DiscussionPublic REITs (Capital Deployment)
The sector a REIT operates in explains less of the return than most people expect once you account for balance sheet quality.
A grocery-anchored retail REIT with a 35 percent debt-to-total-assets ratio and a...
tonyv88PU4APRO10Happening NowListing Content (Agent / Broker Marketing)
The property description got rewritten by the agent and I think it cost us a week
I manage leasing across a big portfolio so I read a lot of copy, and the pattern I...
adeola_bankoleServiceStoryBird Dogging / Lead Finding
Someone just told me a bird dog should get paid at closing, not per lead, because it aligns incentives, and I can see the logic but I'm not sure it holds.
Take a bird dog finding 10 leads a month at $200 flat each, versus one taking 10...
carlos_nunezAA4APRO12StoryFund Management
This summer was the first time I raised outside money and I still cannot sleep through the night about it
Two investors, $60k combined, and the deal is a land parcel in Adair County that I...
aliyah_bActiveDiscussionPublic REITs (Capital Deployment)
The sector a REIT operates in explains less of the return than most people expect once you account for balance sheet quality.
A grocery-anchored retail REIT with a 35 percent debt-to-total-assets ratio and a...
tonyv88PU4APRO10Happening NowListing Content (Agent / Broker Marketing)
The property description got rewritten by the agent and I think it cost us a week
I manage leasing across a big portfolio so I read a lot of copy, and the pattern I...
adeola_bankoleServiceStoryBird Dogging / Lead Finding
Someone just told me a bird dog should get paid at closing, not per lead, because it aligns incentives, and I can see the logic but I'm not sure it holds.
Take a bird dog finding 10 leads a month at $200 flat each, versus one taking 10...
carlos_nunezAA4APRO12StoryFund Management
This summer was the first time I raised outside money and I still cannot sleep through the night about it
Two investors, $60k combined, and the deal is a land parcel in Adair County that I...
aliyah_bActiveDiscussionPublic REITs (Capital Deployment)
The sector a REIT operates in explains less of the return than most people expect once you account for balance sheet quality.
A grocery-anchored retail REIT with a 35 percent debt-to-total-assets ratio and a...
tonyv88PU4APRO10Happening NowListing Content (Agent / Broker Marketing)
The property description got rewritten by the agent and I think it cost us a week
I manage leasing across a big portfolio so I read a lot of copy, and the pattern I...
adeola_bankoleServiceStoryBird Dogging / Lead Finding
Someone just told me a bird dog should get paid at closing, not per lead, because it aligns incentives, and I can see the logic but I'm not sure it holds.
Take a bird dog finding 10 leads a month at $200 flat each, versus one taking 10...
carlos_nunezAA4APRO12StoryFund Management
This summer was the first time I raised outside money and I still cannot sleep through the night about it
Two investors, $60k combined, and the deal is a land parcel in Adair County that I...
aliyah_bActiveHappening NowDual Agent
My Memphis wholesale contact is now my only agent option for the property I want to flip there and I do not know what to do with that
So I closed a wholesale contract in Memphis about four months ago through a...
katya_belovServiceLossHotels / Short-Term Lodging (Passive Hold)
A 19-key mountain inn where the T-12 looked clean until the FF&E reserve showed up on page four
Someone walked me through a deal this week where the inn had posted a 68 percent...
arturo_salcedoCU2APRO12StoryWraparound Mortgages (Wraps)
Did a wrap where the underlying had 19 years left and I was only in the deal for 5, and I never ran a real amortization on what the seller was still carrying
Closed two years ago, 4.1 percent underlying, I wrote the wrap at 6.5. The buyer...
marcelo_reisPassiveHappening NowJV Capital Provider
When the operating agreement says "net proceeds" but does not define net, the split math is open to interpretation at exit
I am sitting with a term sheet where the promote calculation reads "70/30 of net...
devon_pierceSS4APRO15Happening NowDual Agent
My Memphis wholesale contact is now my only agent option for the property I want to flip there and I do not know what to do with that
So I closed a wholesale contract in Memphis about four months ago through a...
katya_belovServiceLossHotels / Short-Term Lodging (Passive Hold)
A 19-key mountain inn where the T-12 looked clean until the FF&E reserve showed up on page four
Someone walked me through a deal this week where the inn had posted a 68 percent...
arturo_salcedoCU2APRO12StoryWraparound Mortgages (Wraps)
Did a wrap where the underlying had 19 years left and I was only in the deal for 5, and I never ran a real amortization on what the seller was still carrying
Closed two years ago, 4.1 percent underlying, I wrote the wrap at 6.5. The buyer...
marcelo_reisPassiveHappening NowJV Capital Provider
When the operating agreement says "net proceeds" but does not define net, the split math is open to interpretation at exit
I am sitting with a term sheet where the promote calculation reads "70/30 of net...
