How to decide what to invest in next? Is it ok to pivot to another asset class in real estate? How to look for and create opportunities where disaster strikes, and lessons learned in the real estate business over the last year. Bronson Hill, Managing Member at Bronson Equity, shares his insights. Read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/ymukzsfn How do you decide what to invest in next, and what are you working on right now? The biggest factor for me is that I’ve had over 25 one-on-on...
Feb 05, 2026•21 min•Season 1Ep. 230
Can you take 100% bonus depreciation on parts of your property? What is the difference between accelerated depreciation and bonus depreciation? What are some other things you may now know to depreciate even more in real estate? Tom Brodie from CSSI shares his insights. Read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/4pver7wk There have been some updates this year with the Big Beautiful Bill. Let’s start with Section 1709. The biggest one, as far as the Big Beautiful Bill, is a 100% bonus dep...
Nov 20, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 229
How did I make money on my first and worst investment? I’m going to be breaking down my first and worst investment and how I ended up making money on it and getting a free storage facility even after closing the business for 2 years. Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/mr22f6mx Top lessons learned from this experience: - Don’t ever get into an asset class that you know nothing about without first going to industry specific events, building relationships, asking questions, and ge...
Nov 06, 2025•12 min•Season 1Ep. 228
Why are car washes a great investment? What investors should keep in mind when buying car washes? Why now is the time to buy? Why have car washes grown in popularity? Melissa Croll, Associate Partner at Attlee Realty, shares her expertise. Car washes have been a hot topic with investors for the last few years, why are they a good investment? The popularity of car washes has definitely grown since I started. We began selling car washes because there was an influx of equipment orders. We were aske...
Oct 23, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 227
What is the state of raising funds for real estate syndications? What is the state of the market today? Mike Morawski, a seasoned investor and syndicator, shares his insights. Previous interview with Mike: https://tinyurl.com/3hjx8j3d https://tinyurl.com/vb6yyzzn Mike Morawski mike@mikemorawski.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-morawski/ Subscribe to our investor list here: https://montecarlorei.com/investors/
Oct 02, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 226
Today we are talking about a deal we recently raised for, mostly so you can understand some of the things that happen behind the scenes and why we decided to have this be our first syndication for 2025. Read this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/2km2c2k9 Why did it pass our test besides the fact that these partners have a great track record and having exited 4 deals with them? 1. Low vacancy. There is a shortage of small bay industrial in the Phoenix market, people have been building large bay ...
Sep 04, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 225
With regards to SEC exemptions and compliance, what are some of the common mistakes that syndicators make? What are potential consequences if the SEC finds out you paid a GP to raise capital? How would you structure a deal for the GP's and LP's to hold real estate forever and get infinite cashflow? What are some of the legal challenges and opportunities in real estate investing today? Jonathan Tavares, Managing Partner of Premier Law Group shares his knowledge Also some great news for raising fu...
Jul 17, 2025•25 min•Season 1Ep. 224
What are the pros and cons of office, retail, and industrial? What should your real estate agent do for you as a buyer? How to get over fear in real estate investing? Trinity (Trent) Herrera , commercial director and real estate consultant of Black Tie Real Estate, shares his insights. Read the entire episode here: https://tinyurl.com/4dzzaart The pros and cons of office Professionals need an office, so it's a staple in downtown areas. A stabilized office can fetch a premium. Some of the most ex...
Jul 03, 2025•26 min•Season 1Ep. 223
What should be your acquisition targets and goals as an investor? What are the pros and cons of different asset classes? What should your real estate agent do for you and what should you do as an operator? Trinity (Trent) Herrera , commercial director and real estate consultant of Black Tie Real Estate, shares his knowledge. Read the interview here: https://tinyurl.com/54p9jcvm How should people decide their acquisition targets? This is incredibly unique to each person. What's your appetite? Is ...
Jun 19, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 222
How to make sure a syndicator/operator cares about your money as an investor, what can you do to mitigate the risk of investing with a bad operator? Trinity (Trent) Herrera , commercial director and real estate consultant of Black Tie Real Estate, shares his knowledge. Read the entire episode here: https://tinyurl.com/mr4ces9c How can a passive investor know that a syndicator/operator cares about their money? We've all looked at deals that, at the surface, the sponsor looked great, and everythin...
