Real Estate (Un)Success Stories: Recent Episodes
Vendue Capital
We are here to learn about real stories from our guest experience in real estate. Not every property is a great one. Every investment in real estate isn't perfect. Hear the challenges we went through so you can avoid the same mistake!
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey. Similar to many real estate professionals, Jonathan Klemm moved from a W-2. Jonathan got his start working with Walsh Construction, which is one of Chicago’s largest construction and contraction companies. Jonathan has taken everything he learned about managing large scale projects and applied it to smaller, investor focused projects. Key Takeaways:•There are so many ways to find assets to purchase; Jonathan's first came from aution.com•Not all contractors are the same, "You get what you pay for"•Run your real estate investments like you do your business or W2 job Follow Jonathan at https://www.qualitybuilders.com. See the work he and his team do: https://www.instagram.com/qualitybuildersinc/?hl=en Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast. Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform. Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey. Matt Fore is a part time real estate investor based out of Nashville, Tennessee. In his professional life, he has spent over a decade in sales and sales leadership positions at one of the largest technology companies in the world. After finding real estate, Matt was able to achieve financial independence in 3 short years by the age of 32. Today, Matt has invested in 750+ multi-family units and various real estate debt. When he's not working, he enjoys reading, training for Ironman triathlons and convincing his brother that he is the favorite twin. Key Takeaways:•ROI: Return on Intentionality; where are your skills and time best suited•Real Estate is a team sport, find the right team that can help you•Long term winning happens when you manage to keep the peaks and valleys to a minimum and stay in the middle Follow Matt's podcast "Ice Cream with Investors": https://ice-cream-with-investors.captivate.fm. You can also email Matt: matt@nextlevelincome.com! Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast. Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform. Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey. Brian Briscoe is the Founder of Streamline Capital group, the host of the “Diary of an Apartment Investor” Podcast, and Director of the educational community “Tribe of Titans”. Following his retirement from the US Marine Corps, Brian became a full-time apartment investor, taking up the roles of Lead Sponsor, Asset Manager, Capital Raiser, and Key Principal in over 655 multifamily units worth over $50 million. He now runs a subscription-based multifamily education community called the Tribe of Titans, to help aspiring investors learn the game and network with like minds to grow their apartment investing businesses. Key Takeaways:•Don't jump into a "convenient partnership"•When getting into a partnership make sure what you want now and in the future alligns•Ensure that the company structure has provisions for getting out, even if you do not plan to use them Follow Brian's podcast "Diary of an Apartment Investor": https://apple.co/3WPkL1X. You can also find him being very active on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a/. You can also reach out to Brian directly at his site: https://www.streamlinecapitalgroup.com Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast. Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform. Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Jim is a founding partner at Jiroma Enterprises where his valuable skills in business management, sales, marketing, finance, deal structure, and community development are being utilized to apply his lifelong interest in real estate investing to enhance the value for his investors and his personal investments in commercial real estate.
Jiroma Capital our private equity and acquisitions division, controls Ragnar Holding Partners which currently has a reported net worth of ~$90MM with liquidity of ~$6.6MM and real estate assets of ~$1.3B comprised of 70 properties. A total of 10,879 doors across 7 states.
We control real estate interest in Illinois, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas. We have Served as a Key Principle for both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Have Liquidity and net worth to help close your deal as a co-sponsor/GP/KP.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Pete Vanderveen is a strategic, passionate leader with a serving heart to bless those he serves. An active father, husband and basketball coach he has a hunger to empower people everywhere he goes. Pete’s background includes launching 10+ companies spanning energy, fitness, franchising, youth athletics, real estate, and others. He participated in multiple ventures including founding upstarts to leading $30 million in real estate development, and leading Native American companies and communities. Most recently Pete co-led the growth of a National Real Estate Mastermind and also managed the optimization of a fortune-5 energy company with $12+ billion in operations, leading teams in excess of 1000+ reports.
Key Takeaways:
- Don’t work in a “silo culture”.
- A collaborative effort in the real estate world is critical to your success.
- Find a team that’s missing the puzzle piece you can provide.
If you’d like to connect with Pete, visit him online at Legacy Acquisitions or Triumph Performance Academy.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Tamara N Jones is the CEO & Founder of Bucket List Stays LLC-bucketliststays.co , she is passionate about the delivery of vacation rentals and real estate model home designs and complete setup. Tamara has a successful background in sourcing Vacation Rental leads for investors. She is recognized for generating profitable investment opportunities for investors looking for passive income streams through sustainable, lifestyle real estate projects and partnerships with land and homeowners.
Key Takeaways:
- Volunteer your time using your skillsets
- You gain knowledge from your growing pains
- As you grow, you’ll continue to experience, “quick failures”
If you’d like to connect with Tamara, feel free to send an email to info@bucketliststays.co.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Terrence Murphy was a 2nd Round NFL Draft Pick by the Green Bay Packers after graduating from Texas A&M University as a 3X Academic All-Big 12 Student-Athlete. Terrence has brokered $1.1B in sales volume over the past 10 years. He currently owns 20+ companies under the Terrence Murphy Companies brand.
Terrence is an investor in 30+ more companies as a venture capitalist. Investing in real estate is one of the things he is most passionate about, as he currently owns 400+ beds of residential real estate and commercial properties all over the United States. Terrence is a 2X winner of INC. 50000 award for America’s fastest growing private owned business and is also a 3X recipient of the Texas A&M Mays Business School - Aggie 100 for 100 fastest growing business in the world. Terrence possesses the same traits that he portrayed on the football field: integrity, passion, hard work, dedication, loyalty, desire to succeed, and excellence, all of which help his businesses continue to grow and his clients receive superior service.
Key Takeaways:
- There’s only wins and lessons. There are no losses, unless you quit.
- Do you know how to remove emotion from your decision making process?
- Be “married” to the process, not the results.
If you’d like to connect with Terrence Murphy on social media, he has a presence on Facebook and Instagram.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
LANE KAWAOKA has been investing for over a decade and now controls 8,000+ units ($1B+ AUM). As owner of CrowdfundAloha.com, SimplePassiveCashflow.com, and ReiAloha.com, Lane is responsible for finding investment opportunities, analysis, and marketing. Mr. Kawaoka obtained a BS in Industrial Engineer and MS in Civil Engineering and Construction Management from the University of Washington. In addition to an analytical engineering background, Lane has real world experience in working as a project manager for over $250 million dollars of capital construction projects in both the public and private sector. Working as a high paid professional in Corporate America and frustrated by the traditional wealth building dogma, Lane was compelled to inspire and mentor other working professionals via his Top-50 Investing podcast at SimplePassiveCashflow.com.
Key Takeaways:
- Know which properties are going to come with more headaches.
- Should you be more conservative in your economic occupancy forecast?
- Do you know which assumptions you should spot check when you’re a passive investor?
- As a passive investor, don’t take everything your sponsor or operator says as Gospel.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Joey Mure is a serial entrepreneur, co founding businesses like Wealth Without Wall Street and Wake up In Birmingham. He is the co author of the soon to be released book “Wealth Without Wall Street, 3 steps to freedom through passive income” and the top rated podcast, Wealth Without Wall Street.
Joey got his start in the financial world as a mortgage loan originator shortly after graduating from college in 2003. After 11 yrs in the industry and seeing personal financial success, Joey left to help found Wealth without Wall street in 2014. Joey’s true success is found in his marriage of 18 yrs to his wife Jessica and in being the father of 5 beautiful daughters. His hobbies include golf, travel, and reading.
Financial freedom for Joey means he can impact the world for Christ in giving, sharing, and spending quality time with his family and others. He lives by the simple idea that to “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, lean not on your own understanding, in all your ways acknowledge Him and he will direct your path.” (Proverbs 3:5-6)
Key Takeaways:
- Do you know what it feels like to be stuck in the hamster wheel?
- Know the difference between buying real estate and scaling a real estate company.
- Are you working in your business or on your business?
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Eli Vo is a retired veteran, where he proudly served his country for 21 years as a paratrooper in the US Army and later as an IT Specialist in the US Air Force.
He co-founded the Atlas Multifamily Group with his partners Chris & Nathan. They are TX based syndicators who own & operate $44M of assets in AR, OK, KS, and soon TX.
To help others build wealth and grow professionally, Eli co-authored a book with other high-achievers, detailing his purpose and passion, which became an Amazon Bestseller. Atlas also hosts a podcast called "The Real MF Guys Show."
Key Takeaways:
- You can “ramp up” into the real estate world.
- Know the difference between buying real estate and scaling a real estate company.
- Are you working in your business or on your business?
Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast. Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Sarah Weaver is a coach, speaker, real estate investor, entrepreneur, and business owner. Nothing thrills Sarah more than helping real estate agents and investors design the life of their dreams whether that is making more money or working fewer hours (or both!).
Sarah travels the country teaching real estate agents how to invest in real estate. She is a hiring and real estate investing expert. Sarah’s Real Estate Agent Coaching Business is focused on helping agents build wealth through real estate investing and hiring the right staff along the way. She teaches agents how to build an Investor-Focused Real Estate Sales Business. In addition to one-on-one coaching, she also offers group coaching to teams and brokerages.
Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast. Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Jay Helms is an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author, has been featured twice on BusinessInsider.com, and is the Founder of The W2 Capitalist, a mastermind community for aspiring and experienced real estate investors. Timid, apprehensive, and fearful about purchasing his first single- family rental, Jay now owns over a million dollars in real estate assets and escaped the rat race after just 6 years of side hustling in real estate investing. Knowing that closing on the first deal is the biggest hurdle and mental roadblock for new investors, Jay has a goal to help one million people create multiple streams of income, achieve financial freedom, or build legacy wealth through real estate investing.
In this episode, Jay shares his mobile phone number with you and encourages you to call or text him. Listen through the entire episode and get ready to take down his digits.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
You’ll certainly find yourself going back and listening to this week’s show more than once and maybe, more than twice.
Chris Miles, the Cash Flow Expert and Anti-Financial Advisor, is a leading authority teaching entrepreneurs and professionals how to get their money working for them TODAY! He’s an author, podcast host of the Money Ripples Podcast, has been featured in US News, CNN Money, Entrepreneurs on Fire, Bigger Pockets, and has a proven reputation with his company, Money Ripples (Cash Flow Experts | Money & Passive Income Mentor) getting his clients fast, financial results. In fact, his personal clients have increased their cash flow by $300 Million in the last 12 years!
