Commercial Real Estate Investing From A-Z

What are the lessons learned from the very first development? What factors to look out for when looking for a land to be developed? What is the state of retail sales and leasing today in a specific market and are prices coming down? Raphael Collazo, Associate Broker at Grisanti Group Commercial Real Estate, shares his insights. Read the interview here: https://tinyurl.com/ymmwthzz What is happenin...

What is the current state of the real estate market and is there a recession coming up? What are some investment strategies for healthy investments? Jeremy Roll , president of Roll Investment Group, shares his knowledge. Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/ykutphd6 What do you think is the state of the market now? What's on your mind in terms of the economy and your investments? O...

Today we celebrate our 200th episode of the Commercial Real Estate Investing From A-Z podcast, I will share some of my most recent learnings and observations, some are in mindset, some are related to real estate investing. Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/2vy2tnhz Real Estate Every single deal has multiple problems you will have to overcome, a friend of mine that has been build...

How to overcome the largest problems and issues in land development? What are some tips in creative financing, collaborative problem-solving, and long-term planning for infrastructure development? We continue the interview with Pike Oliver and Michael Stockstill, authors of Transforming the Irvine Ranch book. Read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/y8dvzpbf Buy the...

How did Mr. Donald Bren buy, manage, and expanded the company that made him the wealthiest real estate investor in the world? Read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/46m22v7b Buy the Transforming the Irvine Ranch book here: https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Irvine-Ranch-William-American/dp/103212783X You both participated in writing a book called Transforming the Irvine Ranch which o...

How to find and assemble large projects? What are the real estate market trends? Victor Menasce, an author, real estate developer, and host of the Real Estate Espresso Podcast , shares his knowledge. Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/nut4m6b8 You have many projects right now, one in particular is huge. How did you get it? How did you put it together? And what are some of the goo...

How is self-storage doing today? What are the benefits of joining a mastermind? Scott Meyers, founder and CEO of Self Storage Investing , shares his knowledge with us. Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/rt4pvac2 You have been doing self-storage for 20 years, how is self-storage doing today? We're bullish on storage. It doesn't matter what the economy's doing, because our asset cl...

Join us for an insightful panel discussion featuring some of the top names in the real estate investment world. In this video, you'll hear from industry veterans Steffany Boldrini, Tom Wilson, Beth Azor, Irwin Boris, and Sarah Sullivan as they share their experiences and strategies in the dynamic world of real estate. Discover how these experts have navigated the ever-changing real estate landscap...

Today, I'll discuss my second syndication, which was fully committed 2 hours after the webinar, and how this partnership came about. Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/bden8yy4 I met my partner for this syndication six years ago at the Real Estate Guys Summit at Sea. I've always emphasized that the expensive events are the best because everyone there is serious about real estate...

What are some ways to increase income on a commercial property? Joseph Woodbury, CEO of Neighbor , shares his knowledge. Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/wewybvt5 What kind of fees do you charge and how does it benefit the property owner? We only make money when our partners make money. We don't charge any upfront or recurring fee, free to use the service. Just like an Airbnb o...

How to find, analyze, and convert small boutique hotels? What are the systems and tools to use and the processes for hiring top people? Blake Dailey, a real estate investor, owner of boutique hotels, and founder of BoutiqueHotelCon, shares his knowledge Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/yevhs2u3 How long did it take you to surpass your W2 income after you started investing? It t...

What are the top lessons learned over a four-decade real estate investing career? What are his thoughts on the current real estate investing market compared to other difficult markets that he has been through in the past? Is there such a thing as work-life balance? We are chatting with Stephen Bittel, Chairman and founder of Terranova Corporation, he manages their sizeable portfolio of proper...

We continue our education of the history of The Irvine Company, picking up where we left of  in the 1980's through 2013. Excerpts from the book: The Irvine Ranch: a Time for People" by Martin A. Brower. Read this entire episode here: https://tinyurl.com/y6s85em4 About 4,000 residential ground leases made over a 15-year period were coming up for renewal. The new rent, set at 5, 6, or 7% of the...

