Videos & Podcasts

Shop Talk: The future and economics of parking properties

What is the future of parking structures? What about their economics and investment opportunities? What are some of the new technologies being brought to the process? Are autonomous vehicles a threat to the economic future of parking? And should we be parking our cars front-end first or tailpipe first? Dan Huberty, president of MVP REIT, also known as TheParkingREIT, is our guest. (12/2017)

In Focus: John Paul Ruiz on the state of the retiring population

In the first part of this three-part segment, John Paul Ruiz, director of professional development at The Entrust Group, discusses the growing population of people retiring, assets moving from employer plans to IRAs, how the appetite for IRA investments are changing and more. (12/2017)

Shop Talk: The investment opportunities in cannabis

“The valuations in the cannabis space are simply the best I have ever seen,” says former BlackRock executive Chris Leavy, who came out of an early retirement to take an executive position with MedMen, a marijuana investment house and retailer. With 64 percent of U.S. citizens favoring full legalization, and 94 percent favoring legalization of pot for medical use, the future of marijuana investing is burning brightly. Leavy joins the program to elaborate. (12/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: Kevin Gannon on non-traded REIT update

Kevin Gannon, managing director at Robert A. Stanger & Co., provides an update on the non-traded REIT industry, including new players entering the space, the challenges and opportunities of unsold inventory, long-term projections and more. (12/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: John Grady on an update on the DOL fiduciary rule

John Grady, president at ADISA and partner at DLA Piper, discusses the status of the DOL fiduciary rule, including individual state initiatives, uniform regulation, ADISA's advocacy efforts, how members can participate and more. (12/2017)

Shop Talk: The changing dynamics of global capital flows to U.S. real estate investments

What Middle East country was the number one investor in U.S. real estate for 2017? (The answer will surprise you.) What property type has supplanted office as the most popular among foreign investors? What changes are afoot in Japan that could change the size of its role? What are the chances that FIRPTA regulations could be rewritten or repealed to unleash even more foreign dollars? CBRE Group executive Chris Ludeman is our guest. (12/2017)

Shop Talk: Millennials make their move on the housing market

Zillow reports that millennials — those ages 18-34 — now account for 42 percent of today’s home buyers, which is more than other generations. Why is the housing market suddenly seeing an influx of millennial buyers? How do they differ from generations of previous homebuyers? Gregg Gerken, an executive with TD Bank, joins us to discuss this trends statistical and anecdotal features. (11/2017)

Focus on Alternatives: John Grady and Keith Lampi on alternative investments in the broader market

John Grady, president of ADISA and partner at DLA Piper, and Keith Lampi, president-elect of ADISA and president, director and COO at Inland Private Capital Corp., sit down with John Harrison, executive director and CEO of ADISA, to discuss an overview of alternative investments including where alternatives fit in the broader market, how ADISA continues to stay proactive with the problems that can arise with alternative investing and more. (11/2017)

Shop Talk: Venture investing in startup companies

Venture capital is among the many types of alternatives available to investors, but what does it take to build young companies in the high-risk realm of VC investing? What must venture investors offer startup companies besides money to make them successful? Is it best for a company to be first to market, or is there a “second-mover advantage?” Carter Williams, CEO of iSelect Fund, a venture investor that funds young companies involved in technology, agriculture, health care, pharmaceuticals, genomics and…

Shop Talk: Art and collectible investing among the ultra-wealthy

The 2017 art and finance report produced by Deloitte has estimated that $1.6 trillion in art and collectible wealth is held globally by the ultra-wealthy, and that number is forecast to grow to $2.6 trillion within a decade. To walk us through the findings of the 272-page report, we are joined by Phillip Ashley Klein, the man who spearheads Deloitte’s art and finance practice in the United States. (11/2017)

Shop Talk: The future of investment product development

What is the biggest weakness in the current approach by sponsors to product development? What are the ramifications of those weaknesses? How will new regulations affect product development? With institutional players such as Blackstone, Brookfield and TH Real Estate moving into the private wealth space, how will they change product development for individual investors and family offices? Joining us to discuss those issues is Steve Kantor, CEO of S2K Financial, a New York City-based alternative investment firm. (11/2017)

Shop Talk: Ron Carson on the re-branding of his firm

The following podcast is an edited recording of a recent conversation between Real Assets Adviser editor Mike Consol and Ron Carson, founder and CEO of the Carson Group, regarding Carson Group’s recently completed Excell Conference and the recent re-branding of his firm. (11/2017)

Shop Talk: Debt investing in non-performing real estate

What are the various roles debt is playing in the current real estate market? How does an investor use debt to increase real estate values and produce income? What are the keys to successfully flipping a real estate asset? And are debt investing opportunities good during booms and busts? Andres Sandate, managing director of Cygnus Capital Real Estate Advisors, joins the program to discuss. (11/2017)

Shop Talk: What the data tells us about ultra-high-net-worth families

There are now enough ultra-high-net-worth families around the world to fill a football stadium, and the number of $30-million-plus families is expanding about 2 percent per year. Fifty percent of their portfolios, on average, are devoted to illiquid investments, and they hold five- to 10-times more cash than high-net-worth families. Bob Miller, CEO of Private Client Resources, which researches ultra-rich families, is our guest. (11/2017)

Shop Talk: A new real estate platform for accredited investors and advisers

KBS Realty Advisors, one of the industry’s largest owners of office space, has debuted an online real estate platform named KBSDirect.com for accredited investors and advisers to directly invest in the KBS Growth & Income REIT, a portfolio of institutional-grade commercial real estate properties — the first of what promises to be several real estate products added to the platform over time. Chuck Schreiber, CEO of KBS, joins us to explain the new venture. (11/2017)