Fund Manager Sees Potential for Increased Real Estate Volatility as Valuations Rise

Sherry Rexroad, chief investment officer with BlackRock Global Real Estate Securities, joined REIT.com for a video interview at REITWeek 2016: NAREIT’s Investor Forum at the Waldorf Astoria New York.

Rexroad offered perspective on the level of volatility in commercial real estate markets. She stressed that volatility has largely been driven by macroeconomic and monetary policy, rather than real estate fundamentals.

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Sternlicht Sees Strong Potential in Single-Family Housing Business

Starwood Capital Group Chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht is expressing confidence that the single-family rental housing sector has the potential to become a major REIT asset class, but he acknowledges that investors remain skeptical.

Sternlicht, chairman of single-family home REIT Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust (NYSE: SWAY), spoke on April 23 at the Real Estate Luminaries Series at Georgetown University. He discussed the company’s foray into a new segment of the REIT market.

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Wendy Patton – Picking a Potential Lease Option Home

www.wendypatton.com Wendy Patton walks you through a potential lease option home. She points out important things to look for and things she takes into consideration when she prepares it for tenant-buyers. This house is vacant which means the sellers didn’t need to sell it before they moved on, which makes them good candidates for lease option. This home is listed with a real estate agent, which is how Wendy Patton finds most of her lease option homes. A lot of people won’t look to real estate agents for real estate investment properties, but they are Wendy’s favorite way to do rent to own deals. http
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