Real Takk Podcast

Jason Advocate is NYC's leading divorce attorney in NYC.  He has been involved in the split of the family members of Rockrose & TF Cornerstone, to Kent Swig of Swig Equities who was once married to another real estate titan's daughter.  Jason is the Partner of his law office  Advocate, LLP which specializes in divorce & family law in NYC.  Jason has 25 years of experience representing clie...

Joined by my guest co-host Levi Meyer from Compass Miami, I am pleased to have my other Florida friend & industry colleague Aaron Buchbinder from Boca Raton Florida to talk about his life, business, & the real estate market there.  We discuss happenings on house maintenance, roofs, insurance issues, what you can purchase at several price points, and his advice to homeowners, sellers, &...

Pleased to have Jordan Sachs on the Real Takk Podcast. Jordan was the co-founder & CEO of BOLD New York, a residential real estate brokerage in NYC that at its height, exclusively represented about 15K units across NYC ranging from pre-war walk-ups, to the largest rental building in NYC at almost 1M square feet on West 42nd street named Sky, to trophy rental buildings developed by JDS called T...

Joe Fox is one of the most experienced operator & manager of NYC multi family properties, coops, and condominiums in NYC .  So what does an operator & manager of NYC multi family & commercial mixed use properties actually mean?  Joe & I discuss the intricacies of the below areas on this episode:  Dealings with the NYPD, NYFD, Dept of Buildings, Dept of Health, HPD (housing & pr...

I am pleased to have NYC real estate legend Elizabeth Ann Stribling Kivlan AKA EA Stribling on the the pod.  EA is a born & raised, through & though 5th generation New Yorker.  She attended the Chapin school in the UES, then as most NY’ers do, left the city to attend school at Holy Cross, then to SF to pursue a career outside of real estate and not live in NYC.  Her first entry into real estate wa...

This episode dives into all things Eagle 9 Title Insurance, standard title insurance, and Compass buying up Title Companies mean for the industry with Title Vest Titans Courtney Ronan & Joshua Bolden.    Courtney Ronan:  After college she worked at Goldman Sachs for 3.8 years in the investment management division, then joined Urban Compass on June 2013, 6 months before I joined the team as one of...

To mark my 15th year in the real estate business in NYC, I hop on my pod to discuss 15 lessons that fellow small business owners, real estate brokers, & industry insiders can learn from.   Full episode on all audio platforms here: Full episode link Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/39sf5cb... Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Podbean: https://realtakk.podbean.com/  

(Recorded on April 2023). Had a great chat with NYC real estate broker & RE legend Bob Knakal on this episode.   We often abuse the word GOAT in the world of sports & business.  If one were to not use this world so casually, then Bob would be considered as The Goat of NYC real estate. He's closed almost $21B worth of real estate to date, over 40K residential units, and has sold $7B worth of develo...

Welcome to Jackson Hole!  I welcome my guy Colby Murphy on the Real Takk Pod to discuss all things Jackson Hole & Teton Village Real Estate.  The land of The Grand Tetons, Jackson Hole is not just a beautiful, but a historical town set with local leadership that is intent on preserving its history, character, and most importantly, the land & natural beauty that surrounds this geographical region. ...

I truly believe what Jason is doing is one of the most important aspects of successfully selling real estate. Most sellers leave the staging out of the sales equation due to their brokers inexperience, gross cost, time, logistics, & stress.  While some sellers who own gold coast land may be able to skip the process, the majority of those who strive to achieve top-end pricing will need to go throug...

Pleased to have my friend & industry partner Dylan on the pod.  Dylan is the CEO & Founder of XL Property Management in NYC with over $5B worth of real estate assets managed across the NYC region.  XL is a leading NYC property management firm that specializes in managing the assets of condos & coops owned by individual & institutional investors throughout the world.    I have personally let Dylan...

Industry leader, colleague & friend joins the pod to wrap up his thoughts on 2022, and the prediction of the real estate world in 2023.   Scott is a long time real estate broker in NYC, ranked consistently in the top 1% of NYC agents with a few hundred million in sales just in the last few years. We’ll get to know Scott shortly and as a supplement make sure to give Scott & his team. Follow at @sco...

All start NYC real estate veteran, Compass founding Executive, and my manager Gordon Golub joins the Real Takk Pod to discuss & reflect on 2022 happenings in our world, and goes on to predict what's in the forecast for us in 2023!     

