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Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch

Documenting my journey in commercial real estate from the very beginning. You"ll see me calling brokers, making offers, analyzing deals, visiting properties, building relationships with brokers, bankers, lenders, investors, remodeling assets, leasing properties and buying commercial real estate buildings from start to finish!

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All Episodes

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Ep 32 - YYYYEEAAAHH BUDDDDDDY!!!

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/04/23

Send me a message! BOYS AND GIRLS! We're making moves baby!!!! Roof started to get done today, swamp cooler guys going out there tomorrow to scope it out, things are shaking! About to sign a lease for Tenant 2 spot and a portion of lot 3! Overly stoked on the tenants, looks like it will be a great fit for everyone. My pool business is closing here pretty soon, I hope, maybe it might go through or just take longer?!?! We'll see! I really thought this epis...

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Ep 31 - SHOW ME THE MONEY!

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/04/16

Send me a message! I was out of town last week in Encinitas, CA enjoying the ocean and cool weather. But the CRE fun did not stop! Going over some updates on each property, and a major potential investor could change the path on both of these buildings. Can't wait to see how that pans out. Also found out during the podcast we are now truly WORLDWIDE! A person in each continent has listened to this podcast. Which may not be a big deal, but to me, it's...

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28:36

Ep 30 - Roofs, Tenants & Crackies

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/04/02

Send me a message! Had some good old breaking & entering at Thunderbird, $3,900 worth of damage for $20 worth of copper, a tale as old as time. Sometimes I wish I lived in China or the Philippines so the gov't would just round up these useless heaps of garbage, and just remove them from the earth. But, probably better that I don't, SO, on to the next. Crackie damage is up to ~$5,500 so far on Thunderbird alone, hard to fathom. Grand is FINALLY getting a new roof...

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24:34

Ep 29 - Co-Wworking Potential

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/03/28

Send me a message! Some interesting options for Thunderbird has presented itself. Not quite sure how to take it all in, but has some potential. Just like anything else, there's upsides and downsides to it all. Would need to get more final info to make a decision on how this one will shake out! Don't forget to follow me on Instagram and leave a 5 star review! https://www.instagram.com/john.kleisch

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19:59

Ep 28 - Minor Moves

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/03/19

Send me a message! Slower week overall, the last few months have been a lot so not too much to report. Slowly getting ready for new tenants, moving stuff out, getting everything ready on Grand has been the big push. Roof is getting done ASAP along with swamp coolers. I'm trying to get everything done so I don't have to put it in the lease, not that it's a problem. But the less stuff in the lease that I'm 'responsible' for, the better IMO. TBird had some positive...

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Ep 27 - Making Major Money Moves

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/03/12

Send me a message! The times, they are a changin! For the better, which is welcomed with open arms. Have an agreement for tenant 2 to take over tenant 1, signed a lease for $1,600/mo for an outdoor covered area, and saved $12,000 on insurance. OH AND I don't have to worry about the junk left behind. I can't believe it worked out, now granted, no lease is signed yet, but we agreed verbally to all the terms. Lots of work yet to do, but will keep everyone up to date!

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Ep 26 - Eviction: Mission Accomplished

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/03/05

Send me a message! That title is somewhat sarcastic, maybe 50%. The eviction has been completed, but the work has just begun. Getting this shop empty of stuff is my #1 priority for the time being. Every day that spot needs to produce $250+ per day, so every day I'm NOT making $250 and that drives me bananas.

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Ep 25 - Thunderbird Updates

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/02/26

Send me a message! Evictions have been dominating my life and this podcast as of late. So we're talking about another topic! It's been a while since I've spoken in-depth on Thunderbird, so the timing was perfect to get everyone caught up on that building. Also spoke about another business I own and some updates on that as well.

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30:50

Ep 24 - Eviction Delays

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/02/19

Send me a message! For starters, this didn't get uploaded last night, not sure why. Ugh, delays with eviction on my end. Hopefully we can get the ball rolling and get our spot back this week. Next week would be a bummer. Got some really bad news on Thunderbird, and some good news too! Life is crazy, real estate is crazy, wouldn't have it any other way.

