The climb is easier with a partner who’s made it.
We invest in, operate, and grow home services companies — starting with painting — and build long-term wealth through residential real estate. One firm. Two pillars. Built by operators.
- ◆Operator-owned — we run a painting company today
- ◆A proven operating system, deployed from day one
- ◆Buy-and-hold — we build to keep, not to flip
The trades don’t have a knowledge problem. They have an execution problem.
There’s never been more advice available to home services owners — conferences, podcasts, coaches, masterminds. Yet very few companies ever break past the ceiling. The missing piece isn’t another idea. It’s consistent, week-in-week-out execution: pipelines that get worked, numbers that get reviewed, crews that get coached. That’s what we bring. We don’t advise from the sidelines — whether it starts with a Basecamp engagement or an ownership stake, we embed alongside you and do the work. We win only when you win.
Two pillars. Built to compound.
Four ways to partner.
A ladder, not a menu. Start where you are — many partners will start at Basecamp and climb from there.
Basecamp
Every climb starts at Basecamp. Before you take on an equity partner, get the partner experience: direct, all-encompassing access to David Rule as your virtual CEO — installing systems, building your leadership rhythm, and running the numbers with you, month in and month out. Painting companies first. By application.
Basecamp companies get first look at equity partnership when they're ready.
Minority Partnership
You keep majority ownership and managerial control. We fill the gaps: management support, systems, marketing, and financial leadership — with real skin in the game.
Majority Recapitalization
Ready for a different role, but not ready to walk away? We take the lead, remove personal liability from your shoulders, and build the team around you for the next chapter.
Full Exit
Ready to hand it off? We bring the capital and leadership to honor what you built — keeping your team, your brand, and your legacy intact.
Every equity partnership is buy-and-hold. We’re not rolling companies up to resell them — we build durable businesses that pay their people well and produce predictable profit for years.
An operating system that installs on day one.
Inside our flagship painting company, we built a complete operating platform — and refined it in the field. Role-based by design: your crews see their jobs, your leaders see what matters, and accountability is built into the system instead of managed by hand. When we partner, it deploys into your business in days, not months.
Sales pipeline & estimating workflows
Marketing engine with tracked ROI
Production & crew scheduling systems
Job costing & financial visibility
Automation that kills busywork
Leadership rhythm: weekly reviews, real accountability
Plus embedded support across marketing, sales training, operations coaching, and financial leadership.
An illustrative look at the operating system we deploy into partner companies.
Included in every partnership — and, like the marketing engine, available as a standalone engagement for select companies. Ask about standalone access →
A proprietary marketing engine, tuned in the field.
Most trades companies buy leads and hope. We built our own marketing engine inside Kevin Turner Painting — paid, organic, and search, run as one system. Every morning, an AI-driven briefing reads every channel, cross-references spend against booked revenue, flags waste down to the ad set, and hands us the day’s three priorities. Budget flows to what works — daily, not quarterly. When you partner with Summit Day, it’s your engine too.
Paid media command
Meta and Google — search and Local Services — managed as one portfolio, with budget rebalanced toward the cheapest booked lead, not the loudest channel.
A daily AI briefing
Every morning: cross-channel performance, waste flagged to the dollar, creative-fatigue signals, and the three moves that matter most today.
Market & competitor intelligence
Demand trends, competitor activity, and ad-spend benchmarks for your market — strategy set by data, not hunches.
Closed-loop economics
Marketing tracked as a percentage of booked revenue and tied back to jobs — because cost per lead only matters if the lead becomes a customer.
Daily Marketing Briefing
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Cost per lead only matters if the lead becomes a customer.
Illustrative views of the engine’s daily outputs.
Included at every rung of the partnership ladder — from Basecamp to full exit. Ask about standalone access →
From under $350K to $5M+ in four years.
Kevin Turner Painting · Portfolio company #1 · Kansas City, MO
When we acquired Kevin Turner Painting, it was doing under $350,000 in annual revenue. Four years later, it’s a $5 million-plus-a-year business. No outside playbook, no theory — just the systems, team, and operating rhythm we built along the way. That operating system now runs live inside KTP every day, and it’s what we bring to every partnership. Come see it working.
- <$350K
- Annual revenue at acquisition
- $5M+
- Annual revenue today
- 4 years
- The time it took
Durable assets. Kansas City roots.
Multifamily & Rentals
Acquiring residential and multifamily properties and operating them as long-term rentals.
Short-Term Rentals
Select properties operated as high-quality short-term stays.
Value-Add & Flips
Disciplined renovation projects that revitalize KC neighborhoods.
A transparent path, start to finish.
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Talk
A straightforward conversation about your business and your goals. No pressure, no obligation.
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See it live
Visit us in Kansas City and watch the operating system run inside a real painting company.
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We visit you
We come to your shop, meet your team, and map what a partnership looks like on the ground.
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Transparent terms
Clear deal structures and operating agreements — reviewed by your counsel, on your timeline.
Built by an operator.
Summit Day Capital is led by David Rule, a Kansas City operator and investor. David owns and runs Kevin Turner Painting and has spent years building the systems, teams, and playbooks that make trades companies durable — alongside a growing residential real estate portfolio. Summit Day exists to put that experience to work for other owners.
Let’s start the conversation.
Whether you’re exploring a partnership, considering an exit, or just want to compare notes — reach out.
- Phone
- 816-388-0450
- Office
- 300B North Scott Avenue
Belton, MO 64012