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by Real Estate Espresso
Your morning shot of what's new in the world of real estate investing. Daily real estate investment outlook from investor, syndicator, developer and author Victor J. Menasce. Weekday shows are 5 minutes of high energy, high impact awesomeness. The weekend edition consists of interview with notable guests including Robert Kiyosaki, Robert Helms, Chris Martenson, George Ross, Ed Griffin, Dr. Doug Duncan, and many more.
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My First Investment
When I was 10 years old, I made my first investment. I didn’t know it at the time. Apparently I had $10,000 kicking around that my grandmother had put in my account. My uncle who owned a seat on the NY Stock exchange was an aggressive trader and a very wealthy man. He lived on 5th Avenue next to...
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Special Guests, Mark and Tamiel Kenney
Mark and Tami Kenney are multi-family investors. In a few short years they have acquired about 4,500 units of multi-family apartments together with their partners. It's enabled them to abandon the corporate life, and focus on their passion. Join me for a great conversation about how to make the...
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Special Guest, Michael Flight
Michael Flight is a principal at Concordia Realty from the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook. He specializes in shopping center investing nationwide. Just because retail is going through major changes, doesn't mean there isn't opportunity. Join me for this immensely educational conversation about...
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Not Worth A Continental
In late-18th-century America, something of minimal value was often described as being “Not worth a Continental,” which referred to the Continental Dollar, the American currency at the time of the American Revolution. The continental was paper money. It had occurred to the colonists that, as their...
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How Do You Start Your Day?
Today’s show is a personal story. We are all part of this journey called life. The daily struggles are universal. Managing time, energy, diet, exercise, finances, commitments, friendships, cleaning up messes and mistakes. Finding the time, and creating the space to live out your dreams. I’m a...
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Slow Things Down
On today’s episode we are going to slow things down. Often in this fast-paced world, with a short attention span we only see a very small snapshots what is really happening. When you turn on the television news you will see a nine second segment of the Federal Reserve Chairman‘s testimony in…
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AMA - Negotiating a Land Assembly for an Apartment Complex
Today’s episode is another AMA episode. Today's question comes from BJ in Raleigh North Carolina. He sent me quite a detailed package of information that is far too much to cover in a single episode. However, I will summarize his project and give my initial reaction based on the information...
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Has Your City Run Out of Money?
On today’s episode we are talking about the laws of economics and how they apply to the world of investing. As real estate investors, we make choices about where to invest, when to invest, what us a class to invest in, and the positioning of the product in the marketplace. When you perform due...
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Special Guest Justin Greenleaf
On today’s episode, we are discussing what it’s like to work with an architect on a new development project. Few people understand the myriad of constraints that have to be balanced when developing a new building. Justin Greenleaf is one of the principals at the architecture firm of Greenleaf...
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Special Guest, Limor Markman
Limor Markman is a Toronto based real estate educator and host of the national TV show The Fortunate Future. She's one of those folks flying around the country hosting weekend workshops for new investors. Unlike many educators, she's still an active investor. On today's show we pull back the...
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Book of The Month - "The One Thing"
Today’s episode is the book of the month book review. In order to be considered for a book of the month the book has to meet a very simple criteria. It has to be impactful enough that it will change your life or your perspective on the world. Whether it does or not is entirely up to you. You…
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Long Term Leases Could Be A Problem Now
On today’s show we are talking about a new rule under the generally accepted accounting principles that could profoundly affect the way commercial real estate leases are written in the future. If you’re a property owner where your commercial tenants sign multi-year leases, you need to pay close...
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Warren Buffett Was Right, Again
This week Berkshire Hathaway published their investor newsletter. It’s widely read and many people look to the newsletter for clues on how to invest. Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger are legendary in their sustained performance. The company has been conservative and continues to build cash...
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What Do Real Estate And Hot Dogs Have in Common?
About a decade ago a Brazilian private equity firm called 3G Gapital made waves in the US when it spent billions to buy Americas most notable food brands including Kraft, Heinz, Burger King, Oscar Mayer and Budweiser. Following the acquisitions the new owners relentlessly cut costs including mass...
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You Can Prevent The Next Violent Revolution
On today’s episode we’re talking about how you can prevent the next violent social revolution. History has seen its share of violent uprisings. The French revolution which began in 1789 was not just a single event this was a protracted period of a people that lasted over 10 years. The causes of…
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A Case Study In Resilience
Today's episode is a real life case study recorded live at the Real Estate Guys, "Secrets of Successful Syndication" conference in Dallas Texas. This project started like many of our projects with a clear plan and solid market data to support the thesis for the project. Everything changed when…
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Scary Real Estate Lawsuit with Matthew Maxsom
Today's episode is about a purchase that ended in a lawsuit. This story is packed with suspense, uncertainty, stress, and wisdom. Check it out.
