Podcasts by Behind The Bricks

2022 Q4 New York Multifamily Market and Policy Update with Jay Martin and Christina Smyth from 2022-11-08T14:41

Today you're going to be hearing from New York Multifamily partners Joe Koicim, Seth Glasser, and Shaun Riney, as they discuss the state of the New York Multifamily ma...

2022 Q1 Recap - Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney, Seth Glasser from 2022-05-10T04:22:10

Today we sit down with my partners on the New York Multifamily Team, Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney, and Seth Glasser to discuss how the market has changed so far this year and how it will c...

Instant Insight with Seth Glasser: Upper Manhattan and the Bronx from 2022-04-20T10:24:42

Today we sit down with a New York Multifamily Partner, our own Seth Glasser. Seth is one of the foremost experts on the multifamily landscape of Upper Manhattan and the Bronx. Few peo...

The Future of Cities and Real Estate with Greg Lindsay from 2022-03-25T09:46:10

Today we sit down with a man of many talents. Greg Lindsay is a journalist, urbanist, futurist, and speaker. He is a partner at the geo-strategic and climate advisory firm Listen

Creating Order Out Of Chaos – Jesse Terry Evaluates the NYC Market from 2022-03-04T05:00:11

Today we sit down with Jesse Terry, Managing Director at HUBBNYC. HUBBNYC is a privately held New York City real estate operating company that owns approximately 80 multi-family, reta...

NYC Townhouse and Multifamily Market - Matt Lesser from 2022-01-14T05:00

Today we speak with Matthew Lesser, Senior Partner of Leslie J. Garfield.  Matthew has represented over $1.5 billion townhouse deals and wa...

2021 Recap and 2022 Preview from 2021-12-23T05:00

Today we sit down with my partners on the New York Multifamily Team, Joe?Koicim, Shaun Riney, and Seth Glasser to wrap up 2021 and discuss what may be in store for the NYC Multifamily...

NYC Q4 Market Update with Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney,&Seth Glasser from 2021-09-28T04:00

Today we sit down with my partners on the New York Multifamily Team, Joe?Koicim, Shaun Riney, and Seth Glasser to discuss what the NYC Multifamily market looks like now and what may b...

NYC Market Update – Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney, Seth Glasser from 2021-06-11T04:00

Today we sit down with my partners on the New York Multifamily Team, Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney, and Seth Glasser to discuss the NYC Multifamily market now and what may be in store for t...

Policy&Market Update with Jay Martin from 2021-05-20T04:00

Today we sit down again with Jay Martin, Executive Director of the Community Housing Improvement Program. CHIP is a trade association for owners of over 400,000 rent-stabilized rental...

Ofer Yardeni – Maximizing Operations in 2021 from 2021-03-23T04:00

This episode we feature an interview between myself and Ofer Yardeni from an event held by the Real Estate Lenders Association. Ofer is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Stonehenge NYC...

Michael Shah – Every Obstacle is an Opportunity from 2021-03-01T05:00

Today we sit down –again— with Michael Shah, founder and managing partner of Delshah Capital, a PE and asset management firm with close to $1 billion of assets under management.  (In case you ha...

Richard Wilson – Raising Money and Family Offices from 2021-02-20T05:00

Today we sit down with Richard Wilson, CEO & Founder of the Family Office Club, the #1 association of over 2,000 ultra-wealthy families and/or their family offices.

As we emerge out of th...

2021 Outlook for NYC Multifamily from 2021-02-11T05:00

Today we sit down with my partners of the New York Multifamily Team, Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney, and Seth Glasser to discuss the NYC Multifamily market in 2021. Listen

Sam Kooris – Buying in Today’s NYC from 2021-02-02T05:00

Today we sit down with Alchemy Ventures co-founder, Sam Kooris.

Alchemy Ventures has been directly responsible for t...

Insights from 2020 from 2021-01-21T05:00

First, I want thank all of you who listen, provide feedback, give me suggestions about the content.  It’s truly a pleasure to share this information.  

Chris Voss - Negotiating 101: Life, Death,&Money (Repost) from 2020-11-17T08:00

We will be revisiting this episode from 2018.  It’s as relevant now as ever.  With the changes in the market, being a better negotiator will certainly come in han...

