The Real Estate Espresso Podcast

The Real Estate Espresso Podcast

Welcome to The Real Estate Espresso Podcast, your morning shot of what's new in the world of real estate investing. Join investor, syndicator, developer, and author Victor J. Menasce as he shares his daily real estate investment outlook. Our weekday episodes deliver 5 minutes of high-energy, high-impact content to fuel your success. Plus, don't miss our weekend editions featuring exclusive interviews with renowned guests such as Robert Kiyosaki, Robert Helms, Peter Schiff, and more.

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June 16, 2025 5 mins

On today’s show we are talking about artificial intelligence and a few of the implications that are associated with it.

I’m hearing a lot of chatter about how the development of AI will mean losing control of our society and our business. On today’s show I’m going to make the case for maximizing the development of AI capability, but for constraining its use.

But before we can talk about these ideas in the context of AI, it would be u...

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Anton Mattli is based in Dallas Texas where he is active in the world of commercial lending, primarily for multi-family apartments. On today's show Anton shares his perspective on how the landscape for lending has changed in recent months.

To connect with Anton, visit peakfinancing.com

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Daniel Angel Mehia is based in Atlanta Georgia where he is active in the development of Build To Rent product in a scattered site context, sometimes called infill. The demand for detached rental housing is higher than apartment housing which is currently saturated in many markets.

To connect with Daniel, visit apexinvestments.us

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June 13, 2025 5 mins

We are doing a mini-series on AI tools in real estate. Some of these tools are the same ones we use in our development company Y. Street Capital. We use these tools in-house and on projects belonging to our consulting clients. If you want to learn more about how our consulting division could help you with your projects, send an email to victor@victorjm.com.

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On yesterday’s show we spoke about land.id. This is a tool ...

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June 13, 2025 4 mins

We are going to do a mini-series on some of the latest AI tools that are specifically tailored for real estate investors. So we will be doing two shows back to back to highlight what is emerging as a new software arms race in property due diligence. 

On today’s show we are taking a look at Land.id (formerly MapRight). 

This software consolidates data from multiple disparate data sources and allows for the plotting of more than 40 lay...

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June 11, 2025 4 mins

Today's episode was originally posted in April of 2018. We are talking about the psychology of raising funds from investors.

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On today’s show we are talking about how last week’s drone attack in Russia will forever change the way investments are made in military equipment and warfare in general. 


The economy in the US is being bolstered by a significant amount of defence spending. Europe is about to increase its defence spending on a large scale. The same can be said for Canada. 

Conventional warfare has been based on the premise that the biggest baddes...

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If you would like a copy of our Due Diligence Checklist, click HERE.

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On today’s show I’m sharing the story from this past week of someone who is in our investor ecosystem. She owns several properties in a tertiary market about an hour outside Toronto. She is in her 70’s and her husband has several physical limitations. She is her husband’s principal care giver. 

She has invested in several of our projects over the years an...

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June 8, 2025 12 mins

Jeff Peterson is based in Cary, North Carolina. On today's show we are talking about the intersection of active business and real estate and the various twists in the road that make the journey take an unexpected route.

You can connect with Jeff at TurtleShellRentals.com.

You can also find his new book "Are We There Yet" on Amazon.

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On today’s show we are looking at the economy and trying to figure out if the global economy is growing or shrinking, and by extension how the economy will be affected in North America.

Thursday this week the ECB announced  another 0.25% rate cut while at the same time signalling that they are nearing the end of their rate cutting. 

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June 7, 2025 13 mins

Jared Jones is based in Riverside California where he is taking advantage of the changing regulatory and zoning landscape to fill a unique need in the marketplace in ways that the national home builders are not positioned to capitalize on.

Zoning changes have made it easier to intensify existing properties without impact fees and utility expenses while saving considerably on the land cost.

You can connect with Jared on Instagram wi...

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On today’s show we are talking about new dangers in apartment buildings that have not been fully handled in the design of buildings or the building code. 

Certain metals produce their own fuel once ignited. You probably have done the science experiment of lighting a piece of magnesium wire on fire. Once lit, you can put this piece of burning wire into a tub of water and it will keep burning. 

The conventional wisdom in fire fighting ...

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On today’s show we are doing another in our monthly beginner series. The real estate espresso podcast is unlike other podcasts in that most others are focused on a more entry level audience. 

Our listeners are sophisticated. Many of you own large portfolios of apartments. But you also have people in your life who are interested in learning more, but maybe don’t have access to high quality information. The idea of sending your spouse...

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June 3, 2025 4 mins

On today’s show we are looking at the anxiety of missing a deal. Real estate investors are deal junkies. Let’s call it like it is. We’re going to look at a real life example. 

We’re going to talk about creating value with land. There are two main methods for creating land value. One is to start with raw land and carve it up and get it zoned and serviced for development. The other is to take land that has already been carved up into ...

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On today’s show we are talking about a new provision of the latest tax bill that passed the US Congress and is now before the Senate. 

During the election campaign, President Trump said clearly that he did not favor a central bank digital currency. In fact he has made several statements in support of crypto currencies and his family is active in various crypto initiatives. 

But it seems that the President may have accidentally create...

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Alex Freytag's "Stretch Not Snap" is a business fable that addresses a common challenge faced by entrepreneurial companies: how to transform the employee mindset into one of ownership, engagement, and shared vision, particularly through the strategic implementation of incentive plans.

The book builds upon the foundation laid in another  business fable book by Gino Wickman and Mike Paton's "Get A Grip”. Freytag...

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George Ross taught negotiation at the law school at NYU for over 20 years. He honed those skills over a career working with Goldman and DiLorenzo, his own law firm, and as Executive Vice President in The Trump Organization. Today we are talking about preparation for negotiation, a topic that he emphasizes in his book.

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May 30, 2025 4 mins

At Y Street Capital, we have several projects across several states. We currently have two storage projects in construction and we have more in the pipeline. If you would like to learn more about our storage fund, click HERE find out more about our storage projects. If you don't have an account on our investor portal, you can register and we promise not to spam you with tons of email. These opportunities are only open to accred...

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May 29, 2025 5 mins

On today’s show we are talking about the tradeoff between security and convenience. Your phone is a device that has so much knowledge about you embedded within it. 

How long before the very devices that we rely upon to act as our communication device, our camera, our entertainment screen, our wallet, and the key to unlock the entry door to our home becomes too much of a liability?

The epidemic of identity theft has been problematic f...

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Computer algorithms are great at processing vast amounts of data and then making either recommendations or decisions based on that data. AI is even better at that process. Yet somehow consumer groups feel like landlords have a disadvantage when it comes to data and therefore should not have the right to use that market data when it comes to setting rates for a rental property.

The latest legislation to pass through the US Congress h...

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