Barrett Linburg
Co-founder and Co-CEO, Savoy Companies
I write about Dallas apartments, Opportunity Zones and running a real estate company on AI.
Hi, I'm Barrett Linburg. I'm in the apartment business in Dallas, Texas, and have been for about 20 years.
I'm the co-founder and Co-CEO of Savoy Companies with my business partner, Seth Bame. Savoy invests in, builds, renovates and manages apartments in Texas. That's all we do.
Most of my work is in North Oak Cliff, just south of downtown Dallas. Since 2020 the Savoy team has renovated old buildings there and built new ones next to them, a few blocks at a time. Along the way I found a part of the tax code called Opportunity Zones. Savoy has since raised $95 million of Opportunity Zone equity for 25 Texas apartment projects, and I explain the tax mechanics on X, where more than 170,000 people follow a guy who posts about a weird part of the tax code. I also edit OZ HQ, a free reference site for OZ investors.
Seth and I are also rebuilding how Savoy works around AI. About 20 of our leaders work with Claude every day. None of it talks to residents or vendors. The point is to make our people better at their jobs, not to replace the person who answers the phone.
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What I'm doing now →- Invest with Savoy: join Savoy Equity Partners' investor list
- Follow along on X: @DallasAptGP
- Learn how Opportunity Zones work: OZ HQ
- The company: Savoy Companies
- Hear the whole story: POWERS #390 with Chris Powers
- Take the driving tour of North Oak Cliff: Opportunity Zones Podcast #380 with Jimmy Atkinson
- Looking for an apartment: livesavoy.com
- How Savoy uses AI: AI for CRE Podcast, episode 11
Recent Posts
View all →Sabine opens in Paris, Texas
The old Westgate Apartments in Paris, Texas, sat empty for about ten years. On October 23 the Savoy team opened them as Sabine, 124 apartments for people who work in Paris and Lamar County.
Read →The TreppWire Podcast: value-add, development and Opportunity Zones
Lonnie Hendry and Hailey Keen had me on Trepp's podcast to talk gut renovations, how we became Opportunity Zone investors by accident, and the operating system Seth built.
Read →The Parker opens in Lake Cliff
The ribbon cutting for The Parker, 127 new apartments in the Lake Cliff neighborhood of North Oak Cliff, and the sixth new building the Savoy team has finished there.
Read →Reconvene '26 in Santa Monica
Moses and Simran Kagan's sixth Reconvene: two talks on AI, three days with operators and investors, and an Opportunity Zones breakout with Jimmy Atkinson.
Read →Bisnow: what the new Opportunity Zone map means for Dallas-Fort Worth
Billy Wadsack of Bisnow on the newly nominated Opportunity Zone tracts in DFW. The map didn't shrink. It flipped from rural to urban, and Dallas County went from 18 zones to 60.
Read →The site you're about to buy is on the proposed Opportunity Zone map. Now what?
A developer found his Dallas site on Texas's proposed Opportunity Zone map mid-raise, closing in 2027. What it changes, whether the deal qualifies, how the investors fit together, and what can go wrong.
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