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@JTMartingCRE

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Just a 21 year old sharing his journey in real estate. Asking beginner questions and keeping you up to date with the latest tech in CRE.

Dallas, TX
Joined April 2023
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What are some industry terms in real estate that beginners should know? I’ll start: “Bips” - Basis Points
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Here’s one way I use AI in CRE: 1) Mass download meeting minutes for city council/planning and zoning. 2) Open up ChatGPT, and attach the files to a new chat. 3) Have ChatGPT analyze them using a prompt I’ve tested. The prompt is a bit long to add to a tweet. Comment
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Is this all due to interest rates? What changed?
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In my 21 years of life nothing nothing has been more anticlimactic than having my first bite of In and Out.
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Wow. Crazy what this app can do for a college kid with some big dreams.
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I’m 20 years old, and want to buy/develop my first real estate investment in the next 6-9 months. Any suggestions on what to research or who to talk to?
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Thinking about starting a “Young CRE” weekly X spaces! Who’s in? A time for: 1) Students to ask questions; 2) People in their first few years to share their experiences; 3) And maybe even some professionals to step in and mentor; All on a reoccurring basis! Everyone welcome!
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AI in CRE: A 30 second walkthrough on how you can EXPONENTIALLY increase your prospecting with the help of AI. Prompt attached below 👇🏼
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Here’s one way I use AI in CRE: If you’re struggling to find leads on tenants, here’s how ChatGPT can help: 1) Ask ChatGPT to organize you a list of businesses that could be potential tenants. 2) Have ChatGPT scrape any of their information from the internet, including
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Building the equity waterfall for an industrial model I’m creating from scratch!
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Haven’t been on LinkedIn for a few days and just noticed I got the “Top Commercial Real Estate Voice” tag!
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ATM Kiosk Out-Parcel: Who can I talk to and learn the numbers behind these? Super curious how much the typical ground lease is.
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For those raising capital: How did you build the relationships with high net worth individuals? Is their anything I can be doing at 20 y/o to set a good foundation for raising capital?
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1000 followers 😁 At 20 y/o, a mentor suggested I get on ReTwit and I didn’t know what to expect. I’ve been able to connect with people I couldn’t have dreamed of, who have pushed me to become the best version of myself. I’ve learned so so much, and every comment on my tweets
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Hosted an intern meetup at JLL today - 54 attendees!
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First ever job application that had a place to add a Twitter. Progress.
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I am 20 Y/O, and hopefully part of the future of CRE. I am mainly here to learn, but one place where I can add value to #retwit is by giving you a lens into the future generations. People in my generation do not care about or prefer face-to-face interactions.
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What are the top real estate private equity firms doing?
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Just had a FANTASTIC connection with @kenashley He even gave me a “prescription” of next steps I can take towards success in CRE. Wouldn’t have been possible without ReTwit 😁
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If you were 20 and trying to invest in real estate, how would you do it?
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Office to Self Storage conversion. That’s LA!
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I recently finished up a spring development internship with Dominium. Dominium was recently named the #1 affordable housing developer in the country after starting 2,026 units in 2023. I had the opportunity to work on over 35 live deals, helping the development team mainly
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Who do all the rookies on real estate twitter HAVE to follow?
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Trammell Crow has developed or acquired nearly 2,900 buildings valued at $75,000,000,000 and over 655,000,000 square feet. They've also released the greatest real estate documents I've been able to get my hands on. So good that I printed them out and bound them into a book to
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Two different brokers with two different firms sent me the same “off market” site. LOL. Is this common?
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Over the summer I cold emailed the head of real estate for Maersk and got him on the phone. Now seeing a ship full of their TEU’s at the port of Savannah. Real estate is pretty cool.
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AI in CRE: Walkthrough Here’s how I use ChatGPT to analyze meeting minutes from City Council. You can use this to: - Summarize voting records - See development history - Understand development sentiment Or any other way you want to adapt it. Questions? Let me know!
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As a young student on this app I really look up to the platform and businesses @sweatystartup , @moseskagan , and Chris Powers built. Over the last year all three have taken the time to talk with me when they have 1,000 other ways they could be spending their time. It’s sad to
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What are the best cities to start a career in commercial real estate?
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First day of a brokerage internship! Any tips?
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Multifamily developers: Do you underwrite construction pricing on a per units or per square foot basis? What are the pros/cons of each?
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Thank you @ICSC ! Airpods, microphone, light, and other gadgets to help with expanding content.
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CoStar socks
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What’s the best way to find someone’s phone number or email? I’m trying to reach out to some people in corporate real estate.
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Lunch with @kenashley ! Always a highlight of being in Atlanta.
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2K followers 🥳 Pretty surreal, when I started my account at the beginning of 2021 my goal was to have 1K followers by the end of May 2025. Blew that out of the water. To crushing the rest of my goals for 2024 out of the park!
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The Triple Crown @creisummit
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Three takeaways from a top 10 real estate private equity firms investment thesis.
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Florida State’s new real estate private equity club! First lecture.
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My biggest learning lesson from social media: Networking and building relationships are not the same thing.
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“You know how I judge a man’s character? Not by how he treats his equals, but by how he treats his underlings.” Fantastic quote from Suits
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Did you even visit NYC if you didn’t see the map room?
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I've officially been on Twitter for one month! 🥳 Here's what #retwit has taught me so far 🧵
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Excited for the @creisummit !
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Last day of my internship - any tips on how to leave on a good note?
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Twitter has educated me beyond belief. I’ve taken calls with people I otherwise would’ve never met, got familiar with different viewpoints on the future of CRE, learned common industry language, and much more. And it’s only been a few weeks. Thank you #ReTwit ! You’re changing
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What I learn from every person I talk to: Their isn’t a “right” path in real estate.
