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NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast

NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast

Hosted by Rick Kaplan

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91

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Aug 2026

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EN-US

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Discuss Commercial real estate in New England and New York with guests from all related fields connected to real estate.

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August 10, 2026Episode 237 min

Jim Brady of Fathom Companies interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

Send us Fan MailRick Kaplan host of NEREJ/ NYREJ Podcast interviews Jim Brady of Fathom Companies.     fathom.comJim talks about his interesting Journey and his company a fully integrated real estate development, equity investment, and hospitality management firm based in Portland, Maine. An institutional-grade developer with decades of experience navigating the New England market, Jim specializes in complex historic preservation, high-design adaptive reuse, and sustainable market innovations. Beyond his corporate footprint, Jim is a former Olympic Silver Medalist in sailing, bringing a unique, high-stakes navigation and risk-management mindset directly into structural engineering and urban development. Under his leadership, Fathom has built a reputation for creating immense civic equity through deeply curated properties—most notably the award-winning adaptive reuse of The Press Hotel (the landmark, century-old former Portland Press Herald headquarters)—and Fathom is preparing to manage Vermont's milestone first-ever Marriott Tribute Portfolio asset, the all-electric, net-zero Sugar House Hotel.

August 6, 2026Episode 11 min

George Hanna Smart Income Lifestyle interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

Send us Fan MailRick Kaplan host of the nEREJ/NYREJ Podcast interviews George Hanna of Smart Income Lifestyle Inc.   SmartincomeLifestyle.comGeorge discuss how most business owners don't actually own a business — they own a job with overhead. I built my career around fixing that.My mission is to build businesses that outgrow their owners. I developed Business Ascension™, a discipline for transforming owner-dependent companies into scalable, asset-based enterprises — ones capable of growing, transferring, and creating value beyond the founder.Through my work, I identified what I call Execution Drift™ — the hidden, often invisible gap between what should happen in a business and what actually happens day to day. Left unaddressed, this drift is what quietly caps growth and traps owners in their own operations.The solution I created to close that gap is Execution Certainty™ — the ability for a business to execute consistently, predictably, and profitably, without the owner needing to be at the center of everything. I install this through a proprietary framework I developed called the S.A.P.E. Method™:Systemize — turn tribal knowledge into repeatable processAssetize — convert the business itself into a transferable assetProfitize — engineer profitability that doesn't rely on owner hustleEnterprise — build the structure of a true, standalone enterpriseThe result for the businesses I work with: companies that no longer depend on their owner for growth, profitability, or execution — freeing the owner and multiplying the value of what they built.My work comes down to three things: Build value. Multiply value. Preserve value.

August 4, 2026Episode 2155 min

Dave Barrett & Frank Flynn talk rent control, tenant landord issues on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

Send us Fan MailRick Kaplan host of NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast interviews Frank Flynn of Flynn Law Group and Dave Barrett of RCM Services.  Dave Barrettdbarrett@rcm-services.com                 RCM  Services617-787-5800Frank Flynnfrank@flynnlaw-ne.comFlynn Law Groupflynnlaw-ne.com617-988-0633Dave Barrett & Frank Flynn talk rent control, tenant landlord issues

July 29, 2026Episode 2050 min

Matt Shortsleeve with Solect Energy interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

Send us Fan MailRick Kaplan host of the NEREJ/NYREJ podcast interviews Matt Shortsleeve with Solect Energy.   www.solect.comMatt has over a decade of experience, Matt has successfully developed more than 100 solar and energy storage projects for municipalities, school districts, state agencies, and businesses. His expertise encompasses a wide range of solutions, including rooftop, canopy, ground-mounted systems, and large-scale, multi-megawatt renewable energy and storage infrastructures.In addition to project development, he manages legislative and regulatory affairs, advocating for policies and frameworks that advance a clean energy economy powered by a modernized electric grid.

July 15, 2026Episode 1945 min

Leo Young of Cornell Communities interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

Send us Fan MailRick Kaplan host of NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast interviews Leo Young of Cornell Communities.  www.cornellcommunities.com   Leo Young is the Founder & Managing Partner of Cornell Communities, a private equity real estate firm revitalizing manufactured housing communities across eight states. With more than $75M in real estate transactions, institutional private equity experience, and hands-on operational leadership, he expands access to affordable housing while generating disciplined, risk-managed returns for accredited investors.

