The Money Tree Real Estate Investor Podcast: Recent Episodes
William Holland
Do Money Trees Really Exist? Yes! Investing in Real Estate is how you can plant your very own Money Tree. We are teaching busy professionals how to utilize their finances to passively grow their wealth through real estate investing. We interview professionals from many walks of life who discovered the numerous benefits of investing in real estate. We will learn from their successes and failures to help you start your journey towards financial freedom. Just like planting a seed that becomes a huge tree in time, investing in Real Estate today can create generational wealth. Follow William Holland on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/holland-real-estate. Join Our Investor List at https://biggerpictureholdings.com/invest/. Remember "Money Really Does Grow on Trees."
**“From a Successful Career to Walking the Path Towards Greater Financial Freedom”
I am William Holland****, the Founder and CEO of Bigger Picture Holdings LLC, a real estate investment company headquartered in Dallas, TX, that focuses on acquiring value-add multifamily properties.
I specialize in educating investors about the advantages of passively investing in commercial real estate through syndication. I was previously on Balfour Beatty's Pre-Construction team helping develop budgets for upcoming large residential and commercial projects totaling over $2 billion dollars. My first role in Balfour Beatty was managing over $20 million worth of construction planning, execution, and quality control on a 26-story skyscraper.
I have a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University. I enjoy playing basketball, cycling, camping, serving at church, and spending time with friends and family. The most important thing in my life is my relationship with Jesus and seeking to glorify God in all that I do.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Celebrating 4 years in Dallas/Reflection
✅ Process/Decisions leading to quitting my job
✅ Things I have learned this year
✅ Look ahead next 6-18 months
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“From Failures and Debt to Billions Worth of Successful CRE Investments”
Adam Gower Ph.D. is an awesome guy. He is the Founder of GowerCrowd with over $1.5 billion of CRE investment. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/gowercrowd/.
He is a 30+ year real estate veteran with finance experience who today builds digital marketing systems for real estate professionals who want to raise equity capital online (aka ‘crowdfunding’) and he has taught over 4,500 individuals how to build wealth, preserve capital, and earn passive income from investing in real estate. He has over $7 billion of experience transacting distressed real estate for major institutions and banks. Find out more at GowerCrowd.com or run a simple Google search for ‘Adam Gower Crowdfunding’ to learn more.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ How to access and invest in discounted distressed commercial real estate.
✅ What is 'distressed' commercial real estate and how does CRE become distressed.
✅ FOR SPONSORS: if the podcast target audience is professional real estate sponsors, How to raise capital from individual accredited investors during economic downturns
✅ FOR INVESTORS: if the podcast target audience is passive CRE investors (accredited), How to invest in discounted distressed commercial real estate syndications
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“From Corporate America to Making America Great Through Real Estate, One Community at a Time!”Bethany Finch **is a wonderful person. She is passionate about creating change that is beautiful and sustainable by utilizing real estate through multifamily syndications, joint ventures, and providing workforce housing. Go give her a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethany-finch-amhs/.
Bethany Finch the Founder and a Community Enhancer at American Made Home Solutions. She empowers busy individuals and community leaders to create sustainable growth through financial freedom and create legacy through real estate and financial literacy while keeping Christ the center of our mission!
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Understanding the Build-to-Rent Model
✅ Benefits for Investors
✅ Tenant Experience and Advantages
✅ Market Trends and Growth Potential
✅ Challenges and Considerations
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“From Graduating From College to Real Estate Investing Success”AJ Smith **is an incredible guy. He is a Managing Partner at GoldSmith Properties, LLC, a real estate investment firm focused on value-add acquisitions primarily in Eastern Iowa. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajsmith77/.
In the summer between his freshman and sophomore years of college, AJ read Rich Dad Poor Dad and was then introduced to the BiggerPockets podcast by his older brother. He has been hooked on Real Estate Investing ever since.
In June 2021, just a couple weeks after graduating college, AJ purchased his first 4-unit apartment complex for 0% down through a local credit union as an owner occupied investment.
In March 2023, with 13 units under his belt and a love for real estate in his heart, AJ quit his W2 and became a full-time real estate investor. He has since grown his portfolio by 50%.
He now enjoys educating folks on the benefits of real estate investing, partnering with other investors to take down great deals, and spending time with his family anywhere and anytime!
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Getting Started
✅ Going Full Time
✅ What is next
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“From Line of Credit Crisis to Success in Real Estate Through Private Money”Jay Conner **is a great guy. He has been buying and selling houses since 2003 in a population of only 40,000 with profits averaging $71,000. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/privatemoneyauthority/.
He has rehabbed over 450 houses and been involved in over 52 Million Dollars in Transactions. For the past 7 years, Jay has completely automated his 7-Figure Income Business to where he works in his business less than 10 hours per week. He has consulted one on one with over 2,000 Real Estate Investors, raised $2,150,000 in less than 90 Days in Private Money when cut off from the banks, a National Speaker on the topics of Private Money, Automation, and Foreclosures, the Best Selling Author of “Where To Get The Money Now” and a leading expert on Private Lending, marketing, and business development.
A past president of Business Networking International.
He and his wife, Carol Joy, reside in Morehead City, NC.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Private Money
✅ Real Estate Rehab
✅ Working With Somebody Who Knows What He’s Doing
✅ Who Not How
✅ Self-Directed IRA (SDIRA)
✅ Professional Training and Coaching
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“From Successful Real Estate Investing to Building Dynamic Organizations Dedicated to a Healthy and Prosperous Future”Anthony Finno **is an amazing guy. He is drawing on 20+ years of experience as an owner, operator, and board member of IMPACT-oriented businesses in cannabis, hospitality, wellness, entertainment, and commercial real estate. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-finno/.
Anthony's family owns and operates 200 residential units in NYC, a destination hotel in Costa Rica, and over 1 m square feet of industrial properties along the east coast. Since 2005, Anthony has raised more than $500M in equity and debt capital for multiple development and office projects in NYC including 124 W 24th Street and 1250 Broadway (Nomad Tower).
Board Advisor to Rise Of The Butterfly since 2010.
Advisor to the Florence Belsky Foundation since 2020.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Growing up in NYC
✅ Family RE Portfolio
✅ Raising $500 Million in Equity for Investing
✅ Diversification beyond Real Estate
✅ Evaluating and Growing Businesses
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“From Side Hustles in High School to Multiplying Wealth in Real Estate”Weston Walker **is a great guy. At 18 years old, he started his first real estate company called West Rock Equity. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/weston-c-walker/.
Weston Walker just turned 19 years old. He started several side hustles in high school, grew a business to $3k/month and sold it, then bought a 4-plex with his dad who is a fireman. He has now raised capital for a syndication deal.
He is also practicing to become a professional golfer and has competed against the best talent from around the world.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Where he’s from / his background
✅ Best advice you've ever received
✅ Money
✅ Lesson Learned in Real Estate
✅ Biggest Accomplishment
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“From Tax Problem to Building Wealth, Tax-Free”Dave Zook **is an awesome guy. He is a successful Business owner, Syndicator and an Investment and Tax Strategist. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-zook-63765a15/.
Dave and his team at The Real Asset Investor have placed more than $800M across various asset classes which offer Cash Flow, Tax Impact and Equity Growth for investors. These asset classes include ATMs, Car Washes, Energy, Self-Storage and more.
He and his team are one of the Top 5 ATM Fund Operators in the country. Dave was an early investor in Bitcoin and Digital Assets, and he holds an advisory role at Off the Chain Capital, one of the top performing funds in the world for the last 5 years.
Dave is a sought-after speaker and has shared his knowledge across various media platforms such as The International Business Conference, The Real Estate Guys Radio Show, Cashflow Ninja and others.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Businesses Started Journey To Real Estate
✅ Investing and Tax Strategies
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“From Years of Experience to Building Legacies and Communities Through Real Estate”Nick Tinch **is an awesome guy. He is an Author, Real Estate Investor, Christian Business Executive, and Father to 2 Daughters. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-t-tinch-real-estate-investor/.
Mr. Tinch has taken his two and half decades of experience in real estate, employee relations, professional development training, and financial operations to address market challenges with innovative and viable solutions. Mr. Tinch describes his life as one of three primary passions. “My passions are first is seeing individuals succeed, the second is business education, and the third is buying and owning real estate.
As a trained and licensed CPE hospital, Chaplain. I love and enjoy seeing others win in life and be successful. One of my life's missions is to help and support others to live a life of success in their personal life and business career by building communities and generational wealth. I enjoy creating, designing, and building patents. I am also a United States Patent Inventor. My goal is to add value to our real estate acquisition transactions, our shareholders, our investors, and Equity partnerships.
As a Thought Leader he is result-oriented and focused on improving operations and impacting business growth while maximizing profitability in Real Estate and related ventures.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Hospital Chaplain/Virginia Tech Real Estate Advisory Board Member
✅ Landscaping Business
✅ Real Estate Journey (Real Estate Contracts)
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“From Photography and Science to Cash-Flowing Portfolio Through Private Equity Real Estate Investing”
Mark Updegraff **is a great guy. He is the Founder & CEO of Raze Capital, a private equity firm that specializes in raising capital for passive real estate investments. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/updegraff/.
Mark C. Updegraff moved to Rochester, NY in 1997 to pursue his Bachelor's of Science from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Imaging and Photographic Technology. As an undergraduate student, he participated in co-operative work academic quarters for NASA, Pictometry, and as an independent 4x5 film photographer.
In 2003, after working for Kodak, Mark took a position in RIT's Center for Imaging Science and began his Master's studies in Color Science. Mark took a position with ITT Corporation in 2009 where he worked on video quality metrics, end-to-end spectral imaging systems, and electro-optical systems for high altitude aircraft.
In 2010, Mark decided to focus his efforts fully on his real estate redevelopment and private equity companies; Wedge Redux LLC, Ward Redux LLC, and Raze Capital LLC. These companies rehabilitate neglected properties into fully refurbished, market rate, rental properties in the greater Rochester area.
Mark now oversees Updegraff companies in the development, management and brokerage of residential, commercial, and mixed-use real property. His vision for Upstate NY, real estate, and technology are evident through his plans and generated results. Mark is a city of Rochester advocate, employer, entrepreneur, and business owner.
He is passionate about striving to provide safe, clean, affordable, sustainable, adaptable, space for the community at large while garnering the best and brightest minds in an effort to stimulate the economy through creativity, innovation, and workforce development.
Currently, Mark spends time raising capital for syndications in the industrial, multifamily, self-storage and built-to-rent asset classes while overseeing the operations of the Updegraff Companies. His leadership style attracts other leaders eager to deploy new technologies, hone their skills, and take massive action. Under his guidance, associates are able to independently flourish into peak producers in their own strengths.
When assembled together as a team, a colossal amount of creativity is unleashed and goals and expectations are significantly exceeded.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ ITT Corp Imaging Scientist
✅ Brokerage Owner
✅ Property Management Company Founder
✅ Knowing when to Pivot
✅ Office to Multi-family Conversion
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“From a Successful Career to Making a Positive Impact in the Community Through Real Estate”David Wallace **is a great and admirable person. He serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of DGW Consultants, LLC, a private independent consulting firm based in Houston, Texas. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidgwallacesugarland/.
