The Real Estate Espresso Podcast

Bryan Miller is a musician, composer, a musician to the film industry in Hollywood, and a real estate investor. You can learn more about Bryan and his strategies at capitalstackinvestments.com.

Aaron Norris is based in Riverside California, but invests in purpose built rental communities in SW Florida. His company Property Radar provides a level of data analytics that goes above and beyond the usual freely available data on the internet. To learn more check out propertyradar.com. 

Today’s question is a beginner question coming from Gord in Hamilton Ontario. He writes: We’re guiding our kids into adulthood in the context of real estate and investment.  My kids are 20 and 22, one living at home working an HVAC apprenticeship and the other in university for teaching, living in another city and working part time.  They are both very responsible with their money and ar...

Some personal reflections on the scenes we all witnessed at the Capitol on January 6.

On today’s show we talking about a cultural shift that is underway in one of the technology companies that defines the current era in which we live. On today’s show I’m going to connect the dots as a thought experiment. I’m going to draw a parallel between the post office and Google. The post office is a utility that provides some of the basic plumbing for our society. There are private companies...

This question is from Anu in San Diego. I am a big fan of your show and i listen to all your episodes. I would like to know your opinion on the relative effect of upward vs downward forces on SF home prices. There is upward pressure on SF homes currently because of low interest rates and pent up demand. In the coming months, there may be downward pressure due to job losses and overall bad state of...

David in central valley California asks Hi Victor. I'm looking to develop a build to rent community of apartment sized single family homes. This will go from un- entitled vacant land all the way through to the sale of the built homes. My question is at what point are the impact fees paid. Is it while performing the horizontal land improvements and utility hookups? Or is it during vertical construc...

Today's show is one of the most important shows on investment strategy you'll hear this year. 

On today's show we're talking with my good friend Steff Boldrini from San Francisco about how to structure a construction loan for a new construction project. 

On today’s show we we are taking a deep look at the book called “This is Marketing” by Seth Godin For the longest time there has been confusion between the various words that surround the topic. What is selling? What is advertising? What is marketing? So many of the manipulations that we have accepted as normal we now almost universally reject as ineffective. My friend Kyle Wilson says it well whe...

It’s hard to believe that 2020 is almost in the history books, the year that seemed to bring one surprise after another. The news media are filled with retrospectives on this most unusual of years, 2020. They’re bringing you stories that got the most air time over the past year. What was it that defined 2020? For some it was the pandemic. For others it was the protests against social injustice tha...

What does it mean when restaurants close? What does it mean when restaurants close for real estate investors? On today’s show we’re going to take a deeper look at the restaurant industry. This year, 76 restaurants closed in Dallas, never to return. It’s common for some restaurants to fail even in a strong economy. But this year was different. Several estimates from earlier this year suggest that 1...

Wall Street and Main Street have had different philosophies for a long time when it comes to investing. Wall Street’s focus is securitizing the underlying businesses. They’ve created so many derivative products that create financial leverage. This is a packaging and re-packaging of investment vehicles into increasingly large opaque homogenized pools of assets. What’s insane to me are the valuation...

Ravi in Philadelphia asks I am a loyal listener to your podcast and greatly appreciate all the content that you provide. I was given an opportunity to invest in college student housing in Valdosta, Georgia adjacent to the state affiliated University. Numbers looked reasonably good, but as always I look at these things with a skeptical eye. My question to you is what are your feelings regarding stu...

Chay Lapin is a specialist in the Delaware Statutory Trust. On today's show we learned that this structure has gained popularity when working with investors looking to shelter capital gains under section 1031.  You can connect with Chay at kpi1031.com where you can learn more about the DST, its limitations, and how it can benefit investors.

Savannah Arroyo is based in Los Angeles, California where she still works full time as a registered nurse. Over the past several years she has developed a multi-family portfolio focused on deep value-add projects. She has been syndicating deals with her husband and has gained a considerable following as the "Net Worth Nurse". You can connect with Savannah at https://thenetworthnurse.com

Welcome to the Christmas Day edition of the podcast. Lawmakers in Washington were hard at work earlier this week passing a whole bucketload of gifts this holiday season. Governments around the world are grappling with the economic impact of the pandemic. The last financial aid spending was passed on March 27, just a couple of weeks into the pandemic. Legislative gridlock resulted in nearly 9 month...

On today’s show we’re talking about a technology company that looks to upend the back office work associated with real estate transactions. Real Estate closings haven’t changed very much in the past 20 years. In fact, I can say that a large percentage of real estate transactions don’t close on time. Sometimes it’s the fault of the lender who request additional information at the last minute. But o...

On today’s show we’re talking about one of the drivers for new housing. I was speaking with an appraiser this week. That conversation led to an insight that you will rarely stumble across in the news. It seems that 2020 has been a difficult year in more ways than one. We know that it has been difficult for the healthcare sector. We also know that 2020 has been difficult economically. We’ve heard t...

On today’s show we’re talking about the impact of the next wave of the pandemic. I have to say, this is proving to be an emotional roller coaster. While our business has survived the pandemic surprisingly well, the signs of permanent economic damage are starting to show in the broad economy. As I drive down the street, the number of permanently closed stores is growing by the week. The news of bus...

I’m often asked by both friends and listeners to the show how we decide to take on a specific project versus passing on an opportunity. The fact is, there is no exact science. But we are looking for certain characteristics. It starts with the people. Are the right people involved? If not, there is no sense starting on the project. Then we need to look at the market and then finally the specific de...

On today's show we're talking with George Ross about some of the structural changes underway in the world of retail. If you own retail space, or you are looking to acquire a retail property at a bargain, you'll want to listen to George's perspective. I'm not saying he has it 100% right in all cases. It's a perspective worth considering. 

Chris Funk is based in Jacksonville Floria and develops new construction build to rent in multiple markets across the Southern US. You can learn more or connect with Chris at SouthernImpressionHomes.com.

On today’s show we’re talking about the help that comes with many well intentioned government initiatives. Today’s show just makes you go Hmmm. I wonder what they were thinking. Today we’re taking a closer look at a number of pandemic help programs that seem to have veered off their originally advertised objectives. There are so many of these stories, I’m just going to give you a sampling. There’s...

Demographics can be used to predict the future of real estate markets. Nowhere is this more true than in the hundreds of small towns and villages all over the world. Younger people have been moving out of the small towns in search of fame and fortune in the big city. Some countries have been experiencing very low birth rates resulting in rapidly aging populations. In the US, birth rates were at 1....