The Real Estate Espresso Podcast

On today’s show, we are looking at different types of money printing to understand the impact that money supply has on consumer price inflation. Have you wondered why we don’t have hyperinflation wit…

Today’s show is another AMA episode (Ask Me Anything)

Allan asks:

I have been listening to your show for about two years now and love the depth and variety of what you share. I’m amazed at how much…

On today’s show we are talking about how maturing cities handle growth and development. 

There are two costs associated with growth. There is the initial cost, and then there is the lifecycle cost. 

On today's show we are announcing the contest winners.

Chris De Celle

David Ortiz

Emilio Tucker

Emails have been sent to each of you to get your mailing details. Congratulations to our winners. 

 On…

On today’s show we are looking at one of the most convincing economic indicators in advance of next week’s Federal Reserve meeting.

We hear politicians talking about how the economy is strong and ho…

Jmi Pfeifer is the founder of Left Field Investing an online investment club with about 1,800 members. On today's show we are talking about how the community operates.

To connect or to learn more, vi…

Leandro and Arturo are principals at Primestor, a Culver City development company specializing in building in some difficult parts of South Los Angeles. I love what these two guys are doing. You can …

On today’s show we are talking about how to evaluate a proposal from a consultant. We are going to look at two proposals from different geotechnical engineers. These two proposals differ significantl…

On today’s show we are talking about some of the tricks that bureaucrats use to manipulate the inflation metrics that are being used to decide monetary policy. The cost of money affects the cost of v…

On today’s show we are taking a look at a looming problem that threatens the functioning of the entire legal system in North America.

Justice delayed is justice denied. The rule of law depends upon …

This question comes from Elizabeth who asks:

I’m looking at a property which borders on an environmentally protected wetland area. Of the acreage, about 80% is outside the environmentally protected z…

On today’s show we are taking a look at the weeks ahead. We are expecting a number of announcements including the upcoming interest rate policy when the federal reserve meets near the end of July.

T…

Vikas Gupta is based in Pasadena California with a software startup called Azibo. Azibo is a software company that specializes in serving smaller independent landlords with a property management syst…

Calvin Roberts might be the youngest insurance brokerage principal I've ever met. But he is clearly one of the most knowledgeable. On today's show we are talking about the massive increases in insura…

On today’s show we are talking about the architecture of the future. We are all accustomed to seeing the usual rectangular buildings with the vertical walls and 90 degree angles everywhere. Architect…

Today is a milestone for the Real Estate Espresso Podcast. This is the 2000th episode of the podcast. It seems like yesterday that the podcast was a concept, an idea. I had been experimenting with va…

Today’s question comes from Matt who asks:

I have a property that we are considering buying that is in a hot neighborhood. The rents in the area are $2,500 a month for a 2BR apartment which is strong…

On today show, we are looking at the market for construction workers. With the rising interest rates, there has been a significant reduction in the number of construction jobs underway compared with …

On this podcast we keep trying to make sense out of this economy. It is confusing and there are numerous contradictory signals. 

On today’s show we are taking a look at why there appears to be a labo…

Stewart Heath is based in the Huntsville market where he invests in stabilized commercial assets that have a customer facing component. On today's show we are talking about the opportunity that is co…