#96 - Being Landlord to Florida's Dispensaries (ft. Real Estate Randy)

Cannabis Investing Network

In this episode we dive deep into the state of the cannabis retail market in Florida. Florida has long been one of our favourite markets. Today's guest was on the forefront of the Florida market from a different side of the table. As a real estate developer focused on Florida retail, cannabis operators came onto Randy's radar. He helped these companies rapidly grow their retail footprint over the last few years by being able to source appropriately zoned properties and deal with the variety of issues that complicate the life of dispensaries. But Randy soon realized the payoff for accomplishing these deals could be enormous.

In this episode:

- How Randy stumbled into the industry

- The early days of Florida's medical market

- Doing GTI Florida's first deal

- What the heydey of opening dispensaries was like

- His thoughts on who's doing it well and how good Trulieve really is

- The secrets to success at this stage of the industry

Thanks to Randy for joining for a very fun and informative chat!

Audio Note: There was an echo in this episode we mostly fixed. However the audio may at times be a little odd. Thanks for understanding