The Real Estate Espresso Podcast

The City of West Hollywood has stopped one of the world's most iconic and revered real estate firms from operating medium term corporate housing in a new apartment building that they just acquired for $188M. The city's ruling stands in stark contrast to their own publicly stated regulations.

Ryan Wright is the founder and CEO of dohardmoney.com. They specialize in commercial asset based lending for real estate investors. In today's episode he is discussing their lending criteria, and how they decide which projects they undertake.

Our guest today specializes in designing and building secondary suites. These apartments can really make the difference between a home owner affording a home in an expensive area or not.

Adam from California asks a great question. What is your guidance for storing purchases of gold, silver and other precious metals? On today's show we talk about the different forms of precious metals investment and the benefits of one over the other.

Most people know that Lehman brothers collapsed very quickly. But they don't really know why. Today, we unravel the sorted mystery and look for other places where similar conditions might exist in the banking world.

Nela from California asks a great question. "Famous entrepreneurs like Donald Trump and Elon Musk are said to sleep less than the recommended 8 hours per night. How many hours do you sleep each night?" A discussion about sleep is really a discussion about how to manage your life when you're awake.

Traditionally, central bankers have used higher interest rates as a tool to cool an economy when it becomes overheated. They're trying to engineer the so-called soft landing and prevent the deep recessions that are reactions to oversupply. But these are not the only tools at their disposal. Central Bankers can also use regulation to provide finer control over the economy. While I'm not a fan of regulation, the impacts can be more surgical than the broadly based sledgehammer of higher interest rates.

On today's show we're talking about how to assess whether you're out of step with the market cycle. If you are, there's a right way and a wrong way to adjust and correct for the mistake. This is a very important episode. Don't miss it.

Charlie Cichetti is a world leading specialist in energy efficient building design. His consulting firm based in Atlanta Georgia works on some of the most notable marquis properties in the US. Our conversation today went deep into some of the reasons why designing energy efficient buildings is important, and in particular how to create buildings that take human health into account.

Richard Wilson is the founder and CEO of the Family Office Club. They have 20 events each year and specialize in everything having to do with family offices. Listen to this very informative conversation about high net worth money management.