There is this fantastic lie out there that says the real estate market is perfectly efficient and most existing assets trade for their intrinsic value.

The truth is that the buyers who are hustling and reaching out directly to sellers are buying extraordinary deals every day.
For example, we bought a building back in November for $3.2M, we are in the process of re-leasing it to a new tenant at a price that will make it worth $5M+/-.
We are closing next week on a building for $5.8M that is vacant and market rents are $535k per year NNN in a market that is 96% leased up. We are literally buying a Class A, 2016 build industrial building at a 9 cap. (Not to mention the free lot next door that we are getting too)
We bought a building back in June that had 11 acres of land and only 3 acres was used by the existing building. 5 years remaining on the lease at a 7.8 cap. The land was essentially free. Spent $9k splitting it off and now have a 7.x acre parcel free and clear worth $800k
We bought another 50k square foot industrial building in October for $4.2M. It was substantially under leased at $6PSF. The market is above $11PSF right now in the area. We just wait out the current lease and we will be collecting $575k per year NNN. A 13 cap on cost.
The point is, the market is NOT efficient. Get out there and hustle. Stop thinking that you must build new if you want to create value. There is far more value to be found by searching far and wide for great deals. Look at hundreds of deals and you will find the diamonds.

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14 Dec
The next real estate downturn is not a matter of "if", it's "when".

I don't know more than the next guy about when the must will stop, but I do know is that there are ways that you can be prepared.

Here are 10 things that you can do to be ready 👇
1* Keep an oversized reserve fund for every asset.

Right now cash is plentiful, when things turn it will feel impossible to find the cash you need. Stockpile generously, and be willing to accept the lower returns.
2* Buy assets in areas that are organically growing.

Phoenix in the early 2000s was booming, turns out much of it was speculative buying by investors. Make sure the growth trend is going up long term, and that there are real warm bodies choosing to relocate there.
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I have bought and built $400M of real estate from Addis Ababa to Austin.

After a few epic strike outs early on I began recording the lessons I learned to avoid repeat mistakes.

Here are 30 simple lessons for success in business & life. 👇
A great life is about doing meaningful things with people you love. Optimize for this and you can’t fail.
Your integrity is more important than your popularity.
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10 Nov
Harbor Capital set our target for 2022 acquisitions and I am pretty amped about it. 🚀 I shared the goal with our investors in an email titled: "The relentless pursuit of a market-beating strategy" I started out by telling some of my story. Here is a shortened version. 👇
In 2019, I decided to sell off my position in a large multi-family development company along with a slew of other assets and businesses that I had started.
I wanted to direct all my energy toward building a hyper-focused industrial real estate investment firm that would own and operate a portfolio of real estate assets to beat the market for myself and our investors.
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Hey new parents. It’s me your future self. Go open a 529 account and put a painful amount of money in there. You don’t need a $1000 stroller, you need a college fund.
Ok, so thanks for all the DMs and replies. Hearing you all loud and clear that 529's are not the only option out there, and also it's cute how many many of you think you are going to beat the market 100% of the time.
I wholeheartedly disagree! I want my kids to have options for college, and I don't want to be stressed about it. Put money away in a great 529 plan when they are born and let it ride.
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1 Nov
I can't believe we are actually doing this... Feels totally surreal. But Harbor Captial shut down our new investor signup portal today. Instead, we are moving to a waitlist system. We hope to begin adding new investors again sometime in 2022.
We strive to onboard investors with a high-quality process and doing so for hundreds of new investors each month has been using too much of the Harbor Capital team's time and taking away from managing our deal pipeline.
While a large investor pool is simply fantastic🚀, we already have a far larger list than our current deal flow can accommodate, and we are going to keep our energy focused in the right areas at the right time as we grow Harbor Capital.
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I’ve been thinking a lot lately about kids and money. I grew up dirt poor, in a family where money was an uncomfortable and off-limits topic. Wealthy people were considered selfish and bad. Image
We have 4 kids 12-20yrs old and are constantly grappling with where to place the line between spoiling and empowering.
I used to think if I gave my kids too much I was taking away their ability to learn the value of a dollar and how to fight for what they want/need in life.
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