Episodes

Passive investing is not always east. It’s harder, more time consuming, and riskier than most people think. It takes evaluating dozens, even hundreds of General Partners and deals to learn the difference between a good and a ...

We’re in unprecedented times. The U.S. is printing more money at a velocity that is unprecedented. We are spending more on money paying the interest on our debt than on our military, and interest rates are low by historical s...

As the demand for Class B office space plummets, the prices for these assets decline with it. These properties are often in Class A neighborhood locations in cities people love to live in with limited residential supply. Rand...

Many multifamily markets have been struggling, but not all. New Hampshire, for example, has been doing extremely well for a number of years, and continues to outperform many markets. This is because New Hampshire continues to...

The past few years have been brutal for multifamily. Higher interest rates, dramatically higher insurance costs, taxes, materials and labor, coupled with declining rents, have plagued the industry. Many properties are underwa...

Jim Boad is a no-nonsense entrepreneur on a mission to transform lives through housing. As the founder of Shelton Housing First, he’s launched over 14 recovery homes in the last two years, with eight more on the way. People m...

Developing properties from the ground up is more profitable than acquiring existing properties, but entails far more expertise and risk. For starters, the approval and entitlement process is complex, and these projects genera...

Although prices on multifamily have come down from their peak more than at any other time in recent history, they still have more to go before they present a good buying opportunity. Rents have not risen, interest rates have ...

While new multifamily development grapples with high construction costs and elevated interest rates, stabilized, newer construction assets can be acquired for significantly less than replacement value. Michael Zaransky, a fou...

Consistent returns are generated when there’s scarcity. One asset class that epitomizes scarcity is Manufactured Housing. Not only are new parks not being built, but the supply is also actually shrinking. Drawing on a unique ...

Multifamily investment advisor Darin Garman returns with his "no-BS" assessment: the market is more resilient than expected, thanks to strong renter demand and savvy operators. Operating in Iowa, Darin details his strategy of...

Danny Catan, Founder of PIA Residential, returns to share his insights on the current multifamily market. While many have lost money due to variable debt and oversupplied southern markets, Danny explains why disciplined inves...

How much you pay, your debt, and staying power determines your success. From 2019-2022, too many people over payed for multifamily properties and utilized floating rate debt. Now many of these operators are under water and un...

The ability to see what others don’t can be the necessary ingredient to achieving outsized returns in commercial real estate. Real Estate is a creative business that requires original thinking and an ability to identify compe...

Although prices on multifamily have come down from their peak more than at any other time in recent history, they still have more to go before they present a good buying opportunity. Rents have not risen, interest rates have ...

When there’s a growing industry with a high demand for capital and few sources available, it creates an opportunity for solid risk adjusted returns. A current example is cannabis, one of the country’s fastest growing industri...

Evan Polasky, Director of Capital Raising for Blackgate, reveals how his firm is achieving attractive 7-8% cap rates in suburban retail strip centers. Unlike the crowded multifamily market, Blackgate focuses on smaller commun...

While there’s still a lot of money chasing most quality real estate assets, great opportunities exist for those willing to take more risk with heavier value-add assets. One of the best examples is office buildings in reboundi...

Donald Trump campaigned on reducing our national trade deficit. Despite this aim and increased tariffs over his first year in office, however, deficits have still persisted at their previous levels. The U.S government is inve...

Distress has emerged in the multifamily space. Lenders are taking projects back from sponsors and selling them for the debt or even taking losses in many cases. As a result, some great deals are being made by sponsors to capi...

Although many of the southern U.S. markets are oversupplied with new multifamily apartments and facing challenges, midwestern markets are seeing higher occupancy levels and growing rents. These markets have also experienced o...

The value of national currencies has always plummeted to zero in the course of history, usually because of money printing and inflation. There has also never been an international fiat currency. This is what the role of crypt...

Appreciation is great, but predictable cash flow is what enables a steady retirement. Real Estate funds are a great way to achieve steady cash flow because they’re less risky than syndications because of a diversified base of...

Alternative investments produce more cash flow with less volatility than public markets. This is why money invested in alternative assets have more than doubled over the last decade, from $7.2 trillion to $18 trillion, and ex...