31 Oct 2026 · Vietnam VI

Citizenship · Capital · Global Mobility

The Legation Times
A multi-storey glass and brown-brick office building under a sunset sky, with a road and car park in front

The building housing Austplan Group's office in the US.

Charter Partner 2026–2027

Austplan Group

McKinney, Texas, United States · Founded 2008

Profile

Austplan Group is a US real estate investment firm that helps international investors buy and manage residential property in the United States. Founded in Southfield, Michigan, in 2008, the group is now headquartered in McKinney, Texas, with offices in Southfield, Jersey City, Shanghai and Brisbane. It is led by Managing Director and co-founder Phillip Gerathy, with Director Asia Qi Zhou based in Shanghai.

The group works with investors from Australia, Greater China, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and other regions through three subsidiaries. Austplan Properties works with developers and home builders to offer newly built homes; Austplan Management handles tenant screening, rent collection, maintenance and monthly owner reporting; and Austplan International supports overseas buyers, with services in Mandarin and English.

Its services also include setting up legal entities such as LLCs with partner attorneys, obtaining tax identification numbers for foreign buyers, accounting and annual tax returns, and arranging bank financing. The group currently lists markets in Texas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Michigan, Washington and California.

Specialists

Portrait of Phillip Gerathy wearing glasses and a black polo shirt in an office
Phillip Gerathy Managing Director
Portrait of Qi Zhou in a black jacket and white shirt against a light grey background
Qi Zhou Director Asia
Portrait of Mandy Hong with short dark hair, in a white blazer with folded arms, against a beige background
Mandy Hong Business Development Manager
Portrait of Milton Barboza wearing glasses, a dark jacket and a blue shirt outdoors
Milton Barboza Property Operations Manager

Selected projects

Rendering of a row of two-storey Walker's Landing townhomes seen from the car park
Warner Robins, Georgia

Walker's Landing

A development of 159 two-bedroom townhomes in Warner Robins, Georgia.

Photos

Four people, one man and three women, standing together and smiling in front of a pebble-stone wall with round mirrorsAn office lounge with green upholstered banquettes, white tables, a coffee bar and a timber-slatted ceilingA seating area by tall windows with a dark green sofa, brown armchairs and potted plants, overlooking the streetAn office corridor with a pale tiled floor, glass-walled meeting rooms on both sides and a reception desk at the endA speaker standing before a large screen showing the slide "Protecting Chinese Wealth Overseas in a New Regulatory Era" with an image of Marina Bay SandsAttendees listening to a presentation in front of a screen showing a map of the United States, in a seminar room with a timber ceiling and a curved lightA roll-up banner reading "Protecting Chinese Wealth Overseas in a New Regulatory Era" at the seminar reception area, with two men standing nearbyAn office lounge with grey sofas, a dark herringbone-tiled wall and linear ceiling lights, with glazing looking outsideA seating corner with two cream armchairs, a round table and a white marble-effect wall under a timber-slatted ceilingA desk area with black mesh chairs, small potted plants and large windowsA metal-clad lift lobby with a chandelier and planters on either sideA long pantry counter with wall-mounted timber shelves, a coffee machine and plantsA long wooden table with brown leather chairs, a pebble-stone wall with round mirrors and pendant lightsA leisure room with a golf simulator screen, brown leather armchairs and fabric-panelled wallsA small meeting room with a round stone-topped table, black chairs, a glass board and a wall-mounted screen

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