The First Deal Show: Recent Episodes
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On this show, Karoline talks to regular people, turned real estate investors, about their first investment property. Join her on the First Deal Show with her esteemed guests to discuss the good, bad and ugly of the first deal.
Margaret Kozlark is a co-founder of Noblivest, based in Connecticut and an active real estate agent. Margaret started off as a passive investor. She left her corporate career to become an active real estate investor, as well as a full time as a real estate agent. Find free information about syndication, how to source deals and underwrite them at Noblivest - Syndicated Multifamily Investing.
Joshua Brooks is a flipper based in Shelby, North Carolina. He talks about his first deal and how teaming up with his cousin helped him get over the hurdle of going into real estate.
Senate Eskridge, a real estate investor based in Idaho. On this episode Senate shares insight into his first commercial deal. Imagine going under contract for your first deal and then all of that changes because of one phone call. Tune in to find out what happened.
Jeremy is an agent, property manager and real estate investor in Maryland. He talks about his first deal experience with a condominium in Maryland. Jeremy gives insight into some of the stress with dealing with residents as a property manager before going into his experience purchasing his deal in 2020. Tune in to learn how he sourced the deal and how it all worked out.
Holli McCormick is perpetually self-employed! She was able to do her first deal as a gig employee. If you are in the gig economy, this is the episode for you to check out. Holli goes into infinite Banking, gig life, working as a gig employee and how that led to her meeting a real estate agent. This opened up her eyes to rental property.
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K. Trevor Thompson had an amazing boss that gave him a gift, which in an alternate universe might have started his investing career. But in this reality, it did not. Trevor had an encounter with the IRS that led him to dig into real estate to reduce his tax burden. Tune in to find out how he started off as a passive investor and soon decided to go full time as a real estate investor.
Randy Smith is a former passive investor gone rogue. Just kidding! He started off in the turn-key real estate game. Randy highlights how he took his time before jumping into investing and how his corporate career played into that. Randy had enough of the get fired, apply for another gig at his company and then get re-hired in the same company under a different job title. He was let go and decided to take on real estate full time as an active investor. Tune in if you’re interested in investing with turn key properties or are a few years into waiting to get started. This story will motivate you to get going~
Michael Hicks creates cool Airbnb experiences through his short-term rentals in his backyard: northwest Georgia. Michael is an example of how watching his family invest in real estate inspired him to buy property. Even though not everyone is fortunate to have that experience, his family’s willingness to invest in real estate did influence him! He bought his first property at nineteen years old when he realized college was not his jam. Tune into to learn about how his “pre-historic” experience investing before the internet, just kidding!
Crystal Ribal is a real estate investor based in El Paso Texas and invests locally in her backyard. Crystal oddly enough got burned out from her job during the pandemic. Her work was overworking her. She started educating herself on how to transition out of her job and into real estate. Oddly enough her teacher inspired her to buy her first property. Her first deal happened right in 2007 before the ’08 crash. Tune into find out more about how she got her first deal.
Tereva Jacobson invests both locally in Hawaii, as well as out of state in Indianapolis, and Kansas. Find out how building rapport with someone can give you an upper hand when looking to buy a property. Tereva’s first deal was in Hawaii and she got a GREAT deal on the purchase price. Tereva realized the lack of time to interact with her family led her to make a drastic decision to leave her W2 in 2019 and pursue real estate full timr. To learn more about Tereva, connect with her on Instagram @terevainvests.
