Tue, 29 December 2020
Ajay and Manu Gupta are the CEOs and managing directors of Indus Communities. Indus was founded on a simple, yet powerful idea: to transform neighborhoods and lives. Since 2002 their team has been committed to making neighborhoods stronger and safer by revitalizing communities in the greater Houston area. As a family-owned business, we have made a conscious choice to pay our success forward by helping our residents who live in our properties along with their family and friends. This philosophy also extends to our employees who proudly own 25% of the business.
Quotes: “We’re closing on a 400-unit property, 396 exactly. It’s a great opportunity. We actually looked at this property in March and had it under LOI and not because of the Corona Virus, but because of property taxes here. Their property taxes tripled this year, so the underwriters couldn’t underwrite it anymore so we had to drop it and things got mitigated and things got better, so we got the deal. So, there is some action out there, and we think in the next 6 months it will improve and there will be more transactions.” “Don’t stretch yourself too thin. Invest only what you can invest. Don’t re-mortgage the house, don’t take out a second loan. Sometimes you see that investment and it looks great, but you have to be careful because at the end of the day you have to make sure that you're comfortable and safe in your financial planning.”
Highlights: 4:47- Ajay and Manu tells us about themselves and their backgrounds 9:19- Ajay and Manu tell us what asset class they typically buy 13:43- Ajay and Manu share if they saw a downtick after stimulus checks ran out 18:54- Ajay and Manu explain how their business has changed on the acquisition side of things 23:06- Ajay and Manu give a prediction on how the commercial market will fair through COVID in Houston
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Tue, 22 December 2020
Yoann Hispa is the CEO and co-founder of Landgate.com. LandGate is an open Property Rights Marketplace that provides free listings of mineral assets, wind, water, solar, timber, cell tower rights, and more. Prior to founding Landgate, Yoann was President of Optimix Energy Corp where he worked as COO for Private Investors, Private Equities, and small E&P companies in their oil and gas evaluations, acquisitions, divestitures, and drilling operations. Yoann has 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry mainly with Operators in various technical roles from Geoscientist to Reservoir Engineer.
Quotes: “We need to calculate how many resources are in place and how much can be exploited, how many more wells can be drilled to exploit that resource. And, when those wells will likely be drilled based on recounts and activity from operators. Then, based on SEC reserves, we need to tie these future cash flows to a reserve category and risk them. At the end, you just add up all of those cash flows and you end up with the market value.” “Diversify your portfolio with a lot of real estate investors and get some actual resources in there.”
Highlights: 4:27- Yoann gives us his background, tells us about landgate.com, and how it came about 14:50- Yoann tells us the likelihood that landowners have some type of mineral or water under their land that increases the value and what the evaluation method looks like 19:32- Yoann tells us how much accuracy he’s able to tell how much oil can be exploited from a location that has never been drilled 25:35- Yoann compares his services to buying gas stock 31:31- Opportunities in solar and wind investments
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Tue, 15 December 2020
Matt Faircloth is a Real Estate Investor and founder of the Derosa Group. Under Matt’s leadership, DeRosa has completed over 30 million in real estate transactions including apartments, mixed-use buildings, office buildings, fix and flips, and tax lien investments. Matt has extensive expertise in connecting passive investors to lucrative investment opportunities through syndications, private loans, and joint ventures.
Quotes: “With the smaller deals, it was easier in that sense because once they filled out the form, it’s a smaller base, it’s manageable. I can close in a day. With 85 investors, it’s just more heads to manage. In some ways, it becomes like herding cats. You have to respect that when investors want to invest a significant amount of money with you, $50,000 is a ton of money. And so, they are going to want to discuss that with you. So, you have to set aside the time to have those calls. With larger raises, you have to set aside more time. “ “Don’t quit. When things get tough, don’t quit. Just try on something new. Have faith, and just try something new to get you to where you want to go. When times get tough, it’s not a time to drop your goals. It’s a time to just try a different method to get there.”
Highlights: 4:02- Matt tells us about his background and how he got into real estate 8:34- Matt talks about transitioning from a small or medium to larger assets 15:32- Matt tells us about the steps he took to double his revenue 20:27- Matt shares his methods 23:41- Matt tells us about the changes he made to increase the number of investors that are interested 44:45- Matt shares about changes in the way he runs his business as we roll through COVID.
Guest Website: https://www.derosagroup.com/
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Tue, 8 December 2020
Mike’s early real estate experience comes from the family construction business where he worked his way through college and was able to gain the skills necessary to manage all aspects of construction and project management. After college, Mike entered the corporate world and has had a successful 20+ year career in Medical Sales with the last 15 years spent in the Medical Device Industry. This unique combination of skill sets served him well as he built a personal real estate portfolio of over $6M across multiple asset classes while working full time. He enjoys educating people on real estate investment and has been featured on multiple podcasts and speaks at local REI meetups. Mike currently lives in Springfield, MO with his wife Aline and their two children. He enjoys spending time with family, hunting, fishing, and snow skiing. Mike has a heart for mission work and believes that “We are blessed to be a blessing to others”. He lives this out through serving others locally, nationally, and internationally.
