From the desk:
I've been logging my time to the quarter hour since I picked up the second client, and the log is telling me something I don't want to hear. Client A: 90 LPs across two apartment…
Discussion
$1.1M call on a 2021 bridge deal. Rate cap expires in five months and the money is the extension quote plus a reserve top-up the lender wants sized. 42 LPs. The operating agreemen…
Discussion
I've got a list of maybe 30 sponsors in two markets and I'm trying to work out which half to actually call. First-time sponsors: they have nothing. No template, no portal, no sche…
Discussion
Running numbers on my own portfolio made me curious how sponsors justify this line item, because for a lot of them the answer seems to be that they can't yet. Setup: sponsor with…
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Nine deals, 240 LP positions, 170 unique households after I dedupe the joint accounts and the two people who invested through both an IRA and a trust. Two quotes on the table. An…
From the desk:
We closed a 14-unit value-add last month. $1.9m purchase, $640k of LP money from eight people, renovation running unit by unit as they turn. My partner handles the money side, I c…
Discussion
Onboarding for a raise I'm helping on, and the welcome email drafts split two ways. One says "our investor relations team" and signs from the fund. The other names the outside fir…