E355: From Deal-by-Deal to a $6.5B Platform: Building a Real Estate Investment Empire

About this episode

Darren Fisk discusses scaling a real estate investment platform and strategies for success during financial crises.

What if the best investments aren’t found in chaos—but in having the discipline to act when others can’t? In this episode, I sit down with Darren Fisk, Founder of Forum Investment Group, to discuss how he scaled from early syndication deals to a fully integrated multifamily investment platform managing billions. Darren breaks down how he leaned in during the 2008 financial crisis to acquire 9,000 units, why focusing on distressed capital structures rather than distressed assets created asymmetric opportunities, and how flexibility across the capital stack allows investors to generate returns in any market.

People in this episode

Host: David Weisburd

Guest: Darren Fisk

Topics covered

• real estate investment
• multifamily investment
• financial crisis
• capital structure
• investment strategy

Keywords

• real estate
• investment empire
• syndication
• asymmetric opportunities
• capital stack

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Forum Investment Group

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