Viking Victories

1/3/2024

32 minutes

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Viking Victories

About this podcast

🎙️ Welcome to a new episode of our podcast! Join Nathan Loy, Viking Capital’s Director of Strategic Planning, as he hosts Ravi Gupta, the fearless COO and co-founder of Viking Capital, a real estate powerhouse with a portfolio valued at over $770 million.

🏠 Discover Viking Capital’s strategy for identifying promising real estate investments, focusing on low-risk deals with substantial value-add potential. Learn about their target size for multifamily transactions, emphasizing A/B assets, and maintaining a 90%+ occupancy rate, 7% cash-on-cash return, and a 1.5x debt coverage ratio.

⏳ Explore Viking Capital’s typical 3-5 year hold period for multifamily investments and how it aligns with their overall strategy. Uncover the challenges they face in the current real estate climate, from high interest rates to overpriced assets, and their creative solutions to close deals. 💡 Gain insights into Viking Capital’s approach to mitigating risk factors, using cap rates on interest rates and maintaining a business plan for positive leverage. Discover their strategies for acquiring quality assets at favorable prices in a competitive market, illustrated by the success story of Stewart’s Mill.

🌐 Recap the core principles guiding Viking Capital’s strategic approach, emphasizing the importance of sponsor experience, stable long-term debt, and cash-on-cash returns. Learn about their focus on high-population growth markets and why location is crucial in multifamily investments.

🚀 Explore where Viking Capital sees promising opportunities in the multifamily sphere despite economic uncertainty. Don’t miss out on future episodes promising more insights into the dynamic world of real estate syndication!

Connect with Nathan Loy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanloy

Connect with Ravi Gupta: LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/ravi-gupta-md-a23677107

Email – [email protected]

Key takeaways

  1. Strategic Investment Focus: Viking Capital’s emphasis on identifying low-risk real estate deals with significant value-add potential sets the stage for strategic investing. Nathan Loy and Ravi Gupta delve into the company’s approach to multifamily transactions, highlighting the importance of A/B assets, a 90%+ occupancy rate, 7% cash-on-cash return, and a 1.5x debt coverage ratio.
  2. Long-Term Vision and Challenges in Today’s Market: Explore Viking Capital’s commitment to a 3-5 year hold period for multifamily investments and the challenges they navigate in the current real estate climate. From high interest rates to overpriced assets, discover the podcast’s insights into creative solutions employed by the real estate powerhouse to close deals despite market complexities.
  3. Risk Mitigation Strategies: Gain valuable insights into Viking Capital’s risk mitigation strategies, where they utilize cap rates on interest rates and maintain a business plan for positive leverage. The success story of Stewart’s Mill serves as an illustrative example of how these strategies can be implemented to acquire quality assets at favorable prices in a competitive market.
  4. Core Principles and Market Emphasis: Recap the core principles guiding Viking Capital’s strategic approach, underscoring the importance of sponsor experience, stable long-term debt, and cash-on-cash returns. The podcast sheds light on Viking Capital’s preference for high-population growth markets and underscores the critical role of location in multifamily investments.
  5. Future Opportunities in a Dynamic Market: Explore where Viking Capital identifies promising opportunities in the multifamily sphere despite economic uncertainty. The podcast concludes with a teaser for future episodes, promising more insights into the dynamic world of real estate syndication, leaving listeners eager for the next installment of Viking Victories.