181. Salvatore Buscemi — Navigating the Dynamic World of Finance and Real Estate

Season 6 Episode 24: In this episode, Pete Codella, managing director of business services at the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, talks with Salvatore Buscemi, co-founder and managing partner of Brahmin Partners. Buscemi shares his connections to Utah and experiences with the entrepreneurial spirit of its residents. Inspired by an internship and an influential mentor, he details his educational journey at Fordham University and his unexpected career shift from pre-med to finance. He emphasizes the importance of networking, the evolving landscape of family investment groups, and his motivation to write books that share his finance and investment strategies. Buscemi highlights rising property values driven by high equity and the difficulty of refinancing and selling. He advises that investing in real estate requires acquiring financial skills and raising capital through relationship-building and salesmanship. Buscemi also discusses banking challenges, the impact of social media on bank runs, the rise of private credit in the face of banking instability, and much more. Email [email protected] for an autographed paperback copy of his book, "Investing Legacy: How the .001% Invest" or download the Audible version on Amazon. Follow Sal on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/salvatore-buscemi/