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Why Rule 506(b) Continues to Dominate Real Estate Syndications
If you spend enough time in the real estate industry, you’ll eventually hear someone say that Rule 506(c) or Reg CF is the future of capital raising. After all, it allows sponsors to publicly market their offerings through podcasts, YouTube, webinars, social media, conferences, paid advertising, and other forms of general solicitation. They’re not wrong….
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Why Most Syndicators Skip Regulation A (And Why That Might Be a Mistake)
Spend enough time around real estate sponsors, fund managers, and entrepreneurs raising capital, and you’ll start to notice a pattern. Most people default to Regulation D. It’s understandable. Regulation D has become the workhorse of private offerings. It’s familiar, relatively straightforward, and in many industries, it’s simply what everybody else is doing. Because of that,…
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How Sponsors Are Combining 506(b) Relationships with 506(c) Marketing
Why Side-by-Side Offerings Are Becoming More Common One of the most common assumptions in the capital raising world is that a sponsor eventually has to choose a fundraising lane and stay in it. If you want to raise money from existing relationships, you use Rule 506(b). If you want to generally solicit through podcasts, social…
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How Startups Are Combining Reg CF Marketing with 506(c) Capital
Why More Founders and Sponsors Are Exploring Side-by-Side Offerings Most founders begin the fundraising process with a fairly simple objective: raise enough capital to execute the business plan. Whether the goal is launching a startup, acquiring an asset or business, expanding a franchise, developing a real estate project, or purchasing an apartment complex, the…
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Buying a Hotel Is Different Than Buying Multifamily
Why Hospitality Acquisitions Often Feel More Like Buying a Business Than Buying Real Estate Hospitality transactions have started attracting more attention again over the last several years. Capital is still moving into the space, travel activity has continued recovering in many markets, and experienced operators are increasingly looking at hotels, resorts, and hospitality-driven assets as…
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What Actually Happens During a Multifamily Real Estate Closing?
Why Multifamily Transactions Are Becoming More Difficult to Get Across the Finish Line There was a time when many multifamily transactions felt relatively predictable. If the sponsor found a solid property, secured financing early, raised the equity, and made it through diligence without major surprises, there was a good chance the deal would eventually close….