Real Estate REality Check | Real Estate & Business Career Success Education and Training
63 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 39 ratingsLarry Haber, a reformed yet long recovered developer and now managing partner of the commercial real estate department of AGMB Law as well as a non-practicing CPA and the creator of Leasing REality, conducts an ongoing series of conversations infused with rock n’ roll, hip-hop, sports, pop culture and historical questions with real estate and other business rock stars designed to empower aspiring, emerging and seasoned professionals and business owners to build a better foundation ... for both today, and tomorrow.
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Episode 062: David Schechtman
January 21, 2021 04:30 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBToday on Real Estate REality Check, I have a rather easy assignment, given that I am going to attempt the not-so-impossible by bringing our guest out from his shell. The not-so-shy, the always informative and truly effervescent reformed yet long recovered attorney, who is now the Senior Executive Managing Director of Investment Sales for Meridian Capital Group, spends his days not only representing many of the name players in our industry, but also the true stars and integral backbones of NY...
Episode 061: Chris Weilminster
December 17, 2020 04:45 - 52 minutes - 48 MBToday we are fortunate to have with us on Real Estate REality Check someone who I consider to be (pun intended) not only on the cutting, suburban and urban edge of real estate professionally speaking, but also, without dating myself too much, a friend whose persona reminds me of the title of the 1980’s song “Cool Cat” by Freddie Mercury and Queen ... yes my real estate brethren, I give to you the Executive Vice President and COO of Urban Edge Properties, Chris Weilminster.
Episode 060: Adelaide Polsinelli and Robin Abrams
December 10, 2020 04:30 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBToday we have with us on Real Estate REality Check, two renowned leaders who have played an integral role during their illustrious careers in making a difference for their clients, those that they work with, as well as for the CRE industry, namely the dynamic duo and vice chairpersons of investment sales and retail leasing, respectively, for Compass, my dear friends Adelaide Polsinelli and Robin Abrams. Thank you so much for joining us, and for being the charter members of our new series cal...
Episode 059: Richard Sarkis
December 03, 2020 04:40 - 42 minutes - 38.8 MBToday on Real Estate REality Check we have with us someone who less than a decade ago took on a U2 like “I Will Follow” mindset when it came to his passion to make something out of nothing, notwithstanding that at the time, he then possessed the equivalent of the title of an Elvis Costello song called “Less Than Zero” when it came to his base of knowledge in the world of CRE. In spite of those challenges, he went on to build a “value-added tech driven data engine employing sophisticated algo...
Episode 058: Bill Abramson
November 24, 2020 04:37 - 1 hour - 62.7 MBToday we have with us a native New Yorker possessing a multitude of degrees, the first being that of street smarts earned while pounding the pavement of NYC, followed by a degree in Psychology from Boston University, a Master of Arts in Sports Management from NYU, and then in community service, including his 9 years as a senior member of the management team which helped establish Chelsea Piers as the third largest tourist attraction in New York City. Bill Abramson, in line with the Muhammad ...
Episode 057: Alyssa Zahler
November 24, 2020 04:29 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBToday we are fortunate enough to have with us on Real Estate REality Check someone who has personified my Albert Einstein (“Try not to be a man [or woman] of success, rather be a man [or woman] of value”), Snoop Dogg (“Master your craft”), Drake (“Started From the Bottom”) and Beastie Boys (“Skills to Pay the Bills”) mantras, yes my real estate brethren, Alyssa Zahler. Alyssa, who over her career has built a foundation of knowledge, experiences and relationships working in production on prog...
Episode 056: Andrew Rigie
November 24, 2020 04:18 - 41 minutes - 48 MBAfter a nearly 7-month hiatus, I am happy to have on as my first guest back on Real Estate REality Check someone who I consider to be the equivalent of the Pulp Fiction character Winston Wolf when it comes to making a difference for the restaurant industry that has been, in the words of Mick Jagger, absolutely “SHATTERED” by the impact of COVID-19. Even if you have been doing your best impression of “The Bubble Boy” character from Seinfeld, Andrew Rigie, the Executive Director of the New Yor...
