JF 3898: Scaling Wealth with Private Businesses, Real Estate Alternatives, and Smart Underwriting ft. Suja Shyam

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4.8 • 983 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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On this episode of the Best Ever CRE Show, Amanda Cruise and Ash Patel interview Suja Shyam, Managing Partner of Lux Capital Investment Group. Suja shares how her firm has expanded beyond multifamily real estate into alternative assets, including private equity and small business acquisitions. She explains the appeal of cash-flowing businesses amid rising interest rates, the underwriting and due diligence involved in these deals, and her preference for durable, low-volatility industries. Suja also discusses a recent healthcare brokerage investment targeting a 5X equity multiple and emphasizes risk-bucket thinking for investors seeking higher growth. Suja Shyam Current Role: Managing Partner, Lux Capital Investment Group Based in: Portland, Oregon Best Way to Reach Her: Website: https://www.luxe-cap.com Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at ⁠https://www.stamps.com/cre⁠. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! Post your job for free at https://www.linkedin.com/BRE. Terms and conditions apply. Join the Best Ever Community The Best Ever Community is live and growing - and we want serious commercial real estate investors like you inside. It’s free to join, but you must apply and meet the criteria. Connect with top operators, LPs, GPs, and more, get real insights, and be part of a curated network built to help you grow. Apply now at www.bestevercommunity.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.6	Hey, best ever listeners.
0:32.6	Welcome to the best ever CRE show.
0:35.9	This is Beyond Multifamily. I'm Amanda Cruz joined with Ash Patel.
0:41.0	Hey, Ash. Hey, Amanda. And hello, best ever listeners. Today, we're with Suja Shiam. Suja is joining
0:48.8	us from Portland, Oregon. She's the managing partner of Lux Capital Investment Group, a boutique investment firm with
0:55.5	investments across many asset classes, including self-storage, industrial, value-ad,
1:00.4	multifamily, build-to-rents, short-term rentals, and private equity.
1:04.9	Suja's portfolio consists of 18 individual investments across those asset classes.
1:10.5	Sujat, thanks for joining us. How are you doing today?
1:13.4	Hey, Ash, hey, Amanda. It's really great to be here today coming back on the show after a little bit
1:18.1	and hope you guys are doing fantastic. Excited to share with the listeners today.
1:22.8	Hey, we're looking forward to the conversation and updating us since the last time you were on the show.
1:28.4	So, Suja, can you give the best ever listeners a bit about what you've been working on more recently?
1:34.2	Yeah, for sure.
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