Real Estate for Breakfast

Marketing!  We all know that we should be doing a better job marketing ourselves and our companies online.  But it is hard to know how to market oneself.  We had Linda Day Harrison, founder and CEO of theBrokerList, come on the podcast to describe simple tips and strategies to market yourself online.  Marketing is simply educating the public about who you are and what you can d...

Phil’s friend Colin Laitner (Deeter Investments / Metis Capital) comes back on the podcast as a follow up to Episode 4 to let us all know the resolution of his company’s real estate lawsuit between the Nook and the Westin regarding the Westin’s claim that the Nook’s awesome sound was infringing on its use and enjoyment of its property.  It is an interesting discussion of litigation strategy,...

Phil sits down for a cup of coffee with Dan McCaffery of McCaffery Interests.  Dan explains how he went from a college student in Canada to running a hugely successful real estate development and full service real estate firm in Chicago, Illinois, that has successfully completed over $2 Billion of commercial real estate developments.   Dan is a big picture guy who has made big devel...

Distressed Debt.  Debt buying is a multi-billion dollar industry that operates largely under the radar.  Phil has Jon Winick of Clark Street Capital come on to discuss the business side of debt purchases and sales, the industry, and how it all works.  As it turns out, all banks sell loans.  There are professional loan buying companies, private equity groups, and individual inve...

In order to learn more about the coworking phenomenon, Phil has Sam Rosen, co-founder of Deskpass, on the podcast.  Sam, a design and technology professional by trade, is a long time pioneer in the coworking space industry (former founder of the “Coop” in River North), and Deskpass allows users to dip their toes in the coworking atmosphere.   Sam discusses trends with the millennial...

First, Phil provides an ICSC RECON recap, and he shares his first experience at the storied conference in Las Vegas.   Phil then sits down with Andrew Calcutt and George Freeman, two long-time friends and business partners, who invest in 6-30 unit multi-family buildings in the south side of Chicago.   Andrew and George discuss their strategies, their challenges finding quality...

Dee G. Coover.   MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL.  In this episode, Phil’s mother Dee G. Coover comes on the podcast to discuss one of the most complex real estate deals one can imagine:  The DeKalb Public Library Expansion project.   As (now happily retired) director of the DeKalb Public Library, Dee embarked on a 9 year, $25 Million Dollar, journey to renovate an existing hist...

Phil is joined by Bobby Goodman, one of the co-founders of Truss, which could revolutionize the commercial real estate industry with its new real estate tech company, Truss.  This company launched in January of 2017 and is already making waves in the community.   Truss provides a cloud based platform for office space and gives power to the tenants looking for office space in downtow...

Craig Nadborne - Q1 2017 Chicago Downtown Office Market Report.  In this episode, Phil has Craig Nadborne, an office tenant rep broker and senior managing director at Bradford Allen, come on the podcast to explain the Bradford Allen quarterly report and describe the state of the office market in downtown Chicago.   Craig advises on the current rental rates, total inventory, the diff...

Bonus Episode:  Cybersecurity Symposium:  “ Cyber Security: What Does It Mean for My Business?”   In case you could not join us on March 8, 2017, SATC Solution Center L3C hosted a cybersecurity symposium which included a panel of cybersecurity professionals including an attorney, Allison Adams of SATC, an cyber risk insurance professional, Mike Richmond, of the Horton Group, and a t...

Jobs!  Careers!   Bob Cavoto, the founder of 20/20 Foresight Executive Search, comes on to answer all those questions you always wanted to ask an executive recruiter.   Bob shoots it straight.  Bob explains executive marketing and recruiting, gives career and life advice, and provides a roadmap for how to improve your career and become a C-level executive for real est...

In episode 7, Phil has industrial real estate broker, David Haigh, of NAI Hiffman, come on to discuss the different approach needed for massive square footage transactions in industrial real estate.   Dave explains a good approach to networking and getting into the real estate business, explains the history and macroeconomic factors that lead Chicago to being of paramount importance in i...

Phil's featured guest is Steven Spinell of JLL. Steven is a former professional hockey player turned commercial real estate professional. Steven discusses his work on JLL's build to suit team, his transition to commercial real estate, and his passion project to help competitive athletes transition from the sports arena to the corporate arena.  But first, Phil is joined by fellow SATC principa...

The State of the Chicago Retail Market!  In episode 5, Phil gets the state of the Chicago Retail market from one of Chicago’s premiere retail brokers, David Stone of Stone Real Estate Corporation.  David discusses the recent soaring rents in the North Michigan Avenue riverfront area, the challenges and advantages of leasing a unique building such as the Merchandise Mart, and provides tre...

Phil grabs a cup of coffee with his good friend, Colin C. Laitner, the general counsel of Deeter Investments, LLP, a private investment firm, and a principal of Metis Capital, LLC, a commercial real estate development company based out of Austin, Texas.  Phil makes Colin tell the story of how he got his position with Deeter Investments, LLP, and discusses a private nuisance lawsuit where a lo...

Robert Walters – Principal of Quattro Development, LLC.  In part 2 of a 2 part episode, host Phil Coover continues his conversation with Rob Walters of Quattro Development, Inc., where they discuss the nuances of approaching municipalities around the country, picking sites by looking at population density, the difficulties of entering the commercial real estate industry, and a new non-profit...

Robert Walters – Principal of Quattro Development, LLC.  In part 1 of a 2 part episode, host Phil Coover sits down with Rob Walters of Quattro Development, Inc. to discuss how a kid from DeKalb founded a national real estate development company with his partner Mike Liyeos in 2008.  Rob explains his company’s process to select and develop sites, sourcing materials and contractors, and fi...

Real Estate for Breakfast is a Chicago centric real estate podcast which brings real estate professionals and attorneys together to create thoughtful commentary on current real estate issues, explanations of sophisticated real estate problems, details on current developments and entertaining discussion. Episode 1 Guest Speaker - C. Michelle Panovich of Mid-America Asset Management, Inc. Descriptio...