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The Commercial Real Estate Investor Podcast — 303 episodes

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378. He Stopped Buying Airbnbs and Built a $20M Hotel Portfolio

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377. I'm Building 43,000 SF of Flex Space at 1/3rd of The Cost - Office Hours

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376. Gold Doesn't Pay You. This Does.

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375. Why I'd Rather Buy an Empty Building Than a Full One Right Now

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374. He Traded His Apartments for a Commercial Building and Made $100k

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373. Is Market Uncertainty Actually Good for Commercial Real Estate Investors? — Office Hours

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372. 33 Rental Houses vs. 1 Commercial Property (The Math Will Shock You)

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371. Underwriting an Auto Garage Conversion | Office Hours

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370. Nobody Wanted This Vacant Warehouse. He Bought It With $0 Down in 45 Days

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369. Stop Buying Rental Houses. Start Buying Commercial

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368. How Elite CRE Brokers Stop Hunting and Start Capturing Demand

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367. 90% of Her Warehouse Deals Come from Social Media (Not Cold Calling)

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366. Will Retail Outperform Flex in 2026? | Office Hours

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365. You're Broke Because You Chase Cashflow

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364. Why Underwriting is SO Important | Office Hours

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363. Stop Writing Offers Like a Residential Investor - Do This Instead | Office Hours

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362. Most developers go broke before they ever break ground with Meg Epstein

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361. Backing Into an Offer Price on Vacant Commercial Property | Office Hours

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360. If You Can’t Find Deals, This Is Probably Why - Do This Instead | Office Hours

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359. You Think Apartments Are a Safe Investment?

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358. Stop Investing in Real Estate for Cash Flow - Do This Instead | Office Hours

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357. Using Energy Data to Find Vacant Buildings | Office Hours

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356. McDonalds owns their real estate. Why doesn’t Starbucks?

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355. Waterfront Flex, Medical Office Boom, Multifamily Delinquencies, and More | The Deal Desk

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354. 10 Ways to Make Money from ONE Deal | Office Hours

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353. The Hidden Economics Behind Parking Lots

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351. Starting a Family Office | Office Hours

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352. 2026 Trends, Trump's Ballroom, 50-Year Mortgage, and More | The Deal Desk

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350. Let's Talk Flex Space | Office Hours

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349. How this Real Estate Developer Raised $1M from ONE Email

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348. Commercial Real Estate Outlook 2026 | Office Hours

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347. How to Build Wealth Without Leaving Your Neighborhood

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346. What Do You Do When A Property Just Won't Sell? | Office Hours

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345. Commercial Real Estate Isn’t Just for Millionaires

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344. Navigating Real Estate Partnerships | Office Hours

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343. Let's Review a Couple Value-Add Commercial Deals | Office Hours

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342. The 3 Most Dangerous Mistakes in Commercial Real Estate

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341. How Do You Handle Vacant Big Box Suites? | Office Hours

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340. This 34-Year Old Built $500M of Real Estate - Here's How

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339. Best Commercial Properties for First-Time Investors

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338. The Secret to Buying Commercial Real Estate WITHOUT Cash

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337. We Launched an App for Commercial Real Estate Investors! (Office Hours)

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336. The WORST Stadium Deal in U.S. HISTORY (And What Investors Can Learn)

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335. Turning ABANDONED Buildings into GOLD (No Experience Needed)

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334. This Real Estate Strategy Pays Me $15,000 per Month

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333. What Are GOOD Returns for New Development?

