Jacobs Real Estate Advisors is a real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition of commercial and residential properties through value-add and strategic investments.
Since its inception in 2008 – the height of US real estate downturn – JREA has transacted over $650,000,000 worth of assets with an above-average IRR. And since then, JREA continues to demonstrate their proficiency in creating and maximizing value.
Why work with JREA?
| Strategic partnerships with banks & relationship lenders | Exhaustive research & in-depth analysis into every transaction | Decades of experience |
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| Thanks to our robust network, we have access to prime deals that result in quality cash flow and property appreciation. | We go into every deal with our eyes wide open – thoroughly informed by all our research – which results in calculated risk for long-term growth. | Our team has significant experience in a range of financial services: -Acquisitions -Underwriting -Due diligence -Asset management -Loan origination |
Our Specialties
Acquisitions
Bridge Lending
Preferred Equity
Asset Management
Underwriting
Our History
Forward-thinking and Future-Focused
JREA has built a powerful track record of success through a range of economic cycles. Founded in 2008, at the height of the economic downturn, JREA has developed an astute and deep understanding in value-add real estate investments. Our founder, Sholom Jacobs, expanded his current real estate portfolio and built JREA with that keen insight, recognizing the downturn for the upturn it will soon after generate.
12 years later, JREA continues to deliver upon that promise.
Utilizing a strategic, creative approach, our team pursues real estate opportunities that we predict will yield the highest IRR. We focus on the end game, investing in and developing distressed, undervalued and poorly-managed real estate portfolios and to find its overlooked value to ensure appreciation over the term of the investment.
Acquisitions:
650M real estate acquisitions to date | 228% average IRR on sold investments
Lending:
40M loan originations | 17% average IRR of paid off loans
Leadership
Sholom has over 19 years of expertise in all facets of real estate financing, investments and management. He currently holds a comprehensive real estate portfolio of over one million square feet of office, retail, residential and hotel properties. In 2015 Sholom, along with Horizon Kinetics, formed HKJ Real Estate Fund, LP, a real estate fund which originates short-term mortgage loans and other commercial financing activities, as well as direct investments in real estate assets, including equity and debt securities of publicly traded companies. Sholom is involved with many philanthropic causes and is currently the President of the NCFJE, a multifaceted charity that protects, feeds and educates thousands through the NY metro area.
Jordan oversees the finances and acquisitions at JREA. Since his arrival in 2014, the assets under management have grown tremendously. In addition, Jordan was instrumental in starting HKJ Real Estate Fund, LP and works hand in hand with the CEO sourcing and managing the assets in the fund. Prior to JREA, Jordan was a manager at RSM, one of the leading accounting firms in the US.
Lawrence grew up in Babylon, New York and received his Bachelor’s in finance from Pace University in 1980 and his Master’s in International Business & Foreign Trade Policy from SUNY Empire State College in 1994. He began his career at the American Stock Exchange and then continued onward working as a Branch & Regional Manager. Thereafter, he co-founded his own Multi Billion Dollar asset management company which he merged into Horizon Kinetics Asset Management and where he remains as director today. Doyle has been involved with Jacobs Real Estate Advisors,LLC for over 15 years and has been active in real estate in Bermuda for the last decade.