A Student of the Real Estate Game (ASotREG)

Evaluating Investment Performance – A Look at the Past and Going Forward

by Joe Stampone | Dec 5, 2016 | Asset Management, Passive Investing

Anyone who bought commercial real estate over the past 7 years enjoyed the benefits of cap rate compression. Many investments, despite being mismanaged or poorly operated, provided extraordinary returns for investors. When looking at operators track records, how does...

When Investing in Real Estate Invest with the Best Sponsor and Ignore Everything Else

by Joe Stampone | Oct 7, 2016 | Entrepreneurship, Passive Investing, Value-Add

I spend a lot of time on this blog analyzing deal structures, return metrics, risk-adjusted returns, and the impact of fees. While all that stuff is meaningful, it shouldn’t be the main driver of your investment decisions. Instead, focus your efforts first on finding...

How Origin Investments Raised $4 Million in Equity in 1 Week: Part 1

by Joe Stampone | Sep 23, 2016 | Asset Management, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Passive Investing, Technology

With the passing of the JOBs Act in 2013, private real estate investing has become much more accessible to accredited investors. This has led to the emergence of crowdfunding marketplaces and the ability for companies to generally solicit, enabling investors to...

Note to Real Estate Crowdfunding Investors: The Impact of Fees & Structure on Investor Returns

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...

Want to Invest in Real Estate? Don’t Buy a Property, Invest Passively

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...

Note to Real Estate Crowdfunding Investors: The Importance of Risk-Adjusted Returns

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...