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SAN DIEGO-Distressed opportunities exist for all who are interested in pursuing them—the trick is knowing where to look and the various factors impacting the players involved. According to panelists at RealShare Investment & Finance here last week, understanding the motivations behind holders of troubled assets and notes is key to working through the system.
Moderator Jess Bressi, a partner with McKenna, Long & Aldridge in Orange County, said that there are several factors driving and inhibiting the availability of distressed investment opportunities. First, the FDIC has preferred whole bank transactions with loss share “collars.” Banks that have acquired the assets of other banks with loss share are very protective of their loss share agreement, and borrowers and investors don't understand them.
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Carrie Rossenfeld
Carrie Rossenfeld is a reporter for the San Diego and Orange County markets on GlobeSt.com and a contributor to Real Estate Forum. She was a trade-magazine and newsletter editor in New York City before moving to Southern California to become a freelance writer and editor for magazines, books and websites. Rossenfeld has written extensively on topics including commercial real estate, running a medical practice, intellectual-property licensing and giftware. She has edited books about profiting from real estate and has ghostwritten a book about starting a home-based business.
