The Insider's Edge To Real Estate Investing

On this week's show, I welcome a very special guest, Chairman and CEO of the Peebles Corporation, Don Peebles. Don shares with us some of the lessons he examines in two of his books, how at 23 years old he started his own appraisal company, and how at 24 years old, he realized he wanted to become a developer and what led him to that decision. Don also shares with us some fantastic advice as we all...

Join us this week as I welcome a close friend, as well as CEO, Founder and President of Okada & Co., Chris Okada. Tune in to learn about Chris's entry into the business following graduation from college after the 9/11 attacks. He shares with us how working for his father's real estate company got him started, what his first investment in the industry looked like, and what he is currently doing dur...

On this week's episode, I welcome a true pioneer and CEO of Heritage Equity Partners, Toby Moskovits. Tune in to hear Toby's incredible story in which she shares about living and working in Israel, how she got into the business, as well as priceless advice for women in the industry. At the end of the show, I also welcome a panel including Lisa Flicker and Neda Levy of Rhodes Associates, a firm in...

On this week's show, I welcome a true legend and potential NYC mayoral candidate, John Catsimatidis. Tune in to learn about John's thoughts on the state of New York City and why he is considering another run for Mayor. John also shares some great stories about his career, how he got to where he is today and how he first started in the real estate business. At the end of the show, I welcome a multi...

For this week's episode, I thought it'd be important to share with everyone my latest webinar which covered the New York City and State Budgets, as well as the Future of Property Taxes. This webinar included three fantastic panelists consisting of Andrew Rein of the Citizens Budget Commission, Ari Shalam of RWN Real Estate Partners and Martha Stark, the former Commissioner of the NYC Dept. of Fina...

On this week's episode, I welcome Leo S. Ullman, President of Vastgood Properties. Tune in to learn about Leo's incredible story about his life, his early career in law, and how he ultimately landed in real estate and where he is today. Leo shares with us amazing stories about his early deals and some fantastic advice for early investors. At the end of the show, I also welcome back our broker pane...

On this week's show I welcome industry titan, author and Chairman & CEO of Time Equities, Inc., Francis Greenburger. This incredible conversation goes into how Francis first started in the business, some of the most complex deals he was involved in, and how he dealt with taking big risks on projects throughout his career. At the end of the show, I also welcome back our broker panel consisting of B...

For this week's episode, I welcome a close friend and top industry business coach, Rod Santomassimo. Rod has been a professional coach to some of the top commercial real estate brokers across the country for years now, teaching them how to implement best practices and build better businesses with repeatable processes that produce predictable results. Tune in to listen about Rod's best advice, how...

On this week's show, I am featuring a webinar that I hosted with our Global Head of Research at Avison Young, Dr. Nick Axford and Principal and Vice President of Project Management at Avison Young, Kirsten Beck. This webinar covered what the new normal will look like in commercial real estate following this pandemic and really gives some fantastic insight and perspectives as we begin to look at ho...

On this week's episode, I welcome a friend and industry titan, Scott Rechler, CEO and Chairman of RXR Realty. Tune in to hear some of Scott's story, as well as how he has overcome crisis' in the past and how we can get through the current COVID-19 pandemic. At the end of the show I also feature a portion of my most recent webinar with Reggie Thomas of REBNY to share with you all the latest on the...

For this week's episode, I am re-broadcasting a portion of a benefit that the Young Men's and Women's Real Estate Association (YMWREA) and the Real Estate Council of Carnegie Hall put on to help raise money to benefit frontline healthcare workers at Mount Sinai Health System. Donations are still accepted and this is a fantastic cause! Performers included a song by Jimmy Buffet, as well as performe...

On this week's episode I welcome industry titan, Marty Burger, CEO of Silverstein Properties. Tune in to learn about Marty's first real estate deal while being a student at the University of Pennsylvania, how he earned an early position at the Related Companies, and some of the lessons he learned starting off in the industry. Marty then shares how he ended up at Silverstein Properties and what it...

