers, GA ($25.3M, 128 units) and Grove Parkview in Norcross, GA ($49.1M, 268 units)

My proudest achievement isn’t the numbers. It’s watching investors realize they don’t have to choose between career success and financial freedom.

📩 ttolofari@xsitecapital.com | 🌐 www.xsitecapital.com

DM me “Tenacious” if you’d like to talk about your goals.

Tenny Tolofari

Africans are running divisions at Google, McKinsey & Company, and Goldman Sachs. But we rarely build million-dollar companies together. I used to believe the stereotypes. Then I proved them wrong.

There's almost no top company in America without Africans crushing it.

We're trusted to deliver results under pressure. To make critical decisions. To lead teams at the highest levels.

But when it comes to building something together, it's rare.

I used to hear the reasons everywhere: "Africans can't work together." "Someone always runs off with the money." "Trust breaks down every time."

And for a long time, I wondered if there was truth to it.

Then I asked myself a different question: If we're trusted to run hospitals, manage billion-dollar portfolios, and lead Fortune 500 teams, why would trust suddenly disappear when we build for ourselves?

The answer isn't that we can't build together.

It's that we haven't tried long enough. We haven't committed hard enough. We haven't pushed past the first sign of friction.

Building with other people is hard. Real partners come with different values, working styles, and opinions. 

Conflict is inevitable.

But that's true for every successful company ever built.

The difference is other communities push through. They figure it out. They stay committed to the vision even when it gets messy.

We can do the same.

At XSITE Capital Investment Capital, I've built alongside Leslie Awasom, CRNA, Julius Kunle Oni, M.D. FAOA, Eno Hanson, and an multi-cultural incredible team across multiple continents.

We've closed $243M in real estate acquisitions. We serve over 400+ investors; busy professionals across the U.S. and Africa who trusted us with over 80M+ of their capital.

And we've proven something important: the stereotypes are lies.

We are not our fears. We can build together across borders. We can create excellence together.

The same work ethic, resilience, and drive we bring to other people's companies can be brought to our own.

So here's my challenge to every African professional reading this:

Stop waiting for permission. Stop waiting for the "right time." Stop letting old stories dictate what's possible.

Start building!

Co-Founder & Head of Acquisition | Investor | Entrepreneur | Speaker

I drove 3 hours at night to meet a real estate broker for a 15 mins coffee chat. Six months later, he gave us our first institutional deal. Sometimes, you need to do the "abnormal".

His name is Tai Cohen. One of the top brokers in the market. I found him on LinkedIn, sent a connection request, congratulated him on an award he'd won. 

He accepted.

I followed up. Told him I wanted to meet in Charlotte. No response. 

Followed up again. He finally replied: "I'm not in Charlotte. I'm in Charleston. If you want to meet, come to Charleston."

So I did.

He wanted to meet at 7:30am. 

I live three hours away. That means leaving my house at 4am. I packed the car, drove through the dark, got there on time.

He rolled in at 7:45am. Apologized. Said he had an 8am call he couldn't miss. 

Asked where I was staying. I told him I wasn't staying anywhere, I drove in just for this meeting.

He looked at me different after that.

We had 15 minutes. He bought me coffee. Asked what deals we'd done, who we'd worked with. 

I told him the truth: one deal as co-GP, some passive investments, and I'd moved my family to Charlotte to be boots on the ground.

Before he left, I handed him a gift. Told him that since he's one of the top brokers in the market, I brought this so we could celebrate our closing when it happened.

He stared at me. "You don't even know me and you're bringing me a gift?"

Then he said: "Now I owe you a deal."

That was September 2020. We didn't get a deal until April 2021. 

Six months of follow-up, deal reviews, conversations with his partner John Phoenix. 

But that 15-minute coffee meeting opened the door to our first institutional deal and it was off-market.

Tenacity isn't about being pushy. 

It's about showing up when it's inconvenient, believing before there's proof, and treating people like partners before they've earned you anything.

Most people wouldn't drive 3 hours for 15 minutes. 

That's exactly why it worked.

