ARKInvest, Corp.
To generate sustainable passive income and long-term capital appreciation by bridging the unique advantages of institutional commercial real estate and high-demand residential sectors.
01 / How it works
ARKInvest, Corp. buys property that is worth less than it should be — because it needs work, because it is mismanaged, or because it is being sold under pressure. We fix what is wrong with it. What happens next depends on the asset, not on a formula.
Residential and commercial property bought below replacement cost, using local knowledge of the block rather than a screen filter. Distress, deferred maintenance and motivated sellers are where the margin comes from.
Scopes chosen for what an appraiser, a buyer or a tenant will actually pay for — not for what is cheapest to do. On commercial assets that often means re-tenanting and repositioning rather than cosmetics.
We underwrite both exits before we buy. If the spread is realized and the capital works harder elsewhere, we sell. If the rent covers the debt and the location is improving, we hold it and let income and time do the rest.
02 / What we buy
Residential is where we started and where most of our volume still is. Commercial is where a single good decision moves the return furthest. Both are held to the same test: what does it cost to own, and what will it produce?
Single-family houses, townhomes and small multi-family up to four units. Typically distressed, dated, or inherited and being sold quickly. These are the projects with the shortest cycle and the clearest comparables — renovate to the standard the street supports, then sell or place a tenant.
Neighborhood retail, small office, light industrial and flex space, mixed-use buildings, and apartment buildings of five units and above. Value here comes from the lease, not the finish: raising occupancy, resetting below-market rents and correcting deferred maintenance is what moves the appraised value.
Ground-up development, land banking, and anything outside a market we can reach and inspect the same day. We would rather decline a deal than underwrite one from a spreadsheet and a listing photo.
03 / Where we work
Charlotte sits on the state line, and the market does not stop at it. Our footprint follows the metro and the corridors either side of it — close enough that every property is one we can stand in front of.
Charlotte and the surrounding counties — Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus, Gaston and Iredell — where we do most of our residential work. Selective commercial acquisitions along the growth corridors feeding the metro.
The cross-border commuter belt in York, Lancaster and Chester counties: Rock Hill, Fort Mill, Indian Land and Tega Cay. Functionally part of the Charlotte market, with different taxes, different rules and, often, different pricing.
Two states means two sets of closing costs, property tax regimes, landlord-tenant statutes and disclosure rules. Working both sides is an advantage only if you know the difference — so we underwrite each side on its own terms.
04 / Working with us
Most deals fail somewhere in the handoffs — between the buyer, the contractor and the agent. We hold all three.
You know before you commit which project your money is in, what it is being spent on, whether the plan is to sell or to hold, and how the proceeds are split. No blind pool.
One metro and the corridors around it, understood block by block. We are not diversifying across markets we have never walked.
Acquisition through renovation to sale or lease-up is handled in-house, so nothing waits on a third party and nobody is guessing who owns a decision.
05 / Market data
Every benchmark and model we check before committing to a property, published as we use it. No account, nothing to sign.
Eight terms including FHA, VA, USDA, jumbo, 5/1 ARM and HELOC — plus what the rate does across credit bands and loan-to-value.
MARKETSA tracked watchlist with a year of weekly price history and the day’s move.
TOOLSPayment, affordability, rental cash flow and refinance break-even, with the amortization behind each one.