Real Estate Due Diligence
Due diligence is a crucial step in any real estate acquisition. It involves a comprehensive evaluation of the property, the seller, and the local market to ensure that the investment […]
Private Funds Vs. Syndications
Private Investing has become more popular for investors as opportunities are more accessible. When choosing to allocate to alternatives like real estate, venture, or private equity, investors are left with […]
Investing in Office Real Estate
Office space can be a highly attractive real estate asset class for many reasons. Mainly, due to its strong underlying fundamentals that offer space for many different types of uses […]
Why Private Equity and Commercial Real Estate?
The public market has historically been the most common playing field for investors due to its availability, level of liquidity, and emphasis from the media (brokers, financial institutions, etc.). Private […]
Stabilized Vs. Unstabilized Assets
It’s all in the title, “Stabilized and Unstabilized Assets” which is the condition that the asset is in but also describes the investment as being stable or unstable. Unstabilized assets […]
The Distressed Asset Lifecycle
The Distressed Asset Lifestyle occurs in a specific sequence that has several phases. Within each of these phases, include different levels of distress to the lender/borrower, and also include opportunities […]
Where Distress is Found in Commercial Real Estate
When people think of distress, they typically think of run-down properties as you’d see on home flipping shows on TV. In general, distressed assets are situations where the property is […]
What is Negative Leverage?
Distress in commercial real estate starts to present itself with several notations; one being Negative Leverage. Negative Leverage occurs when the levered cash on cash return is less than unlevered […]
What is Adaptive Reuse?
Adaptive reuse refers to the process of reusing an existing building for a different purpose than what it was originally built or designed for. Adaptive reuse can be an effective […]
Understanding Equity Waterfalls
The waterfall determines how the cash flow and profits are split up. This is where the fun comes in, but most people don’t fully understand what a waterfall is. In […]