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Ash Patel left a 15 year long corporate career and has been a full time Commercial Real Estate Investor for over 10 years. He is a value add investor and has purchased retail, warehouse, office, industrial, land, mixed use, medical and restaurants. From vacant buildings to fully leased NNN properties, the consistent theme is extraordinary returns. He is a hands on property manager and also teaches others how to invest in non-residential commercial property.
Key Takeaways
- You need a mentor or coach.
- You’ll likely make less mistakes with having someone as a mentor to help guide you along the way.
- Are you the value of your company?
- As an entrepreneur, one of the most expensive phrases you can say is, “I can do it myself.”
Ash would love to engage with you on social media channels like Facebook or LinkedIn.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Eric purchased his first apartment building at just 18 years of age while still at university. After graduation, in his position as an actuary, he was dismayed to see hundreds of company pension plans being rolled over into 401(k)s shifting the retirement risk to employees. This made him reconsider traditional beliefs about retirement saving. It also made him question his role as an actuary so he joined the lucrative technology industry.
A few years later, he lost a fortune during the Dotcom crash of 2001 and he started looking for ways to earn passive income and stop trading time for money. He started various businesses, including a gourmet sauce company, but eventually came back to his first love real estate investing and formed MartelTurnkey.
Key Takeaways
- Are the opportunities your looking for in line with your goals?
- Review the strategies you’ve adopted and how they’ll help you achieve your goals.
- Do you have the necessary resources available to achieve your goals?
- Don’t fall victim to the “shiny object syndrome”.
Eric is available to engage with you on several social media channels like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. His book, Stop Trading Your Time for Money is available on Amazon.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Dave Dubeau (pronounced “Doo – Bow”) is a podcast host and creator of the Money Partner Formula. He and his team work with mom ‘n pop real estate investors providing done-for-you marketing services to help them raise capital. He’s a best-selling author and speaker based in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. He began his real estate investing career in 2003 doing 18 deals in 18 months and nowadays, he invests passively in multi-family properties.
Key Takeaways
- Quick transactional deals are okay to pay the bills but aren’t a wise investment.
- Just because you find a good deal, doesn’t mean the capital will start rolling in.
- The Universe just isn’t going to deliver money to you.
- What are you doing to drive investors to you, instead of you chasing them?
After you finish this episode, make sure to sear for Dave’s new podcast, the Raise Capital 101 Show.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Brandon is the owner and partner of HBG Capital, a vertically integrated real estate firm providing investors with superior risk adjusted returns and downside principal protection backed by real assets in the residential single family construction sector in Nashville, TN & Commercial Multifamily Acquisitions in Southeast United States. HBG Capital’s construction arm - HBG Construction, executes ground up new developments, land development, and residential property rehabilitation in Nashville, TN. He was featured on the cover of REI Wealth magazine, Realty 411 Magazine, and has been quoted and published in Forbes magazine.
Key Takeaways
- You don’t know you can do something until you see other people doing it.
- Hire the role you’re best at, last.
- Learn to let go.
- Ask to sit in on a Masterclass before you invest. Make sure it’s right for you.
- You have to be creative.
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Shannon Robnett is a second-generation builder-developer, a third-generation real estate agent and a fourth-generation pilot. He jokingly says that it usually takes his family multiple generations to get something right!
With over 25 years of experience, Shannon has been involved from start to finish on over $350MM in construction projects such as multi-family, professional office buildings to city halls, fire and police stations, schools, industrial and mini storage.
Along with his knowledgeable team at Shannon Robnett Industries (SRI), Shannon is dedicated to sharing his expertise and delivering top quality projects that bring in numerous passive income streams to his syndicate partners.
Key Takeaways
- Price does not equal value
- You can’t determine what you goal is without a good cost breakdown
- Know what you’re good at. Know what you’re really not good at. Don’t be dumb enough to convince yourself that you can do both.
- Don’t succumb to FOMO or, the fear of missing out. Because someone else takes a high-wager, calculated risk, doesn’t mean you’re meant to, or you’ll have a similar outcome.
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Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.
Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Jennifer Joyce is an experienced real estate professional specializing in Texas. She started with single-family investments and then transitioned to commercial real estate in 2007 with an emphasis on large value-add opportunities. Jennifer has an excellent reputation for building relationships with brokers, professional services, investors, and vendors. Puts a great amount of focus into building a team to acquire and operate properties.
Installment of the REUS podcast, Jennifer reinforces the need for investors and real estate professional the importance of flexibility and being ready to pivot.
Key Takeaways
- Be prepared if the unexpected happens just before closing
- Have a business plan flexible enough for the unforeseen
- Are you ready to pivot, if you need to?
Connect with Jennifer on the web or via social media channels like Facebook and LinkedIn.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Tim Vitale is the Managing Partner of Upside Capital based out of Wilmington, NC. He spent 10 years in the corporate finance world and achieved the ranking AVP of Finance for a F500 Insurance Company prior to leaving his W2 life to pursue real estate full time. He specializes in underwriting, analysis, and budgeting. Tim was born into a real estate family and owns rental property in the Charlotte area and syndicates apartments throughout the Southeast USA Markets.
Key Takeaways
- You didn’t con this far to only come this far.
- Keep pushing and don’t stop.
- IN the grand scheme of real estate, thirty days is a short amount of time.
- It feels like you’re working for free . . . until you get something on the hook
Connect with Tim on social media platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn
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Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.
Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Billy Keels is a fellow podcaster and host of the weekly, Going Long podcast. In each episode, Billy helps guide you to continue with your W-2 job, while building your education as well as passive income streams.
In this episode of the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast, Cody connects with Billy to learn from his origin story of growing up in a middle-class family in Columbus, OH. Initially, he knew nothing about investing as was too embarrassed to ask. Billy remembers a point in his life where he challenged himself to learn everything he could about all things money and investing.
During the conversation with Billy, Cody and you learn many different “life lessons” and “nuggets” to help you begin the financial and investing process, all of which are intended to guide you towards your own financial freedom.
If you’d like to connect with Billy, he’s available on most social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Don’t forget to subscribe to his YouTube channel and visit his website.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Billy Keels is a fellow podcaster and host of the weekly, Going Long podcast. In each episode, Billy helps guide you to continue with your W-2 job, while building your education as well as passive income streams.
In this episode of the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast, Cody connects with Billy to learn from his origin story of growing up in a middle-class family in Columbus, OH. Initially, he knew nothing about investing as was too embarrassed to ask. Billy remembers a point in his life where he challenged himself to learn everything he could about all things money and investing.
During the conversation with Billy, Cody and you learn many different “life lessons” and “nuggets” to help you begin the financial and investing process, all of which are intended to guide you towards your own financial freedom.
If you’d like to connect with Billy, he’s available on most social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Don’t forget to subscribe to his YouTube channel and visit his website.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
In this episode of the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast, we learn how a lot of people come into real estate at different times in their life at different phases of their life, with different backgrounds and expertise, you don't necessarily have to come from a real estate family. You don't necessarily have to come from a construction or even the single family side. Anybody can get in anytime. As long as you have the work ethic, the dedication and the aptitude to learn and think you can, you can do it.
Omar Khan is responsible for capital raising, strategic planning and investor relations. He has over 10 years of global investment experience. He has participated in capital financing and M&A transactions valued at $3.7 billion. He is a CFA Charterholder and graduated with honors from the University of Toronto with a B.Com in Finance.
Key Takeaways
- There are many different aspects to real estate to anticipate.
- Always have a daily, weekly and monthly goal
- Make a list of items you need to complete, and get them done . . . early
Connect with Omar on LinkedIn or visit him on the Web
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Scott is Director of Investment Management at Real Growth Capital and oversees investment analysis, construction operations, and asset management. He believes that real estate provides the best risk-adjusted returns of any investment and that opportunities exist in any growing market.
In this episode, Cody sits down for a casual conversation with Scott and they discuss the importance of having a greater group of ancillary team members, like an attorney, especially a local one who know local law and ordinances.
Key Takeaways
- The relationship to your ancillary team members is crucial to your success.
- You’ve got to have the right people, in the right place on your team.
- Have a local attorney, who knows local laws and ordinances and has local relationships
Scott is active on LinkedIn and encourages you to reach out and connect.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Don Spafford sits down with Cody for this episode. Don has an educational and professional background in Finance and Securities Investing. He grew up most of his life near Omaha, Nebraska.
He bought his first property, a four plex, in 2017. Then two more 18 months later. After that he quickly moved into commercial real estate and began working with ground up development projects and eventually landed with Happy Camper Capital providing syndication opportunities in RV Campgrounds.
Key Takeaways
- Find a lender that fits well with you and develop a relationship with them.
- You need a great lender that will fight for you
- Once you find a lender to work with, offer them referrals
Connect with Don on social media channels like Facebook and LinkedIn.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
In this episode, our host, Cody Lewis has a conversation with Taylor Loft. Taylor helps busy professionals passively invest in real estate syndications through his company NT Capital. He started and runs the monthly Richmond Multifamily & Commercial Real Estate Investors Networking Group (now nearly 700 members).
Taylor is on a mission to teach busy professionals how they can invest in real estate without dealing with tenants, toilets, and termites. He highlights and distills the knowledge, experiences, and lessons of expert real estate investors through his podcast The Passive Wealth Strategy Show.
Key Takeaways
- If you have a third party property manager, you want them to be a true third party. They really shouldn’t be “blended” with equity.
- Always be trying to mitigate risk
- Real estate investing is simple at it’s core but can get very complicated. What works for other investors may not be a perfect fit for you.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Andrew Shutsky joins Cody this time to have a conversation framed around focusing on what you’re doing and what you’re good at. Andrew is the founder of Redline Equity, LLC, a real estate syndication firm specializing in the acquisition, improvement, and management of large apartment buildings. He also has over 14 years of real estate rental experience, beginning with a “house hack” of his first home in 2007.
In the multifamily investment space, Andrew is currently active as both a GP and LP and has ownership interest in over 1100 units. He likes to move quickly and take massive action - In his first 5 months he closed 2 deals as a GP. Andrew is also the host of the Crushing Cashflow podcast which interviews investors of all stages of their journeys to tell their stories of successes and failures.
Key Takeaways
- Build a brand
- Join a Mastermind Group
- Spend time grooming your investors, especially if they’re new
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Zach Roesinger, an energetic, experienced real estate advisor joins our host Cody Lewis on this week’s episode. Zach runs CRE PRO Course which shows commercial real estate agents how to get their first listing and first closing in less than 6 months. He worked in commercial real estate brokerage, specializing in warehouse, industrial, land, 1031 exchanges, opportunity zones and works for Galvanized, which is a commercial real estate 506b & 506c syndication.
