Investments

We understand how to value risks: the financial requirements, time constrains and ongoing liabilities that face real estate projects. And, the need to employ the highest and best use for a property with consideration for minimizing exposure and keeping within the sustainable limits of the owners and investors.

Capital & Holdings

Lewis Creek Capital & Holdings is positioned to enhance investor's wealth with an assured and conservative approach to to real estate backed securties.

Currently, owning and managing investment properties valued at roughly $ 8.2 million dollars and carrying less than $ 500K worth of debt, our capital and holdings division is positioned to take advantgage of the current business cycle and is aggressively searching for new opportunities.

"While studying real estate finance at the Univiersity of Texas, I was offered an opportunity to worked with Russel Moore at Griton & McAlister, a top commercial real estate broker and investor. The RTC at that time was auctioning off properties for pennies on the dollar. I was hired to developed proforma analyses based on market rents, growth patterns, company expansions and relocates, and transportion expansion plans for multiple warehouse properties and raw land with commercial development potential. From these analyses, Moore and his partner purchased over a dozen properties.

The RTC contradicted many of the ideals taught at the University, and broaden my understanding how to maximize leverage without jepordizing an investment. The foundation of our investment strategy lies within these core principals:

  • Money is made on the buy. If a good deal cannot be made, a purchase is not made. Each project has to realize a profit on a true cash on cash basis. Maximizing earnings, reducing expenses and attractive lending terms are means by which to increase the yield on a project, but a project or deal must first make a profit based purely on the buy and the sale.
  • A cap rate paid for an income producing project is never lower than our minimum rate of return, no matter what the terms of financing are at the time.
  • Each investment must stand on it's own. New purchases are not leveraged against other assets.
  • Raw land is not leveraged. Land is only purchased with equity.
  • Reduce carrying costs and fees. Biggest advisary in real estate deals is the cost of carrying . Debt, taxes, real estate fees, maintenance and operational expenses have to be reduced and maticulously evaluated, they add no value to the property can create enormous burdens.
  • The amount leveraged on a project does not exceed secured NOI expected during a recession.
  • Equity partners are paid first. Management has a fiduciary duty and commitment to investors to make them money.
  • We don't do a deal unless we are willing to put up some of our own money. We are committed. I have monetary and sweat equity in all our deals.”

Matt Rodriguez
President

A testiment to theses solid core fundamentals is not only our porfolio strength during these economic times, but our continued relationship with our investors.

List of investors:

Tom Haynie Commons of Lake Houston – Lots – Huffman
20 acres - Subdivison of waterfront property – Lake Houston
52.4 acres – Longhorn BP Partners, future office warehouse complex – Conroe
John Rodriguez (since '96) Longwood Estates, 7.5 acres – Re-development of waterfront lot – Lake Conroe
Teaswood – Multiple lot transactions – Conroe
Teaswood Reserve – 40 acre new section addition – Conroe
52.4 acres – Longhorn BP Partners, future office warehouse complex – Conroe
Monty Calderoni (since '96) 10 acres - waterfront property – Lake Houston
Brandon Creighton (since '96) 101 West Philips Project – office renovation and investment holding – downtown Conroe
Richard Lord (since '96) 101 West Philips Project – office renovation and investment holding – downtown Conroe
140 acres – raw land – Rosharon
Cedar Creek Estates – Re-development of waterfront lots – Lake Limestone
Paul Butaud (since '02) 31.4 acres – Texaba, re-subdivide lots and construction of homes – Willis
Wiley Anderson (since '05) Forrest Lodge South – waterfront lot – Montgomery
Forrest Lodge South – waterfront home, renovation – Montgomery
* multiple construction projects
Galen Waters (since '03) Camellia at Lake Conroe – 73 garden homes – Conroe
Terry Sabom (since '03) Camellia at Lake Conroe – 73 garden homes – Conroe
Joe Bolin (since '06) 52.4 acres – Longhorn BP Partners, future office warehouse complex – Conroe
19.4 acres –Hard corner of Loop 336 & FM 2854, RR crossing and spur approval – Conroe