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Lessons to Learn from a $28B Real Estate Empire

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What can a retired real estate mogul with $28 billion in AUM teach us about building enduring wealth, navigating downturns, and staying relevant in a digital world?

In this episode of REady2Scale, we sit down with John S. Pennington, Jr., co-founder of Bridge Investment Group, who led the firm from its inception through an IPO and managed over 100 funds before retiring in 2021. He shares the hard-earned lessons of building a real estate empire, the value of long-term thinking, and how digital assets like Bitcoin could reshape the future of alternative investments. With a candid mix of storytelling and strategic insight, John breaks down the realities of fund structuring, economic cycles, succession planning, and risk.

Key Takeaways:

- The fund structure that allowed Bridge to scale and why general partnerships offer more control than public corporations.

- Why 2008 was the best buying opportunity of his lifetime and how they positioned themselves early to take advantage.

- How John evaluates risk today and why experienced managers with personal capital in the fund matter.

- A comparison of 2025's macro landscape to past crisis years, and what it might signal for investors.

- A primer on tokenization, Eurodollars, and the long-term challenge digital assets pose to traditional finance.

- Succession planning insights from someone who transitioned out with intention and impact.

- How personal discipline, family focus, and resisting lifestyle inflation created long-term security.

- Why he still keeps 90% of his wealth in real estate-backed assets and the balance he strikes with Bitcoin and gold.

- This conversation is a masterclass in how real estate, economics, and disciplined investing intersect and what it really takes to build something that lasts.

Guest Info

John S. Pennington, Jr.Co-Founder, Bridge Investment Group (Retired)Author of Dollars, Gold & Bitcoin: A Guide to Value in a Changing World

LinkedIn: John S. Pennington, Jr.

Website: www.johnspenningtonjr.com

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Guest Background

01:37 John's Journey and Key Lessons

11:48 Navigating Financial Crises and Future Outlook

21:55 The Eurodollar System and Global Currency Dynamics

22:23 Balancing Real Estate and Digital Assets

24:47 Succession Planning and Retirement Insights

Are you REady2Scale Your Multifamily Investments?

Learn more about growing your wealth, strengthening your portfolio, and scaling to the next level at www.bluelake-capital.com.

Credits

Producer: Blue Lake Capital

Strategist: Syed Mahmood

Editor: Emma Walker

Opening music: Pomplamoose

*๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜—๐˜ˆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ/๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ.

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What can a retired real estate mogul with $28 billion in AUM teach us about building enduring wealth, navigating downturns, and staying relevant in a digital world?

In this episode of REady2Scale, we sit down with John S. Pennington, Jr., co-founder of Bridge Investment Group, who led the firm from its inception through an IPO and managed over 100 funds before retiring in 2021. He shares the hard-earned lessons of building a real estate empire, the value of long-term thinking, and how digital assets like Bitcoin could reshape the future of alternative investments. With a candid mix of storytelling and strategic insight, John breaks down the realities of fund structuring, economic cycles, succession planning, and risk.

Key Takeaways:

- The fund structure that allowed Bridge to scale and why general partnerships offer more control than public corporations.

- Why 2008 was the best buying opportunity of his lifetime and how they positioned themselves early to take advantage.

- How John evaluates risk today and why experienced managers with personal capital in the fund matter.

- A comparison of 2025's macro landscape to past crisis years, and what it might signal for investors.

- A primer on tokenization, Eurodollars, and the long-term challenge digital assets pose to traditional finance.

- Succession planning insights from someone who transitioned out with intention and impact.

- How personal discipline, family focus, and resisting lifestyle inflation created long-term security.

- Why he still keeps 90% of his wealth in real estate-backed assets and the balance he strikes with Bitcoin and gold.

- This conversation is a masterclass in how real estate, economics, and disciplined investing intersect and what it really takes to build something that lasts.

Guest Info

John S. Pennington, Jr.Co-Founder, Bridge Investment Group (Retired)Author of Dollars, Gold & Bitcoin: A Guide to Value in a Changing World

LinkedIn: John S. Pennington, Jr.

Website: www.johnspenningtonjr.com

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction and Guest Background

01:37 John's Journey and Key Lessons

11:48 Navigating Financial Crises and Future Outlook

21:55 The Eurodollar System and Global Currency Dynamics

22:23 Balancing Real Estate and Digital Assets

24:47 Succession Planning and Retirement Insights

Are you REady2Scale Your Multifamily Investments?

Learn more about growing your wealth, strengthening your portfolio, and scaling to the next level at www.bluelake-capital.com.

Credits

Producer: Blue Lake Capital

Strategist: Syed Mahmood

Editor: Emma Walker

Opening music: Pomplamoose

*๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜—๐˜ˆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ/๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ.

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