RCG’s strategic consulting provides clients with the thought-leadership, market understanding and transaction sophistication that helps guide investment decisions under varying market conditions. Based in California and New York, we work closely with our clients to provide high-level consulting services responsive to their business opportunities and challenges.

Competitive Advantage

• The markets are changing very rapidly, which puts a premium on high-quality, experienced independent consulting input from people who understand and have been through all phases of the property-market cycle.
• Our principals have spent more than 130 years combined engaged in real estate consulting with hands-on experience in the debt and equity capital markets and in the evaluation of transactions across property types throughout North America and Europe.
• Our greatest competitive advantage is our ability to call market turns. Most recently, we are on record for calling:
  • the housing bubble in the Fall of 2004
  • the impending mortgage collapse in early 2006
  • the approaching recession in December 2007
• Our clients are among the leading banks, insurance companies, and real estate investors who use us as a trusted advisor in evaluating real estate strategies and investment opportunities.
• This unique access to participants in both the equity and debt sectors of the property industry further separates RCG from other firms.

• We produce our own proprietary analysis and forecasts.
• We have an independent point of view that quite frequently differs from consensus and other firms.
• We have an outlook on current policies and regularly develop policy proposals to improve the broader economy and real estate markets.
• Our understanding of global and regional economic complexities and their impact on specific market segments allows us to discern actionable risks and opportunities.

• Our strategic advice contributes to profitable investing over the entire real estate market cycle.
• Whether working out distressed portfolio assets or investing in opportunistic transactions, our strong view of where the economy and real estate markets are and where they are going results in superior pricing and performance.
• RCG has the knowledge and experience to fully assess the real estate investment process from the acquisition and financing stage to management and operation of portfolios.
• We tailor the components of our services to clients’ needs, so that we are providing services targeted to the analytic input and business judgment that you require.
• We provide retainer clients with a package of high quality market research and forecasting services to inform strategic and investment decisions.