Family Office & Private Investment Platform
Rapps Companies is a Virginia-based single-family holding company deploying disciplined capital across commercial real estate, essential-service operating businesses, and structured private investments — built for generational durability.
Who We Are
Rapps Companies is the private holding company and family office of the Rapps family, headquartered in Virginia. We invest a permanent capital base across commercial real estate and carefully selected operating businesses — pursuing durable, recession-resilient income with a long-horizon perspective.
Our primary mission: replace W-2 income with semi-passive, contractual cash flow by age 62 — including the full cost of healthcare, retirement contributions, and family lifestyle — while building a multi-generational wealth platform for Ryan, Emily, and Tyler.
We do not raise outside capital. Every decision is made with permanent family capital, aligned to a single objective: durable, growing income that compounds quietly across decades.
Explore Our Investment StrategyInvestment Architecture
Every dollar deployed at Rapps Companies fits within a disciplined four-tier capital stack — delivering income floors, inflation-beating growth, and structured upside, all optimized for after-tax wealth accumulation and income replacement.
Contractual, guaranteed income anchoring the family's income floor. Non-market-correlated and recession-proof.
Durable dividend growth and NNN cash flow with low volatility. Target 30–50% of total portfolio allocation.
Market-correlated equity appreciation via RSUs, brokerage positions, and growth ETFs. Target 20–40%.
High-conviction, asymmetric positions where deal quality justifies concentration. Private lending and acquisitions.
Commercial Real Estate
We target commercial real estate as the primary engine of semi-passive income — long-lease assets with national-credit tenants, structured within a 1031-optimized entity architecture for maximum after-tax efficiency.
// Target Asset Classes
National tenants, absolute net leases, 10–15 year terms. Minimal landlord obligations.
Light industrial in supply-constrained submarkets. E-commerce tailwinds, low cap-ex.
Recession-resistant tenants with high switching costs and exceptional lease retention.
Durable demand across economic cycles. Scalable management, low per-unit cap-ex.
5–20 unit commercial multifamily. Essential housing with portfolio scaling potential.
Tax-deferred equity reinvestment from residential holdings into institutional CRE.
Operating Business Acquisitions
We selectively acquire small operating businesses with durable, recession-resistant demand profiles — generating reliable cash flow to fund family office operations, healthcare premiums, and retirement contributions post-W2 exit.
Subscription-based revenue with high repeat-use and recession resilience. Express exterior tunnel format preferred. Fragmented market with roll-up potential.
Membership-model fitness, physical therapy, or chiropractic practices with an established patient base. High switching costs, recurring revenue, essential-service positioning.
HVAC, plumbing, electrical, or pest control with contracted service agreements. Non-discretionary demand, scalable via technician leverage and service territory expansion.
Businesses adjacent to the real estate portfolio that capture fee income across the growing asset base through management, maintenance, or inspection services.
Investment Philosophy
Every investment is evaluated against a single primary objective: building semi-passive cash flow capable of replacing earned income — including healthcare and retirement — by age 62. Cash flow durability outranks all other metrics.
We deploy cost segregation, 1031 exchanges, Roth conversion ladders, §1202 QSBS, and strategic entity elections to ensure a superior portion of gross income is retained and compounded — not surrendered to unnecessary taxation.
The entity architecture — Family Trust → Rapps Companies → Subsidiaries — ensures controlled, tax-efficient wealth transfer, dedicated care for Tyler, and a defined stewardship pathway for Ryan and Emily.
Corporate Architecture
Designed for risk isolation, fee capture, tax efficiency, and multi-generational wealth transfer.
Phase 2 entities formed after attorney engagement and when warranted by deal activity.Attorney Review Required
Connect With Us
We welcome introductions from commercial brokers, business intermediaries, lenders, CPAs, estate attorneys, and Qualified Intermediaries aligned with our investment criteria.
Currently Seeking
Off-market and lightly marketed CRE deals ($1.75M–$2.1M). Essential-service businesses generating $100K–$300K EBITDA. Seller-carry opportunities. Professional introductions from attorneys, CPAs, and qualified intermediaries.
Rapps Companies is a private single-family office and does not accept outside investor capital. All submissions reviewed by family office principals.