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Ep 23 - Eviction Days Away

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/02/12

It's been a busy week, and my tool belt is getting more and dangerous as we move forward. Now I'm well versed in the eviction process so when it happens again, it won't be so overwhelming. Side note, if I do a really good job screening tenants, shouldn't have to do many of these, but I know this won't be my last. Everything is set up for eviction day and will roll out the plan once it's ready. By next podcast I will have done the eviction and will report how fun it was!

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Ep 22 - Eviction Hell

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/02/05

SO! Boys and girls, here we are now facing an eviction. This has been going on for a while now. Some weeks I thought we'd avoid it, and some weeks I knew we were going to do an eviction. It was pretty close but at this point, we've seen enough. Time to move on, cut our losses, and get ready for a new tenant. Lots of possibilities to move forward and I think it will work out for the better, at least in the interim. If you couldn't tell, I'm a bit fir...

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30:35

Ep 21- Big Updates

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/01/29

I haven't touched on Grand or Thunderbird recently, mostly because they've been on cruise control. But some recent events have caused a stir! So good for content, bad for my health and well being!! Non paying tenant issue at Grand, new lease signed for Thunderbird, and very bleak action on the main lease hunt for Thunderbird.

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30:35

Ep 20 - On The Hunt

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/01/22

Well, I wrote a description and it didn't upload for some reason! First draft was excellent, what a shame. I have 2 active deals I'm currently working, I go over each one, pros & cons and break down my thoughts. Not even sure I should be actively hunting for deals, but it is what it is at this point.

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Ep 19 - Active Income

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/01/08

One of the many reasons people avoid Commercial Real Estate is the lack of active income while building a portfolio. Of course there are ways to do it via CRE but for the most part, it doesn't make reliable money on a monthly basis in the beginning. In fact, I've experienced money going out, further enhancing the problem. In this episode I talk about what I've been doing about the active income portion in my life, and how that plays into the CRE game. For me, I was lu...

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24:08

Ep 18 - Off Like A Rocket!

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2026/01/01

2025 was a major year, maybe the biggest of my career. Starting to build momentum, things are starting to work, and a reminder that it takes a bit longer than you think. 1 year of making intentional progress in the right direction is good, but 4 more years of that and we'll be heading towards a much different trajectory. 2026 Objective: Focus on true, real cash flow, $4,000 minimum, stretch objective, $7,000 Can't wait to document it all along the way!

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Ep 17 - Merry Christmas

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2025/12/25

Short week, Tbird is for real almost finished. Carpet finished end of last week, cleaning ladies finished on Tuesday, we hired a broker to list the office for rent. There's legitimately less than 8 hours of work to get Tbird done, and that's really exciting. Any podcast now I may have an update on getting Tbird leased up, that day will be worth celebrating for sure. Until next time, Merry Christmas!

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Ep 16 - Thunderbird Completion

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2025/12/18

Thunderbird is so close to the finish line I can smell it!!! Not sure what it exactly smells like, but it smells GOOOOOOD!!!! We agreed on terms with the existing tenant which is great for both of us, and had a fantastic walkthrough meting with the brokers that are going to lease the property for us. All around good news, which doesn't happen quite often. And enjoying the small victories when they come. Also, I said my first swear word in 16 episodes whic...

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Ep 15 - I LOVE Flooring

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2025/12/11

Semi joking here, flooring is done and looks fantastic, couldn't be happier. The contractor was fast, efficient, and did an excellent job. I hope I have more buildings that require flooring, I would use them 10/10 times. Final push to get the remodel completed, few more days hopefully to get 95% done. Razor close to getting a new lease signed for the small suite. Busy busy busy!!!!

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Ep 14 - I Hate Flooring

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2025/12/04

Thunderbird remodel is in full swing, flooring crews are prepping the floors for the glue down LVP and doing a fantastic job. The main sticking point has been color of flooring. The trim work in this place is gorgeous, but colors do not match well with it. And come to find out, companies don't make a ton of options in glue down flooring since the click/lock is so popular. Floor coloring has eaten up a majority of my week, and finally, made a decision that cost ab...

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Ep 13 - Thunderbird Update

Commercial Real Estate: Starting From Scratch ·

2025/11/27

Thunderbird is moving along nicely. Some things coming under budget, other issues popping up that cost thousands. Pretty standard for a remodel, especially for flippers with very mild experience. Common sense goes a long way, and being around friends that flip hundreds of houses helps out for sure. I'm guessing 30 days from today we'll have a finished product.

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