Episode 055: Willy Walker
April 07, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 69.3 MBPODCAST RECORDED ON March 3, 2020 Introduction: Willy Walker, an avid skier, cyclist, family man and Boston Marathon runner who once clocked in with an outstanding time of 2:36, is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Walker & Dunlop, one of the largest commercial real estate finance companies in the United States. I came away from my hour long chat with Willy recognizing that I was not only a bit smarter from it, given some of the pearls of wisdom he threw my way, but also co...
Episode 054: Matt Giffune
March 04, 2020 04:00 - 44 minutes - 50.7 MBIntroduction: Although stated in a different context by David Byrne recently during his hit Broadway show American Utopia, Matt Giffune, the co-founder of Occupier, does have a bit in common with Mr. Byrne when it comes to the benefits of collaboration. Just as David said, “By giving more, I get more,” the same can be said of the benefits that a user receives from Occupier's online deal and portfolio management collaboration software for tenants of commercial space. Episode Notes: ...
Episode 053: Brad Gerla
February 25, 2020 12:42 - 33 minutes - 38.8 MBIntroduction: Today’s guest is Brad Gerla, an Executive Vice President at CBRE and the 2014 award winner for REBNY’s Sales Brokers Most Ingenious Deal of the Year Award for 11 Madison Avenue. Given the manner in which Brad exudes a youthful yet passionate and relentless nature to make a difference for landlords and tenants alike, he reminds me of what Albert Einstein was conveying in his quote “Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.” Episode ...
Episode 052: Sarah Saltzberg
January 30, 2020 15:25 - 51 minutes - 59.3 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us the multidimensional and talented Sarah Saltzberg, who given her prior (and to some extent still current) career as a Broadway actress and screenwriter, brings to mind not only Billy Joel and his classic songs “Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)” and “Uptown Girl,” but also that of the great Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody,” as she is also the co-founder of Harlem and Washington Heights based Bohemia Realty Group. Episode Notes: ...
Episode 051: Vicente Wolf
January 09, 2020 03:00 - 40 minutes - 46.5 MBIntroduction: Today’s guest brings to mind the words of the iconic artist Vincent Van Gogh, who once said, “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” Given how Vicente Wolf brings together the four elements of design – namely those of earth, water, air and fire – he takes Van Gogh’s quote to another level in the manner he goes about creating cool, cerebral and modern interiors that create atmospheres without boundaries. In fact, Margaret Russell, the former E...
Episode 050: Ryan Serhant
December 19, 2019 03:44 - 40 minutes - 46.7 MBIntroduction: Hard work. Relentless passion. Adding value. Following up. Time management. Considering failures and mistakes as opportunities to grow and thereafter succeed. Likeability. Family ... and oh yeah, the desire to sell like there is no tomorrow. These are but a few of the mantras that have played an integral part in the meteoric rise of the former broke actor just a bit more than a decade ago – to that of the very top of the residential real estate and salesmanship world. I give ...
Episode 049: Lou Diamond and Jen Du Plessis
December 11, 2019 04:00 - 28 minutes - 32.7 MBIntroduction: Right before their great dual presentation at the NYC Real Estate Expo 2019 on October 24, Lou Diamond and Jen Du Plessis joined us for an impromptu podcast. Lou, the CEO and founder of Thrive and host of Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond podcast, is “a dynamic speaker and master connector who will energize and motivate your organization to explode your sales, retain your clients and build a thriving culture.” Jen is a rock star in her own right, as she began her mortgage lending ...
Episode 048: Lance Leighton
November 20, 2019 04:00 - 44 minutes - 50.8 MBIntroduction: Integral components to being a successful real estate broker include that of having a relentless passion to make a difference for one’s clients, an unquenchable thirst for knowledge (and the ability to use it properly and to your advantage), to be cognizant of when you don’t have all of the answers, and to be smart enough to not only know it (while making like Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire by finding someone to complete you). Given my experiences on a number of deals I have...
Episode 047: Ash Zandieh
November 06, 2019 04:00 - 52 minutes - 60.4 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us Ash Zandieh, the CREtech and PropTech visionary and guru, who seemingly made it his mission to channel the song by hip-hop heartthrob Drake, namely that of “Started from the Bottom” as to the acquisition of his real estate knowledge base. Ash continues that mission in a myriad of ways, including that of helping the commercial real estate tech sector grow into a thriving ecosystem by helping startups grow their businesses by connecting them to the funding...
