We hit the road and sat down with Michael Swerdlow, founder and managing partner of The Swerdlow Group, in his Coconut Grove office.

From his humble beginnings in the Bronx, where he hated school because it was too easy, to buying real estate in the 1970s with $0 of his own money, Michael’s story is a masterclass in hustle and vision.

He walks us through flipping apartment buildings, discovering the power of net leases, and becoming one of the first to sell them to pension funds. His deep understanding of leases led him to be the go-to guy to liquidate the assets of major bankrupt retailers, and forever changed how leaseholds were valued across the industry.

Today, Swerdlow leads a $295M affordable housing project in Little River, continuing a career building for the working man.

Light up a cigarette and buckle in, this one’s a wild ride with one of Miami’s real estate originals.

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