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From Pizza Shop to $100M+ Multifamily w/ Gino Barbaro
Host Paul Shannon sits down with Gino (of Jake & Gino) to trace the path from family pizza shop to operating ~1,900 units with no outside equity. Gino breaks down why they paused syndications after 2019, how “PPU—profit per unit” drives their buy/hold decisions, and the exact LP diligence framework he wishes he’d had before losing money as a passive. They dig into today’s tighter credit, catching-a-falling-knife rent/occupancy dynamics, and why longer debt runways and operator fit matter more than ever.
Key Takeaways:
The LP Framework: Jockey (sponsor) → Saddle (alignment of interests) →…
The skinny
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