Jeff Greene says, “I think we’re just in the first inning of this (commercial RE) correction… and hold on to your cash.” He thinks there will be opportunities in 12-24 months, “when the well runs dry.”
Mr. Frank gives an example of a family office being offered two premier office properties in Manhattan that still aren’t priced low enough. Mr. Greene thinks the worst is yet to come for Class B and C properties as well and remembers times of no-bids during the great recession where he was conservatively purchasing yields of 22% – 30%. He also says the great migration is done, and all this will pressure residential real estate downward.