Jun 05, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 221
What is the state of syndications today? How to structure a syndication for protection purposes? Major differences between funds vs syndications and why are funds popular today? Jonathan Tavares, Managing Partner at Premier Law Group, shares his insights. Read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/25hhhjsf What is the state of the market today? What are the IRRs looking like? Are you seeing more or fewer deals come across your desk? There has been a shift to funds in the last 6-8 mos. T...
May 21, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 220
How can new investors get started in the self-storage industry? What technologies are transforming the self-storage industry? What are the biggest challenges in self-storage management? Amy Jenkins and Kathryn East, co-founders of Omni Asset Management Group , share their knowledge. Read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/mrxzdtu9 What are some of the biggest things that we should keep in mind with regard to evaluating a property and managing it? Kathryn: Those two can be spoken of s...
May 01, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 219
What are the terms for an SBA construction loan? Can you refinance from a conventional loan into an SBA loan? Is there an 100% financing option with SBA? How many SBA loans can you take? Anne Mino, Senior Loan Officer at LiveOak Bank, shares her knowledge. Read the entire episode here: https://tinyurl.com/yu5ufr49 Can we get an SBA loan for development? For construction, these loans are even more attractive. We offer a 26-year term, three years of interest only. The idea there is that you'll get...
Apr 11, 2025•13 min•Season 1Ep. 217
Can you buy a property with 10-15% down payment? What are SBA loans and why do they matter? Which asset classes qualify for an SBA loan? Can you get working capital on your loan? Is there a prepayment penalty? Can an SBA loan be fixed or variable? Can an SBA loan be assumable? Can the SBA be a second loan on a property? Anne Mino , Sr Loan Officer at LiveOak Bank shares her insights. You can read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/bdkvxrnr What are SBA loans, and why do they matter? ...
Mar 27, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 216
Which real estate markets are growing more rapidly in the US, and why? What will happen to construction costs given the on and off tariffs? Pike Oliver, author of Transforming the Irvine Ranch shares his insights. Read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/5fxk6ydm Regarding markets from your newsletter, the few growing cities are Raleigh, North Carolina, Gainesville, Georgia, and smaller, large metro areas. There are about 56 or so metropolitan areas and more than a million people in t...
Mar 11, 2025•12 min•Season 1Ep. 215
Will there be real estate opportunities in the Palisades area of California after the fire? What is the current state of the real estate industry, and what is the outlook for 2025? Pike Oliver , real estate veteran in master planned communities, and co-author of Transforming the Irvine Ranch book, shares his insights. How do you think that is impacting real estate professionals that are related to rebuilding in the area? Are people flying in from other states or cities to get that kind of busine...
Feb 27, 2025•17 min•Season 1Ep. 214
How to negotiate better loan terms and manage lender relationships? We will also cover top lessons learned at the latest conference and evens, and what is the current state of the market? Read this interview here: https://tinyurl.com/yf53zdpu Lessons Learned Some of the Dollar Stores that closed are now selling in bankruptcy for a huge discount. There are so many ways you can partner up with people, you can do a JV (joint venture) with owners who have a lot of dark real estate (such as Dollar st...
Feb 13, 2025•17 min•Season 1Ep. 213
What are some retail trends that may not be so obvious today? Why should you add a retail component to your multi-family project? How to host a successful popup in your center? Edie Weintraub, Founder and Managing Director of Terra Alma, shares her insights. Read this interview here: https://tinyurl.com/v25xssbn We all know that retail is changing. It's a lot more service-oriented today, and it will be even more moving forward as people want to buy things online. How do you help them have a dive...
Dec 05, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 212
How to repurpose real estate? How to negotiate a contract in an expensive area? How to work with the city to get your project entitled? These were notes from a development event we attended. Read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/9624cn5k Smart developers are in touch with their city representatives. The city is a great resource for leads. If you meet with them, they will tell you: that’s a bad land owner, or we want this place developed. Entitlement goes super fast when the city ow...
Nov 21, 2024•9 min•Season 1Ep. 211
What is the current state of the economy and real estate market? What are the opportunities and challenges in the commercial real estate market? Michael Ryan, an investor and loan broker with over 23 years of experience, shares his knowledge. Read this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/49eua957 Based on all of your readings so far, what is happening right now? The two fundamentals for generating wealth in the US have not changed, it's either small business or real estate. The economy goes up and...
