Phil Bak, Armada ETFs - Masterclass in (Liquid) Real Estate Investing | #496

Today’s guest is Phil Bak , CEO of Armada ETFs , which provides investors broad access to the real estate asset class. In today’s episode, Phil gives a masterclass on real estate investing. He covers the residential real estate space, the problem investors have come across this year with private REIT strategies, and why he has a solution to their problem. Then he shares how he’s using AI and machine learning to the REIT space through his long-only hedge fund. (0:39) - Sponsor: Future Proof (1:14) - Intro (2:00) - Welcome Phil to the show (2:25) - Navigating the realms of entrepreneurship and investing (5:39) - REIT overview (13:30) - Narratives drive flows, flows drive performance (15:47) - Challenges for Private REITs (30:57) - Creating PRVT ETF to replicate private REIT strategies with lower fees and liquidity (34:18) - Exploring the HAUS ETF (36:12) - Applying AI & machine learning to REITs (43:08) - Phil’s most memorable investment (48:11) - Changing market dynamics due to shifting Fed actions and evolving REIT landscape (51:37) - Lessons from investing in baseball cards (54:37) - What investment belief Phil holds that most of his professional peers do not ----- Follow Meb on Twitter , LinkedIn and YouTube For detailed show notes, click here To learn more about our funds and follow us, subscribe to our mailing list or visit us at cambriainvestments.com ----- Sponsor: Future Proof , The World’s Largest Wealth Festival, is coming back to Huntington Beach on September 10-13th! Over 3,000 finance professionals and every relevant company in fintech, asset management and wealth management will be there. It’s the one event that every wealth management professional must attend! Sponsor: The Idea Farm gives you access to over $100,000 worth of investing research, the kind usually read by only the world’s largest institutions, funds, and money managers. Subscribe for free here . Follow The Idea Farm: Twitter | LinkedIn | Instagram | Tik Tok ----- Interested in sponsoring the show? Email us at Feedback@TheMebFaberShow.com ----- Past guests include Ed Thorp , Richard Thaler , Jeremy Grantham , Joel Greenblatt , Campbell Harvey , Ivy Zelman , Kathryn Kaminski , Jason Calacanis , Whitney Baker, Aswath Damodaran , Howard Marks , Tom Barton , and many more. ----- Meb's invested in some awesome startups that have passed along discounts to our listeners. Check them out here ! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices