The Most Controversial Man in Real Estate? Nick Huber Tells All

We sat down with Nick Huber—one of the most loved and hated voices in commercial real estate Twitter—and confronted him with his most controversial tweets in our new segment: “Defend That Tweet.”

But this episode isn’t just Twitter drama. We dive deep into:

• How Nick built a $150M storage empire
• Why he believes "common things done uncommonly well" is the secret to real wealth
• How to raise capital without begging
• What’s wrong with the current culture of entrepreneurship
• Why he picks fights online—and what it’s really done for his business

You might not agree with everything he says... but you won’t be able to stop listening.

• sweatystartup.com
• Buy Nick’s Book: https://a.co/d/cjNKEpJ

🎯 Whether you're a CRE pro, an aspiring entrepreneur, or just here for the internet chaos, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.

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00:00 - Cold Open03:53 - Welcome05:02 - CCIM Classes Coming Up06:44 - Welcome, Nick Huber08:37 - 45 sec origin story09:21 - “The Sweaty Startup: How To Get Rich Doing Simple Things”11:15 - Where are the dumb people making good money?13:16 - My beef with entrepreneurship culture15:06 - “Follow Your Heart” Makes Me Angry16:25 - Why Is it So Satisfying To Do a Boring Job Well?20:35 - Everybody wants it right now25:07 - Flipping The Script When Pitching Investors28:55 - What’s wrong With Gary V’s Messaging?30:56 - Working In Waves32:49 - Working 60/70 hours a week warps your perception34:14 - Tell us about Twitter39:38 - Defend That Tweet50:14 - The Dark Side Of Influence52:02 - I understand why you wrote this book.55:56 - Final Thoughts on His Book57:27 - Outro58:24 - Happy Gilmore 2