Since February of 2015, Mr. Wallace has assisted a number of investors, companies and members of senior management with industries ranging from early stage, technology-related companies, to real estate development to accelerators & incubators with a focus on high-growth, international start-up companies. Mr. Wallace has a professional background of nearly 40-years in the acquisition and/or formation of over 100 companies and/or partnerships, and in connection with these companies, has secured billions of dollars in equity and debt from countless public and private sector funding sources. As a result of the numerous portfolio holdings, he has served on the boards for several private and public companies.
Mr. Wallace considers charitable works of great importance, as reflected by his extensive efforts in both the Dallas and Houston communities. Mr. Wallace served three terms as Mayor of the City of Sugar Land, Texas, where he previously served on city council representing the Single Member District Number 4. In such capacity, Mr. Wallace played a leadership role at the United States Conference of Mayors where he served on the Executive Committee and as Co-Chairman of the National Homeland Security Task Force and the Urban Water Council. Mr. Wallace served on the U. S. Department of Homeland Security Advisory Council-State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee and on the Board of Directors as Vice President of the TexasOne Economic Development Corporation as well as a board member for the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company, which managed over $4 billion in assets. Mr. Wallace also served on the Advisory Board of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Living in 17 different cities
✅ Privatization
✅ Outsourcing
✅ Buying and Dealing with Troubled-Companies / Bankruptcies
✅ Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs)
✅ Hire Slow, Fire Fast
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“From the Ups and Downs to Building an Empire From the Ground Up”Jerome Maldonado **is an inspiring guy. He is a highly successful real estate investor, business owner, coach and speaker. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerome-maldonado-1018b183/.
Inspired by his parents’ dedicated work ethic, Jerome has always had a hunger for success and a willingness to do whatever it took to make his vision for his life a reality. Starting from scratch, he struggled for many years to get his business off the ground, but from this he learned what it really takes to build an empire from the ground up. After years of honing his skills in sales, team building, and real estate concepts, Jerome finally built his first 6 figure business in his 20s. In 1998, Jerome pioneered a new construction company which he took to seven figures, in less than one year. With much success came the need for expansion. Understanding the simple concepts and benefits of leasing real estate, he purchased a multi-use retail and commercial property to house his business. Jerome found the traction and confidence which has allowed him to do millions upon millions of dollars in residential and commercial real estate transactions and holdings.
Over the span of his 20 year career, Jerome has done over $200 million in in-house transactions, with another $52 million in 2021 alone. His unique ability to streamline results is what makes Jerome’s knowledge and experience so powerful. He would love to come on your show to share some of his knowledge with your listeners.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Equinox International Sales background
✅ Concrete company
✅ BRR
✅ Retail
✅ Building Subdivisions
✅ Owned Restaurants (Subway franchise owner)
✅ Buying/Building Multi-family
✅ Liquidity
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“From Overcoming Cystic Fibrosis to Supporting the Community With the Success and Freedom Gained in Real Estate”Amy Sylvis **is a wonderful person. She is the founder and principal of Sylvis Capital, a real estate firm that invests in large commercial real estate properties in emerging markets throughout the United States. Go give her a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amysylvis/.
Accredited and non-accredited investors appreciate investing alongside her to take advantage of not only her extensive experience, but also her detailed research and exclusive relationships.
Sylvis Capital offers commercial real estate investment opportunities without the day-to-day hassles of owning real estate while generating strong returns.
Sylvis Capital currently has over 748 apartment units, 208,000 square feet of flex industrial space, and $96M worth of assets under management.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Overcoming obstacles/Cystic Fibrosis
✅ Why it took me 10 years to get into real estate
✅ Flex Industrial (triple net lease)
✅ Current 506 (c) with Ashland Greene
✅ Faith in Jesus
✅ Biggest Lesson Learned
✅ Proudest Accomplishments
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“From Tax Consulting to Providing Unprecedented Access to Private Investments”Sam Bates **is an amazing guy. He has a proven track record of identifying and executing successful investment opportunities. He specializes in many aspects of the residential and multifamily markets, including acquisitions, development, asset management, and strategic planning/execution. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sambatesiv/.
Sam Bates is the founder and CEO of Bates Capital Group and is a principal and advisory board member of Systematic Capital. Sam has been directly involved in the acquisition and development, asset management, and strategic planning of over $200 MM in AUM. He has owned over 1,000 multifamily units in Texas, and the Southeast, and Sam currently is developing over $75MM in multifamily assets.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Tax Consulting
✅ How the Top 1% invest
✅ Multi-family Developments
✅ Vertical Integration
✅ Why should you invest in Syndications and Private Investments
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“From Only a Regular Contributor to a Podcast Guest for BiggerPockets”Matt Faircloth **is an amazing guy. He is involved with BiggerPockets, an author, owner, Founder and CEO of The DeRosa Group. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdfaircloth/.
Matt Faircloth has been a full-time investor for 15 years. In that time he has successfully completed projects involving dozens of fix and flips, office buildings, single family homes, and apartment buildings. He has amassed a portfolio of over 1000+ units and raised tens of millions of equity for these real estate projects in both debt and equity positions for these deals from passive investors.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Adopted
✅ What’s Your Why?
✅ BiggerPockets
✅ Wrote Book
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**“From Young, Dumb, and Broke to Maintaining Generational Wealth Through Real Estate Investing”
“If you're looking to play the long game, syndication is a great space to be. There will be some hardship, but that's going to lead to success in life. So you need to be willing to weather the storm and to see the bigger picture.”*Charles Seaman* is a great guy. He resides in Charlotte, NC and serves as a Managing Partner of Cash Flow Champs. He’s responsible for building and maintaining broker relationships and performing and overseeing the company’s underwriting activities. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-seaman-90b9b932/.
He’s also involved with contract negotiation and capital raising to make sure that the deals close, remaining involved after closing to manage the assets so that they perform in a manner that provides investors with exceptional returns. He’s currently a general partner in eight (8) multifamily properties totaling 691 units, having gone full cycle on one, two multifamily properties.
He has 14 years of prior experience working for a commercial real estate investor in NYC. During this time, he assisted the investor with acquiring deals, obtaining financing for them, and managing and leasing them after the deals were closed. While there, he also assisted the investor with the management of numerous other businesses that he owned, including a plumbing company and several bars and restaurants. During his spare time, he also actively traded stocks from 2009 to 2014.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ How to Get Started in Multifamily
✅ Challenges in Underwriting Right Now
✅ Gaining Competitive Advantage
✅ Market Conditions and Predictions
✅ Creativity Is Key
✅ Adjustable Rate Mortgages
Great quotes from the episode include:
“I always wanted to drop my own course and steer my own ship little by little. I started working towards that and it worked out.”
“So when I discovered syndication, I said OK, so I can use my knowledge, my expertise to do the deals I want and use other people's money. I said, ‘Wow, this is a score. I like this a lot.’”
“I wanted to put myself in a position where I could be close to these markets because I knew that being close would allow me to gain a competitive advantage over people who aren't.”
“There are still advantages that come with having an in-person relationship with somebody versus a phone call or an e-mail.”
“What I would say is that creativity is going to be very key this year on a lot of fronts. And if you're looking at smaller deals and when I say smaller, let's say 50 years or less, then you may be able to entertain some creative finance strategy.”
“Rate caps only protect you to a certain extent.”
“I think it's really the relationships I've built, the experience I've gained within a single accomplishment at this point.”
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**“From a Saver’s Mentality to Leveraging Debt to His Advantage”
“I learned basically the importance of having multiple streams of income by talking to real estate investors, agents, property managers and lenders on a daily basis and picking their brains. That's when I decided to pursue real estate and acquire my first 2-bedroom, 1-bathroom condo.”*Jim Lee* is a great guy. He is a real estate investor and the founder of Formosa Investing. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/formosainvesting/.
Jim received his Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from UCLA in 2010 and started his career as an inside sales representative for LoopNet/Costar. By being the top sales rep and winning a $50k sales incentive bonus, he used that savings to purchase his first 2 bed/1 bath condo and learn the importance of having multiple streams of income. Now through real estate syndication, he has invested in over 600 units in the past 2 years where he has participated as a general partner/limited partner.
He leverages real estate syndication to help investors achieve financial goals, and generate returns for all looking for a transparent partnership.
Fun Fact: He was born and raised in Taiwan and loves to travel.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Taiwan and Its Culture
✅ Debt Leverage
✅ Realtors Have Limitations
✅ Backfilling
✅ Mortgage Insurance
✅ Mentorship
Great quotes from the episode include:
“I think that both of us operate and kind of live by the tenants that were discussed within Robert Kiyosaki's book, ‘*Rich Dad Poor Dad***’ of utilizing good debts to own, purchase and acquire cash-flowing assets, and it's really life-changing.”
“In this industry, you have to be comfortable being uncomfortable.”
“As GPs our mission is to make sure that our investor is as happy as they can be, and to even have the thought of having a capital call which is to raise more capital and dilute the shares, we just don't want to put that pressure on the investor unless it is deemed necessary.”
“I would change my attitude about trying new things because I used to be very close-minded. As I get older, I've learned that it's always better to look on the other side of the coin. To me, there are three sides of the coin, there's the head, tails and the edge. If you can stay on the edge, you'll be learning the most.”
“I'm grateful and thankful for all the friendships and connections I've built throughout the years. Not just domestically, but internationally as well. I have a lot of strong connections where I can just call, and they'll just provide a home, a shelter for me to live. I think that's more important than making money.”
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**“From Multifamily Broker to National Council Chair in Multifamily”
“There's nothing like being in the brokerage aspect of multifamily where you get to see 100 different groups’ ways of approaching deals, whether it be market rate deals or on the affordable side. From the brokerage angle, we get to see so many different execution strategies and ways people look at deals and analyze them.”*Reid Bennett, CCIM* is an amazing guy. He serves as National Council Chair of Multifamily Properties for SVN International and is a Senior Vice President for SVN - Chicago Commercial. Go give him a follow.👈
As a licensed managing broker, he focuses primarily on the sale of apartment communities across the Midwest and also teams up with members of his council to serve clients across the country in over 150 markets. Reid prides himself on understanding the nuances and analysis of multiple-unit apartment dwellings & low-income Section 8 & Section 42 communities.
In 2016, 2018, 2021 & 2022 Reid received the Partners Circle Award, which is the top honor from SVN where he was ranked in the top .02% among all 1,200+ SVN advisors in the world for the fourth time.
A graduate from the University of Iowa, Reid also has achieved the highly coveted designation of Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM).
In 2018, Reid hired Massimo Group, the premier commercial real estate training company in North America.
Also active in his community, Reid chaired the Development Committee for River North Residents Association (RNRA).
In this episode we discuss:
✅ 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis
✅ Partners Circle Award
✅ Multifamily Brokerage
✅ Capital Raising
✅ Beware of FoMO (Fear of missing out) Investing
✅ Seller Financing / Assumable Debt / Distressed Deals
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Ever since I took over the National Council chair of multifamily for my firm, now we're doing deals in multiple states, around the country, working with many of my colleagues. It’s been really fun to evolve from the neighborhoods of Chicago out to areas of Texas and New York.”