Quotes: “Having such a long solo investment career, you get used to making all the decisions, and making them quickly and decisively and not having to discuss and walk through them with anyone. Which, can be good and bad. If you make decisions on your own, you don’t have someone to bounce it off of and you can prone to mistakes whereas partners give you that option.” “Especially in today’s COVID world, stay persistent, and don’t give up. Both of my last two deals took us 6 and 9 months just to get to an LLI stage, so especially with everything going on right now, keep your eyes on the prize, stay persistent, keep trudging ahead, and don’t give up.”
Highlights: 4:20- Mike's background and how he found his way to multifamily investing 10:30- Mike shares some of the challenges he faced when bringing on partners and how he overcame them 13:51- Mike talks about how he and his partners work together 27:17- Mike tells us what assets are trading at in today’s world
Guest Website: https://tridentmultifamily.com/
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Tue, 1 December 2020
This week’s episode of the Real Estate Investing for Cashflow Podcast features Charles Carillo. Charles Carillo is a licensed Florida real estate professional; an Eagle Scout and he first became a multifamily real estate investor in 2006. He is originally from a small town in Connecticut and moved to Florida in 2012. While he was growing up, his father owned dozens of commercial and multifamily properties that he self-managed with a small team. This experience was priceless in shaping his future business and real estate investing career. During college he started an online payment business that took him to dozens of countries in Europe and Asia to meet partners and clients, forging his passion for traveling. He ran his online business full-time until 2016 when he decided to switch his focus to his real estate investing company. It forced him to hire assistants and start delegating tasks for both businesses. This transformed both companies by freeing up valuable time that could now be used for “high value” activities. Unlike other real estate investors that take a “hands-off” approach to property management, he self-managed his properties for years before hiring his first professional management company. During that time, he learned the intricacies of dealing with; tenants, contractors, superintendents, brokers, lenders, and attorneys. He purchased and renovated multifamily properties; some completely vacant and turned them into profitable investments that he still owns today. In 2016, he founded Harborside Partners, a real estate syndication company that offers other active investors and passive investors alike, the ability to partner with him and purchase larger, more profitable assets. Currently, he has invested in over 250 units, worth over $25 million. He has designed an easy to navigate website that delivers volumes of free education along with a blog that features educational articles and the latest real estate news. Additionally, he hosts a real estate investing podcast called Global Investors Podcast. After years of traveling the world for work, he realized that there were many foreign investors who were interested in investing in U.S real estate but did not know how to go about it. His podcast focuses on international (and U.S investors alike) looking to invest into cash flowing U.S real estate and features detailed essential information in interview format from; attorneys, active investors, passive investors, syndicators, bankers, brokers, real estate professionals, etc. who work with the U.S and international investors. For international investors looking to be set up in the U.S to invest, he’s able to walk you through the process and direct you to the correct professionals to make the process as simple as possible.
Quotes: “Just by pulling knowledge off and a couple of hours online, you can really figure out and kind of see the growth of different areas and compare it to the U.S. average and then compare it to other areas that you’ve invested in and then kind of figure out your plan.” “We like long term debt and we like doing it with pretty substantial solid reserves. And, that allows us to go in and be confident when we’re working on the property, value-adding on the property, and we have a business plan that we can execute on and that will meet or exceed our expectations on the property.”
Highlights: 3:47- Charles tells us about his background and his business 13:08- Charles tells us how he identifies markets outside of his area 16:54- Charles discusses if he’d consider investing in Orlando based on the current state of the pandemic 28:36- Charles speaks about management inefficiencies with properties Guest Website:
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Tue, 24 November 2020
This week’s episode of the Real Estate Investing for Cashflow Podcast features Evie Brooks. Evie is a Real Estate Investment Educator, Keynote Speaker, Investor, Coach, Mentor, Entrepreneur, and former Advanced Trainer for “Rich Dad Poor Dad”, who now specializes in “All Things Panama”, including real estate and organic agriculture investments. With over 24 years of real estate investment experience, she’s educated and guided thousands of investors through the process of locating, evaluating, and analyzing transactions for cash flow and ROI (Return on Investment) in 13+ countries and 30+ states in the United States. During the global pandemic, Evie continues to close deals every week, primarily due to the soaring demand for organic smart farming investments in Panama, where 85% of the food is imported. Quotes: “After watching and seeing a lot of investors really happy with the returns that they were seeing on this, I was like this is a really good opportunity because food is going to become more and more in demand and airable land is becoming less and less available, and therefore creating a higher value for that land.” “Co-op is what most people in the agriculture business know. A co-op is where a big broker that has accounts around the world with go out and find smaller farmers collectively in places such as Peru that are growing, but they don’t have the connections nor the volume to be able to deal with the big boys (whole foods, etc.) so the broker will come in and co-op with all those small farmers to buy the food from then they will ship it and carry it out to the rest of the world.”
