The Insider's Edge To Real Estate Investing

On this week's show, I welcome Founder and Managing Partner of Savanna Fund, Chris Schlank. Tune in to learn how Chris funded his first investment property in Brooklyn and how he ultimately learned career-long lessons with that first property. Chris also gives us an inside look at how Savanna invests in properties within New York City and gives some fantastic advice for first time investors. At the end of the show I feature a panel I held with the Young Men's and Women's Real Estate Association in which young leaders in our industry offer great advice to anyone looking to get into the business.

On this week's show I welcome David Coelho of Bridge Investment Group. Tune in to learn about David's interesting story about how he first got started in the real estate industry, as well as how his firm is truly investing in opportunity zones around the country. He explains what markets he's looking in, how he structures these deals and gives us fantastic examples of deals he's worked on in the past. At the end of the show, I welcome back Josh Simon of EBI Consulting and Jeffrey Carleton of Heat Watch.

On this week's show, I welcome Senior Vice President of Asset Management and Leasing at Columbia Property Trust, Paul Teti. Tune in to hear Paul's incredible story about his childhood and life in sports, ultimately guiding him and providing him with lessons that he still uses today. Paul also shares with us some fantastic advice about how to get through tough times and continue to be our best selves during this crisis. At the end of the show I welcome Jeff Carleton of HeatWatch LLC and Josh Simon of EBI Consulting to discuss what to look for when purchasing property.

On this week's episode, I am re-broadcasting a fantastic panel that I held on July 8 including Ofer Yardeni of StonehengeNYC, Jessica Walker of the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce and Michael Keogh of Bolton St. John's in which we discuss Phase 3 of the re-opening of New York and what is in store for the future of New York City. This panel gave amazing insight as we move forward through this COVID-19 pandemic. To listen to the full webinar, which includes a brief discussion of the State of the Market along with our second quarter statistics, please follow the link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfO3_yogH5A

On this week's show, I welcome a very special guest, Chairman and CEO of the Peebles Corporation, Don Peebles. Don shares with us some of the lessons he examines in two of his books, how at 23 years old he started his own appraisal company, and how at 24 years old, he realized he wanted to become a developer and what led him to that decision. Don also shares with us some fantastic advice as we all try to get through this current COVID-19 Pandemic. At the end of the show I welcome back Lisa Flicker and Neda Levy of Rhodes Associates to finish our discussion on what to do best in order to get the job you want in real estate.

Join us this week as I welcome a close friend, as well as CEO, Founder and President of Okada & Co., Chris Okada. Tune in to learn about Chris's entry into the business following graduation from college after the 9/11 attacks. He shares with us how working for his father's real estate company got him started, what his first investment in the industry looked like, and what he is currently doing during the COVID-19 pandemic we are all facing. At the end of the show, I also welcome back Lisa Flicker and Neda Levy from Rhodes Associates to continue our discussion about getting your start in the real estate business and how to best go about the process.

On this week's episode, I welcome a true pioneer and CEO of Heritage Equity Partners, Toby Moskovits. Tune in to hear Toby's incredible story in which she shares about living and working in Israel, how she got into the business, as well as priceless advice for women in the industry. At the end of the show, I also welcome a panel including Lisa Flicker and Neda Levy of Rhodes Associates, a firm in New York City that specializes in the executive search and organizational and strategic consulting in the real estate industry.

On this week's show, I welcome a true legend and potential NYC mayoral candidate, John Catsimatidis. Tune in to learn about John's thoughts on the state of New York City and why he is considering another run for Mayor. John also shares some great stories about his career, how he got to where he is today and how he first started in the real estate business. At the end of the show, I welcome a multi-family panel consisting of Mitchell Levine of Avison Young, Daniel Wrublin of Dalan Management and Eric Hamm of Corcoran.

For this week's episode, I thought it'd be important to share with everyone my latest webinar which covered the New York City and State Budgets, as well as the Future of Property Taxes. This webinar included three fantastic panelists consisting of Andrew Rein of the Citizens Budget Commission, Ari Shalam of RWN Real Estate Partners and Martha Stark, the former Commissioner of the NYC Dept. of Finance. This webinar was extremely informative and relevant to what is going on in the city today. Please enjoy and if you'd like to hear the full Q&A portion at the end that we had to take out due to time restraints, please head over to my YouTube channel, James Nelson NYC.

On this week's episode, I welcome Leo S. Ullman, President of Vastgood Properties. Tune in to learn about Leo's incredible story about his life, his early career in law, and how he ultimately landed in real estate and where he is today. Leo shares with us amazing stories about his early deals and some fantastic advice for early investors. At the end of the show, I also welcome back our broker panel consisting of Brandon Polakoff of Avison Young, David Schechtman of Meridian Capital Group and Marion Jones of Ackman-Ziff to finish out our discussion.