Investing with GoodLife | Real Estate News, Investing Tips, & Current Events

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A weekly open forum podcast where GLHP’s Principals discuss investing, real estate, and other current events.

Please send any questions or feedback to pod@goodlifehp.comGoodLife Housing Partners is a privately-held real estate investment company based in Los Angeles with a focus on the student housing and workforce apartment sectors. 

The firm was founded by Rohan Gupta and David N. Fong in May 2015 and as of February 2021 has assets under management with an estimated value of approximately $350 million.


Episode Date
Fed Shakeups, Texas Data Centers, and the Death of Old Downtown LA - 237
Apr 30, 2026
Walmart Expands, Data Centers Stall, and NYC Targets Wealth - 236
Apr 23, 2026
Is the Reset Over? Amazon’s 51M SF Bet and the Reality of 3.3% Inflation - 235
Apr 16, 2026
Strong Jobs Report, Office Comeback, Blackstone’s Next Big Bet - 234
Apr 08, 2026
Crypto Mortgages & The Silver Tsunami - 233
Mar 31, 2026
Blackstone Starts Selling — Is the Market Turning? - 232
Mar 25, 2026
The $1.2 Billion Brokerage Bet That Could Reshape Commercial Real Estate - 231
Mar 18, 2026
Why Energy Prices and Rate Cuts Are Colliding Right Now - 230
Mar 13, 2026
From Dead Malls to Medical Halls — The Next Wave of Real Estate Reuse - 229
Mar 06, 2026
Tariff Shockwaves and Private Credit Stress Signals - 228
Feb 24, 2026
Strong Jobs, Softer Inflation, and a Real Estate Reset - 227
Feb 19, 2026
Where Capital Is Going in 2026: Data Centers, Student Housing, and Niche Real Assets - 226
Feb 12, 2026
Bridge-Lender Discipline Is Cracking, and Opportunity Is Leaking Out - 225
Feb 04, 2026
2026 Looks Less Broken, Still Not Fixed -224
Jan 21, 2026
The Illusion of Stability Taking Shape in 2026 - 223
Jan 19, 2026
California May Have Finally Crossed the Line for Investors - 222
Jan 09, 2026
The Fed Cut Once — And Basically Told Markets to Stop Dreaming - 221
Dec 18, 2025
How Opportunity Zone 2.0 Quietly Became the Best Tax Tool in Real Estate - 220
Dec 16, 2025
The $400B Tech Boom Keeping America Out of Recession - 219
Dec 03, 2025
How LA’s Rent Freeze Risks Freezing the Entire Market - 218
Nov 26, 2025
The Shutdown Shockwave: Job Cuts, Tariffs & the Coming Real Estate Reset - 217
Nov 14, 2025
35 Days of Gridlock: Why Wall Street Is Quietly Pouring Billions Into U.S. Real Estate - 216
Nov 06, 2025
The Oklahoma City Play: Why This 26-Unit Deal Targets a 3.27x Return
Oct 29, 2025
Prologis Goes Digital and California Loosens the Reins -215
Oct 15, 2025
Powell’s Data Drought and LA’s Housing Illusion -214
Oct 08, 2025
GDP Upgrades, Fed Caution, and Trump’s $1M Gold Visa - 213
Oct 01, 2025
Fed Cuts, H-1B Shock, and Self-Driving Cars Redefine Real Estate - 212
Sep 24, 2025
Retail Retreats, Self Storage Growth, and Offices Going Residential - 211
Sep 17, 2025
Jobs report New Shock, Tariff Refund Bets, and the High-Stakes Gamble on San Francisco - 210
Sep 09, 2025
September Ambush Zone: Markets, Malls, and Mega-Tech CRE - 209
Sep 03, 2025
Special Episode with Jonathan Tuttle
Aug 27, 2025
From Jackson Hole to Houston Floodplains: Markets in Motion - 208
Aug 27, 2025
