The Real Estate Espresso Podcast

Victor Menasce
The Real Estate Espresso Podcast

Welcome to The Real Estate Espresso Podcast, your morning shot of what's new in the world of real estate investing. Join investor, syndicator, developer, and author Victor J. Menasce as he shares his daily real estate investment outlook. Our weekday episodes deliver 5 minutes of high-energy, high-impact content to fuel your success. Plus, don't miss our weekend editions featuring exclusive interviews with renowned guests such as Robert Kiyosaki, Robert Helms, Peter Schiff, and more.

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    How To Track A Construction Budget

    On today’s show we are talking about the process of budget tracking for construction. The problem with most budgeting tools is that they track two numbers, plan and actual. But the needs of the project extend far beyond these two numbers.  Let’s talk about the various views that are necessary to properly track a construction budget. Plan of record. We sometimes call this the anchor budget. This number is set at the start of the project and never changes. It’s the reference point. It is the budget that is approved by the lender in the sworn statement of construction. It’s also the budget that the cost consultant who works with the lender is using as their point of reference.  There is the forecast. The forecast in an ideal world would match the anchor budget. In an ideal world there would be no problems or surprises and none of the contingency funds in the budget ever get spent. But in reality, there are likely to be additional costs that dip into the contingency and this is where you track the actual running forecast to completion. Once a change is accepted by the lender or the cost consultant, you can think of this revised budget as the current budget. Along the way you may have subcontractors propose changes to their line items. There is a period of time where these changes are not officially accepted. In fact, there could be several days or weeks where you explore alternatives to what the subcontractor is proposing. These changes might be accepted, or outright rejected, or maybe there could be a third alternative that gets proposed. At the moment, these budget items have to be treated as a risk and not as an officially accepted part of the plan. You will want to track these unofficial numbers and you need a separate budget summary to track these. The use of this column is temporary and should only last for a few days at a time. The last line you will want to track is the actual. But because of all the complexities associated with the holdbacks and potential tax rebates, the actual will only be useful at the  very end of the project when everything is tallied up and the last bill gets paid. Until then, the actual will not add up.  So in addition to the budget actual, you will need another way to track your spending against the budget that includes the adjustments and calculations for holdbacks and tax rebates. Unless you take this step, none of your budget reconciliation will work.  So instead of the simplistic two columns that most budgeting tools use consisting of plan and actual, a proper industrial strength tool actually needs 5 columns.  -------------- **Real Estate Espresso Podcast:**  Spotify: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/3GvtwRmTq4r3es8cbw8jW0?si=c75ea506a6694ef1)    iTunes: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast/id1340482613)    Website: [www.victorjm.com](http://www.victorjm.com)    LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)    YouTube: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](http://www.youtube.com/@victorjmenasce6734)    Facebook: [www.facebook.com/realestateespresso](http://www.facebook.com/realestateespresso)    Email: [podcast@victorjm.com](mailto:podcast@victorjm.com)   **Y Street Capital:**  Website: [www.ystreetcapital.com](http://www.ystreetcapital.com)    Facebook: [www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital](https://www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital)    Instagram: [@ystreetcapital](http://www.instagram.com/ystreetcapital)

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    Real Estate Impacts from CES 2025

    Every year in early January there is the Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas. This multi-day event showcases the latest in technology. Many tech companies showcase products that are still at the experimental stage and not necessarily available for purchase at your local electronics store.  This year I would say that the defining word for CES is AI. You will often find a theme prevalent at CES in any given year. In past years, the defining themes were things like Web 2.0, which nobody even talks about anymore. Some things seem to endure past CES, and then others fade into oblivion.  ------------- **Real Estate Espresso Podcast:**  Spotify: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/3GvtwRmTq4r3es8cbw8jW0?si=c75ea506a6694ef1)    iTunes: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast/id1340482613)    Website: [www.victorjm.com](http://www.victorjm.com)    LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)    YouTube: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](http://www.youtube.com/@victorjmenasce6734)    Facebook: [www.facebook.com/realestateespresso](http://www.facebook.com/realestateespresso)    Email: [podcast@victorjm.com](mailto:podcast@victorjm.com)   **Y Street Capital:**  Website: [www.ystreetcapital.com](http://www.ystreetcapital.com)    Facebook: [www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital](https://www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital)    Instagram: [@ystreetcapital](http://www.instagram.com/ystreetcapital)

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    Designing Active Adult Communities

    On today’s show we are talking about the elements that distinguish an active adult apartment complex from a generic market rate apartment.  There is a progression in housing options as adults get older. There is a high proportion of older adults who are single and these people lack a sense of community and lack connection. This is one of the biggest social problems in our western culture. The amount of time being spent online has served to further amplify that isolation.  Most of senior housing has focused on physical and medical needs starting with independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing. When people downsize from a detached single family home, they usually move into something that is lower maintenance. That means an apartment or a condo where the building maintenance is professionally managed. Just moving into a well appointed apartment doesn’t meet the needs. So there’s a gap and that gap is being filled by a category of apartment which the industry calls “active adult”. The very first active adult communities consisted of age restricted single family home communities with communal amenities. More recently, that has evolved to incorporate purpose built apartments for this market segment. There’s not much of it. There are only about 73,000 units of active adult in the entire USA. That’s a drop in the bucket. ------------- **Real Estate Espresso Podcast:**  Spotify: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/3GvtwRmTq4r3es8cbw8jW0?si=c75ea506a6694ef1)    iTunes: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast/id1340482613)    Website: [www.victorjm.com](http://www.victorjm.com)    LinkedIn: [Victor Menasce](http://www.linkedin.com/in/vmenasce)    YouTube: [The Real Estate Espresso Podcast](http://www.youtube.com/@victorjmenasce6734)    Facebook: [www.facebook.com/realestateespresso](http://www.facebook.com/realestateespresso)    Email: [podcast@victorjm.com](mailto:podcast@victorjm.com)   **Y Street Capital:**  Website: [www.ystreetcapital.com](http://www.ystreetcapital.com)    Facebook: [www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital](https://www.facebook.com/YStreetCapital)    Instagram: [@ystreetcapital](http://www.instagram.com/ystreetcapital)

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Welcome to The Real Estate Espresso Podcast, your morning shot of what's new in the world of real estate investing. Join investor, syndicator, developer, and author Victor J. Menasce as he shares his daily real estate investment outlook. Our weekday episodes deliver 5 minutes of high-energy, high-impact content to fuel your success. Plus, don't miss our weekend editions featuring exclusive interviews with renowned guests such as Robert Kiyosaki, Robert Helms, Peter Schiff, and more.

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