A foundation in mortgage banking
Mortgage banking experience through Wholesale Lending Exchange, an early chapter in Alvin's housing finance career.
MY STORY
A career built through doing.
From painting and repair work to leading housing organizations and building a connected group of companies, Alvin's perspective has been shaped by experience on the ground.
The experience begins with the work—and grows through the people you learn from, the responsibilities you carry, and the opportunities you create.
Early work in painting and repairs introduced Alvin to the details that determine whether a property works for the people who live there. His mortgage banking experience includes Wholesale Lending Exchange in the 1990s, followed by leadership at ADJ Mortgage LLC. His career expanded into community housing and executive leadership across a large multifamily portfolio.
Alvin has served as President of Hope Housing Foundation since 2011. The foundation, established in 1998, holds the current apartment ownership portfolio. During his tenure, its general partner (GP) roles have encompassed Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) properties totaling nearly 3,000 apartments, including the current ownership portfolio. This work has included acquiring GP positions or purchasing properties during their extended use periods, and bringing highly distressed apartment communities back to life for the people they serve.
Through AHJ Development, Alvin's work also includes residential land development. At Delano Estates in Greenville, Texas, he was the land developer who sold lots to LGI Homes. He served as General Partner of E. D. Delano Estates, Ltd.
His work also spans ownership, rehabilitation, and construction management. Empowered Services of Texas is an important part of this hands-on work, combining general contracting and renovation with in-house cabinet manufacturing. Alvin's responsibilities have connected organization-wide decisions with estimating costs, coordinating construction, and advancing completed homes toward occupancy. His work also includes multifamily property management through Assertive Management Group.
Teaching became another way to put that experience to work. Through Multifamily Monopoly, Alvin led coaching and training sessions in multifamily real estate. His work as an author and TEDx speaker extends that conversation to housing, entrepreneurship, and opportunity. The next chapter brings these lessons together through Springboard RA and the development of Enhanced Modular Manufacturing.
Practical experience
Understanding the work from the field through the responsibilities of leadership.
Knowledge shared
Turning lessons from business and housing into coaching, training, and conversation.
Selected career milestonesExperience across
1990s 2000–2009 2002–2011 2008–2011 2011–present Today & ahead
Experience across
the housing journey.
Mortgage finance
President, Chief Operating Executive & Principal of ADJ Mortgage LLC, working across commercial and residential mortgage services.
Community housing
President of Near Town and Associates, Inc., a nonprofit focused on safe, quality, affordable housing.
Leadership across nine states
President and subsequently Interim President of American Housing Foundation. Prior executive oversight encompassed approximately 16,000 housing units across nine states.
President, Hope Housing Foundation
President since 2011 of the foundation established in 1998. During his tenure, its general partner roles have encompassed LIHTC properties totaling nearly 3,000 apartments, including the current ownership portfolio, through GP acquisitions or property purchases during extended use periods. The work includes restoring highly distressed communities.
Connecting the businesses
Founder of Springboard RA, bringing development, construction, manufacturing plans, and long-term ownership into a coordinated platform. Enhanced Modular Manufacturing is being developed as its manufacturing operation.
Historical portfolio oversight describes executive responsibility at the time. It is separate from the current ownership portfolio.
1,200+
Apartments in Hope Housing Foundation’s current ownership portfolio
Included in nearly 3,000 GP units since 2011 · September 2026 count
700+
Apartments undergoing renovation
Current work across multiple communities · September 2026
~16,000
Homes under prior executive oversight
Historical responsibility at American Housing Foundation across nine states
The work behind the titlesLeadership grounded
Leadership grounded
in execution.
Alvin’s construction background includes the reconstruction of more than 1,000 apartments, along with estimating, scheduling, inspections, cost analysis, and project completion.
That practical understanding informs the construction work at Empowered Services and the development of the wider Springboard platform.
Explore the businessesGood work starts with a conversation.
For speaking, media, construction, and housing partnerships.