Why preserving the rule of law is the key to America’s future #29

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Written by Nick Halaris

Hi Everyone and Welcome Back!

This week on 🎧The Nick Halaris Show we are featuring another of my old law school friends, Congressman Dan Goldman.  Dan is someone who has dedicated his life to public service and has inspiring track record fighting to preserve the rule of law in this country.  He currently represents New York’s 10th District in the House of Representatives and has worked as an Assistant US Attorney in New York and as a criminal justice reformer for the better part of two decades.  For those who follow American politics closely, you’ll also recognize him as the lead counsel in the 2019 impeachment of President Trump.  Whatever your politics, you have to admit that Dan’s performance on such a high-profile, pressure-packed stage was incredibly impressive.  It was surreal for me to see my friend up there on that first day of the hearing so cool and so confident as he delivered a masterclass in legal oratory.

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In the last election, Dan found a way to stand out in a crowded field in one of the most high-profile Congressional districts in the country, beating even former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio for the spot.  With the intense Republican infighting over the Speaker of the House seat, the government shutdown drama, the wars in Ukraine and now Israel, a looming Presidential election, you can hardly dream-up a crazier time to start in Congress.  I wanted to have Dan on the show to get his insider’s take on some of the big issues of the day.      

In this fascinating episode, we cover:

  • Dan’s harrowing experience being with his family in Israel the first day of the terrorist attacks and his take on what America should do to support Israel in this moment

  • What it’s like to be on the front lines in the battle against public corruption and organized crime

  • Why the MAGA takeover of the Republican Party represents a dangerous threat to the rule of law in America

  • Dan’s vision for comprehensive criminal justice reform &

  • Much, much more

Stay tuned to the end for an inspiring conversation about the origin of Dan’s steadfast commitment to public service.  Whatever our politics, we have to admire the spirit of service and the sense of responsibility animating Dan’s life.  This is what impactful citizenship is all about.   

I hope you all enjoy this episode.  Thanks for tuning-in!      

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Nick Halaris

I’ve been fascinated by investing for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I would read the Wall Street Journal, the Economist and Barron’s, pouring over the data tables, stories and interviews with a passion and an insatiable kind of curiosity. As I grew into adulthood, I struggled to find the right outlet and channel for this passion and spent much of my twenties wandering and trying out different things. I had a very brief career as an attorney, spent some time as a strategy and leadership consultant for big multinational companies, failed in an attempt to start a hedge fund, and even ended up helping run a scrap metal recycling operation for a while.

At the age of 30 though, I took my stand. I made up my mind that no matter what I was going to be an entrepreneurial investor. As crazy as it sounds, I owe everything in my life to this one foundational decision—even my amazing wife and my beautiful kids. I don’t think I would ever have met Alicia had I not made this one choice. At that moment in time, the financial world had just been devastated by the crash in the housing market and the near systemic failure of the global banking system that followed. I’ve always had a contrarian bent to my investment thinking; so, to me the carnage in real estate looked like an opportunity.

It all started with one house in Compton California. The business plan was simple: buy a distressed foreclosed home from a bank, bring it back to life with a big renovation and sell it to a first-time homebuyer. Things progressed slowly as they tend to do with real estate. In the first years of this, I think I did 6-7 homes. But then after plugging away day-by-day, suddenly it seemed, things just came together. I found the right investors and the right loans and the right deals and in just a few short years I ended up investing in over 100 such transactions, building a portfolio of almost 2,500 multifamily units and creating a fully vertically integrated real estate company with almost 100 employees.

Fast forward to today and I’m running the second evolution of my entrepreneurial investing career and having so much fun that I have to stop and remind myself that this is all real.

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