The REdirect Podcast

Brought to you by Lightstone DIRECT, the REdirect podcast goes beyond market commentary to unpack how value is created across asset classes from the perspective of a $12B+ AUM real estate owner and operator. Through in-depth conversations with investors, founders, and industry leaders, we go behind the scenes of institutional real estate investing and discuss how individual investors can adopt an institutional real estate investing mindset.

The REdirect Podcast is a business podcast hosted by Lightstone DIRECT, with 10 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Lightstone DIRECT hosts The REdirect Podcast, a business show with 10 episodes published.

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  From $500K in Debt to $2M Net Worth: Dr. Jordan Frey’s Wealth Playbook

  Jul 14, 202644 minS1

  A successful career doesn't automatically create financial freedom but the right investment strategy can. In this episode of REdirect, Jonathan Spitz and Storm Murphy sit down with Dr. Jordan Frey, board-certified plastic surgeon and founder of The Prudent Plastic Surgeon, to explore how he went from $500,000 in debt to a $2 million net worth by combining real estate investing, financial education, and intentional wealth-building while continuing to practice medicine full-time.

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  Jay Parsons on Multifamily Recovery, Market Selection & The 2027 Opportunity

  Jun 25, 202644 minS1

  <br>What if the multifamily market's recovery is already underway but most investors are still looking in the wrong places? <br>In this episode of REdirect, Jonathan Spitz welcomes Jay Parsons, one of the most respected voices in rental housing economics, to break down the realities of today's apartment market and why the industry's long-awaited recovery will look very different from past cycles.<br>Drawing on years of advising REITs, operators, lenders, and institutional investors, Jay explains how the sector survived one of the largest supply waves in modern history and why the conversation is now shifting from construction deliveries t...

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  Chad Ackerman: How Busy Professionals Can Build Wealth Through Passive Real Estate

  Jun 10, 202650 minS1

  What if financial freedom didn’t require fixing toilets or flipping houses?<br><br>In this episode of REdirect, Jonathan and Storm welcome Chad Ackerman, Founder of CARE, to break down the realities of passive real estate syndications. Drawing on his experience as an advisor and business coach, Chad shares the lessons he learned the hard way so others don’t have to.<br>The conversation goes beyond surface-level deal analysis and dives into what truly drives outcomes for limited partners. Chad explains why operator vetting beats spreadsheet projections every time, how communication style reveals integrity, and why community intelligence can...

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  Phil Bak on Building the Trust Layer for Tokenized Real Estate

  May 20, 202648 minS1

  What if real estate could trade with the speed, transparency, and efficiency of public markets, without sacrificing institutional trust? <br><br><br>In this episode of REdirect, Jonathan Spitz sits down with Phil Bak, founder of Skyline Standard and former ETF innovator, to unpack why tokenization may fundamentally reshape commercial real estate over the next decade.<br><br><br>Rather than framing tokenization as a crypto trend, Phil explains it as a market structure innovation: one designed to solve the biggest friction points in private real estate investing - illiquidity, fragmented data, inconsistent reporting, and lack of standardized trust infrastructure.<b...

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  How to Cut Through the Noise in Today's Real Estate with Richard Barkham

  Apr 29, 202635 minS1

  Richard Barkham spent over a decade as Global Chief Economist at CBRE, leading a research team of nearly 600 people. In this conversation, Jonathan Spitz and Storm Murphy sit down with Richard to talk through where we are in the real estate cycle, what risks investors should be paying attention to, and where the best opportunities are today. They also get into the craft of communicating n a fast-moving market — why research firms have moved away from long white papers toward shorter, more digestible content, and the role storytelling plays in translating complex topics.<br><br>A few of the topics co...

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