The Insider's Edge To Real Estate Investing

On this week's show, I welcome Reed Goossens, author and investor, as well as founder of RSN Property Group, a multifamily syndication investing firm. Reed has an incredible story having grown up in Australia then moving to New York City after falling in love with an American girl while traveling in France. Tune in to hear how Reed first got involved in real estate, how his first deal was only $38,000, and what he learned after experiencing a drive-by shooting at one of his properties! Reed also gives us an inside look as to how he financed his deals and what he looks for when investing. At the end of the show, I welcome a fantastic panel including Avison Young's Michael Sullivan, Choice New York Management's Michael Feldman and Lesley Lisser from Invesco US.

For our 20th show, I welcome John Usdan, CEO of Midwood Investment and Development, a premier real estate company founded in Brooklyn, NY in 1981. For this fantastic interview, John dives into his early upbringing around real estate with his late grandfather, an immigrant from Russia who started off selling homes in Brooklyn, giving John his passion for the business. He then dives into his early deals, how he was a true pioneer in Hell's Kitchen, and some of the run-in's that he had with the FBI and labor unions at a time when they ran New York and were at their toughest. At the end of the show, I also welcome back Kirsten Beck of Avison Young, legendary architect Gene Kaufman, and Michael Santora of SB+C Architecture.

On this week's show I welcome Ian Ross of Somera Road to discuss his early career and his love for the New York hustle. Tune in to hear his insight on how his company dives into tough, complicated deals that are in secondary and tertiary markets, as well as some of his favorite markets to invest in outside of New York. Ian also explains his early upbringing in California and loving the lifestyle, but becoming engulfed in the infectious New York hustle that he loves and thrives off of today. At the end of the show, I welcome friend and power broker, Michael Fay of Avison Young's Miami office to give us an insight as to what's going on down there and what is helping driving a great market!

On this week's show I welcome the founders of 60 Guilders, Kevin Chisholm and Bastien Broda, both close friends and colleagues. Tune in to hear their fascinating story about starting out within Savanna Real Estate Fund together to leaving and starting their own real estate investment firm, 60 Guilders. Both Kevin and Bastien share stories about their early projects, as well as difficulties they've faced along the way. Also tune in to hear what both of them consider their greatest accomplishment as a company thus far. At the end of the show I also welcome Lisa Maki of Avison Young's Nashville office to talk about the booming real estate market down there and get her perspective on what is driving it.

On this week's show, I welcome fellow Colgate graduate and close friend, Thomas Campbell, Founder and Principal of Thorobird LLC. Tune in to hear Thomas discuss his early career working in finance at Merrill Lynch to moving back down to Florida for a short time in order to shadow a small-time developer. Thomas explains that working with a smaller firm and developer ultimately helped shape his entrepreneurial spirit in the industry and helped garnish the relationships and knowledge he has today. He also explains some of the innovative projects he's currently working on, such as a modular development site he is putting up in Brooklyn. Later in the show we welcome a panel consisting of Kirsten Beck of Avison Young, Gene Kaufman of GKA, and Michael Santora of SB+C Architecture examining what can be done with a building upon purchasing it.

On this week's show, I welcome a very special guest, Ric Clark, Managing Partner of Real Estate and Chairman at Brookfield Property Group, Brookfield Property Partners and Brookfield Property REIT. Ric gives us an inside look at his early upbringing around farms and how that ultimately helped shape his passion for real estate and construction. Also tune in to hear how he started as a financial analyst almost 30 years ago, how he ultimately worked his way up with Brookfield to a leadership role, and how the firm expanded globally, owning substantial property all over the world. At the end of the show we also welcome back Larry Haber and Christina Smyth to finish our discussion on the legal considerations to think about when investing in commercial real estate.

For this week's episode, we talk with fellow Colgate Alum and Co-Founder and Managing Partner at AWH Partners, Chad Cooley. In the past episodes we've covered retail, multi-family and development, but this week we cover all things hotels. Tune in to learn about Chad's early career in affordable housing with one of the most prominent developers in New York City, as well as his upbringing around real estate and how that helped pave the way for his passion in the industry. Also listen in to hear about his time at our fabled Colgate University, and how he jumped into the hotel investment field with no real experience beforehand. Towards the end of the show, we also cover a topic that we have yet to discuss, which is the legal considerations when investing in real estate. I welcome Larry Haber and Christina Smyth to join the discussion!

For this week's show, I had the pleasure of welcoming Margaret Streicker, Founder of Fortitude Capital and U.S. Congressional Candidate for Connecticut. Listen in to hear how building a cardboard "box city" as a little girl, gave way to her creative side when it comes to dealing with new acquisitions and her vast real estate portfolio. She also dives into how she built her company, her investment strategy with new deals and how the top-of-the-line finishes don't always equate to tenant retention and higher rents. Finally, we introduce a new segment titled, "City Spotlight" in which we discuss trends going on in different cities across the U.S. with specialists from around our firm. Enjoy!

For this week's show, I welcome a very special guest, Principal and Global Director of Research for Avison Young, Dr. Nick Axford. All the way from across the pond in London, Nick was in New York for the week as he joined me for a fantastic press breakfast at the infamous Rainbow Room discussing all things trending in 2020 in the commercial real estate world. I was able to sit down with Nick to get a sneak preview of his trends and really pick his brain on how these trends may be affecting markets across the world and what investors, owners or tenants should be on the lookout for as we begin the New Year. Tune in for a special edition!

On this week's show, I welcome Jordan Vogel, co-founder of Benchmark Real Estate Group to discuss his early career and how he founded his current company. Tune to hear how growing up in New York City gave him a dream of one day owning property in New York, as well as how working as a property manager showed him all that goes into real estate. Jordan also discusses how he first started off raising equity for deals and how his current company, Benchmark Real Estate Group, is now raising equity for much larger properties in New York City. Towards the end of the show we also welcome back Michael Robinson, Evan Weiss and Jack Mullen for a second edition of their "Triple A" panel segment.