The First Deal Experience: Recent Episodes
The Kwak Brothers
Are you interested in investing in real estate? Have you ever wondered what it takes to close a deal? The First Deal Experience podcast hosted by Daniel Kwak is all about sharing what it takes to close the deal. Each week Daniel invites experienced real estate investors to share the good, bad, and ugly of what it was like when they first started in real estate.
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with Matthew Rolnick, author and VP of strategy and innovation at Yaymaker to discuss how he got started and why entrepreneurs need to cultivate their band and online presence.
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with real estate entrepreneur and economist, Jason Hartman. During the interview Jason shares his thoughts on the current real estate market and where the market is headed in the future.
Connect with Jason
- jasonhartman.com
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with coach and podcast coach, Jimmy Rex to discuss how he got started, the importance of not being afraid to fail, and how why friendships are necessary to succeed.
Connect with Jimmy
- https://www.mrjimmyrex.com/
- https://www.instagram.com/mrjimmyrex/
Free Real Estate Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down managing partner of Reveal, Martin Rown to discuss how he got started, the importance of teamwork, and how to create a work environment that people love being a part of.
Free Real Estate Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with Managing Partner of Reveal, Martin Rowan, to discuss how he got started, why culture matters, and what his company is doing to create an environment that great people love working in.
Free Real Estate Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with ice cream entrepreneur, Kirk Jansons to discuss how he got started, how to hire the right people, and what it takes to flourish in a saturated market.
Free Real Estate Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with real estate entrepreneur, Dean Batogowski, to discuss his experience with managing mansions as short term rental properties.
Free Real Estate Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel shares his insights and experience with the 4 keys to scaling any company.
Free Real Estate Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel meets with real estate agent and Harlem Globetrotter, Julian McClurkin, to discuss the story behind his first deal, the importance of integrity, and how to get people to want to do business with you.
Free Real Estate Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with Author and Entrepreneur, Brett Johnson, to discuss how he got started, how his faith has impacted his business, and what it looks like to hear from God.
Free Real Estate Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with CPA, Attorney, and Author, Mark Kohler, to discuss how he got started, why every investor needs to see themselves as small business owners, and the importance of entrepreneurs to know their numbers.
Connect with Mark
- Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MarkJKohler
- Tax & Legal 360 Conference: https://www.taxandlegal360.com/
Free Real Estate Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with experienced sales professional, leader, and Maxwell DISC certified trainer, James Hoard, to discuss what it means to be a good leader, the importance of elevating your team, and what it takes to create a work environment that people actually want to be a part of.
Connect with James
- Break the Cycle Within Your Sales Organization
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
-
Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
-
Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with one of his business partners, Andy Williames, to discuss the problem with fear based leadership, how to lead from a healthy place, and how to create structures and rhythms to help your teams win.
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
-
Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
-
Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with former D1 basketball player to shoe entrepreneur, Nick Malonga, to discuss how he got started in the shoe industry, the importance of networking/marketing, and what it takes to turn your side hustle into your main business.
Connect with Nick
- Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@SniperKicks
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sniperkicks32/
Free Real Estate Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel shares his secret formula to starting a business and making it successful.
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with wholesaler and coach, Shaun Young, to discuss the importance of knowing your "why", how he went from doing deals to building a business, the current real estate market, and what he's really excited for in the future of real estate.
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel shares what he believes is the biggest obstacle real estate investors have to overcome to succeed and gives practical steps and strategies to overcome it.
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of the podcast Daniel sits down with professor and entrepreneur, John Wightkin. During the conversation they how John's entrepreneurial journey started and the early keys to being a successful entrepreneur.
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of the podcast Daniel sits down with church pastor and real estate entrepreneur, Vance Oliver. During the conversation they discuss how Vance got started in real estate, how faith has impacted his business, and many other lessons he has learned along the way.
