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The Real Estate Espresso Podcast

Welcome to The Real Estate Espresso Podcast, your morning shot of what’s new in the world of real estate investing. Join investor, syndicator, developer, and author Victor J. Menasce as he shares his daily real estate investment outlook. Our weekday episodes deliver 5 minutes of high-energy, high-impact content to fuel your success. Plus, don’t miss our weekend editions featuring exclusive interviews with renowned guests such as Robert Kiyosaki, Robert Helms, Peter Schiff, and more.

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Flood Plain Pain Oct 20, 2025

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On today’s show we are unpacking the critical details every sophisticated investor, developer, needs to understand about the different types of flood plain designations and how wetland mitigation can make or break your deal.

First, why do people even want to develop in flood plains? For one, the land doesn’t usually present itself as a flood plain. It’s completely dry most of the time. But, like every opportunity, there are layers of risk and regulation you need to run through.

The U.S. government, via FEMA, essentially maps out risk using what’s called Flood Insurance Rate Maps, or FIRMs. Picture these as overlays on your site plan that tell you how often the water is likely to rise and cause problems.

100-Year Floodplain (SFHA - Special Flood Hazard Area)
500-Year Floodplain
Floodplain X - minimal risk

But what is your flood map is out of date? 75% of existing FEMA maps are out of date.

As you know, the US government is in a budgetary shutdown, with no signs of a quick resolution. Even if you are not relying on government funding for a loan, if your property is in a flood plain, your lender will require paperwork from FEMA before they can close the loan. So the government shutdown means your loan cannot close until the government re-opens FEMA gets caught up on their backlog of requests.

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Debt Coverage Lending with Jon Yoo Oct 19, 2025

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Jon Yoo is with Convoy Home Loans based in Los Angeles. They specialize in DSCR Loans for commercial investors. On today's show we are talking about some of the market dynamics. To connect with Jon, visit https://convoyhomeloans.com/ or email him at info@convoyhomeloans.com.

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State Laws with Garrett Sutton and Ted Sutton Oct 19, 2025

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We have two guests on today's show. Garrett Sutton is well known as one of the Rich Dad advisors for asset protection. His son Ted has joined the practice and is going to succeed Garrett in the long term. On today's show we are talking about some of the new legislation at the state level that will affect investors. So far only New York has enacted its own corporate transparency act. But there are other states that are considering it. The result could be a complex patchwork of regulations that will make compliance much more complicated than a single federal statute.

To connect with Ted and Garrett, visit https://www.corporatedirect.com/. They also have a new Youtube channel called TENERO.

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It's Up To You, New York, New York Oct 17, 2025

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On today’s show we are talking about the mobility of wealth. Everyone I speak with from NYC is extremely fearful of the change that seems likely in the Mayor’s office next month based on early polling results. Many are considering leaving the city. Even those who want to continue to work in the city are moving to nearby cities and states. Some are going to New Jersey. Some are going to Connecticut, others to Pennsylvania.

NYC has become a tale of two cities. There is a lot of wealth in Manhattan specifically. There are about 350,000 millionaires concentrated in a small radius on the island of Manhattan. There are about 120 billionaires in NY. But New York is about more than just a financial capital. It’s a city of 8.5M people spread across the five boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens The Bronx, and Staten Island.

Last night’s mayoral candidate debate pretty much sealed the outcome of the election which is only 19 days away. Frontrunner Zohran Mamdani is an eloquent speaker. He speaks nonsense with conviction, with stories, and with data to back up his nonsense. A great orator can be persuasive.

I understand that people who don’t understand money think that someone else will pay for their sense of entitlement. Free stuff can be attractive on election day. In the 1970’s it was hard to believe that NYC could recover. It seemed doomed to a life of decay, crime, and outright chaos.

We have experienced the resurgence of the city, slowly at first under Mayor Ed Koch, then more recently under Mayor Rudi Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg.

This podcast is about real estate and real estate investing and not NYC politics. Why are we talking about this? Because businesses are not returning to NYC. Things are going to be ugly in NY for a while. If wealth is leaving NY, the obvious question is where is the wealth going? Where are these people moving? Who will be the biggest beneficiaries of New York’s loss?

