Based in Rockwall, Texas, Garland Wayne Benton Jr. leads Direct Equity Source and delivers investment opportunities in business parks to high-net-worth investors. Located in expanding markets such as North Carolina, Florida, and Texas, these facilities offer a combination of light office and industrial flex space, along with climate-controlled storage. Garland Wayne Benton Jr. and his team’s asset-based portfolio delivers reliable passive income while generating significant tax benefits.
In one major 2024 deal, Garland Wayne Benton Jr. forged a strategic partnership with AAA Storage that expanded the company’s self-storage portfolio. Direct Equity Source signed on as the largest single investor in the firm’s multi-property Growth Fund I fund, which aims to expand self-storage holdings nationwide. At the time of the deal, a half dozen new self-storage and a trio of new flex space property locations were on the horizon.
He holds a BA in business earned at Northeastern State University in Oklahoma. He was senior vice president of investments with Reef Securities for many years and has pursued energy, technology, and real estate opportunities at the helm of FIG Tree Capital Ventures, LLC. He also guides Maricap, LLC, and directs Inveniam Healthcare, which seeks opportunities in addiction treatment and behavioral health.