Key Takeaways
- Always be learning
- Figure out what works for you
- Find a tool that helps you retain information like the app, Drafts
During this episode, Cody mentions a program he used to help him through his journey, Manager Tools.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Sanjay Hegde is Founder and President of Blue Ring Investors LLC and brings to the company more than 15 years’ experience establishing customer relationships and managing multimillion-dollar corporate accounts for companies in the U.S. and abroad.
Key Takeaways
- If you invest the time to do your due diligence, you can avoid costly mistakes.
- Owning multifamily units can often be more lucrative than single family.
- When you’re raising capital, try to have a good mix. Don’t place all of your eggs in one basket, in the event an investor pulls out.
Blue Ring Investors, LLC is available on multiple social media channels like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
Marcus Rodgers joins our Cody in this episode to shed light on taking it back to the fundamentals, especially if you’re new to the realm of real estate. He always was curious on how to get ahead in life financially without the expense of others. One day he stumbled upon a book called “Rich Dad Poor Dad” and it changed his life forever and he never looked back.
Marcus’ curiosity led him to get himself involved in real estate as a real estate investor and started the process of building wealth. Upon his journey, he realized that what our youth and the masses are missing is financial education. He wanted to teach the youth and masses what he has learned to bring awareness to help people realize that they have a choice and they are options to jump start your life by learning and educating them about the financial game. Sharing this information is fulfilling to him to see people grow mentally and see a new side of them that they didn’t know was there all along. Educating the world is an important purpose and this will lead to financial freedom for themselves and their family.
Key Takeaways
- All debt is not bad debt, as long as you leverage it correctly.
- Invest money in utilizing the services of a professional.
- Don’t get so excited that you lose focus on the fundamentals.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey. You’ll definitely want to listen to this installment a few times, and not on 1.5 speed.
Cody’s guest this time is Emma Powell, owner and operator of Highrise Group and she share quite a few golden nuggets on the importance of having several forms of liquidity.
Emma has been featured on Business Insider and The Bigger Pockets Podcast, as well as many other programs and stages. She loves to talk and guest on real estate related podcasts or events with a talkative, easy to interview style. Emma has experience speaking about getting started in real estate by learning to network and learning to analyze deals, thinking bigger, scaling quickly, a positive mindset with a down-to-earth attitude, and accepting with humor the imperfect balance of business success and personal life.
Key Takeaways
- The person who risks their money can be set back several years in their investment career.
- Think about the forms of liquidity and how you’re holding it.
- Your only source of liquidity doesn’t have to be cash sitting in a bank somewhere.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey. In this episode, Darren Krakowiak joins Cody for an incredibly insightful episode and conversation about receiving, and taking action on feedback on both professional and personal levels.
Darren has 20 years of commercial real estate experience racked up at firms like CBRE and JLL in Australia and Korea. He has been a country head responsible for 300 employees, a top-1% agent representing office tenants and a thought leader in research.
After more than a decade in Asia as an expat, he returned to Melbourne and founded CRE Success to help commercial real estate firms develop their people and grow their revenue. His firm provides speaking, training and leadership coaching in Asia Pacific and North America.
Darren also equips commercial real estate professionals with proven client attraction and retention systems so they can save time, earn more and be top performers in their market. This is delivered via a paid membership and through free content such as CRE Success: The Podcast (which has hit the Top 10 in the Apple Podcasts business category in nine countries).
Key Takeaways
- Your business is a direct reflection of you
- Do you have a growth mindset in your personal and professional life?
- You have to be ready, and willing to accept different types of feedback, whether it’s personal or professional.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey. In this episode, Phil Capron talks about how he learned a hard lesson on, “working to learn before working to earn”.
Phil served honorably as a Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman, where he spent his days jumping out of planes, shooting, and manning the radios on the small fast boats that take Navy SEALs and other Special Operations personnel to and from their missions in non-permissive or denied areas of the world.
During his time in service, Phil realized that real estate was something he had a passion for and could help others, so he committed to pursuing it further. He took a real estate license course while still in the Navy and upon separation in 2012, immediately went to work selling his military buddies' homes as they transferred to and from Virginia. In 2019, Phil penned his first book "Your VA Loan: and How It Can Make You a Millionaire" in an effort to educate more military members and veterans about real estate.
Key Takeaways
- Even if you’re working with your best friend or a family member, write up an agreement and set the expectations.
- Mitigate your risks, early on, especially if you’re new.
- If you’re working on you first flip or your first renovation project, add a little to cushion the end of you budget and schedule. For a startup or someone new, 10% may be an appropriate cushion.
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Spencer Carpenter joins our host, Cody Lewis for this installment of the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast and the focus is simply on, “you don’t know what you don’t know”.
Spencer is the founder of Outlier Audio, a full service podcast booking agency that represents talented entrepreneurs, business professionals, and investors, specializing in real estate investors. Prior to being in the podcasting space, Spencer spent over a decade working in the music industry, taking on various roles including talent management and representation, event and festival organizing, record label head, VIP Meet & Greet coordinator, merchandising, and more. Spencer's pivot to the podcasting space came when the music industry shut down due to COVID-19 and he saw a need to help entrepreneurs, investors and business professionals get on to the new medium as a way to continue growing their business.
Key Takeaways
- There’s certain thing that you’re not going to know until you’ve gone through the experience
- Having a mentor for guidance through a project you’ve never experience is a wise investment of your time and effort.
- Partner with someone who’s been there before
Spencer is available to engage with you on a couple different social media platforms like Instagram and LinkedIn.
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Whitney Elkins-Hutten joins Cody in this installment of The Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast. Whitney is the Director of Investor Education at PassiveInvesting.com and a partner in $700MM+ in real estate — including over 5000+ residential units (MF, MHP, SFR, and assisted living ) and more than 1400+ self-storage units across 8 states—and experience flipping over $3.0MM in residential real estate.
Key Takeaways
- You can get into real estate doing whatever it is you were doing before. You don’t have to have a real estate background.
- Get to know the area around your investment
- Know how to handle the problematic items, and keep the right mindset.
Connect with on LinkedIn.
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Rebecca Moore joins our host, Cody Lewis this time on the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast. Rebecca is the Co-Founder and CEO of Starboard Equity and a real estate investor since 2014. She has bought and sold over 2200 commercial multifamily real estate units and has syndicated the acquisition of five properties with over 600 units as a General Partner.
Rebecca’s story is one of powerful determination and persistence. She shares how she hired a mentor, learned to underwrite, built relationships with brokers and investors to help her win and fund deals in Texas while living in California, all while managing a full-time psychology practice! Now, she is free from her job.
Key Takeaways
- Trust but verify, but also, be in the books
- There are certainly times when it’s okay to, “get in the weeds”
- There’s a difference between micromanaging and understanding you business and the numbers that go into it.
Rebecca and her team invite you to join the Starboard Equity Club. If you’re ready to leverage passive real estate investing through multifamily syndications to build passive income and diversify your portfolio, we’re here to help. Start by joining the Starboard Equity Club today.
Connect with Rebecca on the Web, Facebook or LinkedIn.
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You’ll want to listen to this episode of the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast a couple times. Andrew Davis joins Cody for an impactful conversation around identifying your strengths and weaknesses then, finding a partner who both balances and counteracts them to make a stronger team.
Andrew is the Director of Investor Relations for passiveinvesting.com, a commercial real estate private equity group approaching $1B in AUM, primarily in multifamily and self-storage assets, with a long term goal to be invested in multiple recession resistant asset classes. In 2021 alone, they raised $175MM in capital from private retail investors. He is focused on capital formation, building long term relationships with investor partners, driving awareness of the passiveinvesting.com brand & mission, and creating a best-in-class investor experience.
Key Takeaways
- Early in the game, learn how valuable scale is, how valuable working with the right people and having the right partner is.
- Don’t be too independent, to a fault.
- Identify where you’re strong, but also, identify where you’re weak. Then, look for a partner who is strong where you’re weak.
During the conversation, Andrew mentions an impactful quote from Tim Ferris, “You need to know what your unique strengths are and be willing to delegate.” This quote is taken from Tim’s book, The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich.
Regulars to our show hear Cody (and his guests) often mention the book Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!
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Tate Siemer is the visionary and CEO of GreenLight Equity Group and he joins our host, Cody Lewis on this episode on the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast.
Greenlight currently owns 572 units in Oklahoma City, Utah and Columbus, OH. Tate’s passion is improving apartment buildings in such a way that maximizes value of community. In order to provide solid, consistent returns to investors and well-being to residents, Tate and team operate clean, safe, progressive communities that promote a thriving living environment. Tate hosts “The Apartment Guys Podcast” and serves on the Executive Board of the Utah Real Estate Investor Association. He enjoys helping fellow investors and entrepreneurs through mentoring and coaching. Tate’s other passions include big-mountain skiing and mountain biking, music, and hiking with his dog, Joey.
Key Takeaways
- It’s a “diamond in the rough” when you find a good partner or contractor.
- You will get burned eventually. Maybe not on your first one, or your second one, but you will because as someone new, you don’t have the expertise yet.
- Stay with it. Learn your lessons and keep driving on.
Tate would love the opportunity to meet with you virtually via Zoom. Click here to reserve your spot on his calendar. He’s also available to connect with you on social media channels like Facebook, Instagram or his YouTube Channel.
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Yeadon Smith has been in the business of building relationships since he started working as a youth minister while in college. His relationship building skills grew as he changed careers from ministry to health coaching, to real estate general brokerage, to commercial real estate investing, to online education and mentoring.
This time on the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast, Yeadon joins Cody Lewis for a conversation about the importance of networking, connections and the importance of vetting your contractors.
Realizing others could change the course of their lives, Yeadon co-founded My First Million in Multifamily, an online education and coaching platform. Currently, he mentors students in the program on how to buy apartment complexes with private investor capital. In 2021, students closed deals totaling over $10 million.
Key Takeaways
- The only guarantee is this: If you do nothing, nothing will happen.
- You always one person away from finding your first or next deal.
- It’s not who you know, it’s who knows you.
Yeadon tells us the best way to connect with him is on various social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
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In this episode of the Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast, our host, Cody Lewis talks with Damion Lupo about how he bounced back from one of the biggest losses we’ve heard about on our show.