DEXIT, DOJ, and Debt Maturities: This Week in CRE - 207
Aug 19, 2025
Three Cuts, One Firing, and a Fed Seat Up for Grabs - 206
Aug 12, 2025
Trump Fires Jobs Chief, Offices Make Bold Bets, and WeWork Grows Up - 205
Aug 05, 2025
Zombie Offices, Storage Conversions, and the Fall of Section 8? - 204
Jul 29, 2025
Inflation Cools, BILT Heats Up, and Why Your Grid Can't Handle 2030 - 203
Jul 24, 2025
Big Beautiful Bill: Opportunity Zones 2.0 and Bonus Depreciation is back! - 202
Jul 15, 2025
CEQA Cuts and Texas Booms: The Quiet Forces Reshaping Housing - 201
Jul 08, 2025
The Shadow Fed Chair: How One Man Could Impact Interest Rates (Before He Even Takes Office). - 200
Jul 02, 2025
Investing with GoodLife special episode with Derek Morton
Jun 25, 2025
The Rate Cut That Never Came — Are We Waiting Our Way Into a Recession? -199
Jun 18, 2025
Is Los Angeles on the Brink of Civil War? -198
Jun 11, 2025
Trump's Trade Wars: The Courtroom Chaos and the "Taco" Truth-197
Jun 03, 2025
Beyond the Bright Lights: The $63 Million Heist, Spain's Wildest Tax, and the Battle for America's Soul -196
May 28, 2025
Investing with GoodLife special episode with guest Adam Pretorius
May 15, 2025
Basis is King... But is He Broke? -195
May 14, 2025
Office Apocalypse Over? One Investor's Bet on the Future. -194
May 06, 2025
Tariffs, Train Takeovers, and Temperature-Controlled Gold -193
Apr 29, 2025
The Trillion Dollar Tenant Time Bomb: Are Your Investments Safe? -192
Apr 22, 2025
Tariffs: The Wet Blanket -191
Apr 15, 2025
The Bill Comes Due: Trumps Tariffs, China, and the Economic Shockwave That Will Change Everything -190
Apr 08, 2025
Hillcrest Plaza Investor Info Session
Mar 25, 2025
Tariffs, Trade Wars, and Treasury Rates: The Unpredictable World of 2025 - 189
Mar 18, 2025
Trump, Commercial Real Estate, and Fast Fashion: The $1.1 Billion Shakeup Reshaping the Economy - 188
Mar 04, 2025
The Real Estate Rollercoaster: Survive the Coming Tsunami of Changes - 187
Feb 26, 2025
The Multifamily Market Maze: Why Everything You Know About Real Estate Is Wrong! -186
Feb 20, 2025
From Parking Lots to Power Moves: The Real Estate Revolution You Didn't See Coming! - 185
Feb 12, 2025
The Great Real Estate Reckoning: Are We on the Brink of a Buying Bonanza or a Market Meltdown? -184
Feb 05, 2025
Doral Florida Condos:  Trump’s first direct real estate development deal in Florida. - 183
Jan 24, 2025
California Burns, The Economy Shifts, and a Mysterious ‘Enron Egg’—What’s Really Going on in 2025 -182
Jan 14, 2025
Elon’s Texas Towns, Billionaire Power Moves, and What’s Really Happening Behind the Scenes in Real Estate! - 181
Jan 09, 2025
2024's Final Countdown: Rate Cuts, Santa Rallies, and the New Era of Retail - Predictions for 2025- Episode 180
Jan 01, 2025
2025: The Year of Big Shifts, Bitcoin, and the Bounce back of M&A - 179
Dec 25, 2024
2025: The Dawn of a New Era in Real Estate—Trump’s Global Empire, Vegas Secrets, and Market Opportunities -178
Dec 19, 2024
The Shocking Real Estate Battle No One Saw Coming – Why Tides Equities Could Lose even more -177
Dec 03, 2024
New Mayweather's arena - Office Buildings! -176
Nov 26, 2024
"The Slap Heard Round the World: Trump Bets, Inflation Jumps, & The Surprising Future of Real Estate" -175
Nov 19, 2024
