About RLA
Land Development, Reimagined.
From the Ground Up.
Most advisors understand one piece of the puzzle. RLA was built around understanding all three — and connecting them in a single conversation.
Credentials
- CA Licensed Broker
- DRE Lic. 02213778
- 14+ Years Experience
- South Orange County
The Advisor Behind RLA
Tyler Raynard spent 14 years moving through three disciplines that most people treat as separate industries. Mortgage lending first — a decade understanding how capital structures land acquisitions, what lenders actually underwrite, and why deals fall apart at the financing stage. Then land development — project management and estimating on horizontal projects, reviewing civil plans, pricing full scopes, walking dirt. Then brokerage — licensed in California, closing transactions across the South OC corridor.
None of that was a plan. It was curiosity, followed by opportunity, followed by the realization that almost nobody had done all three — and that the gap was costing developers, investors, and lenders real money.
RLA was built to close that gap. One advisor. Complete visibility. No hand-offs to generalists who have to be educated on the basics.
“People never forget how you make them feel.”
Tyler Raynard, Founder & Principal
Details, simplified.
The Foundation
Three Disciplines. One Conversation.
01
Land Development
Years spent in project management and estimating — reviewing civil plans, analyzing soils and grading reports, pricing full horizontal scopes. Grading, wet and dry utilities, street improvements, landscape, amenities, walls, off-site improvements, and fee analysis. The kind of depth that means nothing gets overlooked and nobody needs to be educated on the basics.
02
Technology & AI
Proprietary cost modeling and AI-assisted analysis built to deliver faster, more accurate project intelligence. A 100+ project database across six Southern California counties. Escalation-adjusted benchmarks. Fee schedules by jurisdiction. A modern approach to a process the industry has historically done by hand.
03
Brokerage & Lending
A decade as a loan officer and processor with a deep understanding of how capital structures land acquisitions and what lenders actually underwrite. A licensed California broker with direct transaction experience across Laguna Beach, Dana Point, San Clemente, and the broader South OC corridor.
Where We Are Headed
A New Wave Is Forming.
The land development industry is changing. AI-assisted analysis, proprietary data modeling, and technology-driven cost intelligence are creating a gap between advisors who have adapted and those who haven't. That gap is only going to widen.
RLA was built for this moment. The tools are proprietary. The data is real. The experience behind it is 14 years deep. And the approach — independent, conflict-free, advisor-first — is exactly what developers, investors, and lenders need when the stakes are high and the margin for error is thin.
A new wave is forming in land development. RLA plans to be a part of the ride.
How RLA Operates
Independent. Objective. Conflict-free.
RLA operates as an independent advisor. No development interest. No ownership stake. No conflict of interest. Ever. Every engagement is structured so that the only incentive is giving the client the right answer — not the comfortable one.
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Ready to talk through your project?
Every engagement starts with a direct conversation — no intake process, no junior staff. Direct access to RLA's principal advisor from day one.