The Dealmakers’ Edge with A.Y. Strauss

Host Aaron Strauss and featured guest Eric Barvin discuss how his firm – Barvin – offers unique investment opportunities to high-net-worth individuals otherwise excluded from the chance to expand their portfolio with multifamily properties, and how his team continues to earn the respect and referrals of those investors by emphasizing transparency, community, and candor.  Follow Eric’s journey from...

Sean Dalfen , president of Dalfen Industrial , reveals the keys to success in real estate, but warns that they have nothing to do with instant gratification. He tells host Aaron Strauss how three generations of Dalfens have steered the business’ strategy for nearly a century, and how the firm currently manages its portfolio of last-mile industrial real estate acquisitions and developments. Learn h...

Inspired by the bustling, ever-changing neighborhoods of his youth, featured guest Adam Altman believes that the most profitable real estate investment portfolio is fueled by a clear understanding of the people – merchants, employers, employees, government officials, etc. – behind the community. Altman and host Aaron Strauss discuss how that demographic understanding has always been part of The KA...

Passion. Alignment. Ambition. Hard Work. Featured guest Inna Khidekel tells host Aaron Strauss that these elements – along with a heart of service, a head for business, and an entrepreneurial spirit – are at the core of her own impressive career and the incredible success of her firm, Bridge Investment Group . Learn how Bridge, under Inna’s leadership, became the revolutionary ambassador for integ...

Mindset. Teachability. Mentorship. Culture. These concepts may seem like secondary business principles, but featured guest Ross Cooper tells host Aaron Strauss he believes they are Kimco Realty ’s edge in becoming North America’s largest publicly traded owner and operator of open-air, grocery-anchored shopping centers and mixed used assets - and key reasons both the company and its people have suc...

Innovation. Inspiration. Profitability. Resiliency. Host Aaron Strauss and featured guest Justin Ehrlich dig into these themes and more in this episode of The Dealmaker's Edge. Learn how the founding partner of Churchill pivoted from financial crisis to commercial success during the Great Recession, how his early adoption of technology continues to fuel Churchill’s accuracy in risk management...

In episode one, Aaron Strauss of A.Y. Strauss speaks with Adir Levitas of Faropoint about Adir's background, career evolution, industrial real estate, pushing through struggles, the importance of being open-minded, technology's role in commercial real estate, and more. Enjoy the show? Have a guest in mind?  Email us at podcast@aystrauss.com to let us know your feedback and who you want t...