187: Why New England Real Estate Market is a Hidden Gem with Alex Talcott

Alex Talcott, J.D., is a founder and Co-Leading Partner of Lexdan LLC, a real estate private capital company with residential doors in ten states. His investments are active and Aggressive Passive™. He maintains a private client law practice and has been managing partner of a financial advisory with over half a billion dollars in client assets. Talcott has taught finance and business law at the university level for a decade and is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Notre Dame Law School.

Alex was appointed by Governor Chris Sununu of New Hampshire to serve on the Council on Housing Stability, charged with reducing homelessness, increasing affordable housing, and promoting statewide economic development.


(00:02 - 2:09) Opening Segment

- Introduction of the host into the show

- Alpesh introduces the guest of the show, Alex

- Alex shares something interesting about himself

(2:09 - 26:23) Why New England Real Estate Market is a Hidden Gem

- How and when did you start investing in real estate?

- What was your first investment, where was it? what did you do with it?

- What was that first property

-What kind of assets do you invest in now?

-Why did you choose to invest in northern New England?

-What kind of assets are those are?

-What kind of issues or horror stories have you seen with older property?

-How does investing in northern east or northern New England work compares to the other part of the country, what differences do you see? what do you keep in mind?

-Is New England landlord or tenant-friendly?

-Can you share the numbers of one of your acquisitions in northern New England?

-Do you see any issues on these properties because of extreme cold weather?

-How do you analyze your investment when you're looking into a deal?

-What has been your best real estate deal so far?

-Can you share your worst deal or horror stories

(26:23 - 27:00) Break

- Welcoming listeners and guest back to the show

(27:00 - 31:24) Fire Round

- Will Alex change the business strategy after Coronavirus?

– Alex's favorite real estate, finance, or other related books

– Tools or website Alex recommends

- Alex's advice to beginner investors

– How does Alex give back?

– How can Wealth Matters Podcast listeners reach out to Alex?

(31:24 - 31:51) Closing Segment

-If you want to learn more about the discussion, you can watch the podcast on Wealth Matter’s YouTube channel and you can reach out to Alpesh using this link.

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