NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast

Rick Kaplan
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Discuss Commercial real estate in New England and New York with guests from all related fields connected to real estate. 

  1. 2d ago

    Mark Foley The Folson Group talk Condo's and Co ops

    Send us Fan Mail Rick Kaplan host of the NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast interviews Mark Foley of The Folson Group.   I work on the owner side. In New York City, many of those projects are approved and paid for by volunteer co-op and condo boards. Most of those board members have never managed a major capital project before. When a board doesn't understand its role, projects stall, budgets grow and relationships with the building team suffer. I think your listeners would get a lot out of hearing how boards make decisions, and how the industry can work with them more smoothly. NEREJ/NYREJ reaches exactly the people who sit across the table from those boards, so it's a natural place to have that conversation. Tell us a little about yourself and some accomplishments I'm the President and Co-Founder of The Folson Group, a New York City consultancy that helps co-op and condo boards make better financial decisions and manage complex capital projects. My background is in finance and economics. I've served as president of my own 165-unit NYC co-op board for more than 15 years, and I got there the hard way. My wife, Tina Larsson, and I organized a coup in our building and took over the board. We then renegotiated its contracts and started running the building like a business. In the first three years, we saved $340,000. That experience became the basis for The Folson Group. Today we help other boards bring the same financial discipline and oversight to their buildings. Tells us what you would like to discuss on the show? 1. Why boards shouldn't have to become part-time engineers and construction managers. When a major project like a facade, roof, boiler or elevator comes up, volunteer board members often end up in over their heads. I'd talk about the support they actually need and how that helps the architects and engineers they hire. 2. The questions a board should ask before approving a large expense. This means looking past the lowest bid to scope, change orders, reserves, financing and the long-term cost to shareholders. 3. A managing agent manages, a board governs. I'd explain where the line between the two roles should be and what happens to buildings when it gets blurred. 4. What developers, architects and engineers can do to work better with boards. This covers how to present proposals, build trust and keep projects moving when the client is a group of volunteers. Support the show

  2. Oct 23

    Yehuda Katz riskremedy io interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

    Send us Fan Mail Support our Podcast:   https://www.buzzsprout.com/1899808/support Rick Kaplan host of NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast interviews CEO and co-founder of RiskRemedy Yehuda Daniel Katz, based at the Columbia Startup Lab in New York, and I spend my days reading commercial insurance policies line by line. Our team has analyzed more than 2 million commercial endorsements, which gives me an unusual view of how policy language is changing, especially on contractor and real estate policies. I write a weekly series, "Exclusion of the Week," that breaks down a real (anonymized) endorsement and what it means for the owners, contractors and brokers relying on it. This interview would be educational: findings and practical checklists your audience can use, not a product pitch. 1) Why a certificate of insurance isn't proof of coverage, and the endorsements owners and property managers should ask to see before hiring a contractor. 2) Real examples from contractor policies: a 20-foot work height limit on a facade contractor (think Local Law 11 work), exclusions for condo and office-to-residential conversions, and subcontractor conditions that can void coverage over one missing piece of paperwork. 3) New language showing up in the surplus lines market, like a definition of bodily injury that removes genetic and epigenetic claims and medical monitoring on an abatement contractor's policy, and what it signals about where claims are heading. 4) What owners, developers and property managers can do about it: what to write into contracts, what to ask their broker, and a simple checklist for reviewing a contractor's policy. Support the show

  3. Oct 16

    Or Sapir Motivatedsellers.com interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

    Send us Fan Mail Please Support the NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1899808/su... Rick Kaplan host of NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast interviews Or Sapir with Motivatedsellers.com. Or talks about hour his website is for real estate sellers and buyers across the USA. Motivatedsellers.com works for quick sales and finds investors, wholesalers or any type buyers. Support the show

  4. Oct 9

    Alex Taylor CommercializeIQ interviw on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