Marshall Cox – Better Heat, Lower Cost from 2020-11-03T08:00

As we head into the colder weather there is not a better time to release this episode.

Today we sit down with Marsha...

Coronavirus Impact on NYC Multifamily Part 3 from 2020-10-13T07:00

On this quick episode of Behind the Bricks myself, Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney, and Seth Glasser share our third update in our series of conversations on the impact o...

Instant Insight: NNN Properties&Covid-19 with Glen Kunofsky from 2020-09-24T07:29:06

Almost every NYC multifamily owner who has spoken to me about selling an asset has asked, “Where would I put the money if I sold?”  Coming from this managment int...

Instant Insight: Rent Stabilized Market in NYC with James Eisenberg from 2020-08-31T01:14:09

Today we speak with James Eisenberg, Executive Vice President at Urban American. Urban American is one of the largest and most well-known owners and managers of m...

Instant Insight: The NYC Rental Market with Jordan Sachs from 2020-06-10T14:47:59

Today we are doing an instant insight conversation with Jordan Sachs, co-founder BOLD New York. BOLD NY is a top flight full-service residential firm handling residen...

Coronavirus Impact on NYC Multifamily Part 2 from 2020-05-13T01:22:47

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Announcing the Multifamily Memo from 2020-04-06T15:47:25

This is a quick announcement episode where I wanted to introduce a project that has been under underway for many months.  For several years, many New York City invest...

Coronavirus Impact on NYC Multifamily from 2020-03-27T21:06:16

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As all of us in the NYC Multifamily industry make adjustments in...

Jeremy Salzberg: How to Acquire 100 Buildings in 10 Years from 2020-02-29T08:00

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Today we sit down with Jeremy Salzberg of Sugar Hill Capital Part...

NYC 2020 Residential Outlook: Jordan Sachs&Chelsea Werner from 2020-01-01T08:00

In this first episode of 2020, we sit down with Jordan Sachs and Chelsea Werner of BOLD New York. Bold is a full-service residential firm handling residential sales and rentals. Jordan and Chels...

Joseph Tahl: The New Reality of Condo Conversions from 2019-12-16T08:00

Today we sit down with Joseph Tahl, President and Co-Founder of Tahl Propp Equities.  Tahl Propp Equities is a privately held real estate investment, development and management company that spec...

NYC Owners Respond: Part 2 Kevin King from 2019-12-02T08:00

Welcome to "part 2" of this two-part series about the owner’s response to the rent regulation laws that were passed in June 2019 in New York. This law radically transformed how owners of multifa...

NYC Owners Respond: Part 1 Jay Martin from 2019-11-23T08:00

Welcome to this two-part series about the owner’s response to the rent regulation laws that were passed in June 2019 in New York. This law radically transformed how owners of multifamily propert...

Compilation: Zegen, Shah, Fein from 2019-11-02T07:00

In this special compilation episode, we have pulled a few clips from some of our most popular episodes. We’ll hear from Josh Zegen, Michael Shah, and Jarett Fein.  Each of these prominent real e...

Brad Hargreaves: Co-Living and Multifamily from 2019-09-07T07:00

Everyone in the commercial real estate industry has asked themselves how is technology going to hurt or help them? How will it change the business and its opportunities?  One way it’s changing i...

MMT – How Financing Data is Changing CRE with Ely Razin from 2019-08-20T07:00

In this “Monthly Market Talk” episode we do a quick dive about financing data in the CRE space.  We sit down with Ely Razin, the CEO and founder of CrediFi.  CrediFi is a commercial real estate ...

Francis Greenburger: Perseverance and the Downturn Advantage from 2019-08-01T07:00

In today’s episode we sit with Francis Greenburger, Founder and CEO of Time Equities Inc. (TEI).  Since its founding in 1966, TEI has amassed approximately 31 million SF of CRE, across 30 states...

The 2019 NY Rent Laws (Part 2 – Brokers) from 2019-07-08T07:00

Welcome to part 2 of this special series where we take a deep dive into the recent changes made to the rent laws in New York. In many ways the new laws have radically transformed how business is...

