Boroughs & Burbs, the National Real Estate Conversation is a real estate podcast hosted by John Engel and Roberto Cabrera that explores the full spectrum of the U.S. property market — from New York City's boroughs to luxury suburbs, coastal enclaves, and emerging markets across the country. Each episode travels to a specific market or topic, pressing local experts for candid insight on what is actually happening on the ground, from Palm Beach to Palm Springs and Manhattan to Malibu.
Listeners gain practical knowledge on high end luxury markets, investment strategy, and agent success through conversations with top-performing realtors, developers, designers, and financial specialists. Recent episodes have covered adaptive reuse, cost segregation, distressed properties, vacant land profits, timberland investments, waterfront market comparisons, and luxury destinations including Fisher Island, Bal Harbour, Wellington, and Las Vegas. The show also examines cross-industry expertise, featuring collaborations between top designers and realtors, sports marketing professionals, and mortgage specialists.
Boroughs & Burbs, the National Real Estate Conversation is well suited for real estate agents seeking market intelligence, investors evaluating luxury and alternative asset classes, and industry professionals who want unfiltered perspectives from experts across every major U.S. market. John Engel and Roberto Cabrera bring a consistent, research-driven format that makes this real estate podcast a reliable resource for anyone looking to stay informed in a competitive and fast-moving industry.
John Engel is the co-founder and leader of the premier real estate group the Engel Team in New Canaan, CT. A consistently top-producing agent in New Canaan, John won the 2018 Realtor of the Year Award in New Canaan for his dedicated service to the town. He is currently on the Planning & Zoning Commission. John was formerly the Chairman of the Town Council and a member of the New Canaan Zoning Board of Appeals, and is therefore well-versed in land use and zoning issues in town. Before going into real estate he was the founder of two successful internet businesses. Roberto Cabrera has been recognized throughout the industry for achieving outstanding results: Ranked nationally by REAL Trends as one of "America's Best Real Estate Agents" for avg. sales price of $4.350M. Sold a single-family Townhouse faster than any other on the Upper West Side over $10M. After graduating with a degree in Mathematical Economics from Hampden-Sydney College, the 10th oldest school in the country, he spent 5 years in Washington DC where he worked in financial consulting. Together, John Engel and Roberto Cabrera co-host Boroughs & Burbs, the National Real Estate Conversation, a national real estate podcast with over 200 episodes and thousands of weekly listeners. John and his team each week bring topical issues in real estate that cover the globe, forecast the economy, and support even the most sophisticated investors. The podcast focuses on luxury residential markets and provides insider knowledge for real estate professionals and investors.
John Engel and Roberto Cabrera are looking for luxury real estate experts, investors, and industry specialists to share ground-level market intelligence and tactical strategies with their listeners.