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with entrepreneur and business development manager, Duncan Mochama. During the conversation Duncan shares how he got started, the differences and similarities between consumers in the US vs Africa, and how living in Kenya has helped develop him into a successful entrepreneur.
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with real estate entrepreneur and economist, Jason Hartman. During the interview Jason shares the story of his first deal and his thoughts on the current real estate market and where the market is headed in the future.
Connect with Jason
- jasonhartman.com
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Mastermind In The Rockies Retreat
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode Daniel shares how he met his first investor, how he pitched, and the lessons he thinks every real estate professional needs to know before they have a conversation with a potential investor.
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Monthly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Mastermind In The Rockies Retreat
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode Daniel sits down with Dave Seymour. In his career Dave Seymour has acquired hundreds of millions of dollars worth of real estate. Being a former firefighter out of Boston, Dave shares with Daniel how he went from trading his time for money to now completing 9 figure real estate transactions. The episode also includes Dave sharing his thoughts on the current real estate market.
Connect With Dave
- freedomventure.com
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Bi-Weekly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Mastermind In The Rockies Retreat
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience, Daniel sits down with one of his business partners, Andy Williames, to discuss the intangibles of being an entrepreneur that people don't really talk about. They also discuss the story behind Andy's most memorable real estate deal, the importance of faith driven business, and identity.
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Bi-Weekly Virtual Real Estate Workshop
- Mastermind In The Rockies Retreat
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Real Estate Resources
In this episode of First Deal Experience Daniel explains why he believes that everyone should have a mentor and shares the do's and don't from his experiences of both finding a mentor and being a mentor.
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- Bi-Weekly Virtual First Deal Workshops
- Mastermind In The Rockies Retreat
- Rental Analysis Calculator
- Other Free Resources
In this episode Daniel speaks with Akimi Oya, a real estate professional out of Iowa who emmigrated from Japan at the age of 5. Despite only being 27 years old she has built an impressive real estate portfolio that's now focused on "Mid-term" Leases.
In this episode Akimi outlines how she got into the world of real estate, her very first deal, and some of the lessons she has learned along the way.
Connect with Akimi
- Email: akimi@monicahayesteam.com
Free Resources
- Real Estate Roundtable Facebook Group
- First Deal Mastermind Virtual Meetup
- Mastermind In The Rockies Retreat
- Rental Analysis Calculator
In this episode Daniel sits down with real estate wholesaler, Nathan Payne, who got his start in his early 20s to discuss how he got started in the business, his very first deal, and what advice he has for those wanting to build a real estate wholesale business.
Connect with Nathan
- investorthrive.com
Free Resources
- Kwak Brothers Real Estate Facebook Group
- Real Estate BaseCamp
- Virtual Real Estate Meetup
- Mastermind In The Rockies Retreat
- Rental Analysis Calculator
In this episode of the First Deal Experience podcast Daniel sits down with real estate investor and coach, Melvin Johnson to discuss the story behind his first real estate deal, the importance of having the right people around you, learning your strengths, and other lessons he has learned throughout his career.
Free Resources
- Kwak Brothers Real Estate Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bestreigroup
- Real Estate BaseCamp: https://courses.thekwakbrothers.com/home1645326626079
- Bi-Weekly Virtual Real Estate Meetup: https://firstdealmentor.com/kwak-brothers-rei
- Rental Analysis Calculator: https://firstdealmentor.com/optin-581353681675273316546
In this episode of the First Deal Experience podcast Daniel sits down with real estate investor, educator, and former Styx manager Vince DePaul to discuss his career in both music and real estate, why he made the change, and how the music industry compares to real estate investing. Vince also shares the lessons he has learned in his 40+ years of real estate investing and education they he wish he knew when he was starting out.
