As passion for sports persists, the sports industry has shown major growth over the past several decades. It’s not just the teams, it’s the entire industry and ecosystem that supports them. Whether it’s food and beverage, mer...
As banks have become more regulated since 2008, and more risk averse because of economic uncertainty, the private lending market has grown tremendously in recent years. Whether it’s Real Estate operators who need to come up w...
Starting in 2012, Blackrock started investing in single family homes. This was on the heels of the great financial crises when newer homes in Phoenix and other sunbelt markets were selling for $60,000-$70,000. Since then, oth...
Wealth Management professionals typically recommend clients invest 70-80% of their portfolios in traditional vehicles such as stocks, bonds and commodities. Although traditional investments are great long-term wealth-building...
There are no shortcuts to succeeding in business, there’s no way to avoid doing the hard work and putting the time in. The key is to persevere and stay in the game long enough to succeed. The longer you persist, …
There are different strategies for scaling a Real Estate portfolio. You can raise money from friends and family, you can syndicate deals from accredited investors, or you can create funds with multiple assets. Instead of thes...
Industrial properties were at 80% occupancy and selling at 5 cap rates pre-pandemic. Now they’re over 90% occupancy and selling at 8.5% cap rates. With interest rates most likely coming down, this represents a great opportuni...
David Saxe is co-founder and Managing Principal at Calvera Partners. His company started out by buying small value-add multifamily properties in the San Francisco Bay Area and has grown to acquiring larger properties in Austi...
With so many multifamily syndicators having executed value-add business plans over the past several years, there are fewer of these properties available for acquisition. Additionally, older properties have more deferred main...
Over the past several years, it’s been difficult to generate cash flow investing in commercial Real Estate equity. There’s been too much investor demand driving the prices up and the returns down. Investing in debt, however, ...
Acquiring quality multifamily assets has gotten increasingly competitive over the last several years. This is one of the reasons it’s become more profitable to build communities from the ground up. Whereas the economics are e...
The commercial real estate market has seen more activity over the past few months as a result of pent-up demand and optimism that interest rates will decline. Many institutions, Private Equity firms, and other investors have ...
Investing into smaller, consistently profitable, old economy businesses is a great way to generate cash flow and diversify risk. Business-to-business companies with reliable, steady client bases can generate consistent return...
It’s impossible to time the market, so it makes sense to buy at the right price relative to current markets. If you don’t stay active, you can miss out on great opportunities. It also makes sense to hold for long …
For steady, predictable cash flow, few assets perform as well as Flex Industrial. There’s a dearth of supply where tenants can operate their businesses, and the cost of relocating is often prohibitive. There’s also little day...
Nothing negatively impacts apartment performance metrics like vacancies. That’s why it pays to take great care of tenants, and to have precise systems and processes to replace tenants when prior ones leave. Many apartment ope...
Over 90% of U.S. businesses generate less than $5 million profit per year, yet these businesses are the backbone of our economy and employ the majority of U.S. employees. Whereas the majority of Private Equity investments are...
Running multifamily properties in tertiary markets can have major challenges, especially finding qualified staff and drawing from a smaller tenant base. Despite these challenges, you can still acquire at a low enough basis wh...
As investors tire of stock market volatility, and market awareness for private investments increases, allocations are increasing for non-traditional assets. In the past decade, and even more recently, retail investors have in...
The affordable housing issue persists in this country as homeownership becomes further out of reach for most people. One of the most viable solutions to this issue is manufactured homes, or Mobile Home Parks. They can be grea...
As the cost of acquiring existing multifamily assets has escalated over the past decade, it’s been more lucrative to construct these projects from the ground up. Although borrowing and material costs have gone up over the pas...
Many multifamily syndicators are facing major headwinds including interest rate increases, record new supply, escalating expenses, and vacancies. In order to thrive in this environment, you have to have an excellent organizat...
Most people who bought multifamily properties back in 2008-2010 wish they had bought more. Since then, multifamily values have soared. We never know when we’re at the bottom, but it’s possible we’re at a bottom now. Multifam...
Investing in large metro markets mitigates a lot of risk compared to smaller markets. In these markets, it’s easier to find tenants, banks, contractors, and other resources necessary to operate Mobile Home Parks. Ryan Narus, ...