Highlights: 4:11- Evie gives her background and how she got started in investing abroad 13:46- Evie tells us about the different types of investments that she’s involved with in Panama 15:55- Evie explains the mechanics of co-ops in an investment sense 23:10- Evie tells us about the risks and tax benefits of the agriculture industry abroad Guest Website: https://eviebrookspanama.com/ |
Tue, 17 November 2020
This week’s episode of the Real Estate Investing for Cashflow Podcast features Jason Walter. Jason has extensive experience in both land development and land brokerage. From 2003-2007 he headed acquisitions for land development projects totaling more than $300 Million in 31 different states. In 2007 Jason founded Carolina Land Realty and by 2012, Jason expanded his vision by turning Carolina Land Realty into National Land Realty with the intention of creating a Land Brokerage firm with a national footprint. National Land Realty offers the finest farm, ranch, plantation, timber, and recreational land for sale in the US and around the world, including hunting land and timberland, farmland and ranches, lake and river frontage, fishing ponds, acreages, and commercial development.
Quotes: “For us, this year has been unusual in good and bad ways but didn’t always have to do with the pandemic.”
Highlights: 3:23- Jason tells us about National Land Realty and himself 12:36- Jason talks about the expansion in his business 19:55- Jason tells us about his best marketing method 22:16- Jason talks about the pandemic’s impact on land sales 26:08- Jason talks about the opportunities in land investments
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Tue, 10 November 2020
#296: Setting Big Hairy Audacious Goals, Pandemic Positives, The Power of Family, and Much More – with Jason Yarusi
This week’s episode of the Real Estate Investing for Cashflow Podcast features Jason Yarusi. Jason is the founder of Yarusi Holdings, a multifamily investment firm with over 800 units under management. The firm specializes in repositioning multifamily properties through operational efficiencies, moderate to extensive renovations, and complete rebranding. In addition to his real estate investing endeavors, Jason also Hosts The Multifamily Foundation a podcast, which covers all things multifamily from finding deals to raising money, to asset management. And if that wasn’t enough, Jason also runs the New Jersey Multifamily Foundation Club with over 2,000 members that focus on Real Estate Syndication and Multifamily Investing. Quotes: “We get to this New Year’s resolution effect where it’s like, today I’m gunna lose 30 lbs. within the month, and it’s so outside of who you are, that you can’t accomplish that because it doesn’t become your life. That’s where, even if you do lose that 30 lbs., so many times people put it back on because they haven’t created that life mission.”
“You want to know your market, know your where the drive is, and know where your potential is.”
Highlights: 5:27- Jason tells us about himself and his background 17:29- Jason tells us about positive shifts in his life as a result of the pandemic 23:32 Jason tells us his long-term perspective on the residential housing industry if there is not another stimulus bill passed 39:24 Jason tells us if there are asset classes and opportunities that he’s considering now, but wasn’t prior to the pandemic Guest Website: https://www.yarusiholdings.com/website |
Tue, 3 November 2020
This week’s episode of the Real Estate Investing for Cashflow podcast features Jillene Helman. Jilliene is CEO and Co-Founder of RealtyMogul. She's responsible for the company’s strategic direction and operations. Jilliene has underwritten over $5 billion of real estate and was previously a Vice President at Union Bank, where she spent time in Wealth Management, Finance, and Risk Management. Jilliene is a Certified Wealth Strategist, holds Series 7, Series 63, and Series 24 licenses, and has a degree in Business from Georgetown University
Quotes: “Retail was in a world of hurt pre-COVID. Right? We over built retail in this country. That’s just a fact. Now, this recession is different though, than a lot of the historical recessions in that, this is very micro-market. Even property level specific.” “We invested in a shopping center transaction in Florida, and we were projecting double digit cash on cash returns in the first yea. This is a closed investment, not an open investment. But I think there is opportunity in retail because of the fear, but you have to be a very good operator and you have to have very very localized knowledge. We’re not afraid of retail with the right operator and the right knowledge.”
Highlights: :55- Jillene's background 6:08- Jillian gives her opinion on the overall outlook for commercial real estate post COVID 14:30- Jillian tells us what the long-term projection looks like in the office segment 20:38- Jillian gives her opinion on the long-term impact of manufacturing and multi-family housing space
Guest Website: www.realtymogul.com
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Tue, 27 October 2020
#294: How to Leverage Commercial Real Estate Investments to Get You Out of Your Dreaded W2 Job – with Brian Hamrick
This week's episode of the Real Estate Investing for Cashflow Podcast features Brian Hamrick.& Brian Hamrick is the owner of Hamrick Investment Group, which controls over $32 Million in assets, including Multifamily and apartments, Self-Storage, Office, and performing and Non-Performing Notes. Brian currently asset manages 370 apartment units in Grand Rapids Michigan and successfully transitioned from his W-2 job to full-time real estate investing in 2014. In addition to his real estate endeavors, Brian also hosts a popular real estate investing podcast which can be found on iTunes and all other listening platforms. Quotes: “So, I had all this money that was sitting in a bank account and I realized; I don’t know what to do with this. I didn’t even know what a Mutual Fund was at the time and I was 30 years old. So, I just starting learning and investigating.” So, automating it really just made things so much easier, streamlined everything, and now we don’t need to have anyone on site except maybe a couple times a week to make sure it’s clean and sweep out empty units. Highlights: :40- Brian's background 9:28- Brian tells us what his favorite market is 15:27- Brian talks about if his new model is scalable and replicable 22:11- Brian gives his opinion on foreclosures and non-performing notes skyrocketing as a result of the pandemic 26:15- Brian tells us what asset classes he thinks will thrive in the pandemic 30:53- Brian tells us about a bad deal he had and how he got through it |
Tue, 20 October 2020
This week’s episode of the Real Estate Investing for Cashflow Podcast features Dan Genzel. Dan has nearly 20 years of experience over a variety of commercial asset classes and has participated in more than $100 Million worth of investment transactions. Dan's experience runs the spectrum including industrial properties, student housing, condo conversions, office, multifamily, and just about everything else.
