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Straight answers about Felipe's companies, role at Georgetown, and credentials.
Felipe Ernst is a real estate investor, developer, and educator based in Washington, D.C. He is the founder and managing partner of Ernst Equities, LLC and Capitol Rock Partners, and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies.
Felipe Ernst founded and leads two firms: Ernst Equities, LLC, founded in 2015, and Capitol Rock Partners, founded in 2025. Both are vertically integrated real estate firms focused on value-add multifamily acquisitions and development in the Washington, D.C. metro region.
Ernst Equities, LLC is a vertically integrated real estate private equity and development firm founded by Felipe Ernst in 2015. It specializes in opportunistic, value-add multifamily acquisitions, development, and management in the Washington, D.C. metro region, beginning with a three-unit acquisition in the Shaw neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
Capitol Rock Partners is a private equity firm founded by Felipe Ernst in 2025, focused on acquiring and managing Class-B multifamily real estate with significant value-add potential in the high-barrier-to-entry markets of Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. The firm is headquartered at 420 Florida Ave NE, Suite 100, Washington, D.C.
Yes. Felipe Ernst has served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's School of Continuing Studies since 2022, teaching MPRE 727-01, Multifamily Value-Add Investment and Development, in the Real Estate program. In 2024 he received the Tropaia Award as the program's most outstanding faculty member.
Felipe Ernst received the 2024 Tropaia Award from Georgetown University for outstanding faculty contribution to the Real Estate program. He was also named a 2020 Rising Star of Commercial Real Estate by DCA and is a two-time honoree on the Mid-Atlantic Real Estate Journal's "30 Under 30" list.
Felipe Ernst holds a Master's degree in Real Estate Development and Finance from Georgetown University (2017) and a BSBA in Finance and International Business from Georgetown's McDonough School of Business (2014), with a certificate in Entrepreneurship.
Yes. Felipe Ernst is a licensed real estate broker in Washington, D.C. and Maryland. He also holds a Class A General Contractor license and a Property Manager license.
Yes. Before founding Ernst Equities, Felipe Ernst worked as an Advisory Associate at KPMG from 2014 to 2015 in the firm's technology enablement group, where he worked on a $250 million transformation of Fannie Mae's Loan Accounting System.
Felipe Ernst can be reached through the contact form on this site for business, press, or speaking inquiries, or via LinkedIn.