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The Pros and Cons of Angel Vs. Real Estate Investing
The Pros and Cons of Angel Vs. Real Estate Investing With Percy Nikora, Co-Founder Angel investing is where you would invest a certain amount and an early stage company. And hopefully that company does as well. You have a couple follow on investments. And ultimately that company is going to get acquired by a larger…
Read MoreHow to Use Debt to Mitigate Risk
How to Use Debt to Mitigate Risk With Percy Nikora, Co-Founder So in purchasing these large multi-family assets, we do use debt. Debt is actually a it’s a tool. It’s a powerful tool. But it has the two sides of it. So if it’s used wisely, it’s it definitely helps you multiply or your returns.…
Read MoreThe Number One Way to Reduce Risk in Commercial Real Estate
The Number One Way to Reduce Risk in Commercial Real Estate With Percy Nikora, Co-Founder So when it comes to a risk mitigation, particularly in multi-family. It’s what is the future market going to look like and the way the market value is tracked is in terms of a of a cap rate. And so…
Read MoreHow to Mitigate Risk with Commercial Real Estate
How to Mitigate Risk with Commercial Real Estate With Percy Nikora, Co-Founder So the type of investments I look for hours fairly conservative, but ones that have a potential for upside. I don’t mind having a certain amount of risk as part of my portfolio. As long as there are returns that match that risk.…
Read MoreUsing Conservative Underwriting to Get Outsized Real Estate Returns
Using Conservative Underwriting to Get Outsized Real Estate Returns With Percy Nikora, Co-Founder So initially when we started to or when I started to invest in real estate, it was, of course, a real estate. It was more on the passive side just to get entry into the industry, get familiar with it. And as…
Read MoreHow to Take Your Investments to the Next Level in Commercial Real Estate
How to Take Your Investments to the Next Level in Commercial Real Estate With Percy Nikora, Co-Founder So as I was looking at ways to diversify the portfolio. Going back to my earlier childhood, I had always seen how real estate could be leveraged and should be a part of your Apocrypha diversified portfolio. So…
Read MoreHow Proprietary Data Uncovers Apartment Investing Opportunities
How Proprietary Data Uncovers Apartment Investing Opportunities With Percy Nikora, Co-Founder We want to make sure that the investment metrics we are sharing with our clients show them the return on their investment today. What’s realized, what’s not realized, and the trend like where do we see our portfolio heading? Given given some KPI that…
Read MoreHow to Skyrocket Your Growth by Being Investor Focused
How to Skyrocket Your Growth by Being Investor Focused With Percy Nikora, Co-Founder I was sort of recruited by by Merrill Lynch for the initiative that they were starting, and they wanted to be the first brokerage to have an online presence. So I went there was part of a small four or five person…
Read MoreWhat is Forced Appreciation in Apartment Investing? – Multi Family Real Estate
What is Forced Appreciation in Apartment Investing? – Multi Family Real Estate With Percy Nikora, Co-Founder When I say ‘forced appreciation,’ what I mean by that is being able to drive up the value or, let’s say, influence, or have a more direct impact on the value of a multifamily asset or real estate class.…
Read MoreThe Power of Having Direct Control over Apartment Investing – Multifamily Commercial Real Estate
The Power of Having Direct Control over Apartment Investing – Multifamily Commercial Real Estate With Percy Nikora, Co-Founder The reason I like multifamily as an asset class, again, compared to whether you’re looking at other commercial real estate, or even stocks, bonds, et cetera … One, it’s a physical asset. There’s something to be said…
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