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How Many Units Can I Build?
On today's episode we are talking about the major considerations when designing a new development site. Developers often look at a site from the perspective of how many units of finished product you can place on the parcel of land. This is an area that is fraught with complications. I can tell…
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Negotiating With Your Contractor
On today’s show we’re talking about how to negotiate with your general contractor. Often times, when a project is designed by an architect there are design tradeoffs that seem perfectly reasonable at the time. The design process consists of a complex puzzle of conflicting constraints of function,...
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Two Minus One Equals Three
On today’s show we are talking about the most insane statements to come from economists in recent memory. I’m acutely aware as I’m sure many of our listeners are, of the unsustainable levels of government debt in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Switzerland, Italy. I could go on. The justification...
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AMA - Should I Be Hosting Free Events?
My friend Michael from Pennsylvania has started a Real Estate Meetup, and in a short time has attracted a sizeable high quality audience. His question is “What is the benefit of hosting a free event versus a paid event?” Michael, this is a great question. There are two main ideas that I want to…
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World Economic Forum Global Risk Report
On today’s show we’re talking about one of the key take-aways from the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland only a few weeks ago. A few weeks ago the Forum published their annual Global Risks Report. This 114 page document was developed in partnership by the Zurich Insurance Group and Marsh...
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Mobile Home Investing with Kevin Bupp
Kevin Bupp is an expert in Mobile Home Investing. It's clear from our conversation that Kevin has developed a very deep expertise. He's the host of the Real Estate Investing for Cashflow Podcast.
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Special Guest Russell Gray
Russell Gray is the co-host of the Real Estate Guys Radio Show. He is also the co-host of The Investor Summit at Sea, one of the most incredible professional growth events in the world. On today's show we are talking about the Investor Summit at Sea and why we both attend each year.
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Bonus Episode - Amazon Quits NYC Expansion
This is a special bonus episode about the recent Amazon announcement that they were pulling out of the NY second headquarters. I predicted that Amazon might take this step despite the public announcement back in November. The major political objection was the tax incentives that were negotiated...
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Leasing Power From The Sun?
On today’s show we’re examining a potential source of revenue for your income property that has the benefit of a little extra cash flow, plus being environmentally green. The economics of solar power have been somewhat marginal over the past several decades. That’s why governments have stepped in...
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What is love?
Welcome to the Valentines Day edition of The Real Estate Espresso Podcast. I’m celebrating Valentines Day with my wife on the beach in Mexico. We take time each year to recharge. Sometimes taking holidays is easier than others. We have both been working really hard over the past several months…
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Who Will Choose To Live Here?
On today’s episode we are asking a very simple but important question. It’s a question that I believe rarely gets asked when considering a property. The question is, “Who would choose to live in this property and are they someone who I want to have as a client?” If I improve the property, will…
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Colliers Office Market Report
Colliers recently completed a market report on the state of office space. It contains some startling revelations. Yes flexible office co-working space segment of the market accounted for 1/3 of all new leases signed last year. While still a small percentage of the overall market, its the fastest...
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Opportunity No More
Last week, NY State Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris announced he will introduce legislation to eliminate tax breaks for capital gains when investing in federal Qualified Opportunity Zones. “The Opportunity Zone program was intended to help economically distressed areas but is being abused…
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Live Q&A
This live Q&A session was part of a keynote address in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Some great questions that were very specific to the local geography, but universally applicable to almost any geography.
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Self Storage with Chuck Sutherland
Chuck has developed all types of properties in his extensive career in real estate investing. But he's a self storage specialist. This will be obvious from our conversation. Chuck can be reached at creativerealestatenetwork.com/podcast He has written a book on creative financing and it's a free...
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AMA - What Single Quality Distinguishes Success?
This episode was recorded live at a conference in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The question came from a member of the audience. In my estimation, the one thing that distinguishes success is "resilience". I give an example of our neighbors who tried every trick under the sun to block the existence of...
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What We Can Learn From The Super Bowl
For many people it was a boring game. Well into the third quarter the game was tied at one field goal each. No team had managed an offensive run of more than five possessions of the ball. It was a game dominated by defence. Games that involve lots of scoring, passes and receptions that defy…
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AMA - Is Corporate Debt A Risk To Our Economy? (Part 2)
Today's episode is part 2 to Adam's question on Corporate Debt. On today's show we dig deeper into corporate debt and what are some of the issues surrounding it. What can cause corporate debt to become toxic? After studying is more deeply, I believe that we have a lower risk of another credit...
