If you’ve been a real estate investor / developer for any length of time (combined 45 years for the Repka brothers), you certainly know how to “pass the hat” to pitch your deals at the local Country Club, Yacht Club, Rotary Club, etc. You learned the art of pitching your investment opportunities to friends, family [...]
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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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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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From Convenience Store News ORLANDO, Fla. — Wawa’s plans to move into the Sunshine State are beginning to take concrete shape as construction is set to begin on a convenience store in Orlando. The site will be the Pennsylvania-based retailer’s first in Florida. The 5,000-square-foot Wawa will rise across from Sea World at International Drive and Central Florida Parkway, [...]
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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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I have been contacted by more lenders in the past 30 days than in the past 30 months… combined. I’m especially excited about the return of the CMBS marketplace. Get ready for the return of cheap, plentiful, non-recourse capital to fund commercial real estate. The dark days are over… time to get back in the [...]
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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 the year is coming to a close many lenders and institutional investors want to clean up their balance sheets going into 2013. Bison Financial Group has a track record of closing transactions in 4, 8 & 11 days from first meeting our borrowers and learning about the transaction. Let us know if you need [...]
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We are all asking the same questions.. How can I make money in today’s commercial real estate environment? How do I capitalize on my experience and knowledge to generate income? How do I find the best deals? How do I find the capital that I need? What markets will be the first to recover? These [...]
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(Bloomberg) U.S. commercial real estate yields are near the highest level relative to Treasury bonds on record, a signal to some investors it’s time to buy property. Capitalization rates, a measure of real estate yields, averaged 7.22 percent in the second quarter, based on an index calculated by the National Council of Real Estate Investment [...]
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