Anyone know of any startup or fast growing Dallas (DFW) REPE. Thinking about relocating to avoid taxes/weather. Thanks In advance.
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Dallas is a hotbed for REPE. I don't know of any upcoming, or startup REPE but off the top of my head we have:
Phoenix Capital
Trimont
CIII
CBRE global investors
Crow holding Capital
Thackarey
Invesco
and a ton of others.
TA Realty Nuveen Sealy & Company Clarion Westmount Realty Capital Dalfen Stonelake Capital Partners PGIM MetLife Thackeray Partners Hillwood Hunt Realty Crescent Real Estate Crow Holdings Invesco Banner Oak Capital Partners Colony Harwood International Rockpoint Group
Dallas is ripe with REPE firms. This is a good start, but definitely is not all encompassing. I work for one of the firms above. Feel free to reach out and ask any questions.
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Many of those shops are not what people think they are. Plus, the amount of nepotism is disgusting. It makes me sick when people ask where I went to high school or reply when I ask which city they grew up in "Highland Park". I know tenant rep brokers making $250k+ per year because daddy is an MD in the business and throws them execution layups - like executing a tenant rep transaction is difficult... I can't wait for the correction to humble some of these brokers who think they add value.
Hah, that's real estate, my man. Just gotta accept it and enjoy when you beat the rich kids.
Plus it's worth knowing some of them. Not everyone with a rich daddy in real estate is a little shit. It's not worth holding their being born on 3rd against them if they're solid people and genuine in their interest and aptitude in the industry.
Takes all types
I like your thinking. Just make sure to leave the high-tax politics of the place you're leaving in that place.
I live in Dallas and have been here for 5+ years. Dallas has a great entrepreneurial culture but it’s not like coastal markets where you join a large shop and move up the ranks and get carry as you move up. Most of the Private investment shops have a handful of senior people that get carry or equity and don’t give this up easily. For junior people in Dallas, I think your best option is working in IS or capital markets brokerage and then either moving into a production role and make pretty good coin or breaking off and getting into your own deals. Or work at a larger shop on the coast and then relocate to Dallas and do something more entrepreneurial. The most successful people in Dallas are self made...meaning they started their own group.
Just my perception but I could be wrong. Either way, Dallas is a great market and I think it’s a lot easier to build something from the ground up here vs on the coasts. A lot of opportunity but much lower barriers to entry