Underwriting in an Uncertain World
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February 3, 2025
A number of factors continue to make it difficult to underwrite with certainty and find value in the current market. The Fed kept rates flat
A number of factors continue to make it difficult to underwrite with certainty and find value in the current market. The Fed kept rates flat
It has been a rough couple years for multifamily investors in the wake to the Covid black swan, but 2025 is shaping up for the battered asset class to take revenge, and showcase its innate recession resistance, and once again provide investors with stable yield and long term growth.
Buy every deal that cashflows. Buy quality, late-model product, in good markets. Don’t over leverage and be aware of your prepayment penalties. Rates will come down; the new supply will get absorbed. Demand for rental housing will increase, driving rent growth. And demand for multifamily investments will increase, driving investment returns.
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Great Real Estate Investments are distinguished by a detailed and multifaceted approach. Informed decisions lead to successful and profitable investments.
We are in an environment at the moment, where many investments are under-performing. In some cases, this may be because of market timing and circumstances – interest rates and inflation spiked much faster than anyone would have predicted, and even the most experienced of operators would have seen impacts from these macro trends.
In other cases, underperformance may stem from poor operations, inexperienced operators, or worse still, fraud and misconduct.
Amongst this backdrop, we have been having many conversations with investors lately on the topic of vetting investments and vetting operators. Based on these conversations, we thought it may be useful to provide a summary of best practices to ensure that you partner with a reliable and competent operator.
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