You may be wondering what’s happening in the market these days. Are interest rates really rising? What effect are these having on REITs and publicly traded asset classes? What’s happening with the cap rates? Which commercial investment opportunities are the safest and most profitable right now?

Sal, AJ, and special guest Riley Nelson are going to answer all these questions in this episode of The Commercial Investor Podcast. You’re going to hear what’s really happening in the markets today: which asset classes are over-leveraged, where the most lucrative deal opportunities are, what’s actually happening with the interest rates, and much, much more.

Even more importantly, you’re going to understand why commercial real estate investors are so nervous right now. And you’re going to see why you should be too. Read More

This is the story of Les Jepsen, the former NBA star who decided to get smart in commercial real estate. Many years ago, during a chance encounter with The Commercial Investor’s founder Sal Buscemi, Les found the inspiration to pursue a life in real estate. He’s found incredible success in the years since then and remains a loyal Commercial Investor supporter to this day.

Now you’re going to hear his story: How he used what he learned from Sal to increase his credibility, work with family offices, and build a life and future as a commercial real estate dealmaker — all during his NBA retirement. Les’ advice to everyone listening: You don’t have to do a $100 MM deal. Just get started.

It really is that simple. So, take a listen, make a choice, and get started in the prosperous world of commercial real estate investing today. Read More

It’s a common known fact in the investing world that the wider an investment opportunity is made available, the less worthwhile it becomes. This is especially true with land. So, this being the case, you have to ask yourself:

Where can I find the lucrative opportunities in commercial real estate?

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How can I source good, profitable, worthwhile deals when the markets are overflowing with bad ones?

We’re going to answer both of these questions (and more) in this episode of The Commercial Investor Podcast. The markets of commercial real estate today are trying to tell us something and — if we want to come out on top — we’d do well to listen.

You’re going to witness here a bad development deal case study of someone who didn’t listen to what the markets were telling him. Sal, AJ, and Riley will explain why development deals are so risky today, and which areas in commercial you’d do well to avoid.
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This episode of The Commercial Investor Podcast is unlike any we’ve released before. We LOVE talking about the benefits of finding and funding commercial deals, and you know (as well as we do) that, even more than that, we LOVE bragging about our students’ success stories.

In this episode we’re going to do both. You’re going to hear Baird Hawkin’s tell his own account of how he earned a $150,000 payday in a commercial real estate deal with no money down. He’s going to tell you how he sourced the deal, who he invested with, and why he didn’t listen to the people who told him this deal wasn’t worth his time.

What’s more: you’ll see from a seasoned investor’s perspective why commercial investments really are worth it. The stakes are much higher, as are the paydays (Baird can attest to this). Watch now to see how the small skills you’re learning today will help you source and fund enormously profitable commercial deals — just like investor Baird Hawkins was able to do just this last month. Read More

Many niches within commercial real estate are heavily oversaturated: self-storage isn’t one. Self-storage deals, although slightly less glamorous than multi-family, pose a fantastic opportunity for wealth generation. And the best part? They’re easy to add value to.

In this episode, we’re going to go over a self-storage case study: a success story from one of our prized intermediaries. You’re going to learn about the “equity to debt” conversion and what it means in the realm of deal structuring, and you’re going to see where these deals fit into the “four food groups” of commercial transactions. Read More