Kent graduated from NYU School of Law in 2006 and received his L.L.M. in taxation from NYU in 2007. He started his career at PWC where he primarily focused on due diligence and structuring matters for private equity clients. In 2008, he joined MetLife where he handled a variety of corporate and international tax issues, and reviewed real estate and alternative investment transactions from a tax perspective, including leading the tax unit in MetLife’s acquisition of a $180,000,000 hotel in Washington, DC. Kent has partnered to purchase over $55,000,000 in multifamily properties in Texas. Kent is also a licensed real estate broker in New York and started an active multifamily mastermind group. Kent leads Lone Star’s operations and the acquisition function.

With a background in business and computer science from Carnegie Mellon University, Rob leads acquisitions and capital markets for Lone Star. He has underwritten more than 1,000 deals and has published over 50 articles about underwriting, capital structure, acquisition strategies, and capital markets. He has a popular newsletter read by hundreds of real estate professionals monthly. Prior to co-founding Lone Star, Rob gained real estate experience through his family's real estate businesses including development, construction, and sales.Rob grew up in Silicon Valley and currently lives in New York City, where he enjoys reading nonfiction, traveling, working out, meditating, playing golf and piano.