Quotes: “That is such a good long-term asset. My kids will deal with that property. Because once these tenants get into that university, and the university continues to get bigger and bigger, it’s just such a good long-term tenant that just builds good customers whether they’re students or faculty. Since the university isn’t going anywhere, it’s a good property to own.” “I bought a 40-unit apartment building very close to the college and I and determined that there were no condos available for this particular neighborhood and area around the university. So, what I did is I bought that apartment building for about 50 a door and I think I put in about 15 or 20 on average per door then I turned around and sold them for about $130,000.00 and I’ll tell you what; every one of those were bought by a student’s parent. It’s a phenomenal investment and goes up about 5-10% every time one of those things turns.”
Highlights: :58- Dan's background 6:00- Dan tells his preference in which deal he’s drawn to the most 12:07- Dan tells us about his first deal 15:33- Dan tells is which commercial real estate class he thinks will thrive as we move past the pandemic 21:00- Dan tells us about a deal that went wrong and what he’s do differently a second time around
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Tue, 13 October 2020
This week's episode of the Real Estate Investing For Cashflow podcast features Scott Lewis. He is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spartan Investment Group, LLC (SIG) and has led several successful real estate projects ranging from single-family flips to ground-up development of self-storage. To date, SIG operates over 5500 storage units, 200 RV pads, has completed $11M in development projects, has $110M more underway and raised over $30M in private equity. As the Chief Executive Officer, Scott is responsible for developing business strategies and plans ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives. In addition to Spartan, Scott is also in the US Army Reserves and is an Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. Scott graduated from Michigan State University with degrees in Chemistry and Marketing, from Catholic University with an MS in Management, and from Georgetown University with a Certificate in Project Management. Quotes: “So, one of the things I asked my boss was, “Hey can I do this informally and just ask some people to provide some input both from across, up, and then down as well?” To give me this really holistic feedback so I can look at gaps in my personality or wherever I need to improve.” “I know that having an understanding of leadership both in theory and in practice is vitally important to be able to lead a team.” Highlights: :50- Scott's background 11:20- Scott tells about what attracted him to the self-storage space 20:27- Scott gives us a case study example on self-storage 27:50- Scott gives his prediction of COVID’s impact on self-storage 31:55- Scott talks about the other businesses he has his hands in as well Guest Website:
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Tue, 6 October 2020
#291: Investing in the Distressed Note Space, Long Term Effects on the Real Estate Markets, & How to Be Prepared to Capitalized on the Opportunities Coming Our Way – with Dave Van Horn
David’s chief responsibilities include the oversight of the Company’s strategic planning, business development, and fundraising functions. His expertise is derived from over 30 years of residential and commercial real estate experience as a licensed Pennsylvania realtor, investor, title company partner, and commercial fundraiser. In addition to his role as President and CEO, Dave’s biggest passion is teaching others how to build and preserve wealth. Dave is a co-founder and board member of Strategic Investor Alliance, a purposeful planning and networking group for accredited investors in the Philadelphia area. Dave is also a national speaker, author, and investment blogger on BiggerPockets.com. Recommended Resources:
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Thu, 24 September 2020
#290: Shifting from Multifamily Investments over to Mobile Home Parks and Self Storage – with Paul Moore
After graduating with an engineering degree and an MBA from Ohio State, Paul entered the management development track at Ford Motor Company in Detroit. After five years, he departed to start a staffing company with a partner. They scaled and sold the company to a publicly traded firm five years later. After a brief “retirement”, Paul began investing in real estate in 2000 to protect and grow his own wealth. Paul has completed over 85 real estate investments and exits, rehabbed and managed dozens of rental properties, built a number of new homes, developed a subdivision, assisted with the development of a Hyatt hotel and finally a very successful multifamily project in 2010, all of this collectively convinced him of the power of commercial real estate. What You’ll Learn:
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Tue, 15 September 2020
#289: What will Happen to the Hardest Hit Sectors (Hospitality & Retail) & Will They See a Full Recovery Post-Covid?
