Blog
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Optimization & Maximization
The Power of Vertical Integration There are only a small number of activities that any business can do. We have always had a very strong focus on operations as we believe that is where the real value comes from. Someone can buy a mediocre deal and operate it incredibly well and be very profitable. Conversely,…
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Lightning Does Strike Twice ⚡
Strategically Planning for Adverse Outcomes What are the odds of a lightning strike, fire, and flood all happening simultaneously? Common sense dictates that this is astronomically unlikely, right? When it comes to risk scenarios…well, when it rains, it pours. When one thing goes wrong, there will often be systemic failure. Nick experienced this firsthand as…
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Making a House a Home
The Dorothy Day Hospitality House The Stageberg Family Foundation is all about supporting our community, and there is nothing closer to home than the Dorothy Day Hospitality House – located right next door to our downtown campus. The Dorothy Day Hospitality House is a temporary homeless shelter providing warm beds and community resources. Their team…
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The Bowery Mission: Suitcase Initiative
The Stageberg Family Foundation supports: The Bowery Mission Suitcase Initiatve At Black Swan | Real Estate | Real Life, we talked about the importance of giving your money away. While we explroed real estate investing strategies, we talked about not just reaching financial freedom, but building a legacy and making an impact on the world…
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The Power of Passive Investing
Meet the Black Swan Private Equity Fund. Whether you’re a seasoned accredited investor or just starting out on your real estate investing journey, it’s important to know the ins and outs of investing. For any real estate investor, one of the more basic concepts to nail down–especially as you consider where and when and how…
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Real Estate Investing in a Recession
Will you make a fortune? We’ve heard lots of talk about investing in a recession lately. You might be curious, confused, or worried – how will this impact you? What should you be doing? There’s one thing we know for sure: fortunes are made in recessions. Read on. There are so many variables affecting…
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The Transformative Investor Journey
From climbing the career ladder to making investment magic. Your first year as an investor is often the most challenging. We remember the scrapes and bumps along the road from that first year, but we look back on them fondly. After all, those obstacles are what helped shape us into the force that Black Swan…
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A Better Place to Live & Play
The RASA Playground Fund In all that we do, Black Swan Real Estate has one simple goal: to make the world a better place to live. Thanks to everyone who has enrolled in our real estate investing course, Single Family at Scale, the Stageberg Family Foundation was able to donate $30,000 towards building a playground…
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The Black Swan Way
The one thing that changes everything. We recently taught about the strategy of using rehab to increase the value of a property in order to do a cash-out refi. We touched on one of the critical parts of rehab: change is constant, especially in covid times. Eisenhower said that plans are useless, but planning is…
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Meet Nick Stageberg: CEO
Industry leader for Real Estate Investing and Property Management. From software start-up founder to CEO of Black Swan Real Estate, Nick Stageberg has always been an entrepreneur at heart. A career technologist with over 15 years experience in the software development, architecture, and management space, Nick Stageberg developed an interest in real estate investment at…