We left Maryland at 4pm in a storm. My wife was pregnant. My daughter was 3. I had no idea if Charlotte would work. But staying comfortable wasn't going to build generational wealth.

February 2020, I'm at a multifamily conference in Colorado. Someone looks me dead in the eye and says: "How you gonna compete with me buying deals in Charlotte from D.C.? There's no way."

He wasn't wrong to ask. Long-distance real estate is hard. 

But that question stuck with me.

Me and my wife had the conversation; the real one, the scary one. 

We flew into Charlotte, scouted neighborhoods, found a rental property. My wife had just left her job. 

XSITE Capital Investment was showing promising signs, but nothing concrete yet. We had faith this was going to create the financial freedom we were chasing.

By August 2020, we made the move. Sold our house. Hired movers who packed everything and drove it down.

The night we left, the clouds were heavy and dark. 

Storming badly; rain hitting the windshield, visibility almost gone. My 3-year-old daughter in the backseat. My pregnant wife beside me. And I'm thinking: this has to work.

My baby sister helped us caravan our second car through it. 

Moving in faith isn't about being reckless. It's about making a decision so definitive that the universe has to shift something on your behalf.

Julius Caesar did this in 55 BC when he invaded Britain. After his troops landed, he ordered their ships burned. 

No retreat. No backup plan. 

His soldiers watched their only way home go up in flames. They had one option: win or die on that beach.

They won.

Three years later, we built what we moved here to build. Charlotte became home. XSITE became real.

If you're sitting on a decision that requires faith (the move, the career shift, the business launch) ask yourself: am I waiting for certainty, or am I ready to create it?

Sometimes you just have to drive through the storm.

We're raising $50K investments. A guy asked: "Can you actually evaluate these deals?" We froze. We had no idea. That honest moment led us to the education that built $243M in acquisitions.

In early 2019, Leslie Awasom, CRNA and I registered XSITE Capital Investment. Julius Kunle Oni, M.D. FAOA joined us a few months later. We'd bought a $97 course from Grant Cardone, learned multifamily investing existed, and hired a mentor.

Our mentor told us: "Start raising capital. $50K minimum. You're buying deals in the Southeast."

So we did.

We created investor decks. Started conversations. Told people we were operators ready to deploy capital.

There's a term for what we had: ignorant enthusiasm.

Ignorant enthusiasm gets you moving. It's the fuel that starts the engine of learning and growth.

If we'd waited until we knew everything, we never would've begun. That enthusiasm (even without complete knowledge) is what pushed us to take the first step.

But at that time, we didn't know how the entire process worked.

We couldn't underwrite deals. We didn't know how to evaluate properties. We didn't understand deal structuring.

But we were out there raising money anyway.

Then someone asked: "Do you guys actually know how to evaluate these deals?"

We froze.

Here's where most people lie. They say "Of course we do" and keep pretending until they destroy everything.

Leslie and I made a different choice. We admitted the truth: "No. We don't."

That took courage.

Because admitting you don't know when you're raising capital feels like signing your own death certificate.

But we realized: honesty is the only foundation worth building on.

If we lied, we would've raised money, bought a bad deal, lost people's capital, and destroyed our credibility.

So we did what most people won't: we admitted our ignorance and immediately went to fix it.

Leslie found a weekend bootcamp. We registered that day. We learned how to underwrite deals, evaluate properties, and structure deals properly.

That bootcamp led us to Boston where we met Brad Cangiamila and Christopher Lento, partners on every deal since.

But none of that happens without the courage to say "I don't know."

Most people would rather protect their ego than build something real. 

That's why they fail.

Here's the lesson: Ignorant enthusiasm gets you started.

But when someone asks you a honest question to which you don't have the right answer, you need two things:

The courage to be honest about what you don't know and the discipline to learn it.

We admitted we didn't know. We learned. And that foundation carried us to $243M in acquisitions in 6 years.

So if you're building something and don't know the full extent of what you're doing, that's okay.

Just have the courage to admit it. 

And the discipline to learn it.

Have a great weekend.

