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In this engaging conversation, Blanca Greenstein shares her journey as an attorney and real estate investor, emphasizing the importance of due diligence, networking, and turning adversity into opportunity. She discusses her community-building efforts through her platform, ‘Laws of Life,’ and her aspirations to become a renowned talk show host. Blanca highlights the significance of relationships and adding value to them, encouraging listeners to connect with others and embrace challenges as pathways to growth.
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Blanca Greenstein (00:00)
In 2017, at the height of my law firm partnership, ⁓ I was the victim of a financial crime. And my bookkeeperet cetera stole a hundred and fifty five thousand from my trust account and even though i returned the money which i never stole obviously in 24 hours notified the bar did everything 100 honest i was suspended for three years i was treated quite harshly but you want to know something the law of life that evolved from this
is you must look at a closed door as an open door and you must trust the universe because if that hadn’t happened I would still be in that old Blanca
Quentin Edmonds (02:18)
Hello everyone. Welcome to the Real Estate Pros podcast. I am your host, Q Edmonds, and I’m excited to be here today. We have someone here that has 28 years of experience of being an attorney. But wait, there’s more. She is a personal investor. She uses media as an opportunity to connect with people.And so I’m so glad she’s here. I know we’re going to have a great conversation. And so I would like to introduce you all to Miss Blanca Greenstein. Miss Blanca, how you doing today now?
Blanca Greenstein (02:57)
I am doing amazing Quentin. It’s so good to be here. Thank you for having me on your podcast.Quentin Edmonds (03:03)
Absolutely. It’s so great to have you here. listen, I’m going be honest with you, Ms. Blanca. I kind of want to dive in. I would love for you to tell the people what your main focus is these days. If you want to give us a little bit of an origin story of how you got started doing what you do, we love origin stories. And then if you want to, tell us what part of the world you’re in. So ma’am, you got the floor.Blanca Greenstein (03:27)
Well, I am currently in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. And, you know, in my family, I grew up the daughter of Romanian immigrants. So you had to either be a doctor or a lawyer or you were disowned. So I couldn’t stand the sight of blood and I’m not big on going into hospital. So I chose law and ⁓Started off as a public defender, worked in a few criminal firms, worked, then I fell into the real estate space doing foreclosures. And then I became senior counsel for Aquin Loan Servicing, a publicly traded loan servicer company. And the first law of life, so to speak, that I learned is you have to be innovative in whatever role you do. It doesn’t matter what you do for a living. So one of the first initiatives that I
did there was I created their intake litigation process and I also created their national REO agreement and managed their litigation attorneys across the country. And then after that I was a partner ⁓ in a law firm called Morris Lang that I was a partner of my own law firm. ⁓
Currently, I’m also the founder of the Laws of Life platform, which is dedicated to community empowerment. So my number one mission as a human being is to connect the world through media and entertainment. And so for me, it’s all about relationships
and ⁓ building those through media, such as this podcast, reaching out, connecting. And that is how ⁓ I fell into ⁓ investing in real estate.
some of the biggest deals I’ve ever done were by meeting people. This is actually a really funny story.
by just meeting people at a Chamber of Commerce event, having a coffee with them and getting to know them, that opened up the door to our family acquiring a very large multi-unit in Fort Pierce, Florida. And we renovated that property and ⁓ subsequently sold it at a very extensive profit. So it just goes to show you the smallest event
the largest event. What really matters is who are you connecting with? What type of opportunities can you identify so that you and all of us can succeed?
Quentin Edmonds (06:47)
Yeah, absolutely. Love it. Thank you for sharing your background. Welcome us up to what you do now. find what you a lot of things that you said so fascinating, especially how you said one of your main purposes is connect the world through media. You know, I tell people all the time on this podcast that I believe my purpose is to unite and connect. And my passion is through storytelling. And so I am with you. My purpose is I’m a connector. I want to connect people together.And I want to use any form of story telling to do that, whether it be podcasts, writing, because I believe there’s so much power in each other’s stories and everything in the world tells a story. And so I love that, you know, that that’s part of your mission. I love how you’re innovative and they hear the innovation, innovation things that you’ve done. And so, Blanca, you know, you from many a descent talked about being a doctor or a lawyer.
So I just want to pick your brain because I’m sure you have identified traits in yourself that make you kind of who you are today, right? So I have this saying where I say destiny has no wasted moments. So no matter what we go through in life, no matter what destination we stop at, there are things that we develop that just make us who we are. So I would love for you to tell us, besides innovation, because we got that, what are some core things that’s in you that make you a great business person?
And honestly, just make you the person that you are today.
Blanca Greenstein (08:16)
Well, one of my number one laws of life is to turn strangers into angels. I think that as we walk through life, we always presume that some of us, that we don’t have anything in common with certain people.And I believe that every person that crosses our path, there’s a reason. And they’re a clue to the answer of your abundance. That means the lady selling you your groceries. That means the person that comes up to your car at a gas station and asks if they can have $10 to clean your windshield.
That means a homeless man on the corner. believe it or not, like when I work out at retro fitness, my favorite gym, and I walk, I was walking in the parking lot one day and there was a man sitting on the.
