If you can’t underwrite correctly, it doesn’t matter how much money you can raise. If you close deals, but can’t manage them, you will quickly find yourself working really hard for no money. Learning how to underwrite correctly and efficiently can boost your success and continue propelling you forward.
Our guest for today is Rob Beardsley, who oversees acquisitions and capital markets for Lone Star Capital. Rob has identified, negotiated, and structured over $100M of multifamily real estate transactions. He has also evaluated thousands of opportunities using his proprietary underwriting models. Rob has a popular newsletter read by hundreds of real estate professionals and has published over 50 articles about underwriting, deal structures, and capital markets.
Today we are going to discuss…
- Execution risk and why it is very difficult to underwrite but critical for assessing an investment on a risk-adjusted basis
- How to account for reserves in today’s climate
- How we as passive investors need to look at someone else’s underwriting