Best-Selling Author of a dozen books on personal finance, investment and retirement strategies, Damion is on a mission to free 1 million people from financial bondage. He hosts the Financial Underdogs podcast, ripping conventional wisdom apart for the Main Street investor looking for truth about money and investing. Not only has he started 50+ companies, he even founded his own martial art, Yokido®. Damion developed the ultimate investor retirement tool called the eQRP®. His strategy gives individuals total control of their retirement money to invest in real assets like real estate, gold, and crypto.
Key Takeaways
- Always make sure you’ve got a mentor
- Know what the purpose is of what you’re doing.
- Make your mistakes early in the game and learn from them.
Connect with Damion on the Web or LinkedIn.
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There’s a high probability that you’ll want to go back and listen to this episode of the Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast, several times. Dr. Hank joins our host, Cody Lewis for a conversation on how your (un)successes will likely turn in to blessings.
Dr. Hank is a Mental Scientist who’s passion is to help others create the life of their dreams!
He is the author of 15 best-selling and Quilly Award winning books including “Your Royal Path To Riches!” and “The Happiest Man In The World!”
Dr. Hank channels with Divine Intelligence answers and solutions for you! He has been blessed with understanding life and how you can ask for what you want and receive it!
Key Takeaways:
- If we didn’t have this contrast of success and (un)success, we actually couldn’t birth a better future for ourselves.
- Our (un)successes, being things we don’t want, help create those thoughts and ideas of things we do want.
- Of our 6.000 thoughts each day, approximately 80% of them are negative or unwanted thoughts.
- Often, things we think of as bad, are actually blessings.
Subscribe to Dr. hank’s YouTube Channel or connect with him via the Web, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn. He’s also available on the phone at (214) 753-7204 or email at drhank@drhankseitz.com.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast where we feature people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
In this episode, Peyton Smith joins our host Cody Lewis to have an insightful conversation on the other valuable investment in our world – time.
Peyton fills the Visionary role with his daily activities focused on Acquisition & Disposition, he's a master at cold calling! He has been self-employed since 2012. Peyton focuses on growth and creative solutions as well as team health and company culture.
Key Takeaways:
- Time is a valuable investment. What is your ROT?
- It’s often more difficult to say, “no” to something than it is to say, “yes”.
- Overcoming the culture mindset shift of what you’re “expected” to do is a significant hurdle.
Peyton Smith is available to engage with you on the Web, LinkedIn and Instagram.
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Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast where we feature people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.
In this episode, our host Cody Lewis has an insightful conversation with Attorney Mauricio Rauld. Mauricio is the founder and CEO of Premier Law Group, a premier boutique securities law firm. As a nationally recognized expert on private placements, Mauricio works with elite entrepreneurs who seek to increase and protect their wealth through syndications. He specializes in Reg D exempt offerings and educates investors from around the world on how to navigate the complex world of securities laws. Known for taking complex matters and making them simple to understand, Mauricio is sometimes, jokingly, referred to as one of the few lawyers who actually speaks English.
Regularly traveling around the U.S. as a noted speaker to business groups, Mauricio is also as regular contributor to The Real Estate Guys™ Radio show (consistently one of the most downloaded podcast on real estate investing) and is Robert Helms’ personal advisor.
Key Takeaways:
- Entrepreneurs and small business owners, make sure to get your personal affairs in order.
- Do you have an estate plan setup?
- Consider using a specialized attorney who knows the laws in your local area.
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- Trevor Thompson with Niagara Investments joins Cody Lewis this time on the Real Estate (UN) Success Stories podcast. Trevor was a successful Vice President with 47+ years in the attractions and entertainment industry. He is highly observant, detail oriented with a highly developed work ethic. Trevor spent the past 20 years working for iFLY Indoor Skydiving, where he helped grow from 1 location to 80 worldwide. As an accredited investor Trevor, is a Limited Partner in 17 (15 active) syndicated deals. General Partner / Asset Manager in a 240 doors property, ViaMax San Antonio
Over the past few years, Trevor has become deeply passionate about learning about Real Estate Investing. He is an avid learner, continually connecting with as many like-minded people. He has been actively looking for a multifamily property as General Partner/Asset Manager/Boots on Ground in Texas, while always looking for new deals and partners interested in Texas.
Key Takeaways:
- This is a relationship and people business. It’s often now about “how”, but “who”.
- When a deal comes, always be ready with the right people on your team.
- Don’t be afraid to stick it out and connect with people.
Trevor is quite active on most social media channels, especially Facebook and LinkedIn, but you can also connect with him on the Web.
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Neil Wahlgren joins Cody in this episode of the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast to have a conversation about mitigating risks in your real estate investments. Mr. Wahlgren brings 10 years of direct real estate experience as both an investor and capital markets expert at MAG Capital Partners, having raised equity for over $450 million in real estate and operating companies.
Prior to joining MAG Capital Partners, Neil led a Bay Area real estate investment firm for 4 years, growing all aspects of the business to an AUM exceeding $500M. He began his career as a military officer, logged over 2,500 flight hours piloting the C-130 in the Air Force and Navy. Following combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, he concluded his military career as a Lieutenant Commander. Mr. Wahlgren now resides with his wife and son in San Francisco. He holds a BS from the US Air Force Academy and an MBA from Texas A&M University.
Key Takeaways:
- There will always be risks, in every deal.
- Identify which risks you can plan for.
- Which risks can you mitigate and control?
Reach out to Neil Wahlgren on LinkedIn or, feel free to send him an email.
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In this episode of The Real Estate (UN) Success Stories podcast, our host, Cody Lewis welcomes Denise Piazza, CPA. Denise is the founding partner of Main Line Capital Advisors. She began working within the real estate industry in 2004 through several tax and accounting engagements with real estate clients while employed at a CPA firm.
Through the years, Denise continued to build a network of real estate investors and learned from their best practices in investing. She has 20 years of accounting, finance, and risk management experience and has managed teams of 30+ employees and has held several finance and accounting roles with top Fortune 100 companies on teams managing over $1B in acquisitions, joint ventures, and disposition of assets.
Key Takeaways:
- Take time to figure out what type of assets you want to invest in.
- Better understand the returns on different types of deal structures.
- What is the opportunity cost of your money?
Follow Denise on Instagram to connect with Main Line Capital Advisors
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In this episode of the Real Estate (UN)Success Stories podcast, our host Cody Lewis has a conversation with Kevin Gardner. Kevin spent nearly 20 years with Comcast and was responsible for managing the team that negotiated telecommunications access agreements with multifamily property owners. Via Multifamily Utility Solutions, Kevin utilizes his experience to negotiate
favorable contract terms, resulting in improved NOI for Multifamily Owners across the country. These telecommunications agreements are important even if Owners do not pay for their residents’ cable or internet as access to the property has value. MUS helps owners realize this value.
MUS serves clients across the country with as few units as a hundred to one’s with thousands.
Key Takeaways:
- You can’t get to a success story, until you get started.
- Be a veracious learner.
- You got to put in the legwork to get, “in the game” the right way.
Multifamily Utility Solutions is on the web or, you can connect with Kevin on various social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.
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Josh Ferrari, founder of Ferrari Capital and co-founder of Three Beach Capital, joins Cody on this episode of the Real Estate (Un)Successs Stories podcast. Shortly after entering into the aviation industry, Josh found his second love . . . real estate. After just 4 short years, Josh has accumulated over $35MM AUM, 437 units, and has successfully raised millions of dollars from various private investors.
He has been featured on over 22 highly renown podcasts as a guest and continues to teach others how to follow in his footsteps.
In April 2020, Josh started a podcast titled, Creative Capital, to not only learn more about the industry from experts, but to help teach others as well. He currently releases two episodes per week, and since its inception he now has over 160K downloads with thousands of loyal weekly listeners. It has allowed him to grow his network and meet with top tier professionals in the space who have done millions or even billions of dollars in transactions.
Key Takeaways:
- Make sure you’re marketing to the right audience.
- Develop a network of people that you can partner up with. You don’t have to go at it alone.
- One of the most expensive phrases in entrepreneurship is, “I’ll just do it myself”.
Josh is available on most social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, but he also creates content available on his YouTube Channel.
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Jim Pfeifer is one of the founders of Left Field Investors, a group dedicated to educating and assisting like-minded investors negotiate the nuances of the passive investing landscape and world of syndications. In this episode of the Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast, Cody has a conversation with Jim about how critical it is to hire quality asset managers that understand the asset they’re managing and how it’s key for passive investors to find quality sponsors.
Jim is a former financial advisor who became frustrated with the one-path-fits-all approach of the standard financial services industry. He now concentrates on investing in real assets that produce cash flow and is committed to sharing his knowledge with others who are interested in learning a different way to grow wealth. Jim not only advises and helps people get started in passive real estate syndications, he also invests alongside them in small groups to allow for diversification among multiple investments and syndication sponsors. Jim believes the most important factor in a successful syndication is finding a sponsor that he knows, likes and trusts.
Key Takeaways:
- Vet your sponsors properly. Including an evaluation of their communications. How responsive are they?
- Hire quality asset managers that understand the asset they’re managing.
- Research a sponsor’s, track record and their experience.
Reach out to Jim via email or connect with him on LinkedIn.
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Flint Jamison spent 20 years in aerospace as an engineer and program manager. He is now finding a path to early retirement through commercial real estate investments. In this episode of the Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast, Flint shares a wealth of information with us and he reaffirms how important it is to have the courage to take that first, small step.
Flint started his real estate endeavor with a duplex that he rehabbed in 2018. From there he quickly pivoted to multifamily syndications, where there is greater stability and returns. Flint is an LP on 3 properties and is just finishing up a capital raise for his first deal as a GP. Flint’s portfolio is currently around 700 units.
Key Takeaways:
- As syndicators, priority #1 is the investor, priority #2 is the tenants.
- Do you capital raise before or after you find a property?
- Prime, prep and educate your investors early in the game.
While you’re enjoying this episode with Flint, take a quick minute to download his free report on the benefits and simplicity of multi-family syndication then, connect with him on LinkedIn, Facebook or on the Web.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Drew White was once a pediatric oncology nurse but today he serves as a Modern Wealth Coach and in this episode, he talks to Cody about how a little overconfidence and going with the lowest bidder, cost him time, and money.
When Drew graduated from nursing school with $150,000+ of student loan debt, he realized he would be paying 50% of his earnings (for a very long time) to pay off his loans. That was the first time he understood the true impact of the debt he had created. This experience gave Drew a hunger to understand money better. He was unwilling to accept this debt as his lot in life.
