Why Get an MSRE from UF?

Why Get an MSRE from UF?

Episode 734 | 09.20.23

Why Get an MSRE from UF?

Jim interviews three students that recently started the University of Florida Nathan S. Collier masters in RealEstate program.

We’ll see why they chose the program

What they expect to study

What careers they expect to pursue and

Why …

It’ll be a great chance to hear what the future holds for 

all of us and to be inspired!

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About Our Guests:

Demetri Psarianos is a Master of Science in Real Estate student at the University of Florida from Toronto, Canada. Over the last 5 years he has assumed various portfolio management roles at the Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (CAPREIT), one of the largest multi-residential REITS in the world. He has experience overseeing portfolios and teams in Canada's 3 major markets: Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. 

Peyton is a Master of Science in Real Estate student from Windermere Florida. She earned her B.A. in Business Administration at the University of Florida. Peyton grew up looking over her father’s shoulder at his company’s corporate real estate M&A projects and loved to spend evenings after dance practice discussing various strategy for leasing lawsuits, site selection, and consolidation opportunities. Her diverse internship experiences working on a Tenant Rep. team for Cushman & Wakefield and as a Summer Associate for Trammell Crow Company will aid her well in her pursuit of a legal career in real estate as a transaction’s attorney. 

Emme Benoit is a Master of Science in Real Estate student from Atlanta Georgia. She recently graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Supply Chain Management and Entrepreneurship. Growing up in real estate has been an integral aspect of her life where she had the opportunity to watch her fathers career in commercial real estate development. Now a member of the UF MSRE program, she is learning more about how to contribute to her community by transforming spaces, building lives within them, and changing the landscape.

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Jim Fried has been a real estate business person since 1980 and has had his own radio show since 2009.

Mr. Fried specializes in capitalizing commercial real estate transactions, unearthing urban land opportunities and is also a private lender.

He has been active in the real estate industry for many years as a financial intermediary, broker and investor. He has experience with many property types including, but not limited to: apartments, condominiums, retail centers, office buildings, industrial parks and health care – with a special focus on memory care.

Jim has closed over $3BB in real estate transactions during his career in markets across the eastern US.

Jim uses his communication skills to inform and entertain on his weekly podcast show – Fried on Business. Of course, the show discusses real estate, but he also tackles issues such as branding, sports business, philanthropy, entrepreneurship, public private partnerships as well as health and wellness.

He is also a mentor to many up and coming people in the real estate industry through his membership on the Board of The University of Florida’s Bergstrom Center for Real Estate Studies.

Mr. Fried is a winner of the Miami-Dade Public School Alumni Achievement Award.

Contact Jim via email at jim@friedonbusiness.com