Speed, Skill and Stewardship

We Invest Alongside Our Investors | Cypressbrook's 30-Year Track Record | Ep. 4

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:00:00 -0400

🏢 What makes a real estate investment company worthy of your trust?

In Episode 4 of Speed, Skill & Stewardship, Cypressbrook Company founder Mike Novelli turns the microphone around and interviews his son-in-law, Andy Dolliver, about his journey into real estate investing and the principles behind Cypressbrook's investment program.

From studying math and education at Oklahoma State to nonprofit ministry, investment banking, and eventually real estate, Andy shares how his career led him to Cypressbrook.

But this conversation goes well beyond his personal story.

💰 Inside this episode:

✅ Cypressbrook's 30-year company track record
✅ Why Cypressbrook's family and principal developers co-invest in their projects
✅ How the company builds relationships and trust with investors
✅ What a typical investment commitment looks like
✅ Why diversification across multiple real estate projects matters
✅ How Cypressbrook communicates with its investment partners
✅ The meaning of Speed, Skill & Stewardship when managing other people's hard-earned money

🤝 We don't just manage investments. We invest alongside our partners.

Andy explains how having personal capital invested in the same projects helps align Cypressbrook's interests with those of its investors.

And yes, there's a little family debate about whether the podcast should have been called "Dogs and Deals." 🌭😂

🎙️ Speed, Skill & Stewardship — A Cypressbrook Company Podcast
🎤 Mike Novelli | Founder
🎤 Andy Dolliver | Principal, Capital Markets
🌐 Learn more: https://cypressbrook.com

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Investment opportunities are subject to eligibility requirements and involve risk. This episode is informational and is not an offer to sell securities.

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Real Estate Investing: How Do You Get Started? | Speed, Skill & Stewardship Episode 3

Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:00:00 -0400

🏢 Interested in real estate investing—but not sure where to start?

For many people, real estate investing can feel like a black box. How do you get involved? How much capital do you need? Where does real estate fit within a diversified investment strategy?

In Episode 3 of Speed, Skill & Stewardship, Cypressbrook Founder & CEO Mike Novelli sits down with Andy Dolliver to pull back the curtain on the world of private real estate investing.

Mike and Andy share their very different paths into the industry, from Mike's early career with Trammell Crow to Andy's first experience buying and renovating a single-family property, and the lessons that ultimately shaped how they think about owning real estate today.

💡 In this episode:
🏠 Why real estate can play a role in a diversified portfolio
📊 How Cypressbrook approaches diversification across multiple investments
🤝 Why Cypressbrook principals invest their own family's capital alongside investors
💰 What Cypressbrook's investment minimums can look like
📋 What it means to be a verified accredited investor
🔑 Why liquidity and a long-term perspective matter in private real estate
🌱 How some Cypressbrook investors have grown with the company over time—and even introduced the next generation of their families to investing

With more than 300 investors currently participating in Cypressbrook's program, Mike has had a front-row seat to the beginning and evolution of many real estate investment journeys.

🎧 If you've ever wondered what it actually looks like to begin investing in private real estate, Episode 3 is for you.

Real people. Real experience. Real estate built with Speed, Skill & Stewardship.

▶️ Watch Episode 3 now.
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Episode 2 - The People Behind the Properties | Speed, Skill, & Stewardship

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 18:00:00 -0400

🏢 Buildings may create a property, but people create a community.

In Episode 2 of Speed, Skill & Stewardship, Andy Dolliver sits down with Cypressbrook property managers to explore what the company’s three core principles look like in real life.

These managers share how their teams:

⛈️ Mobilize quickly during severe weather and property emergencies
🏠 Helped a family secure a home after losing everything in a fire
📞 Use communication to solve problems quickly and limit property damage
🤝 Maintained resident relationships during the isolation of COVID
🔍 Combined experience and creativity to locate and stop a serious property issue
👏 Make employees feel supported, appreciated, and recognized
🐶 Build resident loyalty by learning not only residents’ names, but their pets’ names too

Featuring insights from:

• Alyssa Meehan — Ariza Corpus South
• LeiLani Gray — Research, Huntsville
• Jessica Rushton — Ariza Westview
• Linda Daniel — Greenbriar Wood Acres
• Debbie White — Ariza 290 West
• Rachel Milot — Ariza Temple and Ariza Scott Boulevard

From emergency responses to everyday appreciation, their stories demonstrate that Speed creates momentum, Skill solves problems, and Stewardship cares for the people who make every community possible.

🎙️ Watch Episode 2 now and meet the people behind the properties.

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Speed, Skill, and Stewardship

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:00:00 -0400

🏢 FROM AN UNEXPECTED CAREER TURN… TO BUILDING CYPRESSBROOK | Ep. 1 Speed, Skill & Stewardship

What do you do when your career suddenly takes an unexpected turn… with four blondes at home who still expect to eat every day?

You build something.

In Episode 1 of Speed, Skill & Stewardship, Andy sits down with Cypressbrook founder Mike for a candid conversation about the journey that built the company.

From growing up in Houston and attending Rice University to working in private equity and moving his family to Austin and Chicago, Mike shares the career turns, risks, setbacks, and opportunities that ultimately led him to build Cypressbrook.

But this episode goes far beyond Cypressbrook's beginnings.

Mike talks about:

🏢 Building Cypressbrook from the ground up
📉 Navigating the 2008 financial crisis
🌪️ Dealing with Hurricane Ike while managing a 20-story office complex
🏘️ Moving into the multifamily investment business
🏗️ Growing into ground-up development
🏠 The creation of the Ariza brand
🤝 Why long-term relationships matter
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Building a team that has stayed together for decades
💰 What it means to be a true steward of investors' capital
📈 Where Cypressbrook sees opportunity in today's market
🚀 And what the future holds for the company

At the heart of it all are three words:

SPEED. SKILL. STEWARDSHIP.

Speed means having a bias toward action.

Skill means knowing what you're doing.

And stewardship means taking seriously what has been entrusted to you, including the capital of the families who invest alongside Cypressbrook.

🎙️ Episode 1 is the story of where Cypressbrook came from, and a look at where it's going.

▶️ Watch Episode 1 and hear the story directly from the people who built it.

🌐 Learn more: Cypressbrook.com

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