# Cap Rate Spread: Safer Real Estate Leverage with Mike Zlotnik

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Podcast: [Path To Passive: Real Estate Investing For Technology Professionals](https://stenobird.com/podcast/path-to-passive-real-estate-investing-for-technology-professionals-6612569)
Published: 2026-04-03T19:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail If you're a W-2 tech professional wondering why your stock portfolio feels like a rollercoaster with no seatbelt, this episode is going to change how you think about building real wealth. Host Steven Arita sits down with Mike Zlotnik — chess master, former software engineer, fund manager at TF Management Group, and the man behind BigMikeFund.com — who traded midnight software deployments for what he calls "asymmetric return opportunities" in private real estate. ...

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