Fri, 30 December 2016
Commercial Investing 61 - Breaking Ground: Chinese Investment in US Real Estate with Rosen Consulting Group's Arthur Margon
Jason Hartman talks with Arthur Margon, partner at Rosen Consulting, about Chinese investments in the United States, the state of real estate in the USA and more in this episode. Arthur recently co-authored a report with the Asia Society on the topic of Chinese Investment in U.S. Real Estate Arthur is in charge of Rosen Consulting's New York office and has more than 20 years experience in real estate consulting and market analysis. He has developed securitization models, restructured bank loan portfolios, and served as an independent fiduciary in a major pension fund reorganization. Key Takeaways: [1:20] What's happening with Chinese investors in USA real estate at the moment [4:30] Whether the Chinese government wants to discourage investment abroad or not [9:20] How bad the slowdown in China actually is [12:50] How China's crackdown on corruption, and the change to a consumer economy has impacted both China and the rest of the world [16:50] What the next 10 years look like for China as they try and do a number of things economically which no government has been able to pull off [21:30] Why a war with China makes no sense for anyone, and what sort of thing would actually spark an incident [24:10] Arthur's real estate forecast for the USA Website: www.rosenconsulting.com
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Fri, 9 December 2016
Mark Jaffe, a former senior executive at The Walt Disney Company, spent many years creating happy moments. At a young age he realized that his happiest life was not something out of reach. He studied, observed, cultivated, and ultimately enjoyed an enduring happyness through a singular focus on identifying what worked and what didn’t. Along the way, he had a life journey, perhaps like yours, that included career successes and career failures. A marriage that succeeded until it didn’t. Two fabulous kids. A dog. And the learned ability to be very happy, which has kept him happy now, consistently, for over 40 years. Key Takeaways: [2:10] What led Mark to write Suitecase of Happyness [5:40] Overcoming the barriers that we create for ourselves, and the barrier the pursuit of success can create [8:55] The importance of balance and perspective [12:45] The word that stops us from having some of the best times of our lives [14:35] The power of passion [17:35] Why Mark spelled it "happyness" Website: http://www.suitcaseofhappyness.com/ |
Fri, 25 November 2016
CI 59 - The Real Estate Trusts, America’s Newest Billionaires and Watch that Rat Hole and Witness with Kenneth Campbell
Kenneth D. Campbell created and edited an influential investment newsletter for twenty years; co-wrote The Real Estate Trusts: America’s Newest Billionaires, first full-length book on REITs; and co-founded a global firm managing $22 billion in assets. He is also the author of the new book Watch that Rat Hole: And Witness the REIT Revolution Key Takeaways: [2:26] The history of REITs [7:16] The market of REITs [10:55] What type of REITs Kenneth prefers [14:50] A rundown of Kenneth's interactions with billionaires such as Sam Zell, Warren Buffett and more [18:55] The outlook on the regulatory impact on REITs [20:45] The impact Brexit will have on the real estate market Website Mentioned: |
Fri, 19 August 2016
CI 58 - Brexit & Real Estate, Enduring Success: What We Can Learn from the History of Outstanding Corporations with Christian Stadler
Christian Stadler is a Professor of Strategic Management at the Warwick School of Business, strategy contributor to Forbes magazine and is author of the book Enduring Success: What We Can Learn from the History of Outstanding Corporations. He offers his thoughts and insights about the perception vs. reality of Brexit, immigration and Jason’s second favorite subject, the self-driving car. |
Fri, 29 July 2016
Rod Khleif is a passionate real estate investor who has personally owned and managed over 2000 apartments and homes. As an accomplished entrepreneur, Rod has built several successful multi-million dollar businesses. Khleif has combined his passion for real estate investing with his personal philosophy of goal setting, envisioning, and manifesting success to become one of America’s top real estate investment professionals. |
Fri, 22 July 2016
Kenneth Brown has been a real estate broker for the past 25 years and his team has bought and sold over $1 Billion Dollar in Commercial Real Estate. Ken holds the prestigious CCIM designation (Certified Commercial Investment Member), the highest designation in commercial real estate one can achieve. |
