E1095 Next Unicorns E13: Roofstock CEO Gary Beasley is opening real estate investing to millennials

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Show Notes:

0:00 Start

0:45 Jason intros Roofstock CEO Gary Beasley

3:56 Are we approaching a housing downturn or an upswing?

8:16 What happens now that people are leaving major cities in droves?

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12:07 What is Roofstock? How do they make money? How are they creating the real estate cloud?

20:47 Attacking the massive residential housing market & Roofstock’s institutional business

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24:42 How Roofstock is different from a REIT, what are typical returns in this market?

30:28 Difference between residential & commercial real estate as investment opportunities

34:43 What happens to cities like SF & NYC when their tax base drops due to a mass exodus?

40:20 What is the investment opportunity in SF? Has the market reset yet? Why does it take so long for real estate to bottom out?

43:30 Will this downturn allow millennials the chance to participate in home ownership?

47:32 How short attention spans could be a benefit to young investors

51:42 What is the minimum investment into Roofstock One?

55:46 Top 3 cities that will appreciate the most over the next 10-20 years?

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