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The Best Ever CRE Show

JF 4200: Navigating Macro Trends in Real Estate ft. Judd Dunning

The Best Ever CRE Show

Best Ever CRE

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7996 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Pascal Wagner interviews Judd Dunning, who breaks down how American small and mid-cap businesses can leverage sale-leaseback deals to unlock 100% financing, grow their brands, and create win-win outcomes. He shares behind-the-scenes insights from closing billion-dollar deals with Deutsche Bank, the secret advantages of cost segregation accelerated depreciation, and why AI is transforming underwriting cutting days into minutes. You’ll discover the key red flags to avoid, how to assess customer concentration risks, and why on-shoring and supply chain shifts are fueling a new industrial boom. Judd Dunning Current role: President at DWG Capital Partners Based in: Los Angeles, California, Where to find them: https://dwg-re.com/our-team/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/judd-dunning/ Visit https://www.trustetc.com/ for more info. Book your free demo today at bill.com/bestever and get a $100 Amazon gift card. Visit ⁠www.tribevestisc.com⁠ for more info. Try QUO for free PLUS get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to quo.com/BESTEVER  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 Podcast production done by⁠ ⁠Outlier Audio⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.8

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0:10.0

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0:34.2

capital raisers.

0:35.5

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0:56.0

Structure is the strategy for the modern capital raiser, and this is where the industry is heading.

1:01.1

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1:07.7

knows your business. We help you handle the have-to-dos so you can focus on the

1:12.5

can't-wait-to-dos. It's a new workday. Coming to you live here from the best ever conference 10

1:20.1

in Salt Lake City, Utah, and I am sitting down with Judd and I just kind of wanted to dig in

1:25.6

today about new deals that he's doing, existing deals, how they're going.

1:29.9

I would love to talk a little bit about macro economics and what's happening and how that affects your niche.

1:35.3

But I've gotten a lot of feedback that you guys want to hear more genuine conversations that are maybe not as polished.

1:42.7

And I'm excited to sit down with Judd here today to do that. So welcome, Judd.

1:47.1

Diamond in the rough, buddy. Yeah, I'm not polished. I just love real estate in America.

1:52.5

And I think just to add some fun, I got to know Judd at a Miami investor event where they pitched,

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