{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d72784e408342486f3e10c1/633ee475050f5400123d2eaf?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Identifying Investment Sectors - Mike Kovacs","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5d72784e408342486f3e10c1/1612279775869-7a3e5a50b203909ef60b6a548b4fbc39.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Mike Kovacs is a founding partner of uk based real estate investment firm, Castleforge.  https://castleforge.com/</p><p>Under his leadership they have invested £1 Billion of asset value into the UK and Europe combining research-led investment themes with vertical integration and in-house operating platforms.</p><p><br></p><p>Mike has a great way of explaining how he identifies sectors in the real estate market to invest in.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode we discuss;</p><p><br></p><p>How did someone from the states working in M&amp;A at Blackstone become an investment manager specialising in UK and European Real estate?</p><p><br></p><p>What's more important, investing with good management or investing into a good sector?</p><p><br></p><p>How he decides on what sector to invest in for example flexi office space?</p><p><br></p><p>How he sees different types of office investments performing over the next few years?</p><p><br></p><p>What metrics or data would he would need to see to change his mind?</p><p><br></p><p>How does the UK market differ to other markets?</p><p><br></p><p>When investing into real estate how long is he forecasting to be in the investment until it matures.</p><p><br></p><p>What has been the hardest thing about raising capital for investment and what advice would he give to people trying to raise capital?</p><p><br></p><p>What advice would he give to a young person looking to get into the property investment industry?</p><p><br></p><p>What is he bullish and bearish on?</p><p><br></p><p>What is the biggest risk to his portfolio and what is he doing to mitigate it?</p><p><br></p><p>What has been the biggest challenge in scaling his business?</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Rod Turner"}