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Atlanta is becoming “Hollywood East” as it’s become a hub of film production with over 200 film and TV projects per year. In addition to the film industry, Atlanta has a well diversified and rapidly growing economic base. Over the past several years, Atlanta has boomed in population with now over 6 million residents and housing units aren’t keeping up with population growth. Dr. Jason Balara has started building an impressive multifamily portfolio in Atlanta and is building a formidable team on ...

The most recession resistant asset class in housing is Mobile Home Parks. It’s the least expensive housing option available, and it’s supply constrained because almost no new parks are being built. As an asset class, it actually appreciated during the financial crises of 2008-2009. Bryce Robertson, Founder of investcultiv8, buys smaller parks in the $2M - $5m range with up to 50% vacancy. Because of the smaller size and the scope of the work that needs to be done to improve these properties, the...

There are many opportunities to by large apartment complexes in the middle of the country but certain coastal markets can have less risk. Large California coastal cities tend to stay consistent with high occupancy levels regardless of economic conditions. Rents can contract, but with conservative leverage, you can hold on to a property for the long run and rents come roaring back and with it massive appreciation. Steven Wasylkiw, CEO and founder of Magna Vita Investments, is building a portfolio...

There are many ways avenues to making money in Real Estate but few require as little capital and take as little time to start generating cash as land flipping. By creating a mailer that goes out to land owners within a certain zip code, you can do your first deal within a matter of weeks, and the margins are typically anywhere from 50% to as high as 300% on smaller size deals. It’s common, for example, to buy a piece of land for $5,000 and sell it for $20,000, or to buy a bigger deal for $150,00...

Operating in your own backyard creates operational scale, competitive local knowledge, and access to better deals. All of these significantly reduce risk for operators and investors. Long-term holds of well-located properties in established markets, as well, adds to mitigating risk and heightening returns. Raj Khatiwala, Principal at Eclat Investments, specializes in New Jersey shore markets near where he grew up and currently resides in the summer months. He operates across several asset classe...

When it comes to data sources in Real Estate, everyone has access to the same information, but there are ways to optimize utilization of the data to get higher returns. At Cadre, they’ve developed proprietary software that leverages much of the data available in the Real Estate industry to make better risk adjusted investments for their investors. Dan Rosenbloom, Chief Investment Officer of Cadre, is in charge of the overall strategy for Cadre’s funds which have transacted over 4 Billion in Real...

In the Real Estate ecosystem, there are many capital raisers who bring money to developers in order to get projects off the ground. It’s their job to create value for both the developers and for entities such as family offices and Private Equity firms that are looking to deploy capital for strong returns. Nicholas Horsburgh, founder of Weld Capital Partners, helps developers underwrite, strategize, and formulate their presentations in order to attract institutional capital to their projects.

If you want to earn more while working less, passive investing can be a step in the right direction toward earning financial independence. Many people still aren’t aware of the opportunities to invest directly in Real Estate and other related asset classes that provide monthly or quarterly income that have nothing to do with the stock market. Travis Watts, Director of Investor Education at Ashcroft Capital, has invested in over 50 deals himself, and helps educate investors on ways to safely depl...

Many seasoned Real Estate operators attribute their biggest past mistakes to debt. That’s why it’s so important to structure your financing appropriately in order to avoid devastating pitfalls and mitigate undue risk. Vernon Beckford, CEO of Diversified Lending Solutions, advises Real Estate operators in the complex world of debt in order to maximize existing lending opportunities and achieve the highest probability of success in the way deals are structured while minimizing risk. In addition to...

Leverage has helped a lot of multifamily operators generate great returns over the past five years, but many newer operators are now paying the price for too much leverage and higher interest rates. When underwriting deals, it’s critical do be overly conservative to account for realistic rent growth and growing expenses. Jordan Fisher, Principal of Next Wave Investors, incorporates ruthless conservatism into his underwriting in order to do well by his investors and never lose a penny of their mo...

Most real estate asset classes are efficiently priced and hard to find great deals. With land investing, however, you can buy land for literally 50 cents on the dollar with little competition. You basically just need to follow a formula that entails marketing and follow through. With very few start-up costs, you can launch a Direct Mail marketing program that gets you a deal in your first couple months. Daniel Apke, Founder of Land Investing Online, has been very successful flipping land on his ...

In the world of multifamily, few operators are scaling with 2-15 unit buildings. These are too large for most ma and pa operators and too small for larger syndicators. Ray Heimann, Managing Director of Terra Capital, is acquiring older properties in gentrifying neighborhoods in midwestern cities with strong job and population growth. These properties are more labor intensive from a construction standpoint, yet Terra Capital has mastered this process which has resulted in great returns for invest...

