Data Driven Real Estate

Spencer Rascoff is a serial entrepreneur and company leader who is now the chair and co founder of Pacaso, dot.LA, and Supernova. He also is co-founder and general partner of 75 & Sunny, a VC firm that focuses on early stage startups and he also serves on the board for Palantir. But most of us watching or listening to this show know Spencer from Zillow, which he co-founded in 2006, and served as CEO for a decade.

00:00 The Data Driven Real Estate Podcast Welcomes Spencer Rascoff, Co-founder and former CEO of Zillow, Co-founder and Chairman of Pacaso, dot.la and Supernova, Co-founder and General Partner of 75 & Sunny and Board Member of Palantir
00:54 Briefly mentioning the state of DDRE
1:10 How did Spencer get involved in so many industries?
3:37 Spencer's wide breadth of investing and investing philosophy
8:55 What is Pacaso and how does it work?
20:00 Supernova, Offerpad, SPACs and iBuying
20:31 What excites Spencer about Offerpad?
31:00 Spencer's past, present and future with iBuying
34:00 Can Wall Street and property technology survive another downturn?
44:02 What data does Spencer wish he had and the future of real estate
49:45 Spencer's favorite software collaborators
51:53 What technologies could we see changing the state of real estate?
55:04 The current state of the DDRE Podcast and its future

Spencer Rascoff is a serial entrepreneur and company leader who is now the chair and co founder of Pacaso, dot.LA, and Supernova. He also is co-founder and general partner of 75 & Sunny, a VC firm that focuses on early stage startups and he also serves on the board for Palantir. But most of us watching or listening to this show know Spencer from Zillow, which he co-founded in 2006, and served as CEO for a decade.

00:00 The Data Driven Real Estate Podcast Welcomes Spencer Rascoff, Co-founder and former CEO of Zillow, Co-founder and Chairman of Pacaso, dot.la and Supernova, Co-founder and General Partner of 75 & Sunny and Board Member of Palantir
00:54 Briefly mentioning the state of DDRE
1:10 How did Spencer get involved in so many industries?
3:37 Spencer's wide breadth of investing and investing philosophy
8:55 What is Pacaso and how does it work?
20:00 Supernova, Offerpad, SPACs and iBuying
20:31 What excites Spencer about Offerpad?
31:00 Spencer's past, present and future with iBuying
34:00 Can Wall Street and property technology survive another downturn?
44:02 What data does Spencer wish he had and the future of real estate
49:45 Spencer's favorite software collaborators
51:53 What technologies could we see changing the state of real estate?
55:04 The current state of the DDRE Podcast and its future

Tommy Christy is CEO of Alpine Holdings Inc. and Owner of ilovehouses.com, an asset acquisition platform aimed at facilitating property purchases nationwide through digital advertising and online media platforms. Tommy has over a decade of real estate investor experience and over $500 million in investment activity. He helped acquire, renovate, and lease over 2,700 homes in Northern California working with Invitation Homes. He's also done over 1,000 foreclosure and distressed flips personally.

Get your questions answered on the upcoming show by posting your questions in our community: https://bit.ly/ddre-42​

00:00​ The Data Driven Real Estate Podcast Welcomes Tommy Christy, CEO of Alpine Holdings, Inc. and owner of ILoveHouses.com
01:19​ Who is Invitation Homes?
03:41​ How did Tommy started in real estate?
12:25​ What were Wall Street institutional investors, like Invitation Homes,  chasing during the foreclosure crisis
14:07​ Key lessons from Invitation Homes that transferred ilovehouses.com
29:20​ What key markets is Tommy focused on
40:29​ Land development, flipping, and rentals?
45:45​ How can investors scale their business? What role is the BRRR model playing in his business?
49:50​ What data is important when selecting properties
53:52​ What KPIs are important for digital marketing? Why Tommy may be going back to direct mail marketing.
56:22​ What opportunity is ahead in 2021for real estate investors?

Tommy Christy is CEO of Alpine Holdings Inc. and Owner of ilovehouses.com, an asset acquisition platform aimed at facilitating property purchases nationwide through digital advertising and online media platforms. Tommy has over a decade of real estate investor experience and over $500 million in investment activity. He helped acquire, renovate, and lease over 2,700 homes in Northern California working with Invitation Homes. He's also done over 1,000 foreclosure and distressed flips personally.

