About

An opportunistic real estate investment firm.

Residential land acquisition across the southeastern United States.

$1B+
Capital Deployed
150+
Acquisitions
25,000+
Homesites
40+
Builder Relationships
10+
Years Investing
Who We Are

Founded and led by veteran land and homebuilding operators, BWS brings institutional discipline to the Southeast’s residential land market.

Our partners spent decades running divisions for national builders and structuring complex land transactions before founding BWS. That operator’s perspective shapes how we underwrite and acquire — and it’s why landowners and builders return to us deal after deal.

Leadership

Decades of combined experience.

Spanning land acquisition, underwriting and homebuilder relationships.

RW

Robert Wilder

Partner

Co-Founder directing the firm's investment strategy and land acquisition across the Southeast, specializing in large-scale holdings for master-planned communities. … Read full bio →

JB

Jason Byham

Partner

A real estate executive with two decades scaling residential development platforms, rising to Division President with P&L authority across three states. … Read full bio →

TB

Thompson Blake

Partner

Founder and CEO of Blake Investment Partners, with two decades building a diversified real estate platform across the Southeast and beyond. … Read full bio →

The BWS Company's residential land acquisitions across the southeastern United States
Our Work

Decades of trust with landowners and the nation’s top homebuilders.

Our Approach

Institutional discipline, local knowledge.

From first conversation to final close, depth of expertise at every stage of the deal.

01

Subject-Matter Experts

Deep, specialized expertise ensuring an educated analysis of every opportunity.

02

Local Market Knowledge

Boots-on-the-ground insight into the submarkets, growth corridors and demand drivers that move land values.

03

Homebuilding

Long-standing, executive-level relationships with regional and national homebuilders.

04

Deal Architecture

Innovative structures that meet — and exceed — seller objectives.

05

Transparency

A transparent approach with sellers that builds lasting trust and partnership.

06

Relationships

Strong ties with municipal leaders, engineers and consultants in every market.