Episode 046: Gary Malin
October 29, 2019 03:00 - 39 minutes - 45.3 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us none other than Gary Malin, the always charming, engaging, insightful and giving President of Citi Habitats, a New York City based real estate brokerage firm specializing in sales and the leasing of over 10,000 apartments annually. Crazy as this may sound to you, given Gary’s positive spirit and mindset, when I speak to him, the classic songs by Jamaican reggae legend Jimmy Cliff come to mind, namely that of “No Problems Only Solutions” and “You Can ...
Episode 045: Peter Braus
October 10, 2019 03:00 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us Peter Braus, an owner and operator of real estate as well as the managing principal of Lee & Associates NYC, the entrepreneurial, fully integrated service real estate firm with a national reach yet local expertise. Among two of Peter’s sagelike business mantras are that of “a good broker must understand a client’s business well enough to know what type of space their client needs,” and (somewhat akin to Albert Einstein’s line of “Try not to become a ...
Episode 044: Nancy Bass Wyden
September 19, 2019 03:00 - 35 minutes - 40.6 MBIntroduction: I want to start out a bit differently today with a quote by the great visionary, activist, poet and author, namely Maya Angelou, who once said “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” With that as the backdrop my friends, we have with us Nancy Bass Wyden － who in addition to being both one of my favorites as both a person and client － is the 3rd generation owner of the legen...
Episode 043: Simon Ziff
September 12, 2019 03:00 - 35 minutes - 40.5 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us Simon Ziff, the always effervescent president of the Ackman-Ziff Real Estate Group, one of the industry’s preeminent boutique real estate capital advisory firms, with offices in New York as well as Miami, Los Angeles and Boston. In addition to being a gem of a person, a master of his real estate domain, a truly obsessed Penn State football fan and a man who may cry if one mentions the movie Field of Dreams in his presence, Simon has been described as “a ...
Episode 042: Robert Sedaghatpour
August 29, 2019 02:59 - 34 minutes - 39.4 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us Robert Sedaghatpour, the principal and managing member of STRATCO Property Group, who among the vast array of real estate talents and skill sets he possesses, and services his company provides to the real estate industry, is someone who seemingly has made the classic song “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” his business mantra. This is evidenced by STRATCO functioning as an intermediary between property owners and tenants by re-creating a community established on...
Episode 041: David Firestein
August 23, 2019 03:00 - 27 minutes - 31.7 MBIntroduction: Given his multiple skill sets as both a top retail real estate broker at The Shopping Center Group, as well as that of an owner and investor, along with his ability to adapt his leasing game to any court or playing field, today we have with us retail leasing’s equivalent of both Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal – yes my real estate brethren – the one and only David Firestein. Episode Notes: At 1:41, David Firestein discusses persistence, struggling, and working for Ste...
Episode 040: Lee Brodsky
August 15, 2019 03:00 - 31 minutes - 36.2 MBIntroduction: Today we are fortunate enough to have with us a man who has clearly channeled the song “Started from the Bottom” by hip-hop heartthrob Drake, given that Lee Brodsky, prior to joining Newmark Knight Frank as a broker in 2006 and thereafter also taking on the role of CEO with BEB Capital, gained several years of experience in real estate property management, leasing and the security industry, allowing him to acquire – brick by brick – a comprehensive and detailed understanding ...
Episode 039: Joseph Farkas
August 02, 2019 03:00 - 42 minutes - 48.3 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us Joe Farkas, who in addition to being a great guy and charming individual, is the CEO and founder of Metropolitan Realty Associates, a fully integrated private real estate investment and development company specializing in opportunistic and adaptive re-use investments in the New York metropolitan area, as well as select U.S. markets. Although Joe very well was not aware that for the better part of his career he has been channeling my Albert Einstein, Snoo...
Episode 038: Drew Katz
July 25, 2019 03:00 - 35 minutes - 40.3 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us Drew Katz, who aside from being a successful businessman, passionately and relentlessly channels the title of that old Neil Young song “Heart of Gold” when it comes to his family, friends, and all of his philanthropic pursuits. In addition to being an owner of real estate in a few emerging areas, Drew is the CEO of Interstate Outdoor Advertising, whose mission is that of being at the forefront of innovative design, emerging technologies and social purpos...