devon_pierceSS4APRO15Happening NowDual Agent
My Memphis wholesale contact is now my only agent option for the property I want to flip there and I do not know what to do with that
So I closed a wholesale contract in Memphis about four months ago through a...
katya_belovServiceLossHotels / Short-Term Lodging (Passive Hold)
A 19-key mountain inn where the T-12 looked clean until the FF&E reserve showed up on page four
Someone walked me through a deal this week where the inn had posted a 68 percent...
arturo_salcedoCU2APRO12StoryWraparound Mortgages (Wraps)
Did a wrap where the underlying had 19 years left and I was only in the deal for 5, and I never ran a real amortization on what the seller was still carrying
Closed two years ago, 4.1 percent underlying, I wrote the wrap at 6.5. The buyer...
marcelo_reisPassiveHappening NowJV Capital Provider
When the operating agreement says "net proceeds" but does not define net, the split math is open to interpretation at exit
I am sitting with a term sheet where the promote calculation reads "70/30 of net...
devon_pierceSS4APRO15Happening NowTransactional Funding
The end buyer's lender called the A-to-B deed a same-day flip and killed the loan.
This kills more funded double closes than bad paperwork does, and the transactional...
trevor_mcnairAC2BPRO13WinLead Generation Platforms (Building)
My county recorder pulls 30 days of pre-foreclosure filings every Monday and I have been emailing them to three local wholesalers for free since March
I did it to learn the data before I built anything, and one of them closed a deal...
betsy_oharaPassiveHappening NowGap Funding / Bridge Lending
Bridge loans on 50-plus unit portfolios sit in a different category than most borrowers expect before they start calling lenders.
The unit count alone does not move a bridge lender. What changes at that scale is...
sramaswamy82SP1BPRO16DiscussionOffice Buildings (Passive Hold)
Is a 6,200 sf professional office at $104/sf in Overland Park worth more to me than a 14,800 sf flex office at $47/sf in Joplin right now
The Overland Park deal is $644,800 all in, 91 percent occupied, four tenants on...
desiree_okonkwoActiveHappening NowTransactional Funding
The end buyer's lender called the A-to-B deed a same-day flip and killed the loan.
This kills more funded double closes than bad paperwork does, and the transactional...
trevor_mcnairAC2BPRO13WinLead Generation Platforms (Building)
My county recorder pulls 30 days of pre-foreclosure filings every Monday and I have been emailing them to three local wholesalers for free since March
I did it to learn the data before I built anything, and one of them closed a deal...
betsy_oharaPassiveHappening NowGap Funding / Bridge Lending
Bridge loans on 50-plus unit portfolios sit in a different category than most borrowers expect before they start calling lenders.
The unit count alone does not move a bridge lender. What changes at that scale is...
sramaswamy82SP1BPRO16DiscussionOffice Buildings (Passive Hold)
Is a 6,200 sf professional office at $104/sf in Overland Park worth more to me than a 14,800 sf flex office at $47/sf in Joplin right now
The Overland Park deal is $644,800 all in, 91 percent occupied, four tenants on...
desiree_okonkwoActiveHappening NowTransactional Funding
The end buyer's lender called the A-to-B deed a same-day flip and killed the loan.
This kills more funded double closes than bad paperwork does, and the transactional...
trevor_mcnairAC2BPRO13WinLead Generation Platforms (Building)
My county recorder pulls 30 days of pre-foreclosure filings every Monday and I have been emailing them to three local wholesalers for free since March
I did it to learn the data before I built anything, and one of them closed a deal...
betsy_oharaPassiveHappening NowGap Funding / Bridge Lending
Bridge loans on 50-plus unit portfolios sit in a different category than most borrowers expect before they start calling lenders.
The unit count alone does not move a bridge lender. What changes at that scale is...
sramaswamy82SP1BPRO16DiscussionOffice Buildings (Passive Hold)
Is a 6,200 sf professional office at $104/sf in Overland Park worth more to me than a 14,800 sf flex office at $47/sf in Joplin right now
The Overland Park deal is $644,800 all in, 91 percent occupied, four tenants on...
desiree_okonkwoActiveStoryPublic REITs (Investor)
Sold one duplex unit's worth of notes into a REIT position six months ago and I'm still not sure I made the right call
The notes were sitting at 9.1 percent, two first-position liens on residential in...
tomasz_wroServiceStoryBoarding Houses
The per-room operating cost number everyone uses is the one that excludes the manager.
A 12-room house running at 650 per room gross looks reasonable until you put a real...
angela_burkeCP4CPRO12Happening NowBRRRR Method (Passive Angle)
Same Memphis house, BRRRR or straight buy and hold, and the spread is tighter than I expected
I ran this one twice because I kept thinking I was making an error. A three-bedroom...
bethany_okaforActiveHappening NowSubject-To Financing
The seller's lender called the due-on-sale after a routine tax record audit, not a missed payment.