Jeremy leads Roll Investment Group's efforts to seek passive alternative investment opportunities in Real Estate and Businesses in the $500k-$25M range. His focus is on low-risk, non-institutional cash flowing equity investments that are managed by experienced syndicators and low-risk secured (collateralized) short-term loan investments. Current investments include traditional asset classes such as multifamily, retail, and office, as well as niche asset classes such as mobile home parks and self-storage facilities. Additionally, Jeremy has investments in residential real estate and notes, ATM machines, cash flowing websites, hard money real estate loans, and other relatively low-risk cash flowing opportunities. What You’ll Learn:
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Fri, 4 September 2020
#288: Niche Investing – Huge Opportunity in the pre-cooling, cold storage, and processing space – with Dr. Jim White
Our guests for this week’s show is Chairman and CEO of Post Harvest Technologies and Growers Ice Company, Dr. Jim White. Dr. White is a serial real estate entrepreneur and author of Opportunity Investing: How To Revitalize Urban and Rural Communities with Opportunity Funds. He achieved international recognition as CEO of Blount World Trade Corporation and owner and Managing Director of ACEC Centrifugal Pumps NV, Belgium. Throughout his career, he has bought, expanded, and sold 23 real estate companies, operating in 44 countries. What You’ll Learn:
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Direct download: Final_-_Dr_Jim_White_Cold_Storage_mixdown_01.mp3
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Thu, 27 August 2020
#287: The Negative Consequences of Rent Control & How to Capitalize on them by Utilizing a Little Known Tenant-In-Common Conversion Technique – with Michael Gallin
Michael began his real estate career in (TIC) Tenant-in-Common and Condominium development in 1996 and has since developed over 20 apartment buildings and 40 (TIC) projects. His niche specialty is converting rent controlled buildings into market rate condominium units. Growing up in Ventura, California; with a Grandfather who was a real estate developer along the Southern California coast, Michael attended the University of California, Berkeley, earning a B.A. in Psychology and then worked in medical research at UCSF. When not wearing a hard hat or closing business, you will find Michael focusing on fitness, at cultural events, visiting wine country and traveling globally. What You’ll Learn:
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Direct download: Final-Michael_Gallin_Rent_Control_mixdown_01.mp3
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Sat, 22 August 2020
#286: In this pandemic, can you still make a fortune using AirBnb without owning any property? – with Sean Rakidzich
Sean is a serial entrepreneur and accidental AirBNB host. After discovering the earning power of short term rentals, Sean, within three years, built a $3 million per year real estate business with no debt or financing. Sean is now the host of the popular YouTube channel AirBNB Automated where he’s taught thousands of people, for free, how to realize their potential and build their own successful AirBNB-based businesses. What You’ll Learn:
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Direct download: Final-Sean_Rakidzich_AirBNB_mixdown_01.mp3
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Tue, 11 August 2020
#285: Is Covid-19 making WeWork go Bust & Will the Co-Working and Shared Workspaces Concept Be Able to Survive The Pandemic? – With Mark Gilbreath of www.LiquidSpace.com
Mark, or “Skipper” as his employees and teammates refer to him as, is an experienced entrepreneur and one of the leading voices in the sharing economy technology landscape, supporting his vision of sustainable, mobile business practices. In his past, Mark was both a successful Real Estate developer as well as a software industry veteran with 20+ years of experience at previous companies including Wyle, Altera, Toolwire and Venga Ventures. What You’ll Learn:
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Direct download: Final_2020-08-10_Mark_Gilbreath_LiquidSpace_audio_podcast_one_mixdown.mp3
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Wed, 5 August 2020
#284: Is Covid-19 the final nail in the coffin in the death of American malls? – With Matt Lasky from Equity.net
Matt is the managing partner at Equity Velocity Funds, a boutique real estate private equity fund based in Columbus, Ohio. There he is responsible for deal sourcing, structuring, analysis, and post acquisition strategic planning. His focus is on value-add and opportunistic healthcare & retail assets. Equity’s current portfolio consists of approximately $400-$500 Million AUM. What You’ll Learn:
Direct download: Matt_Lasky_-_Is_Covid_the_Death_of_the_American_Mall_Final.mp3
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Tue, 28 July 2020
#283: The Art of Building an Award Winning Company and Creating a Long-Lasting Legacy – with T.W. Lewis
Tom is a seventh-generation Kentuckian who grew up in Lexington. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1971 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and went on to receive his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tom began his career in real estate development and after 18 years with four different companies and building upon those experiences, he started his own home building business in 1991 in Phoenix, Arizona. The T. W. Lewis Company built approximately 250 homes per year from 1991 through 2011 and received many awards during this period, including America’s Best Builder and the National Housing Quality Gold Award. In addition to his real estate endeavors, Tom and his wife formed T.W. Lewis Foundation to support higher education, children and families in need, youth education and a variety of community nonprofit organizations. What You’ll Learn:
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Fri, 17 July 2020
#282: Mastering the Multifamily Syndication Space and Creating a Purpose Built Lifestyle all While Raising a Family – With Andrew Campbell
