RE #186: Moses Kagan - Part 2 | On Value-Add MF, A New Core Strategy, ReConvene, Los Angeles, and How He's Looking at The World
Moses Kagan is the Co-Founder and Head of Adaptive Realty, a Los Angeles-based development, and property management group. Since 2018, Moses has overseen the repositioning of 80 properties in Los Angeles and grown Adaptive from $0 to $110M of property...
Moses Kagan is the Co-Founder and Head of Adaptive Realty, a Los Angeles-based development, and property management group. Since 2018, Moses has overseen the repositioning of 80 properties in Los Angeles and grown Adaptive from $0 to $110M of property under management. Moses joins Chris for his third appearance on The FORT Podcast.
In this two-part episode, they discuss the decision to not deploy a fund he raised in early 2020 and his new core strategy. They also explore rent control vs non-rent control. How he talks to his family about wealth and potentially taking over his business, learnings from ReConvene, and where we go from here....
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(02:31) - A Discussion on Rent Control
(09:25) - Defining Moses’ New Buying Strategy
(20:36) - How have you thought about growing your business over the next decade?
(26:32) - How are you thinking about leaving the businesses to your kids? What if they don’t want to go into it?
(35:50) - Thoughts on Growing Third Party Property Management
(38:38) - Is there anything keeping you up at night?
(42:13) - The Slowing Rate of Development
(46:01) - Our Collective Tolerance for Emergency
(48:28) - If I gave you $1B to put to work by the end of the year where would it go?
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