From Trading to Real Estate: A Founder's Journey

Michael Episcope co-founded Origin Investments in 2007. Michael is co-CEO, co-chairs the investment committee and oversees investor relations and capital raising. 

Links:

Origin Investments - https://origininvestments.com/

Michael on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelepiscope/

Brandon on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bsedloff/

Juniper Square - https://www.junipersquare.com/

Topics:

(00:00:00) - Intro

(00:01:34) - Origin Investments and Michael’s career

(0010:54) - Building Origin

(00:17:02) - How were you able to build your investor base?

(00:21:25) - How would you describe the typical Origin investor?

(00:24:57) - How do you approach investor relations?

(00:27:14) - What is your fund structure?

(0:30:24) - What are you seeing in terms of investor appetite?

(00:33:24) - How does it work structurally when you go outside your investment base to raise?

(00:39:43) - What is Origin’s AUM?

(00:41:39) - What are you seeing in the multifamily market these days?

(00:45:54) - AI

(00:51:37) - 2025 insights

(00:53:02) - How do you think about enterprise value?

(00:59:21) - What are you most excited about for the next 3-5 years?