What Happens to My Money If Something Goes Wrong?
How to Evaluate Downside Protection in a Private Real Estate Fund Before committing capital to a private real estate fund, most investors eventually circle back to one fundamental question: What happens to my money if something goes wrong? That is not a pessimistic question. It is the right one. Experienced investors understand that protecting capital […]
The Apartment Shortage No One Is Talking About
A Long-Running Supply Gap Shaping Rental Demand You’ve probably seen headlines saying the housing market is “cooling.” Higher interest rates and slower home sales can make it feel like things are starting to ease. But that only tells part of the story. What’s actually happening underneath is less about demand slowing down and more about […]
Ivan Barratt: The Hardest Time to Sell, the Best Time to Buy
from the Q1 2026 Quarterly Reports Dear Partners, I’m going to write this quarterly letter a little differently. After 9 years in real estate working for my first mentor, I started BAM as a property management company in 2010 in my spare bedroom, with the lessons of 2008 still ringing in my ears. I […]