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John R. Ray

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · TX · Feb 10, 2015 → Feb 13, 2015

1deal (issuers)
$12.9Mreported sold
33investors
2Form D filings
2015year on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:33 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

John R. Ray is listed as an executive officer on 2 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer in Feb 2015: BR Homebuilding Group, L.P. (Grapevine, TX — construction — 2015; $12.9M reported sold to 33 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC, filed Feb 2015. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment — it is a notice, not an approval.

Listed alongside BR Homebuilding GenPar, LLC (2 shared filings, management entity), Hollis M. Greenlaw (2 shared filings) and Todd F. Etter (2 shared filings).

What this means These are the other officers, directors or promoters the companies named on the same forms — the team around John. Each name links to their own page.

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Udf (8 issuers, $59.4M reported sold, 2009–2015).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Udf has 8 companies on file and $59.4M reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), SEC enforcement releases, state securities regulators (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, DE, FINRA, GA, HI, ID, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, MT, NASAA, NC, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) — 9 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 9 records came back. Each one is listed below with a link to the original document and a line saying why it matched. A name match is not proof it is the same person or company — read the why line and the document. Being sued or named in a release is an accusation, not a finding.

We compared 2 public filings for John R. Ray and found 8 differences, 2 worth asking the sponsor about: Regulator action naming a team member: United Development Funding III, LP, United Development Funding IV, Hollis M. Greenlaw, Benjamin L. Wissink, Theodore F. Etter, Cara D. Obert, and David A. Hanson (Jul 3, 2018); Form D filed 184 days after the first sale; and more below.

What this means These are differences between the sponsor's own SEC filings — both values, dates and sources are listed in Key records, section 4. Most have ordinary explanations; ask the sponsor.

What the community is saying

Community search for John R. Ray has not run yet — it is joining a line of 23,600 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 638 names.

Community comments are quoted as written by their authors. Sources searched: BiggerPockets forums (via DuckDuckGo, Brave, Bing and BiggerPockets search) and Reddit (search feed + public archive).

Key records

Five things investors ask first. Items still in human review are counted, not shown.

1. Lawsuits

None found in sources searched — federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), checked Oct 24, 2026

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:33 AM ET.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

2. Regulatory actions

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) · state securities regulators: VA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings — respondent names in the sec.gov index titles (30,205 releases, 1995-09-19 to 2026-10-23); release text is read only to confirm a candidate. Names that appear only in the body of a release are not found. — Searched SEC litigation releases and administrative proceedings (1995→ / 2007→) (30,205 records as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET) — nothing matched John R. Ray..

State securities regulators: Securities regulators searched (3,318 actions): AZ Corporation Commission Securities Division (411 actions, 2017–2026), CA DFPI (25 actions, 2007–2024; listing starts 2002 — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE DOJ Investor Protection Unit (257 actions, 1987–2026), TX State Securities Board (586 actions, 2006–2026), WA DFI (2,039 actions, 2001–2026) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. No machine-readable public listing today for CO, FL, IA, IN, MN, NE, NJ, NY, OH, UT, VA (see docs/state-regulators.md).

3. Bankruptcies

9 cases: 9 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

John F. Ray closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · No. 16-10336 · Filed Mar 23, 2016 · Closed Jun 24, 2016
Role of John F. Ray: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2016-06-24 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 324 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX); middle initial differs
John R. Ray, Jr. closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · No. 09-30521 · Filed Jan 29, 2009 · Closed Apr 29, 2009
Role of John R. Ray, Jr.: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-04-29 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 324 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX)
John W Ray and Luvena M Ray closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · No. 07-11162 · Filed Jun 30, 2007 · Closed Jan 28, 2009
Role of John W Ray and Luvena M Ray: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2009-01-28 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 324 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX); middle initial differs
John Ray and Lorraine Ray closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · No. 05-94588 · Filed Oct 16, 2005 · Closed May 17, 2007
Role of John Ray and Lorraine Ray: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2007-05-17 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 324 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX)
John Ray and Lisa Ray closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Texas · No. 04-61941 · Filed Sep 14, 2004 · Closed Jan 6, 2005
Role of John Ray and Lisa Ray: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2005-01-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 324 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX)
John T Ray closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · No. 03-44972 · Filed Oct 21, 2003 · Closed Feb 20, 2004
Role of John T Ray: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-02-20 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 324 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX); middle initial differs
John G. Ray closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas · No. 03-80514 · Filed Oct 10, 2003 · Closed Mar 25, 2004
Role of John G. Ray: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2004-03-25 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 324 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX); middle initial differs
John W Ray and Ann M Ray closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · No. 96-24530 · Filed Nov 4, 1996 · Closed Mar 6, 2001
Role of John W Ray and Ann M Ray: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2001-03-06 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 324 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX); middle initial differs
John H. Ray and Lowana A. Ray closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Texas · No. 93-51791 · Filed May 27, 1993 · Closed Jul 27, 1998
Role of John H. Ray and Lowana A. Ray: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1998-07-27 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 324 federal dockets); 6 people with this name in Form D filings; court in the person's filing state (TX); middle initial differs
What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:33 AM ET.

