Posts Tagged ‘PE’
Where Should You Invest Your Money?
July 23rd, 2010 | 
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If you had $1 million to invest, which would you choose?
1) S&P 500
2) 10 Year treasuries, or
3) a 6 cap multi-family deal (B in a B location) Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted in Banking & Finance, Multi-Family | 
Tags: 10 Year Treasuries, Arca, cap rate, commercial real estate, deflationary, dividend yield, double dip, Enterprise Value, EQR, equity residential, expected earnings, inflation, iPods, iShares, IVV, liquidity, Multi-Family, multiple, PE, S&P 500 Index, tip | 
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What if Banks Had Operating Experience?
We’ve been hearing more and more stories about commercial real estate owners handing the keys back to the bank on properties that are under water. We’ve heard even more stories about banks extending financings so that they don’t actually have to take those keys back. The reason being that banks are not in the business of owning real estate, they are in the business of taking deposits and lending those deposits out to make interest revenue. With the economy in the doldrums, this is happening not just in the real estate world, but the corporate world as well. Many companies are giving up huge stakes in their business to their commercial lenders to alleviate indebtedness. Wouldn’t banks like to take advantage of some of the opportunities that are falling into their laps?
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Posted in Banking & Finance, Owners & Developers |
Tags: bank, commercial lending, lender, loan-to-own, operator, owner, PE, private equity, Rishy Mehrotra |
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