Interview with Oakland Real Estate Giant

A great video from Wheelhouse Brokerage with key insights into real estate investing.

John Protopappas, longtime Bay Area real estate investor, developer and the President and CEO of Madison Park Financial, shared some time with Wheelhouse this week. He discussed his background in the business while dropping giant nuggets of advice for new or seasoned investors and developers. Click the video to get John's insight on some of these topics:

-- His first ever investment real estate purchase in East Oakland.
-- Which periods in our nation's economic history were particularly rough times for him as a property owner and developer, and why some were rougher than others.
-- His experience with facing foreclosure.
-- Issues he still faces in the development of his properties.
-- His take on changes in financing and the future for property owners to prosper in the context of the US economy down the line.