A New Source For Real Estate Equity – Real Estate Merchant Banks
Bridging the Gap… Trends In Equity Financing Real estate development has always been a capital-intensive business. Developers have always attempted to use the capital they have accumulated to fund their overhead and initial project costs. They traditionally seek third party capital from “opportunity funds”, pension fund advisors, life insurance companies and individual investors to […]
Setting Property Values in Today’s Marketplace – Is there an Alternative to Appraisals?
According to Florida Statute 475.25(t) applied to FS475.611 a real Florida real estate broker or sales associate who in the ordinary course of business, performs a comparative market analysis, gives a brokers price opinion or gives an opinion of value of real estate is exempt for the requirement of being a licensed real estate appraiser […]
Institutional Equity: How To Take Your Firm to the Next Level
In the last cycle I assisted a Fort Lauderdale real estate investment firm, as it broke into the institutional market and took its acquisition capacity to a new level. This was accomplished because the firm’s principals had raised enough funds on their own to acquire an initial portfolio –and subsequently attracted an equity investment from […]
Urban Development – The Brickell Village Area Of Miami
Today in Florida growth is being redirected into our urban cores and the type of development in our urban cores is diversifying. Areas that were once “daytime only” are going “24/7”. The Brickell Village area of Miami is a perfect example. Luxury apartments, affordable housing, condominiums at all price points, entertainment venues and hotels are […]