“Investing in real estate is a journey, it’s a roller coaster, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I like the highs and learned a lot from the lows.”
“Actively investing in real estate is not for the faint of hearts. You have to have thick skin and be willing to walk through fire.”
“A couple of groups in 2018-2019 said, ‘We're holding onto our property because we're waiting for inflation. It's way better than selling our deal and putting the money into a bank or into a CD, or even into the market at this point.’ Those guys were right.”
“I think looking at 100 deals, making 20 offers and maybe getting involved in one is a good metric, and it just has to be the right deal.”
“There’s always a reason, always a time for groups to sell their deals, which is why calling on people should be done on a consistent level.”
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**“From Advertising Executive to a Successful Licensed Real Estate Professional”
“If I had to do it over again, I would have partnered with somebody that had more experience than me. I would have been happy to split the cost, split the stress, speed up the timeline and split the profits too. It would have been better to learn from somebody on the job, versus learning the hard way.”*Christine Bellish* is a wonderful person. Christine and her husband Danny, are co-founders of The Bellish Team, a real estate investing firm dedicated to helping passive investors preserve and build wealth through strategic real estate acquisitions. Go give her a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-bellish/****.
As former NYC advertising executives, they spent 15 years managing multi-million dollar marketing budgets for some of Fortune 500’s most recognizable brands, but decided to pivot into real estate in 2018 in pursuit of more passive income. In 2021, in their first eight months as general partners, they raised $3M in private capital from passive investors. Today they are principals for a net lease fund, general partners for 696 units, and equity partners for 1,111 units total across six states (NJ, OH, TX, WV, AR, PA).
Fun Fact: Christine likes: Beaches, working out, live music, dogs, pizza, design, dressing up, making people laugh, Bravo, Tito’s with two limes
In this episode we discuss:
✅ The BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) Method
✅ Getting the Right People On Your Team
✅ Syndication: A Cheat Code?
✅ Trust The Experts
✅ Why You Should Educate Yourself In Real Estate Syndication
✅ Are Financial Advisors Against Investing Passively In Real Estate?
✅ Real Estate Investing Opportunities
✅ Selling Away
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Even though rental income is considered passive income, I think a lot of people who own properties and manage them themselves can attest to the fact that not everything is that passive.”
“I would say for people who are trying to get involved in their first project if there's rehab involved, to definitely try to get involved in something that's more cosmetic versus basically rebuilding an entire house from scratch.”
“Syndication felt like a cheat code to me because it just seemed like it was a way to level up quicker in the real estate industry.”
“I am trusting an experienced real estate investor who has a track record of success, who has thousands of investors who has raised millions and millions of dollars for over a decade.”
“I want people to work with me who feel comfortable, who trust me, who get along with me and that might not be everybody and that's OK.”
“I just get joy and happiness out of helping to educate people and open their minds to the value and option of earning passive income through real estate syndication.”
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**“From Business Development Executive to Commercial Real Estate Broker Specializing in Net Lease Investment Sales”
“Don’t wait for success, start ahead without it.”*Dan Lewkowicz* is a very outstanding person. He is a seasoned real estate veteran with over 15 years of experience in many facets of the real estate industry. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-lewkowicz-7118361/**
**Starting his career “house hacking” he quickly moved on to flip houses in and around metro Detroit and eventually created a company called Renaissance Real Estate Ventures which specializes in the acquisition, financing, renovation, and resale of single-family residential properties in the booming city of Detroit, Michigan.
Before forming The Lewkowicz Group of Encore Real Estate Investment Services, Dan was a Senior Advisor at Fortis Net Lease specializing in commercial real estate investment sales. Dan is also a former business development executive for Amazon in Detroit Michigan. Currently, Dan is Senior Director of The Lewkowicz Group of Encore Real Estate Investment Services and specializes in shopping centers, medical office buildings, industrial fulfillment centers, quick service restaurants and automotive repair and parts stores.
Dan has five lovely children and resides in Birmingham, Michigan with his wife Brady Lewkowicz and enjoys running, boxing, lifting weights, yoga, and playing the acoustic guitar.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Net Lease Investment Sales
✅ Commercial Real Estate Investment Sales
✅ House Hacking
✅ Fix-and-Flip
✅ Rising Interest Rates
✅ Broker Opinion of Value (BOV)
✅ Triple Net Lease (NNN)
Great quotes from the episode include:
“In commercial real estate, especially in the environment that we find ourselves in today, you really have to scrap and be willing to just keep moving forward even when you're not getting the results that you want to see right now.”
“If you let the market dictate what you do in terms of like you know your mindset and your activity but in a negative direction, it’s a roller coaster. Have the same fundamentals of your day-to-day that you need to do to be successful.”
“It's our job as brokers to uncover motivation, to uncover motivated sellers and to continuously be there for our clients.”
“One of my mentors always told me to buy a property or pursue a partnership with an exit in mind.”
“Minimize that time between when things are going great and when they're not going great to when I start pushing to make them great again.”
“I think doing my best to be a part of that framework of helping other people and being helped by other people, just giving and getting is very, very important.”
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**“From a Multi-Million Dollar Eye Practice to Passively and Actively Investing in Real Estate”
“We spend a lot of time educating our investors. We want them to be comfortable. It's always been quality over quantity. The biggest thing is people have money. They just need to have the proper education and know how everything works, how to vet the process, and get over that fear of investing.”*Dr. Hoa Nguyen* is a wonderful person. She is an entrepreneur, author, eye doctor, and a real estate investor and syndicator. She is the CEO and co-founder of Blacksteel Investment Group. Go give her a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoa-nguyen23/****.
Dr. Hoa Nguyen, along with her husband, owns two successful multi-million dollar eye practices named Eye Pieces in DFW for 11 years, and they continue to grow and expand their practices with 3 associate doctors. She has been practicing for 17 years. She co-founded Blacksteel Investment Group (formerly 20/20 Platinum Capital) to help families invest passively in multifamily. She has $580M AUM in her real estate portfolio and is invested in over 7,300 units.
They have an 8-year-old daughter, named Athena, and enjoy financial freedom, as well as time freedom. Their passion is to educate others on financial freedom, travel the world to experience different cultures and contribute back locally within the community, as well as different orphanages around the world.
Hoa graduated from The University of Houston College of Optometry in 2006.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ A Multi-Million Dollar Eye Practice
✅ Development and Construction
✅ The Beauty of Passive Investing
✅ The Whale Investors
✅ Getting Over The Hurdle
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Real estate is a way that we can work smarter and leverage our money and income from our practices to diversify our income and grow and scale.”
“The house we’ve constructed is going to be our legacy asset. This is going to be something that we're going to hold on to. We're going to be able to enjoy it while we're still living, and then once we're gone, we'll pass it down to my daughter.”
“We can't just let our money sit in the stock market and bank. It's not doing much for us and it’s too volatile. It was a game changer to create relationships and learn from some of the people who were experienced in the real estate space.”
“It's nice to get your capital back a little bit quicker and then be able to deploy it again and just continue to grow that investment.”
“The real estate world has really allowed us true financial freedom and money and time, and so work for me is optional.”
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**“From Climbing the Corporate Ladder to Building His Own Real Estate Empire”
“I realize that I won't be happy working for anyone that is not aligned with my values and my goals. So my wife and I decided to start our own business.”*Jon De Los Reyes* is an inspiring guy. He is a successful Real Estate Investor and E-commerce Entrepreneur based in Houston, TX. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondelosreyes/****.
Jon De Los Reyes tried many different fields, from engineering to investment management. He wanted to find that “ideal job” and climb the corporate ladder. Unfortunately, he did not find one that aligned with his values. By sheer luck, he took an entrepreneurship class in his last semester in MBA school that made him realize that his ideal career is something he needed to create. He built a 3-year plan that revolved around generating cash flow first from selling products online and then building wealth through Real Estate.
Prior to his current endeavors, he worked for esteemed companies in the energy sector for 15 years. He established his foundation as an engineer and took on roles as an analyst, associate, process engineer, project manager and operations manager. He obtained his MBA from the University of Houston in 2019. He also managed a student-run stock portfolio fund and held a fiduciary responsibility to their investors.
In 2021, Jon and his wife, Michelle discovered the power of Multifamily syndication. They went all-in, invested in 1,413 apartment units in 6 short months and wanted to share this opportunity with as many people as possible. They currently operate as Co-Sponsors under DLRX Ventures. The company exists to positively impact busy professionals and attain above-average investment returns by investing in large apartment complexes so they can enjoy the things that they love with the people that they love.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Philippines
✅ Racing
✅ Hiking
✅ Stock Portfolio
✅ Building Cash Flow versus Capital Gains
✅ Class A Properties
✅ PFC
Great quotes from the episode include:
“We keep on talking about the property and the market, but the most important aspect of a deal is the team, the GP team that's managing the asset.”
“We did a lot of research and sure enough, we made the right decision to invest in this asset which is the best asset in our portfolio.”
“We don’t want other investors to fall into this trap of just taking it by the numbers. You have to do your own diligence.”
“I’m proud of the relationships that we’ve built through real estate.”
“When we first started in this business, we were rubbing elbows with multi-millionaires, and we felt uncomfortable. But now it has become the norm, and we're striving towards that as well. We've increased our net worth significantly over the past two years.”
“The method that I followed - Set what you want to ACHIEVE - MEASURE - PLAN - take MASSIVE.”
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**"From Football Captain to an Industrial and Commercial Broker”
“If you have your goals and you set your intentions, you have positive affirmations and you have that vision for what you want to accomplish, then you can't let anything sidetrack you from the ultimate goal of doing what you set out to do.“*Nick DeGregorio* is an amazing person. He is the Illinois Wesleyan football team captain, worked at Lincoln property companies, and is currently an industrial and commercial broker. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-degregorio-b54a21204/****.
He is an Industrial Real Estate broker at Cushman and Wakefield, which is a leading global real estate services firm that delivers exceptional value for real estate occupiers and owners. As a former college football player and team captain for Illinois Wesleyan, he is very competitive. This helps him understand the concept of winning at a high level and working well with clients.
He is looking to help or connect with anyone that is in warehousing, manufacturing, E-commerce, or is an industrial broker.**
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Football
✅ Having A Team
✅ Building Relationships
✅ Brokerage
✅ Mentorship
✅ Love For People
**Great quotes from the episode include:
“Building relationships stems from having a plan and taking action on that plan every single day.”"Every day is a new adventure. You gotta take it one day at a time, one day at a time, and know that success is not going to come overnight.”
“One of the biggest lessons that I seek to learn is from the mistakes of other people you know. If I can figure out the things that they did that they wish they would have changed, and then I can navigate around that without having to go through that mistake.”
“The sign of a good friendship is when both sides are willing to help, support, encourage and offer advice and stuff like that.”
“Don’t expect success to come overnight.”