    Send us Fan Mail Please Support the NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast:  https://www.buzzsprout.com/1899808/support Rick Kaplan host of the NEREJ/NYREJ podcast interviews Alex Taylor of CommercializeIQ.     www.commercializeIQ Commercial real estate is entering a period where AI and technology are going to materially change how people work, make decisions, and operate portfolios, but I think a lot of the conversation is still either too theoretical or too focused on the technology itself. I’d like to have a practical discussion about what is actually changing inside CRE, where AI is useful today, where the hype gets ahead of reality, and how owners, operators, developers, retailers, and asset managers should be thinking about the next several years. There is a much bigger conversation here than any one product or platform. I’ve spent 15+ years at the intersection of commercial real estate and technology. I’ve built and scaled multiple multi-million-dollar PropTech companies, had three successful startup exits, and I’m now in my fourth founder/co-founder seat. What makes my perspective a little different is that I’m not coming at CRE as a software outsider. I’ve also been a commercial real estate owner, investor, developer, and operator. I’ve sat on both sides of the table, building technology for the industry while also living the operational problems that technology is supposed to solve. Support the show

  5. Oct 5

    Jerry Donnini of Sales TaxHelper interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

    Send us Fan Mail Support this podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1899808/support Rick Kaplan Host of NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast guest is Jerry Donnini founder and CEO of SalesTaxHelper.    www.salestaxhelper.com Jerry  built his career helping businesses navigate complex sales and use tax matters. My work includes audit defense, disputes, appeals, litigation, nexus and multi-state compliance issues. I regularly work with businesses facing state revenue agencies and help them understand their exposure, respond strategically and develop more defensible processes going forward. My experience gives me a firsthand perspective on the mistakes businesses commonly make, how tax issues escalate and the practical steps organizations can take to reduce risk. Jerry discusses the sales tax issues that commercial real estate operators, property-related businesses and companies operating across multiple states should have on their radar. Topics could include how sales tax nexus is changing, common compliance mistakes, what can trigger an audit, what actually happens once a state revenue agency begins asking questions and how businesses can prepare before they find themselves in a costly dispute. I can also share practical examples of where businesses tend to get caught off guard and what a more proactive, defensible approach to sales tax looks like. Support the show

  6. Sep 22

    Andy Carballeira talks Acoustics in buildings on NEREJ NYREj poodcast

    Send us Fan Mail Support this podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1899808/support Rick Kaplan host of NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast interviews Andy Carballeira of Acentech.    https://www.acentech.com/team-member/andrew-carballeira/ Andy would provide interesting insight to NEREJ's audience of developers, owners, architects, and construction professionals. Sound is often an 'after-thought' in AEC design, which can often lead to costly over-runs. Andy enjoys translating technical topics such as acoustics, sound isolation, and environmental noise control into practical insights for architects, owners, and developers. Andy will be discussing acoustics and noise & vibration control, perhaps in a general way, such as 'how sound impacts the success of buildings and communities' - or tailored to more specific sub-topics if desired. Support the show

  7. Sep 17

    Roddy de la Garza Real Estate Broker and Author interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

    Send us Fan Mail Support this podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1899808/support Rick Kaplan host of NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast Interviews Roddy De La Garza of Roddy De La Garza Real Estate Group at Epique. roddydelagarza.com Roddy says he thinks commercial real estate professionals are having an important conversation about markets, technology and production, but not enough conversation about the person doing the producing. My book, Above Asking: Daily Mindwork for Real Estate Professionals, is built around what I call agent wholeness and reflective practice: learning to build a successful career without being trapped in the continual search for more transactions, more recognition, more leads and more validation. Support the show

  8. Aug 20

    Joshua Lee Smith with Bowditch & Dewey interview on NEREJ NYREJ Podcast

    Send us Fan Mail Support this podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1899808/support Rick Kaplan host of NEREJ NYREJ Podcast interviews Joshua Lee Smith of Bowditch & Dewey.      www.bowditch.com Joshua will discuss issues in real estate and the market itself. With experience across a wide variety of areas, including multifamily, industrial, higher education and public utility, I believe I can bring a unique perspective to the podcast.   Joshua will also explain the change in the Massachusetts amendments to the zoning act Support the show

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Discuss Commercial real estate in New England and New York with guests from all related fields connected to real estate. 

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  • Creator
    Rick Kaplan
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    100
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    Clean
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    © 2026 NEREJ/NYREJ Podcast
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