Patient acquisition
We look for well-located communities the market has overlooked, and we underwrite them for a long hold rather than a quick exit. If we would not want to own it in fifteen years, we do not buy it.
Gilfert Legacy Partners
Multifamily Real Estate Investing
Rooted in family. Built to last generations.
Gilfert Legacy Partners acquires and cares for multifamily communities — homes people stay in, held for decades rather than traded. Founded and run by Tyler and Kylie Gilfert.
$200M+
Acquired, managed & sold
18%+
Target investor return
3–5 yr
Typical hold period
60 days
Investor update cadence
Our approach
The tree tells the whole story.
Roots, trunk, canopy — the same three things that hold a tree up hold a portfolio together.
Hands-on operations
Every property is run with the same care we would give our own home — responsive maintenance, honest communication, and improvements residents actually feel.
Legacy and long holds
Steady income, low turnover, and equity that compounds quietly. The goal is not the next deal; it is something worth handing down.
Who we are
We find the diamond in the rough — and turn it around.
Gilfert Legacy Partners buys and renovates apartment communities. We pride ourselves on taking underperforming properties and turning them into high-value, income-producing assets. Together with our partners we have acquired, managed, and sold units worth over $200 million.
It starts with the right property in a current or emerging high-value market. We improve it to attract quality tenants, place a management company that exemplifies care, meet market rents, and deliver superior returns to our investors. Community relationships, access to great deals, and long-term investor relations are what keep margins, passive income, and appreciation climbing.
Our team
Tyler & Kylie Gilfert
Gilfert Legacy Partners was built on relentless hard work, courage, and authenticity. As a family of six, we understand how much a stable future for the next generation matters. Rooted in years of hands-on experience in the mechanical trades and driven by a growth mindset, our mission is to help everyday people build lasting legacies — we do the heavy lifting of finding and managing great multifamily deals so our partners can enjoy passive income.
We are a team of experience, integrity, and consistency, dedicated above all to lasting relationships with our vendors, tenants, investors, and partners — so we can see generational wealth and impact.
Tyler Gilfert
Co-founder · Real Estate Investor
Tyler leads deal sourcing, acquisitions, and the renovation side of every project. Years in the mechanical trades taught him to read a building's real condition before he reads its rent roll — which is exactly how underperforming properties become high-value assets.
Kylie Gilfert
Co-founder · Real Estate Investor
Kylie focuses on investor relations, operations, and the standards our management partners are held to. She keeps communication clear and consistent — updates every 60 days through renovation, and a real person on the phone in between.
Buying criteria
What we look for in a deal.
If you have a property or a lead that fits, we would like to see it.
- Asset type
- Multifamily apartment properties
- Number of units
- 10+ units
- Age
- 1975 and newer
- Target markets
- Nationwide growth markets and areas in the path of progress — Midwest, Southwest, Southeast and beyond
- Locations
- A or B class trade areas with strong demographics and a local economic anchor (hospital, major employer, mall, industrial plant)
- Asset quality
- Class B to C, value-add preferred — underperforming properties with strong potential for enhanced yields
- Occupancy
- Preferably 80%+ (lower considered if the property is well located with value-add upside)
- Cap rate
- Minimum 10% after repairs or at stabilized value
- Cost basis
- 25% below stabilized value
- Target return & hold
- 18%+ ROI on stabilized financials, 3–5+ year hold short term, 7–10+ year hold long term
Portfolio
Case study properties.
Westbrook Apartments
Macon, GA — 96 units
- Purchase
- $4.5M
- Hold period
- 15 months
- Contracted sale
- $7.3M
- Investor annualized return
- 35%
The Cove Apartments
Columbus, GA — 45 units
- Purchase
- $2.41M
- Refi period
- 18 months
- Appraisal
- $3.8M
- Equity created
- $1.39M
The Grove Apartment Homes
Phenix City, AL — 88 units
- Purchase
- $4M
- Equity raise
- $1.2M
- 2-year refi
- $6M
- Proj. annualized return
- 28.9%
Magnolia Gardens
Thomaston, GA — 48 units
- Purchase
- $1.6M
- Equity raise
- $350K
- Value add
- +$250 / month
- Equity created
- $750K
Village Square
Barnesville, GA — 128 units (student housing)
- Purchase
- $2.65M
- Equity raise
- $650K
- 5-year hold
- $4.425M
- Proj. annualized return
- 21%
Apartment syndication timeline
A five-stage process, on every deal.
The same comprehensive process runs from day one, for consistent returns and risk mitigation throughout.
01
Property discovery & acquisition
Once we identify potential opportunities, our team filters on price, location, and asset quality — so we only pursue properties that can survive the underwriting that follows.
02
Due diligence & final underwriting
Onsite inspections, a financial deep-dive, and risk work across every deal. Only the most qualified move forward.
03
Renovations & ongoing value add
We refresh — sometimes overhaul — underperforming assets. That drives rents and cash flow, limits maintenance expense, and builds long-term appreciation.
04
Stabilizing, refinancing & distributions
After 90 days stabilized we refinance into long-term fixed-rate debt, pay off the short-term loan, and return investor capital. Partners receive updates every 60 days throughout renovation, and we're reachable by phone or email in between.
05
Managing & operating the asset
Any property only performs as well as it is managed. We invest in the systems, processes, and tools needed to run income-producing assets across multiple markets.
Contact
Let’s talk about what you’re building.
Whether you’re an investor looking for a long-term partner, an owner with a property to sell, or a broker with something worth a look — we answer every note ourselves.