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How to Understand Private Real Estate Fees

September 8, 2020 at 6:12 am EDT by Joshua Holt

If you’ve ever wanted a detailed discussion of private real estate fees, Jim Dahle has you covered: “Private real estate investing fees are clearly much higher than those in the mutual fund space, but a significant chunk of them are essentially “the operating costs of the underlying company or companies” which would not have been included in a mutual fund expense ratio.”

“Welcome to the murky world of private real estate.”

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Joshua Holt is the founder of FIREwire, a site that aggregates personal finance, investing and financial independence stories. He is also the creator of Biglaw Investor.

Joshua spent more than a decade as a corporate lawyer in New York City representing sovereign nations and private equity clients in mergers & acquisitions.

He earned degrees from the University of Arkansas and Boston College, while also spending a year at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. He lives in Austin with his wife and son.

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