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Cultural differences can make or break an international real estate deal. A lowball opener, a missed decision-maker, or the wrong eye contact can sink a closing that price alone would have saved. The fix is preparation. Learn how your client negotiates, then brief the other side. On this episode of Square Feet and Side Quests, I sat down with Tamara Larisa Tyrbouslu of eXp Realty on International Real Estate, a CIPS broker-salesperson, NAR faculty member, and my former instr

Maybe you called a financial advisor once, ready to get organized. You explained where you were. Then you heard some version of “Call me when you have more.” You hung up with the same questions, plus a quiet feeling that this stuff wasn’t built for you. Tanner Frigaard of Protect What You Built heard those words at 19. On this episode of Square Feet and Side Quests, he shared how that moment shaped his career, and what he now teaches everyone from high school seniors to clien

Most people who never buy a home aren't stopped by their credit score or their down payment. They're stopped by not knowing where to start, what a mortgage actually requires, or that property taxes can climb the moment they close. I recently had the pleasure of speaking with loan originator Arlene Pryce on my podcast, where she shared exactly how she closes that education gap for first-generation buyers and self-employed borrowers who don't fit the traditional lending mold.

The strongest signal of whether a new restaurant or retail shop survives is almost never the storefront. It is the traffic, the daytime population, the visibility, and the businesses already leasing space around it. On this episode of Square Feet and Side Quests, I sat down with John Alam of RealComm Advisors, a Senior Vice President who spent nearly three decades in restaurants before he started advising tenants and landlords. We unpacked the site selection traps and the lea

What if the smartest move in real estate investing isn't picking the perfect property, but picking the right tenant? That question sits at the center of my conversation with Eric Fernwood of the Fernwood Team at Keller Williams VIP, and it changes almost everything about how a rental portfolio should be built. I sat down with Eric to unpack a data-driven approach to acquiring investment property that flips the usual process on its head. As a commercial real estate broker who

Every real estate deal has two stories. There is the one on paper: the square footage, the price per square foot, and the terms of the lease. And then, there is the one underneath it: the person who took the risk, the mentor who opened a door, and the community that got built along the way. I have spent a decade in this business, and it is that second story that keeps me hooked. That is the idea behind Square Feet & Side Quests with Dertrez Pressley, my new podcast where I si