Deal Structures

This reference guide provides an overview of common real estate investment structures. Understanding these distinct vehicles is a fundamental component of real estate investing and portfolio management.

Discover what a preferred return is (and more importantly what it’s not) and why it’s crucial for passive investing success. Questions to ask sponsors included!

Discover what a preferred return is (and more importantly what it’s not) and why it’s crucial for passive investing success. Questions to ask sponsors included!

If you are tired of acting as the shock absorber in the common equity first-loss position, Paul Moore argues it is time to rethink where you sit in the capital stack, introducing the engineered downside protection of JV Hybrid Equity.

At the height of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, Buffett invested $5 billion in Goldman Sachs as preferred equity. Here's why....

A new executive order could lead to private markets getting access to 401(k) capital. Learn how a new wave of capital and liquidity demands could affect private real estate.

Feeder funds get a bad reputation. The middleman can create drag, opacity, and misaligned incentives. But when done correctly, they’re useful for access and diligence. The problem is, almost nobody uses them correctly in retail real estate investing.