Episode 037: Mark Zablow
July 17, 2019 06:27 - 59 minutes - 68.3 MBIntroduction: Today we are fortunate enough to have with us marketing and social media guru to the stars, Mark Zablow. Mark is the founder and CEO of Cogent Entertainment Marketing, a leading influencer and experiential marketing agency that was voted #2 in Ad Age’s Best Places to Work in 2019. Mark and the talented and innovative Cogent team work with such companies as Corona, Snapple, Pepsi, Best Buy, DIRECTV, and AT&T. Episode Notes: At 1:50, Mark Zablow touches upon the real v...
Episode 036: Al Eskanazy
July 05, 2019 03:00 - 22 minutes - 26 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us Al Eskanazy, one of the most inspirational men I have ever had the pleasure of sitting on the same side of the negotiating table with. In addition to being the former Co-CEO of one of the nation’s larger insurance intermediaries and now a partner in the award-winning Del Valle Productions Inc., Al is the voluntary CEO for The Ascent School for Autism and a Long Island Volunteer Hall of Fame inductee, whose life mantra is in line with the Muhammad Ali quo...
Episode 035: Elaine Del Valle
July 05, 2019 02:50 - 37 minutes - 43 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us the multi-skilled and trendsetting Elaine Del Valle, whose talents extend to that of being a writer, director, producer, actress and founder of Del Valle Productions, Inc., a full service bilingual film production and casting company whose mission is to infuse entertainment with original programming using diverse talent in front of and behind the camera. In addition to her films appearing at over 50 festivals, and developing and starring in her multiple ...
Episode 034: Jared Epstein
June 25, 2019 03:00 - 48 minutes - 55.9 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us Jared Epstein, someone who for today’s podcast at least I am nicknaming “The Great Transformer,” given how he first transformed himself from being a Meatpacking District club promoter back in 2001 to becoming - over the following 6-year period - a commercial real estate broker with Newmark and a part of Bobby Cayre’s Aurora Capital Associates in 2007. Jared’s transforming and visionary ways at that juncture had only just begun, as he truly felt that Meat...
Episode 033: Chris Meade
June 07, 2019 03:00 - 47 minutes - 54.1 MBIntroduction: At initial blush, today it may appear that we are going a bit off of the real estate grid with our guest Chris Meade, the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of SportsRecruits, but given his talent for helping clients navigate the challenges of the recruiting landscape as well as the importance of education, technology and video in finding the right fit for a student athlete - aside from the fact that earlier in his career he was in fact a CRE broker - there are many similarities between S...
Episode 032: David Restainer
May 28, 2019 03:30 - 29 minutes - 33.3 MBIntroduction: Overlooking the beautiful waters of Southern Florida, we are here today in Brickell with the Managing Director and leader of Douglas Elliman’s Commercial division in Florida, David Restainer. In addition to being an agent of change in the community and an active member in the Miami District of Certified Commercial Investment Managers, among David’s many talents is that of an expertise in hospitality, acquisitions, dispositions, investment sales and development. His passion fo...
Episode 031: Mariel Ebrahimi
May 20, 2019 03:30 - 42 minutes - 48.4 MBIntroduction: Today I am absolutely thrilled to have with us Mariel Ebrahimi, a true innovator who has - in just a short five years since she co-founded DisruptCRE in 2014 - truly made a difference for those with a thirst for knowledge. Mariel takes the great poet W. B. Yeats’ line of “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire” to a whole new level, given her passion as CEO of DisruptCRE to provide her following a better understanding of not only how the business o...
Episode 030: Cory Zelnik
May 14, 2019 03:30 - 40 minutes - 46 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us the Founder and CEO of Zelnik & Company, a true rock star in the world of retail brokerage, yes my real estate brethren, the one and only Cory Zelnik. Throughout his career, Cory has taken my “Albert Einstein, Snoop Dogg and Drake Bring Your “A” Game – Brick House Value Theory” to a whole new level. By his actions as well as his words, this is exemplified in part by a tagline found on Zelnik’s website that states “The landscape may change, yet certain fu...
