Recession-Proof Real Estate: The Power of Workforce Housing | Amy Rubenstein

Jun 6, 2025

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EPISODE 542: If you’ve ever struggled with finding distressed properties for your real estate deals, then make sure not to miss this episode!

The main reason investors fail to find distressed properties is because they wait for a distressed market—not understanding that finding this type of property is all about identifying underperforming deals, especially those with operational or seller distress, and understanding their potential.

So how can you find distressed properties in this current market?

This is exactly the question our guest on the podcast this week, the brilliant Amy Rubenstein, answers.

Amy is a real estate investor with over two decades of experience. She has facilitated close to half a billion dollars in transactions, and specializes in workforce housing and operationally distressed assets.

In this episode, Amy will be discussing how to find distressed properties, what type of distressed properties is the best to invest in, why managing underperforming assets in-house is a must, and more.

Are you ready for this?

Then tune in now!

Key Takeaways:

Introduction (00:00)

How to find distressed properties (00:49)

The different types of distressed properties (02:45)

How to decide on a distressed property (08:20)

What is workforce housing? (12:00)

Do you need an in-house property manager? (16:04)

Amy’s biggest mistakes (23:34)

Has there been an increase of distressed properties? (28:08)

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