Starting a family office sounds like something reserved for billionaires, but the truth is the “family office mindset” kicks in way earlier than most people realize. If you are sitting on a meaningful liquidity event, a paid off asset, or even a few million in deployable cash, you are already in the zone where strategy matters more than hustle. The problem is most investors hit that point and keep buying deals the same way they always have, reactive, scattered, and without a real portfolio blueprint. That is how wealth gets built, and quietly leaks.
What separates families who compound for generations from those who stall out is not access to deals. It is structure. How you hold assets, how you protect them, how you finance them, and how you balance stability with upside. The goal is not just to grow your net worth. It is to build a machine that preserves it, produces cash flow, and stays aligned with what your family actually wants long term.
In today’s breakdown, we cover:
• How family offices really structure ownership and liability
• The portfolio mix that keeps cash flow steady while still creating growth
• Why single tenant net lease can act like “bonds” inside your CRE strategy
• How to think about debt relationships, 1031 timing, and long term holds
If you are serious about turning a strong balance sheet into lasting generational wealth, this is where the game changes.
Let’s dive in.
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Starting a family office sounds like something reserved for billionaires, but the truth is the “family office mindset” kicks in way earlier than most people realize. If you are sitting on a meaningful liquidity event, a paid off asset, or even a few million in deployable cash, you are already in the zone where strategy matters more than hustle. The problem is most investors hit that point and keep buying deals the same way they always have, reactive, scattered, and without a real portfolio blueprint. That is how wealth gets built, and quietly leaks.
What separates families who compound for generations from those who stall out is not access to deals. It is structure. How you hold assets, how you protect them, how you finance them, and how you balance stability with upside. The goal is not just to grow your net worth. It is to build a machine that preserves it, produces cash flow, and stays aligned with what your family actually wants long term.
In today’s breakdown, we cover:
• How family offices really structure ownership and liability
• The portfolio mix that keeps cash flow steady while still creating growth
• Why single tenant net lease can act like “bonds” inside your CRE strategy
• How to think about debt relationships, 1031 timing, and long term holds
If you are serious about turning a strong balance sheet into lasting generational wealth, this is where the game changes.
Let’s dive in.
Sponsored by www.CRECentral.com
336. The WORST Stadium Deal in U.S. HISTORY (And What Investors Can Learn)
The Commercial Real Estate Investor Podcast
8 minutes 41 seconds
2 months ago
336. The WORST Stadium Deal in U.S. HISTORY (And What Investors Can Learn)
What happens when flashy design, political ambition, and bad math collide? In 2012, Miami unveiled one of the most futuristic stadiums in Major League Baseball — but behind the glass and concrete sat a deal that saddled taxpayers with billions in long-term debt while the team’s owner walked away with hundreds of millions in profit.
In this video, I break down the infamous Miami Marlins stadium project — how it was financed, why the fundamentals never made sense, and what every commercial real estate investor can learn from one of the worst stadium investments in U.S. history.
You’ll discover:
• Why the “Marlins Tax” still haunts Miami’s budget.
• How public-private incentives were disastrously misaligned.
• The critical underwriting mistakes that doomed the deal.
• Lessons every real estate investor should apply to avoid similar pitfalls.
This isn’t just a baseball story — it’s a commercial real estate cautionary tale about discipline, demand, and deal structure.
Sponsored by www.CRECentral.com
The Commercial Real Estate Investor Podcast
Starting a family office sounds like something reserved for billionaires, but the truth is the “family office mindset” kicks in way earlier than most people realize. If you are sitting on a meaningful liquidity event, a paid off asset, or even a few million in deployable cash, you are already in the zone where strategy matters more than hustle. The problem is most investors hit that point and keep buying deals the same way they always have, reactive, scattered, and without a real portfolio blueprint. That is how wealth gets built, and quietly leaks.
What separates families who compound for generations from those who stall out is not access to deals. It is structure. How you hold assets, how you protect them, how you finance them, and how you balance stability with upside. The goal is not just to grow your net worth. It is to build a machine that preserves it, produces cash flow, and stays aligned with what your family actually wants long term.
In today’s breakdown, we cover:
• How family offices really structure ownership and liability
• The portfolio mix that keeps cash flow steady while still creating growth
• Why single tenant net lease can act like “bonds” inside your CRE strategy
• How to think about debt relationships, 1031 timing, and long term holds
If you are serious about turning a strong balance sheet into lasting generational wealth, this is where the game changes.
Let’s dive in.
Sponsored by www.CRECentral.com
