{"id":316642,"date":"2025-11-24T22:56:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/the-challenge-of-executing-on-an-obvious-buying-opportunity\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T22:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T22:56:36","slug":"the-challenge-of-executing-on-an-obvious-buying-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=316642","title":{"rendered":"The Challenge of Executing on an Obvious Buying Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"


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For the past two years, I\u2019ve heard the same pitch repeated across the multifamily investing world as it relates to the opportunity today: values are down 20\u201330% from peak, 2021\u201322 buyers will become forced sellers, the wave of maturities can\u2019t be refinanced, supply is falling off a cliff, new development doesn\u2019t pencil, renter demand is holding strong, and renters aren\u2019t leaving as single-family housing is historically unaffordable.<\/p>\n

On paper, it reads like a once-in-a-decade buying opportunity. And in broad strokes, it\u2019s true. But the reality is more nuanced, and the path from \u201cthesis\u201d to \u201cactionable deal\u201d is far less straightforward than many would like to admit.<\/p>\n

A Real-World Example: Well-Located Value-Add Opportunity<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Recently, I worked on a potential acquisition in great location that seemed like the perfect embodiment of the opportunity everyone is talking about. It checked five of our six core acquisition criteria:<\/p>\n

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  • A motivated, forced seller.<\/li>\n
  • Inside information through the property manager.<\/li>\n
  • Conviction in the submarket.<\/li>\n
  • An unusual unit mix & some physical issues that we believed would reduce the buyer pool.<\/li>\n
  • A highly supportable business plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    This deal had all the hallmarks of a compelling acquisition.<\/p>\n

    We pushed our underwriting aggressively, stretched our assumptions, and still came in as the lowest priced of the six groups invited to best & final.<\/p>\n

    The Gap Between Narrative and Execution<\/strong><\/h2>\n

    That experience highlights what\u2019s not being told in multifamily circles today. Yes, distress is real. Yes, the discount to replacement cost dynamic is attractive. Yes, demand tailwinds remain. But when everyone is chasing the same story, competition tightens, and pricing reflects it.<\/p>\n

    In practice, many of these supposedly \u201conce in a cycle\u201d deals just don\u2019t pencil. Buyers often find themselves in the same spot we did: seeing the opportunity clearly, but discovering that other well-capitalized buyers are chasing the exact same thing, and bidding more aggressively to win.<\/p>\n

    Screening for Opportunities<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Our screening checklist is built to filter out noise and identify the rare deals that meet our criteria: newer, high-quality, well-located assets with a supportable business plan, but which also have a limited buyer pool and\/or tight fuse, giving us a path to win at pricing that supports value-add returns.<\/p>\n

    What we look for today:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    1. Forced\/Motivated Seller
    2. Relationships across broker, seller, lender, management company etc.
    3. Conviction in the Submarket
    4. Supportable Business Plan
    5. Contrarian View
    6. Creativity\/Complexities<\/p>\n

    This deal checked five of six. Yet despite that, we were blown out of the water. The \u201cwho\u2019s who\u201d of buyers pursued it, and it ultimately got tied up at ~5% above broker guidance. That\u2019s the market we\u2019re competing in.<\/p>\n

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      Why the Best Deals Are So Competitive<\/strong><\/h2>\n

      Despite the headwinds and uncertainly, there are a few dynamics driving heightened competition:<\/p>\n

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      • Flight to Quality:<\/strong> Owner\/operators are concentrating on the highest-quality, best-located assets.<\/li>\n
      • Optimism: <\/strong>Investors are optimistic by nature. All the rosy assumptions present in today\u2019s market are baked into underwriting.<\/li>\n
      • Capital Pressure:<\/strong> Allocators with large pools of capital are motivated, and increasingly impatient, to deploy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        Large buyers are all chasing the same finite set of high-quality deals.<\/strong> They\u2019re underwriting into the same story: near-term rate cuts, sustained capital flows (supporting compressed cap rates), limited new supply, and resilient demand.<\/p>\n

        As a result, going-in cap rates are often sub-5%, negative leverage can persist for 12\u201324 months and hitting even base-case returns requires a lot to go right.<\/p>\n

        Why the Bet Still Makes Sense<\/strong><\/h2>\n

        Despite the aggressive pricing, buying well-located assets with proven value-add upside at a discount to replacement cost remains a strong long-term bet. Inherent in this thesis are a few beliefs:<\/p>\n

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        • Rent Growth:<\/strong> Softer than expected over the next 12\u201318 months, followed by above-trend growth in years 2\u20135, driving outsized CAGRs over a 5\u20137-year hold.<\/li>\n
        • Cap Rates:<\/strong> Continued tightness and potential further compression as capital flows into high-quality multifamily in the Southeast. A 5.25% underwritten exit could realistically be a 4.75%, outweighing near-term underperformance.<\/li>\n
        • Construction Costs:<\/strong> Rising further, reinforcing barriers to future new supply.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Yes, it feels like overpaying today and sub-5% caps and negative leverage are hard to swallow. But paying up for conviction in the best deals capturing a disproportionate percentage of new demand, with clear downside protection and long-term upside, is defensible.<\/p>\n

          How We Differentiate Ourselves in Competitive Deals<\/strong><\/h2>\n

          When we find an opportunity that checks all the boxes, we commit fully and lean into the things few others are unwilling, or unable, to do.<\/p>\n

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          • Immediate Action:<\/strong> We drop everything, tour the property, and spend meaningful time in the market.<\/li>\n
          • Selective Risk-Taking:<\/strong> We\u2019re prepared, when conviction is high, to put down a non-refundable deposit.<\/li>\n
          • Depth of Work:<\/strong> We consistently outwork other buyers, digging deeper into the deal, the submarket, and the business plan than anyone else at the table is able or willing to do.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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            I\u2019ll end with wisdom from Howard Marks, who knows a thing or two about cycles:<\/p>\n

            \u201cBecause of the key role psychology plays in setting asset prices, in order to have a sense for where price stands relative to value, investors should try to gauge prevailing psychology, not just quantitative valuation parameters.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

            So the question is: what does prevailing psychology tell us about the pricing of high-quality multifamily assets today?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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