July 9, 2026Episode 1841 min

Gino Barbaro Jake & Gino Barbaro360 interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

Send us Fan MailRick Kaplan Host of the NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast interviews Gino Barbaro of Jake & Gino Barbaro 360. As a multifamily investor, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Jake & Gino, Gino brings a hands-on perspective built from actively acquiring, managing, and scaling multifamily assets through changing market cycles and interest rate environments.He values conversations that go beyond theory and provide listeners with actionable lessons from real-world experience. Your audience of commercial real estate professionals, investors, and operators would benefit from discussions around portfolio scaling, operational challenges, value-add execution, investor mindset, and long-term business growth within multifamily real estate.Gino also enjoys sharing lessons learned from building businesses, educating investors, and helping others create sustainable wealth and legacy through disciplined real estate investing.Over the years, I’ve been directly involved in acquiring, managing, and scaling a substantial multifamily portfolio, focusing on value-add strategies and operational efficiency. Alongside my investing career, I’ve helped educate thousands of students and investors through the Jake & Gino platform, where we teach practical, real-world principles of buying and operating multifamily real estate.I’m also a Certified Money Coach®, and I’m passionate about helping people develop not just better investing skills, but also a healthier relationship with money and long-term wealth building. My work is centered around bridging the gap between strategy and execution in real estate investing, especially for small to mid-sized operators looking to scale effectively.

June 10, 2026Episode 1731 min

Benjamin Stef of Nexa Lending interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

Send us Fan MailRick Kaplan Host of the NEREJ/ NYREJ Podcast interviews Benjamin Stef of Nexa Lending.  www.fundingfreedom.net    Ben talks about really unique, high-leverage loan programs that most investors don't know about that can help them scale faster.  We've been able to scale our mortgage business to multiple six figures in less than 6 months all while keeping margins low in order to benefit the investors and their pockets. At this point I've been invited to many other podcasts and speaking engagements sharing the knowledge my team and I have. Because we work with so many real estate investors at a high level across the country, we get to see a lot of strategies that work and a lot of strategies that don't work, coupled with having mortgage and lending knowledge, so we know how to structure deals to make sense on paper.

May 27, 202639 min

Jens Nielsen of Open Doors Capital interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

Send us Fan MailRick Kaplan Host of NEREJ/ NYREJ Podcast Interviews Jens Nielsen of Open Doors Capital.  Jens spent 27 years in IT and telecom before transitioning full-time into real estate investing and coaching.Since 2016 I've been a partner in over 2,700 apartment units and 100,000+ square feet of commercial real estate, and I’ve raised over $10M in private capital.Over the past few years, I’ve also shifted focus toward industrial and other commercial assets, while helping investors and business owners improve decision-making, operations, and long-term strategy.What’s shaped me most isn’t just the growth—it’s navigating challenging deals, lender negotiations, and market shifts, which has forced me to become more disciplined around risk and capital preservation.Tells us what you would like to discuss on the show? ’d focus on how commercial real estate investors can adapt right now, especially as traditional multifamily deals have become harder to make work:Pivoting Across Asset ClassesHow investors can move into areas like light industrial or niche commercial to continue finding value.What Actually Works in Today’s MarketAdjusting underwriting, debt strategy, and hold periods in a higher-rate environment.Risk Management from an Operator’s PerspectiveLessons from managing through tough deals, working with lenders, and protecting investor capital.

May 21, 2026Episode 940 min

Rod Santomassimo The Massimo Group interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

Send us Fan MailRick Kaplan host of the NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast interview with Rod Santomassimo of The Massimo Group.      massimo.coach   Rod Santomassimo is the founder of The Massimo Group, the leading coaching organization for commercial real estate brokers worldwide. He is a five-time bestselling author, a patented inventor, a former division one athlete, and a two-time recipient of Duke University’s MBA Alumni of the Year award. Globe St. and ALM Media have also named Rod a "Best Boss in Commercial Real Estate,” a recognition that reflects both his leadership and the culture he has built.Rod helps brokers earn more in less time by immersing them in the people, processes, and platforms proven to drive exponential growth. He’s leading the way in integrating AI into commercial real estate, assisting his clients in streamlining their work and securing more opportunities faster.Outside the office, Rod spends time with his wife of 30 years and their two grown children.

May 14, 2026Episode 839 min

David Fields CEO of AcquiOS interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

Send us Fan MailRick Kaplan host of NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast interviews David Fields CEO of AcquiOS.          Acquios.ai    David Talks about how AI is fundamentally changing the speed and quality of commercial real estate deal analysis and what that means for acquisitions teams right now. Specifically: how firms are going from receiving 50+ broker emails a week and spending 5–10 hours per deal on underwriting to getting first-cut models in minutes, in their own templates. I'd also want to touch on the difference between AI tools that track your pipeline versus AI that actually tells you what a deal is worth. And I think your audience would find it interesting to hear how the platform learns from a firm's historical deals so that the 11th deal you underwrite is smarter than the first, essentially building a proprietary knowledge base that compounds over time. Happy to also get into the practical side: what does human-in-the-loop AI actually look like, and how do investment professionals stay in control while moving dramatically faster.

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