P.S. This pic is from 2019 on our way to the bootcamp inside the bus with other attendees.

I have three kids under 10. Some days they jump on my neck screaming during calls. I can see it as chaos or blessing. I choose blessing; I'm home to see my kids every day.

Let me tell you what my last week Friday looked like.

I had 6 investor calls scheduled. Back to back. We're raising capital for The Park at Arlington.

One of my kids needed help with homework, another was running around the house, the last one was aggressively demanding my attention.

Between calls, I helped with homework. Answered questions. Played for 10 minutes. Got them settled.

Then jumped back on the next call.

It was chaos. But it was also beautiful.

Because here's the reality: I'm home.

There are parents who leave before their kids wake up and come home after they're asleep. Monday through Friday, they barely see their children.

I'm not better than them. I'm just in a different season.

But I don't take it for granted.

Six years ago, I worked in cybersecurity. Corporate job. Stable paycheck.

But I asked myself: "20 years from now, what do I want to remember?"

The answer wasn't more meetings. More corporate ladder climbing. More stability.

It was being present for my kids.

So I quit. Went all in on XSITE Capital Investment. Built something that gave me control over my time.

Now, I have three kids under 10 jumping on me while I'm closing multimillion-dollar deals.

It's not always easy. Some days I'm exhausted. Some days I wish I had more quiet.

But then I step back and realize: this is the blessing.

I get to see my kids grow up in real time. I'm not missing it.

People ask: "How do you manage three kids and run a company?"

You just do it.

Life isn't about what happens to you. It's about how you respond.

I can see my kids interrupting my workday as a problem. Or I can see it as proof that I built something that allows me to be home.

I choose the second one.

Because one day, they won't want to jump on my neck. They won't need help with homework.

And I'll miss it.

So, on days when my calendar is packed and my house is loud, I'm grateful.

Grateful I built a business that lets me be present.

Grateful I'm not missing this season.

Because that's what this is all for.

Not just the deals. Not just the growth.

But because I can be present for everything important in my life.

Walking into our 3rd 8-figure acquisition of 2025, I felt no emotions. I was analyzing risk and numbers. Then I saw the greenery, the open spaces. Kids could be kids here again. My mood lifted, I felt hope.

Our in-house content writer asked me: "How do you feel stepping into The Park at Arlington? Our 3rd 8-figure acquisition of 2025?"

My answer: Nothing.

Not because I'm cold, but because I was focused.

I flew in, picked up the rental with Leslie Awasom, CRNA, and went straight to the property. I had investor calls on my calendar and a camera crew in my face.

My mind was working: Are we protecting investor capital? Is this a good asset? What's our risk exposure?

That's what I do. I analyze. I evaluate. I protect.

But as I began to walk the property and saw the greenery, the open spaces, the areas where kids could actually run, something shifted.

I have three kids under 10. And you know what I see every day? Screens of devices. They'd rather sit inside than go outside and play.

To get them to public play grounds, we have to go to the park.

Most apartment complexes don't give kids space to be kids. No room to run. No greenery.

But walking this property, I saw something different.

Open spaces. Green grass. Areas where kids could leave their iPads inside and go play.

That's when I felt something beyond the numbers I obsess about. But about what we're actually building.

We're not just acquiring assets. We're creating environments where families can thrive. Where kids can be kids again.

I thought about my own kids. How I want them to grow up with memories of playing outside, not just screen time.

And I realized: we're building that for 188 families at The Park at Arlington.

So yeah, when I first walked in, I felt nothing. I was in operator mode.

But when I saw what this place could mean for families? For kids who need space to run and play?

That's when real estate became more than numbers and I remembered why we do this.

Not just to close deals. Not just to generate returns.
But to create spaces where childhood can happen again. Where families can build memories. Where kids can just be kids.

This Thursday, I'm walking investors through The Park at Arlington. I'll show you why this deal is about more than just returns. If you want to be part of building spaces where families thrive, I'd love to speak with you.

Register here: https://lnkd.in/eZMA-qQF

100 leads. 6 calls. Every day. We set this pace before any deal existed. Now that we're raising our 3rd 8-figure deal of 2025? It's just another day.

