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Few asset classes have both increased consumer demand and not only limited, but reduced supply. That’s what makes Mobile Home Parks such a great investment. Mobile Home Parks are also the ultimate in affordable housing and a great hedge against economic downturns. 

The category also remains highly fractured so the opportunities for acquisition continue to abound. Today’s guest, Jefferson Lilly, Founder of Park Avenue Partners, has been buying Mobile Home Parks since 2007 and has generated great returns for his investors.

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Out of favor asset classes can yield great investor returns, especially when they’re growing in occupancy and are in limited supply. Flex industrial used to be underneath the radar until a decade ago. 

Avistone LLC has specialized in this asset class since 2012 but is now pivoting to hospitality. Today’s guest, Richard Kent, President of Avistone, talks about why flex industrial made so much sense ten years ago and why hospitality makes so much sense right now.

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Even in this super hot market, you can still generate strong cash flow. Whether it’s from utility bill backs to tenants that make a huge impact on cash flow or buying from long-time ma and pa owners with units that are way under market rent, the opportunities are there to get 10% cash-on-cash returns. 

Today’s guest, Steven Pesavento, President of VonFinch Capital, is finding these opportunities and making them available to his investors.

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It’s never too late to get started in Real Estate Syndication. It just takes the right mentoring and the right team. It’s amazing what just a proven process can yield. 

Today’s guest, Brain Noel, CEO of Ascot Equity Partners, has gotten started over the past couple years and is already a GP on a couple of excellent B and C class value-add deals in Houston that have already appraised well above the purchase price.

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From converting distressed hotels into Assisted Living facilities to Value-Add apartments, there are many ways to generate great investor returns. It just requires rigor and creativity to see what others don’t. Today’s guest, Prashant Kumar, CEO of Myrealtygains, quickly learned that the single family game was an uphill battle and that bigger projects was the only way to go. He’s since done several multifamily and Assisted Living deals and targets 20% IRRs for his investors.

When it comes to multifamily, it seems like no good deals are to be had. Even in smaller markets, cap rates have compressed so much and the competition keeps getting fiercer. But today’s guest, Joshua Ferarra of Ferrara Capital, has been buying 7 and 8 cap deals in Mobile, Alabama where he currently lives. These have been C and B class deals with recent renovations completed by previous owners and therefore did not require heavy-lift rehabs or unusually high cap-ex.

Ecommerce is changing the playing field in unprecedented ways. As companies need to get their goods into customer hands within hours, the demand for warehouses will continue to expand dramatically all over the country for the foreseeable future. Today’s guest, Peter Lewis, Chairman and Founder of Wharton Equity Partners, sold $500,000,000 in multifamily assets back in 2017 and redeployed the capital into industrial property to catch the huge wave in industrial expansion.

When it comes to choosing what to invest in, 80% of the decision comes down to the team. There’s no substitute for experience and roles within the team should be clearly defined, otherwise teams can implode and investor capital is at great risk. Today’s guest, Spencer Hilligoss, Founder of Madison Investing, fully vets sponsors and deals for his investors and invests as an LP himself prior to bringing a sponsor into his portfolio.

When it comes to multifamily, it seems like no good deals are to be had. Even in smaller markets, cap rates have compressed so much and the competition keeps getting fiercer. But today’s guest, Joshua Ferarra of Ferrara Capital, has been buying 7 and 8 cap deals in Mobile, Alabama where he currently lives. These have been C and B class deals with recent renovations completed by previous owners and therefore did not require heavy-lift rehabs or unusually high cap-ex.

Is the Texas market going to stall, or is it just beginning a longer-term growth trajectory? According to today’s guest, the chronic housing shortage will not abate as people and jobs keep pouring into the Lone Star State. Jack Langenberg, a seasoned CFO and COO of several large companies, and previous head of mergers and acquisitions of a Fortune 500 company, is syndicating multifamily deals out of the Dallas-Ft Worth market and has a recipe for success.