RENTAL COMMUNITIES · DEVELOPMENT · INVESTMENT
We build and invest in rental communities people are proud to call home.
TruLife Communities is a Fort Worth–based developer and investor. We develop what a market needs and acquire what it already has — cottage neighborhoods, multifamily, and the communities around them — rooted in Texas and growing across the Sun Belt. We put our own capital in every deal and raise capital alongside partners who want strong returns and places worth living in.
HOW WE WORK
Find it. Improve it. Build it. Own it.
We find and develop rental communities, and we bring the right capital to each one. Sometimes that means investing in a community that already performs. Sometimes it means acquiring one below the cost to build it today and upgrading it. And sometimes it means the whole job — land, design, and construction through our own builder, TruLife Build.
What stays the same is the structure. TruLife sources and underwrites the deal, invests beside our partners, and stays accountable for the result: returns that hold up for investors, and neighborhoods that hold up for the people who live in them.
INVEST
Existing communities that already perform
IMPROVE
Acquire below replacement cost, then upgrade
DEVELOP
Land to build. Build to own.
OUR MOST RECENT PROJECT
LEO at Bethel Place
A 200-home single-story cottage community on 29.7 gated acres in the Fort Worth market, developed by TruLife Communities in joint venture with Advenir Oakley Capital. TruLife Build served as general contractor. Gaylen Howard Laing Architects designed the community, and Advenir Living manages it.
| Homes | 200 |
|---|---|
| Site | 29.7 acres |
| Unit mix | 781 / 1,130 / 1,500 sf average |
| Groundbreaking | Early 2023 |
| Delivered | 2024 |
| Capital partner | Advenir Oakley Capital |
| General contractor | TruLife Build |
| Architect | Gaylen Howard Laing Architects |
| Property manager | Advenir Living |
CURRENT DEALS
GP co-sponsorship alongside operating partners.
TruLife develops in Texas and co-invests where the partner leads.
In progress
The Porte at Pathstone
Pensacola, Florida
Multifamily · 336 units
GP co-sponsorship with Oakley Group
Under contract
Clute Shallow Bay
Clute, Texas · Houston MSA
Industrial · ±103,000 sf
TruLife-controlled GP with a co-GP partner
Under contract
1767 Old State Highway 24
Little Elm, Texas
Small-bay flex · 18,366 sf plus Phase II
TruLife GP
Materials are provided to qualified parties and do not constitute an offer.
WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON
Four formats, one standard.
Every format is built by TruLife Build to the same standard of craft and durability.
BUILD-TO-RENT · HORIZONTAL
Cottage
Single-story detached and duplex rental homes with private yards and covered porches, arranged around shared greens.
THREE-STORY · WALK-UP
Garden
Two- and three-story walk-up buildings set around landscaped courtyards — efficient, neighborly, at home in suburban Texas.
FOUR-STORY · STRUCTURED PARKING
Wrap
Higher-density residential wrapped around a central parking structure, for infill sites.
PODIUM · MIXED-USE READY
Podium
Residential floors over a concrete podium of parking or retail, for walkable corridors where land is at a premium.
RESIDENT EXPERIENCE
A community program, not an amenity list.
The TruLife Growth Foundation brings the communities we build to life — community coordinators who live on site and run the welcomes, the events, and the neighbor-to-neighbor connections that turn a rental community into a neighborhood.
It is also an operating argument. Programming drives retention, retention lowers turnover, and turnover is one of the largest controllable costs in a rental community.
How we live matters.
Visit the TruLife Growth Foundation →
LEADERSHIP
Institutional experience, entrepreneurial scale.
Matt Farris
FOUNDER & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDER
TruLife Communities was created to make a positive impact in the lives of everyone we encounter — by building and fostering thriving, inspiring communities. Whether you live in one of our neighborhoods, work alongside us, or invest with us, we want your experience with TruLife to be fulfilling. We build exceptionally well, but the homes and amenities are only the beginning. Our community coordinators live on site to help neighbors grow, build lasting friendships, and find hope in a time when too many people are fighting their battles alone. We operate with integrity, humility, generosity, and endurance in everything we do, because we believe how we live matters.
— Matt Farris, Founder & CEO
QUESTIONS
Plainly put.
What is TruLife Communities?
TruLife Communities is the multifamily development and investment division of TruLife Group, a real estate company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It develops rental communities across Texas, builds them through its affiliate TruLife Build, and co-invests alongside its capital partners.
What has TruLife Communities built?
LEO at Bethel Place, a 200-home single-story rental community on 29.7 acres in Weatherford, Texas, developed in joint venture with Advenir Oakley Capital, built by TruLife Build, and delivered in 2024.
How does TruLife work with capital partners?
TruLife co-invests in every community it develops and co-sponsors general-partner investments with operating partners it has worked with before. Capital is raised through Farris Capital Group, an affiliate of TruLife Group. See the Partner page.
Does TruLife buy land?
Yes. TruLife is actively underwriting sites across North Texas for cottage, garden, wrap, and podium multifamily.
Where can I lease a home at Bethel Place?
LEO at Bethel Place is managed by Advenir Living. Leasing is at leoatbethelplace.com.
IN THE NEWS
CAPITAL PARTNERS
Invest alongside us.
We co-invest in every community we develop. If you are a family office, private investor, or joint venture partner looking at Texas multifamily, tell us what you look for in a deal and we will tell you plainly whether we are a fit.
LAND & BROKERS
Bring us a site.
We are actively underwriting sites across North Texas for cottage, garden, wrap, and podium multifamily. Send us the parcel and we will respond with a real answer, not a form letter.
CONTACT
One route in.
Capital partners, landowners, and brokers reach Matt through the same form, tagged at capture so it lands with the right person.
2812 Marquita Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76116