Simon Wagner is the Founder and Managing Partner of Granite Oak, a private investment firm with over $250mm of assets across Real Estate and Venture Capital. His career spans more than 20 years of investing and entrepreneurship in financial markets and alternative investments.
On this episode, Chris and Simon discuss:
- Working in mortgage-backed securities at Morgan Stanley in 2006
- Developing his commercial mortgage thesis
- The Irish real estate market
- Planning & Entitlements
Links:
Granite Oak - https://www.graniteoak.com/
Simon on X - https://twitter.com/WagnerSimonRE
Topics:
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:05 - Meeting Simon and his journey to the United States
00:07:10 - Working in mortgaged-backed securities at Morgan Stanley in ’06
00:21:25 - Forming the commercial mortgage thesis
00:37:35 - Lending Lessons learned
00:40:24 - Entering the Ireland market
00:43:36 - Simon’s first deal
00:55:55 - Simon’s portfolio today
00:57:12 - Ireland’s influx of foreign capital and housing shortages
01:06:34 - Fundraising
01:13:28 - Planning and entitlements
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