BUYING/SELLING
World Series of Golf, Inc. (USOTC: WSGF) ("WSGF") confirmed the company will publish a management overview tomorrow (Wednesday, October 13th, 2021), on the initiative now underway for several months to accelerate revenue growth and add assets to the balance sheet.
The initiative includes planned acquisitions, adding new lines of business to complement the current short-term rental purchase finance business, and a groundbreaking cryptocurrency strategy to be integrated into the company's coming Vaycaychella App version 2.0. WSGF operates a short-term vacation rental fintech company facilitating real estate investment and purchase financing.
WSGF acquired a business called Vaycaychella last year and made Vaycaychella its primary business focus. A corresponding corporate name change is underway. Vaycaychella serves entrepreneurs looking to acquire and operate short-term vacation rental properties and businesses, and investors looking to make investments in short-term vacation rental properties and businesses.
WSGF, through its operating subsidiary, Vacycaychella, earlier this year launched a Peer To Peer (P2P) Short Term Rental Property Purchase Application targeting the $87 billion vacation rental market.
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REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
The innovative online auction house is proving to be a disruptor in yet another market, with the combination of properties starting at just $1, a gazump-free guarantee and accepting all forms of payment including cryptocurrency, Lloyds is challenging the traditional real estate model.
Throughout COVID lockdowns this veteran auction house has used high quality audio/visual walkthroughs of each property along with millions of items sold, to morph itself over the last 5 years into a digital disruptor of over a dozen different verticals including art, classic cars, diamonds, NFT's and earthmoving machinery.
The Lloyds Auctions platform operates with a combination of live on-site bidding, online bidding, phone bidding and absentee bidding that all simultaneously combine to create the same live auction experience, and for bidders unable to attend physically Lloyds live streams a multi-camera simulcast production worldwide.
The use of cryptocurrency as a payment method is becoming more commonly used for purchases as confidence surrounding cryptocurrency gets stronger. This opens up our platform to a whole new audience who otherwise might not have been interested in purchasing property, This is an online auction first and we are extremely excited to offer this new technology to our ever growing worldwide clientele base expanding our company into a new division in a way that no other auction house has done before.
- Lee Hames, Chief Operating Officer for Lloyds Auctioneers and Valuers.
The first online property auctions were launched 3 days ago with millions of dollars of bids already received it looks like bidders are more than comfortable with this new online real estate model.
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REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT
Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today that its financing subsidiary, Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation (MMCC) has entered into a strategic alliance with M&T Realty Capital Corporation (M&T Realty Capital). The strategic alliance will enable MMCC to provide clients with increased access to M&T Realty Capital’s affordable and conventional multifamily agency financing through a highly streamlined process with dedicated resources. M&T Realty Capital is a Fannie Mae DUS lender and an approved Freddie Mac multifamily lender for Freddie Mac’s Conventional and Targeted Affordable Housing loans.
As part of MMCC’s ongoing expansion, the alliance includes a preferred stock investment in M&T Realty Capital and the ability for MMCC to indemnify M&T Realty Capital for 50% of the credit risk losses for certain loans originated by MMCC through M&T Realty Capital’s Fannie Mae DUS platform. The strategic alliance will enable MMCC originators to access M&T Realty Capital’s streamlined underwriting and efficient transaction execution in this critical capital markets segment. Under the agreement, MMCC originators will continue to have the ability to clear the market on behalf of each client. Additionally, they will have access to M&T Realty Capital’s dedicated tools, resources, and expansive lending capacity, which are expected to significantly grow agency market share for MMCC’s sourcing business and M&T Realty Capital’s loan origination business.
In January 2021, MMCC named Evan Denner as Executive Vice President and Head of Business. Denner was instrumental in co-designing the partnership with Michael Berman, President and CEO of M&T Realty Capital, along with Beekman Advisors, who advised MMCC on the alliance. To further build MMCC’s ability to expand its clients’ access to agency financing, Paul Lewis, who spent nearly 20 years at Fannie Mae, joined in January. Lewis is a Senior Vice President and Director of Agency Programs.
MMCC is well positioned to work seamlessly with M&T Realty Capital to expand agency financing for our multifamily clients with better tools and resources for our originators. Marcus & Millichap is the leader in multifamily brokerage and will better integrate agency financing with our client value proposition. The investment in this strategic alliance and willingness to indemnify M&T RCC for credit risk losses is driven by the agencies’ historically strong multifamily loan performance and very low losses, coupled with significant upside in growing our internal financing capture rate and M&T’s unique ability to enhance our client services.
- Hessam Nadji, President and CEO of Marcus & Millichap
MMCC closed $2.73 billion of multifamily financing in the first half of 2021 and with this alliance will become M&T Realty Capital’s largest origination partner by loan volume. Marcus & Millichap and its Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) division closed $12.97 billion of multifamily sales in the first half of 2021. “Marcus & Millichap and IPA have a stellar reputation in the industry and specifically in the multifamily real estate segment,” stated Berman. “We are proud to have Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation as our strategic alliance partner. The synergies across our brands will enable us to provide substantial opportunities for clients.”
The alliance will allow both firms to provide clients with the most competitive capital markets solutions secured by multifamily properties throughout the United States. MMCC originators will work directly with M&T Realty Capital’s origination and credit teams creating an efficient, transparent, and ultra-competitive process for clients. Lewis and M&T Realty Capital’s Mark Gould will co-manage the venture.
About Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI)
With over 2,000 investment sales and financing professionals located throughout the United States and Canada, Marcus & Millichap is a leading specialist in commercial real estate investment sales, financing, research, and advisory services. Founded in 1971, the firm closed 8,954 transactions in 2020 with a value of approximately $43 billion. Marcus & Millichap has perfected a powerful system for marketing properties that combines investment specialization, local market expertise, the industry’s most comprehensive research, state-of-the-art technology, and relationships with the largest pool of qualified investors.
About Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation
Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation (MMCC) is a subsidiary of Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate investment services firm with offices throughout the United States and Canada. MMCC provides commercial real estate capital markets financing solutions, including debt, mezzanine financing, preferred and joint venture equity, sponsor equity, loan sales and consultative and due diligence services. In 2020, MMCC closed 1,943 transactions totaling $7.67 billion.
M&T Realty Capital Corporation®
M&T Realty Capital Corporation® is a wholly-owned subsidiary of M&T Bank Corporation—one of the 20 largest US-headquartered commercial bank holding companies. As a full-service mortgage banking company, it specializes in providing competitive financing nationwide for commercial real estate. It is a fully accredited Fannie Mae DUS® lender, a Freddie Mac Optigo® lender, an approved FHA/HUD MAP and LEAN lender, and offers life insurance company and CMBS financing through correspondent relationships. In addition to its M&T Bank offices, MTRCC is also closely aligned with M&T commercial banking offices in Florida, Oregon, and Washington.
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