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Commercial Real Estate Investing From A-Z — 230 episodes

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How to Pivot in Real Estate? Lessons Learned in The Last Year

2

100% Bonus Depreciation & Other Tax Benefits in Real Estate

3

How I Made 25% IRR on My Worst Investment!

4

Why Are Car Washes a Great Investment? Why is Now a Good Time to Buy? What Should Investors Keep in Mind?

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Capital Crunch or Capital Flow? The State of Syndications & The Real Estate Market

6

Lessons Learned on Our First Deal in 2025

7

SEC Traps & GP/LP Structures for Infinite Cashflow

8

What Are The Pros And Cons of Office, Retail, and Industrial? How To Overcome Fear in Investing?

9

The CRE Playbook: Goals, Asset Classes & Agent Roles

10

Protecting Your Investment: Vetting Syndicators & Operators the Right Way

11

Syndications & Funds: Behind the Deal

12

Self Storage From A-Z & Tips for Success

13

100% Financing with SBA? Can You Get an SBA Loan for Your Development?

14

How to Buy Real Estate With 10% Down? How do SBA Loans Work?

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Which Markets Are Growing Fast & Why?

16

California Fires: Opportunities in Real Estate? Real Estate Outlook for 2025

17

How to Negotiate Loans & Manage Lender Relationships + Market Updates + Lessons Learned

18

Retail Trends & How to Have Successful Pop Ups in Your Center

19

How to Work With Cities & Tips on Repurposing Real Estate

20

Navigating the Current Economy and Commercial Real Estate Market: Expert Insights

21

What Are The Downsides of Industrial Investing?

22

Top Things to Look For When Buying an Industrial Building

23

Mid Term Rentals: Pros and Cons & What Do Companies Look for in Corporate Housing?

24

How to Determine the Highest and Best Use for a Piece of Land

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How to Find Real Estate Partners? What Tools & Systems to Implement for Scale?

26

Lessons Learned From the First Development

27

Real Estate Investing Update: Current State of the Market, Market Predictions and Strategies During Downturn

28

200th Episode Celebration: Lessons Learned in Real Estate and Investing Mindset

29

Becoming The Wealthiest Real Estate Investor in the World: How He Overcame Major Problems in Land Development (Part 2)

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Becoming The Wealthiest Real Estate Investor in the World: How He Bought, Managed and Expanded The Company?

31

How to Assemble Large Projects & Deal With Development Problems

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What is the State of Self Storage Today? What are the Benefits of Joining a Mastermind?

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Retail, Office, Industrial, Multi-Family Asset Classes Panel

34

How to Get Great Partners in Real Estate Investing

35

How to Generate New Cash Flow at Your Properties?

36

How to Invest in Boutique Hotels?

37

Top Lessons Learned From 4 Decades of Investing + State of Investing Today

38

The Richest Real Estate Investor in The World (Part 3 - Final Part!)

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The Richest Real Estate Investor in The World (Part 2)

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The Richest Real Estate Investor in The World (Part 1)

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How to Lease Up Retail Properties?

42

2024 Economic Horizon: Interest Rates, Inventory Dynamics, and Strategic Investment Moves

43

The Power of Masterminds & How to Market Yourself

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The Art of Retail Negotiation: Strategies for National Tenant Deals

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8 Tips For Negotiating a Retail Lease

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2023 Year Review: The Naked Truth of My Real Estate Investing Year

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How Much Have Real Estate Prices Declined?

48

How to Find the Next Hot Market & How to Convince Investors

49

How to Invest Wisely: Navigating LP Due Diligence & Fund Decisions

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Top Lessons Learned From 6 Decades of Investing

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Ken McElroy: Step by Step Guide if Your Property is in Trouble

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Ken McElroy: Is Now a Good Time to Buy? Are Rates Going Up Again?

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How Should You Do a Capital Call to Your Investors?

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How to Keep Yourself Out of Jail: Legal Compliance in Syndications

55

Family Offices: What Do They Look For in an Investment?

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Top Things to Look For When Investing in Medical Offices & How to Find Tenants

57

How Can Self Directed IRAs Help Your Real Estate Investments

58

Loan Documents: Top Things To Keep in Mind

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Industrial Opportunities: Value Add, Development, Single Tenant, Multi Tenant?

