Prop Shop but in Real Estate?

Does anyone know of any real estate shops that are similar to prop trading shops in that they are only using their own money? No profit is leaving the fund other than to those working there?

Could see some benefits in this as you could make some pretty wild plays with nobody to report to outside of the company

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Eldridge / Cain, MSD, McCourt, Sightway Capital, one could make an arguement for CK Asset and other HK developers.

 

seconding SHB above. believe it or not there are groups under Sam Zell's umbrella that i think deploy only his own cash and he allows his people to promote off of HIS own equity.

 

A lot of commercial real estate is owned "direct" (may or may not have debt) by the name on the door. Large and small firms can work this way. May still be multiple partners or families, but its very common, especially with older and class B/C properties. In reality, there is probably much more real estate owned in this format than via intermediary institutions, but far less trading activity (selling can have massive tax implications) so just less visibility.  

 

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