This is exactly who most syndicators target.Then you get into family offices and institutional money, who can write $5mm+ checks.  

Have things recently changed to wherefinancial institutions have lost their minds?

the land bank they are talking about is city owned property they took back for non payment of tax's or liens etc.. its NOT Bank/lending institution you buy the land from the city land bank they may have special programs for locals that are looking for owner occ situations.. either way if you pay cash which is how most of that is sold if not all of it.. then your credit does not matter.

There is now also passive pockets.Every presentation is going to make it sound like a can’t miss opportunity - that’s the whole point - a sponsor is not going to say their investment stinks.You can also ask the sponsor if they have ever had a track record verification report done or had a third party report done as well. 99.9% of sponsors don’t get one (for obvious reasons) and those that go after institutional absolutely must get one.

Probably the most important policy change made by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions was the removal of the stress test for those who are renewing their mortgages.

Hard Money= Institutional investors or a pool of investors financing distressed and/or turnkey properties.

With the lower LTVs offered by senior lenders these days, it may be tempting to look at preferred equity and it may make sense since technically it is cheaper than LP equity, but also keep in mind they have a higher liquidation preference (obviously) but will often want all the cashflow (or a majority of it) to come to them before the LP investors and will also want large reserves, so make sure you model out the cashflows and understand the end-to-end deal with the preferred equity investors.We have some institutional investors with whom we did a combination of a pref and JV deal and it worked quite well for everyone including them and the LP investors.

Non-recourse loans are typically more common with large-scale commercial projects or through institutional lenders, but most lenders prefer recourse loans where personal guarantees are required.The reason most loans are recourse is that it provides the lender with additional security.

I'd suggest finding the top sub-institutional brokers, building relationships with them, and letting them know what you're looking for.

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