Videos & Podcasts

Focus on Alternatives: Michael Komenda on NAV REITs

Michael Komenda, head of product strategy at Cole Capital, discusses NAV REITs, including how they differ from traditional non-traded REITs, their valuation process, enhanced liquidity feature, and more. (01/2018)

Focus on Alternatives: Blaine McLaughlin on operationalizing REITs

Blaine McLaughlin, chief operating officer at VIA Folio, explains current trends in operationalizing REITs, what RIAs should look for when selecting a custodian, insights for sponsors into what RIAs want, and more. (01/2018)

Shop Talk: A 2018 real estate forecast

More than 100 months into the second-longest economic recovery in U.S. history, we assess how the real estate sector will perform during the new year. Our guests, Melissa Reagen of TH Real Estate and Robert Bellinger of ASB Real Estate Investments, offer their best prognostications for the industry’s prospects for the near term. (01/2018)

Focus on Alternatives: Geoffrey Dohrmann on the institutionalization of the retail space

Geoffrey Dohrmann, CEO of Institutional Real Estate, Inc. and publisher of Real Assets Adviser, provides a background on institutional investment managers and discusses their rise in the alternative investment marketplace, as well as how investment product sponsors can efficiently meet the competitive challenges that accompany these big new players. (01/2018)

In Focus: John Paul Ruiz on SDIRA and its role in diversification

In the final video of this three-part segment, John Paul Ruiz, director of professional development at The Entrust Group, discusses what an SDIRA is, how it works, how to get started and more. (12/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: Joshua Ungerecht on 1031 exchange investing in the current market cycle

Keith Lampi, ADISA’s president-elect and president of Inland Private Capital Corp., sits down with Joshua Ungerecht, managing member of ExchangeRight, to discuss the importance of present macroeconomic trends and market cycles when considering 1031 exchange investments. (12/2017)

Inside the Edition: Jeff Rosenthal, CEO, Triad Advisors

This is an edited version of a cover profile interview conducted by Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol with Jeff Rosenthal, CEO of Triad Advisors. Rosenthal's profile appears in the January 2018 edition of Real Assets Adviser. (12/2017)

In Focus: John Paul Ruiz what questions clients have for RIAs

In the second part of this three-part segment, John Paul Ruiz, director of professional development at The Entrust Group, discusses prepping for another market crash, the mortality rate and baby boomers, legacy planning and more. (12/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: Tom Neja on E&O insurance for alternative investments

Tom Neja, vice president at Integro Insurance Brokers, discusses the specifics of errors and omission insurance for alternative investments, including tips and tricks for RIAs and broker-dealers to maximize coverage, what’s covered in E&O policies, why they should be carried, and more. (12/2017)

Shop Talk: The future and economics of parking properties

What is the future of parking structures? What about their economics and investment opportunities? What are some of the new technologies being brought to the process? Are autonomous vehicles a threat to the economic future of parking? And should we be parking our cars front-end first or tailpipe first? Dan Huberty, president of MVP REIT, also known as TheParkingREIT, is our guest. (12/2017)

In Focus: John Paul Ruiz on the state of the retiring population

In the first part of this three-part segment, John Paul Ruiz, director of professional development at The Entrust Group, discusses the growing population of people retiring, assets moving from employer plans to IRAs, how the appetite for IRA investments are changing and more. (12/2017)

Shop Talk: The investment opportunities in cannabis

“The valuations in the cannabis space are simply the best I have ever seen,” says former BlackRock executive Chris Leavy, who came out of an early retirement to take an executive position with MedMen, a marijuana investment house and retailer. With 64 percent of U.S. citizens favoring full legalization, and 94 percent favoring legalization of pot for medical use, the future of marijuana investing is burning brightly. Leavy joins the program to elaborate. (12/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: Kevin Gannon on non-traded REIT update

Kevin Gannon, managing director at Robert A. Stanger & Co., provides an update on the non-traded REIT industry, including new players entering the space, the challenges and opportunities of unsold inventory, long-term projections and more. (12/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: John Grady on an update on the DOL fiduciary rule

John Grady, president at ADISA and partner at DLA Piper, discusses the status of the DOL fiduciary rule, including individual state initiatives, uniform regulation, ADISA's advocacy efforts, how members can participate and more. (12/2017)

Shop Talk: The changing dynamics of global capital flows to U.S. real estate investments

What Middle East country was the number one investor in U.S. real estate for 2017? (The answer will surprise you.) What property type has supplanted office as the most popular among foreign investors? What changes are afoot in Japan that could change the size of its role? What are the chances that FIRPTA regulations could be rewritten or repealed to unleash even more foreign dollars? CBRE Group executive Chris Ludeman is our guest. (12/2017)