“At the end of the day, you want to put your clients first and that's kind of day-to-day for me is doing whatever is asking me from my team and doing whatever's asking me of my clients and servicing them in any way possible.“
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“Financial security gave me one of the most important things that I have now, and it's my time, my time is something that I truly cherish. My time to focus on my mindset, my spirituality, my body, my health, my family, building my legacy and helping others.”Victor Leite is an awesome guy. Victor Leite is one of the founders of Twenty-Five Eight Capital, a real estate investment company focusing on multifamily syndications. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicleite/**.
He got his start in the Single Family space and developed a consistent real estate investment track record with over 200+ single-family BRRRR and fix & flips projects completed along with building a sizable single-family rental portfolio. He has successfully transitioned his skill set towards the multifamily space, acquiring and managing over $30 million dollars’ worth of multifamily assets as a General Partner and Operator.
Additionally, Victor attended the George Washington University School of Medicine and has been practicing clinicians for over 13 years. Through real estate, he has been able to generate enough passive income to leave his full-time W2 jobs in healthcare.
He now enjoys spending his past time raising his two kids in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and has a passion for helping other busy professionals attain the same level of freedom in their own lives.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ The BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) Method
✅ Fix & Flip Model
✅ Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
✅ Quitting W2 Job
✅ Financial Freedom
✅ Massive Action Plan (MAP)
✅ Legacy Wealth
Great quotes from the episode include:
“You can go fast by yourself, but you can go really far as a team.”
“True growth and true change occur when you start giving up control.”
“We're not all perfect. We all have our saboteurs in us, and the goal is to just focus on quieting down those saboteurs, focusing their belief systems and creating a new and positive version of yourself.“
“I want to use my time, abilities and the resources I’m granted to help and share the love with other people.”
“Commit to the level of self and standard that you want to be in, and just take action with the deadline on it.”
“We're trying to focus on legacy wealth, building long term investing and building communities that are proud of the properties that they're living in.”
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“Do stuff an average person wouldn’t do.”Vlad Arakcheyev is an inspiring guy. He is an active investor, co-sponsor and JV partner in 60+ multifamily units and land development amounting to a multimillion-dollar portfolio. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/vladarakcheyev/ **After taking on many challenges in entrepreneurship and failed attempts, Vlad joined the Jake & Gino real estate community, which ultimately led him to success. Now, Vlad is in charge of Zontik Ventures’ operations and asset management. He is a member of the national real estate investor network. He has an experience in sales and marketing for residential and commercial real estate and has been leading direct marketing efforts as well as acquisition and disposition efforts relating to investing in distressed, off-market properties.
Vlad is skilled in acquisition negotiations and multiple creative financing strategies. As a real estate agent licensed in NJ, he has developed an extensive network of investors, real estate agents, contractors and other relevant parties.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Russia
✅ Travel
✅ Advantage of Real Estate Compared to Other Industries
✅ Importance of Mentorship
✅ Joint Venture and Syndication
✅ Social Media Impact
✅ GAP Funding
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Real estate is an industry where it’s always needed, and because everybody needs to live somewhere, real estate agents are always needed.”
“After speaking with all these real estate people for like 2 days, I was just floored by the generosity and how open they are and how much they're willing to teach and pass their knowledge forward.“
“Mentorship is important! Even if you can do it without mentorship. You don't have to pay, you know, whatever it is for the mentorship, but it's like going up the mountain and learning to ski. You can go up the mountain 20 times, fall down and be all bruised up and eventually learn how to ski or take one lesson.”
“I'm very proud of a person who gave me a shot. I mean, I was new, and he gave me an opportunity. He saw something in me and gave me an opportunity that accelerated my career further. So I'll always be grateful to people that give me shots and opportunities because I'm here to pass it forward. I'm here to teach and help others.”
“Picture this, I can say, oh, listen, Jake & Gino, Bill Ham, Marco Barbaro and Joe Sullivan are my mentors, and the big players in multifamily space. So that gives me credibility right away.”
“You have to put yourself out there, even if it might seem weird, always be consistent, not giving up and driving forward. If you fall down, get up and keep going. Don’t just give up!”
“Real estate is a huge machine. You have to kind of realize that it's not just you there, there's a team that's involved and you're just one part of the whole machine that is moving forward. You don't have to do everything, but you have to do what you do great.”
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“It is super helpful to have a mentor. It's invaluable just like that, having those one-on-one conversations and actually learning from someone who's doing it firsthand. You can't learn that in a book.”Michael Piehler is a great guy. He is the Co-Founder of North Lone Star Capital, a private equity real estate investment firm based out of the Twin Cities, where Michael and his wife Miranda currently reside. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-piehler-141211174/**.
Born and raised in Plano, Texas, Michael made his way up to Minnesota where he attended Bethel University in Saint Paul, graduating magna cum laude with a degree in Economics and Finance. Michael began his career in commercial real estate as a broker and currently works on Acquisitions and Investor Relations with North Lone Star. The first deal they closed on as a new company was last year, a 120-unit in Houston.
Michael’s competitive nature, work ethic, and passion to serve others are invaluable to the firm.
Fun Fact: He was captain of the hockey team and also played on the golf team.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Value of Mentorship
✅ Collaborative Space and Competitive Space
✅ Importance of Due Diligence
✅ Passive Investors
✅ General Partnership\
✅ Loan Assumption
Great quotes from the episode include:
“To get anywhere, you have to find people that can mentor you and guide you, and at the very least, you have to find partners to really grow beyond a certain point.”
“Absolutely don't feel like you're doing someone a disservice by trying to have a cup of coffee with them. Like that is 100% how businesses are made in the real estate space and how deals are formed.”
“I don't think a lot of passive investors understand the amount of work that goes into just one deal.”
“One of the huge benefits of being a passive investor is working with good operators that are actually going to take those steps to ensure a solid investment.”
“A lesson I've learned, and this would be for your active investors out there, to not be afraid to pick up the phone and make those calls.”
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“I believe that good things happen at the intersection of faith and hard work.“Jason Wright is a very inspiring guy. Jason is a speaker, author, entrepreneur, consultant, and digital marketing architect with a passion for helping real estate investors and entrepreneurs with their sales funnels. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonjwright/**.
Jason prides himself on his ability to connect with people and speak to them in a language they understand. Jason is able to design successful marketing automation machines all while keeping a positive attitude and sense of humor along the way. He works with real estate investors and entrepreneurs to help them automate their digital marketing. His focus is sales funnel strategy and architecture, specifically in ActiveCampaign and Zapier.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Digital Marketing
✅ Architecture
✅ Upwork
✅ Capital Raising
✅ Public Speaking
✅ Automation
✅ Active Campaign
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Speaking can make a really big difference in business and everything, and if I can impact people personally and professionally, it's a win.”
“Pain is one of the best teachers of lessons. So if you were to take your hand right now and hold it over a candle, at some point, you're going to move your hand because it hurts. So as an entrepreneur or a capital raise or just anybody in life, if you experience actual pain from failure, whether it's shame or you lose a bunch of money, or waste a bunch of time, or all those things, guess what? You're going to pay attention to it and go, ‘I'm not going to do that combination of things again, because it burned my hand. I'm going to make an adjustment somewhere and try again.’”
“There is a razor-thin line between success and failure. It's amazing how close they are together.”
“Any relationship in life you care about requires effort. It requires you talking and giving some value, and it can be really, really effective that way.”
“I believe that good things happen at the intersection of faith and hard work.“
“A good quote from the Bible is faith without works is dead, so it requires faith, but faith in motion. I would say that belief in motion is a good way to describe faith.”
“I don't wish I would have done anything differently because the path has been the education.”
“Momentum is harder to start, but much easier to maintain, so that patience piece is really big because a lot of people give up.”
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“A lot of people make decisions based on the short term rather than the long term, and the ones that are making the decisions off the long term will obviously do much better over time.”Pete Reese is such an amazing guy. He is the President of Reelvest Properties, a land development and investment company. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/petereese1/**.
With nearly two decades of real estate experience as a broker and investor, Pete has successfully purchased and sold hundreds of pieces of real estate for a profit over the years for himself and on behalf of his clients. He’s on track to earn $4 million in revenue in 2023 with his land flipping and development business. Pete’s always looking for his next deal, including his longtime dream of his own private island.
Besides his professional accomplishments, Pete is a proud father to three girls, keeps up with his family by working out and enjoying a vegan diet, and is the 31st great-grandson of King Henry II. 🤯
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Land-Flipping
✅ Travel Blogging Business
✅ Data Scraping and Newsletters Distributions
✅ Buying Off-Market and Selling On-Market
✅ REO (Real Estate Owned - Banks)
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Land-flipping has a simple business model in a way, but not as easy as it may appear.”
“Our main thing is we like to look for areas where there's some good activity in the land market, and when I mean good activity, there are sales where there's not an overabundance of listings.”
“The whole goal is to buy them right so we can list them at an aggressive price on the market with the real estate broker and do whatever we need to do to make it retailable.”
“I've noticed the longer I hold something, the less profitable it's going to be, whether it's holding for you to get some approval on something or do some type of construction work, it seems like I always make out better if we can just sell things quickly and don't get into all that stuff.”
“My proudest accomplishment aside from real estate is my family and my kids.”
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“Making mistakes is OK as long as you don't make the same ones over and over, and the best mistakes to learn from are somebody else's.”Shawn Griffith is a great guy with some great experience. He started 11 years ago as a passive investor and took the plunge as a DFW syndicator and developer 2 years ago. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawn-griffith/**.
Shawn has transitioned into Real Estate Investing from an awesome career spanning manufacturing to IT. He and Teri founded TWT Multifamily to acquire and manage multifamily properties. Shawn's experiences as a problem solver are a huge asset in Real Estate Investing.
Teri and Shawn Griffith are accredited investors, based in Denton, TX. They focus on multi-family properties in the southern U.S. with an emphasis on Texas. They invest both passively and actively in multifamily real estate and are currently invested in over 3000 units and have exited over 500 units full cycle. They have close 3 deals (303 units valued at $30M) and are looking for more!
In 2021, they joined the Brad Sumrok Personal Mentoring Group and Master Mind to enable them to learn how to serve their investors better, fine-tune their skills and grow with those more experienced.
Fun Fact:
He is very experienced in different industries! He started right out of high school and went to the US Navy, got out of the Navy and went to Texas Instruments, then went to work for Southwest Airlines.
He likes to play with computers, databases and fun stuff like that, which other people cringe at, but are totally awesome!
Special mentions in the podcast:
@Mike Guthrie
@Brad Sunrock
@Grant Cardone
@DJKhaled
@Meryl Callister
@Bobby Castro
@Jesse Itzler
@Pete Vargas
@Pat Quinn
@The Real Estate Guys Radio Show
@Russel Gray
@Ken McElroy
@Robert Helms
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Retirement
✅ Stock Market Manipulation
✅ Mitigating Risk in Real Estate
✅ Importance of Cohesion
✅ Capital Raising
✅ Non-Refundable Minutes
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Hey, if we're going to have the retirement that we want, then we're going to have to do something different, and for us, the answer was real estate syndication.”
“One of the things I've learned about being in multifamily or real estate, in general, is you can’t over plan or have too many Plan B. Plan C, Plan D, especially when you’re raising capital.”
