How did you guys start a REPE Fund?
where did you get your money from? how long did it take to grow? what kind of transactions are you doing?  what asset class? average deal size/how many deals per year?

I know this is what i want to do just need to start somewhere.
[{"id": "g14q93p", "text": "I got my cash from the money tree.\nIt took about 30 years to grow. \nI'm primarily doing buying and selling transactions.", "replies": [], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g14x3ho", "text": "Network\n\nExperience sells", "replies": [{"id": "g14xav7", "text": "Just like any other capital intensive investment business... Who do you know, how can you meet who you want to know, and how do you convince them to trust you with their cash.", "replies": [], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}, {"id": "g15f9nj", "text": "The principals at my firm went to a large diversified fund and pitched their expertise in a niche asset class, and were given seed capital to start.", "replies": [{"id": "g16a505", "text": "Curious - what sort of projected returns do you need to get interest in a niche field?", "replies": [{"id": "g17jdf2", "text": "It varies widely by niche, hard to answer that question.  It\u2019s less about returns and more about proving that you are an expert in that niche.", "replies": [], "depth": 3}], "depth": 2}], "depth": 1}]