Episode 029: James Famularo
May 07, 2019 03:30 - 31 minutes - 36.4 MBIntroduction: Today’s guest is the New York City retail king of food and beverage, the President of Meridian Retail Leasing, and the man who reminds me in a positive way of both the NYC subway system and James Brown – given that he seemingly is open for business 24/7/365, and is arguably the hardest working man in retail – yes, it’s none other than James Famularo. James, who not only lives and breathes NYC, is happily married to his wife May and is the extremely proud father of two boys of...
Episode 028: Jeff Levine
April 29, 2019 03:00 - 38 minutes - 44.1 MBIntroduction: Today it is my honor to have as our guest the founder and chairman of Douglaston Development, Levine Builders and Clinton Management - yes, my real estate brethren - the Brooklyn born and legendary ... and of course effervescent, Jeff Levine. A true renaissance man, Jeff is someone who not only has made a lasting imprint on the affordable, senior and market rate housing markets both here in New York as well as nationally, but also a man who strives for balance in life, given ...
Episode 027: Beth Azor
April 11, 2019 14:05 - 39 minutes - 45 MBIntroduction: Today we are fortunate to have with us the multi-talented Beth Azor, the founder and owner of Azor Advisory Services, a leading commercial real estate advisory and investment firm based in Southeast Florida. Quite simply, Beth is someone who continually pays it forward for those entering and in the real estate industry. In addition to being a successful real estate owner and broker in Florida and beyond, Beth - known as “The Canvassing Queen” - is a person who takes the great...
Episode 026: Norman Sturner and David Sturner
April 05, 2019 16:23 - 40 minutes - 46.1 MBIntroduction: As part of the theme of today’s podcast my real estate brethren, we are initially going to channel that 1970’s disco classic “We Are Family,” a song which among other things helped inspire the 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates to be World Series champions that year. Just as that ’79 Pirates team was a close knit family, the same can be said of today’s dynamic duo, namely that of commercial real estate owners and developers Norman Sturner, and his son David Sturner, of Murray Hill Prope...
Episode 025: Robert K. Futterman
March 21, 2019 01:37 - 26 minutes - 30.8 MBIntroduction: Today is a real treat my real estate brethren, as I bring to you a friend that I have known since middle school - who over 20 years ago founded the trendsetting RKF Retail Holdings, and one of the premier and dominating retail real estate firms in the country - yes, it’s the chairman of RKF and Newmark Knight Frank’s national retail leasing division, namely Robert K. Futterman. During his career, Robert has played a starring role in helping to revitalize not only many of New ...
Episode 024: Paul Massey
March 04, 2019 04:59 - 30 minutes - 35.1 MBIntroduction: Today we are lucky to have with us a true Renaissance man, a friend who has not only built a New York City investment sales juggernaut like none before it back in the 1980’s, but also someone who made the Territory Network™ for broker market intelligence and specialization famous, and who now intends - Building By Building, Block By Block™ - to bring the clarity and transparency that his old firm brought to what properties were worth, to that of the debt market as well. Pleas...
Episode 023: Zachary Price
February 19, 2019 17:04 - 41 minutes - 47.3 MBIntroduction: Today’s guest is one of CBRE’s rising stars, namely Zachary Price. Zac, who is a Vice President in their Global Advisory & Transaction Services group, is responsible for business development and transaction implementation on behalf of clients he secured, as well as several of CBRE’s global and prominent regional corporate clients. Zac, who possesses a tireless work ethic, was recognized a few years ago by the Commercial Observer as one of their “30 Under 30” elite group of up...
Episode 022: Maury Golbert
February 11, 2019 02:29 - 53 minutes - 61 MBIntroduction: Today’s guest is Maury Golbert, co-chair of the real estate group and partner in the tax department of Berdon LLP, ranked among the top 15 accounting firms in the New York metropolitan area and top 100 in the United States. Maury is certainly not what one would describe as an underachiever, given his CPA, JD, and LLM. He is looked upon by his real estate (and other) clients for advice pertaining to all facets of a transaction, including due diligence, structuring, wealth pres...
Episode 021: Brad Wolk
January 30, 2019 19:03 - 37 minutes - 42.8 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us a real estate rock star who on a daily basis channels my “Albert Einstein-Snoop Dogg-Drake Bring Your A-Game Theory,” given that he strives to not only be a man of value to his clients, but one who takes Snoop’s line, “If it’s flipping hamburgers at McDonald’s, be the best hamburger flipper in the world. Whatever it is you do you have to master your craft” to heart, as he knows that if he does not, his iPhone will no longer “Light Up” with calls from his...
