JF 3899: Building a Resilient Portfolio, Avoiding Luxury Assets, and Navigating Insurance Hikes ft. Christian Busch

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Best Ever CRE

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4.8 • 983 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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On this episode of the Best Ever CRE Show, Pascal Wagner interviews Christian Busch, a seasoned real estate investor and managing partner at Glass Cube Investments. Christian shares insights from his 12-year journey navigating both active and passive commercial real estate investments, starting with crowdfunding platforms like Fundrise and eventually building direct relationships with sponsors. He breaks down his thesis on market selection, the risks of single-tenant assets, and his preference for multifamily and diversified debt investments over volatile or luxury assets. The conversation also covers portfolio construction, GP/LP dynamics, and the long-term migration trends shaping Miami’s appeal. Christian Busch Current Role: Managing Partner at Glass Cube Investments Based in: Miami, Florida Say hi to them at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christianbusch/ Get a 4-week trial, free postage, and a digital scale at https://www.stamps.com/cre. Thanks to Stamps.com for sponsoring the show! Post your job for free at https://www.linkedin.com/BRE. Terms and conditions apply. Join the Best Ever Community The Best Ever Community is live and growing - and we want serious commercial real estate investors like you inside. It’s free to join, but you must apply and meet the criteria. Connect with top operators, LPs, GPs, and more, get real insights, and be part of a curated network built to help you grow. Apply now at www.bestevercommunity.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered how to balance active and passive real estate investing or question
0:06.3	whether your investment strategy should evolve over time. In this episode of the passive income
0:11.5	playbook on the best ever commercial real estate show, we're diving in the actionable insights
0:16.7	for LPs to become better investors. We'll talk about lessons from 12 years of commercial real estate investing and how to avoid
0:24.1	common mistakes that can impact returns.
0:26.9	I'm your host, Pascal Wagner, and today we're joined by Christian Bush, a seasoned investor
0:32.3	with 12 years of passive commercial real estate experience, who's also an active investor,
0:38.7	real estate broker, and managing partner an active investor, real estate broker,
0:41.3	and managing partner at GlassCube Investments.
0:46.6	Over the years, Christian has fine-tuned his approach to juggling active and passive roles,
0:51.5	unlocking lessons on everything from due diligence to finding the right deals.
0:55.3	If you're looking to bridge the gap between active and passive investing or just want to avoid some common mistakes,
0:58.3	this episode is packed with valuable insights.
1:01.3	Let's dive in.
1:02.8	Okay, welcome to another episode of the Best Ever Real Estate podcast.
1:07.7	Today on the show, I have the managing partner of GlassCube Investments, Christian
1:12.6	Bush. How do you say your last name? Bush. Bush. He is a former tech professional turned
1:17.4	real estate investor. He's come from Germany. He's moved to Miami. And, you know, in this
1:23.4	episode, I really want to talk through actionable advice and thoughts around active versus
1:29.2	passive investing different trends and themes that Christian's seen over the last
1:33.8	couple years and then also he's he's deep in the real estate market as a as a
1:38.5	broker and as a GP and so just great to get a couple different perspectives from
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