Episodes

With construction costs having increased for value-add properties, and better deals coming online for newer properties, acquiring older properties may make less sense than a few years ago. Older properties also have a lot of ...

In the past few months, great deals have materialized across asset classes as the buyer pool has shrunk and sources of capital have dried up. As a result, more deals are generating attractive in-place cash flow. Cash-on-cash...

Prices on most Real Estate assets have come down significantly over the past year. In multifamily, class C properties in particular have gotten crushed and prices on Class A and B properties have also contracted. Too many spo...

Supply-demand imbalance is what drives value in Commercial Real Estate. In this country, we currently have a severe shortage of affordable housing in many markets. In the case of Mobile Home Parks, the ultimate in affordable ...

When institutions like pension funds or other groups like family offices invest in Real Estate, they’re looking to invest with best-in-class operators with stellar track records to partner with. They have very specific criter...

When it comes to doing larger Real Estate deals, the power of partnerships comes into play. It’s helpful to leverage several sources of capital and specific areas of expertise in order to fund deals and execute on business pl...

It’s difficult to create value when you do whatever everyone else is doing, and hard to find opportunities others haven’t discovered. One such asset class in independent hotels is small, popular tourist towns. Many of these h...

When it comes to stable tenants and predictable cash flow, it’s hard to find a better asset class then Medical Office. As the population ages and people live longer, the demand for medical care will continue to flourish. Plus...

Since mid-2022, Commercial Real Estate prices have been in a freefall. Dramatic increases in Interest rates have pushed prices down, capital has dried up, and the market has come to a standstill. The lending industry, however...

In the past few years, great deals for multifamily properties have been few and far between because the prices have simply been too high to make sense. As a result, many inexperienced operators relied on risky financial engin...

For Real Estate investors who are capitalized enough to acquire properties over the next couple years, a lot of money will be made. Many current operators are over-leveraged and using floating rate debt and are now suffering ...

The stock market can be great for long-term appreciation, but it’s unpredictable and doesn’t generate as much passive income as alternative investments like Real Estate, Oil and Gas, Commercial Lending, and others. With alter...

In the past couple years, there’s been an unprecedented amount of new multifamily developments under construction. With so many construction loans coming due over the next couple years, there will be many opportunities to pro...

A sector of Real Estate that remains robust is outparcel developments. The demand for great locations exceeds current supply. Outparcels are attractive because they have great visibility, and they don’t compete with dozens of...

For predictable and consistent cash flow, it’s hard to beat small neighborhood retail with national credit tenants. Rents are secured by some of the country’s largest corporations, and there’s very little to do to maintain th...

The best Real Estate deals often occur when someone sees what others don’t. In any market, there are always great opportunities. In today’s market, for example, there are especially great deals in suburban office. As workers ...

As equity investing in Real Estate has gotten increasingly risky, debt investing has grown rapidly in appeal. One asset class in particular that’s especially lucrative is Specialty Lending against the development of cannabis ...

When selling a home, getting the highest price is not always the number one goal for sellers. Sometimes, a seller will forgo the hassle of fixing up a home plus avoid the process of listing and showing the property. Some …

Having a tight geographic focus, especially in multifamily, combined with an experienced operator, mitigates a lot of risk. There’s also no substitute for when an operator lives in the market they operate in. Local market kno...

One asset class that’s experiencing particularly high growth is cold storage. The increasing demand for perishable goods, the expansion of the cold supply chain, and the focus on food safety and compliance are driving the nee...

In the Multifamily asset class, being vertically integrated is especially important. Managing apartments is very labor intensive with 24-7 residents, so a lot of things can go wrong. With so many people involved, and so movin...

Chasing high yields that never materialize because of unrealistic underwriting is a recipe for major disappointment. The most money in Real Estate is made buying quality assets at the beginning of cycles. Currently, we’re fac...

Although most asset classes will experience some forms of distress over the next couple years, one asset class that will be less impacted is Self-Storage. Recent prices paid for Self-Storage were less exuberant than Multifami...

The multifamily sector is facing major headwinds. Not only have interest rates escalated at an unprecedented pace, but operating costs have also soared as well. In certain states, insurance costs alone have increased 100% or ...