{"id":79547,"date":"2016-08-17T17:30:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T23:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/renewsblog\/?p=79547"},"modified":"2021-03-16T12:07:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T18:07:10","slug":"interview-property-analysis-areas-to-invest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/interview-property-analysis-areas-to-invest","title":{"rendered":"CEO Interview: Insider Tips on Property Analysis, Areas to Invest &#038; Off-Market Deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the pleasure of hosting my former real estate professor Gino Blefari at Google to talk about real estate investing.\u00a0Gino Blefari is the chief executive officer for HSF Affiliates LLC, which operates the real estate brokerage networks of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Prudential Real Estate, and Real Living Real Estate (Warren Buffett\u2019s real estate franchise business).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related:<\/strong> <a href=\"\/renewsblog\/2016\/02\/05\/started-rental-properties-mentor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Getting Started with Real Estate Investing: An Interview with My Real Estate Mentor<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>What This Interview Covers<\/h2>\n<p>We talk about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gino&#8217;s favorite investments<\/li>\n<li>How does he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/real-estate-investment-analysis\" target=\"_blank\">analyze a deal<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>What separates a good investor from a great investor?<\/li>\n<li>What does he look for in an investor-orientated <a href=\"\/renewsblog\/2015\/12\/04\/how-to-become-a-real-estate-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\">real estate agent<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Where are the best areas to invest in real estate?<\/li>\n<li>What does he think about international markets?<\/li>\n<li>What are his thoughts on the housing market and interest rates?<\/li>\n<li>What are the best sources for real estate information outside of the MLS?<\/li>\n<li>And much more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m9gyhkHvNn4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Any questions about what&#8217;s covered in this interview?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Let me know in the comments section!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t miss this interview with Gino Blefari, CEO of HSF Affiliates LLC, which operates the real estate brokerage network of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1756,"featured_media":79557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4252],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deal-analysis"],"acf":[],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1756"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biggerpockets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}