Mistakes to Avoid in Commercial Real Estate with Brian Adams

President and Founder of Excelsior Capital, Brian Adams, spearheads the investor relations and capital market arms of the firm. He has 10 years of experience in real estate private equity and has advanced knowledge in best practices for strategic real estate investing. Prior to forming Excelsior Capita, Brian co-founded Priam Properties, an institutional real estate private equity sponsor, in 2010 and provided leadership and direction for the firm in connection with capital markets, investment management, and investor relations.

In this episode, we get into Brian’s real estate career and he talks about some of the mistakes he made throughout his real estate investing journey.

[00:01 – 07:24] Opening Segment

  • I talk briefly about great values that await you in this episode
  • I welcome our guest, Brian Adams
  • Brian talks about his background
  • Asset classes they focus on at Excelsior Capital

 

[07:25 – 23:06] Mistakes to Avoid in Commercial Real Estate

  • Brian looks back on some of the mistakes they made throughout their investing journey
  • Building the right team and overall enhancing their investors’ experience
  • Misaligning of interest and not putting the right resources
  • Scaling by hiring people that excel at something you don’t
  • Development, Value-add, recourse deals
  • Monthly and Quarterly deals

 

[23:07 – 27:55] Closing Segment

  • Quick break for our sponsors
  • What is the best investment you've ever made other than your education?
    • Marry my wife
  • What is the worst investment you ever made?
    • Going to law school
  • What is the most important lesson that you've learned in business and investing?
    • Investors will always appreciate candor and transparency
  • Connect with our guest. See the links below.

 

Tweetable Quotes:

“There’s a reason why we have one mouth and two ears. We should listen more than we should talk.” - Brian Adams

“In order to scale efficiently, and to deliver the experience that our investors wanted, I needed to embrace being a small business owner.” - Brian Adams

“Investors will always appreciate candor and transparency. If you don’t provide it, their minds will go to the worst possible place.” - Brian Adams

 

Resources:

 

Connect with Brian on Linkedin(linkedin.com/in/brian-c-adams/), visit https://www.excelsiorgp.com/ 

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About the Host

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Hi, I’m Taylor. To date I’ve acquired or partnered on over $250 Million in Commercial Real Estate Investments. I help busy professionals invest in multifamily and self storage real estate through my company NT Capital

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