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What’s the best way to build a relationship with a broker? I’m interested how developers build relationships with brokers in local markets to source land.
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First day of class and the kid next to me said his dream job is to be the country’s greatest bowling alley investment sales broker. Is he crazy or am I? Has anyone on here sold a bowling alley? This can’t be a real job.
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We just jumped out of this plane… 🪂🪂🪂
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Pleasant surprise this AM…. My article got flashed on @RyanSerhant ’s page!
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What is land flipping? Can you create value just through going through the process of getting a site entitled?
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Real Estate is funny. A lot of clueless people become extremely rich. How? Taking a scary amount of risk.
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Is it crazy of me to want to learn about office? Nobody else my age is learning about it, so why not try something different.
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Ate good today!
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Los Angeles, Although you’re dirty, crime infested, and need to build more housing, Something about you just makes me want to come back!
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Did you begin your career in real estate?
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What’s the best way to set yourself up for success early in your career?
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Does anyone have experience leasing/selling/investing in contractors garages and small bay (<2,500SF) industrial?
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The pinnacle of commercial real estate. Am I right? @gas_biz
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In brokerage, if you move firms while deals are under contract but not closed, do you lose out on the fee?
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If you think an asset is overpriced should you: A. Put in an offer at where makes sense, even if it’s 10-15% below whisper B. Move on to the next deal without offering
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Had our first Real Estate Club meeting last night. The room was so packed people had to stand. The organization offers company tours, scholarships to conferences, modeling practice, resume review, and a ton more. One of the best parts of Florida State!
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LinkedIn News featured my first article on the home page! Woo!
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It can be tough to walk up to someone you’ve never met before and strike up a conversation. For the networking pros here on X, how do you do it?    Let’s say you’re attending @ICSC as a new broker, and are at a happy hour. You just finished up a conversation with some people
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In commercial real estate, what is the best way to move up from analyst to associate?
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Touring JP Morgan, KKR, Hines, Heitman, Goldman Sachs, and a few other firms today. Crazy.
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I procrastinated and now have less than 24 hours to figure out how to tie a bowtie. Am I the only one? See you soon NYC!
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Is there anywhere you wouldn’t invest in real estate?
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I’m at a sold out concert, 10,000+ people. In between songs, the lead singer just did a 60 second ad read! What?! Are we doing commercial breaks at concerts now?
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Just ended my internship! What are the best ways to end on a high note and stay memorable?
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How many hours a week did you work when you started out in CRE?
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What’s the point of a long term (100yr) ground lease vs. just buying the land?
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I asked Ben Mallah what I should do when I graduate. He told me: “GO MAKE ME SOME MONEY!!!” @ben_mallah @ICSC
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I’ve been gathering a list of the top young CRE talent here on #ReTwit , and I just made it public! Who am I missing?
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Moving to Atlanta for part of the summer. Does anyone have any recommendations to find who are the top producers/big fish in a market? I want to shoot my shot with as many people as possible & network like crazy this summer.
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Got posted on @ICSC !
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Ok since everyone else is doing it I gave in.
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Sent these out on Monday!
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Hand written thank you note/card- Try it!!!
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Underwriting some multifamily. The property has a .5 acre outparcel the broker is recommending the buyer parcels off and sells for retail development. If the land is such a good opportunity, why doesn’t the broker just recommend the owner to sell it separate from the
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Am I the only person in the corporate world that doesn’t drink coffee? Trying to figure out if this is a good or bad thing.
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Do you start your excel formulas with + or = ?
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ARGUS training class in school
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3rd day in a row of Chipotle after work
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Starting an in-person internship Monday. Any tips? Do's and Don'ts?
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Brokers - Do you prefer a spontaneous call or a scheduled call to go over questions on your listing?
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Real Estate simplified: Return - Cost of Capital = X Maximize X. Maximize the spread between the return and cost of capital. Glen Rufrano, the chairman of ICSC and previous CEO of VEREIT.
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Drinking around the world at Disney. Thanks for the drink @zachmolzer @DiegoSimonX
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I want to learn how to invest in real estate in other countries. Am I the only one that finds that super fascinating? Please share any stories you have, or recommendations on where to begin!
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What can I do to stand out in the job market? Skills, knowledge, resume, etc. Curious what people look for when hiring! (Entry level)
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Atlanta friends - would appreciate a read and possibly a retweet: I’m planning an intern meetup for the CRE folks in Atlanta this summer Thursday, July 25th from 9-10:30am. If you know anyone who’d be interested shoot me a dm and I’ll send you some more information. Looking
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All this debate about specializing vs. generalizing. What’s the best for someone new to the industry?
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Attending @ICSC LAS VEGAS as a student? Here’s 3 tips to make the most out of the event. 1) Schedule meetings beforehand. The conference will fly by, and many of the people you’re hoping to meet with may already have a full schedule. 2) Take advantage of the general
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Just talked with Aaron Zucker, he’s building a retail acquisitions empire out of Charlotte, NC. My two biggest takeaways were: - Out of College, your main focus should be to LEARN - If you’re looking for killer deals, you need to be hitting the phones. It’ll be tough to find a
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An hour and a half into responding to comments, I figured out a better way to share 😂 For the few of you I missed, here's the link:
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Finished up my time in Atlanta. Thankful for everyone I was able to meet in such a sort time. Crazy how much your life can change in 8 weeks.
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In retail, your tenant mix is everything. After listening to @realEstateTrent on @fortworthchris podcast, can’t help but notice when a strip center is under-parked.
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Looking for the affordable housing experts on #ReTwit ! Don’t know much about that side of the industry, and curious to learn more.
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