Rader Wealth Management

J. Todd Rader, the firm's founder and managing partner, serves as the primary investment decision-maker. His background includes institutional real estate structuring prior to founding the firm in 2010. The lean team structure means Rader personally underwrites and approves each investment presented to family clients.

Rader does not operate a blind-pool fund. The firm sources, underwrites, and presents each real estate, private credit, or co-investment opportunity on a deal-by-deal basis. Family clients evaluate each investment individually and commit capital only to the specific transactions they approve.

The firm targets direct real estate (multifamily, industrial, and select energy-transition properties), private credit including mezzanine debt and structured preferred equity, and selective private equity co-investments alongside regional sponsors. Geographically, the focus is concentrated in Texas and the broader Sun Belt.

Sourcing relies on a network of operating partners, developers, and regional sponsors rather than institutional auction processes. Rader's institutional real estate background and long-term Texas relationships generate off-market and lightly marketed opportunities that family offices might not access through standard wealth management channels.

Rader Wealth Management operates as a registered investment advisor. However, its family office-like service model — including family governance and balance-sheet structuring — distinguishes it from a standard RIA focused on public-market portfolio management.