Gelt Ventures 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.
Steve Wasserman is a prominent and well-respected attorney with a practice in Los Angeles, California. He is a founding partner in the law firm of Wasserman, Comden, Casselman, & Esensten, LLP. Mr. Wasserman’s law firm is one of the largest law firms headquartered in the San Fernando Valley. He also has offices in Tarzana, Israel, and China. Mr. Wasserman personally has a diverse portfolio of properties consisting of industrial buildings, shopping centers, multifamily properties, and office buildings. He earned a B.A in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1968. He graduated in 1973 from San Fernando Valley College of Law in Van Nuys, CA. Steve oversees high-level business decisions at Gelt such as final acquisition approval, financing, and disposition. He also provides legal services to the organization.
Keith Wasserman founded Gelt, Inc. 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, Inc., 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).
Jeff is responsible for all investment-level functions of the organization. His key roles include identifying new multifamily opportunities through Gelt’s extensive brokerage network, sourcing debt and equity, overseeing the underwriting process, due diligence and business planning for Gelt’s multifamily acquisitions, and oversight of the disposition process for any assets Gelt sells. He is also responsible for comparing the financial performance of existing assets to the budget. Since joining Gelt in April 2013, Mr. Harris has been involved with the acquisition of over 5,200 multifamily units with acquisition values totaling over $700 million. He has been involved with the disposition of over 1,170 units, with disposition values totaling approximately $180 million. Jeff graduated from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University with a B.S. in Finance.
Originally from Shanghai, China, Jialu Wu has been actively involved in the acquisition, operation, marketing, development and disposition of multifamily apartments. Mr. Wu's primary role is to oversee and coordinate with Gelt's business partners and investors, mainly from China. As an attorney, Jialu has solved many legal and business issues for Gelt and its Asian investors. Since joining Gelt in 2013, he has helped Gelt raise over $51,000,000 from China with the acquisition of over 2,400 apartment units, valued at over $260,000,000. Mr. Wu has an outstanding academic background. He received his JD and LLM from Washington University in St Louis. He also has an LLM from the University of San Francisco and an LLB from the East China University of Political Science and Law.
Mya To is a distinguished financial executive with deep national REIT and west coast residential real estate experience built on her foundational years in audit at Ernst & Young. Prior to Gelt, Mya was the top Southern California Finance Executive for California’s #1 independent residential real estate brokerage (Compass/Pacific Union International) after rapidly being promoted from her Controller role. Prior to Compass, she was the financial analysis lead for the nation’s #1 publicly traded residential REIT, American Homes 4 Rent.
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.
Kartikeya Kejriwal (KK) relocated to Los Angeles from London in 2018, where he worked on the direct investment team of LJ Partnership – a merchant banking firm with over $7 billion in real assets under management. KK was responsible for the sourcing, analysis, and execution of property transactions exceeding 1 million sq ft. Previously, he spent three years with a California-based developer/operator focused on commercial acquisitions and asset management. As part of the Wasserman Group, KK is advising Gelt’s expansion into alternative asset classes including self-storage. He has placed overseas property investments for family offices and high-net-worth investors and brings a global perspective to the team. KK has an undergraduate degree in Information Systems and an MBA from the University of Oxford.
Pamela has worked in the real estate and corporate departments of national law firms as well as the banking industry for the past 24 years. Pamela has been with Gelt, Inc. since its inception and is an integral part of the team. Pamela coordinates the acquisition and disposition of Gelt’s properties and insures the legal compliance of all the transactions. Pamela received her B.A. and Paralegal degree (with Honors) from UCLA and has a California Real Estate Broker’s License and a (NMLS) National Mortgage License.
Noelle has been an integral part of the Gelt team since 2012 and has directed much of her focus toward the investors. In addition to being the liaison between Gelt and its investors, Noelle also sees to the corporate formation and governance of the numerous limited liability companies under the Gelt umbrella. Noelle received her JD from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, FL, and her BA from the University of Southern California, Annenberg School of Communications.
Tina Oswald is a former Legal Administrator with over 25 years of experience managing various law firms. She joined an entertainment firm in 2000 and left in 2009 to team up with Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs and her previous managing director, Marry Sullivan. She helped start several companies and assisted in managing The mikeroweWORKS Foundation, a nonprofit designed to promote skilled and technical education. She joined the Gelt team in 2017 to set up The Resident Relief Foundation, a public nonprofit whose purpose is to provide rental assistance to qualified tenants hit with an unexpected financial crisis and are faced with eviction or a forced move. In her role as Executive Director, she helps raise money, identify qualified grantees, and provide financial assistance to avoid eviction. The Foundation also helps grantees by providing a financial education component and/or credit counseling to assist the individual in eliminating or reducing the need for future financial aid. Tina has a Certificate in Management Effectiveness from the University of Southern California and is an avid Trojan football fan.