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Real Estate Lessons Learned + Ponzi Schemes + Latest News

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How to Build a Real Estate Project From Scratch

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Industrial Opportunities: Where Are They?

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How to Build an Efficient & Effective Operations Team for Your Real Estate Business

64

Fannie Mae's Chief Economist Gives Economic Forecast (Part 2 of 2)

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Fannie Mae's Chief Economist Gives Economic Forecast (Part 1 of 2)

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The San Francisco Real Estate Crisis: Uncovering the Decline

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Benefits & Risks of Investing in a Syndication. How to Evaluate a Deal & an Operator?

68

How to Decrease Property Taxes When the Economy is Booming or Declining

69

How to Avoid Potential Lawsuits & Best Practices for Hiring

70

Is Buying Prime Real Estate at Top Prices a Good Strategy? Techniques that Buyers and Sellers Use

71

Latest in Real Estate + Diverse Teams Do Better + Women & Men Operators

72

Self Storage, Getting Your First Deal, Dealing with Challenges: We Cover it All

73

How to Prosper in a Challenging Commercial Real Estate Market

74

How to Reduce Taxes: Business Owners & Real Estate Professionals

75

How to Reduce Taxes: W-2 Employees (Single and Married Scenarios)

76

Why is Diversification Important? How to Find Great Operators?

77

How to Raise $43M in a Year?

78

What is the State of Industrial? What to Do if Your Rates Are Rising this Year?

79

How to Manage an Industrial Property? Key Things to Keep in Mind

80

How to Find, Buy & Exit a Retail Property

81

What is The State of House Flipping in This Economy?

82

Setting Goals for the New Year, How to Organize Your Day and When to Hire a Full Time VA

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What's Happening With Hotels in This Economy? Which Markets Are Thriving? What Type of Hotel Should You Invest In?

84

Do You Compare Yourself With Other Real Estate Investors?

85

What is the State of Commercial Real Estate? Which Asset Class Will Hurt the Most Next Year?

86

Zoning Research + Tips For Working With The City to Get Your Project Approved

87

Status of Retail Leases Today: Good or Bad?

88

Are Prices Coming Down? + Latest Lessons Learned

89

Depreciation: Which Asset Classes Are Best for Cost Segregation?

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Industrial Leases: What to Watch out For

91

How to Find Good GC's for Your Real Estate Projects

92

How to Vet Great Operators?

93

Car Wash Update! 55% Cash on Cash, Would I Do It Again?

94

Questions To Ask a Self Storage Broker & How to Present an Offer (Part 2)

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How to Underwrite a Self Storage Property & What to Look For in The OM

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Pros and Cons of Investing in Car Washes

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High Interest Rates: Yikes or Yay!?

98

Industrial Investing Success Criteria and Potential Pitfalls

99

How to Develop a Self Storage Facility From Scratch

100

Top 5 Tips For Negotiating Leases

101

Top Tips From Commercial Real Estate Conference

102

How to Evaluate & Purchase a Retail Property on Your Own

103

Real Estate Mogul Advice: How to Scale Your Real Estate Investments

104

How to Invest in Retail & Grow Through Syndications

105

One Tip to Improve Your Real Estate Investments

106

Why Create Funds Instead of Syndications?

107

Why Invest in Parking Lots? Pros & Cons of Parking Lots and Where to Find Lenders?

108

How to Raise $16M in One Day? What Did They Wish They Know Earlier in Their Careers?

109

Which Metaverses Should You Invest in Today? Is Decentraland Democratic and Meta a Socialist Metaverse?

110

Can you Develop in the Metaverse? How to Monetize It?

111

5 Lessons From Going From $100M to Jail

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From a $100M Real Estate Company to $0 - How to Overcome Adversities

113

8 Ways For Investors to Find Deals

114

How to Move From Residential to Commercial Investing

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How to Quit Your Job and Become a Full Time Real Estate Investor?

116

My Story: What Happened From When I Landed in the USA at 18 & How Did I Get to Where I am Today?

117

Retail Leasing - What to Keep in Mind for Prospective Tenants

118

Top Questions to Ask a General Contractor & How to Find Them

119

Is Location Important in the Metaverse? What Makes Real Estate Valuable and How can you Monetize your Properties in the Metaverse? (Part 2)

120

What is the Metaverse? Should You Buy Virtual Real Estate in the Metaverse? (Part 1)

121

What Could Be The Hottest Asset Classes in a Decade?