The 2019 NY Rent Laws (Part 1 – Owners) from 2019-06-28T07:00

In this special 2-part series, we take a deep dive into the recent changes made to rent laws in New York. For many investors and owners of rent regulated units, these new laws radically transfor...

John Romaniello: Health, Wealth,&Energy from 2019-06-01T07:00

To get yourself in shape for the approaching summer, today we hear from John Romaniello.  John is the author of the bestselling book "Man 2.0; Engineering the Alpha: A Real World Guide to an Unr...

MMT – NYC Rent Law Changes With Mitch Kossoff from 2019-05-15T07:00

In this episode of our Monthly Market Talks, we sit down with Mitch Kossoff and Danny Handweiler.  In our conversation we take a technical deep dive into the potential changes coming to NYC rent...

Chad Tredway: Mastering the Growth Mindset from 2019-05-01T07:00

In today’s episode we sit down with Chad Tredway, the Co-Head of Real Estate Banking at the largest bank in the US; J.P. Morgan.  Chad is the youngest managing director in the history of the ban...

Instant Insight: Adam Mermelstein from 2019-04-20T07:00

Today’s show is a segment called “Instant Insight.” Every now and then, we will deliver a small nugget of wisdom pulled from one of our previous guest interviews. 

In this “Instant Insigh...

John Catsimatidis: Paying It Forward and the American Dream from 2019-04-04T07:00

In today’s episode we sit down with a man who exemplifies the “American dream.”  Over his career, John Catsimatidis has been massively successful in the grocery, real estate, oil, and aviation i...

Ofer Yardeni: New Market, New Opportunities from 2019-03-13T07:00

Today we sit down with Ofer Yardeni the Chairman and CEO of Stonehenge NYC, one of the most successful private real estate companies in New York. Throughout his career he has acquired over $4 bi...

Steve Kalifowitz: Location. Location. Technology. from 2019-02-25T08:00

I am excited to announce the release of our latest Behind the Bricks segment called “Monthly Market Talks” (MMT). In these shorter format episodes, listeners will hear focused market insights fr...

Josh Zegen: Alternative Lending&Creating Opportunities from 2019-02-01T08:00

Today we sit down with Josh Zegen, a notable name in the alternative lending world and co-founder of Madison Realty Capital.  Since 2004, Josh and his partners have completed $9 billion in lendi...

Ryan Serhant: NYC 2019 Residential Outlook from 2019-01-20T08:00

Ryan Serhant is widely known for being the star of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing New York” and his show and book titled “Sell it Like Serhant.” For good reason...Ryan's sales team is consisten...

2019 Multifamily Outlook -- Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney&Seth Glasser from 2018-12-28T20:00

On this special episode of Behind the Bricks, I am joined by my partners Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney and Seth Glasser for an end-of-the-year recap and glance at our predictions for 2019.

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Compilation! Best Advice to Enter the Business from 2018-12-07T19:51:12

As we wrap up the second season of Behind the Bricks, I thought we would treat everyone to a special episode of a compilation of some of the best advice given by past guests.  We will hear from,...

Richard Sarkis – How Big Data Now Massively Impacts RE Investing from 2018-11-01T07:00

Big real estate data is changing the playing field by closing the inefficiencies in the commercial real estate market.  How will this impact investing in the future?

Today we sit down wit...

The Art of Buying Unsold Co-Ops and Condo Packages – Myles Horn from 2018-10-06T00:37:02

Finding success in the NYC real estate business requires being creative with where and how to add value.  One market that requires this skill is the bulk purchase of unsold units in condominiums...

The Journey to Titan of Title with Jarett Fein from 2018-09-05T22:04:40

One trait I have observed among the most successful investors, is they all have a keen ability to find scarcity and exploit its opportunities. In commercial real estate, title insurance is one o...

Zach Aarons - The Future of RE Tech from 2018-08-05T07:00

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see the future of the real estate industry? In Real Estate tech there are plenty of places to look. Today we speak to Zach Aarons, one of the most...

"The Most Entertaining Tenant Stories" of Season 1 from 2018-07-07T07:00

As we have recently passed the 1 year anniversary of this podcast and with the conclusion of Season 1, I thought we would treat everyone to a surprise this episode!

Frequent listeners and...

