I wanted to share some media that I’ve found really entertaining and informative.
The first is this real estate guy by the name of Ben Mallah. You can find him on YouTube by simply typing the name. I have to say it’s probably the most entertaining videos that involve real estate I’ve ever seen. His portfolio is estimated to be approx. $250M and lives in a $16M house. He’s a larger than life character (literally) and a no bullshit type guy. Came from nothing and makes more than what your dream role will ever.
The second is another YouTube channel by the name “Data to Deals.” Newmark’s private capital group in LA (that is under Kevin Shannon) run it. The production quality for some of the videos is really high and the other videos include almost weekly interviews of high profile RE veterans.
I’d highly recommend checking out both these YouTube channels and let us know if there’s anything else out there worth a watch or read.
Going to check out Data to Deals, haven’t heard of them before. Ben Mallah is very entertaining, really enjoy watching his stuff. Another good channel is “Real Estate Asset Protection” he focuses more on legal structures and how to protect yourself.
The fact that you know how expensive his house is, means he tells his viewers how expensive his house is. Which pretty much guarantees he has nothing of value to say.
No, he does. The channel leans more toward the entertainment side, but he has a bunch of videos and live streams where he answers questions about real estate, explains his methodology and how he looks at a deal. He’s not an academic, but does provide good insight.
Maybe give him a watch before jumping to conclusions. Granted, he isn’t going to be as informative as a traditional educational outlet, but that’s not the point. It’s more for entertainment. If you have the time to be on WSO, you have the time to give something a chance and come up with your own opinion.
I'm sure he is very entertaining. I'm not disputing that. Many people find the show Selling Sunset to be entertaining as well, but I wouldn't watch that and try and derive lessons applicable to my career. It's important to distinguish between what has educational value and what has entertainment value. A man bragging about his net worth the and the cost of his home might be entertaining (certainly after Googling the guy I was amused to see that he has led people to conflate his $250mm of assets with $250mm of net worth), but I'd make the argument that entertainment value and educational value usually have an inversely proportional relationship.
So yeah... to say you find the guy entertaining, well, bully for you. But when someone starts telling me that content is "informative" that is when I step back and question. I"ll be the first to admit I watch some crappy TV in my spare time, but I don't also make investment decisions based on what I heard on Million Dollar Listing.
Loosen up. Not that serious.
I wasn't the one who said he was informative.
Just because you've bought into this guy's schtick hook, line, and sinker, doesn't mean we all should too.
HA! Whether or not I ever get to my "dream role" is obviously way up in the air, but I'm certainly shooting higher than $250mm of AUM and what is likely a horrible overleveraged home.
Yeah Ben Mallah's stuff is mostly fluff. I believe he is capable/successful/etc but his 'real estate advice' is kind of vague. Not sure why he does those online things, I doubt it makes him good money.
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