Miranda Bereza is based in Ohio and is a former corporate fashion employee turned real estate investor. Miranda’s quote “not my journey” is a great reminder to FOCUS on your journey. Miranda’s parents ran vacation rentals and as a child she had experience with running the family business. Currently Miranda owns three short-term rentals and was able to maintain her lifestyle without having to go back to corporate America. Miranda runs Mark Simpson’s Book Club called Boostly Book Club on Facebook on short term rentals. If you are interested in staying in OH, check out her site Homegrownstays.hospitable.rentals
Ethan Gao is a practicing attorney and real estate investor based in Houston, Texas. Ethan got started in the single-family space and moved into commercial real estate investments online during the pandemic. Ethan realized that being a private money lender was the best way for him to maximize his skills as an attorney to do his first deal. His first deal was as a private money lender; he met someone through biggerpockets and lent him cash to do a deal. Now, he is actively doing deals in the syndication space.
Ian Jimeno, from the Bay area and now living in Denver graces us with his first deal experience. Ian is a former Environmental Consultant who worked as a geologist helping banks understand the risks of buying properties. His day job paid for him to learn about real estate in non-traditional way. Ian is a full-time real estate agent in Colorado and today we learn about how he house hacked his first rental. Tune in to find out how Ian underestimated the types of lending options available to him and how his knowledge propelled him to the place he is today! Check out his page for awesome content!
Have you considered investing internationally? Well Bob shortsleeves has done it! Bob has a wholesale company in Fayetteville, North Carolina. His first deal in real estate was a deal in Indonesia of all places! He found out about real estate investing and took a chance. He has not looked back and is moving into commercial real estate. Tune in to hear this great story.
402, We have Lawarence Latty who said "It is you against you. Life is a mindset game."
Mr. International is based in the home of hip hop. A retired MTA employee, who in the last few years has started building is rental portfolio. He talks about his first investment property as well as losing an investment property he inherited in NYC. Mr. International has an event happening on December 3rd, so connect and come out! As Mr. International said your network is your networth.
Based in NYC and had hesitation to invest in his backyard. Yosef is an attorney, and during the pandemic invested in his education to learn about commercial real estate. He decided to break into new markets and leveraged partners to get him there. Acting during the pandemic propelled Yosef’s career in real estate investing. This lawyer did not let the pandemic keep him from starting his career. Tune in to learn how you can leverage relationships to get into real estate investing.
Wendy Davis has quite the background in a variety of interests. She started in real estate later in life but it has worked out favorably for her. Tune into her journey from the service industry into real estate through short term rentals. If you have felt behind or like you are well past the time to get started, then you won't want to miss this episode.
Amanda Howell, former teacher now full-time real estate investor talks about her first deal on her own. This episode means a lot to me because Amanda’s story reflects how she took her skills in teaching and uses those skills into real estate. Teacher Edition comes a month shy of my birthday, and it is a Friday. This can’t get any better. In life, we are given second chances. Amanda got a second chance to invest in real estate solo. This story is an inspiration for anyone second guessing if it is possible to start all over again. Amanda owns several short-term rentals, a real estate investing company and is an awesome mom!
This quote sums up the theme of this episode “As long as you learn from it, there are no mistakes.”
Sandhya Seshadri shares her knowledge about how If you think you have to be handy to get into real estate investing, then this is the episode for you. Sandhya recognized that her limited knowledge in construction kept her from investing in the single-family world. She invested passively in a deal before making the jump to become a full-time syndicator. She invested her retirement account money into a deal passively. Sandhya's mentors also helped her underwrite deals to ensure that it was a good deal. She soon realized her ability to give her time in exchange for experience as a general partner provided a win-win solution for her to do her first general partnership.
Not only is Mark Perry living the dream working in Turks and Caicos but he’s also actively investing in his beautiful backyard. Tune in to learn about his first investment property years ago and how investing on his own was a setback in his real estate investing career. Mark also gives some unconventional device about working a regular job and investing in real estate. Tune in to learn more 😊
You can follow Mark or check out his company - @palm.tree.life or Mark Perry - Real Estate Investor | Real Estate Investments (perryinvestments.ca)
Maggie Cheung, a former auditor turned full time Real Estate Investor comes on to talk about her experience quitting her corporate job, to becoming an agent and then transitioning into syndication full time. She touches on points of how what some might see as a disadvantaged turned into an advantage for her in this business. If you are working and considering leaving your job to move into real estate, I'd encourage you to tune into her story for some inspiration.
