Firm foundations.
Fluid strategy.
We buy land around Charlotte, North Carolina and build new homes on it. We are veteran-owned, and we find the parcel, underwrite it, design the home and manage the build ourselves.
- Veteran-owned
- Charlotte-based
- Every project its own entity or series
*Units and capital: led by Wendell Butler, including through Hammerhead Capital Inc., Wolf Dens & Dwellings, LLC, and Flip Fuel Lending, over the past five years, across the Carolinas and the Northeast; capital includes loans originated through Flip Fuel Lending. Average project: the 14 projects in our track record booklet. Municipalities: across our three owners’ companies. Historical, not a projection or a promise of future results.
Residential development in the Carolinas.
This website is run by Tide & Timber Ventures, LLC, a veteran-owned real estate company based in Charlotte. We buy land, lots and houses across the Carolinas, then build new homes on them or renovate them.
We started in fix-and-flip, added rentals and multifamily, and moved into ground-up development. That range lets us get creative on every project, whether that means dividing a lot, building new or renovating, so each one gets the approach that fits it. On a build, the risks are the ones we can control: the land, the plan, the budget and the schedule.
We bring the deal flow, the underwriting and the day-to-day execution. We would rather pass on ten deals than fund the wrong one.
Discipline you can check.
Our investment philosophy: long-term results over quick wins. That means conservative underwriting, thorough due diligence and disciplined risk management on every project.
Land and homes we can drive to
We work in markets we know, and every project is underwritten before we commit.
Every project stands alone
Each project is held in its own entity or series, with its own agreement. Partners come into a specific project, never a blind pool.
An owner on every file
Three principals, and every project gets final approval against the underwriting. You deal directly with the people making the decisions.
Check it yourself: the Track Record shows the land cost, build cost, sale price, gross profit and days from construction start to sale for each completed build listed.
Eight checks before we buy. Not after.
What decides whether a parcel works is rarely what it is zoned for today.
Comprehensive plan
The parcel’s size, and what the jurisdiction intends for it.
Purchase price
What we pay has to work before anything else does.
Current ordinances
Setbacks, lot width and whether it divides, so our plan fits.
Underwriting
The numbers, run on that specific plan.
Water & sewer
Whether a main is reachable, and the tap fees.
Trees & right of way
Protected trees can change the economics.
Site work
Demolition, grading, fill and the driveway.
The likely exit
What a finished home there sells for now.
A snapshot of some builds we’ve done.
A few examples from a wider body of work across fix-and-flip, ground-up development and rentals.
Relationship first. Projects second.
We get to know people before we talk about any specific project. That is how we prefer to work, and it is how private offerings are meant to work.
Introduce yourself
Tell us a little about you and what you are looking for. No pressure and no jargon.
Get to know us
A conversation with Wendell about how we build, how we underwrite, and how we report to partners.
Review privately
When a project fits, you receive the full offering documents directly, never through this website.
Three owners. One of us reads every file.
Wendell Butler
Chief Financial Officer
Wendell leads capital stack planning, financing strategy and debt negotiation, and oversees investor relations and financial reporting. He reviews every project for final approval against the underwriting. A U.S. Army veteran and founder of Hammerhead Capital Inc., he has led the acquisition, renovation and sale of more than 100 residential and multifamily units across the Carolinas and the Northeast, deploying and originating over $30M in real estate capital.
Adam Cozzolino
Chief Development Officer
Adam leads land acquisition, underwriting and development strategy: sourcing parcels, assessing subdivision and entitlement potential, and running ground-up construction from purchase to completion. He has an eye for land others overlook and the discipline to know when to walk away. At 23 he became the youngest franchisee in Smoothie King’s history, and that operational discipline shows up in every project he underwrites. His underwriting also extends to multifamily and rental properties.
Brian Wolf
Chief Operating Officer
Brian runs project execution across the portfolio and builds the systems the business runs on. He oversees renovation planning, contractor coordination, timeline control and budget management from acquisition through completion, and designs the processes and reporting that keep projects moving and margins protected as the company grows. He brings the same hands-on approach to multifamily and rental properties.
A few markets, known properly.
Eighteen municipalities across six counties. Local knowledge on every deal, and we can drive to everything we build.
Learn how development works.
Nine short sessions on land, underwriting and building. Join the waitlist for any of them: once enough people sign up, we schedule it and send the invitation. Recordings go up here afterwards.
Find Your Freedom Number
Your Freedom Number is how much you would need invested for its income to replace your paycheck. Most people can name their salary. Almost nobody can name the number that replaces it.
7 Questions to Ask Any Sponsor
You are not investing in a building. You are investing in a person’s judgment.
Reading a Pro Forma Like an Operator
A pro forma is not a forecast. It is an argument.
Start a conversation.
Tell us a little about yourself and what you are looking for. One of the owners will reach out to set up a call, so we can get to know each other before we ever talk about a specific project.
Our current partners receive project updates directly. We do not publish project terms, and specifics are only ever shared privately, through formal offering documents.
Prefer to reach out directly? Email [email protected].