Nov 07, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 210
What type of industrial building is Chad Griffiths investing in today? What are the downsides of the industrial asset class? Chad Griffiths, Partner and Commercial Real Estate Agent at NAI Commercial Real Estate shares his knowledge. Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/mre9kmt4 What are you investing in right now? I like very simple buildings that can be used for multiple purposes, and my favorite is Flex Industrial. It is any industrial building in an industrial park used for o...
Oct 17, 2024•16 min•Season 1Ep. 209
What are the latest news in industrial real estate? How to predict what kind of industrial will be in demand in the future? What are some characteristics of an industrial building that would allow you to have different types of tenants? Chad Griffiths, Partner and Commercial Real Estate Agent at NAI Commercial Real Estate shares his knowledge. Read this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/mvnjh5sp What are some of the latest things happening in the industrial asset class? What I find so fascinatin...
Oct 10, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 208
Why should you have a mid-term rental? What are the pros and cons of mid-term rentals? What do corporations look for when looking for corporate housing? Angela Healy, CEO of AvenueWest Managed Corporate Housing shares her knowledge. Read this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/4uaeke3p What are midterm rentals? Why should someone have to offer a midterm rental as an investor? Most people are very familiar with long-term unfurnished rentals, and in the last decade, short-term rentals have been ver...
Sep 26, 2024•19 min•Season 1Ep. 207
How to determine the highest and best use for a piece of land? What is a new product that is in high demand in certain areas? What systems to put in place to manage a growing company? Amy Johnson, managing partner of Y Street Capital, shares her knowledge. Read this episode here: https://tinyurl.com/4ajk387f How to find the highest and best use for a piece of land? It comes down to vision. For us and our process, if it's under 5 acres, I don't want to worry about it because doing something with ...
Sep 19, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 206
How to form a successful partnership as real estate operators, what are some of the important tools and processes to make your company run smoothly? Amy Johnson, managing partner of Y Street Capital, shares her knowledge. Read the interview here: https://tinyurl.com/bddxjmvv How did you partnership come about? My husband and I decided to get into the rental game market of residential houses and we turned our own little primary house into a rental and moved into an ugly, disgusting house and kept...
Sep 12, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 205
What are the lessons learned from the very first development? What factors to look out for when looking for a land to be developed? What is the state of retail sales and leasing today in a specific market and are prices coming down? Raphael Collazo, Associate Broker at Grisanti Group Commercial Real Estate, shares his insights. Read the interview here: https://tinyurl.com/ymmwthzz What is happening in your area and market? Probably similar to a lot of people around the country, transaction volum...
Aug 29, 2024•23 min•Season 1Ep. 204
What is the current state of the real estate market and is there a recession coming up? What are some investment strategies for healthy investments? Jeremy Roll , president of Roll Investment Group, shares his knowledge. Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/ykutphd6 What do you think is the state of the market now? What's on your mind in terms of the economy and your investments? On the economic side, one of two dominoes has fallen that is going to impact investors in general: 1)...
Jul 18, 2024•17 min•Season 1Ep. 203
Today we celebrate our 200th episode of the Commercial Real Estate Investing From A-Z podcast, I will share some of my most recent learnings and observations, some are in mindset, some are related to real estate investing. Read this entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/2vy2tnhz Real Estate Every single deal has multiple problems you will have to overcome, a friend of mine that has been building multi family projects in California for several years told me that for each problem you must "bl...
Jul 11, 2024•22 min•Season 1Ep. 202
How to overcome the largest problems and issues in land development? What are some tips in creative financing, collaborative problem-solving, and long-term planning for infrastructure development? We continue the interview with Pike Oliver and Michael Stockstill, authors of Transforming the Irvine Ranch book. Read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/y8dvzpbf Buy the Transforming the Irvine Ranch book here: https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Irvine-Ranch-William-American/dp/103212783X...
Jun 27, 2024•18 min•Season 1Ep. 201
How did Mr. Donald Bren buy, manage, and expanded the company that made him the wealthiest real estate investor in the world? Read the entire interview here: https://tinyurl.com/46m22v7b Buy the Transforming the Irvine Ranch book here: https://www.amazon.com/Transforming-Irvine-Ranch-William-American/dp/103212783X You both participated in writing a book called Transforming the Irvine Ranch which one of the heiresses, Joan Irvine, also participated in, how did you get to write a book and what was...
Jun 20, 2024•25 min•Season 1Ep. 200
