98: Value-Add Investing and Doing $1 Billion in Real Estate Transactions with Allan Glass

<p>What does it take to buy, sell, and broker over $1,000,000,000 in real estate?</p><p>That’s what you’ll discover in today’s podcast episode when we sit down with Allan Glass, a real estate entrepreneur from sunny Southern California.&nbsp;In this hour long interview, you’ll learn how Allan used his skills as a commercial real estate broker to build his own portfolio and “piece together” deals that are truly “win-win-wins.”</p><p>If you are looking to take your business to a whole new level, don’t miss this show!</p><p>In This Show We Cover:</p><ul><li>How Allan got started as a&nbsp;commercial broker&nbsp;in LA</li><li>Thoughts on obtaining&nbsp;a&nbsp;Real Estate Finance Degree</li><li>How Allan&nbsp;was able to profit despite getting started in&nbsp;the&nbsp;worst time to have career in real estate</li><li>The two “book ends”&nbsp;Allan looks for to&nbsp;decide where to invest.</li><li>How Allan&nbsp;shifted&nbsp;from an employee to starting his own business&nbsp;in the restaurant industry</li><li>Why you should always have a&nbsp;backup plan</li><li>The importance of&nbsp;continuing education&nbsp;and taking up a&nbsp;Masters in Real Estate Development</li><li>Why&nbsp;functional obsolescence&nbsp;is vitally important to an investor</li><li>How Allan&nbsp;manage to invest&nbsp;in&nbsp;numerous&nbsp;different property types</li><li>How to&nbsp;add value&nbsp;to real estate and profit from it</li><li>How Allan&nbsp;finds deals&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>any</em>&nbsp;market.</li><li>Allan’s&nbsp;‘secret sauce’&nbsp;of real estate investing</li><li>Mistakes&nbsp;real estate investors make (including Allan)</li><li>And lots more!</li></ul><p>Links From the Show</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.loopnet.com/" target="_blank">Loopnet</a></li><li><a href="http://www.costar.com/" target="_blank">Costar</a></li></ul><p>Books Mentioned in the Show</p><ul><li>Brandon Turner’s&nbsp;<a href="http://get.biggerpockets.com/nomoneydown/" target="_blank"><em>The Book on Investing in Real Estate with No (and Low) Money Down</em><