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Rockwall, Texas Entrepreneur Garland Wayne Benton Jr.

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.

Mr. Benton has also served as senior vice president of business development with FIG Tree Capital Ventures, where he coordinated investment projects spanning technology, real estate, and energy that delivered passive cash flow. His background extends to a longstanding role as an investment executive with Reef Securities, and he guided business development at Maricap, LLC, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Mr. Benton maintains a watch on multifamily and land development trends, and has extensive experience in the opportunities presented by RV parks. Most of his spare time is spent on the lake or in the mountains with his two children. Mr. Benton also enjoys traveling to diverse destinations and volunteering in his local lakeside community.