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UNDERWRITING

The Importance of Redundancy When Underwriting

April 23, 2024April 23, 2024

The Skinny: Having a mindset around redundancies and incorporating them into your valuation process is the best way to eliminate major mistakes from investment decisions.

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MINDSET

Solve the Savings Crisis with a Waterfall

January 5, 2024January 5, 2024

The Skinny: People do not save nearly enough, and it is leading to countless major issues in the U.S., however if everyone embraced the concept

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INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY MARKETS

Location, Location, Location is Overrated in Real Estate

September 18, 2023

The Skinny: The real estate world likes to preach the “location, location, location” aphorism but in reality it is overrated and often irrelevant, good real

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INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY

High Floor, High Ceiling – The Only Way to Invest

August 18, 2023August 20, 2023

The Skinny: Only buy deals that look great in a base case, reasonable in a downside case, and fantastic in an upside case. My Lightbulb

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Real Estate's Debt Markets
MARKETS

A Helpful Guide to Real Estate’s Debt Markets

August 6, 2023August 14, 2023

The Skinny: Debt financing is a cornerstone of successful real estate investing and there is nearly always a willing lender out there no matter who

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Real Estate Loan
UNDERWRITING

How to Size a Real Estate Loan

June 19, 2023August 13, 2023

The Skinny: Sizing a loan is a straightforward process driven by a series of “tests” but it is also a way for you to gauge

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Real Estate
UNDERWRITING

Debt is Good, Debt is Right, Debt Works

June 9, 2023August 14, 2023

The Skinny: Debt is what allows real estate to be the most effective way of both increasing and destroying wealth, so it is vital to

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Replacement Costs
INVESTMENT PHILOSOPHY

Understanding Replacement Costs

May 31, 2023August 13, 2023

The Skinny: Replacement cost is how much time and money it takes to build new buildings and should play a central role in your market

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Exit Cap
UNDERWRITING

Why the Exit Cap Rate is BS (but also how to estimate it)

May 16, 2023August 13, 2023

The Skinny: The exit cap is one of the most important assumptions in any real estate underwriting, it is also mostly nonsense. While it is

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