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Skin in the Game:The Past, Present, and Future of Real Estate Investments in America
Tuesday, March 27th, 2012
In finance, corporate insiders have skin in the game when they use their own money to buy stock in the company they are running. The idea behind creating such a situation is to ensure that corporations are managed by individuals who, like outside investors, actually share a stake—and therefore risk—in the company. This multi-dimensional book highlights the impending risks in the US financial system based on this concept—and in the property sector in particular. If these risks are dealt with effectively, real estate in America will get its gallant groove back and be better prepared for inevitable crises in the future. The following five unresolved problems in US real estate—and their suggested solutions—are discussed in detail in the book:
1. Misconceptions about housing.
2. Negative home equity.
3. Delinquencies, defaults, and foreclosures.
4. Commercial debt maturities.
5. Private-label mortgage-backed securities.
Included are timely advice, new perspectives, and practical suggestions for coping with excessive debt risk in the US property market. There are also compelling discussions on topics from covered bonds to recommendations for reform in the real estate profession to specific strategies to guide property
owners and investors through the post-crisis economic environment.
Title: Skin in the Game:The Past, Present, and Future of Real Estate Investments in America
Author: Anwar Elgonemy ‘93 draws on over twenty-five years of experience in real estate acquisitions, developments, financings, and valuations. Elgonemy speaks four languages and has advised real estate clients throughout the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. His client base has included the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Trump Organization, Oaktree Capital Management, Carlyle Group, InterContinental Hotels Group, as well as US banks, cities, and universities. Currently, he is director of acquisitions for Equinox Hospitality Group, a San Francisco-based private equity firm that focuses on the lodging sector. Widely published, he has also attained top-tier media coverage in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Time magazine. He holds a master’s degree in business administration from The Thunderbird School of Global Management in Arizona. In 2012, he will become an alumnus of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Publisher: CreateSpace (March 2, 2012)
Price: $18.25
Description: Paperback, 534 pages
ISBN: 978-1463507657
Information: www.amazon.com
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