Comments on: Madoff Scandal Fallout: Do Investors Care? http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/01/10/madoff-fallout-investors-care/ Learn, Network, Invest Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jo Colonnahttp://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2009/01/10/madoff-fallout-investors-care/#comment-63183 Jo Colonna Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:29:39 +0000 http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/?p=3412#comment-63183 I believe investors have been scared for quite sometime, the events of 2008 didn't exactly paint a welcoming picture for investments in any capacity. As a real estate investor, I have been watching many key indicators, consumer confidence being one of them, and the Madoff scandal certainly did not help the situation. I'm constantly working with investors in an effort to raise capital for my real estate aquisitions, and while most people are skittish about the current economy they are still eager to be part of something that will make them money. In the past investors sized up the deal itself. Now, before they even look at the deal, they are going to take a long hard look at those behind the deal.<abbr><em>Jo Colonna’s last blog post: <a href="http://colonnagroup.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/multifamily-looking-good-in-2009/" rel="nofollow">Multifamily Looking Good in 2009</a></em></abbr> I believe investors have been scared for quite sometime, the events of 2008 didn’t exactly paint a welcoming picture for investments in any capacity. As a real estate investor, I have been watching many key indicators, consumer confidence being one of them, and the Madoff scandal certainly did not help the situation. I’m constantly working with investors in an effort to raise capital for my real estate aquisitions, and while most people are skittish about the current economy they are still eager to be part of something that will make them money. In the past investors sized up the deal itself. Now, before they even look at the deal, they are going to take a long hard look at those behind the deal.

Jo Colonna’s last blog post: Multifamily Looking Good in 2009

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