Real Estate Capital Advisor

Distilling capital
complexity into
clarity and conviction.

I work with investors, developers, and operators on high-value, high-consequence capital events—acquisitions, structuring, exits, and everything in between.

Where I get involved
$10B+ Capital Influenced
3 Broker Licenses
15+ Years Active
Nick Brunson
Where I Get Involved
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Acquisitions Strategy & Deal Selection
Identifying the right assets, at the right basis, at the right time. Underwriting that separates signal from noise. I think like an owner before I think like an advisor.
02
Capital Structuring
Debt, equity, 1031 exchanges, Delaware Statutory Trusts. Structure isn't just financing—it's often the decision that determines the outcome.
03
Transaction Leadership
LOI through close. I stay in the deal. Negotiation discipline, due diligence management, and the judgment to know when to push and when to pause.
04
Asset-Level Decision Making
Operational strategy, lease structure, stabilization, repositioning. The decisions that happen after closing are often more consequential than the ones before it.
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Portfolio-Level Thinking
Timing, risk calibration, capital rotation. When to hold, when to harvest, and how to sequence decisions across a portfolio—not just asset by asset.
06
Exit & Tax Strategy
1031 exchanges, DST placements, and recapitalization decisions. How you exit often determines how much value you actually keep. Most clients engage too late—I prefer earlier.
How I Think
The question I'm always asking:
"What's actually going on here?"

Not what the deck says. Not what the broker says. What the numbers, the structure, the market, and the people are actually telling you—if you're willing to look.
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Markets misprice risk constantly.
The job isn't to find deals—it's to find deals where the market has gotten the risk wrong in your favor. That requires an independent view.
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Lease structure often matters more than headline price.
A building's value is only as durable as the lease behind it. Escalations, term, options, and tenant credit quality drive the real number—not the cap rate on the brochure.
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Land control beats building value in many industrial cases.
Infill logistics land is finite. The structure depreciates. The land position compounds. That asymmetry shapes how I evaluate certain deals.
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Certainty often beats price in real transactions.
The highest offer rarely wins the best deal. Speed, simplicity, and credibility are forms of capital. Sellers remember who made their lives easier.
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Capital timing shapes outcomes more than people admit.
1031 deadlines, rate cycles, LP return horizons—these constraints are real, and they change the math. Understanding timing pressure, yours and the counterparty's, is a structural advantage.
Selected Experience
Capital Markets
$10B+ in Capital Decisions
Across national firms, public REITs, private equity groups, and family offices. Full-cycle exposure: sourcing through exit, debt through equity, core through opportunistic.
Tenant Roster
National Tenants, Complex Leases
Negotiated sites leased to Amazon, U-Haul, Herc Rentals, SiteOne Landscape Supply, ABC Supply, and Builders FirstSource. REIT counterparties include Prologis and Peakstone.
Asset Focus
Industrial & Multifamily
Deep focus across the South, Southeast, and West Coast. Broad MSA coverage with an active network in capital markets, brokerage, and development across all major asset types.
Firm
Interface Realty, Founded 2018
Built to work with investment clients across the full real estate lifecycle—planning, transaction, management, and optimization. Operating in Georgia, Texas, and California.
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Alternative Investments
1031 Exchange & DST Access
Licensed to advise on and facilitate 1031 exchange strategies and Delaware Statutory Trust investments. Series 65 credential. Advisory practice built around consequential capital events.
Education
Finance, MBA, Executive Education
B.S. Finance and MBA from Western Governors University. Executive coursework at Columbia Business School, Duke Fuqua, and Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business.
GREC #445219 — Georgia TREC #758423 — Texas CalDRE #1968901 — California Series 65 — Investment Advisor
Current Focus
1031 Exchange Advisory
Building a focused advisory practice around 1031 exchange facilitation, DST access, and capital strategy consulting for Atlanta-area investors.
Data-Driven Real Estate Tools
Building proprietary tools for lease benchmarking, valuation analysis, and investment property screening—applied to my own advisory work first.
Capital Flows & Market Cycles
Personal intellectual focus on how capital moves through cities, regions, and asset classes over time. The macro lens behind the micro decisions.
Resources

Tools, Learning & Projects

A working directory of calculators, infographics, and tools I've built or curated. Updated as new things ship.

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Let's talk
about the
decision.

I work with a small number of clients on high-consequence situations. If you're facing a capital event that requires judgment, not just execution, reach out.

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A note on working together
"I prefer fewer engagements done well. My value is judgment applied at the right moment—not volume."
Georgia Real Estate Broker · GREC #445219 Texas Real Estate Broker · TREC #758423 California Real Estate Broker · CalDRE #1968901 Series 65 · Uniform Investment Advisor Law