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Will Flaa

Named as an officer, director or promoter on SEC Form D filings · TX · Oct 12, 2017 → Oct 21, 2019

5deals (issuers)
$16.7Mreported sold
165investors
5Form D filings
2017–2019years on file

Data last updated Oct 23, 2026, 5:45 PM ET · Courts (RECAP) last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 2:40 AM ET · SEC enforcement last checked: Oct 24, 2026, 12:09 AM ET

The short version

Will Flaa is listed as an executive officer on 5 SEC Form D filings by 5 issuers between Oct 2017 and Oct 2019: Encore GP Investment Fund, LLC (Dallas, TX — pooled investment fund — 2017; $8.99M reported sold to 95 investors), Encore Hospitality Fund II, LP (Dallas, TX — commercial — 2017; $6.08M reported sold to 58 investors), EMF FM Forum, LP (Dallas, TX — commercial — 2019; $750K reported sold to 2 investors), Encore Hospitality Fund III, LP (Plano, TX — commercial — 2019; $550K reported sold to 5 investors) and EMF Panther Island, LP (Dallas, TX — residential — 2018; $335K reported sold to 5 investors).

What this means A repeat sponsor — 5 separate companies raised money with this person listed as executive officer, over about 2 years. Across those companies the filings report $16.7M sold in total.

Listed alongside Bharat Sangani (5 shared filings), Charles A Omage (5 shared filings), Patrick J. Barber (5 shared filings), Nicholas Barber (4 shared filings), Yatin Gandhi (4 shared filings) and 1 others.

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

All 5 issuers belong to the sponsor group Encore (60 issuers, $179.9M reported sold, 2009–2026).

What this means A sponsor group is one team that sets up a new company for each deal. Encore has 60 companies on file and $179.9M 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) — 1 court case matching the name listed in Key records below.

What this means 1 record 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 5 public filings for Will Flaa and found 3 differences, 1 worth asking the sponsor about: Will Flaa appears on 4 deals that stopped filing before reaching their target; 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 Will Flaa has not run yet — it is joining a line of 27,891 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

1 case: 1 closed (disposition not in docket feed)

Kjersti Flaa v. Hollywood Foreign Press Association closed
District Court, C.D. California · No. 2:20-cv-06974 · Filed Aug 3, 2020 · Closed Mar 23, 2021 · Nature of suit: 410 Anti-Trust · Cause: 15:0001 Antitrust Litigation
Role of Kjersti Flaa: Plaintiff · Outcome: Terminated 2021-03-23 (disposition not included in the bulk docket feed — see docket) Docket on CourtListener ↗
same rare surname (4 people in Form D filings, 1 federal dockets); different first name (kjersti); court in CA (not a filing state)
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, 2:40 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.

2. Regulatory actions

None found in sources searched — SEC enforcement releases (checked Oct 24, 2026) · state securities regulators: VA (crawled Oct 23, 2026)

What was searched

SEC enforcement searched: SEC litigation releases + SEC administrative proceedings (sec.gov index, 1995-09-19 → 2026-10-23) — last checked Oct 24, 2026, 12:09 AM ET.

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

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, 2:40 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

3 differences found between the filings for Will Flaa — 1 worth asking about (compared 5 filings on Oct 24, 2026)

Worth asking · Oct 12, 2017 – Jan 15, 2021

Will Flaa appears on 4 deals that stopped filing before reaching their target

Encore Hospitality Fund III, LP (last filing Jan 15, 2021; $550,000 sold of $60,000,000); EMF FM Forum, LP (last filing Oct 21, 2019; $750,000 sold of $9,701,736); EMF Panther Island, LP (last filing Mar 30, 2018; $335,000 sold of $13,189,376); Encore Hospitality Fund II, LP (last filing Oct 12, 2017; $6,075,000 sold of $80,000,000). Each has no filing in more than two years and reported under half its target sold.

What this means An issuer whose last filing is more than two years old and reported under half its target sold. The raise may have closed early or quietly stopped. Ask what happened to each.

Sources
Note · Oct 24, 2016 – Oct 21, 2019

5 offerings have no amendment in the last 12 months and may still be open

No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — EMF FM Forum, LP (latest filing Oct 21, 2019) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Encore Hospitality Fund III, LP (latest filing Aug 2, 2019) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — EMF Panther Island, LP (latest filing Mar 30, 2018) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Encore GP Investment Fund, LLC (latest filing Oct 13, 2017) · No amendment in the last 12 months on an offering that may still be open — Encore Hospitality Fund II, LP (latest filing Oct 12, 2017)

What this means SEC rules expect a yearly amendment while an offering is still going. Ask the sponsor which of these raises have closed.

Sources
Note · Mar 25, 2025

Same name, different state: "Will Flaa" (NC) is a separate record

This page covers filings where the address state is TX. A separate record, "Will Flaa" with address state NC, is listed on 1 filing — most recently by Oak Institutional Credit Solutions, LLC (Mar 25, 2025). The two records do not overlap in time: this page runs Oct 12, 2017 to Oct 21, 2019; the other has one filing dated Mar 25, 2025.

