Digital Niche Agency

Apr 11, 2026

EP #234- August Biniaz: The Build-to-Rent Strategy Most Real Estate Investors Don't Know

Most people think the best product wins. August Biniaz disagrees, and he’s built a multi-million dollar real estate private equity firm to prove it.

August is the Chief Investment Officer and co-founder of CPI Capital, a real estate private equity firm with two verticals: multifamily value add (Tampa Bay, San Antonio, Austin) and build-to-rent development. In this episode, he breaks down the returns (15–20% multifamily vs. 25–30% BTR), the investor psychology behind raising equity, and the exact marketing systems that helped CPI scale from zero to a cross-border investment platform serving Canadian and US accredited investors.