EPISODE · Jan 18, 2024 · 41 MIN
EP 172: Randy Smith and Paul Khazansky Striving for Cash Flow with Passive Investing and Business Acquisitions
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EP 172: Randy Smith and Paul Khazansky Striving for Cash Flow with Passive Investing and Business Acquisitions As founder of Cascade Capital Group, Paul Khazansky serves as the lead advisor on all investment sale transactions. Focusing primarily on the Sun Belt and the Midwest, Paul leverages his expertise as an accomplished lender and an experienced investor to identify and execute on superior risk adjusted opportunities within the Triple Net space. Paul developed his fundamental credit analysis skills during his time at Moody’s Investors Service and at Marathon Asset Management, a New York hedge fund where he was entrusted with identifying loan investment opportunities across a multitude of industries. Paul has spent the last decade in commercial real estate development and lending and understands the unique objectives and risks of these often complex investments. He earned his MBA at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and went on to become a founding partner of Poverni Sheikh Group (www.povernisheikh.com), a real estate development and construction firm with a focus on the self-storage and multifamily sectors ($200 million of AUM as of December 2021) and PSG Lending (www.psglending.com), a nationwide bridge lender covering industrial, multifamily, office, retail, and land asset classes. Under his leadership, PSG Lending has deployed nearly $200 million of commercial real estate financings since 2017. His principal investing background enables Paul to identify creative avenues for structuring real estate transactions while gaining expertise in deal underwriting and negotiations. Through his experience as a developer, investor, and as a direct lender, Paul has cultivated a passion for working with business owners and high-income earners to achieve generational net worth through passive real estate investing. HIGHLIGHTS IN THE SHOW: 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - Paul’s Background 07:11 - Impact Equity Ad 08:03 - Underwriting 16:24 - Cashflow 18:50 - Triple Net, Self Storage, Asset Classes 22:31 - Business Acquisition 26:40 - Passive INvestments 29:21 - Trends 35:04 - Final Thoughts CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST: https://www.cascadecapitalgrp.com/ CONNECT WITH OUR HOST: Connect with our host, Randy Smith, for more educational content or to discuss investment opportunities in the real estate syndication space at www.impactequity.net, https://www.linkedin.com/in/randallsmith or on Instagram at @randysmithinvestor ---------------------------------- Follow us on social media @the.gentle.art.of.crushing.it Listen, like, subscribe, comment: http://thegentleartofcrushingit.com/
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EP 172: Randy Smith and Paul Khazansky Striving for Cash Flow with Passive Investing and Business Acquisitions As founder of Cascade Capital Group, Paul Khazansky serves as the lead advisor on all investment sale transactions. Focusing primarily on the Sun Belt and the Midwest, Paul leverages his expertise as an accomplished lender and an experienced investor to identify and execute on superior risk adjusted opportunities within the Triple Net space. Paul developed his fundamental credit analysis skills during his time at Moody’s Investors Service and at Marathon Asset Management, a New York hedge fund where he was entrusted with identifying loan investment opportunities across a multitude of industries. Paul has spent the last decade in commercial real estate development and lending and understands the unique objectives and risks of these often complex investments. He earned his MBA at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and went on to become a founding partner of Poverni Sheikh Group (www.povernisheikh.com), a real estate development and construction firm with a focus on the self-storage and multifamily sectors ($200 million of AUM as of December 2021) and PSG Lending (www.psglending.com), a nationwide bridge lender covering industrial, multifamily, office, retail, and land asset classes. Under his leadership, PSG Lending has deployed nearly $200 million of commercial real estate financings since 2017. His principal investing background enables Paul to identify creative avenues for structuring real estate transactions while gaining expertise in deal underwriting and negotiations. Through his experience as a developer, investor, and as a direct lender, Paul has cultivated a passion for working with business owners and high-income earners to achieve generational net worth through passive real estate investing. HIGHLIGHTS IN THE SHOW: 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - Paul’s Background 07:11 - Impact Equity Ad 08:03 - Underwriting 16:24 - Cashflow 18:50 - Triple Net, Self Storage, Asset Classes 22:31 - Business Acquisition 26:40 - Passive INvestments 29:21 - Trends 35:04 - Final Thoughts CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST: https://www.cascadecapitalgrp.com/ CONNECT WITH OUR HOST: Connect with our host, Randy Smith, for more educational content or to discuss investment opportunities in the real estate syndication space at www.impactequity.net, https://www.linkedin.com/in/randallsmith or on Instagram at @randysmithinvestor ---------------------------------- Follow us on social media @the.gentle.art.of.crushing.it Listen, like, subscribe, comment: http://thegentleartofcrushingit.com/
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