Ben Carmona started his career in 2006 and 2007 selling real estate syndications. The biggest operational problem he and his team had was keeping paper in the fax machine because the new business was coming through so fast. Then 2008 and 2009 happened, the syndications cratered, and baby boomers who had worked their entire lives to accumulate real estate watched it evaporate. Ben was a spring chicken on the sales side, and he could have hidden behind that. He didn't. He moved to the analyst s...

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Flex Space: The Hidden Gem in Commercial Real Estate with Alec McElhinny

Real talk from an operator who learned real estate the hard way.Ed Mathews analyzed 1,100+ deals before buying his first property in 2011. Frozen in fear. He made every mistake, all while traveling 150+ nights a year working for some of Silicon Valley's top companies. 100+ deals later, he shares what actually works and what doesn't.Each week, Ed brings you candid conversations with experienced operators, investors, and syndicators. No hype. No theory. Just real deals, real lessons, and the street-level intelligence you won't find anywhere else.You'll learn and hear about:Deals that worked (and the ones that didn't)What we learned when contractors ghosted and we had to step inHow to vet opportunities when everyone else is sitting on the sidelinesConservative underwriting in markets that punish optimismSystems that protect capital when deals go sidewaysWhether you're analyzing your first deal or your hundredth, this is the conversation you'd have over coffee with someone who's been there, made the mistakes, learned the lessons and built the track record.New episodes every Tuesday at 12pm ET.