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When securing commercial real estate financing, few topics create more confusion—or carry greater personal risk—than the structure of recourse and guarantees. While many borrowers focus primarily on interest rates and loan amounts, the guarantee structure often determines the true risk exposure of a transaction. A misunderstood guarantee can transform what appears to be a low-risk investment into a significant…
When securing commercial real estate financing, few topics create more confusion—or carry greater personal risk—than the structure of recourse and guarantees. While many borrowers focus primarily on interest rates and loan amounts, the guarantee structure often determines the true risk exposure of a transaction. A misunderstood guarantee can transform what appears to be a low-risk investment into a significant…
In Part 1: National Housing Trends, our recap of the past decade indicated that the United States continues to experience a large housing shortage since household construction fails to…
Headwinds for Apartment Development Fident has been fortunate to work with many capable multifamily developers throughout the western United States. As we enter 2018, nine years into the current…
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Commercial property investors, and their unique cousin, the developer, often get to (or start at) a point where real estate investment halts without the infusion of additional risk capital….
I’ve come to understand that a principled commitment to some vital business concepts provides substantial leverage and a competitive edge. Optionality, and its special relative free optionality, is one…
At times, there are changes in our great nation’s strategic planning that can have massive implications for the local economy that go largely unnoticed until they play out. At…
After eighteen plus years in the real estate development and capital markets, I have seen both massive successes and failures on the part of real estate developers. As a…
With Fident’s relocation to a downtown San Diego office, I find myself driving by the high-rise affordable housing project Ten Fifty B every day. This 23-story, LEED Gold, concrete,…
Choosing a lender can be a difficult task when you have multiple options. We often see clients focusing heavily on price and proceeds, sometimes to a fault. There are…
At an estimated population of nearly five million, the San Diego-Tijuana MSA is one of the United States largest bi-national conurbations. Accounting for approximately 40% of the USA/Mexico border population,…
The Setup A few years ago I read a comment describing how real estate, unlike the stock market, is built on asymmetry. Asymmetry in local expertise, operational knowledge by…
As a capital advisor, we’ve placed joint venture equity into a variety of project types. We are not in the business of syndication, so the types of equity groups…
