About Us

Retirement Property Investments Corporation (RPIC) was formally established in 2006 by an experienced team of international finance and Real Estate professionals with over 50 years combined industry experience. The company’s U.S. headquarters is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

RPIC’s primary objective is to raise the level of awareness in the marketplace, among both professionals and everyday investors, about the lucrative investment options offered by diversifying IRA savings into profitable Real Estate.

One of RPIC’s major goals is to help investors discover profitable ways to invest their IRAs in Real Estate. This valuable investment strategy was created when Congress passed the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and IRA accounts were born.

In full accord with the purposes of ERISA, RPIC’s overall objectives are to:

Ease growing concerns over limitations and funding shortfalls of corporate pension plans by educating individuals about the benefits of self-directed IRAs investing in Real Estate.
Help Americans to take advantage of the tax incentives available via IRA investing in Real Estate.
Stimulate a societal movement to shift responsibility of retirement investing from the employer to the employee, from the stockbroker and mutual fund manager to the individual investor.
Encourage Americans to take personal control and responsibility for their retirement accounts.
Expand awareness of Real Estate investment options for self-directed IRAs.

RPIC Senior Management

David Newman – Chief Executive Officer

David Newman purchased his first 5 Unit apartment building in the famous Pacific Heights region of San Francisco at the age of 18, and subsequently closed almost $100 Million Dollars worth of Real Estate transactions by the age of 29.

Mr. Newman is a licensed Real Estate Broker by the California Department of Real Estate, holds various professional certifications including the prestigious SRES designation (Senior Real Estate Specialist), and has over 28 years of Real Estate market experience in addition to several years as an Asset Manager for Offshore Trusts.

He co-founded 5 different Real Estate Investment, Development and Asset Management firms including, PrimoSegundo, Newman Properties, Weinberg & Associates, Strehl Financial Group and Maxim Land Company closing transactions in excess of $170 Million. Mr. Newman also has extensive experience in angel and early stage financing of start-up companies and has successfully orchestrated the sale of eleven private companies.

Mr. Newman’s personal mission is to educate Real Estate Professionals about how they can help the general public prosper and retire wealthy and in comfort by investing their IRAs in profitable Real Estate.

Ken Go – Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Ken Go has spent over 20 years in the Real Estate sector during which he held key management positions at three Fortune 500 companies and co-founded four separate real estate-related companies.

He managed one of the largest California lending branches for Associates Financial and served as a District Manager for Ford Consumer Finance in their Wholesale Mortgage Lending Division.

As Vice President within the Risk Asset Review Division of Wells Fargo Bank, Mr. Go and his team supervised assets in excess of $250 Billion.

Mr. Go co-founded four separate real estate-related companies dealing in mortgage banking, real estate brokerage, mortgage brokerage and mortgage underwriting and also two retail businesses, with experience in transactions totaling over $500 Million.

Mr. Go also has over 10 years experience serving on the Board of Directors for three non-profit organizations.

Advisory Board

Curtis W. Berner

Mr. Berner was named Northern California Super Lawyer for 2005 & 2006 in the area of Tax and has built up an enviable reputation since he began his Private Practice in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1975. He also enjoys a Martindale Hubbell rating of AV (a highest level of excellence rating awarded by peer attorneys).

Mr. Berner specializes in the areas of Civil & Criminal Tax dispute and litigation, general tax controversy (individual, LLC, partnership and corporate issues, including both liability and collection issues, voluntary disclosure issues, real estate taxation); general business structuring, formation and transactions (LLCs, corporations, partnerships, sale and purchase of businesses, shareholder agreements, LLC Operating Agreements, tax structuring, etc.); trust and estate planning and problems.

Mr. Berner received his Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco in 1971, served four years as a Trial Attorney, for the IRS in New York., completed his LL.M. (Masters in Taxation) from New York University and started his Private Practice in 1975.

David Chamberlin

David Chamberlin graduated from University of Wisconsin with an MBA over 25 years ago. Shortly thereafter he started working for Goldman Sachs where he eventually became one of their top private money managers.

After 22 years at Goldman Sachs he started his own Hedge Fund and Private Money Management Business. He currently manages approximately $500 million for various Goldman Sachs clientele.

Michael Engmann

Mike Engmann, MBA, graduated from Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley, in 1971. Several years later he co-founded Sage Clearing, a major clearinghouse for Western States¹ Stock Brokers.

In 1997, Mike and his brother sold Sage Clearing and started and sold Preferred Trade (www.preferredtrade.com), an Online Brokerage for Floor Traders.

Philip Fellman

Dr. Philip Fellman, MBA Yale, PhD Cornell, has taught various subjects such as Corporate Strategy and International Business at Harvard and Stanford.

Furthermore, he sat on the Board of Ivy Biotech and has a great deal of experience in consulting to the CIA, Fortune 500 companies and foreign governments.

John F. Strehl

MBA Graduate of NYU, Co-Founder Pacific Bank, Founder Strehl Bank, Founder Strehl Venture Fund.

Managed over $900 million in public equities and $300 million in private equity investments as Asset Manager of the Strehl Venture Fund. Over 30 years experience in Real Estate and Hi Tech Finance.

Currently retired at his wine country estate in Sonoma California. Former professional race car driver, Vietnam veteran, avid pilot and rare WWII airplane collector.

Frederick Campagnoli

Fred Campagnoli graduated from University of California Hastings Law School and is engaged in general and commercial litigation.

He has been an instructor, a judge, and on settlement panel for several universities in the Bay Area. His areas of specialization include Real Estate and Estate Planning.

Strategic Partners

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Latest Blog Posts

October 9, 2009

Foreclosures are Up, but So are Investments! Investment strategies have shifted and more and more people are focused on diversification than ever. With only a small amount of IRAs and 401(k)s rebounding a bit this year, many people are still struggling to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Except for the few who see the need to retire with a diverse portfolio of investment vehicles. Prices for Real Estate are the cheapest they have been since the 1970s, and for the perceptive investors, many are using self-directed IRAs to invest in the deepest discounts in Real Estate to help balance out their stock-heavy retirement plans. This plan has several positive points of interest. For one, these investors are not subject to the serious losses that the stock market can bring in a very short time. In addition, Real Estate has and will always be needed as long as people need a place to call home. Long-term investing in Real Estate provides a steady stream of rental income in these tough economic times. Along with that, many properties are expected to double in value over the next 5 to 10 years. Try getting that return on investment from a stock or a bond. Using a non-recourse loan to purchase Real Estate with your IRA or 401(k) is a worthwhile way to make sure you have a diverse investment strategy as well as a new income source and a strong long-term investment for the future. For more information, visit www.WealthyIRA.com to learn how you can invest your IRA in profitable Real Estate.

September 9, 2009

The Next Big Revenue Boom: IRA Real Estate “People who see jobs evaporating in other companies and other industries tend to ratchet back their own spending, economists say—an understandable response, but one that could drive down the local economy even further,” according to previous reporting by Seattle Times. “Not only do consumers feel overall economic conditions have grown more dire," as stated earlier this year by Lynn Franco,