Real Estate REality Check | Real Estate & Business Career Success Education and Training

Jan 20 2021 63 ep. 41 mins 207
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Larry 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

Jan 20 2021 54 mins  
Today 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

Episode 061: Chris Weilminster

Dec 16 2020 52 mins  
Today 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 brethr

Episode 060: Adelaide Polsinelli and Robin Abrams

Dec 09 2020 77 mins  
Today 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 Polsin

Episode 059: Richard Sarkis

Dec 02 2020 42 mins  
Today 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 CR

Episode 058: Bill Abramson

Nov 23 2020 68 mins  
Today 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 C

Episode 057: Alyssa Zahler

Nov 23 2020 69 mins  
Today 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 Zahl

Episode 056: Andrew Rigie

Nov 23 2020 41 mins  
After 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 y

Episode 055: Willy Walker

Apr 06 2020 60 mins  
PODCAST 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

Episode 054: Matt Giffune

Mar 03 2020 44 mins  
Introduction: 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 on

Episode 053: Brad Gerla

Feb 25 2020 33 mins  
Introduction: 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 conv