“The most important thing is to get to know your sponsors, not just the person you know. If I don't know your partners, I'm not investing with you.”
“It takes a coordinated effort to make a property work.”
“If you shoot for the stars and you land on the moon, well, you know, you’ve accomplished something.”
“Consistency is what's gonna keep you going.”
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“Whatever our degree or career, make as much active income as possible, take that active income and put it in these deals to where it gives you the tax benefits, it gives you cash flow to start replacing your income, and then it gives you options.”Dr. Jeff Anzalone is an awesome guy. He is a full-time practicing periodontist at Anzalone Periodontics in the great state of Louisiana and got into the real estate space about 6 and a half years ago because of a wrist accident. He is also an author and the founder of DebtFreeDr.com. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/debtfreedr/**.
Dr. Anzalone realized that most doctors have only ONE source of income, their earned income from working, including himself. Now he learned how to build multiple streams of passive income that would slowly but surely replace his active income each year.
Now, his focus is on helping doctors and other high-income professionals create passive income from real estate so that they can STOP trading their time for money.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Dave Ramsey Philosophy
✅ How Syndications Meet the Goals and Need of Doctors and other Professionals
✅ Sharing Value
✅ Assets and Liabilities and Passive Income
✅ YouTube Partner Program
✅ Who Not How: The Formula to Achieve Bigger Goals Through Accelerating Teamwork
✅ Crowdfunding Online Risk
Great quotes from the episode include:
“As a dentist, if we can't use our hands, we can't provide for the family.”
“Whatever our degree or career, make as much active income as possible, take that active income and put it in these deals to where it gives you the tax benefits, it gives you cash flow to start replacing your income, and then it gives you options.”
“I encourage anybody out there that has something of value if they think they can provide other people, then share it.”
“It's really cool to see people out there that are helping others and giving, and that's what makes me feel the best.”
“Invest in things that can cash flow to replace your income. Guess what that money comes in regardless of your time.”
“Once you focus on getting your assets to pay for your liabilities that's a different way to function.”
“It took me a while to do it because I was asking the wrong questions and then when I read the book ‘Who Not How’, that's when the light bulb came on, and I said, well I was asking the wrong questions.”
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“Our responsibility is that we need to bring other investors on board as well, and when you bring other people on board, you have to make sure that they are in the right deal.”Dr. Alex Tam is such a great guy and a top guest on interview podcasts, sharing his wisdom and experience across his various areas of expertise. He is the owner of four fast-growing businesses, from medical to real estate investment to staffing and performance marketing. He is an expert on founding and growing businesses, motivating teams, and exploiting market opportunities to serve his clients. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dralextam/**.
Dr. Tam has owned his own business for 14 years and is experienced in sales and management and has also coached and mentored others in business development and operations. He learned about syndication in real estate during a Grant Cardone Conference in 2018. He and his wife, Helen, wanted to have more skin in the game and decided to join an amazing group called Jake and Gino, where they learned how to buy right, finance right, and manage right. Now, Dr. Tam's company, Zephyr Equity Group, manages and has invested in over five hundred multi-family units across the Southern United States.
Fun Fact:
Dr. Tam is a chiropractor by trade and transforms patients' lives through natural healthcare. He also helps other business owners find virtual assistance to help them grow their practice. He helps other doctors especially achieve financial freedom through multifamily real estate.
Dr. Tam on his time off loves the great outdoors. Lake Tahoe is a place that they frequently visit. He enjoys hiking, biking, paddle boarding and living an active life with his wife Helen and their daughter.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ 10X Growth Conference 2018
✅ Jake and Gino
✅ Chiropractic Treatment
✅ MIH Mastermind
✅ Creating “Generational Wealth”
Great quotes from the episode include:
“We learned about syndication in real estate and invested our first investment as a limited partner, which is really just writing a check and getting some great income.”
“Within the first two weeks, we realized that real estate was a team sport, and we were told there are different roles.”
“The key part in any deal is the relationship among people who are operating the deal.”
“You got to be in a location where the population is growing, jobs are growing because people want to be there, and that’s where it’s landlord friendly.”
“If you're always taking your earned income to support your life, there's no doubt you have to work into your 50s, 60s, and 70s because we're addicted to the shiny object syndrome.”
“‘Pay the price now so you can pay any price later.’ - Grant Cardone”
“God didn't put us on this earth to just get by. God put us on this earth to be great.”
“Fear is false evidence appearing real.”
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“For people who tend towards risk aversion in their investments. I think real estate makes a ton of sense.”Brian Armstrong is such a great guy! He is a structural engineer for over 20 years at PARADIGM Structural Engineers, Inc. which is based in San Francisco, CA. He always enjoyed buildings and watching buildings get created, which he thinks dovetails well with the multifamily space. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-armstrong-se-bb064866/**.
Brian Armstrong is the founder and managing partner of Progress Capital Group, LLC which is a real estate investment company focused on offering investments that generate passive income for busy professionals. He has been active in real estate since 2012 investing in multifamily and fixing & flipping single-family homes.
He always liked math, physics and chemistry which steered him toward engineering, but deep down, he thinks there was an interest in real estate and buildings all along. He loves real estate and believes that it has a lower risk threshold than other modes of investments. He thinks that a common misconception is that you need to have a lot of money or know someone who knows somebody to get into it. It doesn't take being a millionaire to invest in real estate. You just have to find a group of people that you think you can trust and have some integrity in owning and operating the investment property.
Brian resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and 2 children where he enjoys spending time with his family and attending multiple youth sporting events during the weekends.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Structural Engineering
✅ Mechanical Engineering
✅ Construction
✅ Risk Aversion / Low-Risk Threshold
✅ Asset Appreciation
✅ Learning Real Estate via Social Media Platforms
✅ Ebook: 7 Reasons Savvy Investors Choose Real Estate In Addition To Stocks
Great quotes from the episode include:
“There is a lot of repetition across different projects as far as you know, big picture stuff, but the nitty-gritty of each project has its own little subtle differences all the time.”
“It's constantly changing and growing and you feel like you're learning a lot every time.”
“Real estate is a great industry for someone who is interested in investing.”
“I really like everything about multifamily and apartments, and you know, making them better and creating communities that people really enjoy living in.”
“Multifamily apartments are still in very high demand because there isn't enough single-family supply to keep up with that market.”
“Real estate is a great match for an investment type and someone in the AC community.”
“One thing that I like a lot about real estate is you can't really manipulate it.”
“When you invest in real estate, you have real ownership in real property, and that real property is making real money every single month.”
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“One thing I love about real estate is that I don’t have to worry about Twitter devaluing my asset or my investment 20-30% overnight or at a moment's notice. I don't have to worry about what's going on overseas, potentially impacting our investments”
Wayne Courreges III is a very interesting person. He has over 15 years’ of experience leading teams to maximize property value by effectively operating and managing commercial real estate properties. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/wacourregesiii/.
Now, Wayne leads CREI Partners as the Lead Sponsor and General Partner. For more than 13 years Wayne has worked with a Fortune 150 commercial real estate firm leading property management services of 4.5M+ square feet for both institutional and non-instructional clients over his career.
Fun Fact: He was a Boy Scout, in the Marines, and real estate is his passion.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Eagle Scout
✅ Marine Corps Corporal - Japan
✅ RaiseMasters
✅ CPM Designation
✅ Real Estate Professional Status
✅ Marathon Oil Tower
✅ Build to Rent (BTR)
Great quotes from the episode include:
“When you are putting in an incredible amount of money to reposition and renovate the exterior, what you don’t think about is that it's more than just the physical change. You have to change perspectives and the mindsets and everything from the employees to the residents to locators and property managers.”
“Definitely get in touch with an accountant that understands the rep status because if you work over 750 hours a year and that's over 51% of your total hours worked, then you can cancel out all of your taxes from income with losses in real estate.”
“Real estate is not rocket science. It’s business, and every property is a business plan, whether it's a single-family home, multifamily office, or storage.”
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“The biggest thing that I've learned from that deal was that you have to know who you're investing with, you have to do your due diligence, you have to make sure that all partners are aligned.”Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil is an inspiring guy with great insight. He used to play as a Linebacker in the NFL, for the Tennessee Titans, but unfortunately had a career-ending knee injury and retired in 2017. Since then, he has successfully transitioned into the world of commercial real estate and believes that cashflow is the key to financial freedom. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/yannikcudjoevirgil/ **Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil latched on to real estate and to the book by Robert Kiyosaki, “Rich Dad Poor Dad”, and it has helped him pivot from professional sports to success in commercial real estate. Now, He is the principal of Merlynn Acquisitions - a real estate investment and syndication firm, which is primarily focused to provide risk-adjusted value-add and opportunistic real estate investment opportunities to professional athletes, business owners and busy professionals.
He is also the host of The Mogul Marathon Real Estate Podcast. His experience in commercial real estate began as an Asset Manager by trade for both retail and institutionally-capitalized real estate private equity firms, where was responsible for the strategic oversight of large multidisciplinary commercial real estate portfolios across the U.S.
Yannik holds a B.S. in Kinesiology from the University of Maryland College Park.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Rich Dad Poor Dad
✅ NFL
✅ Mental Fitness
✅ Professional Sports Ethics
✅ Private Equity
✅ Asset Management
✅ BRRRR Method: Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat
✅ Land Banking
Great quotes from the episode include:
“You've heard it in the past. Athletes going broke within two to three years after leaving their sport, and I did not want to be a part of that statistic.”
“I was just being a sponge who is just soaking up a bunch of different knowledge because I wanted to apply some of those same strategies into my own business. So it was a way for me to earn while I learned, and I think that is very efficient.”
“There are so many mistakes that we don't have to make if we can be in those conversations and hear other people's mistakes and learn from them and put our own twist on it.”
“Grow at the right pace and every stage along the way, build that good foundation.”
“If you can go out there and provide basic affordable housing, doesn't have to be luxury, you're going to position yourself for a very fruitful real estate investing career.”
“You have to know who you're investing with because partnerships are like a marriage, right? Easy to get into, hard to get out.”
“I don't want to invest with someone who's a peacetime general. I want to invest with someone that's a wartime general.”
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“I don't want to look back and regret not at least trying to invest and if it doesn't work out, but if this works out great this could be a life-changing moment.”Don Spafford is an amazing, motivational, and inspiring person. Don has always had a connection with finance; getting his first job at the age of 14, saving money, and looking at newspapers for updates on stock prices. Go give him a follow at https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-spafford-5887867/ **Don has an educational and professional background in Finance and Securities Investing. He has held several management and leadership positions in his corporate finance career, as well as, various volunteer service positions. He bought his first property, a four-plex, in 2017. Then he began to scale into commercial real estate including ground-up development projects and joined Happy Camper Capital in 2021 where his team focuses on syndicating RV Resorts. He is also the Co-Owner of CTR Dream Homes, LLC & CTR Rental Properties, LLC.
He enjoys spending as much time as he can with his family to create lasting memories. He loves to serve and help others. His hobbies include coin and bank-note collecting and traveling. He has been married for over 21 years and has 4 children. He also is fluent in Spanish.
