Doug Kline
Passive Real Estate Income for Business Owners & Executives | Partner, NC Capital Group | PhD & Former UNCW Distinguished Professor
- Role
- Partner at Nc Capital Group
- Location
- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Doug Kline
You\'ve spent years building a successful business or career and you\'re wondering how to put that capital to work without becoming a landlord. That\'s exactly what I help with. I\'m a Partner at NC Capital Group — a team of credentialed CRE professionals with deep North Carolina expertise and an investor-first mindset. I work with investors to participate in institutional-quality multifamily and retail real estate projects across the state. As a limited partner, you own a stake in the deal and share in the cash flow, appreciation, and tax benefits — without ever fielding a midnight maintenance call. My journey with real estate started in 2005 when my wife and I bought our first investment property. Over the past two decades, I\'ve built, managed, and exited a portfolio of income-producing assets, learning firsthand how real estate can be just as powerful a wealth builder as stocks-and-bonds-focused retirement accounts. That experience is what eventually led me to NC Capital Group. Before joining NC Capital Group, I spent 25 years in academia, most recently as Distinguished Professor of Information Systems at UNC Wilmington, where I mentored nearly 30 master\'s theses and earned the Discere Aude Award for mentorship. Before that, I worked in the software industry as a Software Engineer, System Architect, and Project Manager, and consulted widely in relational databases and SQL Server performance. That foundation taught me to stress-test assumptions, analyze data honestly, and communicate complexity clearly — which turns out to be exactly what good real estate underwriting requires. If you\'re a business owner, executive, or professional advisor curious about how passive real estate fits into a broader wealth strategy, I\'m happy to have a straightforward, no-pressure conversation. Connect or message me to start the conversation.
Experience
Partner
Dec 2023 — Present · NC, US
Partner at NC Capital Group, focused on investor relations, deal underwriting, and investor communications. We acquire and operate institutional-quality multifamily and neighborhood retail properties across North Carolina, creating passive income opportunities for investors.
Education
Kent State University
MBA, Operations Management
1990 — 1992
Kent State University
BS, Applied Mathematics
1984 — 1989
Kent State University
PhD, Business Administration: Operations Research, Information Systems
1992 — 1995
Skills
- Python
- Internet Marketing
- Data Analysis
- Student Development
- Query Optimization
- Visual Basic
- Javascript
- Neural Networks
- Programming
- Mentoring
- Relational Databases
- Public Speaking
- Html
- Systems Analysis
- Microsoft Sql Server
- C#
- University Teaching
- Virtualization
- Statistics
- Stored Procedures
- Database Admin
- Teaching
- Vb.net
- Sql Server
- Database Optimization
- Sql Database Design
- Software Requirements
- Access
- T-Sql
- Data Mining
- Software Project Management
- Data Modeling
- Windows Server
- Google Analytics
- Databases
- Physical Data Modeling
- Writing
- Sharepoint
- Higher Education
- Sql Tuning
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