{"podcast":{"title":"The Real Estate Espresso Podcast","slug":"the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176","podcast_index_feed_id":401176,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1fa61fc/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.victorjm.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/231863/231863-1527220771901-bd3ce39f16d17.jpg","author":"Victor Menasce","episode_count":3103,"summary":"Welcome to The Real Estate Espresso Podcast, your morning shot of what's new in the world of real estate investing. Join investor, syndicator, developer, and author Victor J. Menasce as he shares his daily real estate investment outlook. Our weekday episodes deliver 5 minutes of high-energy, high-impact content to fuel your success. Plus, don't miss our weekend editions featuring exclusive interviews with renowned guests such as Robert Kiyosaki, Robert Helms, Peter Schiff, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T14:21:02.597648+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176"},"episode":{"title":"Austin Is The Canary In The Coal Mine","slug":"austin-is-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine","published_at":"2026-04-23T01:28:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176/austin-is-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victorjm/episodes/Austin-Is-The-Canary-In-The-Coal-Mine-e3iaoia","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1fa61fc/podcast/play/118890506/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-23%2Ffe96deb4-7441-9d10-74db-6655877c32e3.mp3","summary":"Today’s show is sponsored by The Cost Segregation Guys. If you own investment real estate and haven’t looked seriously at cost segregation, you could be leaving significant tax savings on the table. The Cost Segregation Guys help investors accelerate depreciation, improve near-term cash flow, and make more efficient use of capital, all without changing the underlying asset. In a business where preserving cash matters, that’s worth paying attention to. If you’re interested in learning more, click on the link in the show notes and you’ll be able to connect with them directly, and qualify for a discount because you came from the show. https://costsegregationguys.com/estateespressopodcast/ --------------- Austin has become one of the clearest case studies in the country for what happens when supply gets too far ahead of demand. It’s not the only market in that position, but it may be the most visible. For several years, Austin was one of the hottest multifamily markets in America. Population growth was strong. Job growth was strong. Tech expansion was strong. A lot of tech companies were relocating people from the more expensive silicon valley location to Austin where quality of life is better, cost of living is lower. For years, Austin was a poor second cousin to Silicon Valley in the tech industry. For example, if you were at Apple and wanted to have influence, you needed to be in Cupertino. Austin simply didn’t have critical mass. That’s no longer the case. Developers responded exactly the way you would expect. They built, and they built aggressively. From 2020 through 2025, apartment inventory in Austin expanded at one of the fastest rates in the United States. That construction wave was enormous. Tens of thousands of new units hit the market. At the same time, rent gr…","meta_description":"Today’s show is sponsored by The Cost Segregation Guys. If you own investment real estate and haven’t looked seriously at cost segregation, you could be l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":377,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176/episodes/austin-is-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-real-estate-espresso-podcast-401176/austin-is-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}