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The Best Ever CRE Show

JF1841: From Trading Commodities To Trading Real Estate with Allan Szlafrok

The Best Ever CRE Show

Best Ever CRE

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7996 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

With the advancements in technology, Allan’s job as a commodity trader was shifting from the yelling and screaming on the trading floor to behind a computer screen. With many people in his position losing their jobs to technology, Allan decided to explore real estate investing. It was not a tremendous start, but Allan overcame some bad deals and relationships to ultimately succeed, and he keeps on succeeding. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The reason it wasn’t a great deal is because I didn’t know enough about the neighborhood” - Allan Szlafrok Allan Szlafrok Real Estate Background: Investing in real estate since 2010 Has been involved in over 100 real estate transactions ranging from single family homes to multifamily apartment buildings Based in Long Island, NY Say hi to him at https://www.linkedin.com/in/allan-szlafrok-b86b0128/ Best Ever Book: Against the Gods  Evicting a tenant can be painful, costing as much as $10,000 in court costs and legal fees, and take as long as four weeks to complete.    TransUnion SmartMove’s online tenant screening solution can help you quickly understand if you’re getting a reliable tenant, which can help you avoid potential problems such as non-payment and evictions.  For a limited time, listeners of this podcast are invited to try SmartMove tenant screening for 25% off. Go to tenantscreening.com and enter code FAIRLESS for 25% off your next screening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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