glenn-church - Freedom Associates LLC (RE)

Who is Glenn Church? > Freedom Associates (LLC)

2024 Filings - Bifurcated (Different Data) -- exposed previously non disclosed LLC with a Watsonville Address..

In 2024, "Freedom Associates" was disclosed by Glenn Church on his 20240307 filing on Schedule A1 and C as having a fair market value of 1M+ with income of 10k-100k (county filing and state bifurcated filing).

The way he listed it suggested it was some type of real estate related REIT but the address on county form was listed was just "Watsonville", incomplete, and confusing. AND the acquired date was blank meaning he had an earlier disclosure obligation or he left something out.

The state listing wsa more interesting as it referred to 195 Aviation Way ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076.

A search was done with the CA Secretary of State that exposed "Freedom Associates LLC " existed and it looked to be a match.

1) this should have been listed as "Freedom Associates LLC" not "Freedom Associates"

2) This should have been disclosed on Schedule A2 not A1 and/or B. not A1 and C given it's personally held and managed investments.

2) if there is only real estate held in that name, the filing all should have been on Schedule B with a schedule of real estate attached , not A1 and C. If there is not real estate held, it should have been on A2 and we probably need LOT more information about what this is - as it's not like it's a regulated REIT.

2025 Filings - Bifurcated (Different Data) -- disappeared the LLC to county and State but masked the change on the state filing with McMac LLC in it's place in improper reporting

In 2025, Church decided he no longer wanted to report Freedom Associates. So he just removed it from Schedule A1 and C. He would need to show disposition of it he can't just remove it.

For reasons unclear, he subbed in McMac to the exact physical positoin that Freedom Associates was in prior on schedule A1. Not necessary given McMac was reported on Schedule B -- but a careless auditor may not have caught the switch out.

CHURCH DID NOT SEEM TO UNDERSTAND WHEN THINGS SHOW UP ON FORMS THAT WERE ON PRIOR YEAR FORMS -- WITH NO ACQUIRED DATE IT IS A FLAG -- SO THIS WAS A FLAG BOTH YEARS AND THAT'S WHEN WE REALIZED HE HAD SWITCHED OUT THE NAME TOO...

The LLC Map...

What you are about to follow is a trail that links folksy "Small businessman" and "Christmas Tree Farmer" Glenn Church to a Partnership involving a $12M+ commercial real estate portfolio, a complex web of LLCs all formed in 1995 just months after the Pajaro River flooding, partnerships with a Real Estate Brokre inside of LLCs, that same Real Estate Broker managing an office with 8 companies registered in it, and potential family ties to the largest Commercial Real Estate Brokerage in North America (although this last part is circumstantial and only suspect at this time)

NOTE: The information below is a "worksheet" that was used to gather and track information. it's not formatted to be directly readable. it was done for investigative purposes first then it has been summarized in other places.

NOTE: some of this has been copied to other pages (like the Kelly Davis stuff) to create page placeholders for them for more details now or later.

2024 Filings - Bifurcated (Different Data) -- exposed previously non disclosed LLC with a Watsonville Address..

2025 Filings - Bifurcated (Different Data) -- disappeared the LLC to county and State but masked the change on the state filing with McMac LLC in it's place in improper reporting

The LLC Map...

Table of Contents

2023 SEI 700 - No mention of Freedom Associate

2024 SEI 700 - Freedom Associates Real Estate Partnership noted...

2025 SEI 700 - No mention of Freedom Associates

Who is Freedom Associates LLC?

Who is Kelly Davis of Freedom Associates LLC ?

What is Kelly Davis Property Group Inc / Davis Property Group ?

Who else has LLC's at 195 Aviation Way, ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076?

Who was BKI ?

Was Burgstrom Kramer Inc tied to Church's real estate portfolio called "McMac" ? Oh yes they were. They were in the McMac office for 20+ years at 21 Brennan St #16 (right behind the Pajaronian newspaper)

Who was Burgstrom Kramer Inc ?

Is this Glenn Kramer tied to the Denver based Kramer Group AND/OR Marcus & Millichap ?

CA DRE records for Church's, Kramers, Burgstroms and Davis...

