Capital Raising & Co-Investing with Mark Purtell & Joseph Harriman

In this episode, special guests Mark Purtell and Joseph Harriman of CTC Wealth Management Real Estate Funds share their criteria for co-investment partners (i.e., syndicators) including asset classes, deal structures and operator experience; and their experience raising capital for nearly $100M in offerings.

The episode at a glance; 

-05:45 - What Mark and Joseph are looking for in operator experience, how they are structured and the role they fulfill for their fund.  

-09:27 - The kind of deals Mark and Joseph are looking for, “we encourage any operator to bring us a deal and let us say no as opposed to assuming we’re not interested.”

-16:04 - Why Mark and Joseph’s fund won’t take the place of finding your own LP 

-25:00 - Fund-raising techniques that have worked for Mark and Joseph

-29:40 - How to build investor and operator relationships 

-42:42 - Proof of funds without a hard arrangement in place

Guest Bio

Joe Harriman joined CTC in April 2006 as Operations Manager and Head of Investor Relations for CTC Alternative Strategies, Ltd. Prior to CTC, he spent several years in Institutional Client Services at Calyon Financial, and the Chicago Board of Trade. Since 2006 at CTC, he has managed the operations of a multi-strategy proprietary trading company focused on global trading in equities, fixed income, and various derivatives. From 2017 to Present, he served as COO of the Manager. In this capacity, he successfully formed two real estate funds acquiring over $500 million in multi-family real estate. He received his B.S. in Finance from Arizona State University in 1995 and his M.S. in Financial Markets from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2005. He received his CFA Charter in 2004 and is a member of the CFA Society of Chicago.

Mark Purtell joined CTC in June 2001 as a trading assistant and worked on the trading side of CTC until transitioning to Head of Real Estate Acquisitions and Development in 2020.  He has split his time between trading and real estate with CTC since 2018. He expanded the network of operators to increase deal flow. He created the proprietary real estate model and is responsible for tracking existing deals in the portfolio and assisting in quarterly reporting. Since 2002, he has been active in the Chicago market for his own account with a focus on multifamily investments. He received a B.S in Finance from University of Illinois in 2001. He holds Series 4, 7, 24 and 57 licenses.

For more information, head to https://www.ctcwealthmanagement.com/, email wealthmanagement@chicagotrading.com and call 312-863-8079.

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