#13 How Businesses Develop in Cities w/ Rob Kowalski

#13 How Businesses Develop in Cities w/ Rob Kowalski

Rob Kowalski is a Planning and Developing director for the city of Champaign, Illinois. In this episode, we discuss how and why Costco decided to develop in Champaign, as well as why some companies such as Trader Joes do not want to develop in the city. We also discuss how the over saturation of campus town apartments affects the rent market, and much more.

#11 Development in New Markets w/ Alan Lev

Alan Lev is a chairman at Belgravia group. In this episode, he talks about how he had no early real estate interest, after graduating Illinois with an accounting degree and going to law school shortly after. We discuss the good and the bad of real estate development, and about the risk required to be a partner at a development firm. We also dive into the Ted Talk Alan has coming up and get a little sneak peak of what he will be talking about.

#10 NBA Draft to Real Estate Entrepreneur w/ Joe Niego

Joe Neigo is a residential and multifamily broker who owns Niego Real Estate. In this episode, we discuss his transition from being drafted in the NBA, to starting his own real estate company. We talked about how he used an FHA loan to get his first property, and how he added many more properties to his portfolio through his career.  We also talk about the keys to being a successful real estate broker.

#2 Real Estate Investing 101: Real estate investing with partners w/ Peter Kritikos

On our second episode on Real Estate investing 101, we spoke with Peter Kritikos who is a first-time real estate investor. In this episode, we discuss the good and the bad of investing with partners, building your team through your network, creating an LLC, managing real estate, and much more. I really enjoyed this conversation and I hope you do as well.

#1 Real Estate Investing 101: How to get your first property with an FHA loan w/ Jack Wei

Welcome to the first edition of the Real estate investing 101 where we learn different ways and tricks to invest in real estate. On this episode we have Jack Wei who is a first-time real estate investor, who is about to close on his first property. We discuss what an FHA loan is, and he takes us through all the key steps before closing on his property. I really learned a lot from this conversation, and I hope you do as well. Thank you for driving down the road to real estate and enjoy the show