Takk Team Top Attorney Andrew Jorges & Takk Team Title Courtney Ronan come on the podcast to discuss the wrap up of 2022 & prediction of 2023 in the world of real estate.  Topic we cover include:  Topics of Discussion  1.  The Biggest Winners in Real Estate 2022  2. The Biggest loser in Real Estate 2022  3.  The Biggest Winner in Business, not real estate related  4.  The Biggest loser in Business...

I bring on one of my best friends in the industry Frank Suriano on the show to discuss the wrap-up of the year & outlook for 2023.  Follow Frank on IG at @Fsuriano  Franks's topics of discussion include:  1.  The Biggest Winners in Real Estate 2022  2. The Biggest loser in Real Estate 2022  3.  The Biggest Winner in Business, not real estate related  4.  The Biggest loser in Business 2022  5.  The...

Part one of a three part series of the Takk Team Insiders coming on to discuss their expert opinion on 2022 winners, losers, and the prediction of all things real estate & business in 2023.   This episode features my friend Sean Mcpeak of Serhant, and Justin Rubenstein  of Compass.  Follow my guys on IG:  Sean McPeak: https://www.instagram.com/sean_mcpeak/ Justin Rubinstein: https://www.instagram....

Jason Wieloch is the founder & CEO of the Wieloch Group, and also a founding agent of the Compass Atlanta Market where we opened our first office about four years ago.  Jason & his team feature a combined 60 years of experience and over $380M in sales of homes in Atlanta Georgia.  Prior to Compass, Jason was an agent with a few other brokerage firms with over 14 years of experience in the business...

Pleased to have John Zimmerman, aka JZ, on the real takk pod. JZ & I met several years ago when he was appointed to lead the Compass' flagship office in Dallas Ft. Worth and the Greater Tarrant County area.   JZ is a top-producing Ft. Worth agent for the last 30 years.  A strategic growth manager once told me, “JZ is a big deal, he sells blocks upon blocks of the Dallas Fort Worth area”    He’s de...

Pleased to bring on top agent Daisuke “Kai” Ioh, one of the founding agents of Compass Hawaii.  Kai is ranked among the top 16 Real Estate agents in the State of Hawaii in 2021, and the top 1.5% of 1.4M real estate agents in the US in 2021 and 2022 by Wall Street Journal Real Trends.  Since 2015, Hawaii MLS has ranked Kai in the top 25 of all Hawaii Big Island real estate agents. Kai recorded the...

An honor to have one of the Founding members of Compass NC & Raleigh Johnny Chappell on The Real Takk Pod.  Johnny is the Founder & CEO of Chapel, a real estate firm at compass Led by top Triangle real estate broker & developer Johnny Chappell.   He is ranked amongst the top 1% of brokers in the Triangle and boasts 15+ years of real estate industry experience.  A few more facts of John:  He’s a gr...

How the tables have turned!  My brilliant partner in crime Nick Svensson, hailing from Santa Barbara California interviews yours truly.  A few questions & topics that we gloss over on this quick episode:  Where were you born? Where did you grow up? Tell us about your beginnings  What leads to your entry into a career as a real estate broker?  What do you look for in a hire?  How did you find Danie...

Former Chief Marketing Officer of Compass Matt Spangler joins the Real Takk Pod in discussing his recent departure from Compass, the reasons why, and what he looks forward to in the future.  Matt & I go met back in the fall of 2014, at what was then a company known as Urban Compass, a small real estate firm that only had a few dozen agents, engineers, and fewer designers, marketing leads, and staf...

A great pleasure to have one of Compass Senior Managing Directors Dan Marrello on the Real Takk Pod.  I first met Dan at Town Residential, at the time one of the fastest growing brokerages in the NYC real estate world.  I was recruited around 2010 and met Dan around 2012. Prior to Town, Dan was a manager at Citi Habitats for almost 10 years. At present day, Dan helps & oversees several dozen agent...

Julia is the Leasing Director of Compass NYC.  She joins our pod to discuss all things related to the rental market of Manhattan.  As a founder of a team that leases around 150 individual units a year, Julia & I get to discuss the complexities of the residential rental market, why the system is broken, how to better your chances of navigating this market, why brokers get all the heat & blame, and...

I have my general contractor whom I've done dozens of renovations with on the pod to catch up on the world of renovations in NYC.  Follow Phil on IG at @phil_the_ceo & his company @OLExpertContracting  Topics of Discussion with Phil:  Covid Real Estate 2020  Covid real estate 2021  “Nobody wants to work”  Supply Chain  DOB  (Department of buildings)  Plumbers  Coop Boards  Coop Managing Agents  El...