Andrew Campbell is the Founder and Managing Partner of Wildhorn Capital, a Multifamily Investment firm focused on buying value-add assets in Central Texas. Today, he controls and manages a portfolio of over 1850 units valued at over $220,000,000. A native Austinite and father of four, Andrew is focused on Acquisitions and maintaining Investor Relations at Wildhorn, amongst all the other hats required to build and support a growing business. Andrew’s background is in Market Research & Brand Strategy, spending time in both advertising agencies and emerging technology consultancies, where he was most recently a Partner at an award winning app developer. He received a BS in Advertising from The University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from Baylor University. Recommended Resources:
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Thu, 9 July 2020
#281: Building a Multi-Million Dollar Note Investing Fund Business all While Working a Full-time Job and Raising a Family – With Chris Seveney
Chris is the president of 7E Investments, a distressed note investment firm operating out of the Virginia/DC area. Chris has been a real estate professional for more than 20 years and outside of his note business has developed over $750M in real estate. And to add some additional context, Chris operates his note investment fund while working a full-time job as a Director of Construction for a Washington DC based development firm. Chris has built systems and processes that allow him to operate a multimillion-dollar note investment firm all while maintaining a full-time occupation that he loves in the development sector. Recommended Resources:
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Thu, 2 July 2020
#280: Transitioning From a Full-Time Employee to a Full-Time Real Estate Investor – with Spencer Hilligoss
Spencer’s investment firm, Madison Investing, has co-sponsored deals totaling more than 5000 units equaling more than $600M. As a former technology leader, Spencer built a 13 year track record of growing high-performing teams across five companies - three of them, "unicorns" - valued at more than $1B. In November 2019, Spencer “retired” from his lucrative technology career - leaving behind the $4B loan origination teams he built at LendingHome, which funds an average of 600 fix/flip transactions per month. Now, he is focused on spending time with loved ones and growing Madison Investing by helping passive investors achieve their goals." Recommended Resources:
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Wed, 24 June 2020
#279: How to Build a Stellar Online Presence, Best Practices of Leading Real Estate Syndicators, Latest RE Crowdfunding Trends, and What the Post Covid Real Estate Market Might Look Like – With Dr. Adam Gower
Adam is the founder of Gower Crowd, published author, and host of The Real Estate Crowdfunding Show. He has more than 30 years of real estate development and finance experience and has held senior management positions at some of the largest public and private companies and institutions in the world. Additionally, Adam is a highly sought-after expert in crowdfunding investment and finance, providing advisory services to sponsors raising capital and access to exclusive opportunities to a private syndicate of investors. He is founder of the National Real Estate Forum where he hosts the only internationally syndicated podcast series focused on the crowdfund real estate industry. What You’ll Learn:
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Thu, 4 June 2020
#277: How To Leverage Your Strengths to Quickly Grow a Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Portfolio – with Tim Bratz
Our guests for this episode is Multifamily investor and friend, Tim Bratz Tim began his career more than a decade ago in the competitive New York City real estate market working as a broker leasing ground floor retail units. Here, he saw the true potential of real estate to transform lives and create massive wealth. Although Tim was limited in means, he spent his time reading, attending workshops, and networking with accomplished entrepreneurs learning that being resourceful was the ultimate path to becoming successful. In 2008, shortly after the real estate bubble popped, Tim quickly adapted and using a credit card, increased his limit and then wrote himself a balance transfer check to acquire the cheapest property he could find. Armed with his personal investment and plenty of sweat equity, Tim transformed a rundown duplex and turned a profit on his first deal. He then took those proceeds and reinvested them, while seeking private capital to expand his growing company. Today, he and his team have amassed an impressive multifamily portfolio consisting of more than 3,000 units across multiple different markets. Recommended Resources:
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Thu, 28 May 2020
#276: Creating Massive Value in Commercial Real Estate, Converting an Office Building into Prime MultiFamily, and Preparing for Opportunities Amidst the Pandemic – with Matt Shamus
At the age of 20 Matt got his real estate license, sold his childhood home for a tidy profit, and has been hooked on real estate investing ever since. Matt began his real estate investing journey acquiring and renovating single family and small multifamily properties, forcing value through physical improvements and efficient property management. His strategy has been to purchase undervalued properties in desirable neighborhoods and improve them, thereby increasing cash flow and the value of the underlying real estate. Matt brings this same simple but effective approach to larger commercial properties via Driven Capital Partners. Prior to his real estate endeavors, Matt spent 6 years at Facebook where he developed programs to introduce the internet to the poorest countries in the world via Facebook’s Internet.org initiative, developed Facebook’s original Facebook for iOS app and launched a subscription business model for video content creators. Prior to Facebook Matt founded two music technology companies after beginning his career as an investment banking analyst. Recommended Resources:
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Tue, 19 May 2020
#275: Covid-19 Impact on Multifamily, Long-Term Behavioral Shifts, & Niche Opportunities in Repurposing Prime Located Hotels into Multifamily.