Episode 020: Bob Knakal
January 10, 2019 22:02 - 40 minutes - 45.8 MBIntroduction: Welcome back my friends to Real Estate REality Check. Today we have with us the legendary Bob Knakal, a man who has turned his relentless passion and once stellar pitching career at the University of Pennsylvania - along with two mistakes, one regarding a job interview for his freshman summer internship and the other, asking a real estate owner back when there was no such thing as Google Maps or Waze where 52 Vanderbilt in New York City was - to have formed the groundbreaking...
Episode 019: Mike Steer
December 31, 2018 02:55 - 22 minutes - 25.7 MBIntroduction: Today we are fortunate to have with us none other than Mike Steer, a self-proclaimed mortgage geek and the guru of risk management and loss mitigation for the mortgage lending community. Mike, a transplanted Texan who a number of years back took his talents to Southern California, is the co-founder and president of MQMR, an acronym for mortgage quality management and research. When Mike isn’t making a difference for the mortgage industry, providing strategic support for vendo...
Episode 018: Faith Hope Consolo
December 10, 2018 05:30 - 38 minutes - 43.6 MBIntroduction: It is time my friends to channel one of the many great songs by Billy Joel – namely that of “Keeping the Faith” – as today we are lucky to have with us none other than the “Queen of Retail” herself, a woman whose passion, skill set, leadership and relentless and not-so-shy nature has helped play a significant role in the revitalization of Times Square and Penn Station, as well as that of Fifth Avenue and Madison Avenue ... yes, the one and only “Ya Gotta’ Have” Faith Hope Con...
Episode 017: Dr. Joseph Tait
November 26, 2018 19:35 - 34 minutes - 39.1 MBIntroduction: Today we are very lucky to have with us Dr. Joseph Tait, a very unique and gifted man, whose many accomplishments include that of having been a respected veterinarian, University of Pennsylvania graduate, community activist, a groundbreaking leader in the creation of educational initiatives for at risk youth and adults alike and the former long-time president and current Board Director at Harlem Commonwealth Council. Joe and I have sat together on the opposite and same side o...
Episode 016: Rod Santomassimo
November 14, 2018 21:45 - 38 minutes - 44.5 MBIntroduction: Today’s guest is the Vince Lombardi, Bill Belichick and John Wooden of commercial real estate coaching - yes, that’s right my friends - Rod Santomassimo, the founder and president of The Massimo Group and author of “Brokers Who Dominate: 8 Traits of Top Producers” and “Commercial Real Estate Teams Built to Dominate.” The man subconsciously channels Christopher Columbus given his talent to help commercial brokers “stop the drift,” as he and his team help brokers find a new wor...
Episode 015: Sandhya Espitia
November 05, 2018 20:47 - 37 minutes - 43 MBIntroduction: Today we have with us none other than the ground breaking Sandhya Espitia, who for the last year and a half has been busy moving mountains as the senior VP of brokerage services for the Real Estate Board of New York. Prior to her role with REBNY, Sandhya spent the previous decade, first at Harvard University in program development, and thereafter with the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), as VP of industry education and certification. In line with her mantra o...
Episode 014: Richard Pisnoy
October 31, 2018 17:08 - 38 minutes - 44 MBIntroduction: Today we are fortunate to have with us none other than the ultra-sizzling Richard Pisnoy, who this past March was named for the 2nd year in a row among Mortgage Professional America Magazine’s Hot 100 banking professionals in its annual list of the industry’s power players. Rich is the co-founder and principal of Silver Fin Capital, the #1 rated Certified Lender in New York State by Lending Tree (the nation's leading online lender exchange). When Rich isn’t busy making a diff...
Episode 013: Brad Melshenker
October 24, 2018 20:03 - 48 minutes - 55.8 MBIntroduction: The time has come to get mellow and kick back my friends, as today we are lucky enough to have with us the Luke Skywalker of the cannabis industry, namely the cannabis pioneer Brad Melshenker. Brad is the founder of California and Colorado based 710 Labs, which in short is a standard-setting collective of passionate artists and cannabis rock stars renowned for its award-winning innovations and obsession with producing a myriad of quality products as they play a starring role ...