We buy houses and small multifamily for our own account. No pressure, ever.
We are The First Oak, a Fort Worth holding company operating as J&M REI LLC. We buy houses and small multifamily across DFW for our own account. If you have a letter from us, a question about a property, or you just want to know who we are, call and ask. Nothing here is urgent and nobody will chase you.
§ 01 · Origin
FirstOak didn't begin with a deed; it began with a lease. A one-bedroom on Green Oaks, the first place that felt like ours even though it wasn't. We learned there that an apartment can be a home for a season; that the address on the box does the work, not the title to the land.
That apartment taught us what to look for when we were finally able to buy: light, bones, neighbors, a street worth walking. So we did. The first oak we planted was a 2023 brick bungalow a few miles west, the place we still call the start.
From there, the grove grew the way groves do: slowly. We bought a second property, a parcel, then opened the door to a small group of patient partners who wanted to build something durable alongside us.
Apartment, then home, then investments. Every oak takes its time.
A grass lot inside the gates of The Cliffs, sitting in the rolling country a short drive from Possum Kingdom Lake. The canyons do most of the talking out here. We bought it for the long view, and for the simple fact that land near water in Texas tends to forgive a lot of mistakes given enough time.
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If you've got a Fort Worth single-family that fits our buy-box, we'll make a fair, no-pressure cash offer in seven days. We close on your timeline and we keep our word.
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We work with a small group of patient partners who fund acquisitions in exchange for steady, asset-backed returns. Long horizons, modest sizes, real properties.
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