From Power Broker to Major Investor with James Prendamano, Ep. 472

Over his career, James Prendamano has led a team that closed over 1500 deals, leased more than 1 million square feet of commercial space, and has effectuated more than 1 billion dollars in transactional real estate.  During this time James shepherded the completion of transformative projects literally reshaping Staten Island; NYC’s commercial real estate landscape.  Through discipline and subscribing to a lifelong learner mindset James’ expertise runs the real estate gamut. 

We talked to James about his journey from brokerage to investing, coaching, leadership, and how to find opportunities across various asset classes.

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[00:01] Opening Segment 

• James talks about his background;
• He talks about how he got on the investment and equity side of real estate;

[06:00] Leadership

• How a coach led him to where he needed to be ;
• How you should act as a leader;
• Why you should take time to evaluate yourself to become a better leader.
• What puts a broker into a great position to become a passive investor;

[14:33] Brokerage to Investing

• James talks about his company;
• How to find opportunities across many different asset classes
• James talks about his podcast;
• How podcasting helped James in his journey;

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[26:25] Round of Insights

Apparent Failure: Not digesting the information he learned

Digital Resource: CRM

Most Recommended Book: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

Daily Habit: Doing his morning routine without fail

#1 Insight to Be A Successful Real Estate Investor: You’re never going to see a pro forma that doesn’t look good. Find what’s wrong, find the pinch points.

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Contact James:

Click here to listen to James’ podcast. To learn more go to prereal.com

Tweetable Quotes:

“You’re never going to see a pro forma that doesn’t look good. Find what’s wrong, find the pinch points.” – James Prendamano

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