5 Real Estate Finance Questions with Chris Drobot (Commercial Mortgage Broker)

I recently interviewed Christoper Drobot to get his thoughts on a variety of topics. We chatted about whether the office is dead, the future of retail, and why industrial real estate is such an attractive asset class right now.  We also talked about some of the risks in lending right now, as well as interest rates and inflation.

Here are the timestamps if you want to jump to any of the sections:

0:00 - Intro 

0:55 - Why use a commercial mortgage broker? 

2:36 - Why can commercial underwriting take so long? 

4:52 - The current market for lending 

7:06 - Lender's thoughts on office and retail properties 

9:48 - Lease up risk 10:30 - Is the Office Dead? 

14:15 - Chris' retail background 

17:44 - Industrial real estate sentiment 

20:16 - Fixed vs variable interest rates 

24:00 - Inflation on the horizon? 

28:10 - Closing comments  

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Connect with Christoper on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/drochristo 

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