Starting a RE Firm in today's environment

If you were to start a RE investment firm today from the ground up with $5MM of committed capital - what asset class, geography, and deal size would you target?

Or would you exercise patience to see what the state of the world looks like in 12-18 months.


 

Wait for some distressed deals. With that size check, you could create value at entry from a non-institutional owner looking for a liquidity event in a recessionary environment. Usually when the fed has raised rates as quickly as they are projecting, they trigger a recession.

 
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I have one movie studio under construction and three more under contract. No time like the present when you have an aggressive equity partner and good relationships with lenders. Whenever one of the three starts, I'm full time with my partner on my own deals. In the meantime, working two jobs is exhausting. 

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