I think he was walking or sitting. I don’t remember, but I said, how’s your day going? Ask people, how’s your day going? Give them a compliment. Show love to everyone. When you do that, you turn them from a stranger into an angel. Now, people would say, Blanco, why would you do that? Why would you speak to a complete strange man that you never met? Because he crossed my path and we became friends. And he said, I don’t have a job. I really need work.
I said, you know what, come to my studio right now. You have a job today. And he spent the day with me. And then he, he said that the most miraculous thing happened from that day forward. He’s never gone without work. He repairs pools and he’s become a friend. He invites everyone to my talk show studio.
He sends me legal referrals. He’s always introducing me to other people that I would have never met.
if I wouldn’t have turned him into an angel. So I tell people this every day, go to events, but also be kind to everyone around you. And if you do that, you will win.
Quentin Edmonds (10:55)
I absolutely love that there there’s an old saying there’s a saying that says you may Entertain an angel unaware and so you never know Who you’re interacting with but I like your mind set turn everybody into an angel like just have the mindset that the person you talking to That they can be your angel or angel for somebody else you can be their angel and I think we are right kind of share that same mentality of There is a connectionto be made with everyone. know, they can be connected to connection to pain, connection to joy, through loss, through victory, just through just being a human being. So there is definitely a connection to be made with everyone. So I share that with you. I understand it and I totally agree with you. Ms. Malka, let me ask you, as you, you know, was building laws of life, going through, you know, building your, you know, your turn to practice, have you bumped up against any adversity?
Has it been smooth sailing or has there been some adversity as you you was growing?
Blanca Greenstein (12:00)
There’s been, I think anyone that ever tells you they haven’t faced adversity, I find that impossible to be true. But yes, actually, that’s what gave birth to the laws of life platform was the hardest, most difficult chapter I ever faced.In 2017, at the height of my law firm partnership, ⁓ I was the victim of a financial crime. And my bookkeeper
et cetera stole a hundred and fifty five thousand from my trust account and even though i returned the money which i never stole obviously in 24 hours notified the bar did everything 100 honest i was suspended for three years i was treated quite harshly but you want to know something the law of life that evolved from this
is you must look at a closed door as an open door and you must trust the universe because if that hadn’t happened I would still be in that old Blanca
and so what happened is I realized what in in your darkest moment you’re going to ask yourself a hard question what will actually make me happy and the answer was I want to be a famous talk show host
And so I started laws of life and went on to interview 4,000 people. I now have my own studio. Here’s the studio. I now have a podcast investor and partner and the platform has grown and I have known the greatest joy. So even though bad things happen, I promise you, you just got to keep pushing through it and something good will come out of it. And of course I got my license back three years later.
joined the law firm of Major Peruis and now I run my own law firm. ⁓
Quentin Edmonds (13:54)
I love it. There’s a term, I believe it’s called an exodus. think if I’m saying it right, an exodus. And that’s when a snake sheds its old skin, right? Yes. Right? Yes. And in order for that to happen, it has to rub up against something hard, like a rock or trial or tribulation in its metaphor, right? And so you had to shed that old skin, the old Blanca, to be the new Blanca that you are today. So I love how you said.When a trial come, yes, it’s rough, it’s rubbing up against you, but it can literally cause you to shed the old identity to embrace the new identity that she was meant to be or the identity that you are intentional about creating either way you want to put it. But I love it. I love what you’re saying. I think it’s totally true.
Blanca Greenstein (14:41)
think adversity, mean obviously we don’t welcome it. It’s not a fun thing, but let me tell you this. When you are in that moment of adversity, you are honest with yourself. The most honest that you’ve ever been. That’s when you get your best vision, your best realizations, and you decide who,what is the life you want to design for your life? And it’s actually a positive. A negative is a positive.
Quentin Edmonds (15:50)
Yeah. ⁓ OK. So then you see every time you say something kind of triggers something in my brain. So let’s look. So I know we get electric cars and stuff like that, but that’s like an old school battery for a car. Right. Let’s get the old school battery. When you look at that battery, if you ever had to do with jump, you notice that there’s a positive and a negative. Yeah. You need both of them for the engine to run. So when we talk about the engine of our life, we got to take the positive with the negative.That’s the battery that keeps us going. You take the battery out, the car won’t work. Like I said, I know electric cars now is a little different, but hear me, right? I’m 44. I’m getting a little up there, right? But that’s what you need, the positive and the negative to power your journey forward. So I definitely agree with you. Absolutely agree with you.
Blanca Greenstein (16:37)
thatanalogy, you’re 100 % right.
Quentin Edmonds (16:39)
Absolutely. So let me tell you, so let me ask you with laws of life, what’s the next real goal for you? What are you looking to like solve a scale next? What’s next for you?Blanca Greenstein (16:49)
Well, we just released actually today the, you know, I’ve been producing the laws of life talk show for, this is year seven. Wow. Today we premiered the first episode of the laws of life podcast with Khalilah Ali, the first wife of Muhammad Ali. And so that show, if I tell you my phone has been blowing up.from this show. must have like hundreds of new followers just from doing this show and new relationships, new connections. And we’re also going to be producing a legal show in 2026 with my sponsor and investor 227 Media. But my true dream is I want to be a famous, super famous talk show host. You know, I want to I want to be on the Jennifer Hudson show, but then I want to have my own show.
I want to be, you know, I really love hosting, but I do my shows differently. They are hybrid. So they have a live audience and they have an online digital audience. And I want all these international audiences now with translation and AI, they can listen to that and be part of the conversation. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. So that’s what my show’s like. I hope you join us one night.
Quentin Edmonds (18:11)
you ain’t said no, but when you tell the information later, I’m gonna make sure I’ll take note for sure. But no, that’s so great. I mean, it’s so great. There is such a synergy here because I told you stories from me are so powerful. Everybody has a story and everybody should be taking control of their own narrative. Everybody has a powerful narrative to be told. And again,I think nothing in this world moves without story. And so our connectivity point is the stories that we have and to be able to take time, sit down and really listen to people when they talk so you can listen to their story. And so with this being said, because I think we’re on the same page, the last question I always ask is about relationships, right? Like relating to people.
And so I want to get your perspective and I think I’m gonna love getting your perspective on this. What is your perspective when it comes to relationship building? Is it important? What premium do you put on it? What’s your thoughts when it comes to building relationships?
Blanca Greenstein (19:21)
Well, it’s my number one priority in advancement of my mission to connect the world. can’t connect. I can’t achieve my mission of connecting the world unless I build relationships. my philosophy on building relationships is turning the strangers into angels, but also cultivating the relationship, which is why I host my Tuesday night at 6 p.m. laws of life talk show, because literally that’s my invitation.to the world, come in and connect with me in my talk show. Then you have to maintain the relationship by sharing your vision and sharing educational content with your relationships. But also the number one law to that is add value. How can you add value?
to your relationships? If you’re not adding value, the relationship will not grow. Are you helping them get a speaker engagement? Are you helping them get on a podcast? Are you helping them be featured on a news article? Are you helping them by volunteering? And when people, you don’t always have to have money to support people. You can support people, hey, I
to be the receptionist at your event, and I’m not going to charge you. I want to carry all the heavy stuff into the building. I want to take photos. If you’ve got a cell phone, you’re a media personality. Go live. Take pictures. Take videos. You know, my favorite song is Hustlin’ by Rick Ross. Shout out to Rick Ross. I listen to that song every morning. If you want to have relationships, you got to hustle. You got to answer your phone. You got to…
connect people, introduce them, put the muscle into the hustle of connection, and again, the abundance will come.
Quentin Edmonds (21:10)
⁓ Listen, Ms. Blanca, if someone wanted to reach out to you, connect with you, collaborate with you, send a resume application to get on his show, like, how could people get in contact with you, ma’am?Blanca Greenstein (21:25)
Well, the best way to get on to contact is you can go to my Instagram, which is at Blanca Laws of Life. And on my bio link is all of my contact information. So my cell number, all my social media, my website. So just go to Instagram blog. And if you put in a Blanca law, I’ll pop up in a red suit. Follow me, drop me a message and I will respond. Not the AI version of me, me.Quentin Edmonds (21:53)
Yeah, I love it. Last question, this just came to me. Now I know you’re like me. We value people probably the same. I don’t think we probably fit one above another. Like everybody’s an angel, but I do want to ask. And if you want to tell me, fine. If you don’t, that’s cool. Who’s your North star? Like who is the person that you want to interview and get on the show the most?Blanca Greenstein (22:16)
Well, Rick Ross would be, is my dream as my next interview because his song has ignited my spirit to work hard and, to also have fun. You know, there’s that line in the song. We keep them coming back. We keep them coming back. And I always play that song when I’m a speaker. I’m also a motivational speaker and MC. And that’s who I would love to interview.as my next interview. So Rick, if you’re listening, call me. ⁓
Quentin Edmonds (22:52)
Anybody that know Rick that’s listening, everybody that’s watching this, tag Rick. We gotta get Rick on the laws of life. Listen, Ms. Blanca, thank you so much. Thank you, one, thank you for your time, because of course, know, your time is valuable. Thank you, because you know, we put a premium on our time. So thank you. Thank you for your time. Two, thank you for your story. Thank you for the way that you share, the way you articulate.Thank you for the gift of your vulnerability being on this show, sharing things that you didn’t have to share, but you chose to share. And definitely thank you for your perspective. Thank you for your mindset, the way you think and bringing your mindset to this platform. I truly appreciate you coming through today.
Blanca Greenstein (23:33)
Thank you, it’s been an honor to meet you Quentin and I love this conversation.Quentin Edmonds (23:38)
Absolutely, same here. Well, listen, you cannot tell me y’all did not get value out of this. You can’t tell me. So definitely check out Laws of Life, tag Rick Ross, let’s push the movement, but definitely make sure you are subscribed here. That way you can keep coming back and just meeting incredible people like Ms. Blanca. So thank you again, man, for coming and everyone else. We’ll see you on the next time.Blanca Greenstein (24:04)
See you later.
