Real estate deals have a trajectory from the time they land on your desk to the time you close. They either get better or worse, the deeper you dig, the further you stress them. Do deals that get better; don't do deals that get worse. Not more complicated than that.

my nails and hair grow very fast. This means i have heightened levels of cellular turnover, which also means i am not the same mass of cells i was a week ago. So the guy who got banned from the hokkaido seafood buffet in 2012 for eating all the jello, that was somebody else.

Got a call from a wholesaler the other day. I decided to entertain myself and see how big of a dipshit this person was. I shared my rent roll (6 units, each pulling ~$2700/mo, ~$194,000/yr gross). I made sure to tell him this building was fully gut-renovated in the last

Incentives explain behavior Bureaucracy in govt. ensures staff can keep their jobs. That's why it took 4 months *mailing* NYS Department of State back/forth to approve broker's application (called nonstop) And why my village in LI needs 2+ wks of back/forth to approve a kids' block party!

millennial confession, i have no idea how people cut and edit videos on a cell phone. tiktoks with cut scenes, i have no idea what software people use for this

"The universe will assist you when you are acting in love."

i gotta be the only human in the world who’s received a voice mail like this

So much of commercial brokerage is just staying in the game. When I started at CBRE back in 1998 in industrial (no teams back then, everyone was on their own) I wasn’t the obvious success story by any means. I just kept grinding, and some of my biggest competitors either

I hate when people at work ask you what books you are reading for professional development. I am reading books to counteract the effects of being professionally developed. I am reading books that bring me back to being human.

Daily reminder! I'm looking for my first flip deal Location: Suffolk & Nassau Price: $650k & below Vacant & Basement My goal is to document the process aand share it with the world 🎥 Finder's fees paid, listings given back #FlippedByMo

Btw just to put it out there for anyone in real estate You are highly replaceable It's crazy how easy it is to find another agent, lender, attorney, etc. The market is saturated So maybe act in your clients' best interest?

You're catching me at a very anti-social period of my day (I didn't respond to someone in 2 seconds)

Me @ everyone leaning too much into AI You have to take yourself from 0 to 1 first Let Ai help you with the rest you lazy bums

A surprising amount of adulthood is finally realizing that structure is not the opposite of freedom. It’s the thing that keeps freedom from turning into aimlessness.

W-2, 1099, K-1

One of the most expensive mistakes you can make is outsourcing your decision-making to people who don’t have to live with the consequences.

Somebody said “The love you receive from someone who knows how to be alone is the most sincere there is. A solitary soul loves you by choice, not out of a need for company.” and that’s so true.

Don’t date, rent to, live next to, borrow from, lend to, lease from, hang out with, or marry crazy.

guy on my plane reading a book and writing notes in it. not enough words in there for ya bud?