If you’ve been looking to make passive investments in hard assets but are finding it difficult to get the returns you’d expect, there are other great vehicles that can generate 10 % or higher with relatively conservative risk. Business loans made to well-run, established and profitable businesses that are not served by traditional banks can provide an attractive risk adjusted yield. Jamie Shulman founded Meriwether Capital with the purpose of providing short-term financing up to $5 million to bu...

There aren’t too many asset classes within Commercial Real Estate right now where you can generate 10% or more cash-on-cash returns before creating extra value and executing a new business plan. One exception to this is campgrounds. There are approximately 15,000 campgrounds in the U.S. and many of them are filled to capacity during peak seasons. Several of these facilities are owned by ma and pa owners that have not maximized their true revenue potential which makes them great opportunities for...

In supply constrained major metro markets with large employment bases, there’s always a strong rental market of young professionals who crave quality amenities. After the first Covid waves, we’ve seen rents come back in major metropolises and even exceed what they were pre-pandemic. Although there can be more brain damage dealing with challenges like regulations in these markets, prices have moderated and there are great buying opportunities for buildings with under market rents. Arie Van Gemere...

When it comes to underwriting, stick to your guns and don’t compromise or you may regret it. Even when you make conservative assumptions, expenses tend to rise and occupancy and rents typically contract when the economy goes South. Despite your best attempts at conservative underwriting, there are always surprises. Tim Bates, Partner at Worth Commercial Real Estate in Ft Worth, has returned an investor level 38% IRR to his investors since 2105 by being incredibly disciplined with his underwritin...

Today’s investing environment is fraught with many pitfalls. Over the last couple years, many multifamily sponsors in particular took on super high leverage with variable rate loans. These same sponsors are now encountering stiff challenges getting loan extensions because of lower occupancy and rental rates combined with higher borrowing costs. As a result, many of these sponsors will have to reach out to their investor bases for more capital or obtain rescue capital to keep their deals afloat. ...

Real Estate can be an amazing investment to grow wealth. It has cash flow, appreciation, and tax advantages, but most Real Estate operators only allow accredited investors and request high minimums to boot. Accredited investors are individuals with gross income exceeding $200,000 or joint income exceeding $300,000 or have a net worth that exceeds $1,000,000 excluding the person's primary residence. Levi Brackman, CEO and Founder of Invown, has created a portal where Real Estate operators post av...

Not every mortgage is held by a traditional bank. There are a number of extenuating circumstances where banks won’t make loans to solid borrowers so borrowers need to find other alternatives. In these cases, there are private money lenders who will make these loans. Retail investors who are looking for yield can invest with these lenders who make loans to the end borrower. In doing so, these retail investors get a conservative and attractive monthly return on their money. Pacific Private money, ...

Many people don’t know you can invest directly into a large cash-flowing apartment building without having to be involved with the operations of the property. Until the past few years and even more recently, several high-income earners were only aware of the stock market as a place to invest money. Thanks to Multifamily Real Estate experts like Bronson Hill of Bronson Equity, however, mainstream investors can participate in large Real Estate syndications by buying fractional shares of buildings ...

Not everyone that flips single family homes ends up flipping more than 3000 of them, and not everyone that gets into multifamily acquires over 7000 units within their first five years. Gideon Pfeffer, CEO and Managing Partner at the GSH Group, however, thinks big and has gotten unusual fast traction in the multifamily space, mostly in Michigan where he resides, since 2016. Gideon has built an in-house construction arm for value-add projects and has created a strong track record in acquiring and ...

Everyone has a plan, but rarely do things go exactly the way we expect them to go. In multifamily Real Estate, there are so many variables when it comes to financing, interest rate fluctuations, property management, capital structure and so much more. In today’s environment in particular, there’s less margin for error with contracting rents and occupancy, higher operating expenses, and more expensive debt. Vessi Kapoulian, a newer investor, has learned a ton about all facets of the acquisitions ...

After many years of a massive upward trajectory, multifamily real estate is facing headwinds, especially for older C and B class properties. In many markets, occupancy is starting to fall and rents along with it. In addition, many operators have taken on risky debt that they may not be able to service. As such, these operators may get into hot water in the upcoming months and be at jeopardy of having to sell their properties at a loss and lose their investor’s money. Jimmy Edwards, Owner and Dir...

Many operators specialize in a specific asset class, some operators specialize in a given geographic market, but invest across different asset classes. When you focus on one geographic area, it’s easier to build out a network of brokers and other contacts that consistently funnel you legitimate off-market deals where you can make real money. Rob Anderson, President at BV Capital in Dallas, invests in Texas. BV has done mostly multifamily where they’ve gotten very high returns for investors and i...