429. Multifamily Value-Add, Development, and Opportunity Zone Strategy with Barrett Linburg, Savoy Companies

In this special guest episode of The TreppWire Podcast, we’re joined by Barrett Linburg, Founding Partner of Savoy Companies, a vertically integrated Texas multifamily platform. Barrett dives into Opportunity Zones 1.0 and 2.0, discussing his path into this type of investing, the tax benefits that have driven adoption, and what a permanent program could mean for investors, wealth managers, and future development. He also highlights Savoy’s Bishop Ridge redevelopment project in Dallas as a case study in transforming a neighborhood through urban infill development and heavy value-add renovations. We discuss Savoy’s use of AI and proprietary technology to streamline property management operations, and the lessons Barrett has learned while scaling a multifamily platform. Tune in now.  

Episode Notes 

• From mortgage broker to multifamily investor: lessons from the GFC (1:41) 

• Gut renovations vs. light value-add (6:20) 

• Opportunity Zones explained and the Bishop Ridge case study (9:06) 

• Opportunity Zones 2.0 and permanent OZ legislation (15:52) 

• Building Savoy as a vertically integrated platform (19:25) 

• AI, geofencing, and the Savoy Operating System (25:28) 

• Lessons learned and closing remarks (31:40) 

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