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332. The Real Reason You're Not Finding Good CRE Deals

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331. Why You Shouldn’t Buy Commercial Real Estate (Until You Do This One Thing)

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330. Why Managing Your Own Rentals Will Burn You Out (and What to Do Instead)

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329. What Bigger Pockets Won't Tell You About Real Estate Investing

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328. Bribery and Corruption in Real Estate | Office Hours

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327. What the Rich Buy That You Don't

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326. First 1.5 years in Commercial Real Estate Brokerage with Jake Clark

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325. Why This Investor Gave Up Residential Real Estate (And What He Did Instead)

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324. We Stopped Buying Apartments Because of Deals Like THIS

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323. Don't Buy Apartments, Buy THIS Instead

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322. When to Quit Your W2 for Real Estate | Office Hours

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321. Why He Chose Flex Space for His First Development

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320. Riding Out a Recession in Commercial Real Estate

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319. The Power of Creative Capital in Commercial Real Estate

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318. Off-Market Mastery: How to Find Unicorn Deals in Any Market

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317. 12 Lessons from 12 Years in Commercial Real Estate | Office Hours

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316. Mastering the Art of the Deal Pitch | Investors Round Table

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315. Interviewing Contractors for Your Projects | Office Hours

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314. The 3 Fastest Ways to Get Your First Commercial Listing

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313. Is Commercial Real Estate A Sensible Investment Today? | Office Hours

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312. He Built a 17-Property Portfolio for His Family’s Future - Here’s How

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311. Misconceptions about Commercial Real Estate & Leaving Your W-2 | Office Hours

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310. Facing Adversity in Commercial Real Estate Brokerage - Brokers Round Table

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309. Yes, Tariffs Will Hit Commercial Real Estate Hard | Office Hours

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308. 90 Days After Buying an Abandoned Self Storage Facility

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307. Non-Negotiables Analyzing Commercial Deals | Office Hours

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306. Ask Your Commercial Real Estate Questions LIVE | Office Hours

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305. Unconventional Ways to Make Money from Commercial Real Estate - Brokers Round Table

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304. Exposing Real Estate Lies You've Been Told | Office Hours

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303. Winners & Losers: Which CRE Asset Classes Will Dominate in 2025? | Investors Round Table

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302. Building a Personal Brand for High-Value Clients - Brokers Round Table

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301. 26.8% Cap Rate on His First Deal?? | Office Hours

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300. How to Make Deals Pencil with Today’s Interest Rates | Investors Round Table

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299. Determining Price Per Sq. Ft. for Land | Office Hours

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298. Don't Invest with Strangers! | Office Hours

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297. First Commercial Deal—What Went Wrong? | Investors Round Table

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296. Listen to This Before Buying your First Commercial Property (Office Hours)

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295. Are Distressed Properties the Opportunity of 2025? - Brokers Round Table

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294. Tenants Moved Out but Still Pay Rent? (Office Hours)

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293. I Bought a FAILING Self Storage Facility

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292. Is The CRE Job Market Cooked? (Office Hours)

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291. Inside the Mini-Boutique Hotel Revolution

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290. Closing Out 2025 & Upcoming Projects (Office Hours)

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289. We're FINALLY Making Progress on This Hotel

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288. Appraisals, Land Flip, Commercial Condos, And More

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287. Top 10 Real Estate Markets to Watch in 2025

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286. 2025 Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Outlook | Brokers Round Table

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285. Emily's First 6 Weeks as a Commercial Real Estate Broker

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284. Which College Degree for Development, Competing as a Boutique Broker, and More (Office Hours)

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283. Here’s The Latest with My Boutique Hotel Development in East Nashville (Salt Ranch)

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282. My Biggest Challenge as an Investor and More (Office Hours)

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281. Tracking Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for Commercial Real Estate Brokers | Brokers Round Table

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280. The NNN Alternative, Value-Add Flex, and More (Office Hours)

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279. Commercial Real Estate Outlook Under A Donald Trump Presidency | Investors Round Table

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278. Finding & Analyzing Profitable Commercial Deals | Investors Round Table

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277. Investing in Yourself as A Commercial Real Estate Broker | Brokers Round Table

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276. Working ON not IN Your CRE Business and More (Office Hours)

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275. Planning for Real Estate in 2025 and Setting Goals | Investors Round Table

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274. Sending Mailers, Mastermind Event, Bad Actors, and More (Office Hours)

