Anita Wong, and her husband William Liu just bought their first, large apartment building in Texas. Their journey began 24 months ago when they decided to scale up. They had owned a few single-family, short-term rental properties scattered in different places, but now they wanted to buy a larger apartment building that could employ an onsite manager & a maintenance person. They needed help. What would you do? Listen to Anita & Will explain their journey in buying a 76-unit apartment building. They faced challenges as a new apartment investor & syndicator. Example Obstacles: 1): Building creditability and reputation, 2) Finding the right deals & building relationships with the right people, 3) Having the right support infrastructure in place when you find a deal…that works. Anita & Will give you insider points on how they did it.
To contact Anita Wong: Anita@GiveRiseCapital.com
To contact with Ashley Cao: ACAO@OldCapitalLending.com

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Jack Cohen is a legend in commercial real estate. He is the DARK KNIGHT in commercial real estate. He was the former CEO of Cohen Financial for 25 years. Cohen Financial was one of the largest commercial real estate lenders in the nation. Jack chats about his 40+ year history in commercial real estate investing and lending. He brings interesting questions to the table:
“When investors look at their investment processes, as well as the investments that they made during 2019-2024, what have they learned? What worked? What would they have done differently?
ALL of us backed projects and sponsors during this period that ultimately played out very differently than we thought. Some played out better, some played out worse, than we thought. What can we learn from this?
Can we finally agree that cash flow matters? That our space – Commercial – is defined by income producing real estate. That means we actually must underwrite tenants’ capacity to pay rent as well as a sponsor’s ability to manage expenses properly.
SOFR has gone up and today the marketplace is mostly financed with short term floating rate loans. Did we not learn this lesson in the 1990’s with the failure of Long-Term Capital Management? The punchline is to match duration of assets with liabilities. Borrowing short on a long-term asset has its risks.”
WOW!!
To contact Jack Cohen: darkknightventures.net

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Mike Ochstein has been buying/owning/managing apartments for 40 years. He has purchased thousands of units and currently owns 5500 units. Ochstein gives a great perspective on how you should invest; not for the short term…but the long term. He owns in Dallas, Austin and Houston. He has never had an investor lose money. Ochstein “retired” a few years ago from buying apartments…because cap rates were too low. Today, Ochstein is back and ready to buy. Listen to what an experience investor believes and what you should know.
To contact Michael Ochstein: PriceRealtyCorp.com

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Mark Allen- Executive Managing Director of GREA- has sold over 150 apartment buildings in North Texas. YOU want to know Mark...IF YOU WANT TO BUY APARTMENTS. Mark discusses the number of transactions that have closed in North Texas. It also chats about the limited inventory that’s available today for apartment buyers…and where he sees the investing opportunity for tomorrow. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he also played football, Mark served as a Field Artillery Officer in the US Army, leading soldiers in Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan.
To get in contact with Mark Allen: mark.allen@grea.com

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Just last week the Federal Reserve lowered their short-term rates by 50 basis points. Michael discusses what investors can now expect. It’s been 420 days since the last hike. Over the last few months…many general partners have been waking up in a sweat at 3am and reliving a bad nightmare of higher debt payments on their bridge loans. Today, with the rate cuts…hopefully, they can start sleeping through the night.

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Michael and Paul chat about how these lower interest rates could impact apartment investing. The 10-year treasury in May, hit a high of 4.71%, today we are at 3.90%. Could these lower mortgage rates bring investors back into the market. Michael talks about the HEADLINES of what he is seeing today in apartment ownership and investing.

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For some apartment investors it feels like we are at the bottom or close to the bottom of the cycle. What are some signs that gives that argument some validity? Mike chats about what he is seeing today with the marketing of two properties that he is currently selling.

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Rockstars are known for having one name. Not attorneys. If you are currently an apartment investor…you know his name or have seen his YouTube videos. If you are not…you only need to know one name…Mauricio. Mauricio Rauld is a securities attorney with Premier Law Group. He advises entrepreneurs in scaling their business by raising capital through real estate syndications…legally! (bottom line…He keeps you out of jail) Mauricio discusses his new book, “Legal Strategies for Everyone.” You want to get a copy, read it and share with a family member.
To get in contact with Mauricio: https://www.premierlawgroup.net/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mauriciorauld/?hl=en

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