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

5 of 5 offerings report sales commissions totalling $12,738,516; 0 report finder's fees; 0 report proceeds to related persons. (includes amounts the issuer reported as estimates)

Offering (latest filing)Sales commissionsFinder's feesTo insidersPaid to sell itSource
Oct 21, 2019 D
EMF FM Forum, LP
File 021-351500
$800,393$0$0WealthForege Securities, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 152550 ↗EDGAR ↗
Aug 2, 2019 D
Encore Hospitality Fund III, LP
File 021-345712
$4,950,000 (est.)$0$0WealthForge Securities, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 152550 ↗EDGAR ↗
Mar 30, 2018 D
EMF Panther Island, LP
File 021-308960
$1,088,123 (est.)$0$0WealthForge Securities, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 152550 ↗EDGAR ↗
Oct 13, 2017 D/A
Encore GP Investment Fund, LLC
File 021-269570
$900,000 (est.)$0$0WealthForge Securitites, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 152550 ↗EDGAR ↗
Oct 12, 2017 D
Encore Hospitality Fund II, LP
File 021-296508
$5,000,000 (est.)$0$0WealthForge Securities, LLC BrokerCheck CRD 152550 ↗EDGAR ↗
How this is counted

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 5

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

Commercial · group: Encore

EMF FM Forum, LP

Dallas, TX · Oct 21, 2019
  • Oct 21, 2019 · D · $750,000 sold of $9,701,736 · 2 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $750K from 2 investors (8% of the $9.7M target) as of the latest filing. Will 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: Commercial / 506(b) (6,713 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.

Commercial · group: Encore

Encore Hospitality Fund III, LP

Plano, TX · Aug 2, 2019
  • Aug 2, 2019 · D · $100,000 sold of $60,000,000 · 1 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $550K from 5 investors (1% of the $60M target) as of the latest filing. Will 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: Commercial / 506(c) (2,639 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: Encore

EMF Panther Island, LP

Dallas, TX · Mar 30, 2018
  • Mar 30, 2018 · D · $335,000 sold of $13,189,376 · 5 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $335K from 5 investors (3% of the $13.2M target) as of the latest filing. Will 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(c) (1,237 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.

Pooled Investment Fund · group: Encore

Encore GP Investment Fund, LLC

Dallas, TX · Oct 13, 2017
  • Oct 13, 2017 · D/A · $8,991,395 sold of $15,000,000 · 95 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $8.99M from 95 investors (60% of the $15M target) as of the latest filing. Will 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: Pooled Investment Fund / 506(c) (8,096 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.

Commercial · group: Encore

Encore Hospitality Fund II, LP

Dallas, TX · Oct 12, 2017
  • Oct 12, 2017 · D · $6,075,000 sold of $80,000,000 · 58 investors · min. No minimum reported · role: Executive Officer EDGAR ↗

Raised $6.08M from 58 investors (8% of the $80M target) as of the latest filing. Will 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: Commercial / 506(c) (2,639 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 (1)

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

  • Will Flaa — NC, 1 issuer, Mar 25, 2025 → Mar 25, 2025 · no shared issuer

People around Will 6

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

BS
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Person

Bharat Sangani

Executive Officer · 5 shared filings (5 issuers) · also on 56 other issuers

Bharat Sangani is on 61 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

PB
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Person

Patrick J. Barber

Executive Officer · 5 shared filings (5 issuers) · also on 40 other issuers

Patrick J. Barber is on 45 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

CO
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Person

Charles A Omage

Executive Officer · 5 shared filings (5 issuers) · also on 28 other issuers

Charles A Omage is on 33 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

YG
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Person

Yatin Gandhi

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (4 issuers) · also on 11 other issuers

Yatin Gandhi is on 15 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

NB
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Person

Nicholas Barber

Executive Officer · 4 shared filings (4 issuers) · also on 7 other issuers

Nicholas Barber is on 11 issuers in total — a repeat sponsor. Their page lists every one.

YG
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Person

y Gandhi

Executive Officer · 1 shared filing (1 issuer)

Listed on the same filings as Will Flaa. Their page shows their other deals.

The team behind the deals

Sponsor group

Encore

60 issuers · 93 filings · $179.9M reported sold · 2009–2026

One team, 60 deal companies. Will Flaa is listed on 5 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 Will Flaa.

Same business address

51 other issuers file from the same address (first 50 shown)

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 5 issuers 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 Will Flaa 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 5 issuers this person is listed on — nothing matched.

Public profiles and social

Websites and social links of the issuers Will Flaa is listed on: none on file. No website or social profile named in Encore GP Investment Fund, LLC's SEC filings (Form C, Reg A, Form ADV; checked Oct 24, 2026). Web search for this name: #244,655 of 374,652 in line (1,345 issuers searched so far). One-tap searches: Look further ↓

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