about Turnbull

Turnbull Equity is a vertically integrated real estate private equity company focused on self storage. Turnbull invests in under-managed self storage assets and applies a technology-first approach to dynamically increase revenues and optimize expenses to increase asset value. All of their locations are managed in-house by Turnbull Property Management and the majority of their portfolio is under their national brand Storwell Storage.

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leadership team

Ryan Brown


Principal & Founder

Ryan owns and manages real estate investments in Los Angeles county. He has a unique background with a doctorate degree in anesthesiology that developed critical attention to detail and preparation. His success in real estate created opportunities that led to an early career transition from anesthesiology to co-founding Turnbull Equity. He is an avid cyclist, actively involved in his church, and volunteers on surgical mission trips to Africa. One of his philanthropic ambitions is to build a hospital in rural Kenya.

Colby Nelson

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Principal & Founder

Colby is the third generation of real estate investors and developers in California. He has been investing in and managing real estate assets since 2011. He also spent a decade in the technology industry leading teams and building impactful software products for SMBs and enterprise companies. When not working on growing Turnbull Equity, Colby spends his time with his wife Ashley and their two young daughters Penny and Millie going on outdoor adventures all over California.