For this week's episode, I am featuring a live webinar that I hosted with James Capalino of Capalino+Company in which we discussed the PPP and how it benefits real estate. Please tune in to this timely episode as we discussed a wide variety of topics on how to best come out of this Coronavirus pandemic.

On April 2nd, I held a live webinar with Reggie Thomas of the Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY) to discuss the CARES Act, among other issues driving the real estate industry today in New York. COVID-19 has affected everyone in some way so please use this information as I believe it can benefit us all!

Hoping everyone is staying safe out there and spending some time with loved ones! For this week's show, I welcome my neighbor, close friend and industry colleague, Michael Rudder of Rudder Property Group. Tune in to hear where Michael grew up, how he went from an Anthropology degree from Ithaca College into a career in commercial real estate, and some of the advice that he learned from his mentors...

For this week's show, I welcome a close friend of mine, Masood Bhatti, Managing Director of Real Estate at Silverpeak. Masood has such an incredible story in which he shares how he got started in the business and goes into detail on some of the "leaps of faith" that landed him to where he is now. Tune in to hear how Masood came to the United States in the 80s' with just $500 dollars in his pocket,...

On this week's show, I welcome Reed Goossens, author and investor, as well as founder of RSN Property Group, a multifamily syndication investing firm. Reed has an incredible story having grown up in Australia then moving to New York City after falling in love with an American girl while traveling in France. Tune in to hear how Reed first got involved in real estate, how his first deal was only $38...

For our 20th show, I welcome John Usdan, CEO of Midwood Investment and Development, a premier real estate company founded in Brooklyn, NY in 1981. For this fantastic interview, John dives into his early upbringing around real estate with his late grandfather, an immigrant from Russia who started off selling homes in Brooklyn, giving John his passion for the business. He then dives into his early d...

On this week's show I welcome Ian Ross of Somera Road to discuss his early career and his love for the New York hustle. Tune in to hear his insight on how his company dives into tough, complicated deals that are in secondary and tertiary markets, as well as some of his favorite markets to invest in outside of New York. Ian also explains his early upbringing in California and loving the lifestyle,...

On this week's show I welcome the founders of 60 Guilders, Kevin Chisholm and Bastien Broda, both close friends and colleagues. Tune in to hear their fascinating story about starting out within Savanna Real Estate Fund together to leaving and starting their own real estate investment firm, 60 Guilders. Both Kevin and Bastien share stories about their early projects, as well as difficulties they've...

On this week's show, I welcome fellow Colgate graduate and close friend, Thomas Campbell, Founder and Principal of Thorobird LLC. Tune in to hear Thomas discuss his early career working in finance at Merrill Lynch to moving back down to Florida for a short time in order to shadow a small-time developer. Thomas explains that working with a smaller firm and developer ultimately helped shape his entr...

On this week's show, I welcome a very special guest, Ric Clark, Managing Partner of Real Estate and Chairman at Brookfield Property Group, Brookfield Property Partners and Brookfield Property REIT. Ric gives us an inside look at his early upbringing around farms and how that ultimately helped shape his passion for real estate and construction. Also tune in to hear how he started as a financial ana...

For this week's episode, we talk with fellow Colgate Alum and Co-Founder and Managing Partner at AWH Partners, Chad Cooley. In the past episodes we've covered retail, multi-family and development, but this week we cover all things hotels. Tune in to learn about Chad's early career in affordable housing with one of the most prominent developers in New York City, as well as his upbringing around rea...

For this week's show, I had the pleasure of welcoming Margaret Streicker, Founder of Fortitude Capital and U.S. Congressional Candidate for Connecticut. Listen in to hear how building a cardboard "box city" as a little girl, gave way to her creative side when it comes to dealing with new acquisitions and her vast real estate portfolio. She also dives into how she built her company, her investment...

For this week's show, I welcome a very special guest, Principal and Global Director of Research for Avison Young, Dr. Nick Axford. All the way from across the pond in London, Nick was in New York for the week as he joined me for a fantastic press breakfast at the infamous Rainbow Room discussing all things trending in 2020 in the commercial real estate world. I was able to sit down with Nick to ge...