Welcome to The Gray Line Group
Who We Are
The Gray Line Group is a veteran-owned commercial real estate investment company. Our dedicated team seeks to find distressed multi-family properties and underperforming commercial spaces. We creatively transform them into high performing real estate assets that seamlessly integrate into the community and improve the quality of the life for our tenants and neighbors.
Our team has a deep understanding of local markets, partners with community members and small businesses, and leverages the motivation and expertise around us to yield the best possible results. While we attempt to learn from and repeat our successes, we do not look at any project from a “cookie cutter” perspective,and endeavor to showcase the unique potential at each location.
Nando Martinez, Owner/Co-Founder
Nando is a 2008 West Point graduate where he was the wrestling team captain and a two-time NCAA qualifier. After graduating, he became an Army Aviation Officer, serving 15 years and deploying 11 times to Iraq and Afghanistan. He also spent time in Europe and Central America. He has extensive experience leading teams and piloting aircraft for both conventional and special operations units.
In 2024, Nando transitioned from the Army to civilian life, but leverages his experience solving complex problems to yield success as an entrepreneur, real estate investor, and mortgage loan officer. He got the real estate “itch” after buying his first single family home in 2015 while stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. Since then, he has grown his personal real estate portfolio of long and medium-term rentals in the Nashville area where he currently resides. He is a mortgage loan officer with Evolution Mortgage, licensed in Washington, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington DC, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. He is also a US Army Reserve Officer, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner, and youth wrestling coach.
He started The Gray Line Group LLC in 2021 with his business partner, Travis. Since then, they have tackled unique projects in the Tri-Cities area of East Tennessee and have focused the company’s efforts in the commercial and multi-family investment spaces.
Travis Featherstone, Owner/Co-Founder
Travis is a 2008 West Point graduate where he was a wrestler. He served 5 years after graduation as an infantry officer at Fort Polk, Louisianaand Fort Benning, Georgia. He also completed a combat deployment to Afghanistan. He later earned his MBA from The Haslam College of Business at University of Tennessee.
While in the Army and for the first few years post military, Travis never spent more than 2-3 years in one location. As a result, he purchased multiple single-family homes as primary residences. He quickly learned the value of real estate assets and gained many lessons as a landlord. When not working on real estate ventures, Travis maintains full time employment as at Eastman Chemical Company as Maintenance Manager and Veteran Resource Group Co-Chair. He is also the Co-Founder and President of NetVets Group, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing East Tennessee veterans with centralized resources and support.
He started The Gray Line Group LLC in 2021 with his business partner, Nando. Since then, they have tackled unique projects in the Tri-Cities area of East Tennessee and have focused the company’s efforts in the commercial and multi-family investment spaces.