Collab: Investing with Goodlife x Tech in Real Estate
Nov 18, 2024
The Post-Trump Hangover: Wall Street, Interest Rates, and the Future of Kamala 174
Nov 13, 2024
What Trump’s Victory Means for Real Estate: Markets, Interest Rates, and the Future of Your Investments - 173
Nov 07, 2024
Why Halloween Decorations and California’s Housing Crisis Are Closer Than You Think (Plus a $45 Million Election Bet!) - 172
Oct 31, 2024
Three in a row is hard - Episode 171
Oct 16, 2024
No food in First? -Episode 170
Oct 12, 2024
Cracking the office market code?- Episode 169
Oct 04, 2024
Finally a Cut! -Episode 168
Sep 29, 2024
Are we there yet? Fed rate cut finally here. -Episode 167
Sep 18, 2024
Talent Hub -Episode 166
Sep 14, 2024
GLHP Webinar on Lancaster Industrial Project - Episode 165
Sep 14, 2024
Texas Housing Crisis - Episode 164
Sep 06, 2024
Long Live Fong! Episode 163
Aug 29, 2024
Renting beats buying in 50 Major U.S. Metros -Episode 162
Aug 23, 2024
Summer’s Over: Earthquakes, Egos, and Elusive Cap Rates- Episode 161
Aug 15, 2024
The Weed Man - Episode 160
Aug 09, 2024
Episode 159: LA City vs LA County
Aug 05, 2024
Episode 158 : The Craziest month in US Presidential history
Jul 24, 2024
Episode 157: Musk: over regulation, over litigation and over taxation.
Jul 18, 2024
Episode 156: Off the Rack, Luxury?
Jul 09, 2024
Episode 155: What is a Mangosteen?
Jul 04, 2024
Episode 154: Inflation Psychology
Jun 27, 2024
Episode 153: Inflation annoys everyone
Jun 20, 2024
Episode 152: Super commuters on the Rise
Jun 13, 2024
100!!!!! And a bunch of predictions!
Jun 13, 2024
Episode 151: Big City Blues
Jun 07, 2024
Episode 150:Rolling Recessions!
May 29, 2024
Episode 149: Funflation
May 15, 2024
Episode 148: Wacky Tobaccy
May 10, 2024
Episode 147: Stagdamnflation
May 01, 2024
Episode 146:Blackstone moves, Rates don’t
Apr 22, 2024
Episode 145: Eat.Sleep.Close.Repeat.
Mar 30, 2024
Episode 144: Q&A Session 5
Mar 27, 2024
Episode 143: Chinese Zombies
Mar 22, 2024
Episode 142: Mercedes Benz Real Estate
Mar 15, 2024
Episode 141: Banking Weakness
Mar 13, 2024
Episode 140: Nvidia Vs. Vegas
Mar 05, 2024
Episode 139: Hamburgers and Muted Optimism
Feb 21, 2024
Episode 138: Super Bowl and Steam
Feb 13, 2024
Episode 137: Walmart in Growth Phase
Feb 06, 2024
Episode 136: David & Busters and Shadow Vacancy
Jan 25, 2024
Episode 135: Criticized Multi Family Loans
Jan 18, 2024
Episode 134: Hello 2024!
Jan 09, 2024
Episode 133: Quantitative Tightening
Dec 12, 2023
Episode 132: Zombie Mall
Dec 06, 2023
Episode 131: Q&A Session 4
Nov 30, 2023
Episode 130: Turkey Week
Nov 21, 2023
Episode 129: Q&A Session 3
Nov 17, 2023
Episode 128: We Didn’t Work
Nov 14, 2023
Episode 127: Daylight Savings and October Spending
Nov 08, 2023
Episode 126: Spooky Powell
Nov 03, 2023
Episode 125: Q&A Session 2
Oct 26, 2023
Episode 124: On with Jerome
Oct 24, 2023
Episode 123: Q&A Session 1
Oct 18, 2023
Episode 122: Travis and Love
Oct 04, 2023
Episode 121: Hawkish Pause
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 120: Father Powell, Extend to the End
Sep 19, 2023
Episode 119: Spouse and Market Reality
Sep 12, 2023
Episode 118: Purple Potatoes
Sep 06, 2023
Episode 117: Mudding
Aug 29, 2023
Episode 116: The Fitch Upgrade?
