I think work from home enables that type of rich experience, but I'm beyond the mid career. If you're interviewing today and you want to get a job today coming out of school and you're even considering work from home, you're insane. Unless there's some reason why what you're doing does not require or it doesn't benefit you at all. There's going to be like a work from home and a work from the office track for many jobs. You are putting yourself in a position that says, yeah, we value Kevin as an employee, but he doesn't necessarily have our values. He's definitely not going to go to advance as quickly with us. And so when you
Patrick Donley sits down with Kevin Clark to talk about how he broke into Commercial Real Estate at the age of 30 after getting a Master’s in Real Estate Finance at NYU. They get into what it takes to survive and succeed in the first year at a CRE brokerage, how to think about cap rates and the factors that influence them, and why he feels real estate isn’t an inflation edge.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:
00:00 - Intro
03:32 - How his first fix and flip near 8 Mile in Detroit went.
05:04 - What he learned serving as his own GC on a gut renovation of a New York co-op.
07:13 - Why he earned a Master’s degree in Real Estate Finance at NYU.
07:25 - How the freedom of a remote job allowed him to make the transition to real estate.
11:20 - Why having a background in finance is a huge advantage in CRE.
16:07 - How he broke into CRE with Massey and Knakal and what his first year was like.
16:07 - Why you shouldn’t consider work from home options if you are early in your career.
32:14 - What his top advice is for people just entering into CRE brokerage.
42:14 - How Kevin is trying to disintermediate brokerage on rental apartments with Cribdilla.
50:40 - What he feels are the best strategies during a negotiation?
01:03:22 - Why he feels real estate isn’t an inflation hedge.
01:03:34 - How to understand cap rates, why they are important, and the factors that affect them.
And much, much more!
*Disclaimer: Slight timestamp discrepancies may occur due to podcast platform differences.
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