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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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  • Financial Therapy with Nate Astle

    Financial Therapy with Nate Astle
    2026/07/11

    Nate Astle is based in Kansas City where he is a financial therapist. On today's show we are talking about the emotional component of money and financial decision making. To reach out and connect with Nate, visit https://www.financialtherapyclinicalinstitute.com/

    or connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanastle/

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    **Real Estate Espresso Podcast:**
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    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)
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    Email: [podcast@victorjm.com](mailto:podcast@victorjm.com)
    **Y Street Capital:**
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    13 分
  • The Legacy of a Structural Failure

    The Legacy of a Structural Failure
    2026/07/11

    Today's podcast continues our discussion of the structural failure at the former Pfizer headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, where a massive office-to-residential conversion suffered localized structural distress during construction.

    The investigation has only begun. Engineers have not yet reached any conclusions about the root cause, and it would be inappropriate to speculate. The building may ultimately be repaired, strengthened, and safely completed. Or investigators may determine that more extensive reconstruction is required. We simply don't know.

    But even before the engineering investigation is complete, another consequence has already begun to unfold.

    Reputation.

    Real estate is built on confidence. Lenders finance confidence. Investors buy confidence. Insurance companies price confidence. Residents lease confidence.

    When confidence disappears, value disappears.

    We saw this after the collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida. The tragedy permanently changed how buyers viewed aging condominium buildings. Reserve studies became front-page news. Deferred maintenance became a deal breaker. Insurance premiums exploded. Financing became more difficult. Thousands of condominium owners across Florida found themselves facing six-figure special assessments simply because the market had fundamentally re-priced structural risk.

    Whether fair or not, that event changed public perception.

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    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)
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    Email: [podcast@victorjm.com](mailto:podcast@victorjm.com)
    **Y Street Capital:**
    Website: [www.ystreetcapital.com](http://www.ystreetcapital.com)
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    7 分
  • NYC High Rise Failure - Root Cause

    NYC High Rise Failure - Root Cause
    2026/07/10
    The structural failure on 42nd St. in Midtown Manhattan this past week made headlines all over the world. The building in question was originally an office building belonging to Pfizer and is now in the process of being converted into a residential apartment building. It is the largest office to residential conversion project in US history and will result in nearly 1600 apartments.The structural design of a building is based on several factors. The first is, of course, the weight of all of the levels of the building that are being supported above the current level. The second is the lateral forces that result from the wind, pushing the building sideways.These are usually handled with sheer walls or diagonal bracing members that prevent the building from deflecting sideways.This is where most structural engineers get it wrong. The assumption is that if the wind is blowing from one side of the building, you have a zone of high-pressure on that side in a zone of low pressure on the opposite side. intuitively this makes sense. Wind tends to flow in a straight line. But in a dense urban environment with lots of surrounding buildings, the wind can and often does go in circles as it makes its way around the neighbouring buildings. In fact, there are many examples of structural failures in New York City, where the wind can often cause a building to twist like a corkscrew rather than just trying to bend to the wind. When that happens, the structural columns in the corners are the ones that experience the most stress. They’re almost always the ones that fail first. I’m going to bet that wind was a contributing factor. Now if you look at the weather on the day of the failure, the wind was light ranging from 5-7 mph out of the north west. Hardly the conditions that would damage a building. The heat an humidity on July 3 triggered powerful afternoon and evening thunderstorms across the city, bringing damaging wind gusts that caused localized power outages for over 17,000 New Yorkers before conditions calmed back down. I suspect that the damage happened on July 3 and was not noticed until Tuesday when the columns progressively moved and buckled. ------------**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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    8 分
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