All Forum Posts by: Daniel Coleman

This a two-part question: 1. Do lenders that only lend based on the real estate deal exist 2. If so what do most of them look for in a deal?

What make makes investors feel comfortable with investing in ground up syndicated projects?

@Chris Seveney When equity fund, I'm talking a real estate equity where let's say I start a private corporation, I sell shares of that corporation, and then the corporation may start a Fund where I create the fund to be an LLC or LP itself, so the corporation is the GP and the other investors are LPs and we use that fund purchase, real estate, have you seen that happen? only company I can think of that do that is Blackstone

1. Can a corporation be an Equity fund or is equity funds the action not the actual business itself?

2. Can a corporation own an private equity fund or firm(please correct me if I’m not saying it right or wording it right)?

I want to know from a real estate developer's standpoint, what are the top questions investors ask you to invest in your new development?

So here are my thoughts and a question: I've always wanted to be a developer (I created my first business plan when I was 16), and I've always wanted to own a real estate brand like Hilton or Marriott or even Trump. I'm putting together a team to construct our first flagship property under the "Coleman Brand," and the good news is that I'm in the Dallas, Texas region, where the market is booming as a result of all those Californians relocating here with their businesses. The need for housing is enormous, so I know that with the appropriate strategy, we'll earn a lot of money. However, I'm thinking of bringing in another developer, and I'm happy to split profits and losses, we would undertake this deal as a joint venture since this project is very essential to me and the developer's experience is invaluable. Now, I understand that nothing is perfect in the real estate business, but I am confident in this project, especially given the current status of the economy, so, where are these developers? Where would you look? As a developer, I am at my office doing research and preparing for the brand's future (I have three renderings and locations of the next properties under the brand in mind). How do you locate them? alternatively, how would you go about doing this deal?

@Jeff He traditional to me means you go out find an investor, they put their money into the project, we make the property an LLC and we go about building the property, they get a return on their investment.

@Jeff He so you would do the traditional route of raising money by meeting an investor and going from there?

Can you raise capital through any of either method? Has anyone ever used either rule for raising capital for real estate development deals? Is it beneficial? and if so you still own a piece of the property?

@Joe Splitrock perfect,