Making an Impact In Our Own Backyard
CommonGood Capital is proud to announce the formation of a new consulting relationship we've established with a local non-profit in Orlando. CommonGood will leverage it's experience in both impact funds in general and impact due diligence to help the non-profit create...
Takeaways from Walker & Dunlop’s Latest Multifamily Outlook Report
Walker & Dunlop released their Multifamily Outlook for the first half of 2023. The report is full of insights from their seasoned team of commercial real estate professionals, clients, and partners in the multifamily space, in which they are an industry...
Impact Investing by the Numbers
Opportunities for Impact education is a key part of CommonGood Capital's long-term vision to transform investors, businesses, financial markets, and the world through the power of stewardship and capital. Recently we hosted a well-received webinar focused on answering...
ASI Impact Report Available
Alliant Strategic Investments (ASI), the manager behind the ASI Multifamily Impact Fund, recently released their Impact Report for 2022. In short, ASI focused on improvements both in the properties they served and in their ability to streamline internal processes...
Observations from an Affordable Housing On-Site Visit
Having been to many Alliant Strategic assets in the past, it was a privilege earlier this month to take a few RIAs on a site visit and due diligence tour of the first property acquired in ASI Multi-Family Impact Fund. Oak Hill Village is a 181 unit property...
Taking Impact to the Main Stage
The ADISA conference taking place April 24-26th, will feature a presentation by Jeff Shafer, CEO of CommonGood Capital, on "The State of Impact." This will be part of the 2023 Spring Conference's General Session I, which will provide an in-depth overview of the...
ASI Multifamily Impact Fund, LP Acquires Crosswinds Apartments
The ASI Multi-Family Impact Fund, LP, which is focused on providing Affordable and Workforce housing primarily serving minority populations and lower income residents, recently acquired Crosswinds Apartments - an affordable, 109-unit multifamily property situated in...
Impact: The New Exchange
https://youtu.be/9HOkfgeX4rw Have you ever heard the statement, “What makes you good can also make you bad?” This generalized mantra has stuck with me over the decades for its simple truth as it is applicable to most anything. Even one’s capital. Capital is a tool,...
Could 2023 Be the Year?
Right now, leaders from across the globe are meeting in Davos at the World Economic Forum. The theme for this year is 'Cooperation in a Fragmented World’. Some of you are cheering Davos and others are sneering it. What I make of it is that there are real needs, a...
The Great Wealth Transfer Is Upon Us
CNBC recently published an article on the 'Great Wealth Transfer', shorthand for the 68 trillion expected to be passed down from boomers to the younger generation, and several strategies for advisors to navigate the shift... Between Bill Gates’ pledge to...
Change Your Mindset
Forty minutes south of Orlando, I sat in an old prison “classroom” with 40 men all working towards improvement, change and new beginnings. While an observer could easily tell the outward difference between the volunteers and the men in “blues,” that same observer...
MFIF Schedules Second Investor Close
The ASI Multi-Family Impact Fund (MFIF), formed by Alliant Strategic Investments (“ASI”) and CommonGood Capital, recently made some exciting progress as the second investor close was announced to occur on January 16th. The MFIF sources, acquires, enhances,...
Michelle Campbell Joins CommonGood as Director of Operations/Compliance
We are proud to announce that Michelle Campbell has been hired as Director of Operations/Compliance for CommonGood Capital. Michelle is a Regulatory Compliance Consultant and Financial Services Professional with a 13 year proven track record in leading, training and...
We are coming to a city near you!
CommonGood Capital and Alliant Strategic are planning on-site housing visits in Q1 & Q2 of 2023 in 5 cities including Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Cleveland, and Dallas. These on-site visits will last about 3 hours, and will allow you to see first-hand what...
CommonGood Capital Awarded the ADISA Distinguished Service Award
In a strong sign that the financial services industry continues to recognize the importance of Impact to the future of the industry, CommonGood Capital was given the Distinguished Service Award by ADISA during the welcoming ceremony at the organization's 2022...
Whitepaper: The Renter’s Dilemma
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) estimates there is a shortage of at least 7 million affordable housing units in the U.S. today. There is no single definition for affordable housing, but a rule of thumb in law and practice is affordable housing must...
ASI Multifamily Impact Fund, LP Acquires Oak Hill Village Apartments
The ASI Multi-Family Impact Fund, LP, which is focused on providing Affordable and Workforce housing primarily serving minority populations and lower income residents, recently acquired Oak Hill Village Apartments - an affordable, 181-unit multifamily property...
Businesses Transformed By Impact
Momentum in integrating impact into business continues to transform businesses both small and large. Recently the founder of Patagonia, a US leader in Outdoor clothing that operates stores in 10+ countries globally, decided to give away his company to help fight...