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Episode 178 – Decoding the CRE Puzzle with Amna Nawaz

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In this episode, listen as Amna Nawaz, Investment Analyst in the OCIO at CrowdStreet, discusses the world of commercial real estate, uncovering mispriced opportunities, market trends, and the art of navigating a changing economic landscape.

They also discussed:

  • Mispriced opportunities in the CRE market due to inefficiencies, especially in the face of historically high interest rates.
  • Examples of mispriced opportunities, like discounted multifamily deals with assumable debt and attractive basis.
  • The CrowdStreet commercial real estate outlook report, covering major and niche asset classes and key themes.
  • Geographic considerations focus on caution, favoring primary, affordable, and coastal markets.
  • Optimism for the future of CRE, highlighting viable deals and creative strategies amid market adjustments.

 

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Episode 164 – CRE: The Big Picture Perspective with Ian Formigle

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Ian Formigle is the Chief Investment Officer at CrowdStreet. CrowdStreet advisors give clients assets access to investments that are different from their traditional real estate holdings while helping them achieve their financial goals. Ian is a real estate professional and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in real estate, private equity startups, and options trading at CrowdStreet and serves as the key decision maker for all investments on its marketplace.

In this podcast, Doug and Ian discuss how CrowdStreet is helping advisors cut through the data, offering valuable insights for potential commercial real estate (CRE) investment opportunities. 

They also discussed:

  • If the outlook for investing in real estate has changed 
  • Why there are some commercial real estate headwinds yet no large pullback on some of the prices across the sectors that many people expected
  • The sectors Formigle sees as bullish and bearish
  • The bankruptcies of some major retail chains and if they hurt the general perception of the CRE industry or offer an opportunity
  • The motivators to get people off the sidelines and investing

 

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Episode 143 – Rooting the Portfolio in Real Estate – With Ian Formigle

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Ian Formigle is the Chief Investment Officer at CrowdStreet. CrowdStreet advisors give clients access to investments that are different from their traditional real estate holdings while helping them achieve their financial goals. Ian is a real estate professional and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in real estate, private equity startups, and options trading at CrowdStreet and serves as the key decision maker for all investments on its marketplace.

In this podcast, Doug and Ian discuss how CrowdStreet is helping advisors make real estate the foundation of clients’ portfolios and how advisors can push the opportunities this asset class provides their clients.

They also discussed:

  • What advisors need to know about the current market conditions
  • The importance for advisors to consider their clients from a foundational perspective, making real estate the foundation of portfolios
  • What advisors should know about the CrowdStreet REIT, a fund launched by the company this year
  • Where this type of real estate fits into client portfolios, and how advisors can position their clients to take advantage of these opportunities 
  • How advisors can best educate their clients about this asset class, and the opportunity it provides them

 

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Episode 132 – Accessible Private Commercial Real Estate for the Masses – With Thomas McDonald

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Thomas McDonald is the Director of Investment Product Development and Portfolio Management for CrowdStreet and serves as a member of the Investment Committee. CrowdStreet is the largest online private equity real estate investing platform, giving individual investors direct access to a range of investment opportunities and online tools needed to manage those investments.

In this podcast, Doug and Thomas discuss the investment opportunities within private commercial real estate and how CrowdStreet advisor’s are changing the accessibility of this asset class.

They also discussed:

  • The investment industry and its current market
  • How financial advisors should be approaching this high inflation and high interest rate environment
  • Why investors and their advisors should be considering private commercial real estate today and in the years to come as a long term investment
  • Where the opportunities are in commercial real estate today and how the CrowdStreet team is capturing them
  • The distinctions within the asset class of private commercial real estate and the investment strategies of core and core plus 
  • How CrowdStreet advisors are changing the accessibility of private commercial real estate investments

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Episode 110 – Diversify Client Portfolios Through Commercial Real Estate – With Sheldon Chang

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Sheldon Chang is the President of CrowdStreet Advisors, a company that provides investment advisory services exclusively to privately managed accounts and private funds. They also help advisors incorporate commercial real estate (CRE) into their clients’ portfolios.

Doug and Sheldon talked about the unique opportunity CrowdStreet gives to private investors and their clients to advance their portfolios. 

They also discussed:

  • Sheldon’s diverse background in the industry and how he arrived at CrowdStreet Advisors
  • The role CrowdStreet plays in the industry to allow access to great investment opportunities 
  • The return of economic and demographic trends that are impacting advisors
  • Why CrowdStreet focuses on projects in growing cities
  • How CrowdStreet is working to make CRE more accessible to advisors

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