Masters of Moments

Paligroup is a fully integrated branded real estate development and hospitality operating company that acquires, programs, develops, owns, and operates unique hotels and residences.  Their brands, development, and operational expertise also include specialized retail spaces, highly curated restaurants, bars, and event venues.  Avi Brosh founded Paligroup in 1998 and serves as its Chief Executive a...

Sieva Kozinsky is the Managing Partner and co-founder of Enduring Ventures, a long-term holding company dedicated to buying and building beautiful businesses and stewarding them with exceptional, values-driven leadership. On this episode, Jake and Sieva discuss: Pivoting from being an operator to an investor Due diligence on potential acquisitions How to incentivize management teams and CEOs How E...

Ian Ross founded SomeraRoad in 2016, bringing a fresh, entrepreneurial approach to opportunistic real estate in growing secondary cities nationwide. He has since led the firm’s rapid expansion, overseeing nearly $2.5 billion in acquisitions of 25+ million square feet in more than 70 unique markets. Ian has also augmented SomeraRoad’s core value-add business, building new verticals in industrial ne...

Brian Rosen is the founder of the Growth Beverage collective of brands, which includes Sprout Beverage, InvestBev, BevStrat, and Algoma Capital. The Growth Beverage ecosystem serves independent beverage brands at every stage of their growth journey - from inception through exit. On this episode, Jake and Brian discuss: - Growing the family business to over $100M - The reality of Private Equity - A...

If you raise capital or invest - this is for you.  I discuss: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:04:34) - Promoted Interest (00:06:00) - What’s a waterfall? (00:08:28) - How to build a waterfall (00:15:04) - Advanced structures (00:18:59) - Nuances (00:26:44) - Crystallization (00:30:06) - How we structure our deals (00:34:34) - Mistakes we’ve made (00:38:11) - Q&A Links: Join the Community The Boardroom Case...

Jordan Breck has been in the real estate investment business for over 10 years and is the President and co-founder at MRP. His primary responsibilities include the structuring and analysis of investments and overseeing the company’s growth strategy. Jordan has been personally involved in over $600 Million worth of transactions. MRP Capital Group is The nation's largest owner of Walmart Shadow Cent...

Affordable Upstate is a real estate investment firm focused on redeveloping and redefining naturally occurring affordable housing in the Upstate of South Carolina.  In 2017 Mario co-founded Affordable Upsate, a small real estate investment firm, at the time with 63 units, that redevelops energy-efficient, multifamily apartment units. Since 2017 we have placed over $50MM of investor equity into soc...

Preferred Equity is one of the best opportunities in Real Estate Right now.  This is a time when you can earn equity-like returns with debt-like risk.  They don't come often. On this episode, I do a solo-deep dive on Pref Equity and some Q&A done with a live audience! Enjoy. Links: Deal Reward Program Hospitality Investing Masterclass Follow Jake on X Topics: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:02:32) - Explai...

Homi Vazifdar is Founder and Exec. Director of the Canyon Group, a boutique private equity company, based in Larkspur, California just of north San Francisco. The Canyon Group, which was co-founded by Vazifdar in 2005, owns and/or develops ultra-luxury resorts in exotic destinations around the world. The Company currently owns assets in North America, Latin America, Mexico and the South Pacific. T...

Ben Wolff is building, operating and managing $65M in experiential hospitality real estate. He is the co-founder and developer of Onera, a luxury treehouse resort in Texas Hill Country. Onera is the first public REIT hotel exit of a glamping resort. Ben is also the founder & CEO of experiential hospitality marketing and management firm StayOasi. Prior to Onera, Ben grew Blink Hospitality a short-t...

With the help of its carefully-selected operating partners, Macfarlan intends to aggregate a strategic portfolio of small to mid-sized high-yielding agricultural assets reaching a target size of ~50,000 acres, operate for targeted cash on cash return over 6-8%, and exit to an institutional investor achieving a projected 13-15% project-level IRR over the anticipated hold period of 8-10 years. On th...

Adler Real Estate Partners is an entrepreneurial real estate company pursuing a vertically integrated niche strategy which invests in multi-tenant light industrial and related business parks. The Company is highly focused on a specific market sector, enabling it to generate favorable risk-adjusted returns. Formed in 2012 as an independent company, the firm carries in its DNA the successful 50-year...

