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Urgent: AG Value Add Funds II & III (Ashland Greene), part of AGREOF I Fund – Foreclo

Heather Smith
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Hello everyone, I am an LP with a significant investment in Ashland Greene, specifically tied to AG Value Add Funds II & III, both part of the AGREOF I portfolio. As noted in the official sponsor communication sent on Friday, May 22, 2026, senior lenders have halted negotiations. The firm stated that lenders intend to proceed with a full foreclosure on June 2, 2026, and they expect the equity invested in Funds II and III to be completely unrecoverable.

With the foreclosure auction less than 10 days away, a core group of LPs is urgently organizing a coalition to protect our collective interests. We are actively: * Consulting with Texas-based securities and commercial real estate litigators regarding an emergency Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to pause the June 2nd sale.

* Pooling resources to fund a formal legal review, books and records audit, and potential breach of fiduciary duty actions.

* Coordinating legal strategies tailored for both Self-Directed IRAs (SDIRAs) and regular cash positions.

If you are an investor in AG Value Add Fund II, Fund III, or the related AGREOF I fund, please direct message (DM) me immediately. Please include: 1. Your specific fund number 2. Confirmation of your Friday email receipt. Time is absolutely of the essence to pool our voting power and legal resources before the June 2nd deadline.

*Disclaimer: This is an informal investor-led coordination group. This message does not constitute legal or financial advice.*

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Don Konipol
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From what I have seen, and this is just my two cents, in this type of syndication, unless there is very clear documentation that the sponsor acted in a very fraudulent manner, then it is not worth pursuing any additional legal. There is very little action that gets taken in these types of dealings because it is a 506(c) and exempt from SEC registration. The way it is perceived, whether right, wrong, or indifferent, is you're taking high risk as an accredited investor and can afford to lose your money.  it is not illegal for the sponsor to be stupid or incompetent. 
So if a sponsor was allowed to take 100% financing and someone gave it to them and it was high interest or a variable rate, many would look at that as not very bright, but it's not illegal. 

Please note the above is my opinion on the overall syndication space and is not directed at anyone or any sponsor in this post, as I am not an investor in the syndication nor have any knowledge. 

Reg D is a “safe harbor” as long as all Reg D regulations are complied with and no fraud is involved.  Making a “bad investment”, not having a sufficiently experienced management team, or not vetting investors beyond their being accredited is not a basis for a successful lawsuit. 

Investors in these syndications seem to believe (1) that they can aim for 20% + annual ROI with the same limited risk as investments that project 8% ROI and (2) that because a sponsor is able to raise a lot of capital they must be “good”.  Those are 2 VERY dangerous assumptions.  In the 1980s syndicators were competent but dishonest.  In the 2020s syndicators are honest but incompetent.  Go figure. 
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