Is The Real Estate Market Poised For Another Crash?

While the real estate market is certainly cooling off in many parts of the country, most experts agree that we are not headed for a repeat of the 2008 crash. Instead, the ongoing economic slowdown and rising interest rates are likely to result in a market correction, with home prices declining to more normal levels, time on the market increasing, and home prices appreciating less rapidly. For investors, the ongoing market conditions warrant continued […]

By | November 15th, 2022 ||

US FinCEN Continues to Renew and Expand Real Estate GTOs

On October 26, 2022, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) renewed and expanded geographic targeting orders (“GTOs”) for certain “all-cash” purchases of residential real estate (“October 2022 GTOs”).1 The October 2022 GTOs remain in effect until April 24, 2023, but are likely to be renewed based on FinCEN’s prior practices.

Since 2016, FinCEN has issued a series of increasingly expansive GTOs that require US title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind legal entities (US […]

By | November 5th, 2022 ||

A Universal Playbook: Operational Excellence In Private Equity & Real Estate Investment – Part I Of III

This time two years ago we were all at home in quarantine waiting for our home office monitor deliveries on backorder. I remember thinking about tossing all of my suits and heels since ostensibly we’d never be back to the office or at in-person corporate events again.

Flash forward and the suits, heels, and corporate events are back with a vengeance in the fall conference season. Last week, I had the pleasure of attending not […]

By | October 17th, 2022 ||