122

Should You Invest In a 5% Cap NNN Property? Real Example Calculations

123

Top Lessons Learned from Owning $1.5 Billion in Real Estate

124

2nd Largest Office Holder in LA – How Did They Manage 1.5 Yrs of Lockdown?

125

3 Tips to Raise Capital & What is the Lifetime Value of Your Investors?

126

What to Look for in Industrial Properties + Negotiation Strategies + Best and Worst Industrial Investments

127

How to Buy Industrial Properties? What is Happening in the Industrial Space?

128

Tax Benefits of Investing in Real Estate

129

Short Term Rentals: Should You Invest in This Asset Class?

130

How to Manage Properties Remotely: All of My Secrets!

131

What are the Benefits of NNN Leases and How to Find National Tenants

132

How a 21-Year-Old Purchased 30 Units with Zero Money Down

133

5 Syndication Questions From a Podcast Listener

134

Pro-Forma + Most Profitable Asset Classes + Best Markets to Be In

135

Everything You Should Put in Your Pro Forma Calculations

136

10 New Tips For Real Estate Investing & a Lot More Info

137

Where is Retail Going (According to Gen Z)

138

36-48% Cash on Cash? What Asset Class is That?!

139

What Are Some Best Practices for Raising Funds?

140

Is Senior Assisted Living an Interesting Asset Class? What Makes for a Good Operator?

141

How to Add Value in Self Storage? How to Differentiate Against the Competition?

142

How to Buy Value Add Industrial Real Estate & Biggest Lessons Learned

143

From Broke to Retired in 4 Years Through Real Estate Investing

144

Top Things to Negotiate in Retail Leases, How to Add Value in Retail, What's N, NN, NNN Leases?

145

What Will Office Space Look Like in the Near Future?

146

5 Reasons to Invest in the Medical Office Space

147

What's Happening with Office?

148

Top Things to Watch Out For in a Title Commitment

149

What is a Title Report? What Should you Watch Out For in a Title Commitment? What is a Survey?

150

How to Deal With Major Problems in Real Estate Investing

151

Real Estate Goal Setting 2021: Using SMART Methodology to Achieve Real Estate Investing Goals

152

Mastermind Call: What Are Top Investors Dealing With Right Now (Multiple Asset Classes)

153

Step by Step: Purchasing a Portfolio of Properties

154

99 Tips to Analyzing and Closing a Portfolio of Properties

155

Getting Started With Real Estate Syndication

156

Legal Strategies to Protect Your Real Estate Assets

157

Mastermind Call: What Are Top Investors Doing During This Crisis (Multiple Asset Classes)

158

How to Grow Your Real Estate Network & How to Start Your Investing Career

159

How is Retail Performing? How to Project Revenue in Retail?

160

How to Start Real Estate Investing & How to Determine What's a Good Project to Take On as a Solopreneur

161

Opportunities in Real Estate: How do You Pick Which Ones to Work on? Where do You Look for Stranded Assets?

162

What is a Stranded Asset? 2 Examples of How to Find Opportunities in Stranded Assets.

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What is CMBS? What are the Delinquency Rates Today? What can Investors do to Take Advantage of Commercial Real Estate Deals in the Future?

164

Live Real Estate Mastermind: How are Multiple Asset Classes Performing

165

How To Invest in Land? Pros and Cons of Land Investing

166

How to Evaluate a Self Storage Property? What do REIT's Look For When Buying Your Property?

167

8 Action Items to Take Today for Your Real Estate Investments

168

Step by Step Guide to Ride This Recession and What Asset Classes Could Thrive? Russell Gray Explains (Part 2)

169

Could This Downturn be Worse Than 2008? Russell Gray Explains Why (Part 1)

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Mastermind: What Are Top Investors Doing During This Crisis (Multiple Asset Classes)

171

What are Delaware Statutory Trusts? (DST's)

172

Which Areas Are Good to Invest in Real Estate Today?

173

Is Now a Good Time to Buy Commercial Real Estate?

