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Tom Tipton

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · TX · May 30, 2017 → Mar 6, 2026

1deal (issuers)
$121.3Mreported sold
105investors
7Form D filings
2017–2026years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:39 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: covered by the index scan as of Oct 24, 2026, 2:50 AM ET

The short version

Tom Tipton is listed as an executive officer on 7 SEC Form D filings by 1 issuer between May 2017 and Mar 2026: SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC (Dallas, TX — other real estate — 2017–2026; $121.3M reported sold to 105 investors).

What this means One deal on file with the SEC. 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 Bryan Redmond (7 shared filings), John D. Powers (7 shared filings), Ashley Marks (5 shared filings), Chris Petty (5 shared filings), Matthew Dabrowski (5 shared filings) and 35 others.

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

The issuer belongs to the sponsor group Merit Hill (54 issuers, $2.5B reported sold, 2010–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Merit Hill has 54 companies on file and $2.5B 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 (AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA) — none found.

What this means Nothing turned up where we looked (3 sources). That does not prove there is nothing — it means none was found in those sources on that date.

We compared 7 public filings for Tom Tipton and found 6 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Investor count went down between filings; 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 Tom Tipton has not run yet — it is joining a line of 10,321 names; searches run around the clock at the hosts' allowed rate. Searched so far: 27 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, 2:39 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: AZ, CA, DE, TX, WA (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 Tom Tipton..

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 are not covered.

3. Bankruptcies

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

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, 2:39 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.

4. Differences between public sources

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

6 differences found between the filings for Tom Tipton — 1 worth asking about (compared 7 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · May 30, 2017 – Oct 10, 2019

Investor count went down between filings — SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC

The May 30, 2017 filing reports 36 investors; the Oct 10, 2019 Form D/A reports 3 investors.

What this means Investor counts normally only grow. A smaller number can mean investors left or were refunded, or a count was corrected. Ask the sponsor what happened.

Sources
Note · Jan 1, 2022 – Jan 24, 2022

Form D filed 23 days after the first sale — SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC

The filing says the first sale was Jan 1, 2022. The Form D was filed Jan 24, 2022 — 23 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 8 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · Apr 17, 2017 – May 30, 2017

Form D filed 43 days after the first sale — SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC

The filing says the first sale was Apr 17, 2017. The Form D was filed May 30, 2017 — 43 days later. The rule: a Form D is generally due within 15 days after the first sale, so this one is 28 days past that.

What this means A late notice is common and carries no penalty by itself. It is worth asking the sponsor why the paperwork lagged.

Sources
Note · May 30, 2017 – Oct 10, 2019

Offering amount changed between filings — SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC

The May 30, 2017 filing says an indefinite amount offered; the Oct 10, 2019 Form D/A says $121,275,000.

What this means The target raise changed. Raising the cap is common when a deal grows; ask whether the extra money has the same terms and use.

Sources
Note · Jan 1, 2022 – Jan 24, 2022

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC (latest filing Jan 24, 2022)

The latest filing for this offering is dated Jan 24, 2022 (first sale Jan 1, 2022). It reports $0 sold of an indefinite amount 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 · May 30, 2017 – Oct 10, 2019

Minimum investment changed between filings — SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC

The May 30, 2017 filing lists a minimum of $50,000; the Oct 10, 2019 Form D/A lists $0.

What this means A different minimum usually means the offering terms changed. Check which terms apply to you.

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 6 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
Mar 6, 2026 D
SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC
File 021-575670
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Mar 6, 2025 D
SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC
File 021-540094
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Feb 7, 2024 D
SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC
File 021-504589
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Feb 7, 2023 D
SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC
File 021-472836
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Jan 24, 2022 D
SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC
File 021-430597
$0$0$0None listed on this filingEDGAR ↗
Oct 10, 2019 D/A
SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC
File 021-287692
$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 Tom Tipton on a Form D, newest first. A Form D is the notice a company files after it starts selling a private investment.

Other Real Estate · group: Merit Hill

SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC

Dallas, TX · May 30, 2017 → Mar 6, 2026 · 7 filings
  • Mar 6, 2026 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Mar 6, 2025 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Feb 7, 2024 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Feb 7, 2023 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 0 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Jan 24, 2022 · D · $0 sold of Indefinite · 105 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • Oct 10, 2019 · D/A · $121,275,000 sold of $121,275,000 · 3 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗
  • May 30, 2017 · D · $88,595,080 sold of Indefinite · 36 investors · min. $50,000 · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $121.3M from 105 investors as of the latest filing. Tom is listed as executive officer on 7 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: Other Real Estate / 506(b) (5,033 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 Tom 40

Officers, directors, promoters and management entities named on the same filings, as of Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET. Showing the 40 with the most shared filings.

JP
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John D. Powers

Executive Officer, Director · 7 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 7 other issuers

John D. Powers is on 8 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

BR
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Bryan Redmond

Executive Officer, Director · 7 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 5 other issuers

Bryan Redmond is on 6 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

AM
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Ashley Marks

Director · 5 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 64 other issuers

Ashley Marks is on 65 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

CP
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Chris Petty

Executive Officer · 5 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

MD
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Matthew Dabrowski

Director · 5 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 6 other issuers

Matthew Dabrowski is on 7 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

RC
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Rich Carter

Executive Officer · 5 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

AM
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Amy Miles

Director · 4 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

JT
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Judy Turchin

Director · 4 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

BR
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Brian Rook

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

WR
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William D. Rahm

Director · 3 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 25 other issuers

William D. Rahm is on 26 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

LG
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Laura Gilham

Executive Officer · 3 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

WA
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William Anderson

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

AA
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Adel Alderbas

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 24 other issuers

Adel Alderbas is on 25 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

RV
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Russell Valdez

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 22 other issuers

Russell Valdez is on 23 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

BD
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Brian DeVoss

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

JG
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John S. Gonnella

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

JP
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Julia Vander Ploeg

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

HN
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Hanston Nguyen

Director · 2 shared filings (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

RT
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Rochelle Thomas

Executive Officer · 2 shared filings (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

SD
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Stephen Douglas

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

DF
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David Filler

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

RE
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Ron Ten Eyck

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

SL
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Stephen Lehn

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

DF
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Daniel Forman

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

RC
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Richard Carter

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 1 other issuer

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

DM
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Diana Martin

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

EJ
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Erik Johnson

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

JR
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Jason Riggins

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

TD
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Tom Delong

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

MW
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Michael Warntjes

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

LP
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Lance Phillips

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

SC
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Sam Chavers

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

MJ
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Mark Jaraczewski

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

MB
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Michael Barber

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

CP
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Cyril Pietrafesa

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

SP
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Shiqi Peng

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer) · also on 2 other issuers

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

TS
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Thomas Shin

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

SM
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Scott McMullin

Executive Officer, Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

RR
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Ron Rhoades

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

DM
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Diane Morefield

Director · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Tom Tipton. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Merit Hill

54 issuers · 79 filings · $2.5B reported sold · 2010–2026

One team, 54 deal companies. Tom Tipton 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 Tom Tipton.

Same business address

17 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 Tom Tipton 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 Tom Tipton is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in SUNTEX MARINA INVESTORS LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #38,756 of 374,652 in line (14 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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