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How increasing replacement costs imply a widening investment moat

Experienced real estate investors know to keep an eye on replacement cost when considering rehab deals. The idea is to try to ensure your property will have a cost advantage vs. its neighbors. The thought process is pretty simple: When considering doing a project, you want to look at what it would cost a competitor

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Unsolicited advice for owners of non-RSO buildings

Owners of non-rent stabilized apartment buildings in Los Angeles with rents below market (eg most of them) ought to be considering their options in light of the likely repeal of Costa-Hawkins. Two obvious courses of action: Sell now, while the market continues to (mistakenly, in my view) place a premium on non-RSO buildings; or Immediately

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A good podcast

Have been spending my morning commute listening to a podcast I think you guys would love. It’s call The Private Equity Funcast. The hosts are two of the partners in a new private equity shop in Chicago called Parker Gale. They have a small (for private equity!) fund of about $200MM which they’re using to

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Where our deals come from

Spent some time this morning looking back at all the deals we’ve done to see if I could learn anything about how we have historically sourced. Here are the numbers: Total deals done (as a buyer myself or as part of our fee-for-service business): 81 Of the total, number that were brokered: 74 Total number

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The numbers are out of whack

Our business model allows us to generate yields which are consistently 200 basis points in excess of “market”. In other words, if any random ding dong can buy a 4% cap, then we can reliably create a 6% by doing what we do. But, right now, a 6% isn’t that great. Why? Well, interest rates

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