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Aug 16
13m 54s

Economic Cycles with Luis Belmonte

Victor Menasce
About this episode

Luis Belmonte is based in San Francisco. He's been active in real estate development since the 1960's and has lived through 7 economic cycles in his career. On today's show we are talking about how to spot and survive these cycles.

To connect with Luis, visit 7hp.com. He has several books on Amazon including

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