The Best Ever CRE Show JF 4110: Lone Wolf Operations, 10x Thinking and Zombie Deals ft. Andrew Cushman
Dec 5, 2025
In this engaging discussion, Andrew Cushman, founder of Vantage Point Acquisitions, shares insights from his multifamily investment journey. He explains why he built an in-house operations team instead of typical partnerships, emphasizing the importance of operational control. Andrew discusses the pitfalls of ego-driven 10x scaling and the risk management lessons learned from extreme skiing. He also highlights alternative investment opportunities like laundromats, exploring modernization strategies and the current lending environment's impact on deal flows.
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Control Operations To Protect Investors
- Andrew Cushman prefers building an integrated operations team rather than outsourcing core GP responsibilities to external partners.
- He believes keeping operational control protects investor capital and reputation from partner mistakes.
Partner For Capital, Not Operations
- If you must take a partner, partner on capital raising rather than operations to limit downside risk to assets.
- Vet that partner to ensure they raise capital the same way you do and are proven in that role.
First Deal Near-Failure Shaped His Approach
- Andrew recounts surviving a difficult first deal that closed only after the seller carried part of the purchase.
- That experience convinced him to build operations competence and keep control rather than outsource.
