Anthony Bernal, Drift Development

Real estate development · California · Arizona · Texas

I find the land,raise the capital,and build what gets sold.

Most developers do one part well. Anthony Bernal runs the whole line: sourcing the deal, getting it entitled, funding it with private capital, and selling the finished homes as a licensed agent. Sixteen years, three states, and a team that has delivered 80+ luxury homes.

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80+ homes delivered $125M+ in home sales 16+ years
Anthony Bernal on site at a framed luxury home build
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States: CA, AZ, TX

The approach

Four jobs. Most people only do one.

A builder builds. A broker sells. A syndicator raises. Anthony does all four, which is why a deal does not stall between the hand-offs.

01

Find

Sourcing land and development opportunities across California, Arizona and Texas, and negotiating the deal before it ever hits a market listing.

02

Entitle

Zoning, design, engineering and city approvals. This is where raw land becomes a real project, and where most deals quietly die.

03

Fund

Structuring the capital stack and bringing in private investors. Relationships first, paperwork second, and reporting every quarter after that.

04

Build & sell

Construction with an experienced build team, then listing and selling the finished homes as a licensed agent. Real product, real buyers.

Watch

The team, the track record, and what he's opening up.

Anthony introduces himself and the team behind sixteen years of development across California and Arizona, including Solstice Ridge II in Prescott, which sold more than 70 million dollars in homes. Then he walks through Spruce and Red Oak, a seven-story, 176-residence mixed-use development in Rancho Cucamonga that is fully entitled, Golden Nugget Award winning, and now open to accredited investors outside his network for the first time.

Track record

Built, sold, and still going up.

Single-family communities delivered in Newport Beach and Los Angeles, California, and Prescott, Arizona, plus what is under construction right now.

Prescott, Arizona2 model homes sold

Serenity at Stringfield

Semi-custom luxury homes · Two spec estates underway on lots 3 and 16
Prescott, ArizonaUnder construction

Solstice Ridge II

New-home community · Ongoing delivery
Rancho Cucamonga, CAPre-construction

Spruce and Red Oak

176-unit mixed-use residential
Newport Beach, CADelivered

Coastal single-family

Custom homes, built and sold
Los Angeles, CADelivered

Hillside residences

Custom homes, built and sold

How we work with investors

The money comes from relationships.

Anthony's edge is simple: you invest with people you know, in something real you can watch get built. Here is what that looks like.

Know who you are with

You are not buying shares in a REIT or a fund you will never meet. You invest alongside a team you can call, on a real asset you can drive to and watch get built.

See it come to life

Quarterly construction updates, drone footage, and walkthroughs from the site. You watch the project progress, not just read a statement.

A team that has done it

Sixteen years across California, Arizona, and Texas, including Solstice Ridge II at more than 70 million dollars in home sales. Operators, not promoters.

Free guide

The 7 stages of a development deal.

A plain-English walkthrough of how land becomes a finished home, what happens at each stage, and the questions worth asking before you put money into any of it.

  • What entitlement actually means and why it takes so long
  • Where a development deal is most likely to fall apart
  • How a capital stack is put together
  • The questions to ask any sponsor before you wire anything

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Adventures with Bernie

The work, documented as it happens.

Job sites, walkthroughs and the deals in progress. The fastest way to get a read on how Anthony operates.

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Investor list

Deals go out privately. Qualification is how you get in the room.

Anthony's offerings are private placements under Regulation D, so they can only be shown to accredited investors. The Offeree Statement takes about four minutes and starts a conversation, not a pitch. Nothing on this site is an offer.

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