Realty411 Magazine Featuring Scott Meyers | Page 62
Keeping It Weird
Austin, and Texas in general,
has a very educated investor base,
with folks forming all types of
syndicates to invest in everything
from conservative multifamily
preferred loans to restaurants that
cater to dogs and comedy tours
(“Ha”, said my CPA, when we
wrote off this investment). I
immediately cannonballed into
both ends of the pool, opening a
SelfDirected IRA (SDIRA) to
invest in highyield/lowrisk real
estate and effectively crowdfund
some of my dividends and
piggybank savings accounts into
hotel/bar/restaurants across Austin,
some of which we also own the
dirt. Overnight, I morphed from
Joe to Mitt.
Regardless of deal type, what
struck me most was the commonality
and comfort of each deal lead to
sponsor a syndicate. In the early
2010s this was still a grassroots
effort, now aided by various
Meetups and crowdfunding
platforms. The wild card, though,
which has yet to scratch the
surface is the “green tsunami” of
$10T (yes, trillion) that individuals
will shift from stagnant, nameless
mutual funds to sponsors/syndicates,
with a strong percentage of these
funds going towards real estate.
if you monthly rate went up by a
whopping $7. Now with both
hands in the air (i.e. the universal
“it’s good” on a PAT), you have a
taste into the beauty of selfstorage
and natural attraction to invest in a
storage facility with your friends
and family.
Pinnacle Storage Properties,
founded by Uncle Bob’s veteran,
John Manes, offers the simple
blueprint on how to sponsor a deal.
First, assuming you are liked or
of greater importance, respected
then you should have a natural
following of 100+ interested
individuals who will engage based
on the high level of competency
and character you exhibited
throughout the years.
Second, keep it simple. Unless
a single person is willing to take
all the equity off the table, then
there should not be multiple share
classes on your initial deals (or
even on future deals or initial
fund). Likewise, this eliminates the
perception (and possible reality) of
preferential treatment of your
Grandma’s $50k on Day 1 vs. an
Storage, Baby!
Raise your hand if you or
somebody you know rents a
storage unit. Raise your other hand
if you would rather spend
Memorial Day Weekend on your
boat vs. changing storage providers
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ex coworker funding the final
$250k from her SDIRA.
Finally, set parameters on
commitments. Make it crystal
clear that you need $X by Y date.
That said, it is always best practice
to communicate a “funds due
date” a good 1430 days before
your true ‘D Day’, as is is very
common for your next door
neighbor’s check to get lost in the
mail. Assume also that 10% of
commitments will fall through, so
either be oversubscribed or be
prepared to front or possibly
invest that final 10% of equity out
of your own pocket.
Six Figures in Six Minutes
Did you know you can get 6
figures in 6 minutes? Yes, it’s
true! As referenced above,
assuming you have a reasonable
number of potential investors (e.g.
100 or more), then a simple email
or mention in your deal packet
should bring you a few checks
from your investors’ “forgotten
trillions”.