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AMA - Could Mini-split HVAC Systems Have Problems?
Today's episode in another AMA episode - Ask Me Anything. Robin asks... In one of the previous episodes, you had mentioned about the advantages of using mini-splits in terms of cost savings. I had spoken to an HVAC specialist about this concept, and he mentioned some drawbacks. - Any kind of...
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More Government Overreach
Today's show is about another example of government overreach. In January 2017 Canadian federal government instituted a mortgage stress test rule. This required banks to subject borrowers to a financial stress test when applying for a residential mortgage loan. The stress test was designed to...
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Functional Obsolescence
On today show we are talking about functional obsolescence. So what exactly is functional obsolescence? Those old 1950’s houses with the small kitchen that you can touch both walls when you stretch your arms out fully. You can put in new cupboards and appliances, but you will still have a tiny...
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How to Build a Wall, (Or Tear One Down).
The US is building the most expensive wall in history. But it's not the one on the front page of every newspaper. The proposed wall along the US Mexico border an expensive undertaking. The proposed budget allocation is a little under $6B. That’s a lot of money. In context, it represents less than...
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Be Your Own News Source
On today’s show we’re talking about the news. I’m finding that in many cases the news isn’t really news. It’s not new enough to be news and it’s not old enough to be history. So what is it? It’s almost stuck in no-mans land. A lot of people, including investors rely on the news media to figure…
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Distressed Loans with Deann O'Donovan
Deann O'Donovan is the CEO of AHP Servicing, a Chicago based company that specializes in rescuing distressed loans. The company is crowd funded and combines a unique business model and an innovative funding model. You're going to love this episode.
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Live Q&A - How to Become a Developer
This episode was recorded live as part of a keynote address to a real estate investment club in Lancaster, PA. An audience member asked a great question on how to become a developer, and a followup question on how to create the track record to attract investment capital whether it is debt or...
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Price Waterhouse Coopers Forecast for Senior Housing
On today’s show we’re talking about some of the excellent global research performed by accounting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers. Two days ago we talk about the worst asset class in the PWC survey, that is retail. Yesterday we talked about Warehousing and Fulfillment which are at the top of the…
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Supply Chain Investing
On today’s show we’re talking about some of the excellent global research performed by accounting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers. They recently published their latest prediction reports for a number of geographies around the world. Yesterday we talked about the worst asset class in the PWC survey,...
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The Worst Investment Asset Class in 2019
On today’s show we’re talking about some of the excellent global research performed by accounting firm Price Waterhouse Coopers. They recently published their latest prediction reports for a number of geographies around the world. The data reflects the views of individuals who completed surveys…
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More Rent Control Insanity
I personally don’t have a political affiliation. Politics in both Canada and the US have become increasingly polarized in recent years. If you’re like me, where I’m fiscally conservative, and socially liberal on some items, but not all, there’s no political party that speaks directly to me. In...
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What Softwood Lumber Crisis?
On today’s show we’re examining the price volatility of a critical building material and the impact that it can have on the cost of both construction and renovation projects. In March of 2018, the White House imposed tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber. Overnight, prices jumped nearly 25%-30%.…
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Cell Tower Assets With Mark Roscioli
Mark Roscioli is the CEO of 17 Mile, LLC. His company specializes in buying and selling assets that have cellular towers as part of their makeup. This is one of the most fascinating ways to invest in real estate. It's highly specialized, but also one of the few truly passive businesses in the...
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Student Housing with Nick Legault
Nick got his start in development with student housing. His very first project generated enough cash flow to enable him to transition from an employment situation to full-time investor in less than one year. Nick's story is not typical, but is a powerful example of what is possible with focus and...
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Save Money By Spending Extra
On today’s show we are talking about how a more expensive product can often be the least expensive solution. There’s so many examples when people try to save money they actually don’t succeed in the end. This is one of those counterintuitive situation. On today’s show I’m going to challenge some...
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Your morning shot of what's new in the world of real estate investing. Daily real estate investment outlook from investor, syndicator, developer and author Victor J. Menasce. Weekday shows are 5 minutes of high energy, high impact awesomeness. The weekend edition consists of interview with notable guests including Robert Kiyosaki, Robert Helms, Chris Martenson, George Ross, Ed Griffin, Dr. Doug Duncan, and many more.
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