174

New Lending Requirements with Covid-19 and What You Can Do About It

175

Step by Step Actions for Self Storage Operators to Take During This Downturn

176

What Are Top Investors Doing During This Crisis (Multiple Asset Classes Mastermind)

177

State of Commercial Loans During the Coronavirus: What are the Available Options?

178

How Will the Coronavirus Impact the Real Estate Market?

179

How to Overcome Paralysis by Analysis in Your Real Estate Investments

180

Things to Do When You’re in Contract to Purchase a Commercial Property

181

3 Tips for Hiring a Commercial Real Estate Photographer

182

300 Ways to Buy, Sell or Exchange Real Estate

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4 Steps for Community Engagement for Your Real Estate Project

184

How to Find & Analyze a Real Estate Market

185

How to Go From Residential to Commercial Properties

186

How to Find Great Leasing Agents

187

How to Analyze a Commercial Property

188

What Are Entitlements?

189

Can You Avoid Paying Taxes - Legally - With Real Estate?

190

New Year, New Life: How to Make Your Real Estate Dreams Come True

191

How to Deal With Politics & Problems in Real Estate Investing

192

How to Go From 0 to $500M in Retail Real Estate Investments

193

Top 3 Things to Know Before Investing in Hotels

194

Pros and Cons of: Retail / Office / Self Storage / Mobile Home Parks

195

5 Things Passive Investors Look For in a Syndication Deal and the Operator

196

From Food Stamps to Millionaire Real Estate Investor: How a Single Mother Did It

197

How You Can Lose 50% of Your Property Value in One Downturn: The Quadruple Whammy

198

How to Invest in Mobile Home Parks

199

Loans: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Self Storage, Who is The Best Commercial Lender (Part 2)

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Loans: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Office, Retail, Warehouse (Part 1)

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Commercial Loans: What is Debt Service Coverage Ratio, What Counts as Assets, What Are Deal Killers

202

8 Things You Should Know About Real Estate Financing

203

How to Apply for a Commercial Loan & How to Find the Best Lenders

204

7 Tips to Improve Your Personal Finances (Before We Talk About Commercial Real Estate Lending)

205

What's The Future of Retail, How Should a Retail Investor Approach Their Investments in Today's World?

206

What is Cash on Cash, IRR, and REIT's?

207

Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Investing in Commercial Real Estate

208

How to Prepare for a Possible Recession and How to Underwrite Deals With That in Mind

209

What is Due Diligence? What are Some Items You Should Cover When Purchasing a Property?

210

Should You Buy a Home or Invest in Commercial Real Estate? Project Updates and Lessons Learned

211

What is Cost Segregation, How Can it Help You Save Taxes, What’s Bonus Depreciation, and How Much Would a Cost Segregation Study Cost?

212

Making a Case for Self Storage Investing

213

Should You Invest in Silicon Valley? What Does the Future of Office Space Look Like? What Happened to Office Spaces During the Last Downturn?

214

What are Opportunities Zones, How to Hire the Best Team, What Types of Asset Classes to Invest in Today’s Market

215

How to Start Real Estate Investing With Zero Money

216

What is a Syndication, How to Underwrite Deals for a Recession, What is Replacement Cost

217

Office Leases: Lease Negotiation Points, What Makes for a Good Landlord, What Does "Base Year" Mean on a Lease

218

What Do Startups Need When Leasing an Office Space

219

A Review of The Investor Summit at Sea & Lessons Learned

220

Retail Investing Strategy & Why Be Optimistic About Retail

221

Lease Negotiation Points for National Tenants, LOI’s, What Happens When a Tenant Goes Dark (Part 2 of 2)

222

Leasing Retail Property to National Tenants and What to Look for During Due Diligence (Part 1 of 2)

223

My First Commercial Real Estate Offer: What Happened (Part 3 of 3)

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My First Commercial Real Estate Offer: What Happened (Part 2 of 3)

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My First Commercial Real Estate Offer: What Happened (Part 1 of 3)

226

Why Commercial Properties and Not Residential

227

Questions You Should be Asking the Seller's Real Estate Agent When Interested in a Property

228

What is a CAP Rate and What Should You Be Looking at on Loopnet

229

Commercial Real Estate Investing from A-Z. Start Here!

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Commercial Real Estate Investing From A-Z (Trailer)