$8M+ as founder
Founded and ran my own SFR investment business — sourcing, underwriting, and delivering $8M+ in transactions with my own capital on the line.
Real Estate Development · Business Development
Arnaud Durand
I source opportunities, build partnerships and investor relationships, and turn market insight into development pipeline.
1,200+
Lots Underwritten
$100M+
Purchases Underwritten
7+
Years Experience
Summary
Development outlook
Real estate development and business development professional focused on deal sourcing and new-community acquisitions across SFR/BTR. Over 7+ years I've underwritten and managed purchases across ~1,200 lots — underwritten purchases totaling over $100M — while finding opportunities, building the partnerships and investor relationships that fund them, and translating market and feasibility insight into development pipeline.
Alongside that, I run my own SFR investment business, AD Homes & Consulting, which has completed $8M+ in personal transactions. Earlier, at France Florida Invest, I led investor communications and relations, business-plan development and financial projections, and partnership building. Fluent in feasibility, underwriting, and the market insight that grows pipeline.
LocationCentral Florida
FocusDevelopment & Business Dev
SectorSFR / BTR Development
EducationMBA — Rollins College
LanguagesFrench / English
StatusOpen to opportunities
Impact
Proof, not promises
$100M+ underwritten
Underwrote and managed purchases across ~1,200 lots — pre-acquisition proformas and feasibility models that fed directly into capital-allocation decisions.
ERP, end to end
Led a full ERP migration — data architecture, vendor onboarding, plan/option configuration, and operational and financial validation.
1,000+ homes
Built the lot → plan → construction → closing KPI system and the Power BI reporting that senior leadership ran on.
Experience
Where I've worked
2022 — 2026
Operations Manager — Acquisitions, Finance & Underwriting
Brite Homes · Central Florida
~1,200 lots · 1,000+ completions · Pipeline growth
- Sourced and evaluated new-community acquisitions, building the pre-acquisition land proformas — construction budgets, plan suitability, cycle-time modeling, and absorption forecasts — that grew the development pipeline.
- Owned vendor pricing strategy and bid evaluation, leading a purchasing and analytics team and shaping the cost assumptions behind new-community underwriting.
- Delivered executive investment reports with sensitivity analyses and return profiles that informed senior-leadership go/no-go decisions on new deals.
- Automated SFR-in-construction proforma modeling for real-time analysis of cost fluctuations and margin erosion across active communities.
- Ran scenario modeling on inflation, repricing, schedule shifts, plan-mix optimization, and absorption rates to stress-test deal margins.
- Managed underwriting deliverables for new acquisitions — cost frameworks, scheduling, risk evaluations, and margin profiles.
- Created a full life-cycle KPI system (lot → plan → construction → closing) tracking cost variances and financial performance on 1,000+ homes.
- Built Power BI analytics infrastructure on 1,000+ completed homes and advised leadership on portfolio performance, operational risk, and margin sustainability.
2021 — 2024
Founder / Investor
AD Homes & Consulting · Florida
$8M+ in completed transactions
- Founded and grew my own SFR investment business, sourcing deals and completing $8M+ in personal transactions.
- Underwrote deals end-to-end: land evaluation, plan fit, construction budgets, pricing strategy, and exit modeling.
- Built vendor and partner relationships, managing contracts, construction timelines, budgets, cash flow, and project delivery.
- Deepened hands-on command of construction economics and SFR development returns.
2019 — 2022
Purchasing & Operations Analyst
Brite Homes · Central Florida
~1,200 lots · Data & cost architecture
- Supported underwriting and feasibility with construction cost data, cost-per-plan summaries, and feasibility cost models.
- Performed vendor pricing analysis to surface cost drivers and negotiation leverage.
- Owned purchasing and operational cost structures across ~1,200 lots — scopes, quantities, cost codes, and vendor pricing.
- Led an ERP migration spanning data architecture, vendor onboarding, plan/option configuration, and validation.
- Built Power BI and Excel reporting on job-cost trends, schedule adherence, and vendor performance.
- Standardized construction schedules and milestone templates to enable cycle-time modeling.
2015 — 2018
Earlier Roles — Operations & Marketing
Orlando, FL
- Carpe Diem Sales & Marketing — Operations Intern (2017–2018).
- Isleworth / Tavistock Realty Group — Marketing Intern (2015).
2015 — 2016
Real Estate Business Developer
France Florida Invest LLC · Orlando, FL
Investor relations · Business-plan development
- Led investor communications and relationships while supporting acquisitions and underwriting inputs.
- Drove business-plan development and financial projections to attract and align investors.
- Managed property operations — rent collection, maintenance, and eviction processes.
Capabilities
What I bring
Business Development
Deal Evaluation
Strategy & Operations
Communication & Reporting
Real Estate
Languages
Education
Academic background
2017 — 2018
Crummer Graduate School of Business
Rollins College · Winter Park, FL
Master of Business Administration
Finance and Operations & Technology Management
GPA 3.86
#1 MBA in Florida (Forbes)
2011 — 2015
Rollins College
Winter Park, FL
Bachelor of Arts, International Business
#1 Regional University in the South (U.S. News)
Contact
Let's connect
Sourcing opportunities, building partnerships, and growing the development pipeline — ready for the next opportunity.