Elena Vargas
Co-Founder & CEO
20 years in real estate private equity; led $1.4B in acquisitions before founding Yield.
Our story
Built by operators, run for investors
Yield started in 2014 when a small group of real estate operators and capital-markets veterans grew frustrated watching everyday investors get shut out of the deals that built generational wealth.
So we built a platform to change that — pairing rigorous, institutional underwriting with low minimums and radical transparency. Today we manage $820M across multifamily, commercial, industrial, and build-to-rent assets in high-growth U.S. markets.
We co-invest our own capital in every deal we offer. When our investors prosper, so do we — and that alignment shapes every decision we make.
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Leadership
The team behind every deal
Decades of combined experience across acquisitions, asset management, capital markets, and investor relations.
James Okafor
Co-Founder & CIO
Former REIT portfolio manager; heads underwriting and the investment committee.
Sophie Lindqvist
Head of Asset Management
Oversees property operations and business plans across the portfolio.
Raj Mehta
Head of Investor Relations
Your point of contact for reporting, distributions, and account questions.
Our strategy
How we generate durable returns
We focus on income-producing assets in markets with strong fundamentals — and we underwrite conservatively, every time.
Growth markets
We target Sun Belt and secondary metros with rising population, job, and rent growth — where demand outpaces new supply.
Cash-flow first
We prioritize assets that produce income from day one, so returns don't depend solely on speculative appreciation.
Conservative leverage
We use moderate, fixed-rate debt and stress-test every deal against downside scenarios before we commit capital.
Value-add operations
Targeted renovations and better management lift rents and net operating income — the real engine of equity growth.
Diversification
Spreading capital across asset types and geographies reduces the impact of any single market or property.
Skin in the game
We co-invest alongside our investors in every offering, keeping our incentives squarely aligned with yours.
Invest alongside a team that invests too
Join 12,400+ investors building long-term wealth with Yield.
Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Past performance does not guarantee future results.