Ventures
Seven ventures he founded — an operating company, an acquisitions partnership, software, and civic tools — and the family real estate firm where he works as Asset Manager.
- Diamond Creek Holdings Real estate investment and management Asset Manager His family’s real estate firm, where he works as Asset Manager across commercial, industrial, and residential property. Value-based investing and patient asset management outlast the cycle that rewards turnover. Active
- America First, LLC Real estate investment A Nevada real estate investment company — buy-and-hold and fix-and-flip — that also holds his technology and civic ventures. One operating company, holding what it builds — independence is easier to keep than to recover. Active
Five holdings
- CIVITAS Constituency intelligence A nonpartisan constituency intelligence platform unifying voter, donor, business, and campaign finance records into one system for candidates and campaign professionals. A lean campaign should be able to run its own strategy, not rent it at consultant rates from a black box. In Development
- GovSpending Fiscal transparency An independent, nonpartisan tracker of the US national debt and federal spending, drawn entirely from official sources. Fiscal data that belongs to the public should be readable by the public, in real time and without a gate. Active
- RealEstage.ai Real estate software AI staging software that turns photographs of empty rooms into furnished interiors for property listings. A vacant room photographs badly, and the cost of fixing that should not be the reason a listing sits. Active
- Legatus Vault Secure infrastructure Secure document and estate infrastructure for durable, private recordkeeping. The documents that matter most deserve infrastructure built to outlast a product cycle. In Development
- Congress Vote Tracker Legislative transparency An independent, source-linked record of every House and Senate roll-call vote, with a scorecard for each member. A voting record the public can actually read is a check the public can actually use. Active
- Battle Born Acquisitions Acquisitions Co-Founder Buys controlling stakes in Nevada businesses with steady local customers. Nevada operating businesses, acquired for the long term, not the exit. Active
Philosophy
Investment approach
Long holds, conservative underwriting, Nevada and the Southwest.
He buys property to hold for years, often decades, and underwrites every deal against conservative assumptions on income, expense, and exit. The focus stays in Nevada and the Southwest, where he knows the markets and the operators. After a purchase he manages the asset himself — tenants, upkeep, and how it sits in its market — for as long as it is held.
The property work runs on two tracks. Acquisition and development for his own account is held through America First, LLC, the Nevada operating company. Separately, he serves as Asset Manager at Diamond Creek Holdings, his family’s real estate investment and management firm, working across commercial, industrial, and residential property.
“Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”
Focus
Asset classes considered
The asset classes he looks at.
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Industrial
Warehouses and light-industrial buildings serving steady regional demand.
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Retail
Retail anchored by everyday needs — tenants people return to weekly.
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Office
Only where the location and tenants justify holding for the long term.
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Multifamily
Housing in markets with sustained in-migration and constrained supply.
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Residential
Single-family homes and small residential holdings, kept and managed.
Footprint
Markets followed
- Southern Nevada
The home market, where he knows the streets and the operators.
- Northern Nevada
Followed closely for industrial and logistics-driven demand.
- Southwest Florida
A region people keep moving to.
- The broader Southwest
Considered case by case, where the same approach fits.
Contact
Get in touch
For acquisitions, partnerships, asset management, or anything about the businesses above, email Clem directly.