Built on experience,
made for freedom.
A diversified family of private real estate offerings, stewarded by roughly 100 teammates across the platform with two decades of hands-on ownership, so your capital works quietly while you pursue the people, places and passions that matter.
An integrated platform.
One team, integrated across property management, asset management, and fund administration. No gaps in execution, oversight, or planning.
Freedom Funds
The product platform: the fund vehicles and investor relationships through which accredited investors access the offerings, with clear terms and transparent reporting.
Elevation Capital Group
Fund administration and strategic asset management: capital allocation and investment oversight focused on long-term value creation.
Endeavor Communities
Expert property management, resident services, and operational excellence driving day-to-day performance.
Building wealth through excellence.
We acquire quality manufactured housing and self-storage properties, extract the maximum tax benefit, reposition each asset, and then refinance, return capital, and distribute cash flow — inviting accredited investors to own these essential, durable assets alongside us.
Freedom Funds exists to give investors a clearer path into private real estate. Backed by two decades of hands-on ownership and operations, we favor simple, transparent fund structures (plain-English strategies, clear terms, and straightforward reporting), so investors can readily understand what they own and why.
We are patient by design, building value over years rather than quarters. And we stay available: accredited investors get direct access to the team behind the funds, because clarity is a relationship, not a disclosure.
Real people, hands on.
Investor events, property tours, and the day-to-day of running the platform — these are the people your questions actually reach.
The team behind the standard.
Over a century of combined experience, dedicated to service excellence for our investors and residents alike.
Ryan Smith
Co-leads the platform's investment strategy, drawing on two decades in manufactured housing and self-storage.
Jamie Smith
Co-leads the platform's strategy, capital relationships, and long-term direction.
Ashley Ingersoll
Leads operations across the portfolio, turning underwriting plans into performance.
Jennifer Benoit
Leads finance, fund administration, and investor reporting.
Brittany Antich
Ron Steed
Lenka Padelova
Supported by 100+ people across the platform: operations, finance, construction, regional leadership, and the on-site community teams who run our properties every day.
How we got here.
The platform did not arrive fully formed. Each step below added an asset class, a capability, or a way for outside investors to participate.
- 2003 The principals begin acquiring real estate, the foundation of what becomes Elevation Capital Group.
- 2004 First manufactured-housing community acquired, beginning the focus on the asset class.
- 2009 Trailer Cash published, one of the most-read books on manufactured-housing investing.
- 2010 The first two investment funds launch; both are later completed full cycle.
- 2013 Funds 3 and 4 launch in consecutive years (2013–14), both achieving full-cycle returns.
- 2015 Funds 5, 6 and 7 launch in consecutive years (2015–17), expanding the portfolio nationwide.
- 2020 Fund 8 launches, continuing disciplined investing through market cycles.
- 2023 The ninth fund launches, further expanding opportunities for investment partners.
- 2024 Endeavor Communities launches as the platform's dedicated property-management affiliate.
- 2026 The Freedom Funds platform opens, bringing the family of offerings under one roof.
Have a question? Talk to a real person.
Accredited investors get direct access to the team behind the funds. Carter can walk you through the strategy, terms, and process — no gatekeeping.
It starts with a conversation.
Every offering here is open to verified accredited investors. Start with a conversation, or browse what's open today.
Figures are provided for general information only. Amounts returned to investors reflect aggregate distributions across all funds and all sources; they are unaudited, have not been independently verified, and may include return of capital. Past performance does not guarantee future results. See disclosures.
Milestones reflect events at the firm or at predecessor and affiliated entities, including Elevation Capital Group and funds offered before the Freedom Funds platform.