There are two important processes in real estate: Asset Management and Underwriting Deals. Asset management is the process of maximizing the value of one’s property while underwriting is used by lenders in determining the creditworthiness of a potential customer. Today, Kristina Knight shares her extensive background in real estate investing. She also talks about her focus on underwriting deals and asset management, and what their company does for investors. Let’s also learn how she empowers women to join together and create a network to share. Stay tuned!

What You’ll Learn From This Episode:

• Kristina’s Background and Her Career in Real Estate Investing
• Generating Freedom and Passive Income in the Real Estate Business
• Efficiently Utilizing a System to Run KPI’s on Asset Management
• Setting Relationship and Expectation with a Property Manager
• Ways to Deal with Property Managers if Things are Not Going According to Business Plans
• Understanding Unit Turns Due to Covid and Coping With It
• Underwriting Deals and Guidelines in Establishing Reserves

Guest Bio:

Kristina brings over 10 years of experience in the capital markets, having most recently worked as a senior investment analyst with portfolio management responsibilities at Longfellow Investment Management Company ($9BN assets under management). In this role, she ran the $1BN Agency Mortgage Portfolio strategy, managing over 30 separate accounts to ensure the client needs and objectives were met. She previously worked in the structured products group at State Street Global Markets.

At Akras, Kristina focuses on deal underwriting and Asset Management for their portfolio. Additionally, she is passionate about empowering women and in 2019 founded the Women Real Estate Networking Group (WREN) group in Boulder, CO to contribute to the community.

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