Ian Ippolito
The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review Late November 2018 Update
2 new platforms (CityVest and GroundFloor). Impact REIT shuts down. Core plus feeder fund update. (Usual disclaimer: I'm just an...
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Ian Ippolito
Nov 12, 20182 min read
Comprehensive Guide to Hard Money Loan Investing Part 5: Post-mortem: Money flushed down the drain (a loan that took years to resolve and lost 60%)
Post-mortem of a hard money loan that lost more than 60% and took years longer to resolve than originally projected...and during an...
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Ian Ippolito
Nov 7, 20184 min read
How to burn through $63 million without really trying? Heavily funded crowdfunding platform Realty Shares fires staff and shuts down new investments.
Platform fails to raise money, reportedly could not find a buyer, fires most of staff and shuts down new investments. Some investors...
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Ian Ippolito
Nov 1, 20183 min read
The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review November 2018 Update
Newcomer platform Cadre refuses to answer public questions, but Mr. Google still has plenty to say. The private investor club joins the...
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Ian Ippolito
Oct 25, 201814 min read
Conservative Investor's Guide to Picking Real Estate Investments: Part 4 Advanced Property Analysis
Recession stress testing, legal document analysis, etc. (Usual disclaimer: I'm just an investor expressing my personal opinion and am...
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Ian Ippolito
Oct 25, 201810 min read
The Conservative Investor's Guide to Picking Real Estate Investments: Part 2 - The Sponsor
The sponsor quality checks: analyzing experience, track record, skin in the game and running them through the "death by Google" test....
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Ian Ippolito
Oct 11, 20183 min read
The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review October 2018 Update
Newcomer Holdfolio has a shaky start in the rankings. Plus two funds slash minimums exclusively for club members, three funds give...
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Ian Ippolito
Aug 28, 20182 min read
The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review Late August 2018 Update
Newcomer ArborCrowd leaps to #5 in the rankings. Plus a new private club forum, private webinar for WFP Income fund and promising new...
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Ian Ippolito
Aug 13, 20183 min read
The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review August 2018 Update
2 new platform reviews, 4 new hard money loan funds, new deals (self storage, multifamily and residential), and the latest news about...
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Ian Ippolito
Jul 7, 20185 min read
How to protect your investment (and other) online accounts from the phone porting scam
In part 1 of this article, we talked about how hackers are stealing millions of dollars from investors and consumers using just a phone...
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Ian Ippolito
Jul 5, 20183 min read
The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review June 2018 Update
5 new comprehensive platform reviews, latest industry news, new deal library, and 5 new off-platform deals. (Usual disclaimer: I'm...
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Ian Ippolito
Jun 28, 20187 min read
How Will All the Apartment Overbuilding End?
The similarities to the years leading up to the “Apartment Recession” of 1972 are eerie. If history repeats itself, the end won’t be...
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Ian Ippolito
Jun 20, 20186 min read
Can You Really Rely on Auditors to Catch Sponsor Fraud?
Contrary to popular belief, audits are not designed to be thorough enough to catch most fraud. And even with that low bar, the so-called...
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Ian Ippolito
Jun 12, 201810 min read
Banks Rejecting Big Loans to Apartment Sponsors. Should You Jump In or Think Twice?
Rising interest rates, skyrocketing property prices, and slowing rents are causing banks to pull out. So sponsors are hitting-up...
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Ian Ippolito
Apr 29, 20188 min read
Conservative Investor's Guide to Picking Real Estate Investments: Part 1 - Portfolio Strategies
Preserving principal and reducing risk with a deliberate portfolio-matching strategy. (Usual disclaimer: I'm just an investor expressing...
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Ian Ippolito
Apr 29, 201814 min read
The Conservative Investor's Guide to Picking Real Estate Investments: Part 3 - Property Basics.
Property-level due diligence basics: "pro-forma popping," sensitivity analysis, and "stall and see" (Usual disclaimer: I'm just an...
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Ian Ippolito
Apr 15, 20183 min read
New Low-Cost Way to Access Top-Ranked Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT)
BREIT is by far the largest and one of the best diversified core+ strategy funds (which along with core has historically outperformed all...
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Ian Ippolito
Apr 7, 20183 min read
New "Code of Ethics" for the Site and Investment Club
Many financial sites and investment clubs suffer from significant conflicts of interest that compromise their neutrality, integrity and...
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Ian Ippolito
Mar 28, 20183 min read
New Study Incidentally Reveals Secrets to Real Estate Success: Long-Term Holds and Timing
However, its main conclusion (that apartments walloped other commercial real estate classes) is questionable, and marred with a...
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Ian Ippolito
Mar 8, 20186 min read
A Peek Inside My 7-Figure Real Estate Portfolio: 2018 Q1/Q2 Update
A profitable exit on a risky investment (finally!), a dump of (awful) Lending Club loans, and a new long-term hold to avoid taxes...
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