About this episode

Ethan King discusses the marina market and investment strategies with hosts Amanda Cruise and Ash Patel.

Amanda Cruise and Ash Patel push Ethan on everything from barriers to entry to third-party management, while Ethan explains why the best operators keep everything in-house, from forklift drivers to core storage revenue. He also lays out how institutional capital, bank debt, and long-term hold strategies are reshaping the marina market as groups like Blackstone-backed Safe Harbor continue buying. If you think you already understand real estate, this episode will challenge that assumption. Ethan makes a compelling case that marinas are one of the last truly inefficient asset classes left and that the opportunity is bigger, messier, and more interesting than most investors realize. Ethan King Founder of Bowline Capital, LLC Based in: Miami, Florida For more information, visit https://superhuman.com/. Podcast production done by⁠ ⁠Outlier Audio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Amanda Cruise, Ash Patel

Guest: Ethan King

Topics covered

• marina market
• real estate
• investment strategies
• inefficient asset classes
• third-party management

Keywords

• marinas
• investment
• real estate
• inefficiency
• capital
• management

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bowline Capital, LLC, Blackstone, Safe Harbor, Outlier Audio, superhuman.com

Places: Miami, Florida

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