Ep. 14 - Passion for Mobile Home Parks with Jeff Cook
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Welcome to the Marty Grizzanti Show!
This week I’m joined by Jeff Cook, Managing General Partner and CEO of Cook Properties. Jeff began purchasing multi-family properties in 1997 while working at a market research company. After finding success with renting properties he has since moved on to specialize in manufactured homes and mobile home parks.
In this episode, Jeff reflects on how he fell into real estate initially, how he built up his properties and what he has done since then to grow and scale his successful business.
Episode Outline:
(0:44) - Episode start, culture and remote work
(3:15) - How Jeff got started in real estate, his growth and success since then
(7:21) - Entrepreneurs vs. intrapreneurs, where the urgency factor fits in
(11:50) - Trusting your employees, the difficulty of ceding control
(17:02) - How can you scale and go bigger?
(19:53) - Jeff on self-storage as an investment vehicle
(22:22) - What will real estate investing look in the future, the effect of the recession
(29:08) - The difference-maker is management, you gotta be “on the ground”
(30:30) - The future of Cook Properties
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Connect with Jeff Cook!
https://www.cookpropertiesny.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-cook-8b004474/
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