In his late 20s, he created wealth-building side businesses for his family to take control of their future. Over the past 7 years, he has been active as a day-trader, entrepreneur, and real estate investor.
His knowledge and experience in these sectors led Drew to realize there is a better way to maximize money than most people are aware of. As a Modern Wealth Consultant, he is passionate about showing real estate investors and other entrepreneurs how to take control of their money.
Key Takeaways:
- Try not to be too overconfident
- Don’t always go with the cheapest bid. You’ll get what you pay for.
- Determine how far away is too distant from your project.
- Always trust but verify.
Visit Drew on the web or, connect with him on LinkedIn.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Our host, Cody Lewis, welcomes Axel Ragnarsson with Aligned Real Estate Partners to the show to share with you the importance of vetting contractors and how critical they are to the success or failure of your project.
Aligned Real Estate Partners, which has been a principal party in $27M+ worth of transactions since inception. Currently, Aligned REP owns over 300 units of multifamily real estate valued at $28M+. Axel also hosts The Multifamily Wealth Podcast, one of the most highly rated podcasts in the industry, where he interviews real estate investors and dissects how they started, built, and scaled their businesses.
The leadership at Aligned Real Estate places an emphasis on consistent communication with their investors, complete transparency throughout the investment process, and using deal structures that align our incentives with our limited partners'. They also pride themselves on working with investors who are newer to passive real estate investing... meaning they offer lower investment minimums and increased access to deals.
Key Takeaways:
- It’s absolutely critical to work with the right people.
- You can’t hire a contractor based upon price alone.
- You need to get references and know who their subcontractors are.
- Don’t bite off more than you can chew.
Axel is active on Instagram and you can also find him on LinkedIn.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. In this insightful episode, Cody talks with Vish Muni about the importance of being patient and the value a mentor will offer.
Vish has over 20 years of Experience as Small Business Entrepreneur, IT Professional, active real estate agent and a fulltime Multifamily Apartment investor with over $30 M - AUM. He started as a real estate investor in 2009 in single family, duplexes and fourplexes, then he transitioned to Multifamily investing in Nov 2019. Since then, Vish has invested as Limited Partner and general partner in over 7 syndications.
Key Takeaways:
- In real estate, you’ll only fail if you run out of one (or both) of the following: time and money.
- You need to have patience.
- You don’t need to feel like you need to do everything yourself.
- The time a mentor helps save you is worth money.
The best way to connect with Vish Muni is via LinkedIn.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. In this episode, our host Cody Lewis talks to Doris Ng about the struggles she’s experienced with financing a deal and tips she offers to help you avoid similar struggles.
Doris Ng is a managing partner at 2SavvySisters, a real estate investment firm. Doris has been investing in real estate since 2012 in both residential and commercial multi-family. During her Real Estate career, Doris has formed partnerships with a core group of experienced real estate professionals and trusted advisors. Currently, 2SavvySisters Investments is involved in, owns, and invests in over 450 units across multiple states., with over $35M AUM.
Doris is also an entrepreneur for over 14 years, owning and operating several businesses. She started her entrepreneur career right after graduating from college from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Doris has been recognized locally and nationally as an influential business owner and thought leader. She has received numerous awards and recognitions, locally and nationally.
Key Takeaways:
- When you’re new to a market, consider working with a finance broker.
- Never let the deal die on the vine because your initial financing fell through.
- Relationships are crucial. Work with a broker that will fight for you.
Reach out to Doris via email and LinkedIn, or visit 2SavvySisters on Instagram and Facebook.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Lee Johnson with Value Investment Partners joins Cody for this episode and they’re discussing the sometimes uncomfortable conversations around doing business with family and how you can mitigate a few of the common issues.
As the Co-Founder and Vice President of Value Investment Partners (VIP), Lee is responsible for implementing strategic methods to grow VIP and help partners grow their wealth using various alternative investment strategies that allow leveraging money and time, conducting and monitoring project due diligence He has been investing in real estate since 2005 through multifamily, private lending and rehabbing residentials properties. His focus now is passive investing through real estate syndications and active multifamily investing.
His current portfolio spans multiple markets around the country – over 2800 units valued at about $334 million. As both an active and passive investor, his approach to business is “Being an investor first” which simply means he only shares investment opportunities that he also invests in himself. He is a driving force for embodying creative use of alternative investment strategies, building generational wealth and empowering people to achieve wealth.
Key Takeaways:
- When you fall, you’ve got to get back up.
- If you’re going to do business with family, treat the business as a business. Create the entity. Create the operating agreement, up front. You don’t want the family to be impacted negatively.
- Most new businesses that fail, fail within the first 5 years.
- Communication is key. Talk to your partner.
During this episode, Lee mentions the two books, Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki and It’s a Whole New Business from Gene Towbridge.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. From contractors to property managers, Cody’s guest in this episode has learned lessons, both with and from them, and he’s found out through the “School of Hard Knocks”, that you indeed get what you paid for.
Paul Shannon spent his career as a sales leader and consultant for a large ophthalmology company, implementing surgical devices into operating rooms and health systems across the Midwest. Since leaving his corporate career in 2019, Paul has acquired over 100 single family and multifamily units by recycling his equity and/or joint venturing. He recently successfully refinanced 100% of his capital out of a 40-unit apartment reposition and has rolled the proceeds into a similar sized distressed property in Indianapolis.
Paul has experience in acquisitions, raising capital, property management, project management, and is a licensed Realtor in Indiana.
Along with being active in his business, Paul is a passive, limited partner in over 1,400 multifamily units, numerous industrial offerings, and ATMs.
Key Takeaways:
- Get up off the mat and get back at it. Learn from the mistakes you made and apply the lessons that you learned. Try again.
- You get what you pay for when hiring a contractor.
- Take the lessons you’ve learned, apply them to where you can scale. Get rid of the things you don’t want to do but, understand those functions well enough to where you can manage the manager.
- Go through the “School of Hard Knocks”.
- There’s something to say about starting small.
- Find a mentor. Find someone that’s already, “done it”.
Reach out to Paul via LinkedIn or his organization’s website.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. After only a short few seconds, you’ll catch the infectious energy and enthusiasm of Cody’s guest on this episode, Lee Yoder. Lee was practicing physical therapist when he realized his true passion was building his own business and investing in real estate. He took this passion and considerable action to quickly build a portfolio with several small apartment buildings. He was able to swiftly reposition this portfolio, bring it full cycle, and provide an incredible return for his investors.
Today, Lee is focused on syndicating larger apartment buildings. He is the founder and visionary behind Threefold Real Estate Investing, and he’s committed to forging a path that will generate incredible wealth and opportunity for all involved. His focus is driving the business forward by forging new relationships with top-notch professionals in the real estate world and bringing on more partners to invest alongside Threefold.
Lee also hosts a podcast, Threefold Real Estate Investing, which discusses multifamily real estate investing, while also focusing on pursing better relationships with family and a better walk with Christ. Make sure to connect with Lee on Facebook or LinkedIn.
Key Takeaways:
- Think about and consider what success looks like to you, prior to investing.
- Are you Under capitalized for deferred maintenance or the “little things” that pop up?
- Do you know how much you need to set aside per unit, per year for maintenance costs?
- “Hang in there. You gotta stick with it. “
During his conversation with Cody, Lee refers to the book, The Compound Effect from Darren Hardy.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Cody’s guest in this informative episode is Alex Olson. As a commercial real estate investor himself, Alex understands the frustrations of not being able to locate off-market deals, not finding deals that cash flow, and running into dead ends. Once you have an agent, learn how to build out your team, identify the core components of getting a transaction done, and getting your deal across the finish line.
Having helped clients complete over $50mm in sales through 35+ transactions, Alex is an expert in helping 1031 Exchange clients. Alex and his Colleague Logan Freeman are taking real estate brokerage to the next level. They have developed a proven system for helping 1031 exchange clients identify cash flowing deals, develop a trusted team, and ensure that your 1031 exchange money is secure.
Key Takeaways:
- Don’t let your enthusiasm for your perspective and view.
- Know and recognize when an opportunity or option isn’t the right fit for you.
- What are you really after?
- Real estate is always a continuous learning experience.
- You can’t want to sell something to a prospective customer more than they want to buy it.
The best two ways to connect with Alex is through LinkedIn or with a direct email.
During the episode, Cody refers to The Advanced Selling podcast and the Theory of Detachment.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Joining our host, Cody Lewis in this episode is Charlie Wessel, the Founder of Cordell Capital.
Charlie has also founded and managed several successful companies in the Charleston, SC area. He’s been involved in multifamily/commercial real estate, in one aspect or another, since 2006. Cordell Capital provides conservative underwriting and extensive due diligence on their investment opportunities to make sure they’re taking the most conservative approach to investing and building wealth alongside our investors. Currently, Cordell Capital owns 364 doors in the multifamily space. A total of $23,950,000 assets under management.
If you’d like to reach out and connect with Charlie, he’s available on most social platforms, such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram or on the Web.
Key Takeaways:
- Trust but verify . . . every time.
- How old is the roof of the property you’re interested in?
- Gutters help preserve foundations.
- What are the piping materials?
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. In this episode, our host Cody Lewis talks to Todd Thorpe with Dojo Networks about implementing smart technology into your multi-family project and how the benefits not only attract tenants but are an asset to the owner as well.
Todd is a well-respected multifamily & technology veteran with over 30 years of industry experience. For almost 20 years, he held various executive leadership positions with Charter Communications where he grew multifamily sales in the Midwest and Southeast markets by 30%.
Todd joined Dojo Networks in early 2021 as Vice President of Sales with responsibility for developing and executing sales strategies that drive revenue for the company.
Todd encourages you to reach out to him via LinkedIn or, feel free to send him an email.
Key Takeaways:
- How can you leverage technology to help increase your NOI?
- Internet and technology are no longer considered, “luxury” amenities. They’re must-haves.
- Make the decision to jump in early.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. In this episode, join our host Cody Lewis for an incredibly informative and entertaining conversation with Edmund Chien about the time he was faced with telling his clients some of the worst news they’ve received.
Edmund is an experienced financial professional with over 15 years experience managing money for high-net-worth investors. He is a former senior partner of a private equity firm that managed ½ a billion in assets for accredited investors and family offices. In addition to being experienced in real estate syndications, Edmund was also a licensed stockbroker and a licensed life insurance advisor.