Get your questions answered on the upcoming show by posting your questions in our community: https://bit.ly/ddre-42​

00:00​ The Data Driven Real Estate Podcast Welcomes Tommy Christy, CEO of Alpine Holdings, Inc. and owner of ILoveHouses.com
01:19​ Who is Invitation Homes?
03:41​ How did Tommy started in real estate?
12:25​ What were Wall Street institutional investors, like Invitation Homes,  chasing during the foreclosure crisis
14:07​ Key lessons from Invitation Homes that transferred ilovehouses.com
29:20​ What key markets is Tommy focused on
40:29​ Land development, flipping, and rentals?
45:45​ How can investors scale their business? What role is the BRRR model playing in his business?
49:50​ What data is important when selecting properties
53:52​ What KPIs are important for digital marketing? Why Tommy may be going back to direct mail marketing.
56:22​ What opportunity is ahead in 2021for real estate investors?

Melissa Shea is the CEO of a Real Estate Integrated Company - Everyday RE Group, the President of the LIREIA (Long Island Real Estate Investors Association), has a NY brokers license, a licensed commercial lender for Everyday Funding, and EXIT Realty regional owner for Connecticut and Rhode Island. She has been an experienced Real Estate investor for the past 15 years and has raised over $35 million for real estate projects. She is committed to helping the homeless and is a mother of 8 children. On this week's show, Melissa shares how divorce helped her get further into real estate, her unusual launch into owning LIREIA and mentoring, her mix of flips and holds, and how opportunity is emerging in states like New York and New Jersey due to the pandemic response.

Get your questions answered on the upcoming show by posting your questions in our community: https://bit.ly/ddre-41​

00:00​ The Data Driven Real Estate Podcast Welcomes Melissa Shea CEO of Real Estate Integrated Company and President of Long Island Real Estate Investor Associations (LIREIA)
00:45​ From divorce to running a REIA, Melissa's unusual path into real estate investing
07:00​ Melissa's unexpected entry into mentoring and the important of action
10:37​ The mix of flipping and buy and hold properties
12:26​ Where is flipping best?
14:33​ The number one skill she tries to teach her agents that has been a key source of her success
17:41​ How New York's tenant rules has impacted local land lords and potential opportunity in struggling landlords
34:30​ What data does Melissa use in identifying buy-and-hold real estate markets?
42:02​ What real estate strategies is she currently focusing on?
43:23​ Reverse mortgage strategies for real estate investors. 

Melissa Shea is the CEO of a Real Estate Integrated Company - Everyday RE Group, the President of the LIREIA (Long Island Real Estate Investors Association), has a NY brokers license, a licensed commercial lender for Everyday Funding, and EXIT Realty regional owner for Connecticut and Rhode Island. She has been an experienced Real Estate investor for the past 15 years and has raised over $35 million for real estate projects. She is committed to helping the homeless and is a mother of 8 children. On this week's show, Melissa shares how divorce helped her get further into real estate, her unusual launch into owning LIREIA and mentoring, her mix of flips and holds, and how opportunity is emerging in states like New York and New Jersey due to the pandemic response.

Get your questions answered on the upcoming show by posting your questions in our community: https://bit.ly/ddre-41​

00:00​ The Data Driven Real Estate Podcast Welcomes Melissa Shea CEO of Real Estate Integrated Company and President of Long Island Real Estate Investor Associations (LIREIA)
00:45​ From divorce to running a REIA, Melissa's unusual path into real estate investing
07:00​ Melissa's unexpected entry into mentoring and the important of action
10:37​ The mix of flipping and buy and hold properties
12:26​ Where is flipping best?
14:33​ The number one skill she tries to teach her agents that has been a key source of her success
17:41​ How New York's tenant rules has impacted local land lords and potential opportunity in struggling landlords
34:30​ What data does Melissa use in identifying buy-and-hold real estate markets?
42:02​ What real estate strategies is she currently focusing on?
43:23​ Reverse mortgage strategies for real estate investors. 

John Schaub has prospered during seven recessions, numerous tax law changes, and interest rates ranging from under 3% to 16% in his 40+ years as a real estate investor. His 2005 best-selling book, Building Wealth One House at a Time, has helped 100,000+ real estate enthusiasts on their way to successful invest­ing. This week we discuss how John started in the business and why he landed on more expensive inventory at higher price points for rentals. We learn how he identifies his perfect deals and why self-management is important.

