How To Set Yourself Apart In Real Estate With Robert Knakal

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What does success mean to you for your business? In this episode of Weiss Advice, we welcome Robert Knakal. Bob Knakal is a sales broker selling investment properties in New York City since 1984. Bob is currently leading the Private Capital Group for JLL in New York.  He started his real estate career in 1984 at CB Richard Ellis where he met Paul J. Massey Jr. They both left CB in 1988 to form Massey Knakal. He was Chairman and Founding Partner of Massey Knakal Realty Services, New York’s #1 building sales firm. 

Tune in to this episode as Robert shares how he has found what success means to him and learned how he has achieved a deep sense of peace from helping others achieve success!

[00:01 - 00:41] Opening Segment

• We welcome, Robert Knakal!
• Robert is a sales broker selling investment properties in New York

[00:42 - 24:41] How To Set Yourself Apart In Real Estate

• Being introspective and working on weaknesses
• He is in the information business, not the real estate
• Lenders dealing with problems differently this time around
• Multifamily space has a tremendous demand despite political headwinds
• Being a Seinfeld aficionado and having trivia questions about Seinfeld

[24:42 - 32:33] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Worked on a paper route
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • “Good to Great” by Jim Collins
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Learn how to play the piano
• What does success mean to you?
  • Robert says, “It is achieving a deep sense of peace and that comes from knowing that you did the right thing all the time you help people, you helped other people achieve success.“

Connect with Robert Knakal: 

LinkedIn: Robert Knakal

Instagram: @bobknakalnyc

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“Clients are really thirsty to find out what's going on in the market because it's so difficult to figure out today. So, I think it's an opportunity for brokers to set themselves apart, really create some good data sets and impart some great advice to clients.” – Robert Knakal

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