Bob Knakal is the top sales broker in New York, and arguably the world. Bob has sold over 2,000 properties, and over $20 billion in volume. He has been selling investment properties since 1984, was the Chairman & Founding partner of Massey Knakal, and currently leading the Private Capital Group for JLL. In this conversation, we talk about social media, marketing, starting & selling Massey Knakal, market conditions, New York, and a bunch of great advice he has learned along the way. 

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David Podein is an Equity Partner with Haber Law. He concentrates his practice on community association representation, real estate, and construction law. He represents real estate developers, investors, lenders, and landlords. He also serves as outside general counsel to community associations. In this conversation, we talk about condo terminations, redevelopment opportunities, insurance, general advice when purchasing a condo, and more. 

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Multifamily Madness is a famous anonymous Twitter/X account. He has over 50,000 followers, and has brokered over 300 multifamily deals. He is the number one broker in Central New York, while also syndicating deals with other operators in different markets. 

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Rohin Dhar is a twitter friend, and someone who owns & operates vacation rentals in Sonoma, Kauai, Taos, Mt Hood, Yosemite, and Asheville. In this conversation, we discuss how feasible owning & renting Airbnb's actually is, what to look for & watch out for, and how the industry has changed from when he started in 2014.

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Ana Bozovic is the founder of analytics.miami, where she slices & dices Miami's condo & single-family home transaction data better than anyone else. In this conversation, we talk about what's happening between different segments of Miami's market, trends, what pockets she finds interesting, and outlooks for where we think the market is heading.

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Rafael Aregger is an investment executive with a broad expertise in the field of alternative investments. In his role as Head of Investments US, Rafael Aregger leads Empira Group´s US business which currently centers around a residential development portfolio in the Sunbelt with a development volume of c. $500 million and a value-add multifamily portfolio in the Midwest worth c. $300 million. Prior to his role at Empira, Rafael Aregger acted as a private equity investor at Partners Group, where he executed private equity investments with a total volume of c. $750 million. He also had roles at Swiss Prime Site, a leading Swiss real estate company, and JP Morgan. In this conversation, we discuss why Rafael and the firm are particularly bullish on Miami & the US sunbelt, how Empira Group is approaching the market, opportunities, Miami vs Switzerland, and more.

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Real Estate God is a famous anonymous account that has over 100,000 followers on Twitter. He truly has a unique approach to the real estate game that I think you will enjoy learning about. He is property type agnostic and focuses on tertiary markets where nobody else is looking. In this conversation, we talk about leveraging the internet, Miami real estate, content business, finding opportunities, market today, contractor advice, investing strategy, and more.

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Randy Carballo and Cameron Tallon are one of the most prolific office leasing brokers in the state of Florida. Their focus is leasing office space across Miami area. Most recently, they were hired by the great Stephen Ross to lease the largest office development in the history of Florida. In this conversation, we talk about the career path, pros & cons of being an office leasing broker, pre-COVID and post-COVID office trends, and we compare & contrast offices around different neighborhoods around Miami.

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Noah Miller is the Founder & President of Royal Palm Funding, a private lender focused on short-term bridge loans in the sub $5MM space. Royal Palm Funding has a nationwide footprint with a focus on commercial real estate and single-family investment properties. In this conversation, we talk about how Noah went from a very successful institutional career path to opening up his own shop, how he has remained active in a tough market, where he thinks this market is going, and how he is finding equity like returns with debt level risk.

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