Ep. 23: Focus on the Sponsor as Much as the Deal, with Travis Watts

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Lance is the Founder and Managing Partner of Verivest, an end-to-end real estate investment platform designed to bring transparency and trust to middle-market investing, and a Principal in Fairway America, a real estate private equity firm in Portland, Oregon.

Travis Watts of Ashcroft Capital is a passive and active investor with a focus on Value-add Class B Apartments. Travis preaches “investing in what you know;” and digging into the track record of sponsors as much as the investment numbers. He and Lance talk about spotting the risks in fluffed up IRRs and over-complex sales pitches, and how he evaluates each investment as a business.

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Travis Watts is an investor and leader in the real estate industry. He has been investing in real estate since 2009 in multi-family, single-family and vacation rentals. Travis began investing with Ashcroft Capital several years ago and has taken part in more than 30% of the Ashcroft opportunities. After experiencing above-average communication, reporting, deal volume and performance, Travis expressed interest in joining the Ashcroft Investor Relations Team. Travis also has a background in traditional Wall Street investing and obtained a Series 7 and Series 63 license while working at a major brokerage firm with more than 400 billion in assets. Travis now dedicates his time to educating others in the world of investing and has made it his mission to share passive investment strategies in order to help others achieve and maintain wealth in real estate.

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