Freedom Associates LLC - Santa Cruz Recorders Office

Grantor

Grantee

2023 SEI 700 - No mention of Freedom Associate

2023 - Freedom Associates was absent from the initial and amended SEI 700 for county and state (same document) . 2024 filing , where it shows up, does not indicate it was acquired in 2023, thus it was an omission.

2024 SEI 700 - Freedom Associates Real Estate Partnership noted...

In 2024 he made bi-furcated filings with different information to county and state. Full loss of document control by clerks and different filings made by Church

2024 county filing - Freedom Associates (Real Estate Holding) shows up on page 4 / Schedule A-1 (Stocks, bonds, other interests) and page 18 / Schedule C. These are likely not the proper places to report this and may have been done to create intentional confusion and to obfiscate the address which was never fully provided.
1. 1. A1 -- FMV - Church indicates Over 1 Million
  2. A1 -- Stock / Other - Stock or other needed to be identified and Church left those blank
  3. A1 -- Partnership - Church checks yes and indicates income over $500 will be reported on schedule C
  4. A1 - Acquired - Church does NOT indicate this was acquired in the prior year thus it was an omission in his prior year filing.
  5. C - Address - Just town and state of Watsonville CA (not a full address)
  6. C - Income - Church indicates 10k-100k
  7. C - Church indicates "partnership" and because he used C instead of A-2, he suggests he's less than 10% partner (THEN WHO ARE THE OTHER PARTNERS IN THIS LOCAL REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO)
2024 state filing - Freedom Associates (Real Estate Holding) shows up with the same reporting BUT the FULL MAILING ADDRESS is provided on schedule C
1. 1. The contradiction with the county filing should not exist. They should be the same document.
  2. C - Address - 195 Aviation Way, Ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076

Problems/Concerns/Confusion:

195 Aviation Way, Ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076 is a property he lists as a McMac property -- on his 2024 state filing (but not county)
Why didn't he just list this income under McMac as real property?
What then is Freedom Associates and who makes up the other 90% plus of the partnership?

2025 SEI 700 - No mention of Freedom Associates

In 2025 he made bi-furcated filings with different information to county and state. Full loss of document control by clerks and different filings made by Church

Freedom Associates is absent from his county and state filing (bifurcated filings)

Who is Freedom Associates LLC?

From Secretary of State website... https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business

Freedom Associates LLC is an active LLC with mailing address of 195 Aviation Way, Ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076 -- so this is the same company as Church identified. The Registered Agent is Kelly Davis.

Who is Kelly Davis of Freedom Associates LLC ?

I ran a google search for Kelly Davis and the first hits that came up were for a Kelly Jo Davis Realtor in Delware who worked for Compass. Interestingly enough, she apparently was from Southern CA but it did not seem like a match as it looked like she was full time in Delaware.

I then ran a search at the CA DRE for a Licensed Broker or Sales person and found a Real Estate Broker Kelly Jo Davis at 95 Aviation Way, Ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076. (odd that this Kelly Davis is also Kelly Jo Davis?)

This suggests Church was or is in a Partnership with a Real Estate Broker Kelly Davis -- and their office is in a building that is owned by the McMac Partnership Chjurch claimed separatly

Broker - Kelly Jo Davis Torrecillas (previously DBA Kelly Jo Davis)

195 Aviation Way, Ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076

this lists her as having affiliated corporation - Kelly Davis Property Group Inc

This lists her as having a Broker Associate - Ryan Leonard Velasco

Kelly Davis Property Group, Inc
DBA Davis Property Group

195 Aviation Way, Ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076

Active as of 5/12/2020

Broker Associate - Ryan Leonard Velasco

195 Aviation Way, Ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076

195 Aviation Way, Ste 101, Corralitos CA 95076

What is Kelly Davis Property Group Inc / Davis Property Group ?

Davis Property Group

195 Aviation Way, Ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076

https://www.davis-propertygroup.com/

Who else has LLC's at 195 Aviation Way, ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076?

John McManamin

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/adn/name/john-mcmanamin-obituary?id=16589548

Who was BKI ?

Per Davis's bio she was with "BKI" for 20 years prior to buying the business.

