The Insider's Edge To Real Estate Investing

On this week's episode, I have the pleasure of welcoming to the show Dan Hurwitz, founder and CEO of Raider Hill Advisors, a private retail real estate investment and advisory firm. Over the course of his career, Dan has held a variety of positions including CEO at DDR Corp., interim CEO of Brixmor Property Group and Senior Vice President and Director of Real Estate and Corporate Development for Boscov's Department Store, Inc. Tune in to hear how a liberal arts education and a major in History helped shape the way he dealt with real estate, as well as how his first job after college set him up for a passion in retail. Dan also shares stories about his late mentors and how they helped facilitate a successful career in real estate investment and taught him at an early age a lifetime of experience. Later in the show, I also welcome Marious Sjulsen of Equity Multiple, Peter Steier of Avison Young's Capital Markets Group and Stephen Denardo of RiverOak Investment Corp. for a panel!

On this week's show, I welcome industry titan, Ofer Yardeni, Founder and CEO of Stonehenge NYC. This fantastic show covers Ofer's journey from broker to owner and what separates his firm today by leveraging technology. Tune in to hear about his childhood in Israel, moving to New York City with $600 in his pocket and how he formed his great partnership. Yardeni also shares great advice for any first-time investor looking to make the jump into real estate investing. At the end of the show, we also welcome back Paul Massey from B6 Real Estate Advisors, Asher Wenig from Avison Young's Net Lease Investment Sales Team, and Jeff Ravetz from Girona Ventures.

In this week's episode, we have Jeff Ravetz, Principal of Girona Ventures, on the show to cover many different topics in the real estate investing world. Hear how Jeff's childhood growing up in Long Island helped shape his career in real estate by visiting properties with his father, as well as how real estate grants him the independence he was looking for in a career. Jeff also explains that immediately after graduating from college, he followed in his father's footsteps and became an accountant, but on his 730th day, he realized he needed to make a career change. The discussion also dives deeper into Jeff's early days with Time Equities, how many different mentors helped teach him the ins and outs of real estate and how he was able to secure some of his early investments. Later in the show, we welcome Paul Massey Jr., Chief Executive Officer of B6 Real Estate Advisors and Asher Wenig, Head of Net Lease Investment Sales at Avison Young to join Jeff in a panel discussion.

Tune in as we bring Real Estate Investing - Live from New York to the Fordham University campus. Special guests include Martin Gilligan, Hugh Kelly, Sadie McKeown and Serge Reda.

In this week's episode, we continue our fantastic conversation with Doug Marshall, author of "Mastering the Art of Commercial Real Estate Investing." The discussion further unravels as James and Doug discuss the professionals needed in order to close a real estate transaction, how there may be a conflict for some brokers who want to invest in property themselves and the different levels of investors and what each one entails. Doug also explains a very important point that is detailed in his book about how successful investors need the right vision before buying any type of property. After the interview, we also welcome back our three panelists from last week, Hugh Kelly, advisor to Fordham University's real estate program, Blaine Strickland, CCIM Instructor and Carly Weinreb, graduate of Columbia University to discuss the benefits to a higher education in real estate and how to best approach this!

This week's episode features Doug Marshall, author of "Mastering the Art of Commercial Real Estate Investing." Tune in to hear Doug discuss how writing blog posts every other week 12 years ago turned into a complete book about how to invest in Commercial Real Estate. He discusses with James the seven advantages he believes investing in real estate bring, as well as why real estate is the best form of passive income you can generate. Learn how Doug handles the properties he has an ownership in, the joy of receiving a monthly check and the benefits of passive income and commercial real estate in this week's episode!

Tune in to hear why Mark Rose led the opening of 50 offices in the U,S with a total of now 120 around the world, for Avison Young. When he joined the Canadian firm, he convinced them that their truly client first approach way of doing business was needed around the world. Mark accomplished this unprecedented expansion with a great hands on team in just a little over 10 years. A born New Yorker, Mark grew up in Queens and excelled at an early age playing hockey and then graduating high school at 16 then finishing college by his 20th birthday. Mark is a visionary and true leader. His presentations at the company's annual meetings are received with great expectation along with laughter, and sometimes tears, but always with a standing ovation. Learn what it takes to grow a business by delivering truly differently with Partnership and Performance.

In this episode James Nelson sits down with a leader in the commercial real estate industry. MaryAnne Gilmartin is Chief Executive Officer of L&L MAG, a New York-based real estate development company she founded with David Levinson and Robert Lapidus. Prior to founding L&L MAG, MaryAnne served as President & CEO of Forest City Ratner Companies, where she oversaw a period of game-changing ground-up development, including Barclays Center, New York by Gehry, and the Tata Innovation Center at Cornell Tech. After the interview there is also a Q&A with NYU Professor and CIO Derek Eakin. This is the beginning of a multi part series on CRE underwriting.

Legendary developer Bruce Ratner has been the catalyst behind some of New York City's largest commercial and residential projects. In this episode Bruce shares how he got started in the commercial real estate business and his secret to success. Since co-founding Forest City Ratner Company in 1985, Bruce's firm has built around 50 ground-up projects in New York City, including the New York Times building, the 16-acre Metro Tech office complex, a Frank Gehry apartment tower, the Barclays Center arena and Pacific Park Brooklyn, a four-million-square-foot mixed-use development. Until recently, Bruce was an owner of the Brooklyn Nets and on top of all his business achievements he is also chairman of the Museum of Jewish Heritage and on the board of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medicine.