The TCO Method
Who doesn’t want to make more money in real estate? This isn’t another real estate podcast talking about how to start investing in real estate, or how to do deals or find money from investors... there’s already plenty of those. This is a show about managing your business and how to Massively Increase Your Net Operating Income ™. Andy McQuade brings firsthand information from his own 29-year career working with real estate owners, operators and developers, and features guests who are experts in their field in extended episodes - all to help you make more money in your real estate ventures. Tune in and learn how you can Massively Increase Your Net Operating Income ™ with The TCO Method ®.
Episodes
Andy McQuade exposes one of the most common (and costly) mistakes in multifamily and commercial real estate: treating asset management and property management as the same thing, then blaming the property manager when an asset underperforms or fails.
Andy breaks down the fundamental misalignment in how each role is compensated, why property managers are structurally incentivized to maintain value rather than create it, and why the a...
Is your multifamily maintenance shop quietly destroying your NOI?
Discover why most apartment maintenance warehouses are cash-burning disasters and exactly how to fix them fast. In this solo episode of The TCO Method, Andy McQuade breaks down the expensive maintenance shop problem that’s costing multifamily owners and operators thousands every year in wasted inventory, poor standards, and broken processes.
From dusty 20-year-old pa...
Special Episode Recorded LIVE From The Best Ever Conference Podcast Stage!
Andy welcomes back Aleksey Chernobelskiy, and together we explore the often-hidden complexities and controversies in the real estate investment world. Aleksey shares insights from his new GP-LP Match system, which has sparked quite a stir among industry professionals due to its disruptive nature. Listen in as we unpack the challenges faced by general partn...
In this podcast episode, Andy McQuade explores the importance of strategically investing time over cost-saving measures in real estate, emphasizing opportunity cost, the benefits of hiring professionals, and effective time management for maximizing business growth.
Highlights:
- 0:05 - Introduction: Andy McQuade discusses the importance of prioritizing time investment over cost-saving measures in real estate.
- 10:20 - Opportunity ...
Andy McQuade brings over two decades of experience on the supply side to today's episode where he discusses a couple of the most blatant lies about product that keep getting repeated across the industry.
Highlights:
- 00:01:45 - Discussion on product quality not differing significantly between big-box retailers and smaller stores using power tools as an example. - 00:04:30 - Explanation on why brands don't risk their reputation by...
Are you sick of real estate podcasts that all sound the same?
That all talk about the same things over and over again without actually giving you the information you REALLY want and need?
The TCO Method ® might be the show you've been waiting for.
We talk about how to actually DO the things that help you make more money in real estate in order to MASSIVELY INCREASE YOUR NET OPERATING INCOME ™.
Gino Barbaro joins Andy McQuade on The TCO Method ® podcast to discuss how Jake & Gino successfully own and operate over 2,000 units across their multifamily portfolio - without the issues currently plaguing the industry.
Key takeaways from the episode include the significance of proactive property management for tenant retention, the synergy between asset and property management, weekly monitoring of key performance indicator...
Aleksey Chernobelskiy joins Andy McQuade on The TCO Method ® podcast to discuss the current state of distressed and struggling real estate syndications and what they've done to get here - but more importantly how to avoid many of issues by learning what to look for.
He brings stories and perspective on ethical capital raising, how to identify red flags in pitch decks given by capital raisers, what to ask and be aware of when going ...
Andy welcomes Jeremy Goodrich to the show, where he shares the current state of ever-increasing insurance costs for commercial real estate and real estate in general and how important having a team and business partners looking out for your best interest really is.
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Highlights:
0:01:19 - Increasing NOI Through Risk Management 0:06:51 - Insurance Industry Turnaround...
Massively Increase Your Net Operating Income™ with The TCO Method™
Are you running your business and your projects, or are your projects and business running YOU? Andy continues the conversation around the need to show up and do the work to get ahead of your business.
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Our Saturday Special interview episodes have landed! Listen to our second episode with net lease commercial broker, ...
Massively Increase Your Net Operating Income™ with The TCO Method™
Are you running your business and your projects, or are your projects and business running YOU? Andy talks about how planning ahead, systems, and standards will help you take control of your operations so you can scale.
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Our Saturday Special interview episodes have landed! Listen to our second episode with net lease commercial broker, Da...
Massively Increase Your Net Operating Income™ with The TCO Method™
Andy welcomes commercial net lease broker Dan Lewkowicz to the program for our second Saturday Special interview episode!
Read the transcript Watch the episode on YouTube They discuss the current market and Dan breaks down making money and adding value in net lease real estate, what risks to watch for and what to avoid when doing commercial real estate deals.
D...
Massively Increase Your Net Operating Income™ with The TCO Method™
Andy talks all things appliances, from service to expectations and what to avoid and how to generate some extra NOI with incidental income with your business.
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Our Saturday Special interview episodes have landed! Listen to our first episode with The Cost Seg King, Yonah Weiss
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Andy discusses three toxic personalities and cutting people out of your business and personal life who are holding you back.
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Our Saturday Special interview episodes have landed! Listen to our first episode with The Cost Seg King, Yonah Weiss
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Massively Increase Your Net Operating Income™ with The TCO Method™
Andy deep dives into the why and how of process costing and breaks down a few examples that show how important it is to understand what your true cost of doing business is and how it can impact your long-term success.
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Massively Increase Your Net Operating Income™ with The TCO Method™
Andy makes a few announcements about the new website (check it out here) and starts a discussion about how to identify and start a relationship with vendors to reduce costs, and get better service.
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Our Saturday Special interview episodes have landed! Listen to our first episode with The Cost Seg King, Yonah Weiss
Wan...
Andy welcomes the Cost Seg King himself, Yonah Weiss in the very first interview special of The TCO Method ® podcast.
Yonah covers all the details on cost segregation, how it works and who it's best for, and answers all the random questions Andy can toss at him.
Watch the video, read the transcript, show notes & highlights HERE
Highlights:
0:00:00 - The Importance of Planning Ahead 0:03:35 - Understanding Depreciation in Real E...
Massively Increase Your Net Operating Income™ with The TCO Method™
Andy discusses systems and controls on a much larger scale and dives into building a tool that most large operations who scale have already implemented - a standards guidebook.
Massively Increase Your Net Operating Income™ with The TCO Method™.
Andy discusses inventory management and ordering controls, standards, and the need to streamline and simplify operations to create transparency and collect good data to help you make money down the road.
Massively Increase Your Net Operating Income™ with The TCO Method™
Andy digs into the importance of having a coach or mentor to help you develop and improve your performance for the benefit of both your life and business, but also discusses vetting those people properly. Social media is a powerful tool, but the risk of it being smoke & mirrors is real.
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