Today, Edmund is retired from the financial industry and is a coach for client facing real estate syndicators. His main coaching consists of training real estate syndicators on how to attract accredited investors. He’s spent his entire financial career mentoring junior advisors and has been doing that full time in the last 5 years.
Key Takeaways:
- If you haven't lived through a downturn, it's going to happen. You just have to accept the fact that it will happen.
- Bad news isn’t like fine wine. It doesn’t get better with age.
- Start with the hardest ones.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis for a conversation with special guest, Mark Cira, as they discuss the importance of a diversified investment and project portfolio.
Mark is the co-founder of Cira Capital Group, a firm focused on curating diverse private real estate investments. As the CFO of a consulting firm and a registered CPA, Mark understands the difficulties that busy professionals face when seeking quality real estate operators and sponsors.
For more than 10 years, Mark has focused on finding, vetting, and developing relationships within the real estate industry. With this foundation, Mark co- founded Cira Capital Group to help other busy professionals like himself invest in private real estate. With its curated funds, Cira Capital Group is helping investors free up their time, grow their income, and build wealth while maximizing capital preservation through diversification.
Download Mark’s free e-book packed with valuable tips to help you diversify your portfolio with private real estate. You’ll learn why diversification is so important to achieving stellar returns, how real estate can help diversify your traditional portfolio, the options available in both public and private real estate investing, and much more.
Connect with Mark and Cira Capital Group on the Web and LinkedIn.
Key Takeaways:
- Keep focused on diversification.
- Don’t get focused on one type of investment or project.
- Make slight adjustments along the way on your journey. Unexpected things happen.
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and a special guest, Michael Stohler, as they discuss how Michael overcame a massive failure in his first real estate experience. Hear what Michael went through after having to give back 8 single family properties and being forced to move in with his in-laws. Be sure to take notes on Michael's advise to prevent the mistakes he made early in his career!
Mike Stohler is a former commercial airline pilot, Navy veteran and co-founder at Gateway Private Equity Group, a real estate investment firm whose portfolio has included hotels, multifamily, and residential properties. Between apartment complexes, houses, and hotels, Mike has owned or operated over 1300 units. Seeking value-add opportunities and higher returns, Mike pivoted from multi-family to hotels and now focuses exclusively in this niche.
When Mike first started in real estate investing in 1999, he lacked experience and failed. Through committed action to learn, grow their skills, and help others, he has created immense change in his business and life. Since his early beginnings, Mike has seen significant financial gain and wealth- generation through powerful real estate investing. Passionate about the impact real estate investing has had on his life, Mike leverages his experience to help busy professionals generate long-term wealth through hotel real estate investments.
Main Takeaways
You’re either going to pay through your mistakes, or pay to learn and not make those mistakes
They don't teach you how to be a landlord!
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www.gatewaype.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelstohler/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and a special guest, Chad Sutton, as they discuss dealing with buying a heavy lift property, eviction moratorium, and much more. Chad talks about the importance of being able to “think” through the challenges. One of the most important lessons learned was fully funding all the needs for the property.
Chad is one of five Managing Partners of Quattro Capital, leader of the Acquisitions team and the host of the #RealEstateRunway Podcast. Chad is a “recovering engineer” who spent most of his profession in corporate America in spaceflight with NASA and aircraft with GE before following his passion as a real estate investor. He is an “old soul” and a genuine “family man” passionate about building a time quality lifestyle and quality communities for residents.
Main Takeaways
Plans are useless after day one. Be comfortable being uncomfortable.
You’re buying a business but it’s filled with people, and dealing with people is messy.
Capital and Time can weather all storms.
Connect with Chad
chadsutton.info
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and a special guest, Raphael Collazo, as they discuss using the compound effect to cover imposter syndrome in real estate. Raphael's story of making small changes consistently led to the biggest results! From starting a blog to now publishing his sixth book early this year. From there, it is possible to get creative with the action plan.
Raphael Collazo is a commercial real estate specialist with the Grisanti Group. He’s passionate about helping business owners and investors achieve the American dream!
Transitioning from a career in software, he brings a strong technical background and a love for dissecting complex problems during his client interactions. These characteristics enable him to provide innovative and effective real estate solutions to help his clients get the most out of each transaction.
Main Takeaways
Small consistent actions make massive changes over time
Get granular in your day to day activities
Connect with Raphael
www.raphaelcollazo.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphaelcollazo/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7nC1jzYjuwdKOV4BZh3c7A
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999334875/ref=tsm_1_fb_lk
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Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Sandhya Seshadri. They discuss how Sandhya did not have a great experience with an asset manager. She tells our listeners some good ways to avoid the same situation! Sandhya
About Sandyha:
Sandhya Seshadri has invested as a Limited Partner, Key Principal or General Partner in 3000+ doors totaling $200M in assets throughout the United States.
Sandhya has been a leader in the equities markets for over 20 years, and had moved into commercial real estate due to the tax advantages and the ability to uniquely “force appreciate” each asset. It’s become her mission to help other people capitalize on all of the benefits of real estate investing.
Sandhya is active in the Dallas-Fort Worth Multifamily real estate community, and has a network of investors throughout the United States. She has shared her inspiring story, knowledge and investment criteria on multiple real estate investing events and podcasts. Sandhya is passionate about personal and professional growth. She is active in multiple mastermind groups focused on apartment investing to continuously stay abreast of these changing times, and their impact on multifamily. Sandhya has lived in Dallas-Fort Worth for over 30 years and this is her primary market for investments. Her knowledge of the local market and neighborhoods makes her the ideal “boots on the ground” asset manager for properties in Dallas.
Sandhya has a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering as well as an MBA.
Connect with Sandyha: https://multifamily4you.com https://www.facebook.com/sandhya.sseshadri.9
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Neal Bawa. They discuss how Neal took a loss on an investment in Chicago, then turned it into a tool to help him find markets. Neal goes through the whole story and where you can find his updated tool!
About Neal:
Neal Bawa is a technologist who is universally known in the real estate circles as the Mad Scientist of Multifamily. Besides being one of the most in-demand speakers in commercial real estate, Neal is a data guru, a process freak, and an outsourcing expert. Neal treats his $508+ million-dollar multifamily portfolio as an ongoing experiment in efficiency and optimization.
The Mad Scientist lives by two mantras. His first mantra is that, “We can only manage what we can measure”. His second mantra is that, “Data beats gut feel by a million miles“. These mantras and a dozen other disruptive beliefs drive profit for his 440+ investors.
Connect with Neal:
https://grocapitus.com
https://multifamilyu.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/neal-bawa/
Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Dave Allred on valuing opportunities, considerations in attaining financial freedom, and the value of sheer determination over motivation in attracting bigger goals.
Dave launched a highly successful 17 year career with Vivint, the nation’s largest smart home security company, where he served 8 years as a regional Vice President of Sales followed by 3 years with sister company Vivint Solar where he’s led over 100 sales teams across the country contributing to both companies eventually going public with multi-billion dollar valuations.
Dave now consults several small to medium size high growth businesses across the country helping increase profitability and expand their businesses through executive business consulting. Dave also created his unique “Lifestyle Design” program focused on living life fully with freedom and purpose. Creating value and inspiring others is his life purpose, and over the last two decades Dave has mentored and lead thousands of others to optimize their results and level up. Along with his wife and 4 young children, Dave recently launched the Allred Family Foundation which focuses on giving back to multiple humanitarian causes.
Dave first started investing in real estate 18 years ago and has since scaled his business into an impressive portfolio of multifamily and commercial real estate across the country. His extensive experience includes single family, multifamily, joint ventures, hard money lending, equity and debt sourcing, self storage, senior housing, flips, land acquisition and entitlement, distressed acquisitions, inline retail, syndications, and fund management.
At age 30, Dave committed to building a portfolio with ownership in 1,000 rental doors by age 40. Having executed this goal, he’s now launched Axia Partners, a real estate fund focused on creating wealth through recession resilient passive income. His passion lies in helping inspire others to gain financial freedom through lifestyle investing, all things high adventure, and living life all in.
Main Takeaways
- Being Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
- How Dedication Trumps Motivation
Connect with Dave
Dave@axiapartners.com
Axiapartners.com
801-362-6386
https://www.instagram.com/daveallred/?hl=en
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as discusses with J Scott about finding the right partners in the real estate business - the indicators of a good and a bad partner, the importance of discussing the vision, and why we shouldn’t look for a partner with similar attributes as ours.
J Scott (he goes by "J") is an entrepreneur, investor, advisor, author. An engineer and business guy by education, J spent much of his early career in Silicon Valley (California), where he held management positions at several Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft and eBay.
In 2008, J and his wife Carol quit their corporate jobs, moved back East, got married, started a family and decided to focus on real estate and investing. In the past twelve years, they have bought, built, rehabbed, sold, lent-on and held over $70M in property all around the country. J is also a strategic advisor and mentor to several companies, business owners and entrepreneurs.
J is partner at Bar Down Investments, focusing on purchasing and repositioning large multifamily project. He is the former host of the top-rated BiggerPockets Business Podcast and is the author of four books on real estate investing, including the best-selling, The Book on Flipping Houses. His books have sold over 300,000 copies in the past six years and have helped investors from around the world get their start with real estate.
J and his family currently live in Sarasota, FL. J can be reached at j@jscott.com and you can connect with him at www.ConnectWithJScott.com.
Main Takeaways
- Shifting Focus Towards the Business Perspective
- The Criteria for Finding an Ideal Partner
Connect with J
http://www.connectwithjscott.com/
https://instagram.com/jscottinvestor
https://facebook.com/jscottinvestor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jscottinvestor/
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Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Aaron Wong. They discuss how Aaron and his team took a referral for a property management group without doing much research. The property manager struggled to follow the business plan. Aaron talks about what he learned from the experience and how they apply those lessons now.
About Aaron: Aaron is the Managing Partner of Operations at GW Capital Investments. Utilizing over a decade of investing and entrepreneurial experience, Aaron has developed a strong track record investing in real estate, focused primarily in multifamily properties. He was recognized by Utah BusinessQ Magazine as one of the top 40 under 40 while a business startup he founded was acknowledged by the same publication as The Best Kept Secret for his leadership. Aaron graduated from the University of Utah with dual bachelor’s degrees in Chinese and Asian Studies along with a Master of Business Administration. Aaron also has a master’s degree in Management with additional certificates in change management, organizational leadership, and project management from Colorado Technical University. In his spare time, Aaron enjoys spending time with his family, playing sports, and scuba diving.
