December 31, 2019

Residential Assisted Living Landlording

24 minutes

Have you ever thought about assisted living homes? Whether it’s for you, your loved ones, or as a real estate investment? If you’re thinking about becoming a landlord, consider the assisted living marketplace as a great place to find potential tenants. Today, Toby Mathis of Anderson Business Advisors talks to Vern Harris from A Better Way Realty, which invests in assisted living real estate. Vern shares how he helps buy, fix, and get assisted living homes ready for operators.

Highlights/Topics:

Who puts up the money? Investors invest in A Better Way Realty funds, and their money is deployed into assisted living homes

Do you lease it to an operator? What's the typical lease term? Usually, a five-year lease

Do operators have to keep paying Vern as their landlord for five years? After three years, operators are given the option to buy the property

How is the purchase price calculated? Purchase price is agreed on ahead of time

Have any operators purchased a property? Two operators exercised the purchase option in the last 10 years

How are the operators doing? Assisted living is a tough business; operators that understand the business, work at it, can grow it

What’s the typical age range of those in assisted living? Silver Tsunami (i.e., people over 65 in residential assisted living; average age is 82 years old)

What about ages of those in adult care homes? As young as 18 and up to 60 years old on average, including sober living, medical illness, and/or autistic clients

How do you identify properties? Assisted living works best with space for either a 10- or 16-bed home and about 3,500 sq. feet, which can be hard to find in certain locations

Your model is different by running a fund. How does somebody invest or put money in, if interested? Passive investors can get into the fund and management is taken care of; operators make sure everything works, and investors are paid

Are you doing a share? Carve-out? How are you running that? Usually, it's an 8-10% annual return by monthly payout

What's been your favorite project that you've been involved in? Four-pack of houses that helped operator more than double their business

Where do you find your operators? Do they find you, or are you looking for them? Both

How does somebody become an operator? Volunteer in an assisted living home; unique type of caregiving that requires compassion and business sense

What’s the worst part? If you fail and lose money, worse than that, you displace tenants

Do you have projects that you're waiting on to be completed? Newest fund has been open a few months and has a fair amount of cash lined up

What's the average amount that tenants pay? Depends on home, location, and Medicaid vs. private payments

Resources

A Better Way Realty

Denver Association of Assisted Living Residences

Residential Assisted Living (RAL) National Association

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December 31, 2019

Residential Assisted Living Landlording

24 minutes

Highlights/Topics:

Who puts up the money? Investors invest in A Better Way Realty funds, and their money is deployed into assisted living homes