We say this every conference, but we are so beyond grateful to all of you for making this Spring RIA Due Diligence Conference in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona such a success! With over 350 total attendees, the FactRight staff cannot be more appreciative of your continued support and participation.
Filed Under: Due Diligence, About FactRight
Alternative investments programs involve many conflicts of interest, and offering documents often have an entire risk disclosure section dedicated to this issue. But not all conflicts are the same and vary by product and sponsor. Assessing conflicts really come down to two central questions:
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Best Business Practices, Best Practices
Over the past several years, FactRighthas seen a trend in increased demand for residential real estate investment programs (e.g., multifamily, build-to-rent, single family residences).While our offering-level reports provide a market overview at the MSA-level, I wanted to goa few levels higher to[...]
By now, you may be generally familiar with the recent collapse of FTX, and some of the reasons for its failures are obvious. But by examining FTX side-by-side with perhaps the most infamous investment fraud ever perpetrated, we can discover some keys as to why lapses in due diligence may never be a[...]
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Best Business Practices, Best Practices
It should come as no surprise that the old investment adage about getting what you pay for holds true for preferred stock, too. Despite often being pitched as a bond alternative, especially lately, there are multiple factors beyond dividend yield to consider. Among the features, an investor needs[...]
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Best Business Practices, About FactRight, Best Practices
Affiliated transactions can be thorny. They raise conflicts of interest and create additional governance challenges and risks. The relative fiduciary duties (or lack thereof) that the manager owes to each side of the transaction complicates the picture. Investors are understandably apprehensive[...]
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Alternative Investments, Best Practices, Private Placements
One of the most prominent products in the alternative investment space in recent years have been DSTs/1031 Exchanges, which has grown to become an annual $8 billion to $10 billion industry. However, with recent trends in rising interest rates and cap rate compression for many asset classes, due[...]
Filed Under: 1031 Exchange, Due Diligence, REITs, Real Estate, Alternative Investments, Video, DSTs, About FactRight
We came, we saw, we diligenced.
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Alternative Investments, About FactRight
Background
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Alternative Investments, Best Practices
I’m going to get this out of the way right now. I don’t know where cap rates will end this year, and certainly can’t predict where they will be in five years or in ten. What I do know is that cap rate compression has provided a notable tailwind to real estate performance for the past several years.[...]
Filed Under: Due Diligence, Real Estate, Alternative Investments, Best Practices