The Real Estate Espresso Podcast

On today’s show we are talking about elementary school arithmetic. It seems to me that elected officials should be able to perform third or fourth grade arithmetic. Multiplication and division would be a bonus, but we will settle for addition and subtraction. Amazon announced last week that it had leased about 335,000 SF of office space in the Hudson Yards project on Manhattan’s west side. Hudson...

Kathy Fettke is the host of the Real Wealth Podcast, and co-CEO of The Real Wealth Network. On today's show we're talking about market dynamics and how to position the portfolio for the current and next economic cycle.

Dr. Jeff Anzalone specializes in helping doctors and dentists navigate the complex world of main street investments. In this episode we discuss some of the challenges unique to these investors making good investment decisions. 

On today’s show we’re talking about the complexity of agreements with contradictory language. One of the realities of the real estate investment business is the need to pay close attention to all of your contracts. There are construction contracts, lending contracts, purchase contracts, letters of intent, employment contracts, insurance contracts. Contracts, contracts, contracts. It’s often the ca...

On today’s show we are talking about a specific case study of a property that has been on the market for nearly 5 years. This story is a cautionary tale of what can happen if you choose a property in the wrong location. This property is a gorgeous 7,000 square foot home, that’s about 650 square meters for those of you who measure in metric. This home is located just outside Portsmouth NH in a beau...

We just spent 3 intensive days on the beach in Mexico working on goal setting for 2020. It was not exactly on the beach. We set up our conference table inside a straw hut called a palapa that was situated at the end of a pier out over the water. The pier was surrounded by schools of fish, needle fish, barracuda. It was a pretty magical and inspiring place to do this kind of deep work where there w...

Kevin from California asks, I currently live in California and would like to know which other states are good for investments within the next 5-10 years and why? Kevin, This is a great question. The first thing to remember is that real estate is hyper local. We will come back to discussing the hyper local aspect of investing in a minute. The direct answer to your question. Generally speaking I’m l...

On today’s show we’re looking at why prices for real estate in Australia fell by 8.4% in the past two years and we’re answering the question as to whether what happened in Australia could happen elsewhere in the near future. Australia’s median house price dropped 8.4% between July 2017 and May 2019. With only a handful of larger price dips during the late 1800s, the slump surpassed the recession o...

Welcome to December. This is the last month in the current decade. Hard to believe that the 2010’s are almost over. Today is the book of the month episode. On the first day of each month we review the book of the month. In order to be considered for a book of the month the book has to meet a very simple criteria. It has to be impactful enough that it will change your life or your perspective on th...

Logan Freeman is based in Kansas City where he helps out of town investors with their portfolios large and small. 

Today's show is part 2 of a question from yesterday's show.  Anthony and Julia from Brooklyn ask. Hi Victor. I’ve been listening to your podcast for about a year now and appreciate what you’re doing!  I have my wife, who is an architect, listening in now too! We want to invest in other real estate but with two young boys we don’t have a lot of disposable income to work with. We own and l...

This question is from Anthony and Julia in Brooklyn. Hi Victor. I’ve been listening to your podcast for about a year now and appreciate what you’re doing!  I have my wife, who is an architect, listening in now too! We want to invest in other real estate but with two young boys we don’t have a lot of disposable income to work with. We own and live in a double duplex in Brooklyn. We bought in 2...

On today’s show we’re talking about one of the latest disruptions to come into the retail industry. This is from the guy who brought us Uber, Travis Kalanick. His latest venture is called Cloudkitchens. The company is currently live in 3 markets, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. The idea behind cloud kitchens is to break apart the traditional food and beverage model associated with a bricks...

Today’s show is a continuation on the topic of demographics. Yesterday, we talked about the reduction in mobility that has taken place over the past decade. The least mobile group of people are those above 65 years of age. The move less frequently than any other group. But eventually they move, usually because they have to. Either due to health or because they die, one way or another, they will ev...

On today’s show we’re talking about where your future tenants are going to come from. Last week the US Census Bureau published new data on migration across the US. It shows some new trends that are quite frankly a reversal of some long term historic trends. If you think back to the time of your grandparents or great grandparents, they probably grew up in the family homestead community and they mar...

Debbie Bloyd is based in Dallas Texas where she specializes in reverse mortgages for those seeking to utilize the equity in their homes to fund their retirement. She demystifies the process of reverse mortgages and how they can be a useful tool for those later in life.

Gary Boomershine is CEO of RealEstateInvestor.com. He is also host of the Real Estate Investor Huddle podcast. He lives in Danville California.  

The question of the legal treatment of short term rentals has been contested in multiple communities around North America. Earlier this week, a legal challenge that had been underway for the past two years has finally come to a conclusion. The City of Toronto enacted new rules in December of 2017. Almost immediately, these rules faced a legal challenge from a consortium of hosts and short term ren...

Vishal from Ottawa asks, “I listened to your interview with Aaron Chapman on the weekend. You were both talking about how inflation can benefit investors, and I didn’t quite follow how that works. Can you explain it in a little more detail, maybe with an example?” First of all, let’s start with a definition of inflation. Inflation means the growth of something. Often we think of inflation of price...

On today’s show we’re running what seems like an almost annual episode. The pain in retail real estate continues with little signs of slowing down. According to a new report in Business Insider this week, Retailers closed a record 102 million square feet of store space in 2017, then smashed that record in 2018 by closing another 155 million square feet, according to estimates from the folks a...

Brendan from Pennsylvania asks: I bought my first commercial rental a few months back using seller finance and it was a breeze since the property was off market and I could talk to the seller directly. The seller and I haggled it all out based on their retirement needs and since it was still a good deal the interest didn’t matter much to me since it was an excellent cash on cash return. I am curre...

On today’s show we’re talking about environmentally sustainable buildings. These are part of a growing trend of buildings globally and in North America as well. A new report published by CBRE details what’s happening in the multi-family asset class. The buildings that have traditionally been energy hogs have been in the office and industrial asset classes. Most of the work in environmental sustain...

All the way from Mesa Arizona, Aaron Chapman specializes in helping investors finance properties. He won't finance a residential condo for an owner occupant. On today's show there are some powerful nuggets that could really impact the way you look at business. 

Mark Owens has been a fixture in real estate investing in the Baltimore area. He knows the local market and has figured out a niche that is solid and repeatable. He's not after home run deals, but lots of consistent growth using simple proven strategies. 

The City of San Francisco continues to be one of the most sought after places to live in the nation, and also boasts some of the least affordable places to live. San Francisco is a notoriously difficult place to have any project approved. The process allows for community input on virtually any application. San Francisco’s general plan makes new development difficult. Approximately 74% of the land...