#50 DJ Johnston and Stephen Palmese - How Brooklyn Developers Are Beating The High Rate Environment

About this episode

DJ Johnston and Stephen P. Palmese discuss how Brooklyn developers navigate the high rate environment through local expertise and market timing.

Check out our current listings here: https://www.ripcony.com/property-listings/?broker=Brian%20Whelan%2C%20Mitchel%20Flaherty DJ Johnston and Stephen P. Palmese unpack the competitive edge that consistently separates Brooklyn’s most successful investors and brokers from the pack and explain how local expertise and timing cycles shape every major decision. In this episode, they go deep into how neighborhood level fundamentals, shifting lender expectations, and policy changes like City of Ye...

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian Whelan, Mitchel Flaherty

Guests: DJ Johnston, Stephen P. Palmese

Topics covered

• Brooklyn real estate
• investing strategies
• local expertise
• lender expectations
• policy changes
• market cycles

Keywords

• Brooklyn developers
• real estate
• high rate environment
• investors
• neighborhood fundamentals
• lender expectations
• policy changes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ripco

Places: Brooklyn, City of Ye

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