With all asset classes priced at historically high levels, you may need to be open to different opportunities to find the right deal. When you expand your criteria, you’ll have more deals presented to you. The more deals that...
According to The Family Office Real Estate Institute, a Family Office is a family with $250 Million to deploy in investable assets. There are 7500 in the U.S. and 16,000 in the world. 70% of families lose their money by …
It’s hard to achieve economies of scale operating multifamily apartments with fewer than 100 units, but if you buy smaller buildings close to each other, you can gain operational efficiencies that translates into more profit....
What is a Family Office? The term “Family Office” has become more common over the past decade and the number of Family Offices is growing at a fast clip. A Family Office is a private wealth management advisory firm founded …
In this environment, certain multifamily housing markets are seeing an 80% decrease in transaction volume vs. a year ago. Even though interest rates have increased way more than anyone predicted as recent as 6 months ago and ...
Although interest rates are on the rise at a faster clip than at any other time in recent history, the fed has historically lowered rates within two years following the past ten rate hike peaks. This is one of the …
Sometimes adding value to properties has more to do with intangibles such as improving resident culture and building a sense of community than merely improving the physical assets of a property. When residents derive quality ...
In this investing environment, it’s difficult to get an 8% to 10% yield on your cash and still achieve appreciation, without taking a lot of risk. With stabilized neighborhood retail, however, and office buildings in certain ...
You hear a lot about value add Real Estate in terms of creating value in acquisitions these days, especially as prices have skyrocketed over the past few years. Although there’s great gains to be made with the right value add...
There’s great money to be made in government subsidized, affordable housing. Occupancy is generally high and tenancies can last for years. It’s a recipe for steady, predictable income and high margins. On the management side,...
The world of alternative investments holds the promise of outsized gains and returns that exceed the public stock and bond markets. They also entail great risks. When investing in alternative investment funds, you need to mak...
Even though the U.S. economy is in a state of flux and there are other domestic and global uncertainties, trends continue to be in favor of growth in the South and Southeast in terms of population job growth and migration. …
Most people aren’t even familiar with the term “Alternative Investments.” That’s because until a decade ago, operators of apartment buildings and other Real Estate assets, Private Equity funds, or private companies couldn’t l...
In multifamily properties, it can be a challenge to manage buildings with fewer than 50-100 units. Third party property management companies cost a lot of money and having an in-house employee live on-site can be too expensiv...
There’s nothing passive about investing in older apartment buildings. Appliances, roofs, HVAC systems, plumbing etc. have limited lifespans so there’s perpetual upkeep and surprising expenses are far from uncommon. In new con...
If you pay close attention and evaluate what’s going around you, you can see opportunities and markets to be served that others don’t. It just requires continual awareness and objectivity and an honest appraisal of what you’r...
If you ever think of cell phone towers and rooftop antennas that transmit wireless usage, you might think the owners of these properties would have all the leverage in lease agreements with major carriers like TMobile, Verizo...
With cap rates having gone as low as they arguably can go, multifamily operators are going to have to add deep value to properties moving forward to meaningfully increase their asset value. They can no longer rely on cap rate...
There’s been so much growth in Multi Family investing over the past few years it can make you wonder if it’s too late in the cycle to get into good deals. Yes, a lot of people are overpaying for properties, …
Sometimes great entrepreneurship is just applying common sense and having your eyes open to great opportunities. Brandon Schwab, Founder and CEO of Shepherd Premier Senior Living, owned 23 single family rental houses that wer...
If you’re willing to do what other aren’t, you may stand to benefit immensely. Jorge Newbery, Founder, Chairman and CEO of AHP servicing, has made a career out of inventing himself out of thin air. Jorge’s first big deal was …
Private Equity and Alternative investments have outperformed the public markets out of the last 35 years. However, few people are aware of investing in alternative investments such as Real Estate syndications in apartment bui...
One of the great advantages of investing in Real Estate is the ability to shelter or defer paying taxes so you generate a higher return in the short-term and your money works harder for you and generates great wealth over …
If you’re not careful, you can lose a lot of money investing with the wrong people and the wrong deals. As human beings, we’re inclined to trust others and it’s difficult to discern dishonesty because we don’t expect it. Jack...