Retoro Capital Investments

We are a real estate investment group that partners with busy professionals to increase their passive cashflow, asset appreciation, and tax advantages through depreciation of commercial properties such as apartment buildings, mixed use multi family, storage facilities and RV parks. Visit risecapitalinvestments.co to learn more.

Chief Operating Officer

Hui Home Buyers

Hui Home Buyers is a real estate solutions company focused on helping homeowners find options for selling their home whether they're going through a foreclosure, can’t sell their property, or just need to get rid of their house for any reason. Benefits of working with us are that we can close quickly in as little as 10 days and with cash or get creative with financing! We buy both distressed and turn key properties to either hold or sell for the next family. 

We also work with other investors looking for a great return through capital partnerships. Contact us if you would like to learn more. We appreciate referrals as well and have a network of real estate professionals to help find the best solution!

Owner

Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.

Project Engineer

Civil Engineer

Junior Engineer, Intern

Helping Busy Professionals Create Wealth, Financial Freedom and Passive Income While Making a Positive Impact Through Lower Risk Real Estate Investments | See Below👇🏼

Thanks for taking a minute (or two) to read about what we do and why it might benefit you too :-)

  On the surface, my company might look like just another real estate investment firm.


But if you take a deeper look, you’ll discover we are much more :-)


We specialize in helping regular people (like me) achieve true financial independence, without the typical risks associated with the stock market and other traditional investment vehicles.


Our investments are backed by highly vetted real estate deals that create passive income and a stronger sense of security for those who participate in them.
 
The properties must meet our strict criteria and make us confident investing our own money, BEFORE we ever offer it to anyone else.

We believe in keeping all investors continually “in the know” about their investments. 

In fact, some may consider me old fashioned, but I believe that only two things matter in business.

People AND Results (In that order).


It’s about operating with integrity to build trusting relationships, being transparent with both successes and failures, and taking ownership through accountability…

Focusing on taking care of our greatest asset, which is the people who choose to align with us.

We want them to be able to lie down at night and sleep like a babies because they know we have their best interest in mind and always working to proactively solve any issue that may arise.

The people we work with enjoy 3 main benefits:

1. Inflation resistance 

2. Tax benefits


And of course…


3. Passive income
And the best part?

We do ALL the grunt work so our investors have the information they need to make decisions based on actual data.

If you’re a person of integrity and would like to learn more about how we help create passive incomes for our investors…

Shoot me a message & let's connect.   

Or if you’d like to be added to our special deal notification list, go here to join:

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Specialties: #realestate, #multifamilyrealestate, #apartmentinvesting, #commercialrealestate, #syndication, #realestateinvesting, #passiveincome, #financialfreedom

There are two ways to invest in real estate.
Most people pick the harder one.

The first way?

Be the operator.

Find the deal.
Manage the rehab.
Handle the tenants.
Deal with delays, repairs, and market swings.

You earn equity.
But you also absorb friction.

The second way?

Be the bank.

Structure the deal.
Lend the capital.
Collect interest.
Protect your downside.

No contractors.
No midnight calls.
No hoping the appraisal comes in high.

Both paths can build wealth.

But they are very different roles.

One trades time and energy for upside.

The other structures for predictable returns.

The shift for me wasn’t about quitting real estate.

It was about choosing position over activity.

In uncertain markets, position matters more than hustle.

Curious, if you’re investing right now, are you choosing control… or structure? 👇

ZASHA SMITH, P.E.

Helping Busy Professionals Build Wealth, Financial Freedom, and Passive Income Through Low-Risk Real Estate Investments. | See Below👇🏼

I hit 10,000 followers today and honestly… 
That feels weird to say out loud.

I almost never started posting.

I remember sitting at my engineering job during lunch breaks, googling stuff about money and investing, and thinking why does everyone act like they have it figured out, but nobody actually explains anything?

I didn’t grow up around investing conversations.
No one talked about cash flow, deals, or building wealth.

You just worked, saved, hoped it worked out, and retired someday.

So when I started learning, I posted mostly to document it for myself.
Not to teach.
Not to build a brand.
I literally thought maybe a few friends would read it.

The first posts were awkward.
Low likes.
Sometimes no comments.

I’d reread them, wondering if I sounded dumb, and almost deleted them.

