As you pursue a career in real estate private equity, you may wonder where REPE firms get the money to invest in properties. Beginners are generally unfamiliar with the various investor categories in private equity funds. There are six key investor types in the real estate investment space. High Net Worth Individuals Wealthy individuals generally […]
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Real estate assets are divided into three major types: Residential, commercial, and industrial. NAREIT (National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts) tracks a dozen main property types in investment real estate and provides data on the returns realized in those property types (and several sub-types). Most REPE funds, however, focus on one of the five
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Serious about a career in real estate private equity? If so, there are several key accounting terms that need to become instinctive. If you even have to think about the definition of these terms, you don’t know them well enough yet. The more natural these terms become, the more prepared you are to crush an
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For a real estate private equity beginner, layering sales tax incentives into a real estate private equity model may sound intimidating. Like other incentives, however, accurate modeling comes down to understanding how the incentive is calculated and the timing of receipts. Sales tax incentives are not allowed in all states, but there are enough that
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In many real estate projects there will be incentives from the City, County, State, or Federal governments that will have a meaningful impact on a real estate equity investment. Understanding these various incentives is critical to properly modeling the projects and determining accurate project-level private equity real estate returns. Property Tax Incentives The most common
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There are lots of sources for industry information as you prepare for a real estate private equity job, or continue to build your skill set. As industry insiders, we have a number of favorites, which we share below. Keep in mind that continuous learning isn’t just a catchphrase, it should be a way of life.
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How do you convey the key drivers of property performance to Investment Committee (IC)? The first major hurdle you need to clear as a real estate private equity analyst is being able to construct a reliable and accurate LBO model. That isn’t where your job ends. You also need to be able to test the
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This is a very interesting time to begin your real estate private equity career path. In the past year (2019) we have seen interest rates begin to climb up from historic lows, then suddenly turn back down to historic lows again. One of the big questions that always lingers in the REPE industry is whether
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities (CMBS) play a significant role in providing liquidity to the commercial real estate market. In many ways, CMBS issuance is a bellwether for the overall health and liquidity in the commercial real estate market. During the Great Recession, CMBS lending essentially stopped for several years, and the first issuers back into
Breaking down insider lingo is one of our chief strategies at Leveraged Breakdowns. Real estate private equity for beginners can seem daunting with acronyms and phrases that sound familiar, but until you know them inside and out, you won’t be able to interview like an insider. And interviewing like an insider is the key to