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273. Navigating Today’s Commercial Market Trends | Brokers Round Table

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272. Creating Your Buy Box, Insurance after Hurricanes, and More (Office Hours)

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271. Carl Icahn to Sell Notorious Nashville Property (Here's The Scoop)

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270. What's Holding You Back? Best Use for Land, and More (Office Hours)

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269. Current Economy's Impact on Commercial Real Estate | Investors Round Table

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268. Marketing for Commercial Real Estate Brokers | Brokers Round Table

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267. Brokers Mastermind, Investing in Nashville, IRRs, and More (Office Hours)

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266. Rate Drops, National vs. Boutique Brokerages, and More (Office Hours)

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265. Peerless Mill Update, CRE Masterminds, and More (Office Hours)

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264. Strategic Partnerships in Commercial Real Estate pt. 1 | Investors Round Table

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263. Prospecting for New Business pt. 2 | Brokers Round Table

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262. We're Hiring, Flood Zones, and Leasing before You Buy (Office Hours)

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261. Transitioning from Residential to Commercial Real Estate Pt. 2 | Investors Round Table

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260. Prospecting for New Business | Brokers Round Table

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260. Prospecting for New Business | Brokers Round Table

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259. Achieving Financial Freedom, Dealing with Deal FOMO, and More (Office Hours)

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258. Brokers Mastermind, Luxury Flex Space, and More (Office Hours)

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257. Andrew Steffens on Developing 2,500 Apartment Units

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256. What Are YOU Buying in 2024, Breaking into Brokerage, and More | Office Hours

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255. Transitioning from Residential to Commercial Real Estate Pt. 1 | Investors Round Table

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254. Structuring Partnership Entities, Contacting Prospective Investors, and More (Office Hours)

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253. Commercial Real Estate Tech: Occupier | with Nate Smoyer

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252.Josephine Saffert on Getting Started in Real Estate Development

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251. Developing Negotiation Skills in Commercial Real Estate Pt. 2 | Investors Round Table

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250. Creating a Mountain of Referrals | Brokers Round Table

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249.Eric Deems on Land Investment & Development

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248. Finding Debt Today, How to Win with Walgreens, Assessing CRE Deals (Office Hours)

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247. Nate Smoyer on Tech You Need as a CRE Investor Today

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246. How to (Legally) Stop Paying Taxes with Commercial Real Estate | Yonah Weiss

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245. Walgreens Closures, CRE Brokerage Class, CRE Conference This Fall (Office Hours)

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244. Developing Negotiation Skills in Commercial Real Estate Pt. 1 | Investors Round Table

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243. Valuing Commercial Properties | Brokers Round Table

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242. Landglide, Working with Contractors, Exchanging Resi for Commercial (Office Hours)

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241. How Matt Built a $25m Real Estate Portfolio PART-TIME

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240. What Every Business Needs to Know before Signing a Lease Pt. 3 | Brokers Round Table

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239. Matt Aitchison on Syndications and Boutique Hotels

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238. Determining GP Splits, Leasing Big Box Retail, Leasing Flex Space (Office Hours)

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237. Ashley Tison on The Latest with Opportunity Zones

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236. What Every Business Needs to Know before Signing a Lease Pt. 2 | Brokers Round Table

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235. Resi to Commercial Brokerage, Finding Data, Banks Hate Ground Leases? (Office Hours) (Copy)

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234. What Every Business Needs to Know before Signing a Lease Pt. 1 | Brokers Round Table

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233. What's Going On? | Investors Round Table

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232. How Commercial Brokers Provide Value, Brokers Mastermind, ARV without Comps (Office Hours)

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231. Bert Matthews on Constructing a Real Estate Empire

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230. Rezoning Land, Creative Financing, AI in CRE (Office Hours)

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229. Meg Epstein on Scaling a Real Estate Development Firm

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228. Single Tenant QSRs, Off vs. On-Market Properties, CCIM for Analysts (Office Hours)