What separates teams that scale from teams that break under pressure is not talent. 

It's consistency when nobody's watching.

Before we had The Park at Arlington under contract, I was already running the team like we had it.

100 leads prospected every day. 6 investor calls on my calendar. Every. Single. Day.

People asked: "Why are you raising capital when you don't have a deal?"

Because I don't wait for pressure to maintain standards.

When we got the deal under contract, my calendar that day? 6 calls.

Same as the day before. Same as the month before.

Here's what I've learned: it's easy to set standards. The hard part is maintaining them when there's no immediate pressure.

When there's no deal on the horizon, that's when teams naturally relax. Slow down. Tell themselves they'll ramp up when it matters.

Then a deal comes and everything changes. Scrambling. Long hours. Burnout. Stress.

That's when things fall apart.

The solution is simple: maintain the standard whether you have a deal or not.

If you need 6 calls a day to close a deal, do 6 calls today. Not when pressure hits. 

Today.

If you need to prospect 100 people to fill your pipeline, prospect 100 people today. Not next week. 

Today.

The standard doesn't change based on circumstances. The standard IS what creates the circumstances.

Bill Walsh coached the 49ers to multiple Super Bowls. His philosophy: "The Score Will Take Care of Itself.

Do the little things right every single day: show up on time, know your role, execute your assignments.

When the Super Bowl comes, you win. Because you've been preparing for that moment daily.

That's XSITE Capital Investment.

We don't wait for deals to work hard. We work like we already have the deal every single day.

Right now, we're raising capital for our 3rd 8-figure deal of 2025. 

My calendar is still averaging 6 calls a day.

Not because I'm grinding harder now. Because that's been the standard for months.

So if you're feeling overwhelmed right now, ask yourself: have I been maintaining my standards consistently?

Or did I relax when there was no pressure and now I'm playing catch-up?

The good news is you can change that today.

Set the standard. Execute it daily. No excuses. No exceptions.

When the big moment comes, it won't feel like pressure.

It'll like just another day.

When Leslie Awasom, CRNA told me Julius Kunle Oni, M.D. FAOA had decided to join us as co-founder at XSITE Capital Investment, I was pumped. An orthopedic surgeon who questioned everything? That's exactly who we needed.

In late 2019, Leslie calls me: "Tenny, Dr. Oni's in. He's not just investing, he wants to co-found this with us."

I was pumped.

Not just because we had another partner. But because of who Dr. Oni is.

An orthopedic surgeon. Busy. Demanding career. The kind of guy who doesn't have time for BS.

We're talking about someone who studied at Howard University, completed his residency at New York University, did his fellowship at Rush, and became an Associate Professor at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

4,000+ surgeries. 80+ papers published. Licensed in four countries. The kind of credibility that precedes him.

And he didn't just say yes easily.

Leslie had been talking to him about multifamily investing for multiple weeks, and Dr. Oni hit him with every question:

"What exactly is multifamily investing?"

"Who manages the property?"

"What if tenants don't pay?"

"Can people like us even do this?"

Every. Single. Question.

He did his homework. He took his time. And then he said: "Alright, let's do it."

That's when I knew we had something special.

Here's someone who could've stayed comfortable. Could've kept his money in the stock market.

But he asked the hard questions. Did the due diligence. And decided: "I'm not just investing. I'm building this with you."

That level of expertise. That commitment. That willingness to question everything and still say yes?

That's what real partnership looks like.
I was excited because he represented exactly what we were building: busy professionals ready to build wealth differently.

He brought on an extra layer of credibility. Questions that made us sharper. A perspective we didn't have.

And belief built on due diligence, not blind faith.

Today, Julius Kunle Oni, M.D. FAOA runs Ortho Nigeria International (a.k.a The O.N.I. Clinic) and co-leads XSITE Capital Investment where we've helped 400+ investors access the same opportunities he once questioned.

I'm grateful for every question he asked. Every bit of skepticism. Every challenge.

Because that's what smart investing looks like.

