The Real Estate Espresso Podcast

Kevin Amolsch is a principal at Pine Financial, based in Denver Colorado. His firm lends locally in Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin and DC. On today's show we are talking about the criteria for lendin…

On today’s show we are talking about how to find good data. 

Last night I hosted an event and invited the Keynote Speaker from Costar to present to our audience. It was a great presentation and the s…

 On today’s show, we are looking at what global commodities prices are telling us very clearly about the global economy. You can manipulate inflation numbers. You can adjust GDP numbers. You can even…

On today’s show we are talking about storm preparations. Hurricane Francine is making landfall along the Gulf coast as we speak. Our team owns and operates multiples properties along the Gulf coast. …

We’ve all heard the rhetoric. The US has the best health care in the world. That’s true for some who can afford to pay for it. But on average, that’s not true. 

On today’s show we are going to look a…

On today's show we are talking about a globally synchronized economic slowdown. 

Canada reported its employment numbers late last week and the Canadian unemployment rate rose to 6.6%, the highest lev…

Tony Lopes is based in New Hampshire, but invests in the sunbelt of the US. On today's show we are talking about the macro trends that will affect demand for rental housing in the next decade. To con…

Chris Lento is based in Boston, and his firm is investing in multi-family assets in the Southeast. On today's show we are looking at his assessment of the market conditions.

You can connect with Chr…

On today’s show we are talking about invasive species of plants that can play a role in your due diligence when purchasing property. 

The first one I’m going to cover today is Wild Parsnip. Wild Pars…

On today’s show we are seeing another central bank drop their benchmark lending rate. The Bank of Canada dropped its benchmark interest rate for the third time in a row, leaving the rate at 4.25%. Th…

On today’s show we are taking a closer look at a new and emerging trend in building construction. This is a newer segment which fills a gap in the definition of building types.

At one end of the spec…

On Thursday evening I passed by New York’s leaning tower. We’ve all heard of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The modern day equivalent of that is the Millennium Tower in San Francisco. That building is le…

This question also comes from Chris who is asking a follow-on question from last week’s question on apartment turnover. Last week Chris was asking about how long to budget for making a unit rent read…

Nate Silver's The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don’t is a fascinating exploration of the art and science of prediction. In a world flooded with data and overwhelmed by …

Mark Livingston is based in Houston Texas. On today's show we are talking about storage in Houston and a collaboration between Mark and our development firm Y Street Capital. We will be hosting a web…

Today’s episode is another AMA episode. Today’s question comes from Chris who asks:

What is an acceptable apartment-turn timeframe (how many days should it take to fix and be ready for next tenant) a…

At Y Street Capital we bring in young professionals from time to time to work as interns on a part time basis to learn more about real estate investing and development. These unpaid internship positi…

On today’s show we are talking about air rights. 

Air rights refer to the legal ability to control, lease, or sell the space above a property. Traditionally, property rights included not only the lan…

For the past several months I’ve been predicting that the Fed will need to pivot on their interest rate policy. 

As recently as Thursday of last week I predicted that the Fed would have no choice but…

Hubert Johnson is a tax lawyer with Guardian Tax Law based in Tucson Arizona. On today's show we are talking about resolving problems with properties that have tax liens filed against them. You can r…