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The Future of Interest Rates.. Will They Go Back Down?

By Ridgegate Financial | April 5, 2023 | Comments Off on The Future of Interest Rates.. Will They Go Back Down?

Wally Smith: I saw, I think you might have posted it, interview with Howard Lutnick on in Davos with Maria Bartiromo. It was brief, but he wasn’t forecasting that, okay,…

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Don’t Fall For This Typical DST Sales Trick

By Ridgegate Financial | April 4, 2023 | Comments Off on Don’t Fall For This Typical DST Sales Trick

Wally Smith: We had a call, gosh, last week, and we were talking about typical interest rates, and again, we never talked product on the show, but the interest rates…

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Master Leases in the Single Family Rental Space

By Ridgegate Financial | April 3, 2023 | Comments Off on Master Leases in the Single Family Rental Space

Wally Smith: We talked about master leases. Have you seen anybody successfully yet doing master leases with single family rental communities? Jeff Hertz: There are a few sponsors that have…

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How Different Investments Perform in an Inflationary Environment

By Ridgegate Financial | April 2, 2023 | Comments Off on How Different Investments Perform in an Inflationary Environment

Wally Smith: When we look at interest rates, we can’t stop today without talking about interest rates and how things have changed. I know you were author back in November…

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How a Master Lease Could Benefit You In an Inflationary Environment

By Ridgegate Financial | April 1, 2023 | Comments Off on How a Master Lease Could Benefit You In an Inflationary Environment

Wally Smith: Well, talk a little bit about master leases because you said there’s seven deadly sins. One of them is you can’t change the lease, right? So you’re a…

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How Does a Qualified Opportunity Zone Work? Could I Benefit From It?

By Ridgegate Financial | March 31, 2023 | Comments Off on How Does a Qualified Opportunity Zone Work? Could I Benefit From It?

Wally Smith: What, five, six years ago now, they came out with something called a QOZ. What is a QOZ? Jeff Hertz: Qualified opportunity zones was an idea that an…

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I’m a Young Real Estate Investor and I Don’t Want to Manage My Own Rental Properties, Is a DST for Me?

By Ridgegate Financial | March 30, 2023 | Comments Off on I’m a Young Real Estate Investor and I Don’t Want to Manage My Own Rental Properties, Is a DST for Me?

Jeff Hertz: And I guess just to broaden that a second, we talk oftentimes about DSTs, especially like a 721 strategy as being very attractive for somebody in the later…

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Does a 721 UpREIT Help Me With Liquidity

By Ridgegate Financial | March 29, 2023 | Comments Off on 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…

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Institutional Grade DSTs vs. Privately Owned DST Investments: Pros and Cons

By Ridgegate Financial | March 28, 2023 | Comments Off on Institutional 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…

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What to Expect in Returns When a DST Goes Full Cycle

By Ridgegate Financial | March 27, 2023 | Comments Off on What 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…

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