Greg and Graham Jones - Specialization, Relationships,&Determination from 2018-06-07T19:20:52

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face” – Mike Tyson

Starting off in a windowless office on 55th street, with no experience, no money, and struggling to figure o...

Chris Voss - Negotiating 101: Life, Death,&Money from 2018-05-09T13:01:23

If there is anything that can give you an edge in the New York City real estate business it’s being a better negotiator.

Chris Voss was the Lead International Kidnapping Negotiator in the...

Knox LaSister - The Future of Urban&Community Development from 2018-04-11T21:45:02

Throughout NYC and the entire US, there is a serious lack of supply of affordable housing. This has a wide-ranging impact on cities and their growth. Any investor interested in the long-term hea...

Nav Athwal: Crowdfunding, Real Estate Technology, and the Future of Investing - Behind The Bricks With Peter Von Der Ahe from 2018-03-14T13:58:58

Nav Athwal is the Founder of RealtyShares, one of the top real estate crowdfunding websites and businesses. For those new to the concept, crowdfunding provides private individuals the ability to...

Urban American Private Equity, Workforce Housing,&Institutional Investing - Behind The Bricks With Peter Von Der Ahe from 2018-02-14T09:00

Urban American is a pioneer in the world of raising private equity specifically for workforce housing investing. These underserved properties are attractive for their stable cash flow and occupa...

Ryan Serhant: Where Residential&Multifamily Meet, New Opportunities,&Success Skills - Behind The Bricks With Peter Von Der Ahe from 2018-01-19T17:28:19

Ryan Serhant is most widely known for being the star of Bravo’s “Million Dollar Listing New York” and the upcoming show “Sell it Like Serhant.” However, Ryan also has some real chops when it com...

2018 Outlook with Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney&Seth Glasser from 2017-12-26T11:00

In this special episode of Behind the Bricks, I am joined by my partners Joe Koicim, Shaun Riney, and Seth Glasser for an end-of-the-year recap and glance at our predictions for 2018.

As ...

Michael Shah, What&Where to Buy, Debt Opportunities,&Market Intel - Behind The Bricks With Peter Von Der Ahe from 2017-12-01T11:00

Michael Shah is the founder and CEO of Delshah Capital, a NYC-based private equity and asset management firm. He began his career in real estate in 2006, after working as an attorney at one of N...

Peter Tessler, Brooklyn: When to Buy, How It Feels to Sell, and Uncovering New Opportunities from 2017-11-01T10:00

Peter Tessler, is one of the most successful Brooklyn owners of 2017. Earlier this year, (along with his partner Rob Bremmer) he sold their 18-building portfolio for almost $75 million which, to...

Glen Kunofsky, Triple-Net (NNN) Investments, 1031 Exchanges, Cash Flow&Life Improvements W/Special Guest: Art Weigold from 2017-10-01T10:00

When multifamily owners no longer want to operate and manage their apartment buildings, what options do they have? Owners ask me, “What can I buy that will improve my quality of life?” This epis...

Jordan Vogel, Luxury NYC Rentals, Trophy Locations,&Knowing Your Target Market from 2017-09-01T10:00

Jordan Vogel is the co-founder of Benchmark Real Estate Group. Since 2009, (when he started the firm with partner Aaron Feldman) they have acquired over $1 billion of New York City apartment bui...

Jordan Sachs, Navigating the NYC Rental Market, New Supply,&Technology's Impact from 2017-08-01T16:00

Jordan Sachs is the co-founder of Bold New York, one of the top residential leasing firms in NYC. He and his partner Todd Jacobs, started Bold in 2010 in the bottom of the economic downturn and ...

Matt Engel, Managing 10,000 Units in NYC,&Operating Successfully in Secondary Markets from 2017-07-01T16:00

Matt Engel is the President of Langsam Property Services, one of the largest management companies in the NYC market. They are responsible for managing approximately 350 buildings with over 10,00...

Adam Mermelstein, Emerging NYC markets, multifamily operations, and starting with only $10,000. from 2017-06-01T16:00

Adam Mermelstein, who co founded Treetop Development, one of the most Active owners/Operators for NYC multifamily in the past several years. I have completed many transactions with his company, ...