Connect with Aaron: www.gwcapitalinvest.com aaron@gwcapitalinvest.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Jennifer Beadles. They discuss how Jennifer got started investing during an economic downturn. Jennifer shares the lessons she learned with our audience that helped shape her future strategies!
About Jennifer:
Jennifer Beadles is a value-add real estate investor, coach, and investment-focused real estate broker with a portfolio of just under 250 units across five states. Jennifer has 14 years of real estate expertise and has worked with a variety of investment strategies, including BRRR, value-add multifamily, build-to-rent, assisted living, private financing, and out-of-state investing.
Jennifer is passionate about helping families build wealth and passive income streams through real estate investing and living a life by design.
Connect with Jennifer: https://addictedtoroi.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with fellow multifamily investor and podcaster, Jerome Myers. They discuss how Jerome spent much of his early multifamily career learning and gaining experience the hard way. Jerome goes onto explain why investing in a mentor can save you time, money and headaches.
About Jerome:
Jerome started his career as a civil engineer building businesses in corporate America. In 2009, he transferred to a consulting firm. As he built a strong reputation in the industry, he had the opportunity to build up a construction company to 175 people and $20M in revenue in 1 year. That is when he got interested in real estate. However, when he had to lay off half of the company’s workforce, he decided to leave the corporate world and focus on his real passion. He started to educate himself in real estate investing and hasn’t looked back ever since.
Connect with Jerome:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj9lIRCit-ULEiI4GTuJ4ww
https://myersmethods.buzzsprout.com
linkedin.com/in/jeromemyers
https://www.jeromemyers.co
buzzsprout.com/1030009
Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Logan Freeman on how powerful a change in mindset can be. Logan went through so many hardships in his personal life and professional career from getting cut in the NFL to getting fired in his job. These hardships though didn’t deter him from striving for success. He shared the story of how he learned to shape his mindset in “classroom on wheels.”
Logan Freeman is key principal, co-founder, and Chief Development Officer of FTW Investments. Mr. Freeman oversees the company’s acquisitions and investment strategies. He also personally selects all key investment markets and asset classes to meet the goals of investors.
Mr. Freeman brings to the company over six years of real estate investing experience. Prior to FTW Investments, Mr. Freeman was the Director of Acquisitions for a fund where he originated the concept, developed the operating plan, and created the company’s products worth over $50M. He also acquired over 225 doors in little over a year and completed a portfolio refinance, returning all of the investors capital as well as maintaining positive cash flow.
Prior to working with the real estate investment group, Mr. Freeman worked as a director of sales for Service Management Group. This position involved working with startup, medium sized service, and consulting companies in and around Kansas City.
Prior to his entrepreneurial activities, Logan was an All-American collegiate football athlete at the University of Central Missouri, where he graduated from in 2013. After his final season in college he was picked up as an undrafted free agent by the Oakland Raiders.
Main Takeaways
- Automate. Delegate
- The 5 Commandments of Business
Connect with Logan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/livefreeinvestments
logan@ftwinvestmentsllc.com
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Reid Bennett about the importance of providing value to the people you work with in real estate. He talks about the lessons he learned after dealing with the ’08 crash and why as a broker or an investor, you have to be careful when you take your foot off the gas. Reid also shares his thoughts about the right amount of communication you should have with a broker.
Reid Bennett, CCIM serves as National Council Chair of Multifamily Properties for SVN International and a Senior Vice President for SVN - Chicago Commercial. 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.
Main Takeaways
- Real Estate is a Failure Game, But Your Wins Are Enough
- Providing Value and Building Relationships
Connect with Reid
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidbennettccim/
reid.bennett@svn.com
773-251-7342
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Jeremy Goodrich about insurance in the context of the real estate industry. He tells us why all investors should insure their properties and gives away tips to determine if the policy they got will really cover what they expect to be covered.
Jeremy owns Shine Insurance Agency with his wife, McKenzie. He’s a teacher at heart and he simplifies insurance by giving step by step guidance along the way. Before Shine, he was an elementary school teacher, helping countless kids fall in love with art, math, science, and writing. Former students remember learning to play hockey in gym class, opening epic businesses in a virtual world called The Businesses Project, and learning to use a sewing machine.
After 13 years of teaching, he decided it was time to change the way people feel about insurance. Jeremy carried the heart of an educator over and he's been making insurance simple for first time home buyers and real estate investors even since.
Most days, Jeremy can be found helping real estate investors by shooting them ball parks, reviewing their policies, and making insurance work for their bottom line. He's also the host of a Multifamily Real Estate Podcast, and the host of Youtube's #1 most watched independent insurance agency channel.
Main Takeaways
- Why get an insurance for your properties
- How to tell if you have the right insurance for your properties
- What you should think about when it comes to insurance in real estate
Connect with Jeremy
https://www.shineinsurance.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reiinsuranceguy
jeremy@shineinsurance.com
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Matt Picheny about the virtue of bouncing back after failures and coming out more learned each time. The voice of doubt and the omnipresence of risk inside our heads may limit us, but realizing how much we can execute by valuing our experiences can drive us to success.
Matt Picheny is focused on developing passive income streams that enable investors to write their own story and choose how they want to spend their time. He specializes in revitalizing and elevating communities through real estate investment, community enrichment, and the arts.
Matt has over 15 years of experience in property analysis, financing, acquisition, construction, operations, and has invested in over 8,000 apartments nationwide. He is a licensed real estate agent, a Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac approved buyer, and has earned both Commercial Real Estate & Real Estate Finance certificates from Boston University. Matt is a member of the Fast Company Executive Board and the Forbes Real Estate Council.
A PMI certified Project Management Professional, Matt is a digital marketing veteran whose 18-year career in the NYC advertising world included working for some of the world’s largest advertising agencies, producing award-winning projects for Fortune 500 clients including Verizon, IBM, and Coca-Cola.
Matt and his wife are Tony Awards® recipients whose theatrical investments have included iconic shows like Hamilton and Wicked. They are co-Producers the Broadway, International and Touring productions of Moulin Rouge! and American Utopia.
A native of Orlando Florida, and a former actor, Matt still believes in happily ever after. He lives with his wife and their two daughters in Brooklyn, New York and in his downtime enjoys long walks on the beach, Broadway, Rock and Roll, and amazing barbecue.
Main Takeaways
- Quiet the Voice of Doubt and Value Learning by Failing
- Due Diligence in Mitigation to Combat Risk
Connect with Matt
https://picheny.com
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and our special guest, Gabriel Hamel. Taking the leap of faith to get started in real estate requires courage despite the risk and prejudice. However, according to Gabriel, these barriers mean nothing if you are truly committed to your goal. How do we do that? We should carefully select what is worth the sacrifice.
Gabriel Hamel is a Real Estate Investor who is passionate about Real Estate Investing, Business, Financial Freedom, and Time-Freedom. Gabriel focuses on creative strategies to acquire investment Real Estate and this creativity, drive, and determination has contributed to him amassing a Multi-Million dollar Real Estate Portfolio consisting of Single Family Homes, Multi-Family Apartments, Commercial Real Estate, & Mobile Home Parks. Gabriel is a strong advocate of financial literacy through self education. Family, Health, Wealth, and Happiness are most important to Gabriel.
Main Takeaways
- Practical Knowledge is the Way to Go
- More Than Anything, It’s All About Commitment
Connect with Gabriel
http://www.hamelinvestments.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriel-hamel-a592a231/
https://www.instagram.com/gabrielrhamel/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Leka Devatha about what it takes to build a legacy in the real estate industry. For someone starting this journey, there is virtue in realizing the possibility of failure not to be pessimistic, but to know the feasible steps to mitigate the problem.
Leka is a real estate developer and broker based in Seattle, WA. She is the President of Rehabit Homes, Inc. a company focused on residential redevelopment. She has spearheaded hundreds of transactions, developing over $50M in real estate. Leka brings 8 years of experience in construction management and redesign.
Leka has been featured on numerous podcasts and other media including Business Insider and BiggerPockets. She is a chapter contributor in the recently published book 'The Only Woman in The Room'. In an effort to give back to the community, she hosts a popular virtual networking mixer, 'Real Estate At Work' featuring prominent speakers from the industry.
Leka moved to the U.S. from India 14 years ago. Prior to investing in real estate, she worked at Nordstrom Corporate in merchandise strategy and financial planning.
Main Takeaways
- Building a Legacy: Taking a Peek of the Background
- The Virtue of Keeping in Mind the Possibility of Failure
Connect with Leka
https://www.rehabithomes.com
https://www.instagram.com/lekaaaah/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/leka-devatha-5616bb185/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he welcomes Julie Holly. She discusses the importance of considering your personality and internal drive in dealing with barriers to success and how we can better find the balance by quitting the chase to perfection. She also shares her story about looking for passive income streams and how this can stunt your growth.
Julie is founder of Three Keys Investment, helps people like you find their freedom through multifamily real estate investing so that they can live the life of their dreams! She has invested in single family homes, house-hacked before it had a name, managed properties from 1k miles away and passively invested in multifamily assets. Currently, Julie is passively invested in nearly 300 doors.
Her podcast The Conscious Investor is designed to support investors at every step of their journey. From mindset and personal development to powerful insight from a variety of professionals, listeners are invited to unravel and discover the harmony in life, family and wealth.
Julie’s experience as a public school teacher, ability to relate with people and genuine care for their financial well-being allow her to raise capital for the team’s offering. She serves clients as a high performance coach and runs the Five Week Book & Networking Club as well as an accountability group.
Her free time is filled with backcountry mountain biking with family and friends, baking delicious treats to share with others and writing grants for 9B Trails, a local non profit and leading book clubs to stimulate minds and build community.
Main Takeaways
- The Caveat to Type A’s - The Control Game
- Finding the Balance to Quit the Chase to Perfection
Connect with Julie
https://julieholly.com/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and a special guest, Savannah Arroyo, as they discuss the accountability aspect of real estate. Her story of the biggest newbie mishap and choosing to pivot shows the significance of realizing the inevitability of mistakes and acknowledging ultimate responsibility. From there, it is possible to get creative with the action plan.
Savannah "The Networth Nurse'' is a full-time Registered Nurse in Los Angeles, California. She uses her skills as a leader in healthcare operations to manage multifamily syndications. She also helps busy medical professionals create passive income through real estate investing. Savannah uses mindset tools and goal setting to elevate herself within the healthcare system, as well as create a real estate business.
