by Joe Stampone | Apr 12, 2020 | Market News, Multifamily
Over the past 3 weeks, nearly 17 million people filed for unemployment. True unemployment at this moment is about 18%, compared with just 3.5% as of the first week of March. Many of these individuals rent apartments, have little in the way of savings, and find... by Joe Stampone | Mar 22, 2020 | Market News, Multifamily
I started my career in the real estate business in 2009, the bottom of the Global Financial Crisis. It’s been a historic 10+-year run for the multifamily sector. The combination of economic growth, organic rent growth, compressing cap rates, and sustained low interest... 
by Joe Stampone | Jun 23, 2019 | Entrepreneurship, Market News, Multifamily, Passive Investing, Value-Add
Multifamily has been the darling of the recovery and remains one of the most sought-after asset classes. And why wouldn’t it be? We’re constantly bombarded with the case for multifamily; there’s a secular shift toward renting, millennials are getting married and... 
by Joe Stampone | Mar 9, 2019 | Market News, Multifamily
Multifamily, class B in particular, has been one of the best performing asset classes over the past decade. Demand has outpaced supply, leading to sustained rent growth and significant investor interest. As of March 2019, the average apartment vacancy rate was near... 
by Joe Stampone | Sep 30, 2018 | Entrepreneurship, Market News, Multifamily, Value-Add
I’m a firm believer that real estate is best held long-term with great local teams on the ground. At Atlas, our model (deal-by-deal syndication) enables us to acquire assets that we can hold for 20+ years and control the repositioning with great local teams.... 
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, doing...