Comments on: Investors to Real Estate Private Equity: We don’t want any (right now)! http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/08/investors-to-real-estate-private-equity-we-dont-want-any-right-now/ Hedge funds, portable alpha, 130/30 and alpha-centric investing Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:10:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Slow Down In Real Estate Fund Raising | Real Estate CapitalPro http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/08/investors-to-real-estate-private-equity-we-dont-want-any-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-210049 Slow Down In Real Estate Fund Raising | Real Estate CapitalPro Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:15:30 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=6515#comment-210049 [...] All About Alpha talks about the drop off in fund raising for real estate. The data presented is from larger funds, which are attracting commitments from institutional investors. [...] [...] All About Alpha talks about the drop off in fund raising for real estate. The data presented is from larger funds, which are attracting commitments from institutional investors. [...]

]]> By: Nick Jevic http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/2009/10/08/investors-to-real-estate-private-equity-we-dont-want-any-right-now/comment-page-1/#comment-210016 Nick Jevic Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:59:27 +0000 http://allaboutalpha.com/blog/?p=6515#comment-210016 I wonder how the smaller funds play into this - those that fly under the radar - say under $50 million. It seems as if there is non-institutional money that is willing to step in to the market. My observation is anecdotal as from increased interest and activity for my real estate investment fund templates. I wonder if the thought is that 1) with a clean, new portfolio, investors do not have to contend with unknown problems in a portfolio; and 2) that the investment are probably local or regional in nature (my assumption based on the size), and investors take comfort in driving by "their investments". I wonder how the smaller funds play into this – those that fly under the radar – say under $50 million.

It seems as if there is non-institutional money that is willing to step in to the market. My observation is anecdotal as from increased interest and activity for my real estate investment fund templates.

I wonder if the thought is that 1) with a clean, new portfolio, investors do not have to contend with unknown problems in a portfolio; and 2) that the investment are probably local or regional in nature (my assumption based on the size), and investors take comfort in driving by “their investments”.

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