Michael is a Principal at SPI Advisory LLC and heads SPI’s Dallas, Texas office where he oversees all aspects of property operations, including asset management, property management oversight, accounting and taxation, capital improvement and renovation projects and investor relations. Michael is a 15 year veteran Commercial Real Estate Banker and has originated and managed numerous portfolios of permanent and bridge loans in all major asset classes. What You’ll Learn:
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Wed, 13 May 2020
AJ has been in the storage industry since 2003. In 2012, he co-founded Bitterroot Holdings, which is the operator of the Keylock brand that operates 11 facilities throughout Idaho, Oregon and Washington. AJ holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix. Recommended Resources:
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Wed, 6 May 2020
#273: Building Cash Flow and Wealth Through Inflation Resistant Farmland Investments – with Brandon Silveira from FarmFundr.com
Brandon Silveira is a fourth-generation farmer and real estate investor. He graduated from California Polytechnic University with an agricultural degree. After graduating, Brandon started his career in the agricultural industry, and has experience managing and farming a variety of crops. Brandon has bought and sold millions in real estate and currently manages over $100 million in assets. Brandon’s farm management company was recognized in 2012 for achieving over 900% growth, and was listed on the “INC. Magazine” list of fastest growing companies at number 701. It was the only agricultural company on the list. Brandon’s specialty is in farm management, land acquisition and a variety of farm and land financing and strategies. His passion is to bridge the gap between the farm and the consumer. Brandon launched the platform FarmFundr.com in pursuit of that passion. FarmFundr makes investing in farmland, simple. Investors can rest assured they are working with a professional that has a demonstrated history of thriving in the farming industry. Recommended Resources:
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Tue, 28 April 2020
#272: A Candid Conversation with RealCrowds CEO, Adam Hooper, about Covid-19, the Future of Crowdfunding, and Family and Health
Adam has worked on over $1 billion of real estate transactions with a wide spectrum of real estate professionals, sponsors, lenders, investors, developers and institutional clients. His experience led him to conclude that current real estate practices are rife with inefficiencies and in need of a major technological overhaul. As CEO of Real Crowd, he leads the day-to-day charge of growing the platform and ensuring its position as the premier solution in the industry. Recommended Resources:
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Tue, 21 April 2020
#271: How Hotel and Hospitality Investments are Weathering the Covid-19 Pandemic – with Brad Rahinsky from Hotel Equities
Brad serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hotel Equities, an Atlanta-based, full-scale hotel ownership, management and development firm. He’s responsible for developing the long-term vision for Hotel Equities and supports all aspects of the firm’s growing business. Prior to joining Hotel Equities, Brad co-owned a successful portfolio of Hilton and Hyatt branded hotels in the Southeast. He got his early start in the hotel space as bellman working to put himself through school. Throughout his early years he made his way up the ranks through progressive executive level positions with Sheraton, Hyatt, Wyndham and various independent resorts. Brad serves as a member of the Towne Place Suites by Marriott Franchise Advisory Committee and Hilton’s Hampton Inn and Suites Owners Advisory Council. He earned a B.S. degree in Communication Arts with a minor in marketing from the University of West Florida. He and his beautiful wife, Tricia, have five children and reside in Fulton County, north of Atlanta, GA. Recommended Resources:
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Wed, 15 April 2020
#270: Learn the Secret to Generating Stable Cash Flow & Legacy Wealth with Parking Lot Investments – with Brian Spear
For the last decade, Sunrise Capital Investors has focused exclusively on the niche of mobile home park investing. The niche aligns with our investment thesis and has served our investors well for many years. Our team was ahead of the curve, touting the merits of the asset class long before mobile home parks became the darling of private equity. Today, we see similar opportunity in another under-the-radar, niche real estate investment: parking. Parking aligns with our investment thesis, and we feel the niche is roughly ten years behind mobile home parks in terms of the industry’s consolidation phase. This provides sufficient runway to roll up a nice portfolio of parking assets while the niche is still overlooked. The remainder of this special report outlines the top ten most attractive aspects of parking investments. What You’ll Learn:
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Tue, 7 April 2020
#269: Finding Value in Vintage Multifamily Properties, Land Banking Strategies, Short Term, High-End Fully Furnished Rentals and Much More – with Ari Rastegar
Ari is the Founder and CEO of Rastegar Property Company. He has earned a reputation as a thought leader in real estate with his innovative, technology-driven investment strategies. He specializes in recession-resilient real assets and multifamily real estate developments, building portfolios designed to reduce risk and maximize capital appreciation potential. Ari is a frequent contributor to popular publications like The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CBS, and International Business Times. He started his first real estate investment company in 2006 while still in law school at St. Mary’s University. He completed his undergraduate work at Texas A&M University. What You’ll Learn:
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Tue, 31 March 2020
#268: Heavy Value-Add Investing, Operating within Rent Control Markets, and Finding the Positive Even in the Toughest of Times – With Max Sharkansky
Max Sharkansky is the co-founder of Trion Properties and oversees all aspects of acquisition, disposition, and property analysis for the firm. Since founding Trion Properties, Max has led the acquisition, renovation and disposition of over $300,000,000 in mismanaged and distressed assets. Prior to co-founding Trion Properties, Max was a Senior Associate at Marcus & Millichap from 2002 through 2006. While at Marcus & Millichap, Max managed the sale of several million dollars in real estate throughout the continental United States, specifically in the multifamily arena, elevating him to one of the top-ranking brokers in Los Angeles.
