Feb 2, 2022
Atif Qadir is the co-founder & Chief Executive Officer of REDIST, a venture-backed fintech company focused on real estate incentives. He is also the co-producer and host of “American Building,” a real estate podcast that REDIST sponsors with Michael Graves Architecture & Design.
He joins us in this episode to talk about financing real estate deals through public incentives. There are a few public incentives available for investors today. The challenge for them is how to access them and pick the right incentive for their deals.
[00:01 - 02:01] Opening Segment
- Let’s get to know Atif Qadir
- He talks about his humble beginnings
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- From Bahrain to USA
[02:02 - 12:37] Financing Through Public Incentives
- Atif breaks down the opportunity he saw in his tech business
- Finance your deals with public incentives
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- Here’s how
- Why getting tax credits is a highly competitive endeavor
[12:38 - 22:12] Different Kinds of Tax Credit
- This is how tax credits work according to Atif
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- The opposite of a tax credit
- The role of a syndicator in acquiring tax credits
- What investors should know about historic and new market tax credits
[22:13 - 27:30] Final Four Segment
- A useful tool or resource that you cannot live without
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- Excel and Google Drive
- A real estate mistake and how to avoid it
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- Buying resources that are not really helpful
- Don’t life, cheat, and steal
- Your way to make the world a better place
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- Having diversity in the team
- Reach out to Atif
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- See links below
- Final words
Tweetable Quotes
“The tax code is one of the most beautiful tools to encourage development, without creating current monetary obligations for government.” - Atif Qadir
“There is value in having different ways of communicating. There is value in having different ways of thinking. And there's value in having different ways of behaving.” - Atif Qadir
“I think the quality of a business improves when you have different people sharing different perspectives to get to the best end result.” - Atif Qadir
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Email atif@redist.us to reach out to DJ or follow him on LinkedIn. Know more about REDIST to claim public incentives you can invest for your real estate properties!
- Listen to the American Building Podcast to know how iconic buildings came together from the perspective of their designers and developers.
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