GRID Charleston

Drew Turner spent 15 years building things at institutional scale — data centers, multifamily programs, higher-ed projects — before coming home to Charleston and asking a simple question: can that same discipline work on smaller infill deals? The answer, it turns out, is yes. But only if you're willing to accept that ground-up development in the Lowcountry is slower, harder, and more expensive tha...

Nick Pavia is a wealth advisor at Apollon Wealth — and unlike most people in his seat, he actually owns rental real estate. He's done fix-and-flips, buy-and-holds, and made expensive mistakes. So when he sat down with GRID Charleston, the conversation wasn't a surface-level "real estate is great" pitch. It was a frank breakdown of how real estate actually fits inside a serious financial picture, w...

Dawson Luthman built Luthman Luxury Estates from one unit in college to 20 properties across the Charleston area — no outside capital, no big staff, just ground-up organic growth alongside his wife Claire. He manages everything A to Z: deal analysis, furnishing, staging, guest experience, and ongoing operations. In this episode, he sits down with Paul Kelton at GRID Charleston to talk about what a...

OVERVIEW Dawson Luthman didn't come from real estate money or a family business — he came from a 27-person graduating class in rural Ohio and a supply chain desk job he quit just before his 23rd birthday. Today, he runs Luthman Luxury Estates, managing 22 short-term rental properties across Ohio and the Charleston market, building the operation from scratch alongside his wife with nothing but cold...

Overview Two years ago, South Carolina made wholesaling illegal. Not kind-of-illegal — specifically, explicitly illegal. And Hayden Albert, who had just hired a new VP and staked his entire company on deal flow, watched it happen in real time. He didn’t quit. He figured it out. Today his team of 12 does over 200 deals a year in the tri-county area, spending $40–50K a month on marketing and operati...

Overview Mobile home parks have gone from overlooked to overpriced — and yet Ryan Groene is still finding deals, still buying, and still doubling his money. He’s been a full-time mobile home park investor since 2018, has owned over 20 parks across the Midwest and Southeast, and has operated through every market cycle since before most people even knew what a mobile home park was. In this episode,...

In this episode, Paul sits down with Ryan Groene , Partner at Treeside Capital , to break down what mobile home park investing actually looks like in 2026. Ryan has been involved in 30+ mobile home parks across the Midwest and Southeast and has lived through the full evolution of the asset class — from mom-and-pop, blue-ocean deals to today’s institutional, highly competitive market. This isn’t a...

Hey guys, Paul Kelton here, host of GRID Charleston. This episode is a live recording of our most recent event, covering one of the most important – and most misunderstood – parts of real estate investing: how to leverage real estate to save on taxes using a 1031 exchange. I want to take a quick second to thank the sponsors who make GRID possible and keep these events free for everyone – Coastal E...

Next week at GRID Charleston , we’re hosting a live, in-room conversation that every real estate investor should hear before their next sale. We’ll be joined by Johnny Chandler and Eric Bradshaw – two specialists who have collectively executed thousands of 1031 exchanges and spend their careers fixing mistakes investors didn’t know they were making. This is not a surface-level overview. We’ll brea...

In this episode of the GRID Charleston Podcast, we’re joined by Jarrett Hodson, a 20+ year Charleston real estate investor, to break down how to buy a neighborhood in 2026. Jarrett shares how he identifies undervalued areas before the market moves, why being an “activist investor” creates outsized returns, and how long-term thinking beats chasing individual deals. You’ll learn how to spot overlook...

This week’s episode is a sneak peek into our upcoming GRID Charleston event featuring long-time investor and neighborhood transformer Jarrett Hodson . For two decades, Jarrett has been investing where most people aren’t looking — and turning overlooked streets into high-performing neighborhoods. In this preview, Jarrett breaks down the core of his philosophy: becoming an activist investor . Not a...

This week’s episode is a sneak preview of our upcoming GRID Charleston event on Tuesday, November 21st — featuring Devan Carroll , founder of Deventum Properties. Devan has raised over $14 million in private capital and built a multi-state investing business by mastering one skill most investors struggle with: raising private money . In this conversation, he shares how to build credibility fast, s...

In this episode of the GRID Charleston Podcast, we’re joined by Chris Yeagle , Managing Partner at Eastgate Multifamily , to break down what it really takes to build lasting wealth through apartments. Chris shares insights from 26 years in brokerage—covering market cycles, underwriting discipline, and the crucial difference between asset management and property management. You’ll learn how to thin...