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227. Structuring Real Estate Partnerships (Roles, Equity, Responsibilities) Pt. 2 | Investors Round Table

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226. The Best Types of Industrial Real Estate for Beginners

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225. NEW: Apprenticeship Available, Renewing Tenants, and More (Office Hours)

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224. Negotiating Tenant Improvement Allowances | Brokers Round Table

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223. How to Find the Best Industrial Real Estate Investments

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222. Determining Maximum Allowable Offer, Partnering with Older Investors, and More (Office Hours)

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221. Commercial Real Estate Tech: Neighbor | with Nate Smoyer

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220. Niching Down, Working with a Mentor, and More (Office Hours)

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219. 12% Returns without Buying Real Estate

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218. Structuring Real Estate Partnerships (Roles, Equity, Responsibilities) Pt. 1 | Investors Round Table

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217. March CRE Brokerage Business Review with Logan Freeman

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216. Is Office Really Doom & Gloom, Residential to Commercial Investing, and More (Office Hours)

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215. Buying Real Estate Without Being A Landlord

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214. Investment Opportunities, Finding Land to Develop, and More (Office Hours)

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213. Commercial Real Estate Investment Sales Pt. 3 | Brokers Round Table

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212. Designing a Recession Resilient Commercial Real Estate Portfolio | Investors Round Table

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211. Creative Financing Strategies for Commercial Real Estate (No Banks Needed)

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210. Investing in Retail Centers, City vs. Brokerage Firm, and More (Office Hours)

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209. Commercial Real Estate Investment Sales Pt. 2 | Brokers Round Table

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208. The Easiest Commercial Property for Beginners to Own

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207. Thoughts on The NAR Ruling, $ Needed to Get Started, and More (Office Hours)

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206. Commercial Real Estate in Distress? How to Win (Investors Round Table)

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205. February CRE Brokerage Business Review with Logan Freeman

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204. Masterminds, Software, Partnering with Sellers (Office Hours)

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203. 1Q24 Retail Market Update

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202. 5 Takeaways for ALL Landlords from WeWork's Epic Fall

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201. Sale Leasebacks, Warehouse for Beginners, Land Entitlement | (Office Hours)

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200. Commercial Real Estate Tech: Crexi | with Nate Smoyer

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199. Being Broke Is No Excuse

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197. Has Real Estate Hit Rock Bottom? (Investors Round Table)

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196. If I Started Real Estate in 2024, I'd Do This.

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195. Deals Under $250k, Best Property for Beginners, Finding NNN Tenants (Office Hours)

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194. Commercial Real Estate Investment Sales Pt. 1 | Brokers Round Table

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193. The 10 Best Real Estate Markets for Investors in 2024 (& What to Buy)

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192. CRE Investing Tips: From Off-Market Finds to Offer Negotiations (Office Hours)

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191. January CRE Brokerage Business Review with Logan Freeman

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190. Is Real Estate Still a GOOD Investment?

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189. Finding Tenants, Starting in Brokerage, and More (Office Hours)

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188. Reviewing a Flex Industrial Development Project (Office Hours)

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187. Becoming the Bank with Brandon Thornberry and Will Coleman

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186. I'll Partner with You, Where to Find Investors / Partners, and More (Office Hours)

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185: Looking Back on Real Estate in 2023 (Investors Round Table)

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184. 10x Your Real Estate Game with The Right Attorney with Justine Moreau

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183: Creating Consistent Deal Flow of Commercial Properties (Investors Round Table)

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182. Self Storage Investing in 2024 with Ian Horowitz

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181. 3rd Party Asset Management with Mike Taravella

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180: What We're Seeing in The Market Today (Brokers Round Table)

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179: Commercial Real Estate Investing in 2024 (Investors Round Table)

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178. New Book? Avoiding Multifamily Deals, The Numbers on Resi Construction (Office Hours)

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177. 90% Cash on Cash Returns with Self Service Car Washes

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176. I'm Buying Industrial Outdoor Storage in 2024, Top 10 Markets for Real Estate (Office Hours)