The loan was a 3.2% fixed 30-year with 22 years left, $187,000 unpaid balance, and...
sonia_alvarezCB4APRO17StoryPublic REITs (Investor)
Sold one duplex unit's worth of notes into a REIT position six months ago and I'm still not sure I made the right call
The notes were sitting at 9.1 percent, two first-position liens on residential in...
tomasz_wroServiceStoryBoarding Houses
The per-room operating cost number everyone uses is the one that excludes the manager.
A 12-room house running at 650 per room gross looks reasonable until you put a real...
angela_burkeCP4CPRO12Happening NowBRRRR Method (Passive Angle)
Same Memphis house, BRRRR or straight buy and hold, and the spread is tighter than I expected
I ran this one twice because I kept thinking I was making an error. A three-bedroom...
bethany_okaforActiveHappening NowSubject-To Financing
The seller's lender called the due-on-sale after a routine tax record audit, not a missed payment.
The loan was a 3.2% fixed 30-year with 22 years left, $187,000 unpaid balance, and...
sonia_alvarezCB4APRO17StoryPublic REITs (Investor)
Sold one duplex unit's worth of notes into a REIT position six months ago and I'm still not sure I made the right call
The notes were sitting at 9.1 percent, two first-position liens on residential in...
tomasz_wroServiceStoryBoarding Houses
The per-room operating cost number everyone uses is the one that excludes the manager.
A 12-room house running at 650 per room gross looks reasonable until you put a real...
angela_burkeCP4CPRO12Happening NowBRRRR Method (Passive Angle)
Same Memphis house, BRRRR or straight buy and hold, and the spread is tighter than I expected
I ran this one twice because I kept thinking I was making an error. A three-bedroom...
bethany_okaforActiveHappening NowSubject-To Financing
The seller's lender called the due-on-sale after a routine tax record audit, not a missed payment.
The loan was a 3.2% fixed 30-year with 22 years left, $187,000 unpaid balance, and...
sonia_alvarezCB4APRO17WinRural Land Flipping
The seller called it 12 usable acres and the county agreed, but the creek took three of them off the table
A 15-acre parcel in a rural Missouri county, listed by an absentee owner who had...
victor_lamCB2CPRO12DiscussionCrowdfunding (Platform Investor)
Is a 7.5 percent debt note on a stabilized suburban office worth more than an 8.5 percent preferred equity note on a workforce multifamily right now
I have 15k sitting between deals and I keep landing on these two as the actual...
samantha_ruizPassiveHappening NowShort-Term Rentals / Airbnb
Airbnb's guest fee restructuring is worth taking seriously as an underwriting input, not just a platform complaint
The change that gets the most reaction is the one where Airbnb has been...
carlos_nunezAA4APRO12WinLive-In-Then-Rent
Dropped rent 7 percent and I still do not know if I gave away too much
My numbers going into this were $1,850 market rate on the three bed, and I landed...
paulgrant17CapitalWinRural Land Flipping
The seller called it 12 usable acres and the county agreed, but the creek took three of them off the table
A 15-acre parcel in a rural Missouri county, listed by an absentee owner who had...
victor_lamCB2CPRO12DiscussionCrowdfunding (Platform Investor)
Is a 7.5 percent debt note on a stabilized suburban office worth more than an 8.5 percent preferred equity note on a workforce multifamily right now
I have 15k sitting between deals and I keep landing on these two as the actual...
samantha_ruizPassiveHappening NowShort-Term Rentals / Airbnb
Airbnb's guest fee restructuring is worth taking seriously as an underwriting input, not just a platform complaint
The change that gets the most reaction is the one where Airbnb has been...
carlos_nunezAA4APRO12WinLive-In-Then-Rent
Dropped rent 7 percent and I still do not know if I gave away too much
My numbers going into this were $1,850 market rate on the three bed, and I landed...
paulgrant17CapitalWinRural Land Flipping
The seller called it 12 usable acres and the county agreed, but the creek took three of them off the table
A 15-acre parcel in a rural Missouri county, listed by an absentee owner who had...
victor_lamCB2CPRO12DiscussionCrowdfunding (Platform Investor)
Is a 7.5 percent debt note on a stabilized suburban office worth more than an 8.5 percent preferred equity note on a workforce multifamily right now
I have 15k sitting between deals and I keep landing on these two as the actual...
samantha_ruizPassiveHappening NowShort-Term Rentals / Airbnb
Airbnb's guest fee restructuring is worth taking seriously as an underwriting input, not just a platform complaint
The change that gets the most reaction is the one where Airbnb has been...
carlos_nunezAA4APRO12WinLive-In-Then-Rent
Dropped rent 7 percent and I still do not know if I gave away too much
My numbers going into this were $1,850 market rate on the three bed, and I landed...
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