Get your questions answered on the upcoming show by posting your questions in our community: https://bit.ly/ddre-40​

00:00​ The Data Driven Real Estate Podcast Welcomes John Schaub
00:31​ When did John started in the real estate business
03:47​ What changes were made to the latest edition to "Building Wealth One House At A time"
04:07​ Buying more expensive houses in better neighborhoods for rentals
08:13​ What attributes make up the perfect lot?
14:17​ When is the best time to sell real estate?
17:42​ What is a shared appreciation agreement?
19:30​ Does John use public records to find deals?
22:55​ Is debt a good idea for real estate investors at such low rates?
23:54​ Is now a good time to buy real estate
29:07​ Building relationship with tenants and tips on finding great ones
35:07​ Is self-management critical for real estate investors?
37:03​ What advice do you have for new investors just getting into the business?
50:02​ John's charity work in housing

John Schaub has prospered during seven recessions, numerous tax law changes, and interest rates ranging from under 3% to 16% in his 40+ years as a real estate investor. His 2005 best-selling book, Building Wealth One House at a Time, has helped 100,000+ real estate enthusiasts on their way to successful invest­ing. This week we discuss how John started in the business and why he landed on more expensive inventory at higher price points for rentals. We learn how he identifies his perfect deals and why self-management is important.

Get your questions answered on the upcoming show by posting your questions in our community: https://bit.ly/ddre-40​

00:00​ The Data Driven Real Estate Podcast Welcomes John Schaub
00:31​ When did John started in the real estate business
03:47​ What changes were made to the latest edition to "Building Wealth One House At A time"
04:07​ Buying more expensive houses in better neighborhoods for rentals
08:13​ What attributes make up the perfect lot?
14:17​ When is the best time to sell real estate?
17:42​ What is a shared appreciation agreement?
19:30​ Does John use public records to find deals?
22:55​ Is debt a good idea for real estate investors at such low rates?
23:54​ Is now a good time to buy real estate
29:07​ Building relationship with tenants and tips on finding great ones
35:07​ Is self-management critical for real estate investors?
37:03​ What advice do you have for new investors just getting into the business?
50:02​ John's charity work in housing

Jeff Tumbarello is the Broker/Owner of Steelbridge Realty LLC. He’s a data-driven expert in Southwest Florida that has survived hurricanes, a foreclosure crisis, and seasonal extremes. Jeff Tumbarello has performed market metrics and product modeling for capital markets and several private equity firms. His specialty is land acquisitions and sales in Florida which has unique challenges. He is also the founder of the Southwest Florida Real Estate Investors Association. Marine veteran.

00:00​ The Data Driven Real Estate Podcast Welcomes Jeff Tumbarello of Steelbridge Realty LLC
03:15​ How Jeff got started in real estate
05:57​ What is a real estate investor association
10:15​ What does a typical land investment look like in Florida?
18:49​ Jeff talked about what happened to the market after hurricane Charlie and how investors survived
25:47​ Is land banking a key strategy?
27:11​ The return on investment when it comes to land
29:25​ What type of leads are targeted
31:06​ What are key channels for marketing to potential land sellers
38:18​ Why investors should blame or be worried about ibuyers or proptech
40:24​ What makes a perfect team for land acquisition and sales?
48:58​ What technologies are used to help Jeff's land acquisition and sales teams market and close deals
53:10​ Jeff's predictions about the red-hot housing market in Florida

Jeff Tumbarello is the Broker/Owner of Steelbridge Realty LLC. He’s a data-driven expert in Southwest Florida that has survived hurricanes, a foreclosure crisis, and seasonal extremes. Jeff Tumbarello has performed market metrics and product modeling for capital markets and several private equity firms. His specialty is land acquisitions and sales in Florida which has unique challenges. He is also the founder of the Southwest Florida Real Estate Investors Association. Marine veteran.

00:00​ The Data Driven Real Estate Podcast Welcomes Jeff Tumbarello of Steelbridge Realty LLC
03:15​ How Jeff got started in real estate
05:57​ What is a real estate investor association
10:15​ What does a typical land investment look like in Florida?
18:49​ Jeff talked about what happened to the market after hurricane Charlie and how investors survived
25:47​ Is land banking a key strategy?
27:11​ The return on investment when it comes to land
29:25​ What type of leads are targeted
31:06​ What are key channels for marketing to potential land sellers
38:18​ Why investors should blame or be worried about ibuyers or proptech
40:24​ What makes a perfect team for land acquisition and sales?
48:58​ What technologies are used to help Jeff's land acquisition and sales teams market and close deals
53:10​ Jeff's predictions about the red-hot housing market in Florida