by Joe Stampone | Aug 24, 2020 | Market News, Multifamily
As I write this, I’m sitting in my home office, working at full capacity. The S&P 500 is back near all-time highs and asset prices have remained high, driven by the reduction of interest rates to near zero and the liquidity that has flooded the markets. Things...
by Joe Stampone | Aug 1, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Multifamily, Technology
In my previous post, I discussed the concept of living-as-a-service, flexible housing models driven by technology which cater to young professionals who can work and live anywhere. The accelerated trend of remote work along with the growing passion economy is fueling...
by Joe Stampone | Jul 18, 2020 | Development, Innovation, Multifamily
Multifamily real estate is shifting from an asset class to a business. What was once viewed as a ‘passive’ investment is becoming a sophisticated operation. Accelerated by the Coronavirus pandemic, the preferences of today’s renters have changed. The...
by Joe Stampone | Jul 7, 2020 | Development, Innovation, Multifamily
At Atlas, we focus primarily on acquiring value-add workforce housing. A big part of our investment thesis is that you can’t build new middle-income housing, so supply is capped while the demand for high-quality middle-income housing keeps growing. This is just a...
by Joe Stampone | May 21, 2020 | Multifamily
If I were to tell you that ~40% of your residents were unemployed, what do you think that would do to rent collections? Would you believe me if I told you multifamily collections were more or less unaffected through May? Probably not. So what’s going on? One of the...
by Joe Stampone | Apr 29, 2020 | Innovation, Multifamily, Technology
There’s a lot of chatter and speculation in the commercial real estate community about what a post-Corona world will look like. Is business travel dead? Will consumers ever shop in malls again? Are we all going to be working remotely? Are people going to move out of...
