I had the pleasure of speaking to Hunter Thompson from Asym Capital. Hunter works at Asym Capital which is a real estate investing firm specializing in investing in recession resistant real estate. Recession resistant real estate investing is real estate that weathers the storm of the recession well. In comparison to classic single family or multi-family properties recession resistant real estate is still in demand.

Examples of recession resistant real estate include apartment complexes in class B and class C neighborhoods, storage units, etc. Apartment complexes in Class B and Class C areas will continue to be in demand despite changes in the economy. Individuals will still want to reside in these lower cost apartments whether the economy is going to go up or down. Storage Units are in continual demand despite what is going on in the general economy.

The reason that Hunter’s firm is called Asym Capital is because the firm is able to deliver asymmetric returns. While other real estate investment niches are going down these investments are going up. The reason that Hunter’s firm is able to do this are two fold. The first reason is that Asym Capital controls the expenses by proactively managing the expenses on it’s investments. They actively review the expenses that they are paying and keep control of those. The second reason is they focus on value add investing. Look at the type of investment that you have and how you can add value.

If you want to find out more about Hunter Thompson you can go to Asym Capital.

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