Ultimately, a company is as strong as the team who drives it. Betonbear’s management brings a vast array of experience and connections to the table. Their long-standing experience in real estate development, finance and real estate law, along with their incredible network, provide investors with an unparalleled reach into Europe’s most strategic markets. Since 2004, our management team’s collective experience accounts for over €100 Million in asset value and over 150,000 SQM.
Adv. Nir Hachamov has been active in field of residential and commercial real estate for the last 15 years in Israel and Europe with the Persepolis Group Ltd. As part of his many roles, Nir has been involved in a variety of aspects and has led dozens of projects in Israel, Germany, Poland, Spain, Cyprus, and more. Nir also managed the marketing and sales of prestigious projects in the “second home” market throughout Europe, including the UK and Scandinavia. Nir has been active in the field of real estate investments in Berlin for the past decade, specialized on residential housing, managing over 8,000 sqm in Berlin alone.Adv. Nir Hachamov has many years of experience in the legal field and is an inexhaustible source of knowledge and expertise in all matters related to real estate regulations, including tax laws in Israel and throughout Europe.
Prudent to the nature of changing market, Betonbear carefully assesses strategies for minimal exposure to changing market conditions, as an integral part of the project evaluation process.
Betonbear serves as a true and comprehensive partner for its investors: in cash investment, risk-taking, and in informing them of all pertinent aspects of the deal at hand.
Following years spent in a bull market with minimal-to-zero interest, many real estate markets are in a full-blown housing bubble. The tide will inevitably reverse. The only question is when and how suddenly. Nonetheless, money should be put to work, even with the understanding that change is anticipated.
Betonbear’s strategy is designed to generate revenue while minimizing exposure:
Avoid the hype bubbles. We scout projects that may not necessarily fall in the geographical “hot spots”, whose values are more likely to be inflated. We primarily consider construction price per-square-meter and the property’s stabilizing factors (proximity to amenities, incoming migration to neighborhood, etc.).
Target “recession-resistant” property, whose rental agreements generate a diverse and stable source of revenue, and, primarily, have a high gross rent multiplier.
Seek fixed-interest and long-term financing for substantially longer than the expected project timeline allows the property to be held until the exit can be postponed to more optimal timing. Also, avoid long-term construction adventures.
Betonbear is not about fast profit or dazzling returns. The company strives to create fruitful long-term relationships with its investor family. Betonbear is dedicated to providing investors with a stabilizing component for their portfolios that will yield consistently for many years to come.
Each member of Betonbear’s small investor family has a deep understanding of the real estate market and have the durability and patience to focus on long-term goals. These attributes give Betonbear the advantage of dynamic decision-making required to clinch prime opportunities.
At Betonbear, we believe real estate is about securing a solid deal, and that’s why we prefer making better quality deals – even if it means we close fewer deals overall.
We believe one should always promise less than you can deliver. The market may indeed boom, and when it does, we will help investors glean all they can. But you also need a business plan that will yield profit under normal – or even harsh – market conditions, and this is where Betonbear has proven to shine.
Each of us believes an investor can’t be expected to put their money where we wouldn’t put our own. The opportunities we find are ones we’d gladly take ourselves.
Dishonesty is bad business. Investors are family, and they deserve to work with an entirely accurate, straightforward assessment.
These were once the values widely practiced across real estate. And that’s why Betonbear believes real estate should be done as it used to be.