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Wed, 25 March 2020
#267: The Little Known Asset Class that We’re Doubling Down On, Becoming on of NY’s Most Prominent Skyscraper Developer & Weathering the Covid-19 Storm – With Ken Van Liew
Ken is a world-renowned authority on Real Estate investment and development and has completed more than $1.35 billion in development in New York City. In addition to his real estate activities, he is also an author, educator, and a professional engineer with advanced degrees from New York University and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Recommended Resources:
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Tue, 17 March 2020
#266: CRE and the CoronaVirus, Weathering the 2008 Storm, A-Class Value-Add Investing via Capital Starved Properties, Preparing for Investment Opportunities that Might Come as Result of Covid-19, and much more – With Santosh Govindaraju of Convergent C
Santosh is the Chief Executive Officer and Founding Partner of Convergent Capital Partners. He is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the company. His responsibilities include negotiating acquisitions, overseeing all investment activities, financial affairs, investor relations, and forging partnerships with other firms in the industry. Santosh is a member the Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, The Committee on Foreign Relations, and Leadership Florida. He serves on the board of directors of the IndoUS Chamber of Commerce, the board of directors of Asian American Chambers of Commerce of Tampa Bay, the board of directors of Chinmaya Mission Tampa Bay, and the board of trustees at Academy of the Lakes, all of which are in Florida. Santosh graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's prestigious Jerome Fisher Program in Management and Technology with a Bachelor of Science in Economics with concentrations in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School, a Bachelor of Applied Science in Systems Engineering from the School of Engineering & Applied Science, and minors in Theater Arts, Mathematics, and South Asian Studies. What You’ll Learn:
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Tue, 3 March 2020
#265: Building a World Class Development Firm from Scratch, Creating a Thriving Company Culture, Leveraging Key Relationships, and the Endless Pursuit of Making the World a Better Place for all – with Josh Simon of SimonCRE
Josh began his career in commercial real estate in 2004, and a few short years later ventured out on his own to start SimonCRE. As Founder and CEO, Joshua leads the company’s growth strategy while directing the daily operations. He carries the torch for a team committed to developing projects that benefit clients and the communities they serve. SimonCRE now develops retail properties all across the country totaling roughly $120 million a year. To date, the company has completed over 170 projects in 22 states. Recommended Resources:
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Wed, 26 February 2020
#264: Converting Distressed Exterior Corridor Hotels Into Best In-Class, Award Winning Hotel Properties – with Justin Ford
Justin specializes in hotels, motels, inns, and lodges, in addition to commercial and multifamily properties. In addition to his real estate investments, he has published, edited and written for over a dozen international investment newsletters. He launched the US version of the Fleet Street Letter, the oldest continuously published newsletter in the English Language. One of his employees was a young Porter Stansberry. Justin is the founder of Seeds of Wealth, a program for getting children to adopt good money habits from an early age. He is the editor of the Seeds of Wealth Quarterly Investment Update Bulletin. His investment approach to real estate can be summarized as follows: 1) I only buy income-producing properties at cash-flow prices; 2) I adequately capitalize each property. 3) I buy at or below market value. 4) I follow cash-flow fundamentals to avoid bubble markets. 5) I finance conservatively, preferring fixed-rate loans; 6) I choose our tenants as carefully as we choose our properties. What You’ll Learn:
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Tue, 18 February 2020
#263: The Key Traits of a Solid Partnership, Identifying New Growth Markets, Building a Deep Network of Loyal Investors, and Much More – with Mark Hamilton
Mark has sponsored the acquisition, ownership, and development of nearly 40 properties in the Bay Area. Mark’s main focus has always been locating value-add properties in changing urban neighborhoods and then re-working them into higher-quality buildings with higher incomes, improved tenant profiles, and higher resale values. Mark has considerable experience in partnership formations and operations, project planning and implementation, asset management and management oversight, landlord-tenant and rent-control issues, risk management, and zoning and building department matters. Before forming his own commercial brokerage and investment business in 1994, Mark worked in the San Francisco office of Marcus & Millichap, subsequently co-founding Property Resource Group (real estate brokerage) and Quantum Land Company (development) What You’ll Learn:
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Tue, 11 February 2020
Ellie is the founder blue lake capital, a multifamily real estate investment firm based in southern California. Ellie holds Masters in Law and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. She started her career as a commercial real estate lawyer, leading real estate transactions for Israel’s largest real estate company. Later, she transitioned to a property manager role and oversaw properties worth over $100MM. Recommended Resources:
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Tue, 28 January 2020
Jim is Senior VP & Principal of Acquisitions for Bascom Group and is responsible for analysis, due diligence, equity and debt financing, and transaction execution functions for the acquisition of new assets, as well as the management and disposition of existing assets. As a member of the acquisition team he has been directly involved in the acquisition of 35 multifamily properties located in California, Colorado, Nevada, and Texas totaling 7,751 units and $1.2 billion in project cost. What You’ll Learn:
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Tue, 7 January 2020
Residential Investor Turned Highly Successful CRE Developer - Multifamily, Senior Living, and Student Housing
Our guests for this week’s show is Real Developer and founder of Rooney Properties, Jim Rooney Rooney Properties is a Wisconsin-based development and management firm, specializing in multifamily, senior housing and student housing projects. Over the last 25 years, the team has been responsible for the development of hundreds of millions worth of projects. What You’ll Learn:
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