James Prendamano

James Prendamano Real estate operator. Father. Builder. Sharing 25 years of operator playbooks and life lessons at The Prendamano Academy - 100+ free lessons.

We are all a part of source. You already have what you need. https://www.jamesprendamano.com/whitepapers Over his career, James’ team has closed over 1500 deals, leased more than 1 million square feet of commercial space and has effectuated more than 1 billion dollars in transactional Real Estate. During this time James shepherded the completion of transformative projects literally reshaping State

n Island; NYC’s commercial real estate landscape. Through discipline and subscribing to a lifelong learner mindset James’ expertise runs the Real Estate gamut. Be it residential units, mixed-use buildings, retail and office leasing, defaulted notes, land leasing, or ground up development, project planning / design, large scale acquisition, ULURP approval consultation and retail leasing, James’ unique gift of vision and tenacity is unmatched. His consulting work and; clients include some of the most successful names in New York City Real Estate. Industry giants such as Goldman Sachs, BFC Partners, IronState Developers and Madison Realty Capital have come to rely on James’ expertise. Throughout the years James has developed an impressive customer roster including some of the world’s top brands such as Nike, Nordstrom Rack, Columbia, Gap, Banana Republic, Brooks Brothers, Walgreens, and Various financial institutions to name a few. Recently, James launched his Podcast amassing an audience in over 60 Countries sharing his knowledge and expertise and coauthored an Amazon best seller! James has been named one of the 50 most influential people by “City and State” for several years running. As CEO the company was named one of New York City’s top 10 boutique real estate firms by the “Commercial Observer” and won the “Top 31 Business Award” by the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation. Recently James was named one of the top 100 leaders in Real Estate and Construction as well as one of the top 100 innovators in Real Estate, in part due to his groundbreaking new Real Estate Software which is slated to be offered to the marketplace in the coming months. James’ success in the Real Estate Space has resulted in several appointments by the Mayor of New York City and he currently serves as a Director of the New York City Industrial Development Agency (NYCIDA) as well as a Member of the Build NYC Resource Corporation (Build NYC) for The New York City Economic Corporation. James has built a culture of service and philanthropy. He created the “Season of Giving” donating to various charities throughout the years. Additionally, James serves on the board of Staten Island Chamber of Commerce, as a cabinet member for the Staten Island Economic Development Corporation and is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and various Real Estate Associations. He also serves on the board of directors for CFLC (Central Family Life Center). Recently James launched PreReal, Prendamano Real Estate a state-of-the-art new age Real Estate Brokerage, Technology company, Investment fund and one of a kind Real Estate Institute.

09/06/2026

We need to check the power across the board and remove massive spend increases. Dark money has to go. If you're running for a seat, only people with a direct interest in that district should have influence. No super PACs, no undue influence. It should be a true ruling of the people, by the people. The whole system is insane how far we've gone.

09/05/2026

A shocking security breach at OpenAI saw 17,000 commands executed before it could be stopped. This event is unlike anything seen before and highlights critical vulnerabilities.

09/04/2026

With 83% voter support for term limits, why the delay? Silence breeds inaction. Our collective voice and organization are the only guarantees for change. It's time to make noise.

09/04/2026

“It would take an act of Congress.”

That sentence has ended more Elephant Butte conversations than any drought ever did. It is also wrong.

Congress authorized a fifty-thousand acre-foot recreation pool at Elephant Butte in 1974. Never repealed. Still on the books. Reclamation confirms it in its own operating plan.

The piece that ended was the money. A ten-year appropriation that replaced what evaporated out of the pool, and it lapsed in 1984.

The funding went away. The space stayed.

We are not asking for something new here. We are asking to use what we already have.

Full record is in my brief on how to save Elephant Butte Lake.

New Mexico chile has dropped from roughly 34,000 acres to about 8,000 — nearly a 75% decline. Water reliability is the p...
09/03/2026

New Mexico chile has dropped from roughly 34,000 acres to about 8,000 — nearly a 75% decline. Water reliability is the primary driver here. Labor plays a part too.

Pecans tell the same story from the other side. New Mexico is the top pecan producer in the country, and Doña Ana County has the largest pecan acreage of any county in the United States. Both crops trace back to this lake.

That's not just a statistic — it's the cost of waiting. And it compounds.

https://www.jamesprendamano.com/post/a-deep-dive-into-a-shallow-pool

09/02/2026

Folks, the more centered I get, the more time I find I'm spending outside. That's not an accident.

I have a friend who's gone through the academy. We were just talking about it this morning. He said, "I spend more time in nature now than ever before. The hours I used to spend doom scrolling — I just can't do it anymore."

That's the whole thing right there. It's not discipline forcing you outside — it's awareness pulling you there. Once you see how much peace was being stolen by a screen, you can't unsee it.

We are ALL one. Free lessons in bio. prendamanoacademy.com

Proud to share that Notah Begay III has joined Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort as Founding Ambassador and Strategic Ad...
09/02/2026

Proud to share that Notah Begay III has joined Turtleback Mountain Golf & Resort as Founding Ambassador and Strategic Advisor.

This photo was taken in Atlanta on August 25, the night Notah received the PGA TOUR’s Payne Stewart Award. That award is not about wins. It goes to the player who best represents character, charitable work and sportsmanship. Four TOUR victories, decades on NBC Sports and Golf Channel, and the recognition he gets is for who he is off the course. That tells you everything about the man.

Notah is New Mexico. He knows what this state is and what it can be, and he has spent his career giving back to communities here in ways most people never see.

What we are building at Turtleback is not a resort that happens to sit in Sierra County. It is a reason for people to come to Sierra County. Having Notah involved from the ground floor changes what is possible.

There is real work ahead and I’m glad to be doing it alongside him.

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09/02/2026

Two years, side by side, and they tell you everything.

2023 was New Mexico’s eighteenth-driest year on record. Elephant Butte more than doubled.

2024 the weather acted normal yet lake dropped sixty percent.

If weather were running this reservoir, those two years would be flipped. They aren’t.

The drought is real but drought is not why this lake sits at 1.4%.

That is the difference between weather and plumbing. Nobody controls the weather. We absolutely control how water gets moved, stored, and accounted for.

I’ll take that trade every time, because plumbing is something a state can fix.

I pulled the full file and wrote up what I found. Link in bio.

Same delta. Two years apart.2024: water in the marsh above Elephant Butte. 2026: dry ground where that marsh used to be....
09/01/2026

Same delta. Two years apart.

2024: water in the marsh above Elephant Butte. 2026: dry ground where that marsh used to be.

Nature doesn't argue about this stuff. It just responds. The habitat that lived on that water is simply not there anymore — and it didn't take a decade to happen.

Here's what I keep coming back to: the communities around this lake didn't cause the drought, but they're absorbing every cost of it — tourism, property values, jobs, the whole local economy tied to a shoreline that keeps moving away from town.

Folks, that's fixable. Not overnight, and not by one agency acting alone — but it's fixable. It starts with everyone reading the same set of facts.

That's what this piece is for. Read it, then let's talk about what comes next.

Let's start the conversation.

09/01/2026

We're not building The Academy to monetize it. We're not making a penny from it. That cuts against everything the world tells you to do — but that's exactly how I know we're onto something real.

Here's the truth: this is going to be rejected. Not because it's wrong. Because people don't like change.

They don't like change when it comes with work. And they really don't like change when it comes with work AND asks them to look inside.

We are ALL one. Free lessons in bio. prendamanoacademy.com

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