When Don Tepman called a broker in Philadelphia looking for properties to buy, the broker wasn’t especially interested in helping him, a real estate professional who mostly buys in California. That was until Tepman, who runs University Avenue Partners, asked the broker if he knew who StripMallGuy was, the internet celebrity that has amassed more than 215,000 followers on X.
“He got excited,” Tepman said. “I told him: ‘I run that account.’”
Don Tepman is StripMallGuy.
He has decided to go public, letting the world know he’s the man behind the brown-haired cartoon in a sweater vest, firing off thousands of posts since he started the account in 2021, dishing out all sorts of advice:
What’s it like having Chick-fil-A as a tenant? (Too much traffic.) What’s a winning skill in negotiations? (The ability to tolerate awkwardness.) What are less obvious red flags when investing with someone? (“If they’re not an expert of just one thing, they’re an expert of nothing.”)
StripMallGuy has the answers.
RSK: I like his approach to Strip Malls. Strips have been doing okay lately, mostly filling up.
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