From boardroom coups to boiler rooms, this episode exposes the hidden economics of New York buildings and the real decisions that separate stable buildings from struggling ones.

What happens when the dream job empties you out? John Wesoff spent a decade engineering Apple’s retail stores across the world. Prestige, responsibility, global travel—the whole package. Then COVID hit, burnout hit harder, and he walked away from all of it. In this conversation, John breaks down how he rebuilt his life and career around a brutal rule that most “impact investors” are too afraid to say out loud: “If I’m not financially viable, I do negative impact. Finance comes first—or nothing works.” We go deep on: • What Apple taught him about discipline, curiosity, and the danger of too many questions • How burnout became the wake-up call that forced a complete reinvention • Why energy efficiency is one of the only building improvements with ROI that compounds • Why modular housing is the only realistic path out of America’s housing shortage • The difference between impact that performs in real life vs. impact that performs on Instagram • The truth about Class C communities, affordability, and where change actually happens • How small investors underestimate the power of $10K–$50K when used with intention This episode is blunt, grounded, and refreshingly real. It’s for operators who care about returns, investors who care about impact, and anyone trying to build something that actually matters. LLC = Leverage. Longevity. Confrontation.

Most business owners see taxes as punishment. Laura Hans sees them as a mirror, a reflection of your decisions and your discipline. In this episode of Get Real, Get Wiser, Tzvi “LLC” Weiser sits down with Laura, a CPA and tax strategist who helps investors turn tax season into planning season, dropping tax wisdom all throughout. From her journey out of communist Romania to building a thriving firm in the U.S., Laura shares how adversity forged her approach to life, business, and taxes.

He traded his hockey stick for a portfolio of Starbucks. In this episode of Get Real, Get Wiser, Tzvi Weiser sits down with Zane Shartz, former pro hockey player turned founder of Real World Equity and president of Freedom Commercial Real Estate. Zane shares how the discipline of a defenseman shaped his investing philosophy: focus on defense, consistency, and quality tenants. His firm runs funds with over 450 investors, acquiring single-tenant net lease assets with investment-grade names like Starbucks, Dollar General, and 7-Eleven. They talk about:• Why stability beats shiny yields• How faith and leadership shape business decisions• What tokenization really means for the future of real estate investing• The mindset shift from chasing IRR to building predictable cash flow If you care about cash flow, credit, and conviction, this episode’s for you.

Avi Hacker (AI Consulting Network) shows real, working playbooks for real estate operators and boutique law firms: custom GPT personas (email, underwriting, investor relations), deed-level owner pulls from ACRIS, and a multi-agent pipeline that returns a sourced property brief in ~20 minutes. We cover where AI fails, how to verify, and what to deploy in week one.

Ross McArthur’s journey started behind the counter at Blockbuster. Fast forward: he’s built 900 rental units, flipped 76 houses, launched a property management company, and even bought water parks. In this kickoff episode of Get Real, Get Weiser, Ross opens up about his wins, his failures and why he still won’t take outside investor money.