How to invest in a severe market dislocation

People all around the world are wondering how things will change since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. What will stay the same, what will change, and what will be the “new normal”? The same question is on the minds of investors, and it has them wondering: How do we invest in a severe market dislocation like the one we have going on now?

“I think one of the things that I would dispel immediately is that the rules have changed,” said Ethan Penner, founder and managing partner at Mosaic Real Estate Investors, in a video for Institutional Real Estate, Inc. “In fact, the rules of investing in a market dislocation are very much the same as they are in normal times.”

Penner added that although the rules are very much the same, the price for violating those rules is much higher — and that is really the difference. He continued to say that the rules in his mind are always the same, and one of the top rules is to invest in viable real estate and make sure you d