Riding Coattails of Institutional Investors with Gunnar Branson

<p>Big real estate investing business players are all over every asset class available. There is not one investment portfolio that they are not focusing on. In fact, there is a growing interest now in some other properties they have yet to invest in.</p> <p>What are the chances of mom-and-pop real estate investing businesses thriving? Could this be the end of the small players in the industry? Is there any threat lurking around?</p> <p>That and more we will find out in this episode.</p> <p>Gunnar Branson is the CEO of AFIRE, an association for international real estate investors focused on commercial property in the United States. This group of institutional investors from 24 countries collectively manage approximately $3trillion in commercial real estate assets. Previously, Mr. Branson was the CEO of NAREIM (The National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers). His real estate background includes leadership roles with GE Capital Real Estate and Heller Financial. He also consulted companies such as Jones Lang LaSalle,</p> <p>Wells Fargo, Wrightwood Capital, CIBC, and Fidelity on innovation, product development, and marketing strategies. Mr. Branson is a frequent speaker, for universities and professional groups, on television, and with TEDx, on the changing landscape of commercial real estate</p> <p>In this episode, Gunnar shares what differentiates institutional investors from small players in the real estate business. He points out how they think of time and the scale with which they operate as the primary reason for its existence. He explained further that even with the massiveness in which they invest, he doesn't see any risk of getting small players out of the game; in fact, larger players can be part of smaller ones' exit strategy.</p> <p>Checkout: Raising Capital Without Rejection Full-Day Workshop (Online):<a href='https://investorattractionworkshop.com/'> https://investorattractionworkshop.com/</a></p> <p>What you will learn from this episode for 17 minutes:</p> <ul><li>Find out how institutional