3 Tips for Raising Capital for your Real Estate Deals
Thursday, November 07
Every business needs capital for growth. Whether it’s the seed money necessary to get a new business up and running, or the funds required by an existing business for a capital equipment acquisition, capital is key. This concept is equally important in the real estate business, as each transact...
$110,000,000 in Invested Capital in 3.5 years
Wednesday, September 25
At key milestones I like to share my progress with aspiring real estate entrepreneurs. Motivating others on what’s possible is important as I know I have been motivated by others sharing their story. There are many different paths in commercial real estate investing and getting into syndicatio...
Forget Bonds, Buy Real Estate
Sunday, August 25
With interest rates cratering due to an ongoing and escalating global trade war and expectations for slowing global growth, investors around the world are placing more capital in safe havens like the U.S., driving bond yields lower. The Federal Reserve recently dropped interest rates as well; whi...
MF Syndication Deal Structuring: Cash Flow or Growth
Thursday, July 11
Choosing your Equity Position: You prefer Cash Flow or Growth? I’m working with a syndicate group that acquires value add apartments mostly in the Texas market. The markets they focus on like Austin are experiencing very strong growth and hence its often difficult to find good value. A priva...
Apartment Investing – Resetting Investor Expectations but Delivering
Thursday, May 09
I had a conversation recently with a multifamily operator partner with whom I have worked on plenty of syndication deals together and who owns 20+ large MF apartments. The challenge is continuing to find deals that have the same return characteristics as our past deals without changing one's cri...
Due Diligence and Learning to Say "No"
Sunday, April 07
Evaluating investments is what we do. One thing we have done well in selecting our investments is a top down approach. We want to have long term partners that we know, trust and understand their investment criteria. We review the markets they invest in and gain familiarity with how they look a...