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There are few careers that you would assume are unique. Jakob Mähren's is definitely one of them. In less than 20 years, the Berliner has turned a single run-down apartment in the Berlin district of Tegel into a portfolio of several thousand apartments and real estate investments in Europe and the USA. The importance of gut feeling, the courage to make quick decisions and his polarizing appearance on social media is what Berlin-based self-made entrepreneur Jakob Mähren reports on in the OMR podcast. The topics of the OMR podcast with Jakob Mähren at a glance: (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:37) starting out as a day trader and first real estate investments (00:11:28) scouting, financing and buying new properties (00:17:57) the importance of his social media presence for the business (00:23:00) expansion into other German cities (00:25:35) how the end of the low interest rate policy is changing his business (00:31:08) his perspective on the rent control (00:35:27) expansion into other European countries and the USA (00:38:10) why he made his company a stock corporation (00:38:39) his strategy for building real estate portfolios (00:46:28) mentors and the relationship with his parents (00:50:11) resistance to change in Berlin (00:52:22) New construction projects of Mähren AG (00:53:17) Opportunities to benefit from the current market situation (00:57:08) his FDP membership and social commitment (01:00:17) what he appreciates about the Ruhr area and the people there (01:01:06) Investment in a coliving startup and his view of WeWork (01:04:37) his real estate investments as a private individual (01:05:05) Contacts and friendships with influencers