Based in Rockwall, Texas, Garland Wayne Benton Jr. leads Direct Equity Source and provides high-net-worth investors with alternative opportunities in property acquisition, management, and development. His focus is on engineering sustained community growth, and in 2024 he forged a strategic partnership with AAA Storage. Garland Wayne Benton Jr. and his team took on a lead investor role in the multi-property Growth Fund I, which spans nine new self-storage flex-space property locations across North Carolina, Florida, and Texas.

