Investment Opportunities
Institutional Expertise,
Focused on Scalability
Ryan Smidt, co-founder of Clay Residential, spent 23 years in institutional real estate investment. During his time as a Managing Director at BlackRock and at Principal Real Estate Investors he closed over $5 billion in transactions across every major asset class. Clay Residential and Willow Asset Management were built to bring that same institutional scale and discipline to purpose-built rental communities, developed and managed entirely in-house and run with the systems and rigor of a much larger platform.
Current Offerings
Buy one home, buy ten, or buy the balance of the portfolio; the offering scales entirely to you.
We are offering completed, tenanted homes at Willow at Sierra Vista, a 97-home BTR community in Rosharon, Texas, for direct, fee-simple ownership of any scale. That kind of flexibility almost never exists in build-to-rent real estate. The underlying asset, the management platform, and the return profile stay the same regardless of size, and you hold real deeded property rather than a fund interest.
97
Total Homes
59
Remaining Homes
91.7%
Occupancy
Low $300s
Priced From
$2,906
Avg. Monthly Rent
About The Homes
There are 59 homes available across multiple floor plans and price points. Every home at Willow at Sierra Vista is complete, occupied, and available for direct fee-simple purchase.
If you would like to review the full offering memorandum and available inventory, we are happy to send those over or get on a call.
What Sets Our Investment
Opportunities Apart
Dedicated on-site staff provides a level of service no scattered-site landlord can offer, making ownership fully passive at any scale: a tenant is already in place, rent is collected and distributed to you monthly, and leasing, maintenance, and turnover are handled entirely on your behalf. You hold real deeded property with direct ownership and the advantages it unlocks.
Built at scale to drive performance. Willow communities are staffed on site and feature resort-style amenities including lazy rivers, sand-beach walk-in pools, pickleball, tennis, basketball and bocce courts, clubhouses, splash pads, playgrounds, and pet parks. The results? Significantly higher achieved rents, average Google ratings of 4.8 stars, turn times and costs at a fraction of industry standards, and the vast majority of maintenance tickets resolved the same day.
Willow communities are located in the Houston metro — the fourth-largest MSA in the country and, for several years running, one of the fastest-growing cities in America. Last year, no U.S. city added more people than Houston. Texas offers no state income tax and a famously business-friendly environment. Houston’s economy is anchored by some of the largest employment centers in the country, including the Texas Medical Center, the largest single employment center in the state.
Clay Residential brings institutional real estate discipline informed by 23 years of experience at BlackRock and Principal Real Estate Investors to purpose-built rental communities. Every home we offer sits inside a contiguous, professionally staffed community rather than scattered across a metro, creating a structure that produces higher achieved rents, faster turns, and the resident retention that makes ownership genuinely passive. It is the difference between owning a rental house and owning a piece of a real operating platform.
Request the Offering Package
The full offering memorandum and current inventory are available on request. We’re happy to send them over or set up a call.
