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Build Wealth Through Real Estate Funds | Search: Lane Kawaoka & Hannah Hammond Explain the Strategy

Name: Build Wealth Through Real Estate Funds | Search: Lane Kawaoka & Hannah Hammond Explain the Strategy
Uploaded: 2026-02-25T02:05:21+00:00
Duration: 17 s
Channel: Hannah Hammond
Description: In this conversation, Lane Kawaoka and Hannah Hammond discuss real‑estate investment strategies, contrasting large‑scale development projects with more…

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In this conversation, Lane Kawaoka and Hannah Hammond discuss real‑estate investment strategies, contrasting large‑scale development projects with more accessible single‑family rentals and multifamily value‑add rehabs. They explain that development deals have a high barrier to entry because lenders require proven experience, strong net‑worth, loan guarantees, and a track record of completed projects within the past 36 months. By contrast, buying a single‑family rental or a multifamily property (leveraging Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac financing) is relatively straightforward. They argue that newcomers should begin with light value‑add or rehab projects to build experience, demonstrate capability, and attract credit partners, which later enables them to pursue larger development opportunities.

I actually get excited when there's a higher barrier to entry because it's less competition. The word development sounds a lot scarier than, let me do a light rehab, a light value add.
I wasn't super keen to this in my early days because, you know, I mean, what's easier than
buying a little single family home rental property? Real
estate's the easiest type of investment class to get into. Large multifamily deals, 100 unit, 200 unit apartments. As long as you have somebody on your team who has the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac card, you can get a loan. Very different story in the development world, right? You have to really show true experience.
You need the experience. And just like you said, that that's what makes the barrier to entry high. You can't just go get a development, you know, construction loan. They want to know who's guaranteeing this loan, what's your net worth, what's your experience? How many projects have you completed in the past 36 months? Make sure that you're actually a secure borrower. And then it can be hard if you're brand new. How do you identify that credit partner who can show the financials and can show the experience and then like, really, what is your value? It's easier to start with value add stuff, show that experience under your belt, do some heavier and heavier rehabs, and then you have some real value experience, something to really bring to the table, and then the ability to find a partner to go into these deals.