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175: Building & Growing a Commercial Real Estate Brokerage Business (Brokers Round Table)

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174. What Is A "Deal," Flex Space, The Future of Residential Agents (Office Hours)

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173: The Impact of Technology on Commercial Real Estate (Brokers Round Table)

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172. How to Invest in Industrial Outdoor Storage with Ron Rohde

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171: Marketing Is KEY to Raising Investment Capital (Investors Round Table)

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170: Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2024 | Nashville | Urban Land Institute

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169: Negotiating Commercial Real Estate Leases (Brokers Round Table)

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168. Wholesaling Commercial Real Estate, Finding the Right Lender, Valuations in 2024 (Office Hours)

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167: What Type of Commercial Property Should You Buy TODAY? (Investors Round Table)

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166. Investing in Gas Stations, Underwriting Faster, Environmental Surveys (Office Hours)

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165. Brokerage & Buying Deals If You're Broke with Henry Eisenstein

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164. Why I'm Getting My GC License, Leasing to The Govt., Marketing Space for Lease (Office Hours)

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163: Getting Started As A Commercial Real Estate Broker (Brokers Round Table)

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162. What I'm Bullish On Right Now, Building Relationships with Banks, & How to Find Deals (Office Hours)

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161: The Tax-Saving Method Almost No One Uses (Reverse 1031 Exchange)

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160. Buying Land in Cash, Industrial Outdoor Storage, Is Syndication Worth It? (Office Hours)

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159: A.I. in Commercial Real Estate

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158: CRE Education, Importance of Financial Modeling, SIOR vs. CCIM (Office Hours)

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157: 5 Common Mistakes in Commercial Real Estate

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156: Getting Started, Is Multifamily Worth It, and Deal Structures (Office Hours)

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155: Raising Capital 101 (Investors Round Table)

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154. Investing in Flex Space (& Running the Numbers!) w/ Hamza Ali

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153. Crowdfunding Millions for Your Deals with Dr. Adam Gower

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152: 9-Figure Syndicators Talk Real Estate Syndication 101 (Investor Round Table)

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151. Why The Morby Method Is A Dangerous Strategy with Matt Anderson

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150. Converting Office to Apartments with Roberto Gutierrez

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149. Commercial Real Estate Internships with Payne Wright

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148: Commercial Real Estate Investing Today [Investors Round Table]

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147: Is Office the New Retail? [Brokers Round Table]

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146. Transitioning from Multifamily to Commercial Real Estate

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145: Broker Round Table: State of the Commercial Market

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144. Matt Onofrio Pleads Guilty in $35m Bank Fraud

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143. How to Leave Your Day Job with Real Estate

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142. The Download on NNN Investments

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141. Will Commercial Real Estate Crash The Economy?

239

140. What Is A Triple Net (NNN) Lease? [What They Are & Why They’re Different]

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139. Unlocking the Secrets of Real Estate Syndication: A Beginner's Guide

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138. How to Invest in REITs (Passive Commercial Real Estate Investments)

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136. Can't Find Multifamily Deals Try These Alternatives

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135. What Is A 1031 Exchange? (In Real Estate)

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134. How High Interest Rates Impact Commercial Real Estate

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133. Top 5 Biggest Issues For Commercial Real Estate In 2023

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132. Top Commercial Real Estate Trends To Watch In 2023

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131. How To Get Into Commercial Real Estate In 2023

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130. What's Happening with Commercial Real Estate Right Now? (with Jesse Fragale)

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129. SVB & Signature Banking Collapse: What It Means for Commercial Real Estate

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128. The 5 Biggest Issues for Commercial Real Estate in 2023

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127. Love It Or Leave It: Commercial Real Estate to Buy (And Avoid) In 2023

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126. Exploring the Intersection of Residential and Commercial Real Estate with Julia Hurley

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125. 2023 Emerging Trends in Commercial Real Estate | According to Urban Land Institute

