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What Animal Spirits Podcast Says About Real Estate
12 episodes about real estate
Animal Spirits is a show about markets, life, and investing. Join Michael Batnick and Ben Carlson as they talk about wha...
Key Insights on Real Estate
America's housing crisis stems from zoning laws that make it illegal to build homes where people want to live
- Rocket made $10 billion in net income in 2021 during the refinancing boom, demonstrating the profit potential of mortgage at scale
- "Housing is 20% of GDP, a $5 trillion market" - Verun positioning mortgage as fintech's final frontier for generational wealth
- The mortgage team and escrow team are entirely staffed by Y Combinator founders as part of cultural transformation
- New mortgage product launches in beta next week with Kaz personally handling customer support calls
- London mortgage provider MFS collapsed amid fraud allegations of double-pledging £2 billion in loans to multiple lenders
- Tokenized assets have grown eightfold to over $30 billion across equities, fixed income, and real estate in under three years
- Real estate tokenization enables $10 tokens for multimillion-dollar assets, opening commercial real estate to retail investors
Episodes
Talk Your Book: Investing in Securitization
Investing Isn't Supposed to Be Fun
Everyone Back in the Boat (EP. 460)
$1 Million is the Worst Amount of Money (EP. 459)
The Best Stocks in History (EP. 457)
The Perfect Price of Oil (EP. 456)
A Wave of Redemptions (EP. 454)
Everyone Hates AI (EP. 453)
Is AI a Mistake? (EP. 452)
Hi-Yo Silver! (EP. 449)
Small Caps Are Back (EP. 448)
Talk Your Book: The Bull Case for China With Brendan Ahern
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