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In today’s episode we sit down with Scott Harris, Associate Broker @ Brown Harris Stevens & The Founder of the Harris Residential Team. Scott is an entrepreneur and business builder. He’s a community leader, a songwriter, a life-long learner, a marathon runner and a crossword puzzle enthusiast. Scott has many interests and has been on a winding path from New Orleans to the University of Pennsylvania, to being in a band and working as a promoter, which all led him to a fulfilling and successful career in Residential Real Estate sales, an inspiring community around him, and a beautiful wife and three kids.

Scott can be reached by email at sharris@bhsusa.com or on Instagram @HarrisResidentialTeam

In today’s episode we sit down with Ben Brash, co-founder and partner at Rukab Brash, a law firm specializing in real estate and construction. Ben’s practice provides owner’s representative services to development and renovation projects throughout the tristate area. In addition, Ben serves as a Trustee of the Washington Institute of Near East Policy and is a member of its Abramson Young Leaders program.

Ben can be reached at. Ben@RukabBrash.com.

In today’s episode we sit down with Alex Zafran, who graduated college with a degree in Classical Studies and had no idea what would come next. Today, he works as a senior energy consultant; is a passionate advocate of the Jewish community; and is always searching for new ways to grow and improve. We’ll hear how he has taken a circuitous path through politics, finance, and energy world to end up where he is today.

Alex can be reached at alexanderzafran@gmail.com, but he'd love for you to call him (really, don't be shy) at 954-478-9955.

In this episode we sit down with Daniel Egel-Weiss, who recently graduated from Harvard Law School and ended his term as Student Body Co-President. Daniel now works as a Teaching Fellow at Harvard College, while also acting as a Community Partnerships and Fundraising Lead for the national nonprofit Off Their Plate. Prior to law school, Daniel worked as Chief of Staff to the Assistant Majority Leader of the Illinois House of Representatives. We'll hear how he charted a successful path that started by sorting mail in Chicago's City Hall. Welcome, Daniel!

Daniel can be reached at degelweiss@gmail.com, @EgelWeiss on Twitter and Instagram, and via LinkedIn.

In this episode we sit down with Brandon Singer. Brandon is a prolific retail leasing broker with Cushman Wakefield in NYC. He's brokered over $4 Billion in aggregate transactions and is currently marketing  3 million square feet. In his career he's represented big brands such as Nike, H&R Block, Ann Taylor, TD bank, Restoration Hardware, Dean & DeLuca and other. He's presently representing Showfields, Eden, Fabric and many other new age retail tenants.

Brandon can be reached on Instagram @brandons85.

In today's episode we sit down with Marc A. Hershberg, Managing Partner and CEO of Topaz Capital Group LLC - a family of real estate companies. We hear how he went from being a banking research analyst to brokering deals on the side and ultimately to syndicating over $125MM in multifamily and mixed use real estate deals full time and nationwide, all in his mid-20s while attending NYU Grad School with the support of those around him. Welcome, Marc! 

Topaz Capital Group LLC (“TOPAZ”) is a vertically integrated private debt and equity real estate investment firm which focuses on the acquisition and development of multi-family and residential, mixed use properties across the Top 25 primary US urban-core and high-growth markets. TOPAZ invests primarily in the Southeastern and Midwestern regions of the United States whereby providing tenants with a high quality of life and home for their businesses through a strong sense of community and abundance of amenities. Through these investment vehicles, we provide our investors and clients with significant cash on cash returns, while also preserving and enhancing their equity over the long term.

 TOPAZ’s activities are based on the integration of investment capital from a wide community of both active and passive UHNW, Family Offices, and Institutional investors with operational control and ongoing management of the properties handled by its in-house qualified team of real estate professionals.

Marc can be reached on LinkedIn & Instagram @mahershberg and you can learn more about Topaz Capital Group LLC and it’s affiliate companies by following them on Instagram @Topaz_Capital and on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram @TopazCapitalGroup | Website: www.TopazCG.com