Fun Fact: Don used to be a Scout Master and used to participate in mock-up investments. One of the main stocks he would invest in mock-up is Micron Technology. He lived in Argentina for 2 years with his wife who is from Paraguay and owned a translation business.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Global Financial Crisis (2007-2008)
✅ E*Trade
✅ Stock Market
✅ Investopedia
✅ Boy Scouts of America
✅ BiggerPockets
✅ 401(k)
✅ RV Resort Investing
Great quotes from the episode include:
“I followed that path for a while, trusting that God would guide me to where I need to go and do whatever.”
“My wife wanted to start working, and we came up with the idea to get into real estate as a realtor to give her that flexibility to be available whenever the kids need her.”
“For business, it goes for relationships, it goes for real estate as well.”
“I don't want to deal with bad properties or bad tenants, or even bad landlords.”
“I like that you're taking care of people and it's funny that you tried to outsource and they came in at lower rents. That’s crazy!”
“I treated BiggerPockets as my mentor. Not just the company itself, but obviously everybody that was talking on all the podcasts.”
“If you listen to this podcast or any other podcast, or you hear somebody and something resonates with you, don’t be afraid to reach out and contact that person who could definitely change your life.”
“I pray about everything and seek guidance on everything.”
“The door opens up that can put me in a position to really do a lot more to help people later on down the road. So I decided to go for it.”
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“Who you partner with is the biggest thing, don’t be in a rush to partner with someone, and don’t be in a rush to do deals.”Agostino Pintus is a multifamily investor, developer, and entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience in real estate. He currently oversees strategic partnerships, capital development, and platform development for Realty Dynamics Equity Partners, an investment firm specializing in multifamily acquisition and asset management services. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/agostinopintus/ **He was a former INC 500 Technology Chief and had great success...until he was let go. He was rudderless, with no direction and financially broken. It wasn't until a friend introduced him to the power of buying large real estate deals that the entire course of his life changed. He ended up building a portfolio of over 1600 units, a real estate development business, and a net lease fund.
He recently bought the John D. Rockefeller building across from Sherman Williams World headquarters. It's a mix of multifamily, about 436 units thereabouts, 2 floors of office, and the lower level is going to be largely restaurants, food and beverage type of place. It is a great asset that will support businesses and provide jobs.
Fun Fact: He was born and raised in Canada, but chose to reside in the US because of its entrepreneurial spirit. He is bilingual and speaks Italian.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ America, a Place for Entrepreneurs
✅ Capital Stacks
✅ John D. Rockefeller
✅ Net Lease
✅ Multi-family
✅ Opportunity Zone (OZ)
Great quotes from the episode include:
“When you have the circle tax credit, you have different types of financing that go into putting these very complex.”
“The cool thing about this building is that it is directly across the street from Sherman Williams World headquarters. So it makes for a great asset that of course is going to have plenty of jobs to support all the businesses and the people.”
“The lender has to be a very specific lender that blacks like suspected deals understand such deals, understands how the tax credits work, understands how the money flows in and out.”
“The greatest success in corporate that I had was when the CEO of the company really liked me. He just handed me a bucket of money and just told me, ‘Do whatever you needed to do. I don’t care, just report back and let me know how things are.’”
“The older you get and as you rise through the ranks the bigger the target you have on the back.”
“Lining up the right lender for the right deal is paramount.”
“I decided to give my entrepreneurial spirit a shot for real this time you know it went all in.”
“You have to really believe in yourself and be willing to push through all the garbage and nonsense that’s underway in your head.”
“Colliers some of the top five buyers of multi-family in northeast Ohio.”
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“You can choose the hard path or the easy path, but either way, it's going to be a choice, and you know it's going to have a lasting impact on your life.”
Frank Patalano is such an amazing and industrious guy! He started out by working 2 jobs for about 17 years right out of college (school teaching and retail). Over time, he used his savings to buy small rentals. After over a decade of investing, Frank became a full-time Real Estate Investor and Entrepreneur. Go give him a follow at https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankpatalano/
He loves spending time with his family — learning about their day and teaching them valuable lessons about finances, real estate, business, as well as, savings and investments. He is very motivated and hardworking, that besides syndications and his real estate investments, he started a Virtual Assistant business called RealAgentHelper, a Podcast called The Cash Flow Kings and bought Best Resorts Punta Cana, a Boutique Hotel in the Dominican Republic. He is also the head of the Rhode Island Real Estate Investors Group.
Frank has been passively or actively involved in over 1000 doors in 8 markets across the United States and is always looking at new creative investments and opportunities.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Teaching and Education
✅ Starting Your Own Business
✅ Hiring Virtual Assistant
✅ Cashflow over Appreciation
✅ Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR)
✅ Three-Legged Stool Approach
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Hiring a Virtual Assistant has incredibly changed the dynamic of how I spend my time.”
“You know that you're worth good money every hour for the things that you do, and if you have someone else you can help bring up along the way by paying them a salary and can get more stuff out of your hands into there’s, it’s perfect.”
“If you're talking in the syndication game, the less you leverage the lower your IRR.”
“I would say you'd want to have everybody to be qualified with some numbers, but you definitely want someone that's more on the expert doing the underwriting and doing some of the math.”
“The main 3 things that are holding you back in real estate are no time, no money, or no experience.”
“When you first have that syndication, everything looks rosy on the pitch deck. Once things just start rolling, there are always these problems that show up that you would never expect, and we have to make the tough decisions to help everybody make money.”
“If you don't lose in real estate once in a while then you're not pushing yourself hard enough.”
“Each of those mistakes hardens you, motivates you and it makes you a better realtor and real estate person.”
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“One of the biggest mistakes I ever made was not buying real estate.”
Realtor, teacher, mentor, and trainer Kelly Hanson shares what he has learned in his 34+ years in real estate. Go give him a follow at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-associate-broker-keller-williams-realty-cda-1282902/
He moved to Corda Lane, but there were no jobs that related to his background. He saw an advertisement to get into real estate. He entered into real estate without having any idea about it. He went to real estate school at night and worked sawmill during the day, got his license in the middle of September 1988, and went full time at that point. At first, he lacked communication skills, so he started going to Toastmasters International. He got an award as rookie of the year in 1989 to Idaho Realtor of the Year in 2006.
Hanson wanted to educate people so they could become “the best-informed buyers on the market.” After decades of accumulating this knowledge, and listening to the advice of a very prolific writer by the name of Brian Tracy, Hanson wrote his own book, entitled: “Be Smart in Real Estate”. This book reflects all the mistakes buyers can make when buying a home. Mistakes can be avoided by asking the right questions and getting the correct answers. The results? The buyer makes an educated buying decision! This book will make you Smart in Real Estate! Now including 90 home seller tips!
He believes that real estate should be easy to understand for everyone and is excited to share his knowledge.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Toastmasters International
✅ Communicating with People
✅ Accredited by Representative
✅ “Be Smart in Real Estate” Book
✅ Buyer Representation
✅ Writing A Book
✅ Brain Dump
✅ Rich Dad Poor Dad
✅ Mobile Home Parks
Great quotes from the episode include:
“I just saw an advertisement to get into real estate now. Well, I can do anything, went to real estate school at night, got my license, and went full time.”
“Learning to be a salesman was uncomfortable.”
“I started going to Toastmasters and of course, they taught me how to make presentations, how to communicate, increase my vocabulary and as a result of the skills that Toastmasters taught me, I was rookie of the year.”
“In real estate, there are certain designations that you can get and one of them is called accredited by representative.”
“One of the things that you talked about is helping your clients out and putting those clients first.”
“Realtors are the first line of defense for the consumers, buyers and sellers to some degree.”
“In real estate, time is of the essence.”
“Anybody could write a book, everybody has a book inside them.”
“Hiring professionals to do the work was some of the best things I did because it came up with a really good product.”
“You helped a lot of people out. You helped them find their dream home and you know, have a place where they could spend time with their family and there's so much value in that.”
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“To think that you can get renovations done while making a good ROI and just making it a better place to live for a family that doesn’t know any better, I think is really pretty cool.”
Dan Calonge is a very inspiring guy. He is the first of his family born in the U.S. His family fled Cuba in 1960, arriving with very little. They worked hard to give his family the best chance of success. He lived in Latin America for a while which helped his fluency in Spanish, English, and Portuguese. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/dancalonge/
Dan is head of Learning & Development for a technology company and is based in Lexington, Kentucky. He spent 26 years working for companies such as Microsoft, Dell, and Sony including six years in Latin America.
Dan also invests in large apartment complexes and is the Managing Partner of Avanza Investments. He started with 0 units and now has over 487+ Units. 'Avanza' means to 'move forward' in Spanish, and he is focused on helping other working professionals achieve excellent returns through multifamily real estate investing. Real Estate investing has helped Dan give back to the immigrant community which he earned an award, “Latino Leadership Award’ at the Su Casa 25th Anniversary Gala”.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Life of an Immigrant in the United States
✅ Immigrant Community
✅ Helping the Community
✅ Engineering to Real Estate Investment
✅ Stock Market Investment
✅ Apartment Investing Will Outperform Stocks in the Toughest Economic Conditions
✅ Single-Family Investing Vs. Multi-Family Investing
✅ Balancing a W-2 While Being an Active Real Estate Investor
Great quotes from the episode include:
“My hope was to motivate other professionals to decide to do something, serving immigrants, serving poor people…”
“I want to change the world, and I don’t want to do that by myself. I want to do that with other people.”
“I purposely educated myself and found other people who do the same thing that I do.”
“I picked the name ‘Avanza’ because I wanted it to symbolize helping people with their journey.”
“Having ‘Single-Family’ experience doesn't necessarily mean you’re gonna be a great commercial real estate investor.”
“It will take a while before the cashflows start to come, but at the end of the day, you’re gonna see the returns. It might take til towards the end of the whole period before you see them.”
“The big payday is gonna be when you do add the value and you improve the value of the property and then you refinance or sell.”
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“I love investing in real estate because when we own a community, we get to make decisions as owners that deeply impact the lives of our residents and its neighboring properties and can change a whole character of a neighborhood or a city.”
Daniel Weisfield **is such an interesting guy with an amazing story. He is 37 years old, blessed to be married to an amazing woman, and has 2 young kids. He used to work at the U.S. Department of State, got his J.D./M.B.A., and now, he is a third-generation mobile home park investor. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-weisfield-33940613/
5 years ago, Daniel made a very fortunate life decision to be a mobile park investor and started his own company, Three Pillar Communities. Daniel’s professional mission is to turn the “trailer park” stereotype on its head. Now, they operate more than 50 manufactured housing communities in 11 states, serving 10,000+ residents, and creating neighborhoods that their residents are proud to call home.**
Fun Fact: He loves to travel the world and speaks 5 different languages.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Mobile Home Park
✅ Manufactured Homes
✅ Impacting Lives Through Real Estate
✅ Value-add Opportunities
✅ Generational Hold Philosophy
✅ Selling and Refinancing
Great quotes from the episode include:
“I made a very fortunate life decision to be a mobile home park investor.”
“I grew up around a mobile car, did a bunch of other things in my career, and finally, a light bulb went off, and realized this is what I want to do with my life.”
