Gelt Venture Partners strategically invests in multifamily communities and self-storage facilities in the Western United States. Through these investment vehicles, we provide our investors with significant cash-on-cash returns, while also preserving and enhancing their equity over the long term. We invest with confidence in communities that are fulfilling for our residents and strategic for our investors.y
Keith Wasserman founded Gelt in 2008 during the height of the recession and financial meltdown. Keith has now been involved in the acquisition of multifamily and self-storage properties worth over $3 Billion mainly across the Western United States. He oversees the company’s operations, marketing, investor relations, acquisitions, leasing, development, and disposition services. Keith graduated in 2007 from the University of Southern California from the Marshall School of Business and sits on the board of the USC Lusk Center. Keith leads Gelt’s charitable giving program and recently teamed up with Damian Langere to form The Resident Relief Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public non-profit whose focus is on helping renters avoid eviction upon an unexpected financial emergency. Keith is also a member of YPO (Young President's Organization), Tiger21, and the Milken Institute Young Leaders Council.
As one of the founding partners of Gelt, Damian Langere helped lead the company’s growth from a single $150,000 four-plex to its current asset base of over $1.5 billion. Through his varied experience working with onsite managers to enhance operational efficiencies, Damian saw a huge void and realized there was a tremendous opportunity to build a powerful payment and financing technology. This platform would provide renters living in Gelt properties with flexible rental and move-in financing payment options. Damian sees the entire rental payment industry stuck in the stone-age era of paper checks, money orders, and inflexible due dates. His vision became a reality and Domuso.com has now grown its customer base well beyond Gelt’s properties. In July of 2017, he and Keith Wasserman formed The Resident Relief Foundation, a public nonprofit whose mission is to help responsible renters from being evicted or forced to move because of an unexpected financial emergency. Damian graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a double degree in Environmental Science and Geography in 2004. Damian is also a member of YPO (Young President's Organization).
As Chief Investment Officer, Josh is tasked with sourcing, underwriting, and analyzing all multifamily investments. In this role, he has been involved in the acquisition of 4,750 units valued at nearly 991 million. He was also instrumental in helping to start Happy Homes Communities (Gelt’s mobile home park investment arm). Since HHC’s inception in 2017, Josh has been involved in the acquisitions of eight mobile home parks totaling over 1 000 spaces. Josh’s responsibilities also include equity raising for each acquisition. Prior to joining Gelt, Josh was a two-time D1 college All-American baseball player who was drafted by the New York Mets after completing his degree in political science from UC Berkeley in 2008. Josh played parts in four MLB seasons before retiring in 2016 and joining the Gelt team.
