Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch
Documenting my journey in commercial real estate from the very beginning. You'll see me calling brokers, making offers, analyzing deals, visiting properties, building relationships with brokers, bankers, lenders, investors, remodeling assets, leasing properties and buying commercial real estate buildings from start to finish!
Episodes
55 episodes
Ep 54 - NOT BROKE!
For the time being at least, a wire for 25k was initiated today. Time to get back on the horse! Money is needing to be spent, signage and elevator are first on my list. Other than that, not sure, probably some more decor, cleaning c...
Ep 53 - Still Broke
Money woes continue. Still plenty to do, but unfortunately they all cost money. I'm still planning out what I'd need to do in the future so when the money arrives, I can pull the trigger and get back to work. Spirits a...
Ep 52 - Season 1 Finale!
Well that wraps up 52 weekly episodes of my 1st year into Commercial Real Estate. What a ride it has been, can say I haven't been bored once this year, and that's a fact!Nothing has really changed since last week overall. Fi...
Ep 51 - Riding A Fine Line
We got another lease! $1,516/mo added to the revenue. Juggling lots of issues at the moment, AC problems, money problems, loan problems, tenant problems, there's so many I can barely keep track! But one day at a time. St...
Ep 50 - 1 More Lease!
The ups and downs in this business are unreal. Woke up this morning at 2:30am, cold sweat, stressed out. Then a few hours later, got a lease signed! So that makes everything a little bit better. Our timeline is compressing fas...
Ep 49 - So You're Saying There's a Chance
BOYS AND GIRLS! 2 leases got signed this week baby!!! Was feeling pretty down about leasing in general and realized that missing our deadline was becoming a probability. But we ain't goin' down without a fight! 2 leases ...
Ep 48 - Chugging Along
Quick hitter for you guys this week, been very busy moving and shaking. Chugging along nicely. Got 1 more lease signed this week, with 1 out there pending signatures, and 2 very very positive showings that should end up in leases as...
Ep 47 - Slowly But Surely
I had a great title for the podcast picked out, I even mentioned it during the recording, but I completely forgot what it was! So I named it this terrible title, oh well. Good news is coming slowly but surely, maybe this tit...
Ep 46 - Pipes, Leases & Crackies
Kind of a smattering of everything going on, fun stuff, not so fun stuff, expensive stuff, cheap stuff. My workload has still been pretty steady, but every week more and more progress is made. Now with plumbing in our sights, I feel...
Ep 45 - Petty Plumbing Problems Persistently Push My Buttons
Exaggerated title, but I just couldn't help myself. Plumbing is ruling my world right now, but not necessarily in a bad way. Just another hurdle to jump over. Lots of things happened this week, but also a lot hasn't happened i...
Ep 44 - The Moves You Don't Make
Sometimes in life, it's the moves or plays you don't make, that are the true winners. Now I can't say for sure if I missed out on revenue/profit via 2 good tenants. But at the end of the day, I feel I made the right call by not moving for...
Ep 43 - Locked and Loaded
I'm talking about locks today, that's why the episode is called locked and loaded. You get it?????!!???Back from my trip, and several updates over the last 2 weeks. All good news, is this a new trend?!?! Maybe I won't ...
Ep 42 - The Juices are Starting to Flow
OOOOHHHHH WEEE Thunderbird is starting to crank! Feels good to get some action on the place via signed leases. Had some very large ah-ma moment about completely turning this place into salon suites. I thought the budget would be too...
Ep 41 - Thunderbird Hammer Time
3 really cool things happened this week. I was so excited I was a blubbering idiot, couldn't keep my train of thought throughout the whole episode. -The podcast hit 1,000 downloads-A legendary local CRE investor John Tra...
Ep 40 - Office Lease Up
A no thrill week for me. Coming down off the high of signing the lease and getting Grand rented up while shifting focus to Thunderbird. It's funny the differences between Grand and Thunderbird. I've never done anything with of...
Ep 39 - Who Got the Lease? We Got the Lease!
I went into the weekend with a signed lease!!!! Finally, feels like I've been saying that for months. Was great to get that monkey off my back and can focus my attention to Thunderbird. Still have some housekeeping stuff to ge...
Ep 38 - The Numbas!
Just like Ben Mallah says, THE NUMBAS!!!!!Going over some quick updates on both buildings, but mainly spend time going over the numbers on Grand. I've yet to really break everything down in reality, mostly theory in the past. ...
Ep 37 - Crisis Averted
Spoiler alert, after finding out some crucial insider information, we decided to not move forward with the co-working company. Turns out, well, that they suck. Therefore, CRISIS AVERTED! Now this news comes...
Ep 35 - Up and Down
Breath of fresh air with Grand, no more eviction issues, most of the stuff is gone, so call that a victory. Leasing struggles have continued, but to be expected, not really bad news, just still trudging along. Thunderbird is...
Ep 34 - The Cops Are on The Way
Not a click bait title. I had to call the cops on my tenant that got evicted for trespassing. I don't even know what to put in this description, because there's just too much to the story. SO! You'll just have to listen ...
Ep 33 - Getting Closer
Interesting podcast with some good updates, moving closer in the right direction. Feels good to be moving forward instead of backwards, and being this close to signing very valuable leases that will completely change the pace of this buil...
Ep 32 - YYYYEEAAAHH BUDDDDDDY!!!
BOYS AND GIRLS! We're making moves baby!!!! Roof started to get done today, swamp cooler guys going out there tomorrow to scope it out, things are shaking!About to sign a lease for Tenant 2 spot and a portion of lot 3! ...
Ep 31 - SHOW ME THE MONEY!
I was out of town last week in Encinitas, CA enjoying the ocean and cool weather. But the CRE fun did not stop! Going over some updates on each property, and a major potential investor could change the path on both of these bu...
Ep 30 - Roofs, Tenants & Crackies
Had some good old breaking & entering at Thunderbird, $3,900 worth of damage for $20 worth of copper, a tale as old as time. Sometimes I wish I lived in China or the Philippines so the gov't would just round up these useless heaps of ...