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124. Matt Onofrio: Alleged $35 Million Commercial Real Estate Fraud

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123. Four Reasons Why The Industrial Outlook Is So Damn Good

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122. Investing in Real Estate Syndications | The Investors' Experience with Russ Morgan and Joey Mure

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121. Investing in an Emerging Corridor (Creating Critical Mass in a Core Adjacent Corridor)

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120. The Dark Side of Build to Rent Communities (And SFR Portfolios)

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119. Real Estate Syndications 101 (An Overview and How to Find Them)

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118. How to Decide if You're an Active or Passive Commercial Real Estate Investor

261

117. Should You Use Debt to Buy Commercial Real Estate?

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116. The Dark Side of Build to Rent Communities (And SFR Portfolios)

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115. What You Should Know BEFORE You Invest in Commercial Real Estate

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114. When to Walk Away from A Commercial Real Estate Deal

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113. How High Inflation and Interest Rates Will Impact Commercial Real Estate

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112. Are Triple Net Investments The Ultimate Annuity?

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111. Off-Market Commercial Real Estate // What, Why, and How to Find It

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110. Commercial Real Estate Investing (The Ultimate Guide to Passive Income)

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109. Commercial Real Estate Investing 101 | The 5 Types of Commercial Real Estate

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108. How to Calculate Commercial Rent [Price Per Square Foot Simplified]

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107. How I Bought My First Property with $0 Out of Pocket [And So Can You]

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106. Off-Market Commercial Real Estate // What, Why, and How to Find It

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105. Micro-units as a first-step brick-and-mortar w/ Tootsie Lou's Tacos

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104. Real Estate Portfolio Strategy: Buying Commercial Property

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103. 13 Interview Questions for Commercial Real Estate Agents [for Small Business Owners]

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102. How To Find Commercial Space For Rent [The 3 Best Strategies]

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101. Why The Best Investors Focus on Commercial Real Estate Amenities

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099. Tenant Improvement Allowances [What They Are And How They Work]

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098. 5 Retail Lease Expenses [That Every Retailer Should Know Before Leasing]

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097. Expanding Your Business Rapidly with Micro-Units with Chad Newton

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096. Real Estate Investing Power Team [The Professionals to Help You Grow]

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095. Next Level Investment Analysis with Adam Miller

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094. What Is Tenant Representation? [Leasing Commercial Space]

284

093. How To Analyze Commercial Real Estate Deals

285

092. Typical Commercial Lease Terms That Everyone Should Know

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091. Market Predictions for 2022 with Nathan Weinberg

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090. Commercial Condos: Affordable Real Estate Investments for Small Businesses

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089. What Is Cost Segregation? [Accelerated Depreciation And How It Works]

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088. Why You Might Want to Rent, NOT Buy, Real Estate

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087. Crushing Your First Capital Raise with Dave Dubeau

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085. Why Do A NNN Lease? [Landlords and Tenants]

292

084. Triple Net Lease Pros and Cons [What Investors and Landlords Need to Know]

293

083. The Guide to Investing in Triple Net (NNN) Properties

294

082. Are Micro-Units the Next BIG thing in Commercial Real Estate?

295

081. The Guide to Wholesaling Commercial Real Estate [EVERYTHING You Need to Know]

296

080. This Could Destroy Commercial Real Estate (Biden’s Proposed Tax Changes)

297

079. Generating Leads: Why Old School Prospecting Still Works with Logan Hartle

298

078. Lessons Learned From A $4.8 Million Cash Raise [Commercial Real Estate Development]

299

077. Commercial Real Estate Syndication For Beginners [A Complete Overview]

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076. How To Get Into Commercial Real Estate Investing [If I Had to Start All Over]

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075. Direct Mail for Finding Commercial Real Estate Deals [My Proven Method]

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074. Real Estate Syndication and Crowd Funding with Gene Trowbridge

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073. Commercial vs. Residential Real Estate: The Pros and Cons of Investing in Each