By David D. Repka, Co-Founder of Bison Financial Group For better or worse the free & flattening power of the Internet has forever changed how the “deal game (1)” is played. The Internet is a terrific way to share massive amounts of data virtually instantaneously and frictionlessly, but there is still a rhythm to be followed on [...]
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Article By: Eric Platt, Matthew Boesler and Max Nisen at Business Insider Part II Blogger Comment by David Repka - For Part I visit link continued… 7. [BLOGGER COMMENT]: Car Culture On The Decline – As a child of the 1980s having a car was the ultimate freedom. My friends and I could not wait until we got [...]
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By Josh Linkner, Forbes Contributor Blogger Comment by David Repka Having witnessed thousands of entrepreneurial pitches as a venture capitalist, I’ve seen the gamut from the good, the bad and the ugly. Of the pitches any VC sees, very few will actually receive funding; there are a lot of factors in that equation, so even for [...]
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We’ve received a mandate from one of the private equity funds we advise to find compelling investment opportunities in the hospitality and assisted living sectors in these 23 Florida Counties: • Gulf Coast Area: Levy, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco • Tampa Bay Area: Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee, Sarasota • North Central Florida: Alachua, Putnam, Marion, Sumter • East Coast: Flagler, Volusia, [...]
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By David Repka, Co-Founder Bison Financial Group Let’s face it, the last few years have been astonishingly difficult for anyone in the “dealmaking game” as fear, uncertainty and doubt have crept into the capital markets driving reliable sources of capital to the sidelines. No pocket of capital has been picked as clean as construction funding [...]
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ST. PETERSBURG, FL – Bison Financial Group headquartered here launches their ambitious “Nexus Funding Platform” aimed at bringing liquidity to the commercial real estate market and bringing jobs back to our communities. According to David Repka, Co-Founder of Bison, “Over the last three years we’ve witnessed a level of economic devastation not seen since the Great Depression. [...]
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Bison Founder David Repka will be leading an All-Star panel at the Crittenden Commercial Real Estate Finance Conference in South Beach (Miami, Florida) titled “Catching The Multi-Trillion Dollar Green Wave”. The panel will discuss: Green is the new “Red, White & Blue” Out of the box ideas for real estate investors, developers and brokers to [...]
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There is a classic scene in the 1979 movie The Jerk starring Steve Martin where he is asked, “what I win?” while working at the carnival’s “Guess Your Weight” booth… watch it here: This clip is my metaphor for how the commercial real estate finance markets have operated since the Fall of 2008. The lending [...]
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As 2010 comes to a close we wanted to thank our friends and business associates for all of your support and kindness during the year. Since 1994 Bison Financial Group has been connecting people, opportunities and capital in the world of commercial real estate investment, development and finance. We are constantly scanning the horizon for [...]
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[This is a key announcement from the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) on a topic that has been frequently written about on this website.] ICSC is pleased to report that the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4853) is on its way to the White House for signing [...]
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