“The beauty of real estate is instead of selling, you can refinance, tap into the equity.”
If you are looking to gain financial freedom or want to learn more about investing in real estate go sign up for our investor list at: biggerpictureholdings.com.
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#DANIELWEISFIELD #ThreePillarCommunities #BiggerPictureHoldings#RaiseMasters#PassiveInvesting#RealEstateInvesting #Multifamily #Apartments #PassiveIncome#MoneyTreeRealEstateInvestorPodcast
“In Real Estate, scaling up as quickly as possible, when you feel comfortable, is critical if you want to stay in the game.”Mark Adair-Rios is a very interesting guy. He grew up in Los Angeles and was a professional actor in Hollywood 30 years ago. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrios-cre/ **He bought his first piece of land when he was 17 or 18. Now, he is a Founder and Managing Principal at Birchstone Wealth Fund, a custom deal-segregated 506(c) fund of funds offering accredited investors curated, risk-adjusted passive opportunities in real estate debt & equity, private equity, and crypto. He is also a Founder and Managing Principal at Prosperity CRE, which is dedicated to educating investors about the benefits of Commercial Real Estate.
He has dedicated his time to helping busy professionals increase their confidence by 10x to comfortably retire using passive cash-flowing investments.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Hollywood
✅ Universal Studios
✅ Real Estate Connecting People
✅ Syndication
✅ Fund of Funds
✅ Multi-Family
✅ Passive Investments
✅ Rule 506(c)
✅ Single-Family Home
✅ Recourse Loan vs. Non-Recourse Loan
✅ Lessons Learned**
**Great quotes from the episode include:
“Most of the stuff that’s happening is off-camera or in-between takes, hanging out with people, and creating little families.”
“When investing in a Single-Family home, you need to have a good credit score.”
“When you need to figure out how to get your funds, you get into syndications and passive investors, and all those other stuff.”
“You got to figure out what your superpower is and what value you bring to these groups in order to get into bigger deals.”
“Nobody is a genius in this business and it takes a lot of hard hard hard work.”
“You have to do everything you can to make sure that your investors are made whole.”
If you are looking to gain financial freedom or want to learn more about investing in real estate go sign up for our investor list at: biggerpictureholdings.com.**
Go follow William Holland on LinkedIn for Daily Content: www.linkedin.com/in/holland-real-estate.
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#MARKADAIRRIOS #BirchstoneWealthFund #BiggerPictureHoldings#RaiseMasters#PassiveInvesting#RealEstateInvesting #Multifamily #Apartments #PassiveIncome#MoneyTreeRealEstateInvestorPodcast
“I didn’t even know that somebody like me can invest in multi-million dollar building.”
Nelson Jones is a very inspiring guy. He leverages his skills as a Business Professional to help everyday people grow their wealth through multifamily real estate investing, and he works hard to acquire skills that bring value to his investors. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelson-jones-b00123114/
He launched a company called Jones Equity, a Texas-based multifamily real estate investment firm with experience in acquiring & managing multifamily properties, creating strong cash flow, and exiting projects for a profit. He started his real estate career in Houston, Texas during a very competitive period. Everything changed for him after joining a multi-family meet-up group.
Now, he passively invests as a Limited Partner in San Antonio, Texas, and is currently invested in 120 units of real estate valued over $10M.
Nelson and his wife Erikka live in the Houston Metro area where they enjoy staying active and traveling.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Starting Your Own Real Estate Company
✅ Competitive Home Market
✅ Multi-Family Investing
✅ General Partner
✅ Limited Partner
✅ Real Estate Syndication Model
✅ 100% Bonus Depreciation
✅ Setting Goals
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Get educated right, meet the right people, and at some point wire the funds and pull the trigger; don’t be scared of it.”
“I was told to call you. I’m interested in real estate investing.”
“I didn’t even know what General Partner was or Limited Partner.”
“I love this. It’s a huge passion of mine. I’m going to give it a shot.”
“We're pretty new to real estate, there are going to be ups and downs.”
“If you want the 100% bonus depreciation, get it now before the end of the year 2022.”
“Real Estate is a relationship business.”
“Never say no to getting a cup of coffee regardless of who it is, where it is, you never know where a cup of coffee can lead to.”
“I want to build a real estate business that can feed profit to a nonprofit organization.”
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#NELSONJONES #JonesEquity #BiggerPictureHoldings#RaiseMasters#PassiveInvesting#RealEstateInvesting #Multifamily #LimitedPartner #GeneralPartner #Apartments
“One of the dreams of becoming a commercial broker is to own your own real estate one day.”
David has been in commercial real estate for over 15 years. Over that time he's been an owner, investor, developer, and broker. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidcruzpalmer/
David previously worked for Cushman-Wakefield. He has helped commercial tenants find office and industrial space while figuring out comprehensive real estate plans for his clients’ future expansions. This experience has given him a unique perspective on the process of buying and selling real estate.
Since then he’s syndicated 3 properties and was able to raise $5 million in the last year. He is truly a believer in industrial real estate because it has a 3% vacancy rate for the nation. He continues to raise capital and is focused on buying cash-flowing assets which is more efficient and has a quicker ROI.
While not working on real estate, you can find David playing sports with his kids, doing Brazilian jiu-jitsu, or going through a Crossfit workout.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ COVID Affecting Real Estate
✅ Industrial Real Estate
✅ Triple Net Leases (NNN)
✅ Real Estate Pass-Through
✅ Deglobalization
Great quotes from the episode include:
“We all find our thing, and you just grab hold of it, and run with it, and see where it takes you.”
“There’s a really great thing to have a tenant pay for especially during a recession.”
“Insurance is expensive, but it is necessary.”
If you are looking to gain financial freedom or want to learn more about investing in real estate, go sign up for our investor list at: biggerpictureholdings.com/invest.
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#DAVIDCRUZPALMER #CorridorCapitalPartners #BiggerPictureHoldings#RaiseMasters#PassiveInvesting#RealEstateInvesting #IndustrialRealEstate #Multifamily #Apartments #PassiveIncome#MoneyTreeRealEstateInvestorPodcast#Podcast
“Worst mistake in real estate has been selling what we have.”
Stuart Berryhill is an amazing guy. He enjoys going on adventures with his wife ranging from rock climbing, to snow skiing, to wakeboarding. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-berryhill-67382486/.
Coming out of college, Stuart went into being a High School teacher and Varsity boys basketball coach. In the summers, he was the staff recruiter at a summer camp. Although retired from teaching inside of a classroom, the passion for teaching young people is continued and shown in his podcast, "Money Vision U", which is dedicated to teaching the "financial class you should have had in High School so you can see opportunities the way the wealthy do and fast track your financial freedom."
Stuart is an entrepreneur passionate about teaching financial literacy to young people. He mentioned how books like “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki may have positively impacted a student’s life.
He is actively and passively invested in units located in the southeast:
• 241 units in Augusta, Georgia
• 30 units and 30 under contract in Little Rock, Arkansas
• Raised money for 12 units as syndicators
• Have full equity ownership on 18 Airbnb’s
**Fun fact: He is a drummer and still loves listening and playing to music from the 90s.
He also loves basketball, fantasy football, golfing, traveling, being at the lake, watch sports, and being with friends and family!**
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Passion is helping young people
✅ Won state in Basketball Twice
✅ Financial Literacy
✅ College, Trade Schools, Entrepreneurship
✅ AirBnB’s
✅ Check City Requirements for Allowing an AirBnB
✅ Financial Freedom requires Passive Income
Great quotes from the episode include:
“We both have a love for basketball and a love for Jesus.”
“His guest have included a 17 year old buying a duplex, a 19 year old house hacking, and a 20 year college student who is running a spray tan business.”
“Insurance has synergy with real estate.”
“I think our NBA careers were cut short before they even started. But we are going to blame our injuries instead of our 5’-9” height.”
“I would argue that a financial literacy course is potentially better long-term than anything you learn in college.”
“Getting Ph.D in business in one thing, building a $1 million dollar business is another, and it’s probably more valuable.”
“When we are looking at purchasing a property and converting it to a short-term rental, we want to make sure that the property, cash-flowed as a long-term rental first.”
“AirBnB’s aren’t as hard to manage as you think.”
“Never try to do Real Estate on your own.”
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“I want to use my investments to be able to spend more time with my family.”
William Hollis is a cool dude with a pretty cool name. It’s almost the exact same as me. He is also a new father with a 10 month old son. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at https://linkedin.com/in/rei-hollis.
By the age of 7, Hollis knew that real estate investing was the path he needed to take. Growing up in Hollis, Queens for years, he saw no path to accomplish his goal. All that changed in 2016 when he attended his first real estate conference. As a natural networker, he’d finally found HOW to accomplish his goal.
Since then he’s grown from a local deal finder and connector of people, to launching his private equity firm 24 Capital Group. He’s still connecting people, but through strategic partnerships with some of the nation's top operators, he’s able to help people who are like his 7-year-old self learn the HOW of real estate investing. To that end, he’s created useful tools like “Apartment Syndications Due Diligence Checklist For Passive Investors,” and co-created “The Straight-forward Guide to Hands-Off Real Estate”. He recently went to a conference hosted by Rob Beardsley.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Alignment of Interest between Investors and Partnership Team
✅ Leverage to Buy Large Properties
✅ Economies of Scale
✅ Good vs. Bad Debt
✅ Good vs. Bad Partners
✅ Investor Scammed out of $
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Mr. Carter had the fattest wallet I had ever seen…Mr. Carter had it figured out because he owned Real Estate.”
“If you qualify as an active real estate professional, you can offset your normal income with passive income losses.”
“If given enough time, investing in real estate can build extreme wealth.”
“I want to use my investments to be able to spend more time with my family.”
“It seems like the stock market is having some trouble these days.”
“Watch Out for High Fees in an Investment.”
If you are looking to gain financial freedom or want to learn more about investing in real estate, go sign up for our investor list at: biggerpictureholdings.com/invest.
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#WILLIAMHOLLIS #24CapitalGroup #BiggerPictureHoldings #RaiseMasters #PassiveInvesting #RealEstateInvesting #Multifamily #Apartments #PassiveIncome #MoneyTreeRealEstateInvestorPodcast #Podcast
“About 15 years in career, I only had $250k in 401k. That wasn’t going to be enough.”
Nir (NE-ER) Wittenberg is a really smart guy who is great at strategizing and streamlining processes. He is enjoyable to visit with too. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/nirwittenberg.
Nir started his IT career as a network engineer in 2000 attaining some of the industry's highest level certifications.
In 2016, fellow engineers told him about real estate investing and how he could learn more at the local REIA. He has now been on the entrepreneurial roller coaster for 7 years building a Flipping, Wholesale, and now Real Estate Syndication businesses.
He pivoted to Multifamily in 2021 acquiring 23 units between two apartments in Omaha, NE with nearly $500k of private funds under management.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ 401k and Why It’s Not Enough
✅ Flipping Houses
✅ Wholesaling
✅ Multifamily Acquisition
✅ Passive Income to Live Life you Want
Great quotes from the episode include:
“You can see the power in investing in larger properties with multiple investors to reduce the risk.”
