A Private Real Estate Fund · Accredited Investors Only

Even the World's Most Ambitious Employees Need a Place to Live.

A residential housing fund anchored to the SpaceX/Starbase industrial cluster — targeting an 8–12% gross cap rate, with asymmetric upside tied to the 2026 SpaceX IPO.

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8–12%
Estimated cap rate
$50K
Minimum investment
8%
Preferred return
506(c)
Reg D offering
The Opportunity

A Structural Housing Shortage at Starbase

SpaceX employs 4,300 people at its Starbase facility. The company provides housing for fewer than 200 of them. Headcount is projected to reach 8,000 by 2027.

Employees at Starbase
4,300 employees
Company housing
<200

Sources: Bloomberg (Starbase population) · Rio Grande Guardian (2026 hiring) · GBEDC, 2025–2026

Note: SpaceX is expanding on-site worker housing at Starbase ("Starbase Village"). The fund underwrites this planned supply as a partial demand offset, not a thesis risk.

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IPO Wealth Effect — Asymmetric Upside
SpaceX filed its public S-1 on May 20, 2026 (amended June 1) and is listing on Nasdaq as SPCX — pricing June 11, first trade June 12, at a targeted $1.75T valuation. Employee liquidity after lockup drives premium housing demand.
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Multi-Anchor Industrial Cluster
Beyond SpaceX: Rio Grande LNG, Texas LNG, Saronic, and America First Refining are all expanding in the RGV — shifting the thesis to a diversified industrial corridor.
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8–12% Gross Cap Rate
3BR/2BA homes on the TX-4 corridor trade at $200K–$275K and rent for $1,800–$2,500/mo. Targeted cash flow is independent of IPO timing.
+52%
Brownsville home price growth since 2020
3,100
Daily commuters Brownsville → Starbase
7,500+
Rio Grande LNG construction jobs
25×
FAA-approved Starship launches per year

Sources: Texas A&M Real Estate Research Center & Independence Title (price growth) · Bloomberg/Built In (commuters) · NextDecade (RGLNG jobs) · FAA (launch cap)

SpaceX rocket launch
The Catalyst

The SpaceX IPO

SpaceX filed its public S-1 with the SEC on May 20, 2026 (Amendment No. 1, June 1) — what is expected to be the largest IPO in stock market history. It is offering roughly 555.6 million Class A shares at a fixed $135, raising about $75 billion at a targeted $1.75 trillion valuation — more than double Saudi Aramco's record $29.4B offering in 2019. Shares list on Nasdaq under SPCX, with pricing June 11 and first trading June 12.

Academic research on stock-market listings (Butler et al., "Local Economic Spillover Effects of Stock Market Listings") finds home prices near a newly public company's headquarters rise around listing, with a further increase after the lockup expires. San Francisco's Budget & Legislative Analyst estimated the 2019 IPO wave alone added roughly 11% to local home prices — and SpaceX's offering is larger than that entire wave combined.

The Market

$260K Median Home Price. $1.75T Anchor Employer.

Brownsville is still priced as a border town. Despite 52% appreciation since 2020, it remains a buyer's market averaging 80 days on market. The TX-4 corridor gives workforce housing investors direct access to the strongest rental demand in the city.

$260K
Median sale price (Redfin, Apr 2026) — deeply discounted relative to employer scale
$1,300
Median rent citywide (Zillow, 2026); furnished rentals near Starbase command a premium
80 days
Average days on market — prices rising but not overheated
Texas landscape at dusk
Industrial Cluster

Beyond SpaceX: The RGV Industrial Base

The Rio Grande Valley is becoming one of the most consequential industrial ecosystems in the country — analogous to Huntsville, Alabama at an earlier stage.

SpaceX / Starbase
Aerospace
NextDecade
Energy Export
Texas LNG
Energy Export
Saronic
Defense / Maritime
America First Refining
Energy / Refining
Karpower Valley
Power

Source: Greater Brownsville Economic Development Council (GBEDC) · 2025–2026

Historical Precedents

We've Seen This Before

Two well-documented analogs validate the Brownsville thesis — one showing what an IPO wave does to proximate home prices, one showing what a diversified aerospace ecosystem does over a decade.

+94%
Huntsville, AL · Median Home Value · Since 2014

A decade of sustained appreciation anchored by a multi-employer aerospace ecosystem, starting from a comparable price base to Brownsville today. Huntsville is the Brownsville base case — not the bull case. The RGV cluster is already more diversified.

NASABoeingBlue Origin
+11%
Bay Area · 2019 IPO Wave · Single Year

San Francisco's Budget & Legislative Analyst estimated the 2019 IPO wave added roughly 11% to local home prices. Research on stock listings (Butler et al.) finds prices near a newly public HQ rise around listing and again after lockup. SpaceX at a targeted $1.75T would dwarf the entire 2019 wave combined.

UberLyftAirbnbPinterest
Brownsville Projection Scenarios (Illustrative Only — Not a Guarantee)
+15%
Conservative · $260K → $299K
+30%
Base Case · $260K → $338K
+60%
Bull Case · $260K → $416K

Sources: RealWealth/NeighborhoodScout (Huntsville) · SF Budget & Legislative Analyst (2019 IPO wave) · Butler et al., "Local Economic Spillover Effects of Stock Market Listings." Scenarios are illustrative only.

Fund Structure

Terms & Portfolio Strategy

Brownsville Future Fund 1 is a Regulation D Rule 506(c) offering for verified accredited investors. All investments subject to definitive offering documents prepared by Trowbridge & Nieh LLP.

Fund Terms
Offering TypeReg D · Rule 506(c)
Preferred Return8% cumulative
GP Carry20% above preferred
Management Fee2% on deployed capital
Minimum Investment$50,000
Fund Term3 years (base)
Target AssetSFR · TX-4 Corridor
Portfolio Allocation
SFR Core — TX-4 Corridor60–70%
3BR/2BA homes at $200K–$275K. 12-month leases to SpaceX staff. 8–12% gross cap rate. Cash flow independent of IPO timing.
MTR — Mid-Term Rental20–30%
Furnished 30+ day rentals for relocating staff, contractors, and traveling professionals. Exempt from Texas Hotel Occupancy Tax and Brownsville STR permitting. Blends with SFR core for stable occupancy.
Opportunistic5–15%
East Brownsville multifamily and downtown properties. Diversifies away from single-corridor concentration.
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