Posts by Ridgegate Financial
Does a 721 UpREIT Help Me With Liquidity
Wally Smith: Well, to that point, let’s talk about the advent of the 721, the UPREIT, how that works. That’s really recognized now as being the answer for the liquidity…
Read MoreInstitutional Grade DSTs vs. Privately Owned DST Investments: Pros and Cons
Wally Smith: Okay. More institutional players seem to be getting into the space. I think we both saw a news clip this morning about one of the big companies opening…
Read MoreWhat to Expect in Returns When a DST Goes Full Cycle
Wally Smith: When one of these things ends, we call it going full cycle, what should somebody expect? They have a DST, one of the pieces that we have is…
Read MoreWhat is the Financial Time Commitment on a DST?
Wally Smith: And most of them are built on a 10 year chassis though, right? Jeff Hertz: Yeah. Exactly. Wally Smith: Is that statutory that it’d be a 10 year…
Read MoreFinding the Right DST Sponsor
Jeff Hertz: The managers of the DST obviously are something you want to spend a significant amount of time researching and feeling comfortable with. Wally Smith: Well, what you said…
Read More1 Advantage of a DST For a Real Estate Investor
Jeff Hertz: So trust law goes back hundreds of years, even pre the United States. So using a trust has a number of advantages for investors investing in a DST.…
Read MoreWhat Does a Delaware Statutory Trust Have to Do With Delaware?
Wally Smith: Absolutely. Let’s talk about DSTs then. That’s a focus of a lot of what we do, although we work with each of these tools out here, but the…
Read MoreThe Kinds of Tenant in Common Structures and Their Advantages
Wally Smith: We should talk about tenant in common, TICs. TICs have been around forever. There’s some big pros and cons about TICs. What’s good, what’s bad? Why don’t we…
Read MoreWhat is a 1033 Exchange, Rules, and How it Compares to a 1031 Exchange
Wally Smith: 1033s, you run across many of those? Jeff Hertz: It depends on a couple things. Unfortunately with some of the wildfires out west in recent years, we’ve seen…
Read MoreWhy Do a 1031 Exchange?
Wally Smith: 1031s, they’ve been around a long time and it’s a like kind property held for investment purposes. Jeff Hertz: Correct. Wally Smith: And also as far as the…
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