By David Repka Investors of every risk profile have returned to the commercial real estate marketplace looking for compelling, risk adjusted investment opportunities. 2014 will go down in history as the year “normalcy” returned to the marketplace. The increase in competition Read More
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Have Capital – Have Immediate Need for “Shovel Ready” Projects
Do you have a project that you’ve spent the last 3+ years to get entitled / approved / permitted (or 7+ years for our friends in New Jersey)? Have everything in place but the capital? We are seeking immediate opportunities Read More
Debt and Equity for Build to Suit Projects
Bison Financial Group, through a joint venture Construction Build-to-Suit platform, can provide merchant developers the ability to create new opportunities for their team without the developer committing capital. Specifically, 100% of the capital will be made available; this benefits a Read More
Bison Looks Back on 2013 as Another Year Fades Into the Sunset
Bison Financial Group looks back on 2013 as Q4 is already here…. all things considered we are very encouraged by the year to date as investors across the entire risk spectrum have woken up from a 5-year nap and are hungry Read More
Did Bison Just Set a Record for Loan Proceeds Per Square Foot on a Florida Retail Property?
Bison Financial Group, based in St. Petersburg, FL, has arranged a loan at what is quite possibly the highest loan proceeds per square foot on an unanchored retail shopping center achieved in Florida since the financial meltdown of 2008 . Read More
SEC Changes the Rules and Blows Up 80 Year Old Ban Against Advertising
By David Repka Today the game is different. We wake up to the sunrise on a new day in which the old rules no longer apply. The 80 year old ban against advertising to attract investors is now a matter Read More
When “Pass the Hat” No Longer Works for Raising Equity
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, Read More
How Does My Funding Request Get to the Top of an Investor’s Stack of Potential Deals?
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 Read More
Twenty BIG Trends That Will Dominate America’s Future – Part II
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 Read More
Family Office of Billionaire Needs Immediate Investment Opportunities
A buddy of mine was a “private banker” for a long time… one of his clients was the Family Office of a self-made Billionaire. Recently, he was head-hunted to be their in-house acquisitions guy looking for commercial real estate investment opportunities Read More