Fri, 1 July 2016
CI 55 - The United States Economic Status with Megan Greene, Chief Economist of Manulife & John Hancock Asset Management
Jason Hartman talks about the current state of the American economy, stock market and housing market with Megan Greene, Chief Economist of Manulife & John Hancock Asset Management. Key Takeaways: |
Fri, 24 June 2016
Jason Hartman talks with his client Greg Scott, a real estate investor living in Detroit and employee at Ford, about the current state of the Detroit real estate market, whether it might actually be a GOOD investment now, the future of self driving cars and more. |
Fri, 10 June 2016
Jefferson Lilly is a mobile home park investment expert, educator, and industry consultant who has been featured in the New York Times, Bloomberg Magazine, and on the 'Real Money' television show. Prior to co-founding Park Street Partners in 2013, Mr. Lilly spent seven years investing his own capital at Lilly & Company where he acquired and continues to operate mobile home parks in the Midwest. Prior to becoming an investor full-time, Jefferson spent 10 years in sales leadership roles with several venture-backed startup companies in Silicon Valley that were acquired by Openwave Systems and VeriSign. Earlier in his career he held operational roles at Viacom and was a consultant with Bain & Company. |
Sat, 4 June 2016
Jeff K. Johnson is the President of Black Commercial, Inc., one of Spokane’s largest property management and commercial real estate companies. Jeff is a licensed REALTOR® and has worked in the real estate profession since 1975. |
Fri, 27 May 2016
Joshua Simon founded SimonCRE in 2010 in order to carry out his vision of building a real estate development company that focuses on using impeccable service and superior technology to assist clients. A seasoned real estate professional with over 10 years of experience in leasing, development, and finance, Joshua leads SimonCRE’s growth strategy. |
Fri, 20 May 2016
CI 50 - The Last Goodnight A World War II Story, American Lightning, & Out There with New York Times' Howard Blum
Howard Blum is an American author and journalist. Formerly a reporter for the The Village Voice and The New York Times, Blum is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the author of several non-fiction books, including the New York Times bestseller and Edgar Award winner American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century. His new book is entitled The Last Goodnight: A World War II Story of Espionage, Adventure, and Betrayal Key Takeaways: [3:52] Howard's angle in The Last Goodnight that differentiates it from other World War II stories [7:10] Betty Pack's impact on the war [9:29] The making of Hollywood [12:17] If government agencies are hiring more "honey trap" women for spying and the growth of women in the field world wide [16:08] Howard's belief of the possibility of contact with extraterrestrials [18:08] Howard's world take about how it's a different view depending on if you're a reporter or citizen Websites Mentioned: |
Fri, 13 May 2016
Marc is the founding partner and managing director of both the American Home Recovery Fund and NoteWerx, the cutting-edge note portfolio management cloud ware. Marc brings over 20 years of senior management and transactional experience in the paper business of mortgage banking and real estate. Marc co-founded American Home Recovery Fund, a multi-million dollar private equity multi-fund, whose primary mission is to purchase NPLs and modify the current borrowers. With the expansion and success of the fund’s business, AHRF developed their own note portfolio management platform, but when it became clear that their software filled a huge void in the note space, NoteWerx was born and turned into its own business channel. Marc also serves as president of American Home Veterans, a non-profit organization in formation to convert distressed housing assets into donation homes and provides sustainable housing for our nation’s disabled veterans. Key Takeaways: [2:08] How the American Home Recovery Fund buys distressed assets but tries to keep people in their home [5:03] Why investors are crossing over into new territory when traditionally they've specialized [7:33] Why banks are selling the notes rather than collecting the money from borrowers themselves [9:32] Why banks haven't gotten more organized since the housing collapse [11:34] What kind of inventory is still available on the market [15:02] Great properties available in middle America [17:49] Where Marc sees the market going in the next few years [19:24] If the Dodd-Frank revisions have impacted his business Websites Mentioned: |