How IRR Can Be Manipulated
Friday, May 18
Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is the most popular method used to measure the performance of private investments. The problem is that IRR can be manufactured by manipulating the timing of cash flows, which makes it difficult to discern between managers who create value and managers who financially...
Do You Take a Boots to the Ground Investment Approach?
Friday, April 20
Investing in commercial real estate takes more than 1 market and some quantitative due diligence. That’s why our acquisition team is spread over eight thriving US markets. It’s critical to have associates with first-hand knowledge of each city’s commercial real estate market and its offerings. Ou...
Benefits of Investing in Private Real Estate
Thursday, March 29
Private real estate offers many benefits to individual investors, such as high returns, portfolio diversification and tax efficiency. Institutional investors have long understood the merits of this asset class, and relied on it to gain stability that balances market uncertainty. Take ...
8 Types of Risk Every Real Estate Investor Should Know About
Tuesday, March 20
Investing involves risks and rewards – and usually the higher the risk, the greater the potential for significant gains and losses of invested equity. Intuitively, we understand that it’s necessary to take more investment risk in order to achieve higher returns. But how much is appropriate? And h...
2018 Best Commercial Real Estate Markets to Invest In: Part II
Sunday, January 28
In Part I of this post I identified four U.S. markets which I believe to be ripe for commercial real estate investment: Atlanta, Austin, Denver and Durham.2018 Best Commercial Real Estate Markets to Invest In: Part IPart II is finally here and contains four additional markets: CharlotteDallasOrla...
How to Achieve High Returns
Sunday, January 28
Large private equity real estate firms often invest in trophy buildings, from the Willis Tower to the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. The commercial real estate investments that are often more lucrative than owning trophy buildings are less obvious and less visually attractive.Certain smaller pr...