Equity Based Services, Inc

Equity Based Services, LLC (“EBS”) closed on two new Self Storage properties, one in Colorado and one in Texas with new, non-recourse life insurance notes.

by Troy Downing
I’ve been asked a few times lately about the differences between cash flow, cash on cash returns, and total returns in Commercial Real Estate transactions. In other words, there seems to be confusion about what the difference on a pro forma is between a 9%/year cash flow distribution and a 25%/year total cash [...]

by Troy Downing
About a year or so ago, lenders started taking a closer look at Sponsors’ schedules of contingent liabilities in order to ascertain debt worthiness. In personal debt, this makes a lot of sense because there is almost always some element of recourse in this type of loan. In small commercial operations or sole [...]

In 2008, Self Storage has outperformed every other class of Real Estate in the REIT Sectors.

Year in Review: Equity Based Services, Inc. has had one of it’s strongest years in terms of acquisitions, cash flow generation, and, and economy that has become very hospitable to the Self Storage Industry.

by Troy Downing
I get a lot of questions about Preferred Returns in Private Equity Funds, and various syndicated real estate deals. The basic confusion seems to stem from a confusion of a guaranteed return and a preferred return.
In most deals, it is difficult to guarantee a return. If we all knew what the outcome of [...]