SFR · BTR · BFR · Multifamily · Land

Specialized real estate advisory, built on trust.

REALM Capital Advisors delivers institutional-grade advisory for multifamily investment, residential & mixed-use development, and land services across the southeastern United States.

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$2B+ Career transaction volume

$10B+ Project value advised

10,000+ Residential units transacted

2,500+ BTR units under development

T. Sean Lance ALC, CCIM

The Principal

Two decades of leadership across the residential investment landscape.

REALM Capital Advisors is led by T. Sean Lance, who has over $2 billion in career transaction volume, with land sales on projects valued at over $10 billion throughout the southeastern United States.

Sean was previously a partner and held executive-level positions in a global real estate services company. He launched REALM Capital Advisors — providing advisory services for multifamily investments, residential & mixed-use development, and land services — as well as co-founding and launching Kinward Living in 2023, a Build-to-Rent (BTR) platform with more than 2,500 units under development and an estimated NAV of $1 billion.

Sean has transacted more than 10,000 institutionally aggregated residential units in Florida since 2010.

He was previously the Florida Acquisition Partner for a private SFR REIT backed by Nuveen, the Florida Operating Partner of a private SFR REIT backed by KKR, and has exclusively handled acquisitions for a variety of institutional equity firms across multiple asset classes.

Sean has consulted on projects with top builders and financial institutions including Angelo Gordon, Strategic Property Partners / Cascade Investment LLC, AIG, Prudential Financial, Principal Real Estate Advisors, Morgan Stanley and Merrill Lynch, in addition to joint-venturing on upwards of $100,000,000 in development projects.

What We Do

Advisory across the residential and land continuum.

Specialized counsel for institutional investors, developers, and capital partners — from single-family rental to large-scale mixed-use land.

Multifamily & Investment Advisory

Acquisition, disposition, and capital strategy for stabilized and value-add multifamily assets, grounded in deep institutional relationships.

MultifamilyAcquisitionsDispositions

SFR · BTR · BFR Strategy

Build-to-Rent and single-family rental advisory spanning site selection, aggregation, and platform-scale execution for institutional residential investors.

SFRBuild-to-RentBuild-for-Rent

Land & Development Services

Land brokerage and development advisory on projects valued at over $10 billion — from entitlement strategy through disposition.

Land BrokerageEntitlementsMixed-Use

Credentials & Affiliations

Recognized leadership across the industry.

Licenses & Designations

Licensed Florida Broker
Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM)
Accredited Land Consultant (ALC) — Realtors Land Institute
National Rental Home Council (NRHC) — CEO's Council
National Rental Home Council (NRHC) — Board of Directors, Florida
John Burns Real Estate — Build-to-Rent Council
John Burns Real Estate — Housing's Rising Leaders Council

Recognition

40 Under 40 · Real Estate Florida (2009) 40 Under 40 · Real Estate Forum (2010) Multiple CoStar Power Broker Awards Numerous APEX Top National Land Broker Awards

Urban Land Institute & Civic

Executive Board Member — ULI Tampa Bay
Founding Executive Chair — ULI Tampa Bay Mixed-Use Product Council (2022–2024)
Member — ULI FL Community Housing Development Council
Executive Chair — ULI FL Multifamily Development Product Council (2020–2022)
Founding Member — ULI America's Build to Rent Product Council
Meals On Wheels of Tampa — sustaining supporter
Glazer Children's Museum — sustaining supporter