In How to Invest in Commercial Real Estate, authors Dowell and Stachenfeld have created the ultimate guide for anyone interested in getting smarter quickly on the complicated world of commercial real estate.
In an easy-to-read format, the authors dissect nearly every aspect of commercial real estate investment, from the basic to the more complex, including asset segmentation, market analysis, deal structuring, promote mechanics, capital stack construction, commercial underwriting best-practices, risk assessment and mitigation, joint venture dynamics, and best-in-class investment processes just to name a few.
But this book isn’t just for beginning investors. Even seasoned professionals will benefit from reading it, especially from the authors’ insights into the more intricate elements of the market.
The authors, a commercial real estate investor and a commercial real estate attorney, have over seventy years combined of invaluable industry experience. Their love for their subject is palpable, and they pass along their passion and enthusiasm to the reader.
So, whether you are taking those first steps into commercial real estate investment or want to upgrade your existing expertise, How to Invest in Commercial Real Estate will prove to be a much needed and frequently referenced resource.
David A. Dowell is a 20- plus-year veteran of the Commercial Real Estate industry and has held senior investment positions with a variety of large private equity and institutional investors. Over his career he has led the acquisitions, asset management and dispositions of over $5 billion of commercial real estate across the U.S. and U.K., and has built out several institutional investment platforms focusing on value add and opportunistic transactions. David is the founder and managing principal of Arliga Capital Advisors, a real estate advisory firm focused on providing strategic commercial real estate investment and asset management services to family offices and institutions for whom commercial real estate is not their core competency.
Bruce M. Stachenfeld is a creative thinker, visionary and thought leader—all of this within the real estate industry - and is the founder and chairman of one of the top real estate law practices in the world, Adler & Stachenfeld LLP. Over his career, Bruce has worked on transactions worth tens of billions of dollars in New York City, throughout the US, and in many international markets as well. Bruce is one of the most prodigious real estate rainmakers in the brutally competitive New York City market and is respected as one of the top real estate lawyers in NYC. He is also a marketing guru, speaker, mentor, business advisor, and consultant as well as the author of The Real Estate Philosopher’sŪ Guide, and If You Want to Get Rich, Build a Power Niche.
