Mike has twenty-five years of real estate and finance experience. His experience includes structuring joint ventures, acquisitions, development, accounting, and investment management; with acquisition officer responsibility for approximately $1 billion in investment across asset classes and in multiple U.S. markets.On this episode, we discuss:- Growing up with Best disease (vitelliform macular dystrophy)- The changing landscape of NIL in college sports- Mike's real estate career, thoughts on the market and entering the cannabis industry from a real estate perspecitve- Building a real estate investment platformLinks:Mike on LinkedInMorningside Capital(00:00:00) - Intro(00:03:27) - Dealing with Best disease as a child(00:20:23) - The evolving landscape of NIL(00:24:01) - Mike's career(00:41:29) - Lessons learned and setbacks(00:44:40) - The real estate opportunity in the marijuana industry(00:52:33) - Building an investment platform