Connect with Vince:
- Your House Real Estate Academy
Free Resources:
- Kwak Brothers Real Estate Discord Server: https://discord.gg/N28BvrC6
- Real Estate BaseCamp: https://courses.thekwakbrothers.com/home1645326626079
- Bi-Weekly Virtual Real Estate Mastermind: https://firstdealmentor.com/kwak-brothers-rei
- Rental Analysis Calculator: https://firstdealmentor.com/rental-calculator
In this episode of First Deal Experience Daniel brings in real estate investor, Alex Khokhari , to discuss his experience investing in nightly rentals. During the conversation Alex shares the importance of research, connections, and how to get your property to stand out to the right people and get the wrong people to stay away.
Show Links:
- Sean Rakidzich Youtube Channel:https://www.youtube.com/@AirbnbAutomated
- Alex's Email: alexk@everestgroupinc.com
Free Resources:
- Kwak Brothers Real Estate Discord Server: https://discord.gg/YzKNwPF6
- Real Estate BaseCamp: https://courses.thekwakbrothers.com/home1645326626079
- Bi-Weekly Virtual Real Estate Meetups: https://firstdealmentor.com/kwak-brothers-rei
- Rental Analysis Calculator: https://firstdealmentor.com/rental-calculator-01252023
In this episode of the First Deal Experience Daniel interviews Kimberly Land, a real estate investor and coach who was born and raised on the south side of Chicago.
Kimberly's real estate journey started in 2003 with house hacking a duplex. Although this investment was a colossal failure, she used the experience as a launchpad to learn more about real estate and subsequently bought a condo, single family house, and multiple commercial residential deals.
During Kimberly's career she has done everything including fix and flips, wholesales, raising private money, working with partners, and buying rental units. She was a licensed realtor for awhile and an appraiser (which she hated) along with teaching real estate and flipping classes.
During the 2008 crash, Kimberly lost her entire real estate business and returned to school for her Master's of Occupational Therapy. She later resumed real estate investing and focused on acquiring commercial real estate deals using low and no money down methods in C and D neighborhoods. She successfully transformed high vacancy, low income, run down buildings into stable, profitable rentals with low turnover and good tenants.
Kimberly then moved to Alaska and continued in real estate by door knocking pre-foreclosures using creative financing, subject to, seller financing and private money to acquire deals and started wholesaling, buying and selling mobile homes including buying her own tools and completing the rehab herself.
She later hired a small team and became known locally as the honest "Trailer Park Queen” and has been able to expand the mobile home business into Illinois and Indiana with plans to continue growth in the South.
Currently, she moving full force into focus and "build" mode so that she can build a sustainable coaching, consulting and mobile home and real estate business that supports her dreams of living overseas.
Connect with Kimberly:
- How To Make $3k-$15k On Your First Mobile Home Deal: https://www.mymobilehomeprofits.com/free
- Instagram: KimWorldTraveler
Connect with Us:
- Bi-Weekly Virtual Real Estate Meetups: https://firstdealmentor.com/kwak-brothers-rei
- Real Estate BaseCamp: https://courses.thekwakbrothers.com/home1645326626079
- Rental Analysis Calculator: https://firstdealmentor.com/rental-calculator-2
In this episode of First Deal Experience Daniel brings in his brother and business partner, Sam Kwak, to discuss how they started in real estate, the story behind their first few deals, and the lessons that they've learned along the way about the importance of identifying yourself as a real estate investor and how having the right team can make all the difference.
Show Links:
- 0 To 75 Units Book: 0to75units.com
- Kwak Brothers Real Estate Discord Server: https://discord.gg/YzKNwPF6
- Bi-Weekly Virtual Real Estate Meetups: https://firstdealmentor.com/kwak-brothers-rei
Free Resources:
- Real Estate BaseCamp: https://courses.thekwakbrothers.com/home1645326626079
- Rental Analysis Calculator: https://firstdealmentor.com/rental-calculator-01252023
Welcome to the First Deal Experience podcast! Each Wednesday Daniel Kwak invites a different guest on to the show to share the good and bad stories behind their first real estate deal.