95 Doors... What to do now (REIT conversion.. portfolio sale?)

95 Doors... What to do now (REIT conversion.. portfolio sale?)

Rental Property Investor · Myrtle Beach, SC · Member since 2018 · 41 posts · 54 votes

TL;DR: What's the best way forward with 95 doors in the same zip code across 15 properties. Portfolio sale? To whom? Convert to a REIT?

A new triplex acquisition next week will put me at 95 doors. My overall ownership is 50% (some are 100%, some 30% and most are 50%). I am the point man and manager on everything though: I find and negotiate the deals and then I manage them for a fee off the top...I've always contributed my % of the money (no sweat equity) - none of my partners are active, most lack experience, and will follow my lead. 

On a couple deals I brought partners in out of necessity (financially) and on a couple I brought in friends (no financial necessity) with the hope I could have someone with "skin in the game" who could be relied on to manage while I'm traveling. The latter no longer appeals to me.

While I'm ok with the status quo (hunt out and negotiate as many off market deals as I can afford); I feel like the time is coming to take a bigger leap than a triplex here, a 6-Plex there.

What I DON'T want to do is piecemeal out the portfolio; so this is where feedback from people who've been in the same situation is needed:

1) What is the likelihood of selling a smorgasbord of C/B-  units (big upswing as most are a block off the beach) in one shot to a single or institutional investor when they're made up of mostly smaller buildings (32, 17, 7, 7, 6, 5, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, + 3 condos and a townhouse)?

2) What if I wanted to consolidate and covert it into a REIT... buying partners out at the same time: What are the upswings and pitfalls? I can read books about it all day long but would be very interested (and grateful) to hear from someone that has done this.


I don't need cash for anything except future investments so the benefit of selling current holdings is simply to consolidate and scale. 

As far as a REIT conversion- I have no idea if this is even a plausible route to take.

Thank you in advance for the insights! 



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  • Jay HinrichsBusiness Member
    Real Estate Consultant · Summerlin, NV · Member since 2014 · 45k+ posts · 66k+ votes
    6y

    its hard to sell as a portfolio the dollars are high enough that buyers will go for MF building which is much easier to manage etc when you have all 95 doors in one spot.

    HBU is to sell individually

  • Rental Property Investor · Myrtle Beach, SC · Member since 2018 · 41 posts · 54 votes
    6y

    @Jay Hinrichs

    That is what I’m afraid of; do you think there is a tipping point of having enough doors within a certain radius that it would be of interest to the big dogs?

    Hypothetically 100 doors across 4 blocks - (10 minute walk from one side to the other). Does that change the dynamics or is what matters is that it’s one uniform property with one tax map # essentially?

    Delving further; does purchasing enough adjoining properties to create a decent size assemblage open the door to those investors or would the end game

    there (likely) be developers?

  • Jay HinrichsBusiness Member
    Real Estate Consultant · Summerlin, NV · Member since 2014 · 45k+ posts · 66k+ votes
    6y

    dont know the area well enough to know if someone would buy in bulk thinking they can make money then breaking it up and selling individually..  But you never know you could list with a good commerical broker and see what happens

  • Rental Property Investor · Durham, NC · Member since 2016 · 7k+ posts · 7k+ votes
    6y

    @Steve Stuart where did you get the convert to a reit idea? I don’t see how that’s an option.

    Do you want to keep these properties or sell? What is the strategy? Do your partners need an out?

    If you want to keep, I would sell some and refinance as many as needed to start buying our partners

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