Capital Call
Capital Calls 4, 5, maybe 6 ... and one positive surprise
The capital calls keep coming in 2024 and we get some unrelated good news.
Private Real Estate
Choosing
The number one trait in a syndicator: trustworthiness
There is one most essential element in a syndicator: trust. You can't do without it given the nature and size of syndication investments and the structure of the LP/GP relationship.
Fundrise iPO
Analyzing an offer to invest in Fundrise itself
Fundrise continues to enable its investors to invest in the company itself with a new offering for 2023
Cashflow
Types of Returns from Syndications
We were pleased to receive a reader question about the types of options you have as an investor in a syndication. This investor is looking at the types of returns they can expect and when. They wonder what type of investment to choose within the world of syndications. As always,
Inflation
How is Sustained Inflation Affecting Multifamily Real Estate Syndications?
We have been tracking the effects of sustained high inflation on our portfolio of multifamily real estate syndication holdings. We thought a quick update, in Fall 2022, might be of interest to some readers. We took a close look at the Q3 reports from about 10 of our holdings to
Capital Call
Keeping it real: a capital call hits the inbox
If you have been reading this blog, you'll know that we have actively invested in dozens of real estate syndications. Our investments are mostly in multifamily apartment complexes but we have exposure to a few other asset classes as well, including self-storage, hotels, office, and parking. Our portfolio
Risks
What are the reasons NOT to invest in syndications?
If real estate syndications are so great, why isn't everyone piling into them? Let's be honest: it's a pretty small niche of the investing universe. So there must be good reasons why other people are not jumping in to syndications with both feet. Here
Class A
If you want a new car, buy real estate...
How to buy a car using real estate syndications.
Syndication
What could go wrong in a syndication investment?
There are some really appealing things about investing in a syndication. As eager syndicators (or sponsors or operators or deal promoters etc.) will tell you over and over, you get to invest passively in an appealing asset class, you don't have to do much work, you get a
Book Review
Book Review: "The Hands-Off Investor"
If you were to ask, "What's the one recent book I should read about investing in real estate syndications to get the basics before I start?," the list of possibilities would definitely include Brian Burke's The Hands-Off Investor: An Insider's Guide to
Book Review
Book Review: "Backstage Guide to Real Estate"
I think it is safe to say that the most fun book we have read about real estate syndications is Matthew Picheny's "Backstage Guide to Real Estate: Produce Passive Income, Write Your Own Story, and Direct Your Dollars Toward Positive Change."
Distributions
Do Syndications Typically Pay What They Promise?
When you make any kind of investment, you are no doubt expecting a return of your capital at some point as well as a return on your capital. Otherwise you would not take the time to invest it--you would just leave it in your checking or savings account.