Brian Ker - Snowball Developments

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Brian Ker - Snowball Developments

Brian Ker - Snowball Developments

@Snowball_Dev

Snowball buys/enhances tristate CRE properties for its investors, tenants & local communities. +180M AUM. World Traveler & Dad. Ex CBRE & NYCEDC #retwit

Brooklyn, NY Katılım Mart 2021
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@Snowball_Dev sold 325 Midland in Garfield NJ last week. Exiting an asset is bittersweet, especially when it was the 1st deal that kick-started Snowball as a business. Fortunately, we are midway thru a major renovation for the user-buyer, so withdrawal will be slow. #retwit 👇
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Visited another NJ asset in Mountainside NJ that just got a fresh blacktop! Striping next and then got to get back to full occupancy. Paint + Asphalt add the best value.
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We all know this, but it bears repeating. 1) Leverage amplifies returns & losses on an equal basis. 2) Every risk mgmt tool available to offset your leverage risk is just adding to your deal basis. 3) If you use leverage, you need greater control on how to grow deal revenue
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Pat Carino (d/b/a Acquisizioni)
The sole reason I have grand opening parties is for business development. Don’t need/care to celebrate. I want an excuse to have as many brokers and LPs and land owners there as possibly so I will continue to stay top of mind and they will send me more deals. Spent $48k for the last one.
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Chad Griffiths@ChadGriffiths·
Doesn't look like we're doing an interview 😆
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Chad Griffiths@ChadGriffiths

Open invitation to @BeardyBrandon to join me for a podcast interview. We’ll livestream the conversation and you’ll have the opportunity to fully share your side of the story without interruption or misrepresentation. The invitation is open anytime. Let me know!

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Just because one segment is over performing relative to your other asset sectors, that doesn’t necessarily mean that performing sector is good. It could also mean you are a terrible investor overall.
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@DMAC_19 @rohde88 Basically the same price because there was a broker involved. Wholesaler had it direct but wanted to mark it up to a 3% fee. But i would much rather deal thru a broker to owner than via a wholesaler who is lying to the seller.
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@rohde88 @DMAC_19 Our last acquisition was actually done after someone was attempting to wholesale it to us but found no takers. When the broker showed it to us we had a good backstory to share!
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@DMAC_19 There’s definitely wholesalers in CRE. But I think they have the equity to take down the deal if they can’t find any buyers.
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Lots of big allocators raising megafunds these days. Not sure how they plan on deploying it all...but the road to mediocrity in commercial real estate investing is being too big to deploy advantageously. What i expect them to do is acquire platforms versus assets. Bon chance.
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@MarkAllenMulti Apparently, accredited investors simply cannot run their own sensitivity analysis on market, leasing assumptions, and capital market assumptions. It’s clear that these investors who lost money, including sophisticated CRE pros got caught up in the mania.
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CommonSenseNYC
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I still self-manage 2 of my Airbnbs and after 9 years I’m burned out. Any issue I have to resolve on Friday, Saturday or Sunday (like today!) drives me mad. The money I’m making on this is less and less every year - oversupply. Things break all the time and I don’t have the mental space for it anymore. Outsourcing STR management is expensive - 20-25% of Revenue. I guess I should just sell. Need more 1031 ideas - into something passive.
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A 3-step approach to curbing inflation without increasing interest rates: 1) Raise taxes (GST + Income) 2) Cut the gov’t deficit 3) Reduce tariffs on agricultural imports All very politically sensitive, taken together total suicide. But this Admin did the opposite & is toast.
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Pat Carino (d/b/a Acquisizioni)
Who would have thought that one of the only new enclosed malls built over the last decade, wouldn’t work out ?
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@ItaliaMoe @mrfboyer There are so many wrongs here i don’t know where to start. But lets just call it what it is, the US market will reward the liar / hustler. This shit gets pulverized in a small controlled market like Canada.
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@REDevManager 1) we analyze the entire tristate region and user requirements and compromises vary per market and per industry. 2) our primary focus are site characteristics, so we can work around many of these fatal flaws subject to final pricing. But deals that fail have >2 incurable flaws
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@Snowball_Dev Is there any fatal flaw you see the most in some of the older assets in CT? I’m guessing (1) is a major item in many older assets. (2) can probably be fixed w enough $ assuming the space is there. 3 can’t be fixed. (4) can be but need $. 5 - only fix if you can raise the roof
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There are a few deals we keep getting pitched. With declining pricing. And the reality is that each asset has some fatal flaws that make getting to 100% occupancy a serious challenge. So we keep passing. Maybe there is a clear price out there, or it comes with seller financing.
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