Ben has the style and design of an architect, and he had a marketing company that helped companies to design spaces. Here he shares his experience with his first investment property. It did not go as panned but tune into how he turned it around!
Denis Ryan a real estate investor in the beautiful Emerald Coast of Florida. Tune in to learn how the property he rehabbed with a partner progressed the entire Cul-de-sac. Progression means to bring the value of the property is helped by the other good properties. If you want to learn more about what Denis is up to feel free to contact him via email: Denis.ryan at fwbinvests.com
Tanya Rooney is sh-sh-shaking un the short-term rental space. Kudos to the 402 who get the reference. #Rooney Tanya has over 15 years of commercial real estate experience working for the one and only CBRE and transitioned to real estate after...TUNE IN TO FIND OUT! She's got a background in flipping real estate but is now killing it in the Short-Term Rental Space. She also hosts quarterly retreats in 2023 expect to see 6 of them!
If you want to learn more check out yyh.events to get on her mailing list for exact dates. I have attended myself and can say it will definitely rock your socks off~
Angel has over 20 years of real estate investing experience in Texas. Her and Jason, husband, had the good fortune of growing up with families in residential real estate. Angel is a real estate investor, generational wealth consultant, podcast host of The Academy Presents REI Rocks Podcast and former teacher. She is also managing partner at Lorren Capital, which specializes in multifamily syndication with 70 million in assets deployed.
Find out how fate and great timing and a little luck brought Angel a great opportunity to invest in her local market. Angel goes in depth about the importance of establishing a great general partnership.
She hosts the Marvelous Mondays Meet-Ups, and on September 22, 23, 24 is hosting a Virtual Summit.
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Rich and his wife Lana Nguyen Kwok and I have been investing in real estate for over 20 years. They have commercial, residential and short-term rental properties. Tune in to find out how they got started in real estate as a couple with their friends.
Zach White is a 7-figure coaching helping engineers to build fulfilling lives without feeling burnt out. On this episode, he talks about his experience in real estate and how creating experiences in the hotel space can help you increase your bottom line. Tune in to learn all about his first hotel deal in Michigan.
Tommy Brant is a ‘recovering‘ electrical engineer and data scientist turned full time Real Estate Investor. He started TB Capital Group as a tool to buy real estate with family, friends, and partners. He helps busy professionals accelerate their wealth through passively investing in real estate.
His goal is to help others achieve ULTIMATE freedom (which can’t be done without being financially free)
Portfolio of LTR, STR, and apartments - invested in 356 units, totaling $33M in assets.
Don Spafford is a real estate investor and Financial Analyst. He owns a few quadplexes in Idaho and Arkansas. Don is in process of a new development of a NNN commercial property. Seeking capital partners to do more of these. I also work with other partners on multi-family syndications for large value-add acquisitions.
Johnathan is a licensed real estate agent and now is an investor that resides in New Jersey and looks for fix and flip investments in the Northern NJ area. He is always open to others about real estate.
Ed Parcaut is a military veteran that served in the navy. After getting out of the Navy, he gave the tech world a try before realizing it was not for him. He turned to work for his neighbor’s mortgage company, which is what stuck. Ed’s love for numbers and helping people have kept him in the mortgage field ever since.
Tune in to learn about Ed's prediction for the market, we recorded this in February and it sounds accurate for where the market is headed!
Tune into hear how Leka Devatha got started in real estate with no experience. Leka is a Seattle based real estate investor. She flips high end luxury properties and is transitioning into commercial real estate development. To say she is a badass is an understatement. You can catch Leka rocking the most unique outfits because she left the fashion industry to make real estate more fun!