Court records show docket facts only; we never restate allegations as facts. Outcome wording comes from the docket feed; where it does not state a disposition we say so.

State courts: not covered (one-tap state court links under Look further). No state offers a lawful automated statewide source PartnerFacts can use today. Texas (re:SearchTX) terms prohibit storing results in a database open to third parties; New York (WebCivil) and Massachusetts (MassCourts) require a browser check that blocks scripted queries; California has no statewide index (58 county portals; Rule of Court 2.503 grants name-based access case by case); Florida, Utah and Illinois offer paid or partial access whose terms for automated use are unverified. Washington (dw.courts.wa.gov; bulk index reports under a JISC data-dissemination agreement), Delaware (CourtConnect; Court of Chancery not included) and Arizona (apps.azcourts.gov/publicaccess, which has an official channel to request high-volume access) are the candidates; PartnerFacts will request written permission before any automated search. Federal courts are searched through CourtListener / RECAP.

4. Differences between public sources

Comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups — see the issuer pages under Deals

8 differences found between the filings for John R. Ray — 2 worth asking about (compared 2 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Jul 3, 2018

Regulator action naming a team member: United Development Funding III, LP, United Development Funding IV, Hollis M. Greenlaw, Benjamin L. Wissink, Theodore F. Etter, Cara D. Obert, and David A. Hanson (Jul 3, 2018)

An SEC litigation release dated Jul 3, 2018 names Hollis M. Greenlaw (listed on the same filings). Our match estimate: 80%. The release is the source; we do not summarize its outcome here.

What this means A regulator filed or announced an action naming this person or company (or someone on the same filings). Read the release; ask the sponsor what it was and how it ended.

Sources
Worth asking · Aug 13, 2014 – Feb 13, 2015

Form D filed 184 days after the first sale — BR Homebuilding Group, L.P.

The filing says the first sale was Aug 13, 2014. The Form D was filed Feb 13, 2015 — 184 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 169 days past that.

What this means The notice went in months after money was taken in. Late notices are common and carry no penalty by themselves, but it is fair to ask the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Aug 13, 2014 – Feb 13, 2015

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — BR Homebuilding Group, L.P. (latest filing Feb 13, 2015)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Feb 13, 2015 (first sale Aug 13, 2014). It reports $12,854,000 sold of $13,500,000 offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.

Sources
Note · Jan 28, 2015 – Feb 10, 2015

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — BR Homebuilding Group, L.P. (latest filing Feb 10, 2015)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Feb 10, 2015 (first sale Jan 28, 2015). It reports $1,480,000 sold of $7,400,000 offered. No later amendment is in our index as of Oct 24, 2026.

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. The raise may simply have ended — a Form D does not say when it closed. Ask the sponsor whether the offering closed, when, and at what amount.

Sources
Note · Feb 10, 2015 – Feb 13, 2015

Industry group changed between filings — BR Homebuilding Group, L.P.

"Other Real Estate" (Feb 10, 2015); then "Construction" (Feb 13, 2015).

What this means The issuer described its business differently on different forms. Often it is just a different box ticked; sometimes the deal itself changed. Ask which business your money is in.

Sources
Note · Apr 20, 2018

Same name, different state: "John Ray" (CO) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is TX. A separate record, "John Ray" with address state CO, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by OCG, Inc. (Apr 20, 2018). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Feb 10, 2015 to Feb 13, 2015; the other has one filing dated Apr 20, 2018.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Jul 16, 2014

Same name, different state: "John Ray" (CA) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is TX. A separate record, "John Ray" with address state CA, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by C.I. Partners Direct Inc (Jul 16, 2014). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Feb 10, 2015 to Feb 13, 2015; the other has one filing dated Jul 16, 2014.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
Note · Mar 12, 2013

Same name, different state: "JOHN RAY" (TN) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is TX. A separate record, "JOHN RAY" with address state TN, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Farland Project (Mar 12, 2013). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Feb 10, 2015 to Feb 13, 2015; the other has one filing dated Mar 12, 2013.

What this means Could be the same person who moved, or two people with the same name. We keep them apart until a filing ties them together. Check both pages before you decide.

Sources
What is compared

What is compared: every Form D and D/A we hold for this subject, side by side — filing dates vs. first-sale dates (the 15-day rule), amendment timing on open offerings (the yearly-amendment expectation), amounts sold, investor counts, offering amounts and minimums across amendments, industry and size bands, addresses, how each person's name and role is written, paid sellers' CRD numbers, and (for groups) where the member companies were formed and sit. Everything is as filed by the issuer; the SEC does not check it. Differences are common and usually have ordinary explanations — we show both values, the dates, and the source so you can ask. As of Oct 24, 2026.

