Garden-style brick multifamily apartments among mature trees

Multifamily acquisitions · Matthews, NC

We buy 5 to 50 doors in the Charlotte ring.

Class B and C multifamily in A and B markets, within 90 minutes of our base in Matthews. Our buy box is published below — if your deal fits it, you will hear back from the person who underwrites it.

Price
$1M – 6M
Units
5 – 50
Per door
≤ $140K
Going-in cap
7.0%+
About Sampada Capital

A private acquisition firm built around one disciplined buy box.

We acquire and reposition Class B and C multifamily assets in the Charlotte metro ring — properties with in-place income, rents below market, and a clear operational path to higher net income. Every deal is underwritten in-house against published criteria, so brokers get straight answers and investors get consistency.

Our promise is simple: conservative underwriting, hard assets, transparent reporting, and long-term partnerships built on trust rather than volume.

Red brick garden-style apartment building with mature oak trees in warm afternoon light
Typical asset profile1980s brick · 5–50 doors
  • Downside protection

    Hard assets, in-place income, and a market with real jobs behind it.

  • Upside potential

    Cash flow, appreciation, and tax advantages through forced value creation.

  • Economies of scale

    Five to fifty doors under one roof — lower cost per unit than scattered rentals.

The buy box

Acquisition criteria

Ref. SC / 2026
Price
$1M – $6M
All-in purchase price
Units
5 – 50 units
Multi-family only
Price per door
≤ $140,000
Hard ceiling, not an average
Going-in cap
7.00% minimum
On in-place, trailing income
Class
B & C properties
In A & B markets
Age
1980s or newer
Preferred, not absolute
Last rehab
Within 10 years
Roof, systems, envelope
Deal type
90%+ occupied or stabilised
Rents 10%+ under market, value-add. No lease-ups, no 2024–2026 deliveries.
Debt type
Free & clear · assumable
Assumable below 5%, loans maturing within 24 months, bridge debt

Everything above is a filter, not a wish list. Deals that miss on one line are still worth sending if they beat the box somewhere else — say so in the notes and we will read it.

Preferred target markets

Ten counties, one home base

90 min of Matthews · 28104
Target counties across the Charlotte metro ring in North and South CarolinaLincolnCabarrusGastonMecklenburgUnionYorkLancasterGreenvilleSpartanburgRichlandNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaGastonia · 8.33% capMatthews28104 · home base
10 target countiesFig. 1 — Updated 1 September 2026

We specialise in the Charlotte metro ring. Priority weight sits on Gaston, Cabarrus and Lincoln in North Carolina, plus Greenville, Spartanburg and Richland in South Carolina — where the yield is. Union and Mecklenburg only work on value-add or assumable debt.

  • Gaston Co., NCPriority — where the yield is
  • Cabarrus Co., NCPriority — where the yield is
  • Lincoln Co., NCPriority — where the yield is
  • Greenville Co., SCPriority — where the yield is
  • Spartanburg Co., SCPriority — where the yield is
  • Richland Co., SCPriority — where the yield is
  • York Co., SCTarget
  • Lancaster Co., SCTarget
  • Union Co., NCValue-add or assumable debt only
  • Mecklenburg Co., NCValue-add or assumable debt only
Brick apartment balconies and landscaped grounds in warm evening light
Stabilised multifamilyClass B · Value-add
For investors

Partner with us on the next acquisition

Accredited & sophisticated investors
Target investor IRR
14 – 18%
Hold period
3 – 7 years
Minimum going-in cap
7.0%
Distributions
Quarterly
Aerial view of brick apartment neighbourhoods with the Charlotte skyline at golden hour
The Charlotte ring · our whole marketTen counties · NC & SC

Why partner with Sampada

  • Passive ownership

    You own a share of a real building. We handle acquisition, financing, renovation and management.

  • Underwriting you can read

    Every deal arrives with the full model: rent roll, trailing income, capital plan and exit assumptions.

  • Tax-advantaged income

    Depreciation and cost segregation shelter a meaningful share of distributions.

  • Local operators

    We live and buy inside a 90-minute radius of Matthews — we walk every property we own.

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