#51 Jeff Gural - Why Conservative Leverage Beats Timing the Market

About this episode

Jeff Gural discusses his extensive career in New York City real estate and the advantages of conservative leverage over market timing.

Check out our current listings here: https://www.ripcony.com/property-listings/?broker=Brian%20Whelan%2C%20Mitchel%20Flaherty Jeff Gural is one of the most influential yet low profile figures in New York City real estate, with a career spanning construction, brokerage, long term ownership, and large scale development. In this episode, he shares his full story, from his early days in construction to building Newmark, forming GFP Real Estate, owning iconic NYC assets, and navigating decades ...

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Hosts: Brian Whelan, Mitchel Flaherty

Guest: Jeff Gural

Topics covered

• real estate
• investment strategies
• market timing
• construction
• development

Keywords

• real estate
• Jeff Gural
• New York City
• investment
• market timing
• GFP Real Estate
• Newmark

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Newmark, GFP Real Estate

Places: New York City

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