Investing
As 2024 comes to a close, is now a good time to invest in syndications?
Is now a good time to put money to work in real estate syndications as 2024 fades into 2025, after a few rough years?
Blog
All articles written by Syndirater's staff.
Deals
Wipe Out.
A syndication deal goes to zero. Yes, it happens.
Database
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Help build a reliable database of deals and syndicators that can bring greater transparency to the syndication space
Capital Call
Capital Calls 4, 5, maybe 6 ... and one positive surprise
The capital calls keep coming in 2024 and we get some unrelated good news.
Cashflow
Do Syndications Really Provide "Simple Passive Cashflow"?
Don't fall for the argument that syndications offer Simple Passive Cashflow. It is an illusion. They can be great but don't buy the hype.
Multifamily
A Few Bullish Signs for Multifamily Investing at the Start of 2024
After a tough period in multifamily syndication investing, we see a few bright green shoots as 2024 gets underway. Some very smart investors are gearing up for a buying spree, so maybe we should be, too? * David Rubenstein, billionaire founder of Carlyle Group and author of a great book on
portfolio
Portfolio Assessment at End of 2023
The year 2023 has meant tough times for pretty much everyone investing in real estate. That's been true for multifamily real estate syndication investors along with just about everyone else. Maybe there's been more pain in office, for instance, but multifamily has not been immune. As
Returns
Another deal goes full cycle (Fall 2023)
We're in the midst of this downturn for multifamily syndications. Concerns about real estate are swirling in every direction. And then: we got some good news in our inbox this week. A deal we invested in not quite three years ago is selling for a profit. Before we
Choosing
What questions should I ask a prospective syndicator?
The main purpose of this site is to help people who want to make investments in real estate syndications. In a series of posts, we've outlined what we look for in a syndicator. The five traits we look for are: trustworthy, experienced, conservative, communicative, and values-aligned. In each
Losing Money
How to lose money in real estate, part 2
Today's Wall Street Journal has a scary piece about Multifamily Real Estate: "A Real Estate Haven Turns Perilous With Roughly $1 Trillion Coming Due." If you missed it, the gist is summed up for small investors like this: A new crop of private real-estate firms, funded
Losing Money
How to lose money in real estate, part 1
If you are to believe the influencers and gurus on Tik Tok, then you know that real estate investing is completely passive, super-quick, and a path to extreme riches in the very near term. All you need is the guts to quit your job, fork over tens of thousands of
Choosing
The number five trait in a syndicator: values-aligned
A final key trait for us: is the syndicator values-aligned? This is a fairly long-term relationship, after all...