by Joe Stampone | Aug 6, 2016 | Development, Market News
Growing up, I spent every summer on the Jersey Shore. My parents have a house on Sunset Lake in Wildwood Crest, the last exit off the Parkway before hitting Cape May. I’d spend my weekends between baseball and soccer games, ‘down the shore’, fishing, boating,...
by Joe Stampone | Jul 18, 2016 | Career
As the real estate business has become more institutionalized, the competition for roles at top-tier firms has intensified. Individuals graduating from prestigious business schools, ex-investment bankers, and real estate professionals are vying for a small number of...
by Joe Stampone | Jul 9, 2016 | Passive Investing
The biggest determinants of success in a real estate deal is the quality of the operator and market timing. The quality of the operator dictates deal-sourcing and structuring ability (relationships), analysis (experience and market knowledge), and execution (more...
by Joe Stampone | Jun 16, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, Passive Investing
I was talking with a potential investor from the Bay Area the other day. He has $1M to invest and is looking to create a tax-efficient diversified passive-income portfolio. He’s deciding between investing with experienced operators as an LP and purchasing a small...
by Joe Stampone | May 26, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, Passive Investing
I was chatting with a friend of mine the other day who owns/operates retail assets in secondary markets on the west coast. He was telling me about the mis-pricing he’s seeing in core-plus real estate deals in secondary markets driven by the lack of capital targeting...
