“These are baby boomer Bitcoins,” says Sean Seward, describing the thousands of vacant lots scattered across Florida’s landscape. As a realtor with Keller Williams Island Life Real Estate specializing in vacant land sales, Seward has tapped into a little-known investment niche that’s gaining significant traction on social media platforms. The Origins of Florida’s Lot Parceling ...
Jared White, Managing Partner at Quadrum Global, argues that traditional market data often lags behind the real opportunities in emerging real estate markets. Instead, he points to a more nuanced “gravitational force” theory that helps identify promising locations before they show up in conventional metrics. The Hidden Indicators of Market Potential “There is a gravitational ...
“I’ve always appreciated real estate because I can walk up to a property and touch the front pillar—it’s tangible. I understand there are only a few variables affecting value, whereas the stock market or more complex investments like syndications are areas I don’t comprehend as thoroughly,” says Ashton Hines, real estate agent with Keller Williams ...
“Our mission is simple: automate the back office for franchise brands,” says Sanjay Mahalingam, Founder and CEO of Spacetil. In an era where multi-location businesses struggle with fragmented systems and operational inefficiencies, Spacetil emerges as a game-changing solution. This AI- native ERP platform is transforming how franchisees, private equity groups, and real estate investors manage ...
“I became deeply frustrated with the role of intermediaries in real estate deals,” explains Blake Owens, Founder and Principal of Augustus and the innovative platform Agrippa. “There are excellent brokers, but many would simply copy and paste our pitch deck into an email blast, disappear for months during due diligence, and then return at closing ...
“Price is the most important part of your marketing. You have to price the property correctly,” says Camilo Perez, Broker of Record at Florida Flat Fee Homes, and CEO and Broker Owner of Home Sold Realty, Prime Luxury Estates, and Prime Home Realty Group, who has built a thriving business challenging traditional real estate commission ...
“We’re witnessing what I would call a quiet surge of ultra luxury home buyers, driven primarily by flight to quality, both in where they spend their time and the quality of area where their family will gather,” says Jonathan Spears, founder of Spears Group and Compass. At just 33 years old, Spears has established himself ...
“It’s just as easy to do something big as it is to do something small. So you might as well pursue something that truly excites you,” says Matthew Aitchison, quoting Blackstone CEO and co-founder Steven Schwarzman, as he explains his philosophy on commercial real estate investing. As founder and CEO of Imagos Group and host ...
“I wanted to be the family realtor, the person people reach out to as a resource for all kinds of real estate questions,” says Declan Spring, Co-founder of The Home Factor, a host of The Mostly Real Estate Podcast, with Declan Spring and a seasoned East Bay real estate professional with nearly two decades of ...
“We purchased a building for $821,000 and now we’re budgeted in 2025 for $800,000 of NOI. That’s exceptional by any standard,” says Nathan St. Cyr, co-founder of Howzit Hostels and host of The Hotel Investor Playbook podcast. In a real estate market where traditional investments face rising interest rates and changing dynamics, St. Cyr and ...
“The deed to your home is just a flimsy piece of paper that validates the ownership of your most important asset,” says Dan Silverman, CEO of Balcony, a blockchain technology company that recently announced the largest blockchain deed initiative in U.S. history with Bergen County, New Jersey. This groundbreaking partnership will tokenize approximately 460,000 properties, ...
“Instead of trying to manipulate people, we should approach business differently and ethically. What brings out the best in people? Be considerate, be kind, give back, be loyal,” says John Coe, host of the Icons of DC Area Real Estate podcast and founder of the nonprofit Iconic Journey in CRE. After 46 years in commercial ...
“If you can flip a house, you can be the developer in your town,” says Kristi Kandel, host and founder of the Local Real Estate Developers Podcast. With a career spanning from small-town Ohio to California’s competitive development landscape, Kandel is on a mission to remove the barriers that have traditionally surrounded real estate development. ...
“Five years ago, I wouldn’t have imagined having a brokerage like this. I never actually planned it out,” says Cathy Huang, Founder and CEO of Acre NY Realty, reflecting on her company’s rapid rise in New York’s competitive real estate landscape. What began as a strategic pivot during the pandemic has transformed into one of ...
“For a while there was a struggle with sellers being realistic on pricing, which led to a tremendous lack of deal flow in 2023 and early 2024. Now they seem more realistic, and we’re seeing deals that are 20-30% discounted with some really good opportunities,” explains Gary Lipsky, CEO and Founder of Break of Day ...
