The Real Estate Espresso Podcast

We have heard of a debt trap. This is where the cost of servicing a debt exceeds the cash flow needed to service the debt. In those instances, some borrowers take on additional debt hoping for better…

On today's show we're talking about the negotiating techniques for sellers who are looking to sell when few people are buying. George taught negotiation at the law school at New York University for o…

Paul Kazanofski is based in Nashville Tennessee where he runs Revision Homes, a high volume house flipping and one of the premier custom builders in Nashville. On today's show we are talking about th…

What is the no-sale auto auction, and why do we care as real estate investors?

The world of real estate is highly dependent on borrowing and the liquidity and affordability that banks and other major…

On today’s show we are going to take a closer look at AI tools that are making headlines. A couple of weeks ago I put out an episode on the OpenAI framework and the software ChatGPT which uses that f…

According to an article published in the Bloomberg Law Journal last week, we are in store for a massive meltdown in the world of hospitality.

Just as it appears that travel is returning to normal, ho…

The World Economic Forum opened its annual meeting on Monday evening in Davos Switzerland. This five day in person event is one of the global networking events of the year where you can rub shoulders…

When you think of Elon Musk, we largely think first of Tesla, or PayPal, or more recently Twitter. None of these has the potential to materially impact the value of real estate. But SpaceX has change…

Carina Guzman specializes in land development. On today's show we are talking about a 90 acre residential subdivision that is next to a ski resort. To learn more or to connect with Carina, you can fi…

Aundrea Newbern is the Chief Operating Officer at Get Rich Education. She also runs several businesses including a property management company, and a crime scene cleanup company that is based in Detr…

Today’s show is a little bit of a retraction, or perhaps a refinement of something we have covered last year.

The US Federal Reserve had it right. The economists working for the Fed in 2021 suggested…

On today's show, we're answering a question from Martin who is looking to underwrite a small development project using an existing structure as the basis for the new higher density building. 

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Today’s show is the first in a series we are calling back to basics. Back to basics means getting clear on underwriting criteria. On today’s show we’re going to examine the interplay between your pro…

On today’s show we’re taking a closer look at what it takes for the Bureau of Labor and Statistics to declare their numbers for GDP, and ultimately when they declare that we are in a recession. Why i…

On today’s show we are going to focus on the market for T-Bills to try and understand why there is an apparent shortage of this paper. Demand is exceeding supply. Why is that? It doesn’t make sense. …

Sam is based in NYC where his company is undertaking one of the most innovative coastal clubs that are actually floating private membership clubs. The first club will be located in Miami and you can …

On today’s show we are going to talk about one of my favourite real estate development strategies.

I call that strategy Buy on The Line, Move The Line. So what is that line? On one side of the line i…

We are starting to look back on the pandemic as one giant bubble. There was the stock market bubble, the lending bubble, the real estate bubble. The pandemic saw demand for certain products multiply.…

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

“I have always considered development projects to be high risk. How do you mitigate the numerous risks in a development…