Aug 23, 2023
Episode 115: Funflation
Aug 16, 2023
Episode 114: 3As to 2As
Aug 07, 2023
Episode 113: $1 Trillion Asset Manager
Jul 25, 2023
Episode 112: Dead Zone
Jul 18, 2023
Episode 111: OOO
Jul 11, 2023
Episode 110: Sweet Like Manuka Honey
Jun 28, 2023
Episode 109: A Pause or A Skip?
Jun 21, 2023
Episode 108: Zombie office
Jun 13, 2023
Episode 107: Downtown Hallowing
Jun 06, 2023
Episode 106: Shadow Bank
May 09, 2023
Episode 105: “Stepping Up” for First Republic Bank
May 04, 2023
Episode 104: WFH=BS?
Apr 28, 2023
Episode 103: Slow-cession
Apr 13, 2023
SVB and me?
Mar 28, 2023
Pricey Pref
Mar 09, 2023
100!!!!! And a bunch of predictions!
Mar 09, 2023
Episode 99: A Soft Landing for the Economy
Feb 08, 2023
David’s Triumphant Taiwanese Trip!
Jan 30, 2023
Episode 97: A new Beginning
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 96: 2022 Year End Presentation
Dec 28, 2022
Episode 95: Marketplace Update
Dec 28, 2022
Episode 94: Affordable vs Market Rate Housing
Nov 22, 2022
Episode 93: AMI and Affordable Housing
Nov 07, 2022
Episode 92: What is LIHTC?
Nov 04, 2022
Episode 91: Marketplace Update
Oct 12, 2022
Episode 90: What is Defeasance?
Sep 29, 2022
Episode 89: Debt Yield
Aug 31, 2022
Episode 88: Fed Interest Rate Rising
Aug 16, 2022
Episode 87: Loan to Value Ratio
Aug 16, 2022
Episode 86: The 5 Main Groups of Real Estate
Jun 30, 2022
Episode 85: Multi-Tenant Industrial Real Estate
Jun 28, 2022
Episode 84: Industrial Real Estate Leases Explained
Jun 24, 2022
Episode 83: Retail Trends
Jun 24, 2022
Episode 82: Investing in Student Housing
May 27, 2022
Episode 81: Interest Rate Caps Explained
May 27, 2022
Episode 80: Investing Out of State
May 27, 2022
Episode 79: Opportunity Zones Pt. 2
Apr 12, 2022
Episode 78 - Opportunity Zones
Apr 09, 2022
Episode 77 - Cash on Cash Return
Mar 15, 2022
Episode 76: Debt Coverage Ratio (DCR)
Mar 08, 2022
Episode 75 - Loan to Value (LTV)
Mar 01, 2022
Episode 74 - Building Classification
Feb 22, 2022
Episode 73 - Net Operating Income (NOI) in Real Estate
Feb 11, 2022
Episode 72 - Cap Rates vs. GRMs
Feb 03, 2022
Episode 71 - What are Cap Rates?
Jan 27, 2022
Episode 70: Cost of College vs. Benefit, Individual Day Trading, and What to Invest in!
Jan 18, 2022
Episode 69: Flurona, 3% Service Fee, and Rising Rents
Jan 15, 2022
Episode 68
Jan 07, 2022
Episode 67: The End of 2021, Positive Effects of the Pandemic, and a Funny Upgrade
Dec 29, 2021
Episode 66: 2021 Coming to a Close, Lots of Football, and Spiderman!