We continue the introduction to the richest real estate investor in the globe, the owner of The Irvine Company, Donald Bren. Read the entire episode here: https://tinyurl.com/m2ehfys7 1970's At that point, cities and the County were increasingly imposing costly demands on the developer. These demands included roads, flood control channels, parks, and schools — all of which were previously provided...

A little background on the history of The Irvine Company. Read this entire episode here: http://tinyurl.com/55zadwbj In 1864, James Irvine and three partners bought a 101,000-acre ranch, for around $26k. Much of that is now a city called Irvine, in California. It was initially a ranch focused on agriculture and it also encompassed coastal land. In the early 1900’s they started developing some of t...

How to canvass tenants for retail properties? What are some techniques to get a new tenant? Who to target? Beth Azor , the "Canvassing Queen", CRE leasing coach, developer, investor, author/speaker, and CEO of Azor Advisory Services shares her knowledge. Read this entire interview here: http://tinyurl.com/2jdstyra How to canvass tenants for retail properties? Canvassing is when we knock on doors t...

Will interest rates come down in 2024? What is the economic outlook? What will happen with inventory by the time the rates go down? Should you buy real estate right now? Chad Zdenek , real estate investor, and owner of CSQ Properties , shares his knowledge. Read this entire interview here: http://tinyurl.com/8y6b9k57 You are in tune with the economy and economics. We have some interesting news on...

What are some ways that real estate operators and syndicators could market themselves in today's world? What are the benefits of a mastermind? Kyle Wilson founder of Jim Rohn International, YourSuccessStore, and KyleWilson.com, shares his wisdom. Read this entire interview here: http://tinyurl.com/3z7wnnd2 What are some ways that real estate operators and syndicators could market themselves in tod...

How do you approach requests from a national tenant that can hurt your property value? What do retail landlords care more about? How do you balance TI with free rent and how much to give of each? Bethany Babcock, Founder and Principal at Foresite Commercial Real Estate shares her insights. Read this entire interview here: http://tinyurl.com/mryukh4j There's a lot of pushbacks that we need to give...

What are the top things that you should be aware of when negotiating a retail lease? Bethany Babcock, Founder and Principal at Foresite Commercial Real Estate , reviews some major points for landlords to negotiate with their prospective tenants, large and small. Read this entire interview here: http://tinyurl.com/y8cppmt8 You represent both tenants and landlords, what are the main things we should...

What went right and what went wrong in 2023? Which goals did I accomplish and what have I failed on? Since a lot of you have been following my career for a few years I thought it would be good to share the things that went right and wrong in 2023. My goals for 2023 were to purchase 6 properties worth $5M each and get one land ready for development in CA. My other goal was to sell or convert the ca...

How much have commercial real estate prices declined? Are the properties we are buying today discounted? Neal Bawa , CEO of MultifamilyU , shares his knowledge. Read the entire interview here: http://tinyurl.com/832h7ak6 How were you investing in 2020, 2021, 2022? For that property, I must be honest and say there is no horror story to tell. The property did what it was supposed to do, we bumped re...

How to find the next market? How to convince investors to invest in something that is new to them? Neal Bawa , CEO of MultifamilyU , shares his knowledge. Read the entire interview here: http://tinyurl.com/4vj3wyhr You sold a deal today and you returned a huge amount to the investors. Let's go over the entire process from why were you analyzing that deal and what made you want to buy it. The name...

How to approach due diligence on a new operator as a limited partner? How should investors decide if they should invest in a fund or not? How should you fundraise for deals that have not been determined what they are yet? When to say no to a potential investor? Dr. Joseph Ryan Smolarz , founder of STOR , shares his insights. Read the entire interview here: http://tinyurl.com/yph2892p What are some...

What are the top lessons learned over a very successful six decades of real estate investing?  Tom Wilson , principal at  Wilson Investment Properties , a seasoned investor in several asset classes including retail, office, multi-family, industrial and others, shares his wealth of knowledge. Read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/38phajz2 Major Lessons Learned My first tip o...