by Joe Stampone | Jul 14, 2026 | Entrepreneurship, Market News, Multifamily, Start a Company, Value-Add
This is my first post since February – I haven’t gone that long without posting since I started this blog in January 2009. This is telling and highlights my general lack of excitement for the real estate business over the past few years. Correction, the last 3+ years...
by Joe Stampone | Aug 31, 2025 | Market News, Multifamily, Value-Add
For the past two years, I’ve heard the same pitch repeated across the multifamily investing world as it relates to the opportunity today: values are down 20–30% from peak, 2021–22 buyers will become forced sellers, the wave of maturities can’t be refinanced, supply is...
by Joe Stampone | Jun 8, 2025 | Entrepreneurship, Multifamily, Value-Add
Over the past few months, I’ve been on the ground in Orlando, Fort Myers, and Atlanta, walking properties, grilling onsite teams with questions, and touring every comp. It’s how I solidify our investment thesis and shape a tailored business plan. This is what I love...
by Joe Stampone | Feb 23, 2025 | Multifamily, Value-Add
Picture this – you arrive on a site tour and you’re met with overgrown landscaping, trash littered across the property, and a leasing office that’s completely deserted. The gutters sag with years of neglect and a quick search reveals a reputation marred by...
by Joe Stampone | Nov 8, 2024 | Multifamily, Value-Add
The deal had everything we look for: a clear value-add story, forced seller, and it was in a high-growth pocket within a city we’re bullish on. We structured a creative back-door equity participation with the seller, and we had pre-existing relationships with the...
by Joe Stampone | Aug 4, 2024 | Multifamily, Start a Company, Value-Add
In early 2023 I wrote about the evolution of Atlas, highlighting our transition from JV structures to owning deals without partners, from buying 70’s/80’s vintage assets to focusing on 2000 and newer, and from syndicating deals to raising capital from a mix of HNW,...
