Michael Lear's guest appearances

Michael Lear

J. Brown Yoga Talks

Impact Real Estate Podcast

Bernie Sanders

Charles Eisenstein

Eddie Stern

Ethan Nichtern

Rob Walker

Jill Miller

Scott Johnson

Elena Brower

Douglas Rushkoff

Matthew Remski

Lucas Rockwood

Amy Ippoliti

Leslie Kaminoff

Judith Hanson Lasater

Sadie Nardini

OwlTail

On this episode of the TBG Real Estate Podcast, we continue our Impact Real Estate series with Michael Lear, the Senior Vice President and Head of Acquisitions at The Community Development Trust. Michael walks us through his journey from the public to the private sector and goes through the ins and outs of converting market-rate housing to affordable housing. It's an information-rich episode of the TBG Real Estate Podcast you do not want to miss.EPISODE NOTES:02:30 - What is the CDT?05:29 - A fundamental belief07:10 - Alphabet soup10:05 - Dependent on motivation12:30 - Converting market-rate to affordable14:40 - The root structure16:21 - Why is CDT mission-driven?20:25 - Describing the job23:52 - Finding partnerships24:52 - The skillset toolbox28:28 - Falling into real estate33:52 - I recommend this "100%"...35:12 - Government partnerships36:26 - From public to private sector40:42 - Asset management experience is vital43:20 - Staying stable during Covid: A time of real uncertainty48:12 - The Hot Seat presented by KK ResetMichael Lear is Senior Vice President – Head of Acquisitions. Michael manages all activities of CDT’s Equity Program Group. He has been with CDT since 2011 with experience in both the Asset Management and Equity departments. Michael has spent his entire career in the field of affordable housing policy, development, and finance.Prior to joining CDT, Michael served as Deputy Director of Housing Policy Research at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. He holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from NYU Wagner and a Bachelor of Science and Engineering in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has previously taught Real Estate Finance at NYU Wagner.

On this episode of the TBG Real Estate Podcast, we continue our Impact Real Estate series with Michael Lear, the Senior Vice President and Head of Acquisitions at The Community Development Trust. Michael walks us through his journey from the public to the private sector and goes through the ins and outs of converting market-rate housing to affordable housing. It's an information-rich episode of the TBG Real Estate Podcast you do not want to miss.EPISODE NOTES:02:30 - What is the CDT?05:29 - A fundamental belief07:10 - Alphabet soup10:05 - Dependent on motivation12:30 - Converting market-rate to affordable14:40 - The root structure16:21 - Why is CDT mission-driven?20:25 - Describing the job23:52 - Finding partnerships24:52 - The skillset toolbox28:28 - Falling into real estate33:52 - I recommend this "100%"...35:12 - Government partnerships36:26 - From public to private sector40:42 - Asset management experience is vital43:20 - Staying stable during Covid: A time of real uncertainty<a href="https://www.kkreset.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">48:12 - The Hot Seat presented by KK Reset</a>Michael Lear is Senior Vice President – Head of Acquisitions. Michael manages all activities of CDT’s Equity Program Group. He has been with CDT since 2011 with experience in both the Asset Management and Equity departments. Michael has spent his entire career in the field of affordable housing policy, development, and finance.Prior to joining CDT, Michael served as Deputy Director of Housing Policy Research at the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development. He holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from NYU Wagner and a Bachelor of Science and Engineering in Materials Science Engineering from the University of Michigan. He has previously taught Real Estate Finance at NYU Wagner.

Impact Real Estate: Michael Lear of The Community Development Trust

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium.   Michael, Lear, founder of Pangea Yoga and Yoga4Drummers, sits down with J to talk about his unique mix of Trager Approach and Ashtanga Yoga. Michael was born in Easton PA, the town that J moved to a few years ago. They discuss the early yoga scene there and his relationship to Ashtanga Yoga, his work with integrative somatic therapies, how he ended up doing service work around the world, transference of healing through nervous system communication, and the pure joy of rocking out. This episode is sponsored by Karmasoft.

You are listening to the free version of J. Brown Yoga Talks. To hear the rest of our conversation, please subscribe to podcast premium at: <a href="https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.jbrownyoga.com/premium</a>. Michael, Lear, founder of Pangea Yoga and Yoga4Drummers, sits down with J to talk about his unique mix of Trager Approach and Ashtanga Yoga. Michael was born in Easton PA, the town that J moved to a few years ago. They discuss the early yoga scene there and his relationship to Ashtanga Yoga, his work with integrative somatic therapies, how he ended up doing service work around the world, transference of healing through nervous system communication, and the pure joy of rocking out. This episode is sponsored by Karmasoft.

Michael Lear - "Trager Approach and Ashtanga Yoga"