But then people started messaging me.
Quietly.
Asking questions they didn’t want to ask publicly.
Sharing that they felt behind with money
Admitting they made a good income but didn’t know what to do with it

That’s when I realized… most people aren’t lazy with money
They’re just never shown how things actually work.

So I kept posting. 
Even when it felt repetitive. 
Even when I ran out of ideas.

One honest post turned into conversations
Conversations turned into relationships
Relationships turned into deals, partners, and opportunities I never could’ve planned.

And now there are 10,000 of you here, which still doesn’t feel real.

If you’ve been here a while, you literally watched me figure this out in real time.

I’m curious
What made you hit follow?
Real estate
Money mindset
Learning to invest
Or you’re just trying to get your life together financially like the rest of us

You can’t outwork the wrong room.

For a while, I thought motivation was a discipline problem.

Work harder.
Stay focused.
Push through.

But the truth?

It’s exhausting trying to build something big when you’re surrounded by people who don’t see what you see.

There were seasons when I didn’t have many people around me who shared my vision.

And everything felt heavier than it needed to.

Then I started being intentional about the rooms I put myself in.

Not rooms full of people doing exactly what I do.

Rooms full of people building.

Investing.
Thinking long-term.
Trying to grow.

That changed everything.

You don’t just gain ideas in the right community.

You gain momentum.

And momentum is easier to maintain than motivation.

Community isn’t just support.

It’s shared standards.
It’s proximity to possibility.
It’s accountability without force.

Especially in real estate and wealth-building, growth accelerates when you’re not the only one thinking ahead.

Curious, what room changed your trajectory the most?

Thinking of flipping condos?
Read this.

On paper, condo flips can look clean.

Lower purchase price.
Simpler scope.
Faster turn.

But in markets like Hawaii, the real story isn’t the purchase price, it’s the expenses.

HOA fees are rising almost yearly.
Insurance has jumped close to 70% in many buildings.
And special assessments can surface right before you sell.

I’m dealing with this right now across five of my own condo rentals.

Here’s what that reinforced for me:

The risk isn’t always in the deal you analyze.
It’s in the costs that are trending upward while you’re holding it.

If your expenses move faster than your margin, the flip stops being strategic and starts being fragile.

That doesn’t mean “don’t flip condos.”

It means stress-test the direction of your costs, not just the ARV.

Especially in HOA-heavy assets, small changes compound quickly.

Curious how others are seeing this play out.

If you’re underwriting condos right now, what variable are you watching most closely, insurance, reserves, assessments, or something else? 👇

Feeling like you don’t fit the mold in real estate? 
Good.

For a long time, I heard it framed as a “man’s game.”

Aggressive. Loud. Dominant.

That never felt like me.

And for a while, I wondered if that meant I was at a disadvantage.

What I didn’t expect was this:

Not fitting the mold became my leverage.

People started reaching out quietly.

“I have money, but I don’t know whom to trust.”
“I’m unsure about this project. Can you look at it?”

It wasn’t because I was the most aggressive in the room.

It was because I was approachable.
Clear. Consistent. Genuine.

Real estate isn’t just numbers.

It’s trust.

And trust is built differently by different people.

The industry doesn’t need more of the same personality.

It needs competence paired with authenticity.

Sometimes, the thing that makes you feel “out of place.”
is the very thing that makes you stand out.

If you’ve ever felt like you didn’t match the traditional image of an investor.

Maybe you’re not behind.

Maybe you’re differentiated.

Curious, what part of you felt like a weakness early on…
But turned into your edge?

I love to work.
That’s the problem.

If I get an idea, I’ll stay up all night building it.
Brainstorming. Planning. Executing.

For years, I told myself that meant I was driven.

Then one day, my husband said:

“They’re getting the best of you.
We’re getting the rest of you.”

That sentence stopped me.

Because he was right.

My mom worked nonstop, too.
But she had to. She was a single mom with three kids.

I wasn’t forced into that pattern.

I was choosing it.

That realization changed how I see ambition.

Ambition without boundaries doesn’t just grow businesses.
It can quietly drain the people closest to you.

So I started putting parameters around my work.
Not because I care less about what I’m building.
But because I care more about whom I’m building it for.

Especially in real estate and entrepreneurship, it’s easy to justify overworking in the name of future freedom.

But if the present keeps losing, what are we actually winning?

I’m curious, has anyone ever said something to you that forced you to rethink how you work?

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