Looking to buy a fourplex? Tune into Dave Leon's episode on how he used networking to build his team and buy his first investment property. Dave had the right people and timing that aligned to help him get this first deal. Stay to the end to find out the most important question to ask yourself while you're getting into real estate.
Kelly Iannone is on F.I.R.E.! Although Kelly works in the most magical place of the country (Disney World!), she is pursing the Financial Independence, Retire Early Movement. Tune in to find out how she acquired her first multifamily property listed on the MLS! Of all the place to find an apartment.
She has already reached Coast F.I.R.E. status. Currently she is working on ramping up her commercial portfolio to make an exit in her W2.
Are you working in finance and want to move into real estate investing full time? Meet Mike Brockway, who leveraged his skills in corporate finance to house hack his way out of corporate life and into a career as a full time investor. Tune in to hear how Mike started off house hacking and now is working in the commercial real estate space. You don't want to miss this amazing story !
Meet the unstoppable mom, Christine Hsu! This NYer does not stop at one deal, she had THREE going on all at once. Learn how her the world had other plans for her and how she overcame challenges throughout the process. Also stay tuned to meet the "why" behind her motivation to be in real estate.
Sia is a former math educator gone full time real estate investor. She has over twenty years of experience in the business. She is currently the asset manager for Arrowhead Capital, which provides opportunities for people to invest in larger multifamliy deals.
Meet former House Hacker turned syndicator, Brock Mogenson. He has been actively investing in real estate for the last three years. He lives and invests in the Milwaukee, WI market. As a principal at Smart Asset Capital, the firm currently has over $10 Million in assets under management. The portfolio is comprised of multifamily, office, retail, industrial, and self-storage.
Interested in being a limited partner (LP)? Check out how Deepa Reddy Akula got started in real estate as an LP. She talks about the glamour of being an LP versus the grinding work that you must do as a General Partner. Most people see it vice-versa.
You can find Deepa on LinkedIn or at www.vinsidecapital.com
Jarek Chu is a senior at UC Berkely that invested in real estate while taking classes at the same time! He started his journey with a duplex and is crushing it as a college student. Tune in to find out how he completed his first deal in real estate.
Hunter is a flipper in Texas. His first deal was a flip in Houston, TX. Financial hurdles held him back from jumping into investing but leveraging good partners helped him to kickstart his journey.
Debt Buster, Murray Beaulieu joins me to discuss his first passive deal in real estate. If you want to invest without having to deal with the hassle of tenants, finding the property, etc. You won't want to miss this episode!
Tune in to learn how Moshe was able to passively invest in his friend's deal. Moshe Orange is a former lawyer turned commercial lender. You can find more about him at AANDAR Real Estate Capital.
Tune in to learn how George leveraged relationships to build his team and get owner financing for his first multifamily joint venture.
George Roberts III is principal at Horizon Multifamily that focuses on properties in the southeast and owner of Walnut Grove Homes, a construction company based in Troy Michigan.
Tune in to find out how John accidently landed a duplex in his target market. Learn why having a criteria is so important for your first deal.
John has a great educational platform wfnexus.com where you can learn about achieving financial freedom for yourself & your family.
Marcus is an accomplished navy officer transitioning into full time real estate investing. Tune in to hear how to start out in the single-family space with his first "house-hack."
Tune in to find out how Kenneth Hynes bought his first deal in 1996! Let us literally go back in time to learn how times have changed in the real estate investing world.
Tune in to find out what we've all been waiting for! Karoline's first deal in real estate. Find out how the Craigslist Contractor is not always the best option and how to southeast markets have newer build homes.
Kicking off the season with our first guest episode. Check out Howard Solomon and how he "house-hacked" over twenty years ago.
Tune in to learn how to use visualization in purchasing your first investment property.
Kicking off the miniseries talking about what a limiting belief is and what your limiting beliefs are.
The Fist Deal Show is born! This show is here to tell the stories of regular people who purchased their first investment property. Find out where the idea of the First Deal Show comes from.