ABOUT US
Discover the unique edge of Invest Noble in the world of investment platforms. Our team comprises experienced operators, investors, developers, owners, all dedicated to a hands-on approach. This commitment sets us apart, us to navigate opportunities with insight and expertise. Join us as we redefine investment possibilities together.
Disciplined. Methodical. Experienced.
Do business with people as authentic as you.
At Invest Noble, we believe that trust is the cornerstone of successful real estate investments. Our commitment is to foster a relationship with our investors that alleviates the stress often associated with investing. We are dedicated to serving our clients, taking your investments seriously, and standing shoulder to shoulder with you in every opportunity we pursue together. Together, we can navigate the real estate landscape with confidence and integrity.
Meet Our Team!
Michael Augustine
Co-Managing Partner
As co-managing partner, Michael is responsible for the company's vision, strategic partnerships, and investment decisions. He has 20+ years of owning and managing various successful real estate and investment and development companies, investing over $1B in multi-family and student housing projects, consisting of approximately 7,000 apartment units across the country. Michael has a passion for creating second-to-none experiences with everyone he encounters.
Prior to launching Invest Noble, Michael founded and is currently the Co-Managing Partner of Alta Terra Real Estate. Previously, he co-founded and served as President of Homestead Development Partners where he led the team in developing over 2,100 beds. Prior to Homestead and other recent entrepreneurial real estate ventures, he spent 8 1/2 years with The Bainbridge Companies in Florida. With Bainbridge, Michael was responsible for managing the company's multifamily developments, as the company expanded outside of Florida, and helped start the company's student housing division. Michael attributes his tenure Homestead and Bainbridge, and all the close relationships made during this time, as one of his crucial stepping-stones to becoming a real estate entrepreneur.
Michael loves to spend time with his family, especially traveling to amazing destinations. He is also a health and wellness enthusiast, loves the outdoors, and craves extreme fitness. Michael believes in authenticity. transparency, accountability, and takes great care with everything he does.
Michael obtained his B.S. in Finance in 2000, and his M.S. in Real Estate in 2005, both from the University of Florida. Michael has been a serial entrepreneur, starting and operating multiple businesses in various industries, ranging from hospitality, insurance, education, and real estate.
Craig Zogby
Co-Managing Partner
Craig Zogby is Co-Managing Partner at Invest Noble. Full bio coming soon.
Evan Schwartz
Managing Director - Investments
Evan brings over 20 years of financial and real estate investment experience to Invest Noble, offering extensive knowledge of financial underwriting, investment analysis, and capital and debt structures. Throughout his career, Evan has had direct involvement in the underwriting, development, operations, valuation, marketing and sale of over $12 billion in multi‐family and student housing assets nationwide.
In the last 10 years, Evan helped lead the sourcing, investment decisions, capital raise activities, and operations of over $500 million in student housing and multi‐family development and acquisition projects, serving as Managing Director of Investments at Alta Terra Real Estate and previously at Homestead Development Partners. Prior to Homestead, Evan was the Director of Investment Analysis of the Florida division of ARA (now Newmark), one of the largest advisory brokerage firms in the nation focusing on the multi‐housing industry. At ARA, Evan oversaw the financial analysis department and performed the valuation, economic underwriting, financial modeling, market research and due diligence requirements for the company’s marketing assignments.
Evan received his MBA from Florida Atlantic University, as well as a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from American University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated cum laude. While attending American University, Evan was a four‐year starter for the Division I Men’s Tennis Team and was named Most Valuable Player his senior year.
OUR PROCESS
Sophisticated capital demands sophisticated access. Our due diligence process exists to give aligned partners a transparent, institutional-grade view into how we operate. From underwriting memos to legal structures, market selection, and risk frameworks to operating assumptions.
This is just the surface of the blueprint behind every investment we pursue. You’ll see the same materials we use to make our own capital decisions, built around the principle that real alignment means showing our work before asking for yours.
Because trust isn’t earned in the pitch, it’s earned in the process.
Phase I
Market Selection | Pursuit Dynamics | Underwriting | Due Diligence
We don’t chase volume, we curate conviction. Every opportunity undergoes a proprietary screening process rooted in demographic resilience, operating leverage, and downside insulation. If it doesn’t pass our multi-tiered diligence gauntlet, it doesn’t see the light of day.
Phase II
Design | Project Visioning | General Construction Procurement | Capital Partnership
We build with the end in mind. From tailored project visioning to aligning best-in-class partners, this phase translates strategy into structure, ensuring that every design decision and capital partnership supports long-term durability, not short-term optics.
Phase III
Construction Management | Asset Management | Disposition
Execution isn’t the end, it’s the proving ground. Our team remains embedded through construction oversight, performance optimization, and disposition strategy, ensuring alignment from shovel to sale. Because capital deserves stewardship, not delegation.
