by Joe Stampone | Oct 1, 2014 | Entrepreneurship
What makes real estate such an interesting and unique career is that it’s filled with aspiring entrepreneurs who have an obsession with the business. While almost everyone wants to do their own deals, running a start-up is tough, there are countless obstacles. That’s...
by Joe Stampone | Sep 26, 2014 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Technology
One of my favorite aspects of the real estate business is the continued innovation in how physical space is used. Technological advances have allowed these innovations to scale and opened up a plethora of other opportunities to disrupt the traditionally stodgy real...
by Joe Stampone | Sep 11, 2014 | Asset Management, Entrepreneurship
Over the past few months, I’ve been involved in the disposition of a number of assets. Throughout the process, we’ve tested a variety of strategies and I wanted to share a few insights into what’s worked and what hasn’t. While this doesn’t apply to every asset class...
by Joe Stampone | Aug 22, 2014 | Asset Management, Career, Entrepreneurship
I talk to a lot of students and aspiring real estate professionals and the vast majority want to be deal guys. They want to be the rainmakers working in acquisitions, wheeling and dealing. While acquisitions is sexy, it’s becoming increasingly important to be a good...
by Joe Stampone | Aug 14, 2014 | Asset Management, Career, Entrepreneurship
I’ve been on vacation with friends and family for past week, relatively removed from the never-ending flow of emails and meetings that consume a majority of my day. Although vacation is great, the reality of real estate is that it’s a relationship intensive...
by Joe Stampone | Jul 25, 2014 | Entrepreneurship
I’ve been spending a lot of my time recently thinking about entrepreneurship. What I’m beginning to realize is that it’s challenging, maybe impossible, to understand what it’s like to be an entrepreneur without confronting the fear and saying to the world, “I made...