May 24: Friday Five

A recap of the best content, tools, and insider insights of the week

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Jake at Stoutland RE
May 24, 2024

Happy Friday Friends,

Here are 5 interesting things I found this week to make you a better real estate professional 👇

Watch

Jonathan Wener is one of the lesser known real estate icons. I was recently put onto him and man is he great or what!?

I found this interview to be:

  • Informative of how he achieved greatness

  • Motivational to people striving to build something remarkable

  • Enjoyable and filled with great stories (especially the Royal Trust story at the 43:00 minute mark)

What is unreasonable at 4 p.m. is very reasonable to 4 a.m.

Jonathan Wener

Quote

The majority of people don’t know where they are going: You know how great it felt that I knew where I was going? I was so relieved. Because when you have a goal everything becomes easy

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Listen

In the spirit of the summer arriving, I found enjoyment in this podcast episode with Mauro Governato, the GM of Chateau de la Messardiere. As one of the best hotels in the world, there is a lot to learn from the hospitality asset class that us in the multifamily space should take note of.

Read

Am I Being Too Subtle by Sam Zell may be a great playbook for the next few years of real estate investing. I was reading it the other day and came across this passage:

Resource

A student of the real estate game by Joe Stampone was one of the first real estate blogs I started reading

It continues to be one I continue to read and gain tremendous insights from

You see, the difference between his blog vs. others?

Joe is sharing first hand experience from the field

He is operating a sizable portfolio of multifamily

If you’re into that kind of thing, I think you will find tremendous value in his blog

Check it out here 

Hope you all have an excellent long weekend

As always - your friend,

Jake

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