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 assets from start to finish!
Episodes
25 episodes
Ep 24 - Eviction Delays
For starters, this didn't get uploaded last night, not sure why. Ugh, delays with eviction on my end. Hopefully we can get the ball rolling and get our spot back this week. Next week would be a bummer. <...
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Episode 24
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30:50
Ep 23 - Eviction Days Away
It's been a busy week, and my tool belt is getting more and dangerous as we move forward. Now I'm well versed in the eviction process so when it happens again, it won't be so overwhelming. Side note, if I do a really good job screen...
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Episode 23
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17:11
Ep 22 - Eviction Hell
SO! Boys and girls, here we are now facing an eviction. This has been going on for a while now. Some weeks I thought we'd avoid it, and some weeks I knew we were going to do an eviction. It was pretty close but at this p...
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Episode 22
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21:50
Ep 21- Big Updates
I haven't touched on Grand or Thunderbird recently, mostly because they've been on cruise control. But some recent events have caused a stir! So good for content, bad for my health and well being!! Non paying tenant issue at ...
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Episode 21
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30:35
Ep 20 - On The Hunt
Well, I wrote a description and it didn't upload for some reason! First draft was excellent, what a shame. I have 2 active deals I'm currently working, I go over each one, pros & cons and break down my thoughts.&nbs...
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Episode 20
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30:35
Ep 19 - Active Income
One of the many reasons people avoid Commercial Real Estate is the lack of active income while building a portfolio. Of course there are ways to do it via CRE but for the most part, it doesn't make reliable money on a monthly basis in the...
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Episode 19
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20:33
Ep 18 - Off Like A Rocket!
2025 was a major year, maybe the biggest of my career. Starting to build momentum, things are starting to work, and a reminder that it takes a bit longer than you think. 1 year of making intentional progress in the right direction is good...
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Episode 18
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24:08
Ep 17 - Merry Christmas
Short week, Tbird is for real almost finished. Carpet finished end of last week, cleaning ladies finished on Tuesday, we hired a broker to list the office for rent. There's legitimately less than 8 hours of work to get Tbird done, and that's re...
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Episode 17
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9:57
Ep 16 - Thunderbird Completion
Thunderbird is so close to the finish line I can smell it!!! Not sure what it exactly smells like, but it smells GOOOOOOD!!!! We agreed on terms with the existing tenant which is great for both of us, and had a fantastic walkthrough...
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Episode 16
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25:30
Ep 15 - I LOVE Flooring
Semi joking here, flooring is done and looks fantastic, couldn't be happier. The contractor was fast, efficient, and did an excellent job. I hope I have more buildings that require flooring, I would use them 10/10 times. Final...
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Episode 15
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13:35
Ep 14 - I Hate Flooring
Thunderbird remodel is in full swing, flooring crews are prepping the floors for the glue down LVP and doing a fantastic job. The main sticking point has been color of flooring. The trim work in this place is gorgeous, but colors do...
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Episode 14
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16:38
Ep 13 - Thunderbird Update
Thunderbird is moving along nicely. Some things coming under budget, other issues popping up that cost thousands. Pretty standard for a remodel, especially for flippers with very mild experience. Common sense goes a long way, ...
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Episode 13
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14:27
Ep 12 - Closing Chaos
Never a dull moment in real estate. I'll tell you what, so many times in life, I've chose to do things that are painful(mentally & physically), and then I continue to do said things over and over and over again. But I have a fe...
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Episode 12
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20:31
Ep 11 - Final Walkthrough Nightmare
Final walkthroughs are not supposed to be exciting, but this one was! About $22,700 worth of excitement! Found damage to the building in multiple spots, crackie break-ins, water heater leak, damage to 1 office, fun times!
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Episode 11
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17:35
Ep 10 - Deal 2 Closing & Projections
Deal #2, Thunderbird, the office building was supposed to close today. Waiting on lender docs for 2 days now. Whenever I hear that I just imagine the lender playing video games all day just not doing anything at all and using lender...
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Episode 10
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16:28
Ep 9 - No Bad News!
We hit 50 downloads! Crazy to think of 50 people listening to this show. Mostly good news so far this week, getting close to funding on the office building, which is supposed to close in 6 days! Grand Ave is moving along in a ...
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Episode 9
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18:42
Ep 8 - End of an Era
I have left the Collective Genius mastermind. It was an extremely tough decision that took me forever to make. I owe everything real estate related to CG in countless ways. Beautiful thing is, I can always rejoin.Finall...
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Episode 8
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16:35
Ep 7 - Houston We Have Lots of Problems
The ups and downs of CRE are no different than normal residential real estate. Sometimes is awesome, sometimes is blows chunks, and sometimes you question all of your life decisions. I have been taking a beating the last few weeks o...
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Episode 7
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19:19
Ep 4 - Grand Ave Deal Drama
We're getting so close to due diligence expiring, last minute tenant drama always makes it fun. Trying to piece together 2 new tenants while under contract that will get us paid on day 1 of ownership.
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Episode 4
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16:35
Ep 6 - Deal #2 Under Contract!
I got my second deal UC a couple weeks after Grand. Things are moving fast! This office remodel project will be a lot of fun and MUCH less work than Grand overall. In this episode I go into detail on the deal, how I got it, a...
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Episode 6
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30:54
Ep 5 - FIRST DEAL CLOSING!
It's been a long arduous road up to this point, building drama, current tenant drama, new tenant drama, many nights of no sleep, no blood or tears but lots of sweat! We finally did it, closing day is here.
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Episode 5
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28:24
Ep 3 - My FIRST Deal!
I got my first deal under contract! I walk through all the steps I took to find it, talking with the broker, negotiating the deal, and the due diligence process so far.
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Episode 3
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20:50
Ep 2 - Calling Brokers
In this episode I talk about my initial few weeks of calling brokers. What I did, what I learned, overcoming fear, etc. This was a major part of the first few weeks into Commercial Real Estate.
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Episode 3
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19:21