Spent the day with a guy who buys, restores, sells brownstones in NYC.
Wanted to know if the business and lifestyle were interesting.
Spoiler: HARD. But very cool.
1:50 – Mark's own home: a 180-yr-old West Village townhouse (bought $5.5M, $6M to build, sells for $17M)
6:00 – How Mark got into real estate out of "desperation," fully overleveraged with zero experience then scaling to 4 projects at once
9:26 – Second stop: a Fort Greene, Brooklyn brownstone...bought $2.8M, ~$2M to build, sells for $6.2M
14:16 – On the job site: cutting concrete with the crew, the subcontractor setup, and the real risk in the business
17:16 – The final Sam Score: money, machine, moat, pride, people, and freedom...Mark's total revealed
@thesamparr I’d love to be your Hampton Head of Sales but I live in Dallas. I am a shark, have crazy work ethic and I am incredible at building relationships. Would love a shot. You said on MFM you can change your image!
Closed on a home in the Reservation neighborhood, Richardson TX. Post-inspection negotiation, tight timeline, got it done. If you’re buying or selling in DFW, my DMs are open. #JustSold#DFWRealEstate
Dear Dallas founders,
Hampton’s going all in on in-person.
I’m building an 8-person peer groups in Dallas.
Must be founder or CEO and have $3M+ revenue/funding, or $10M+ exit.
We have 1k+ members & do hundreds of irl events.
Interested? Apply: https://t.co/z7jQfcEO6I
Data center boom + major projects like LITEON’s $919M McKinney campus boosting North Texas commercial & industrial demand. Big win for the region!
#DataCenters#McKinneyTX#LITEON
Dallas office market showing more stability than many U.S. cities, with select large corporate leases and expansions continuing.
#OfficeRealEstate#DallasBusiness
DFW industrial market on fire: Record-high rents, low vacancy, and strong leasing demand. One of the strongest sectors in commercial real estate right now.
#IndustrialRealEstate#DFW
Uptown Dallas high-rises staying active — recent $54M financing deal highlights continued development momentum in key commercial corridors.
#DallasCRE#UptownDallas
McKinney still ranking among America’s top housing markets thanks to strong growth & options — even as the broader DFW market moderates in 2026.
#McKinneyTX#RealEstate
More homes on the market + slightly longer days on market = better opportunities for buyers in Dallas-Fort Worth. Prices mostly flat to down in many suburbs.
#DallasHousing#NorthTexasRealEstate
DFW residential market cooling in 2026 — Collin County (Frisco/Plano/Prosper) home values down ~6.1% YoY with surging inventory. Buyers gaining more leverage! 🏡
#DFWRealEstate#McKinneyTX#FriscoTX
Exciting news for McKinney, TX!
LITEON is establishing its North American Headquarters & Advanced Manufacturing Campus with a $919 million investment, creating 600+ new jobs.
Big win for economic growth in North Texas!
#McKinneyTX#EconomicDevelopment#LITEON#NorthTexas
Y'all Street
DFW now ranks as the nation's second-largest financial market outside of New York City
Morgan Stanley is planning to build a $1.3 billion hub in Uptown Dallas, and Goldman Sachs is nearing construction on a highly anticipated two-building, 800,000-square-foot campus. Bank of America is building its new namesake office structure with 30 stories and more than 500,000 square feet with a potential rolling ticker for the Texas Stock Exchange, just blocks from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.