I took the picture on my site’s landing page at a Playa Naranjo, which is located within the Santa Rosa National Park in the Guanacaste Province. The beach is known as Roca Bruja ("Witch's Rock") due to a 200 foot volcanic rock towering over the ocean just off the isolated beach. Despite its mythical name, the location is both a refuge of biodiversity and a world-renowned surf break offering clean, consistent left’s and right’s while providing shelter from the pesky onshore winds. If I could ever find investment strategy inspiration from a surf spot, this would be it.
- Max Newland
Biography
Max Newland founded Newland Real Estate Capital, LLC in 2024.
From 2013 to 2024, Max Newland built and managed the seniors housing team for Kayne Anderson Real Estate, leading the team in acquiring, developing, and managing seniors housing communities. Max was responsible for origination, analysis, underwriting and execution of acquisitions, while working closely with joint venture partners to oversee day-to-day management of the properties. In addition, Max participated in the due diligence and underwriting for the Kayne Anderson Real Estate debt platform.
Prior to joining Kayne Anderson in 2013, Max worked at Fremont Realty Capital (“Fremont”), serving as principal and was a member of the private equity fund’s investment committee. During his tenure at Fremont, Max completed investments in the seniors housing, self-storage, office, retail, residential, and hotel sectors. Prior to Fremont, Max worked as an associate at Hampshire Equity Partners, where he evaluated and managed private equity investments. Max started his investments career as an analyst in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc.
In 1999, Max earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of North Carolina, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and in 2004, Max earned an M.B.A. from Columbia University, where he graduated Beta Gamma Sigma.