Dec 23, 2021
Episode 65: Community Spaces, Canned Wine, and Lots of Rain!
Dec 14, 2021
Episode 64: Conferences, Omicron Dropping the Market, and Evergrande Missing the Deadline
Dec 08, 2021
Episode 63: Black Friday, Dips in the Market, and a New Movement in South Korea!
Dec 01, 2021
Episode 62: Early Thanksgiving at GoodLife, Consumer Psychology, & a Successful Pottery Depot!
Nov 23, 2021
Episode 61: Halfway Through November, Beer Prices Across the World, and Robotics on the Rise!
Nov 16, 2021
Episode 60: Travel Blitz, Trucker Shortage, and Changes with Zillow!
Nov 09, 2021
Episode 59: A Potential 8 Year Cycle, Metaverse in our Futures, and Spending During the Holidays!
Nov 04, 2021
Episode 58: Ending October, Let's Discuss Co-Housing, and Gravitating Towards Unique Forms of Housing
Oct 26, 2021
Episode 57: Fall is Here, Quality of Life vs. Cost of Living, and The Topeka Experiment!
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 56: Another Busy Week, Cap Rates in Dallas vs. Los Angeles, and the New Netflix Series: Squid Game!
Oct 08, 2021
Episode 55: A Gloomy Monday, Before Everything Else It's New York, and a New NFL Record for a 66-Yard Field Goal
Sep 28, 2021
Episode 54: China Evergrande, New Zoom Booth, and Upgrades at LegoLand!
Sep 21, 2021
Episode 53: Multi Family Markets: East Coast vs. West Coast, Steel, and How Many Car Owners In This Country?!
Sep 15, 2021
Episode 52: Post Labor Day, Job Market, & How Amazon compares to Everyone Else
Sep 09, 2021
Episode 51: Work From Home, Musical Chairs, and Lack of Housing
Sep 01, 2021
Episode 50: Pfizer, DFW, and Stats with David!
Aug 26, 2021
Episode 49: Season 2!
Aug 17, 2021
Episode 48: Olympic Overview, Unemployment, & The Eviction Moratorium
Aug 11, 2021
Episode 47
Aug 05, 2021
Episode 46
Jul 28, 2021
Episode 45
Jul 20, 2021
Episode 44
Jul 13, 2021
Episode 43
Jul 08, 2021
Episode 42
Jun 23, 2021
Episode 41
Jun 17, 2021
Episode 40
Jun 11, 2021
Episode 39
Jun 03, 2021
Episode 38
May 27, 2021
Episode 37
May 19, 2021
Episode 36
May 12, 2021
Episode 35
May 07, 2021
Episode 34
Apr 30, 2021
Episode 33
Apr 23, 2021
Episode 32
Apr 15, 2021
Episode 31
Apr 14, 2021
Episode 30
Apr 08, 2021
Episode 29
Mar 22, 2021
Episode 28
Mar 11, 2021
Episode 27
Mar 05, 2021
Episode 26
Feb 26, 2021
Episode 25
Feb 17, 2021
Episode 24
Feb 09, 2021
Episode 23
Feb 06, 2021
Episode 22
Feb 01, 2021
Episode 21
Jan 15, 2021
Episode 20
Dec 31, 2020
Episode 19
Dec 24, 2020
Episode 18
Dec 16, 2020
Episode 17
Dec 10, 2020
Episode 16
Dec 02, 2020
Episode 15
Nov 26, 2020
Episode 14
Nov 19, 2020
Episode 13
Nov 16, 2020
Episode 12
Nov 06, 2020
Episode 11
Oct 28, 2020
Episode 10
Oct 22, 2020
Episode 9
Oct 16, 2020
Episode 8
Oct 09, 2020
Episode 7
Oct 07, 2020
Episode 6
Sep 28, 2020
Episode 5
Sep 11, 2020
Episode 4
Sep 09, 2020
Episode 3
Aug 31, 2020
Episode 2
Aug 19, 2020
Episode 1
Aug 04, 2020