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 2 offerings — no sales commissions, finder's fees or proceeds to insiders

Per-offering detail
Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Feb 13, 2015 D
BR Homebuilding Group, L.P.
File 021-234028
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Feb 10, 2015 D
BR Homebuilding Group, L.P.
File 021-233838
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗

Counts come from Form D Items 12–15 on the filings in our index (latest filing per offering; one offering = one SEC file number; an amendment updates its offering rather than adding one). "To insiders" = gross proceeds used for payments to executive officers, directors or promoters. "—" = not reported on that filing. Amounts marked (est.) were reported as estimates. "Paid to sell it" = sales compensation recipients named on that filing (Item 12), each linked to FINRA BrokerCheck when a CRD number is reported.

Counted across every filing this person is listed on (latest filing per offering, per issuer).

Deals 1

Every issuer that named John R. Ray on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Construction · group: Udf

BR Homebuilding Group, L.P.

Grapevine, TX · Feb 10, 2015 → Feb 13, 2015 · 2 filings
  • Feb 13, 2015 · D · $12,854,000 sold of $13,500,000 · 33 investors · min. $100,000 · role: Executive Officer (Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗
  • Feb 10, 2015 · D · $1,480,000 sold of $7,400,000 · 4 investors · min. $250,000 · role: Executive Officer (Manager of the General Partner of the Issuer) EDGAR ↗

Raised $12.9M from 33 investors (95% of the $13.5M target) as of the latest filing. John is listed as executive officer on 2 filings for this deal.

Sources

Every row is a Form D or D/A on which the issuer listed this name as a related person. Amount sold and investors are the maximum reported on any filing for this issuer. "Similar" = offerings in the same industry claiming the same exemption, filed in the last 5 years: Construction / 506(c) (74 filings); ranges are the middle half (25th–75th percentile). Computed by PartnerFacts from SEC EDGAR Form D data as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Rows without a range: fewer than 30 comparable filings, or not a Rule 506 offering. No ranking or score.

Other pages with the same name (5)

Separate person records under the same name, not combined with this page. Each line says whether it shares an issuer with this record.

  • John S. Ray — CA, 1 issuer, Oct 14, 2009 → Oct 14, 2009 · no shared issuer
  • JOHN RAY — TN, 1 issuer, Mar 12, 2013 → Mar 12, 2013 · no shared issuer
  • John J. Ray III — NY, 1 issuer, Jul 21, 2014 → Jul 21, 2014 · no shared issuer
  • John Ray — CO, 1 issuer, Apr 20, 2018 → Apr 20, 2018 · no shared issuer
  • John Ray — CA, 1 issuer, Jul 16, 2014 → Jul 16, 2014 · no shared issuer

People around John 3

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET.

Management entity

BR Homebuilding GenPar, LLC

Promoter · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as John R. Ray. Their page shows their other deals.

HG
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Person

Hollis M. Greenlaw

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

Hollis M. Greenlaw is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

TE
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Person

Todd F. Etter

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 4 other issuers

Todd F. Etter is on 5 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Udf

8 issuers · 14 filings · $59.4M reported sold · 2009–2015

One team, 8 deal companies. John R. Ray is listed on 1 of them.

Sources

Issuers are grouped when their Form D filings share related persons, a management entity or a business address (automatic match from the filings). "Listed" marks the issuers that name John R. Ray.

Same business address

11 other issuers file from the same address

A shared address can mean the same team, a shared office building or a registered agent. It is a lead, not a conclusion.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

None of the 1 issuer this person is listed on appears in Form ADV (searched 24,962 advisers as of Oct 2, 2026). A person is never an adviser firm; Form ADV is checked for the issuers and the management companies they are listed with.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

Searched SEC Regulation A Data Sets (Forms 1-A, 1-K, 1-Z; 2015 Q2 → 2026 Q3); SEC Crowdfunding Offerings Data Sets (Form C family; 2016 Q2 → 2026 Q3); EDGAR form index for 2026 Q3 → 2026 Q4 (51,358 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET) — nothing matched this name.

Property records none — individuals are not matched

Property records are matched to companies only, never to individuals, so none are matched to John R. Ray by design. Searched property records in Hillsborough County FL (Clerk recorded-document index Oct 14, 2026 to Oct 15, 2026 + FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Miami-Dade County FL (FL DOR 2026 ownership roll), Harris County TX (HCAD 2026 ownership roll), Dallas County TX (DCAD 2026 ownership roll), New York City ACRIS documents and PLUTO ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers, Cook County IL sale and ownership rows already retrieved for other issuers (814,874 records as of Oct 23, 2026, 8:59 PM ET) for the 1 issuer this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers John R. Ray is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in BR Homebuilding Group, L.P.'s SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #306,667 of 374,652 in line (1,189 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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