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Peyton Smith

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · SD · Feb 16, 2022 → Jul 13, 2023

3deals (issuers)
$4.15Mreported sold
17investors
3Form D filings
2022–2023years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:51 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: not yet

The short version

Peyton Smith is listed as an executive officer and promoter on 3 SEC Form D filings by 3 issuers between Feb 2022 and Jul 2023: Southwood Flats, LLC (Lake Norden, SD — residential — 2022; $3.2M reported sold to 2 investors), Black River Off-Market Fund, LLC (Lake Norden, SD — residential — 2022; $551K reported sold to 8 investors) and Bluehaven LLC (Lake Norden, SD — residential — 2023; $400K reported sold to 7 investors).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 3 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer and promoter. Across those companies the filings report $4.15M sold in total.

Listed alongside Black River Management, LLC (3 shared filings, management entity) and Jared Gass (2 shared filings).

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

All 3 issuers belong to the sponsor group Black River (3 issuers, $4.15M reported sold, 2022–2023).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Black River has 3 companies on file and $4.15M reported sold in total — the group page shows the whole track record in one place.

Public records searched: federal courts (CourtListener / RECAP), state securities regulators (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — 3 bankruptcy cases matching the name listed in Key records below. Not yet searched: SEC enforcement releases.

What this means 3 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.

What the community is saying

Nothing found on Reddit, BiggerPockets or community forums for high-net-worth investors (searched Oct 24, 2026) — search queued; this line updates when it has run.

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Key records

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

1. Lawsuits

None found in sources searched

What was searched

Sources searched: CourtListener bulk data (RECAP dockets as of 2026-09-30; recall-first rule 10-24) — federal district + bankruptcy courts; live RECAP re-check pending. State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched. · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:51 AM ET.

State courts: not yet searched. 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

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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. — not yet searched.

State securities regulators searched: AZ (Corporation Commission Securities Division), CA (DFPI — 16 of 12,159 DFPI respondent pages read so far; sponsor-name matches are read first), DE (DOJ Investor Protection Unit), TX (State Securities Board), WA (DFI) — last crawled Oct 23, 2026, 9:57 PM ET. Other states: not yet searched.

No SEC search has run yet for this person.

3. Bankruptcies

3 cases: 3 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Peyton K. Smith and Heather L. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Georgia · No. 16-11523 · Filed Dec 2, 2016 · Closed Nov 29, 2021
Role of Peyton K. Smith and Heather L. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2021-11-29 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7 federal dockets); court in GA (not a filing state)
Peyton B. Smith and Lisa A. Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. New York · No. 01-66859 · Filed Nov 21, 2001 · Closed Mar 8, 2002
Role of Peyton B. Smith and Lisa A. Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 2002-03-08 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7 federal dockets); court in NY (not a filing state)
Peyton Smith closed
United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Texas · No. 96-43647 · Filed Apr 29, 1996 · Closed Sep 16, 1996
Role of Peyton Smith: Debtor · Outcome: Case closed 1996-09-16 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same full name (a name found in 7 federal dockets); court in TX (not a filing state)
What was searched

Sources searched: Federal bankruptcy courts via CourtListener / RECAP archive (federal district courts, federal bankruptcy courts). State courts: not yet searched. PACER: not searched (RECAP only). · Last checked Oct 24, 2026, 2:51 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 yet searched. 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

Not made for individual people — comparisons cover issuers and sponsor groups

5. Money to insiders

None reported on 3 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
Jul 13, 2023 D
Bluehaven LLC
File 021-486719
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Aug 12, 2022 D
Black River Off-Market Fund, LLC
File 021-455825
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Feb 16, 2022 D
Southwood Flats, LLC
File 021-433833
$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 3

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

Residential · group: Black River

Bluehaven LLC

Lake Norden, SD · Jul 13, 2023
  • Jul 13, 2023 · D · $400,000 sold of $400,000 · 7 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Promoter (Chief Executive Officer of the Manager) EDGAR ↗

Raised $400K from 7 investors (100% of the $400K target) as of the latest filing. Peyton is listed as executive officer, promoter.

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: Residential / 506(b) (4,183 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.

Residential · group: Black River

Black River Off-Market Fund, LLC

Lake Norden, SD · Aug 12, 2022
  • Aug 12, 2022 · D · $551,250 sold of $20,000,000 · 8 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer, Promoter (Chief Executive Officer of the Manager) EDGAR ↗

Raised $551K from 8 investors (3% of the $20M target) as of the latest filing. Peyton is listed as executive officer, promoter.

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: Residential / 506(b) (4,183 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.

Residential · group: Black River

Southwood Flats, LLC

Lake Norden, SD · Feb 16, 2022
  • Feb 16, 2022 · D · $3,200,000 sold of $3,200,000 · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer (Chief Executive Officer of the Manager) EDGAR ↗

Raised $3.2M from 2 investors (100% of the $3.2M target) as of the latest filing. Peyton is listed as executive officer.

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: Residential / 506(b) (4,183 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.

People around Peyton 2

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

Management entity

Black River Management, LLC

Director · 3 shared filings (3 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Peyton Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

Person

Jared Gass

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (2 issuers)

Listed on the same filings as Peyton Smith. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Black River

3 issuers · 3 filings · $4.15M reported sold · 2022–2023

One team, 3 deal companies. Peyton Smith is listed on 3 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 Peyton Smith.

Registrations and other filings

Adviser registration (Form ADV)

Not yet searched. Sources to be searched: SEC Investment Adviser Information Reports — Form ADV data for SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers (file dated 2026-10-02); SEC Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) firm search — registered and exempt reporting advisers · Search queued. Results are added automatically; check back later.

Other offering types (Regulation A and Regulation Crowdfunding)

None found in sources searched.

Sources 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 · Last checked Oct 23, 2026, 8:41 PM ET.

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