Dan Tomlin grew up in Dallas, Texas and graduated from Hillcrest High School. He received a BBA degree from Texas Christian University and an MBA degree, with honors, from Southern Methodist University. He and his wife Judy have three grown children.

Mr. Tomlin began his career in the land investment and development field in 1970. He works for Tomlin Investments, which currently manages a land development and investment portfolio valued at over $350,000,000. Currently, their largest development project is Lone Star Ranch, a 4,000 acre master planned community located on the west side of Frisco, Texas in Denton County. The Lone Star Ranch will ultimately house over 50,000 people. Mr. Tomlin has provided land asset management services to individuals, partnerships, corporations, banks and pension funds both domestic and foreign.

In the fall of 1988 he was appointed to the board of the Real Estate center at the Wharton School of Business for six years. In March of 1988 he was appointed honorary consul of the Federal Republic of Germany and was honored as dean of the Dallas / Ft Worth consular corps from 1992 until 1994. In February 2002 he received the Order of Merit awarded by the president of the Federal Republic of Germany.

In his spare time, he is a professional race car driver, and races on the Star Mazda Series Forumla Mazda circuit. In 2007, Mr. Tomlin won the Masters Division in the Sebring race.

Formula for success

The key to Mr. Tomlin's success has been the application of his own experience in the real estate business, and the use of a consistent formula for land investments. As part of that formula, Tomlin Investments focuses on the primary growth corridor in each city, then finds the most important properties within those areas that offer the lowest risk and highest appreciation potential. The formula takes into consideration such factors as the site’s proximity to major employment centers, shopping areas, transportation arteries and schools; zoning patterns; and, government attitudes toward growth and business. It also considers all utility lines, soil conditions, traffic patterns and the plans of nearby land owners and developers. (Mr. Tomlin will soon publish an article detailing the forumla on this site - please check back to tomlininvestments.com for more information, or contact the webmaster).

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