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...
by Joe Stampone | Apr 24, 2016 | Asset Management, Career, Entrepreneurship
I was at the Columbia Business School real estate career fair a few months back and the program director mentioned the CBS real estate club was larger than ever. Real estate has become a popular career choice amongst top MBA students as the market has performed well...
by Joe Stampone | Apr 6, 2016 | Entrepreneurship
I recently turned 30 and have been working for Atlas for over 5 years now, which feels like a long time, but is nothing in the grand scheme of an entire career that could last 60+ years. We’re under contract on our 40th deal and at this point I have the core...
by Joe Stampone | Mar 30, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Passive Investing, Technology
The most profound change to real estate over the past several decades is the institutionalization of the business, especially as it relates to finance. Real estate has become a Wall Street business. However, the sub-institutional space (sub-$10mm deals generally...
by Joe Stampone | Feb 24, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Passive Investing, Technology
While real estate crowdfunding is still in its infancy, we’re beginning to see new entrants introducing innovative models to the space. The biggest challenge early on has been the fact that investors typically don’t have the expertise to analyze...
by Joe Stampone | Feb 10, 2016 | Entrepreneurship
This is a re-post of a guest blog I did for Joanthan Twombly’s, The Mortar blog. I wanted to share it with you directly as I think there’s a lot of good food for thought in here for aspiring real estate entrepreneurs. If you haven’t read the Mortar,...