Sky is the Founder and CEO of Basecamp Resorts, a hospitality brand headquartered in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. It currently operates 11 hotel and resort properties across Western Canada’s most spectacular mountain ranges. Jake and Sky discuss: - The state of experiential travel - Finding great locations - A walkthrough of a deal - Nordic spas - Advice for folks in hospitality Links: Basecamp Resor...

An active investor for 20 years, Jonathan has been involved in over $10 billion of real estate transactions worldwide in the hospitality, office, and residential sectors, focusing on hotels. Prior to founding EOS in 2017, he was with Northwood Investors from 2007 to 2016, where he served as a Managing Director from 2009 to 2016, overseeing the acquisition and asset management of its hotel portfoli...

As the CEO of BTI Partners, Noah brings over 30 years of real estate finance, construction and development experience to the table with over $3.5 billion in transactions across a wide variety of asset classes. On this episode, Jake and Noah discuss: - Spotting patterns in cycles to take advantage of - Debt positioning - Identifying great locations - Biggest makes for folks getting into the land bu...

John Flannigan is a hotel industry veteran with over 30 years of hospitality experience. In June of 2016, John founded Wylder Hotels to seek out drive market leisure properties that had a nostalgic history. He thought there was white space within the adventure travel sector in tertiary areas of the country that could compete with urban assets, yet at a much lower basis and cost to develop. Wylder...

Scott Lewis is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spartan Investment Group, LLC (SIG). As the CEO, Scott is responsible for the strategic direction of the company and ensuring it aligns with SIG’s mission to Improve Lives Through Real Estate. Prior to Spartan, Scott held positions as a regional sales manager for a biotech firm, various positions in strategic and project management for t...

James Curnin is the CEO and founder of Clara Homes, a Miami-based, vertically integrated real estate firm offering residential and commercial development, operations oversight, and custom homes. He has pursued ground-up new construction opportunities in high-end markets across Los Angeles and Miami and specializes in the development of luxury spec homes, multifamily assets, and workforce rental co...

Bryson is responsible for the overall strategic direction and executive management of Reaume Richardson. His knowledge was built from the ground up, as he worked in the trades for half a decade before moving into executive management. He's passionate about aligning the firm's vision, values, and targets so that Reaume Richardson can maintain the highest standards for their employees, partners, and...

Sean O'Dowd built Scholastic Capital in order to buy SFR homes in elite school districts. On this episode, Jake and Sean discuss: Building Scholastic Capital Raising a fund for the business How Scholastic picks the right markets and their asset criteria Fundraising, leasing, financing, technology and more!   Links: Sean on Twitter - https://twitter.com/SeanODowd15 Sean's content and Scholastic Cap...

Daniel has more than forty years of specialized experience worldwide in hospitality-related: real estate appraisals, economic feasibility evaluations, investment counseling, asset management, receivership, and transactional services of hotels, resorts, conference centers, casinos, mixed-use facilities, spa & wellness properties, and timeshare/fractional ownership properties. On this episode, Jake...

Gabe has led more than $50mm of multi-family investments in metro Denver, across more than 500 apartment units in Denver, Lakewood and Aurora. Gabe is also the co-manager on over $25mm of multi-family investments (164 units) in Los Angeles. On this episode, Jake & Gabe discuss:  Going from Wall St. into Real Estate Building Generational Wealth Raising Capital Executing Value-Add Strategies   Links...

Jamal "Monster Mash" Mashburn played 12 years in the NBA and was an All-Star who averaged 19 points over his career. In his post-NBA life, Jamal has built an impressive portfolio of investments that include restaurants, car dealerships, hospitality, waste management and transportation.  In this episode, Jake and Jamal discuss: Jamal's operating portfolio Finding jockey's for businesses Jamal inves...

Roundhouse is a fully integrated developer and operator of multifamily housing. Starting with a single condominium purchased amidst the financial crisis in 2009, we have since developed and acquired a portfolio of over 5,000 multifamily homes. Today, Roundhouse focuses exclusively on providing high-quality housing options in emerging cities across the Western United States. In order to deliver sup...

Greg has successfully led Peachtree in more than $9.0 billion in acquisitions, investments, and development since co-founding the company. He has more than 24 years of hospitality experience with an emphasis on deal-structuring and financing and was formerly Senior Vice President of Business Development for Specialty Finance Group, originating more than $2.0 billion of hotel debt. Peachtree Hotel...