by Joe Stampone | Oct 23, 2014 | Career, Entrepreneurship
“I’ll do a few side deals and when I have enough cash flow to sustain myself, I’ll go off on my own full time”. How many times have you heard this? While doing deals on the side is great in theory, the execution is significantly more challenging than most people can...
by Joe Stampone | Oct 10, 2014 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Passive Investing, Technology
The real estate community can’t seem to get enough of real estate crowdfunding; endless media coverage, conferences, and general chatter professionals. It’s all for good reason, crowdfunding is going to disrupt both the equity and debt sides of the...
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...