Instruction by Bruce KirschPrincipal, Real Estate Financial Modeling
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Real Estate Financial Modeling’s
Joint Venture Partnerships Basics
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Overview
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• Rationale for partnering – one-off transactions and investment funds
• Legal structuring
• Risks and rewards
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Definitions
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Principal = Sponsor
Owner of the assetDeveloper of the asset
The party that raises a fund
Investor
Invests in the transactionInvests in the fund
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Why One Seeks A Joint Venture Partner
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• As the Sponsor (Owner/Developer), you need:• Capital• Better access to lenders• Sellers to believe that you will close• Better third party provider pricing• Strategic and technical expertise
• As the Investor, you need an investment vehicle:• Developments• Existing income-producing properties• Mortgage Notes
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Real Estate Investment Partnerships Overview
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• Single Transactions - Single/Special Purpose Entities – Limited Liability Company (LLC)• Ease and low-cost of formation• Multiple owners• Pass-through of taxes
• Multiple Transaction Funds - Limited Partnership (LP)• Fund Members:
• Sponsor/Developer/Owner = General Partner/Managing Member (“GP”)
• Investors = Limited Partners (“LPs”)
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One Way To View Joint Venture Partnerships
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• Multiple parties are necessary; neither alone are sufficient
• Sponsor (LLC, or fund’s GP) provides:• Transaction Sourcing (identifies the destination)• Capital (minority share) (secures right to fly the plane)• Day-to-day Execution (safe piloting and landing of the
plane)
• Investor (LP) provides:• Capital (majority share) (provider of plane, and fuel)• Periodic Strategic Input (Air Traffic Control)
Enabling The Transaction
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Work Performed and Value Created
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• Who is doing more work, and presumably, adding more value?
• Sponsor:• Allocated overhead to find and secure the
transaction; took entitlement risk and• Day-to-day Execution – Thousands of decisions, Tens
of thousands of person-hours over multiple years
• Investor:• Capital provider – 1 decision (invest/not invest)• Periodic Strategic Input - hundreds of person-hours
over multiple years
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Risk Exposure - Sponsor
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Risk Exposure - Investor
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• What risks are they taking, and in what proportion?
• Investor:• Financial (majority, and significant to Investor)• Sometimes Recourse (e.g., pro-rata with Sponsor)• Reputational (via association with Sponsor)
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Types of Financial Risk
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• Front-end acquisition/development funds
• Construction budget shortfalls (shared pro-rata?)
• Operating deficits (shared pro-rata?)
• Recourse Guaranties
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Rewards
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• In what proportion are the Sponsor and Investor seeking rewards for the various risks they bear and the various roles they play?
• How can cash flow splits be commensurate with both risk taken and value added?
• How is it typically structured?
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No “Formula”
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• Unfortunately, there is no typical structure across property types, geographies, transaction types and the hundreds of thousands of partnerships investing in real estate
• Negotiation-specific
• All revolve around the end goal
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Optimal Structuring to Achieve the Goal
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• Goal: for the transaction to reach its financial potential despite all risks, present and future
• Execution requirements to achieve goal:• Top performance by Sponsor• Sound input from Investor
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