About us

Longmark is a vertically integrated residential real estate investment firm focused on sourcing off-market opportunities and delivering strong, risk-adjusted returns.

With a team of over 200 professionals and institutional experience from firms such as Blackstone, Starwood, and Goldman Sachs, we combine deep market knowledge with robust infrastructure to execute across complex transactions and asset strategies.

Our platform is built for scale, enabled by robust infrastructure carefully constructed over 5 years, and complemented by our exclusive sourcing, property / construction management, and data platforms.

Our approach

Our investment professionals leverage our proprietary data advantage to execute our investment strategy.

What we’ve built

Institutional infrastructure

to manage on behalf of multiple and repeat capital partners

Strong market presence

over five years of sustained outperformance and momentum

Track record

of generating alpha, across 4 institutional-scale capital vehicles

How we win

Proprietary deal flow

with 80%+ of acquisitions sourced off-market
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Data-driven underwriting

supported by market and sub-market data advantage with 4B+ data points synthesized annually

Vertical integration

platforms for sourcing, management, and execution

Our team

Built to lead the next era of real estate investment.

Brian Hardecker

Chief Executive Officer

Founder of Longmark with 10+ years of experience in institutional real estate equity and debt investments. Former Principal at Blackstone, where he acquired and managed a multi-billion-dollar portfolio of real estate investments.

Zach Crane

Chief Investment Officer

Investment professional with 15+ years of experience in residential real estate and structured products. Former Blackstone, Moore Capital, and Goldman Sachs professional, where he directed and oversaw multi-billion-dollar portfolios.

Investment Executive

Starting Jan 1 2026

Mike Nash

Senior Advisor

Veteran real estate investor with 35+ years in the industry. Former Co-Founder and Chairman of Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies, as well as former Executive Chairman of Blackstone Mortgage Trust, and led Merrill Lynch’s Real Estate Principal Investment Group – Americas.

Stan Lewis

Chief Financial Officer

Finance and operations executive with 20+ years of experience in real estate and proptech. Former CFO of Evernest, as well as the former COO & CFO of the Global Real Estate Investment Banking Group and deputy global CFO of the Global Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs.

John Huh

Chief Legal Officer

Legal executive with 20+ years of experience in litigation, compliance, and transactions. Former SVP-Associate General Counsel at Invitation Homes, as well as a Partner at DLA Piper LLP and Duane Morris LLP.

Greg Matthews

Chief Technology Officer

Technology and engineering professional with 25+ years of experience leading engineering and data teams. Former Vice President at Keller Williams, where he led the development of several key products, including the company’s flagship CRM.

Eachan Fletcher

Head of AI

Product and engineering team lead with 25+ years of experience. Former Founder and CEO of Nest Egg, a property management app, and previously CTO and VP of Product for Expedia’s B2B business.

15+ senior executives across investment, asset management, and sourcing are supported by specialized teams driving operational excellence.

Finance &
Accounting

Investment &
Asset Management

Legal &
Human Resources

Sourcing &
Transactions

Property
Operations

Data &
Technology

Employee counts shown include full-time employees and ~50 Longmark-dedicated contractors.
Data herein is as of October 8, 2025, unless otherwise noted.

Institutional-Grade Manager. Data-Driven Investor. Vertically Integrated Operator.

About us

Our approach

What we’ve built

How we win

Our team

Institutional-Grade Manager. 
Data-Driven Investor. 
Vertically Integrated Operator.