Multi-Family Waterfalls

I found my own deal and I am trying to work out a fair waterfall structure for investors. So I have a few questions:

1. I am open to any suggestions on what a fair structure may be for a value-add MF product with a 7 year hold

2. More importantly: Are waterfalls based on IRR. Our investors are cash on cash focused- has anyone seen a cash on cash waterfall hurdle and if so how does that work?

7 Comments
 

If it’s value-add, I doubt you personally want cxc to be a hurdle. Make it irr, it’s simple, and the best way to explain it to investors that are non real estate people. If they are that cxc focussed you should buy core-plus. Va assumes some low cash distribution years.

 

If you think you have a deal that cash flows pretty well, you may want to break out the waterfall into distributions from operating cash flow and distributions from capital events. For example:

Operating Cash Flow Distributions

1) Current 8% pref

2) Accumulated 8% pref

3) 20% promote above the pref

Capital Event Distributions

1) Current 8% pref

2) Accumulated 8% pref

3) Return of capital

4) 20% promote thereafter 

 

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