25 years. Over $2 billion in project value. Hands-on across every stage — from land acquisition to lease-up. Real experience in your corner, not a generalist firm with a slide deck.
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Four distinct engagements, each built around a specific problem. All delivered by Daniel Kaufman directly — no junior team, no handoffs.
A focused 90-minute advisory session built around your deal, market, or strategic question. Direct access to Daniel. No generic frameworks.
A comprehensive principal-side review of your deal — covering feasibility, underwriting assumptions, capital structure, and financing strategy.
Ongoing strategic support across the full development lifecycle — from acquisition through stabilization. Structured as a real partnership.
Structured advisory on site selection, market alignment, entitlement strategy, and land acquisition due diligence — before you commit capital.
Daniel Kaufman has spent 25+ years on the principal side of real estate — not advising from a distance, but building, financing, entitling, and operating. Over $2 billion in project value across residential communities, commercial hospitality, build-to-rent, workforce housing, modular construction, and data center infrastructure.
Kaufman Real Estate & Consulting is the advisory arm of Kaufman & Company. When you work with this practice, you get direct access to the same judgment that underwrites our own capital. No junior associates. No generic frameworks. No firm that hasn’t built a thing.
Land acquisition · Entitlement · Financing · Construction · Operations
BTR · Multifamily · Mixed-Use · Hospitality · Data Centers · Affordable Housing
Every engagement grounded in the same rigor applied to our own portfolio
Every engagement starts with a direct conversation — no intake forms that go nowhere, no waiting weeks to hear back.
Tell us about your project, your challenge, and the type of engagement. Takes under 3 minutes.
A direct call with Daniel to confirm fit, understand the situation, and scope the right engagement.
A clear engagement letter within 48 hours — specific scope, deliverables, timeline, and fee.
Work begins within days of signing. Direct access, honest assessments, clear recommendations.
A selection of work across the Kaufman portfolio — from modular workforce housing to mountain resort development and Sun Belt urban infill.
Workforce housing in most markets is chronically undersupplied and overpriced to deliver. The challenge: prove a standardized, factory-built modular system could cut construction time and cost while producing quality attainable housing at scale.
Outcome: 10-unit pilot completed in Spokane, WA in 8 months. Modules built in factory with finished interiors, trucked to site, and stacked by crane while site work ran in parallel. Template validated — now the foundation for a national pipeline targeting health systems and large employers.
An 88-acre four-season resort concept taken from initial planning to a fully underwritten master plan, with boutique lodge, ridge residential product, and four-season amenity programming.
Outcome: Full master plan developed. Boutique lodge, ridge residential product, and dedicated workforce housing component designed and underwritten as an integrated project. Entitlement strategy mapped. Project advanced to active development phase.
Dallas represents one of the most competitive urban infill environments in the country — high land costs, complex entitlement, and intense competition for well-located sites. LoneStar Kaufman was built to navigate this market with local precision and institutional discipline.
Outcome: Multiple residential and mixed-use projects underway across the Dallas metro. Portfolio spans modern urban development and mixed-use residential communities — with a pipeline built on local market intelligence and disciplined underwriting.
From resort developers to land partners to private homeowners — the through-line is always the same: one team, full accountability, results that speak.
The only team we’ll ever use. They carried our resort project from a napkin sketch to a 5-star property without a single handoff. The result exceeded every expectation we had.
Their investment model is genuinely different. They had skin in the game from day one, which meant every decision was focused on long-term value — not just getting the project done and moving on.
The craftsmanship is extraordinary. But what really set them apart was how seamlessly design and execution worked as one. No surprises, no gaps — just a team that does exactly what they say they’ll do.
Whether you’re a developer at a crossroads, an investor stress-testing a deal, or a landowner trying to understand your options — every engagement begins with a brief introductory call.
