Durable Value: An Investor's Podcast Graceada Partners

One of our core values is "Extreme Ownership" and in order for our team to be able to take ownership of their goals and tasks, they have to be given autonomy. Joe and Ryan talk about how they are doing this at Graceada Partners.

Joe and Ryan walk through the specifics of a recent property acquisition from start to finish.

Joe and Ryan discuss the movement out of urban areas and into secondary markets. How many people actually relocated? The pandemic led to many people undergoing more drastic life changes like career changes, new home, new state, etc. As this migration winds down there are clear trends we're seeing in our immediate geography and throughout the country.

Joe & Ryan get candid as they discuss their approach to hiring a great team. 

Alliance Global Advisors is a women-owned consulting firm focused on empowering the institutional investment community to elevate best practices.  Alliance bridges the gap between the investor and the investment management community.   Advising clients with approximately $114 billion in assets under management, Alliance partners with organizations to provide an independent perspective and innovative approach on critical strategic initiatives.  Our partnerships allow senior management teams to focus on what matters most: diligently managing client capital, creating value and delivering exceptional returns in a performance-driven market.  Our combined experiences will help our partners learn about the changing needs of the Limited Partner, Consultant and Regulatory community. We understand the competition and aim to provide relevant, highly customized services to achieve significant results in any market cycle.
 
 
Heather Border
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
 
Heather Fernstrom Border is a versatile, performance-driven real estate professional whose broad experience helps organizations create new investment products, materials, corporate governance and overall Investor Relations goals and objectives.
 
Prior to forming Alliance Global Advisors, Heather was Managing Director for National Real Estate Advisors, and has held positions with Hunt Investment Management and The Townsend Group where she was responsible for assisting institutional clients in developing investment objectives, strategic planning, underwriting investments and capital raising.
 
She earned two Master of Science degrees in Finance and Real Estate and Construction Management, graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of Denver. Heather earned a dual Bachelor of Science degree from Western State College in Accounting and Business Administration while playing collegiate volleyball.  Throughout her career, she held memberships at the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) and the Pension Real Estate Association (PREA). Heather is a current board member of Wellfit Girls and sat on the advisory board for Institutional Real Estate, Inc. (IREI) VIP Americas as well as various committees within the American Heart Association to which she has dedicated numerous volunteering hours.
 
Her professional experience includes fifteen years within private and public sector real estate and finance, during which she managed over $100 Billion of real asset allocations, developed, implemented and led the Investor Relations platform for a $7.5 Billion AUM Investment Manager with four product lines, and raised capital for multi-level managers on a wide range of real estate products.
 
Heather lives in her hometown, Naples, FL with her husband, Jay (retired military) and three children Jackson, Harrison and Madelyn.  In her “free” time, Heather enjoys kiteboarding.

In Episode 21 of Durable Value, Joe & Ryan discuss their partnership and how they've made it work by playing to their individual strengths.