Our platform
Powered by a proven industry leader
Access to real-time proprietary data enables our experts to structure tailored solutions for our investors with unprecedented access to the market for sourcing opportunities.
Our approach
Investing across the capital stack
We are a creative and reliable capital partner, trusted advisor, and fiduciary to our private fund and institutional clients. Our strategy includes debt and equity investments through a series of innovative vehicles structured to meet the financial, operational, and tax requirements of our investors and partners.
Get in touch with us at wdip@walkerdunlop.com
Our experience
By the numbers
$17.8bn
In CRE Investments
670+
Properties
$6.2bn
Assets Under Management
“The conversions done to date with Blue Ocean have been stunning- they have truly transformed tired extended stay hotels into fresh, modern apartment communities offering a very affordable price point for area renters.”
Brian Cornell
Managing Director & Head of Equity, WDIP
Our Work
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Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners?
Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners (WDIP) is the investment management platform of Walker & Dunlop. WDIP manages real estate investment strategies across debt and equity investments, with a focus on multifamily, industrial, workforce housing, active adult, and other residential-related sectors. As part of Walker & Dunlop, one of the nation's leading commercial real estate finance and advisory firms, WDIP combines dedicated investment management expertise with access to broader market intelligence, research, and industry relationships.
2. What types of real estate investments does WDIP pursue?
WDIP invests across the commercial real estate capital stack, including senior debt, preferred equity, mezzanine financing, and joint venture equity. This flexibility allows the team to evaluate opportunities across multiple investment structures and market cycles while focusing on risk-adjusted returns and long-term value creation.
3. What makes Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners different from other real estate investment managers?
WDIP combines the focus of a dedicated investment manager with the scale and resources of a leading commercial real estate platform. Through Walker & Dunlop, the team benefits from insights generated across investment sales, capital markets, loan servicing, valuation, affordable housing, and research businesses. This broad market perspective helps inform sourcing, underwriting, and asset management decisions throughout the investment lifecycle.
4. How does WDIP identify investment opportunities?
WDIP leverages relationships across Walker & Dunlop's nationwide platform, including owners, operators, lenders, developers, brokers, and capital providers. Combined with proprietary market intelligence and sector expertise, these relationships help the team identify investment opportunities across commercial real estate markets throughout the United States.
5. Why does data matter in real estate investing?
Successful real estate investing requires more than access to capital. It requires informed decision-making. WDIP benefits from insights generated across Walker & Dunlop's lending, servicing, valuation, research, and capital markets businesses, helping the team evaluate market conditions, property performance, and investment opportunities with a broader understanding of commercial real estate fundamentals.
6. What property sectors does WDIP focus on?
WDIP has significant experience investing in multifamily and industrial real estate, as well as other residential-oriented sectors. The team focuses on markets and property types supported by long-term demographic trends, durable demand drivers, and opportunities for operational improvement or strategic capital solutions.
7. What are the benefits of investing with a real estate investment manager backed by a larger commercial real estate platform?
A broader commercial real estate platform can provide access to market intelligence, industry relationships, and real-time insights from across the investment lifecycle. For investors, that can mean a more informed view of market conditions, expanded sourcing capabilities, and investment decisions supported by information from multiple areas of the commercial real estate industry.
8. Does WDIP invest in both debt and equity strategies?
Yes. WDIP invests across both debt and equity strategies, allowing the team to pursue opportunities across different market environments and capital structures. This flexibility enables WDIP to adapt its investment approach to market conditions, risk considerations, and evolving opportunities in commercial real estate.
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Walker & Dunlop Investment Partners, Inc. (“WDIP”) is an SEC-registered investment adviser. SEC registration does not imply any particular level of skill. This material is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, an offer to sell, or a solicitation to buy any security. Any WDIP-sponsored investment opportunities are available only to sophisticated accredited investors and are subject to risks, including loss of capital, illiquidity, leverage, valuation, market, and interest-rate risks. There can be no assurance that any strategy will achieve its objectives.
CRE Investments represents the aggregate Total Capitalization (since the founding of WDIP) of all equity investments made and managed through WDIP funds and joint ventures and senior debt originated and managed (both on an advisory and non-advisory basis) through WDIP.
Assets under management (“AUM”) represents the outstanding Total Capitalization of all equity investments made and managed through WDIP funds, co-investments and joint ventures, plus senior debt originated and managed/serviced (both on an advisory and non-advisory basis) through WDIP joint ventures and separately managed accounts as of December 31, 2025. Total Capitalization of an investment property represents the total equity and debt on such investment property and will typically include sponsor equity, investment equity and senior GSE or third-party senior debt. Regulatory AUM (“RAUM”), as reported and updated from time to time on our ADV brochure, is currently estimated as $2.7 billion as of December 31, 2025.
Services
Our comprehensive CRE platform offers you both entity-level and property-level finance and advisory services.
Specialties & Sectors
Affordable, multifamily, industrial, and more…you name it and we have the skills and expertise to handle it.