Not jumping in because it sounds good. But asking hard questions, taking your time, doing your homework.

Julius Kunle Oni, M.D. FAOA didn't just become a co-founder. He became proof that busy professionals with demanding careers can build wealth through multifamily real estate.

So if you're unsure about multifamily investing, that's okay.
Ask questions. Take your time. Stay curious.

That's exactly what Dr. Oni did. And it led to co-founding a company that's closed $243M in acquisitions in 6 years.

This Thursday, I'm walking through The Park at Arlington, our latest opportunity. 

If you want to learn how busy professionals are building wealth like Dr. Oni did, register here: https://lnkd.in/eZMA-qQF

Most people collect business cards at conferences like eCore Summit. We started a conversation with the seller that sold us our 2nd 9-figure multifamily deal of 2025: The Rise.

That wasn't luck. That was intentionality.

Same conference, same weekend; we met the debt broker who's now structuring our institutional deals. 

Connected with the CPA who's been instrumental in navigating our growth. 

Built relationships that didn't just fill our LinkedIn connections list. They became actual partnerships that move our business forward.

And yes, I'm still hoping to catch that conversation with Grant Cardone this year.

Here's what most people miss about conferences: it's not about attending every session or collecting hundreds of contacts. 

It's about identifying the 3-5 conversations that could shift your next 12 months. 

The vendor who becomes a partner. 

The operator who's solved the problem you're stuck on. 

The person who knows the person you need to meet.

#eCore25 is live, and I'm back to Miami, Florida.

I've seen what's possible when you show up with clarity and leave with actionable relationships.

If you're attending (whether you're scaling a syndication, breaking into institutional multifamily, or trying to figure out how to turn conference conversations into real business outcomes), let's connect.

Who else is going? 

Drop a comment or shoot me a DM. 

Let's make this one count.

One minute I'm helping my kids with homework. Next, I'm on a call closing $250K. Then, I'm speaking to 100 investors. I don't overthink my plans. I just execute.

Too many people spend days overthinking. Rehearsing every word. Analyzing every slide. Running through scenarios in their head.

That's analysis paralysis and it kills execution.

I always try to do the opposite. Here's how my day works:

One minute, I'm with my 9-year-old helping her with math homework.

Next minute, I'm on a call closing $250K for The Park at Arlington.

Next minute, I'm presenting to 100 people about multifamily investing.

I don't rehearse transitions. I don't overthink my approach.

I have a plan. I know what needs to happen. When it's time to execute, I show up and do it.

People ask: "Don't you get nervous?"

No. 

Because nervousness comes from overthinking.

When you spend hours thinking about an action, you start questioning everything. 

Did I say it right? Should I change this word? What if they ask this question?

That's when you freeze.

But when you trust your preparation and focus on execution, it's just another moment.

Homework. Investor call. Presentation. 

Same mindset: show up, focus, execute.

I've done masterclasses before. I know the content. I understand the deal. I know what investors need to hear.

So when the time comes, I don't need to overthink. I just execute.

This is how we operate at XSITE Capital Investment.

We don't overthink. We prepare, cover our bases, then we execute.

Raising capital? I'm not worrying about how the call will go. I'm having the call.

Touring a property? I'm not rehearsing what to say. I'm walking it and speaking from what I see.

Presenting at a conference? I'm not memorizing a script. I'm showing up and delivering value.

That's the difference between people who execute and people who stay stuck.

Stuck people overthink. They rehearse. They analyze. They prepare for every scenario.

Executors prepare, then move.

You're never going to feel 100% ready.

You'll always find another thing to prepare. Another slide to perfect. Another word to rehearse.

But the people who win? They have a plan, then they execute.

They don't overthink. They don't overanalyze. They don't wait for perfect conditions.

They show up and do it.

That's how we've closed $243M in acquisitions.

Not by overthinking. By executing.

Tonight, I'm presenting The Park at Arlington to investors.

Will I overthink it? No.

Will I show up and deliver? Absolutely.

Because I have a plan. I don't overthink. I just execute.

Join me tonight: https://lnkd.in/eZMA-qQF

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