Clem Ziroli III is a Las Vegas real estate professional who runs his activity through separate companies rather than as a personal portfolio. This piece describes that structure using his own websites and the firms’ public descriptions: Battle Born Acquisitions, America First LLC, and the holding company over his interests.
The aim is to explain why someone would organize real estate activity this way, not to list which properties he has acquired.
Family Background and Education
Ziroli is a fourth-generation real estate professional. He grew up in a family that works in real estate, and he later studied political science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). The degree gave him a background in policy, regulation, and the legislative factors that influence real estate markets.
Battle Born Acquisitions
Battle Born Acquisitions is a Nevada-based investment and asset management firm focused on the acquisition, holding, and repositioning of real estate. Ziroli is its founder and principal. Battle Born is Nevada’s state nickname, and the firm describes its own approach this way: “Our strength lies not in our age but our experience and drive to succeed.”
The firm is set up as an operating company, with a process for sourcing, underwriting, and managing assets, rather than as an LLC in name only.
Ziroli also works as an asset manager at Diamond Creek Holdings (DCH), and he has worked in deal execution and transactional sales through the Robledo Group.
America First LLC
America First LLC was founded by Ziroli and is headquartered in Las Vegas. It focuses on acquiring and managing residential and commercial real estate, with an emphasis on undervalued opportunities in Southern Nevada and select markets beyond. Ziroli has talked about the firm’s commitment to “swift decision-making and long-term profitability.”
For the market data behind this work, see our Nevada real estate market analysis.
Why Nevada
Ziroli’s activity is concentrated in Nevada, so the state’s economy is relevant context. A 2025 Area Development report named Nevada among the top states for business strength in the U.S., citing its business climate, workforce readiness, and quality of life. Las Vegas and Carson City topped the state’s charts. Economic forecasters at the University of Nevada, Reno have noted that Nevada’s economy is diversifying, with manufacturing, logistics, and technical services expanding alongside the state’s traditional hospitality base.
Ziroli has positioned himself around the view that Nevada’s growth cycle is structural, not cyclical.
The Holding Structure
Ziroli’s business interests sit under a holding company. In a holding structure, separate entities own assets or run operations, and the holding company owns those entities. It is a common arrangement among established businesses. In Ziroli’s case it owns both the real estate and the operating companies around it, which is the difference between owning a restaurant and owning a restaurant group.
What Readers Can Take From This
The specific entities Ziroli uses matter less than the underlying idea: running investment activity through a business structure rather than as personal holdings. A structure can help with credibility with capital partners, legal separation, and the ability to hire and delegate. It also forces a question: what is each entity for?
This article describes one person’s structure. It is not legal or tax advice, and an attorney or accountant can say what fits a specific situation. For more on how young founders approach building companies, see The Industries Gen Z Is Leading in 2026.