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Robots On The Outside Oct 16, 2025

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On yesterday’s show we talked about how AI might be influencing the functional obsolescence of industrial warehouses. On today’s show we are looking at another aspect of AI and how it could affect the value of industrial real estate.

On today’s show we looking at how transportation is going to evolve with the advent of autonomous trucking. Will this have an impact on industrial property? Now this sounds like science fiction and something that is going to be in the distant future. But it’s much closer than you think.

Many of these new trucks will also be electric vehicles. I don’t know when Tesla’s semi truck will hit the market in a big way. The first production Tesla Semis were delivered to PepsiCo in December 2022. Since then, a small number of trucks have been delivered to a handful of other customers for real-world testing and fleet integration.

Let’s put this in perspective. The power supply to charge just one Tesla Semi is the same power required to supply about 988 homes. Let’s say that you want to be able to charge a couple of trucks at a time and you need to add 1000 If your warehouse is not sitting next to a major power source, how are you going to find the spare power capacity for 2000 homes at the site of your industrial warehouse? If you can’t get the power, then your warehouse is going to be functionally obsolete.

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Has AI Made Some Warehouses Obsolete? Oct 15, 2025

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AI is continuing to make headlines on nearly a daily basis. But this is a real estate podcast, not an AI podcast. We need to assess the impact of AI on real estate. On today’s show we are looking at whether AI will change the design of industrial warehouses and render some of the existing warehouses functionally obsolete.

The introduction of robotics has profoundly changed the design of industrial warehouses, moving them away from layouts optimized for human movement to a new paradigm centered on efficiency, density, and data-driven automation. This shift is driven by the capabilities and requirements of different types of robots, leading to significant changes in space utilization, infrastructure, and overall workflow.

So all of these changes will impact the design of a warehouse. Your 50 year old warehouse might require too many functional changes to adapt to this new world and just might be functionally obsolete.

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LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)
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AMA - Property Rights on Zoning Applications Oct 14, 2025

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Today's question comes from Steve who writes: "How do municipalities allow zoning and use applications that are filed by an entity that doesn’t own the property? Can a group of citizens argue that the applicant doesn’t have property rights when they don’t own the property?"

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LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)
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**Y Street Capital:**
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Will A Stock Market Crash Hurt Real Estate? Oct 13, 2025

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As real estate investors we need to be paying attention to many aspects of the economy. After all, we are investors first and foremost and real estate investors second.

Our investments do not occur in isolation. They are influenced by the surrounding environment. If the stock market rises, how does that affect real estate? If the stock market crashes, how does that affect real estate?

On today’s show I’m going to predict a stock market correction and using history as a guide, predict the impact on the economy as a whole and real estate in particular.

A stock market correction (a decline of 10% or more from recent highs) can trigger or accelerate an economic downturn.

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LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)
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Switching Markets with Keith Weinhold Oct 12, 2025

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Keith Weinhold is based in Anchorage Alaska. I had the pleasure of visiting with Keith on his home turf a few weeks ago where he gave my wife and I a tour of the city.

On today's show we are talking about divesting fully from Anchorage and redeploying capital into the Tampa Bay area. Tampa and Anchorage are almost extreme opposite ends of the country. A unique element of Keith's strategy has been to invest in new construction properties. The benefits include lower maintenance and higher tenant retention.

Keith is the host of the "Get Rich Education Podcast", running weekly since 2014. You can connect with him there.

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Website: [www.victorjm.com](http://www.victorjm.com)
LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)
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**Y Street Capital:**
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Instagram: [@ystreetcapital](http://www.instagram.com/ystreetcapital)

Land Logic with Hugh O'Reilly Oct 12, 2025

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Hugh O'Reilly is based in Toronto where he has a background in law and as the head of a major pension fund. Today he advises technology startups in the property tech space. On today's show we are talking about Landlogic.ai and what is possible using these advanced tools.

To connect with Hugh, visit https://www.landlogic.ai/ or email him directly at hmboreilly@gmail.com

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Website: [www.victorjm.com](http://www.victorjm.com)
LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)
YouTube: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](http://www.youtube.com/@victorjmenasce6734)
Facebook: [www.facebook.com/realestateespresso](http://www.facebook.com/realestateespresso)
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**Y Street Capital:**
Website: [www.ystreetcapital.com](http://www.ystreetcapital.com)
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