About
Wandery Capital
Wandery Capital manages an investment fund that owns and operates luxury short-term rentals with an emphasis on enhancing the travel vacation experience for larger groups through thoughtful design and bespoke amenities.
Meet the Team
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Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Founder of Wandery Capital and has over 20+ years of real estate experience with 15+ years focused in multifamily/apartment investing. His roles have included Vice President of Redevelopment at Essex Property Trust, Inc., Senior Vice President of Investments at The Picerne Group and most recently Chief Investment Officer at E&S Ring Management. Mr. Kang has experience in asset management, operations, reinvestment, redevelopment, acquisition, disposition, and refinancing transactions, worth over $20B+ of total asset value across multiple states including California, Seattle, Nevada, Arizona, Texas and Colorado. Mr. Kang holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with majors in Real Estate and Finance and a Bachelors degree from UC Berkeley - Haas School of Business.
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Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Danny has over 20 years of private equity real estate investment experience worth over $2B including acquisitions, development, asset management and capital raising with a strong focus on hospitality. Most recently, Mr. Lee served as a Managing Director for Frontier Group, overseeing the real estate portfolio for a family office. Danny has also worked at LaSalle Investment Management and HSBC Securities in addition to other independent, entrepreneurial ventures. Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from Northwestern University.
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Director of Design and Operations
Worked in the hospitality and customer service industry for over 14 years along with deep experience in interior design, staging and renovation project management for multiple luxury million dollar plus homes.
Ms Rademaker is also an experienced STR operator acting as the host leading all property management duties including operations, revenue management, maintenance/repair, customer service, and others.
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Director of Construction
Licensed General Contractor in CA with over 30 years of experience. He has repositioned 100+ multi-family communities (~20,000 apartment units) and more than 35 luxury homes in Southern California. As the Re-development Division Manager for Essex Property Trust, Mr. Palacios managed over $1B in renovation and construction costs for over 20 years.
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Acquisitions
Mr. Ratliff has been licensed and working in the real estate industry for over 10 years. With over $20M in sales and purchases in Sedona, he also specializes in the Scottsdale and Phoenix regions with a focus on STR homes and empty lots for STR developments. As a Sedona native who grew up hiking and purveying building sites, Mr. Ratliff is a heritage Sedonian with deep rooted knowledge of the Arizona real estate market.
