Raise The Rent Or Raise The Roof

Reconnecting with some earlier guests that represent the epitome of entrepreneurship and are also authorities in the housing market.

Sam Himmelstein was one of the very first guests on the show. He a founding partner of Himmelstein, McConnell, Gribben, Donoghue & Joseph LLP and has made a career of supporting tenants rights. The current situation in NYC is right up his alley.

Damon Johnson, President of DJ Realty Solutions, was one of my first guests once quarantine set in and we had to go fully remote. He's a veteran of the Detroit real estate market & Senior Home Ownership Executive at M-1 Realty, and he's going to discuss the "wild" (his words!) housing market.

Tune in for this energetic conversation or watch the Facebook Livestream by clicking here.

“Over 67,000 available houses and apartments for rent in New York…”

Jeremiah introduces the first guest of the show, Damon Johnson. Damon informs Jeremiah about the state of the economy in Detroit, Jeremiah doing the same for Brooklyn. The two go back and forth on realty and the slow reopening in their respective cities.

The two continue to talk about the state of realty, especially focusing on New York with lowered prices in the face of the pandemic. Damon talks about external factors that affect the real estate industry and how the pandemic shifts those dynamics. Damon drops his social media and contact information for listeners to end the segment.

Jeremiah introduces the second guest of the show, Sam Himmelstein. Himmelstein informs listeners about how the pandemic shifted the real estate industry in New York City, sharing his worries of a possible eviction crisis. 

They continue to talk about the realty situation and the effects of the pandemic. Sam talks about his position as a lawyer defending down-on-their-luck tenants and the illogical systems that New York realty is currently built under. He talks about a few situations he knows where tenants are treated more fairly through systems that are flexible during the pandemic. He drops his contact information for listeners to end the show.