“Don’t try to start a business first, invest passively, then build a business with that passive income.”
“Real Estate is the foundation for wealth building.”
“I know teachers who are millionaires through Real Estate investing.”
If you are looking to gain financial freedom or want to learn more about investing in real estate, go sign up for our investor list at: biggerpictureholdings.com/invest.
Go follow William Holland on LinkedIn for Daily Content: www.linkedin.com/in/holland-real-estate.
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#NIRWITTENBERG #MountainCapital#BiggerPictureHoldings#RaiseMasters#PassiveInvesting#RealEstateInvesting#PassiveIncome#MoneyTreeRealEstateInvestorPodcast#Podcast #FlippingHouses #Wholesaling #Multifamily #Apartments
“I didn’t start investing in Real Estate until my 50’s. I wish I would have started sooner. My life would look so much different.”
K. Trevor Thompson is such an interesting person. He is an avid learner, and works continually to connect with as many like-minded people as possible. Go give him a follow on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/ktrevorthompson.
He spent 5 years working for Ripley’s Believe It or Not and 18 years working for Guinness world records. More recently he worked for iFlyIndoor Skydiving.
He is based in Austin TX. He is participating as LP in 14 active deals and 4 that have gone full-cycle through sale. He has switched over to become active with 2 GP syndicated deals.
*Side Note: He toured with the tallest woman in the world (7’-7” tall) and once got to eat a meal with Michael Jackson.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Skydiving
✅ Community Impact through Real Estate Investing
✅ Investing in Medical/Multi-family/Self-storage Real Estate
✅ Breaking Even in a Bad Real Estate Investment
✅ Big Win: 3X investment in 20 months
✅ Risks of being a General Partner
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Imagine where you could be if you double your investment every 5 years?!”
“Real Estate has definitely changed my life.”
“Being a Passive Investor is like buying a plane ticket. The pilot and attendants do all of the work, and you get to do whatever you want while you get to the destination…Financial Freedom.”
If you are looking to gain financial freedom or want to learn more about investing in real estate, go sign up for our investor list at: biggerpictureholdings.com/invest.
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#KTREVORTHOMPSON #NiagaraInvestments#BiggerPictureHoldings#RaiseMasters#PassiveInvesting#RealEstateInvesting #Multifamily #Apartments #PassiveIncome#MoneyTreeRealEstateInvestorPodcast#Podcast
“Real Estate provides significant monthly income in retirement.”
Barry Bridges is hilarious. He is very good-natured and is willing to go above and beyond to help anyone in need.
Barry owns three 4-plexes in DFW. He is a retired airline pilot with Southwest Airlines. Around 16 years before his retirement he was looking to add some diversity to his investment portfolio and his 401k just didn’t have the diversity he was looking for. He really settled on fourplexes because the first 3 units would pay the mortgage/insurance/taxes etc. and the last uint could provide profit. He financed the properties for 30 years, but paid them off in 12 years.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Toughest Situations as an Owner
✅ Valuable Lessons Learned
✅ Rule of Thirds
✅ Biggest Benefit of Owning Apartments
✅ Landlord Advice
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Tenants have to be treated like teenagers.”
“A tenant’s past behavior is the best indication of future behavior…But everybody deserves a second chance.”
“Rental Income is inflation proof. As inflation goes up so does rent”
“Take it slow. Don’t overleverage yourself. Be picky in who you select for the right tenant.”
“Real Estate is labor intensive and requires a lot of work upfront…Rewards long term can be tremendous for active and passive investors alike.”
If you are looking to gain financial freedom or want to learn more about investing in real estate, go sign up for our investor list at: biggerpictureholdings.com/invest.
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#BARRYBRIDGES #RETIRED #BiggerPictureHoldings #ApartmentComplex #Multifamily #RaiseMasters#PassiveInvesting#RealEstateInvesting#PassiveIncome#MoneyTreeRealEstateInvestorPodcast#Podcast #SouthwestAirlines #Pilot
“Don’t think middle class. Think like a millionaire. Take financial advice from millionaires.”
Jen Falloon such a fun person to be around. She is an extrovert that loves connecting with new people. Go give her a follow on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/jennifer-falloon-7aa6b632.
Jen is a strong business woman. She is fiercely loyal and seeks to help her investors grow personally, as much as, she helps them grow their wealth. She stands up and fights to help support her investors in any way possible. Her and her husband are avid Game of Thrones fans, and she was drawn to the House Martel and the Sandsnakes. From this Vorsa Capital was established.
Jen and her husband manage 900 doors. Her son manages the single-family fix and flip business. Typically, they close 3 multi-family deals a year. Early in her career she met Corey and Shelly Peterson and she began networking like crazy. She loves Indian food and just got the $5 million RaiseMaster’s award. A HUGE accomplishment.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ How Real Estate Saved a Life
✅ Great Benefits of Growing Wealth Through Real Estate
✅ Markets and Types of Real Estate
✅ Capital Raising Advice
✅ Wise Business and Life Advice
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Multi-family investing is a team sport.”
“I help busy professionals who want to own real estate without being landlords. They want the tax breaks and the consistent passive income.”
“Not everybody is a good fit. Just because someone has money doesn’t make them a good fit for your deal and business.”
"Get confidence and speak up…Be Fiercely protective of investor’s money. Treat it as your own.”
If you are looking to gain financial freedom or want to learn more about investing in real estate, go sign up for our investor list at: biggerpictureholdings.com/invest.
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JENNIFER FALLOON #VorsaCapital #BiggerPictureHoldings #RaiseMasters #PassiveInvesting #RealEstateInvesting #PassiveIncome #MoneyTreeRealEstateInvestorPodcast #Podcast
“Don’t just invest with a team because they look good on social media.”
Angel Williams is such a fun person to be around. Go give her a follow on LinkedIn at: linkedin.com/in/angel-williams-re.
Angel Williams is genuine, friendly, happy, and hard-working. It is so refreshing to meet someone like her. She is willing to put others before herself, and will go many extra miles to help out a friend.
Angel has been involved in real estate investing her whole life, but began her personal real estate investing journey in 2003. She is a Co-Founder of The Academy Presents and a Managing Partner of Lorren Capital, LLC. Angel has experience in Single Family Home Rentals, Residential Multi-family Rentals, Multi-family Syndication, and Oil and Gas investing. Angel graduated from Baylor University in 2000 with a BBA in Economics, and in 2002 with a MS in Economics.
She has been a teacher at a private Catholic school, a lumber counter cashier, a K-5 Music teacher, an associate professor in Econ at Waylon Baptist, and a full time Mom, of 3 girls and a special needs son.
She invests in real estate to provide for her children and to help fund a foundation that can provide financially for other families who are raising children with special needs.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Musical Instruments
✅ Raising a Special Needs Child
✅ House Hacking
✅ Motivation for investing in Real Estate
✅Advice for Passive Investors
✅ Coaches
✅ Closing the First Deal
✅ Staying in your lane
✅ Finding your Superpower
Great quotes from the episode include:
“Having a kid with special needs…doesn’t mean a life of poverty for you.”
“There is another path that I can take, where I can help myself and other people. Multi-family is the path to make this happen.”
“My teacher heart is overflowing.”
“It is one thing to know about a country and tell you the geography, but it another to visit the country.”
“Your superpower can become more superpower-y.”
“I do not want to be a property manager.”
If you are looking to gain financial freedom or want to learn more about investing in real estate go sign up for our investor list at: biggerpictureholdings.com/invest.
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“Stock Fund Managers get paid regardless of performance?”
Cameron Roy is one of my favorite people. I have known him for almost two years now, and I really appreciate being able to call him a friend. He is hilarious. Has a great personality. He pushes the people around him every moment to be better. He is a golfer, an author, a guitar player, and grill master.
Just like me he started out mowing yards when he was growing up. What was deeply instilled in him was an entrepreneurial spirit. After college he started out in Sales, and got really good at that.
One day he found himself in Barnes & Noble. He wanted to study on how to become the CEO, when he stumbled upon a book by Robert Kiyosaki called, "The Cashflow Quadrant." That moment changed his life. After he read that book, he spent several months prayer and talking to his wife, his community group, and his friends before finally making the decision to quit his job and go into real estate full-time.
Since then he has passively invested in several real estate deals. In addition to being a passive investor, He and his partners have purchased several apartments complexes. They have completed several homes in their Build-to-Rent communities in Louisiana and Alabama. Now they are working on a land deal and building Class A Garage Units in Colorado.
In this episode we discuss:
✅ Assets / Liabilities / Debt
✅ Hiring a Mentor
✅ Taking a Leap of Faith
✅ Great Benefits of Growing Wealth Through Real Estate
✅ Why he got out of the Stock Market
✅ Accelerated Depreciation
✅ K-1 Tax Forms
Great quotes from the episode include:
“There are not aligned interests with 401k and IRA in mutual funds. You don’t have a personal relationship with fund managers and they don’t have any vested interests. Stock Fund Managers get paid regardless of performance?”
"Real Estate investing makes an opportunity to give financially to others and to have time to serve and give back to worthy causes."
He recommended "Tax-free Wealth" by Tom Wheelwright.
“Tax Codes were written to incentivize people to pay no taxes. The government wants to encourage citizens to provide housing and create jobs.”
K-1 Tax Form Example
"$50,000 investment. CPA gets a K-1 Tax Form.
The investment can have depreciation (which is a loss on your tax form). The $50k is still there, cashflow is coming in, and property is going up in value.
Essentially you pay no taxes. There is Depreciation Recapture, but also an opportunity to utilize a 1031 Exchange to place all income from selling a property and taking profits to buy a new property without paying taxes on the property.”
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Sandhya Seshadri is an AWESOME person. She is super smart. She is hardworking and kind. I can't say enough good things about her. I have had the opportunity to visit with her several times and each in conversation she provides so much value. I am really thankful to have her as a guest on the podcast.
I highly recommend you go follow Sandhya Seshadri on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/multifamily4you.
She got started as passive investor, investing in 23 properties as a limited partner. As she continued to learn more about real estate she become a really strong underwriter and she develop a really great network of experts and partners. She now has over 3,000 doors under management.
In this episode we discuss:
Some of the best current multi-family markets
Why it's a great idea to passively invest in real estate
Why mentorship is key
Conservative underwriting
Some of the really cool people she has met in the Real Estate Industry
Great quotes from the episode include:
"Everyone is an automatic investor in the Stock Market without even thinking about it."
"Passive investors get the best of both worlds. You get to have real ownership in a real property, but you don’t have to do all the grunt work."
"Money in the bank is losing value."
"Take a piece of your wealth and double your money in 5 years in real estate. Take advice from someone who has made money in Real Estate. Don’t let fear of the unknown get in the way."
Her mentors include Brad Sumrok and Hunter Thompson.
Conferences she has recently attended include:
Multifamily Investor Nation (MFIN) Conference in Charlotte
Invest Her Conference where she met Kim Kiyosaki, Elizabeth Faircloth, and Kathy Fettke.
She has also met Barbara Cochran, Rod Klief, Michael Blank, Whitney Sewell, and Dan Hanford.
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