I actually saw BKI first somewhere else, but another way into this is via an internet search for her that turns up an old LinkedIn profile.

BKI stands for "Burgstrom Kramer Inc"

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-davis-96175610/

Was Burgstrom Kramer Inc tied to Church's real estate portfolio called "McMac" ? Oh yes they were. They were in the McMac office for 20+ years at 21 Brennan St #16 (right behind the Pajaronian newspaper)

A searh for Burgston Kramer Inc Watsonville returns

21 Brennan St #16
Watsonville CA 95076

21 Brennan St #16 was also the address for the McMac Real Property partnership listed by Church on his state form in 2024.

That McMac business was then listed at 195 Aviation Way, Ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076 in 2025.

Church's 2023 Filings excluded McMac completely.

Church's 2024 county filing referenced "McMac" real property but no exact street address

Church's 2024 state filing referenced McMac at 21 Brennan St #16, Watsonville CA 95076

2023 - No McMac

Church's 2025 county filing had a generic address for McMac

Church's 2025 state filing has McMac at 195 Aviation Way, Ste 101, Watsonville CA 95076

So what is all mixed together is Glenn Church with 1) Freedom Associates LLC -- which may or may not hold property or share in real estate commissions or do advertising 2) McMac a real property holding company with 12M+ in Commercial real estae and 3) Burgstrom Kramer Inc Brokerage that was rebranded as Davis Property Management

Who was Burgstrom Kramer Inc ?

Burgstrom Kramer Inc

This started as William A Burgstrom Inc and then was changed to Burgstrom Kramer Inc.

William Burgstrom 1927 - 2020 https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/obituaries/william-albert-burgstrom/ -- looks like he was into construction and built many things in Watsonville. Officially retired in 2017.

Glenn Kramer's Linked In states he was president of Burgstrom Kramer from 1980 to 2020 .

That would have been when Kelly Jo Davis bought Kramer out.

NOTE: William Burgstrom was involved with "Project One" .

https://calcoastalbrokerage.com/local/business/burgstrom-kramer-inc-159395

Glenn Kramer

https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/find/person/pxl044lu4u94r4nr9224l

https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-kramer-2416aba/

This says Glenn Kramer is tied to "El Dorado" Mini Storage -- and Glenn's Dad had a Christmas Tree farm in El Dorado County Ca.

When click in this link it ties to a Wisconsin address, but also has 831 cell phones suggsetive it's the same person here in Santa Cruz county..

https://www.pajarovalleyhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/PVHA-Winter-2020.pdf

https://www.truepeoplesearch.com/find/person/pxl044lu4u94r4nr9224l

Glenn Kramer
https://www.facebook.com/glenn.kramer.37/photos

Glenn Church

Is this Glenn Kramer tied to the Denver based Kramer Group AND/OR Marcus & Millichap ?

Glenn Kramer grew up in Santa Cruz, worked consrution and then got into commerical real estate with Burgstrom. It looks like there was possible a marriage connecting Burstrom and Kramers.

His background sure sounds like that of a larger Kramer group in Denver but no direct ties can be made yet.

That said, Marcus & Millichap is a Calabassas CA company that is the largest Commercial and industrial brokerage in North America. (?)

Glenn Kramer
https://www.facebook.com/glenn.kramer.37/photos

Marcus and Millichap
https://www.marcusmillichap.com/

And there's something in there about 2013 Headquarters in Delaware?

and now were back to that Kelly Jo Davis for compass from southern CA in Delaware -- and she has the same name as the Kelly Jo Davis in Watsonville that took over Kramer's business there.

Maybe it's all a fluke but that's a lot of flukes.

https://www.compass.com/agents/kelly-jo-davis/

Brandon Kramer of the Denver based Kramer Group was in consturction before he got into Commercial Real Estate.

https://kramerbrokerage.com/about

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandonkramer/details/experience/

Brandon's linked in indicates he got degrees in Art, Sociology and Political Science from Colorado State from 2001-2006 and from there he spent just under 3 years doign things mos peeopl might only dream of doing in a lifetime. Odd, right?

Construction manager, Project Engineer, Project Director, Project Manager, Business Developer.

How does that happen?

What is KL Energy Corp? Must be family related...