Main Takeaways
- Recognizing the Ultimate Accountability: A Tough Pill to Swallow
- Creative Steps to Problem-Solving
Connect with Savannah
Savannah@thenetworthnurse.com
www.thenetworthnurse.com
https://linktr.ee/thenetworthnurse
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as welcomes Chris Rood to talk about his entrepreneurial journey being exposed to real estate ventures and how investors can work towards recession-proofing by making a few tweaks on the actions to take and mindset adjustments. From this strategy, the way to pivot from a crash becomes highly feasible.
Chris is a full time real estate investor, coach, mentor, sales professional, and entrepreneur. He specializes in wholesaling real estate to real estate investors and mobile home parks.
Main Takeaways
- The Beauty of Early Exposure to Entrepreneurship
- Getting Through the Breaking Point: Lessons Learned
Connect with Chris
https://coaching.chrisrood.com/new-home/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-rood-72a76276/
https://www.instagram.com/realestaterood/?hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPg2GbV7ZanrL7xhw-h0W5g
https://www.facebook.com/chrisroodentrepreneur/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and his guest, Dave Dubeau. Lots of times we hear the real estate ‘promises’ but if the ways to achieve those do not work for you, do not give in to false hope. Dave shares his unfiltered thoughts about realizing this throughout his real estate journey and witness how he found the silver lining despite the harsh realizations.
Dave Dubeau is the creator of the Money Partner Formula, and he works with mom ‘n pop real estate investors and helps them to get started with raising capital. He’s a best-selling author and speaker based in Beautiful British Columbia, Canada. He began his real estate investing career in 2003 doing 18 deals in 18 months and nowadays he invests passively in multi-family properties.
Main Takeaways
- Recognizing the Grind of Getting into Real Estate
- Finding the Silver Lining Despite the Downfall
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https://moneypartnerformula.com/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he discusses the virtue of due diligence with Johnny Nelson. Much of the steps we take in real estate have the same target, which is ultimately, of course, profitability. However, how do we make sure that we are vigilant enough?
Johnny is the Co-Founder and Asset manager of ArctosCapital, with investments as an LP and GP in ND, OK, and MN. He oversees strategy, deal sourcing, and relationship management with owners. Leveraging his strong technical and construction background, he also oversees forward looking entrepreneurial investments in developments using modular and additive construction techniques. Prior to the Real Estate Investment business activities, Mr. Nelson has worked as a Mechanical Engineer in the medical, additive, and power industries and as a General Contractor. He received his undergraduate and graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Dakota.
Main Takeaways
- Discovering Real Estate Investing through the “Purple Book”
- Applying Due Diligence in Alignment with the Vision
Connect with Johnny
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnnynelson
arctoscapital@gmail.com
http://arctosmultifamily.com/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and our guest, Nicole Pendergrass. She shares her one-of-a-kind experience in her first solo deal, which seemed superb at first glance until she discovered heaps of issues. From this misstep, she shares how to move forward and take calculated actions with financial adeptness.
Nicole Pendergrass started her real estate journey with no money, no credit and no connections. She bootstrapped a couple of unsuccessful ventures while building her credit and savings to finally purchase a 3 family house-hack. A few years after, she refi'd her equity and diversified that capital into several wealth building buckets, two of those being joining coaching and mastermind groups. She then closed on her first commercial apartment building as a JV after maximizing connections in her new networks. She currently is Founder and CEO of Noirvest Holdings, a REI firm with the mission to close the gap by bringing 'privileged' investment opportunities to overlooked investors and helping minorities build generational wealth. She is passionate about marginalized communities having equal opportunity to live financially free.
Main Takeaways
- Debunking the Misconceptions of the Real Estate Realm
- Caveat to Going Solo and Moving Too Fast
Connect with Nicole
https://www.instagram.com/nvestornikki/
https://www.instagram.com/officialnoirvest/
https://www.facebook.com/nvestornikki/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-pendergrass/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and his guest, Paul Thompson. He shares his story of stepping out of the corporate world and engaging in the realm of entrepreneurship. Despite the terrible failures he encountered, he carried on to fulfil his dream. Paul shares the virtue of effective communication and how pivotal it is to properly delegate.
In 2015, Paul Thompson wanted out. His corporate office had become a suffocating cell. Paul decided to start buying rental houses, build passive income and break the chains of Corporate America. He was so successful, he secured 20 deals in his first 18 months of investing. Over the years, Paul has continued to transform his family's life with real estate investing. He currently does over 100 deals per year and he's helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors transform their lives through real estate. He is a father, husband, online mentor, and in-person program leader who creates opportunities for others to learn about the power of real estate investing part or full-time. He helps them turn their investing strategy into something that matters most to them and feels authentic to who they are without sleazy sales tactics and without overwhelm. Paul's teaching provides you with a real-life, here-and-now approach to what's currently working. Throughout his real estate investing journey, he has experienced failures, loss of money, successes, and growth in many ways. Paul's focus is not solely on high-level tactics, as that leads to temporary or fleeting results. Instead, he focuses on an internal approach with working through mindset, goals, fears, and identifying what could be potential roadblocks. Once this is mastered, he provides you with tactics and steps to secure your first or next deal.
Main Takeaways
- Step Out of the Corporate World with Courage
- Becoming Proactive: From Abdicating to Delegating
Connect with Randy
https://www.invest-ark.com
randy.langenderfer@invest-ark.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/randy-langenderfer/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and our special guest, Rod Khleif, as he shares his story of facing challenges head on and recovering from huge losses in the ‘08. He also shares his goal-setting guide and the rationale behind not fearing failure.
Rod Khleif is a multiple business owner and philanthropist who is passionate about business, high performance, real estate and giving back. As one of the country's top business, real estate and peak performance luminaries, Rod has built over 24 businesses in his 40 year business career several which have been worth tens of millions of dollars. He has also owned over 2000 properties. Rod Khleif soared from humble beginnings as a young, impoverished Dutch immigrant to incredible success. Khleif's experience involves both remarkable triumphs, and spectacular failures, which he affectionately calls "seminars:' Rod will explain the mindset required to recover from losing $50 million dollars in the crash of 2008 to the success he enjoys today. Rod brings incredible authenticity and insight to his approach to business, mindset, real estate, success and life. Rod can talk about the psychology of success, and any business or real estate topic in great depth, contributing incredible first-hand, technical, and motivational knowledge and skills to the conversation. Rod also founded The Tiny Hands Foundation, which has benefited more than 95,000 children in need.
Main Takeaways
- Growing Astronomically Then Plummeting to the Ground
- Fueling Your Burning Desire
Connect with Rod
https://www.youtube.com/rodkhleif
https://www.facebook.com/RodKhleif/
https://www.instagram.com/rod_khleif/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodkhleif/
https://twitter.com/rodkhleif
info@rodkhleif.com
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he discusses with
Michael Holman, Vice President at Overland Group, Inc., about dealing with rejections in real estate. For Michael, he has learned more lessons from those rejections and failures than the successes he had experienced.
Overland Group, Inc. is a vertically integrated real estate firm specializing in the development, construction, and management of real estate assets. Michael oversees the development and capital market efforts at Overland. He specializes in the development and financing of multifamily, mixed-use, and storage assets across the western US. He is actively overseeing the development and financing of over $160 million worth of real estate assets and has millions more in the pipeline.
Main Takeaways
- Don’t make your employees feel you’re rewarding mediocrity
- How to deal with rejections in real estate
- The lessons that real estate investors can learn from failures
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http://www.overlandcapitalcorp.com
http://www.executivereishow.com
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he discusses with Stewart Beal about the vital role of insurance in real estate, why cutting costs is not the way to go, the value of a proper insurance, and the painful realities when catastrophe strikes.
Stewart W. Beal is an aggressive serial entrepreneur who brings extensive management, marketing, and leadership abilities to any project. Mr. Beal has been actively involved in real estate, construction, acquisition, development, and management since 1997. Mr. Beal founded Beal Properties, LLC in 2002 at 19 years of age and has founded 20 other companies in the real estate and construction industries. Beal Properties has purchased more than 100 properties in the past 19 years in Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Toledo, and downtown Detroit and currently manages over 3,000 apartments, office spaces, and single family homes. Beal Properties currently employees more than 50 team members in Michigan and Ohio. Mr. Beal is a founding member of Watermark Partners, a group of real estate funds that have raised more than $100M in equity, conducted more than 150 real estate transactions, and acquired more than 6,000 apartments in the past 5 years. Mr. Beal has a degree in Business Management from Eastern Michigan University and has served on the boards of Ypsilanti’s Chamber of Commerce and Ypsilanti’s Downtown Development Authority. Mr. Beal is a licensed real estate Broker in the State of Michigan.
Under Mr. Beal’s leadership Beal Properties and Beal Incorporated have won numerous awards at local, state, and national levels culminating with Inc. Magazine naming Beal Incorporated the 191st fastest growing privately owned business in America in 2010. In 2007, Crain’s Detroit Business included Stewart Beal in their “20 in their 20’s” feature, an annual article about rising entrepreneurs in Southeastern, Michigan. In 2010 the United States Small Business Administration named Stewart Beal their “Michigan Young Entrepreneur of the Year” and their “Midwest Young Entrepreneur of the Year.” Also in 2010 the Ypsilanti Jaycees named Stewart Beal their “2010 Michigan Rising Star” and both Beal Inc. and Beal Properties were honored with Washtenaw County Fast Track awards, with Stewart Beal being the first entrepreneur in the awards history to be President of two companies on the same list.
Main Takeaways
- The Biggest Mistake That Will Cost You Everything
- The Detrimental Effect of Cutting Corners
Connect with Stewart
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stewartbeal/
Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Denis Shapiro, Managing Partner at SIH Capital Group, LLC. Denis began investing in real estate in 2012 when the market was just beginning to recover from the GFC (Global Financial Crisis). He built a cash flowing portfolio including many alternative assets, such as Note and ATM funds, mobile home parks, life insurance policies, tech start-ups, Industrial property, short term rentals, and more. He co-founded an investment club for accredited investors in 2019. Following the success of his investor club he launched SIH Capital Group. SIHCG provides accredited investors with a simplified strategy to invest for passive income.
Denis has observed key changes in the alternative asset market in the decade of recovery from the GFC. The JOBS Act of 2012 opened many alternative assets up to everyday investors, but clear expertise and guidance is still hard to find nearly a decade later.
This observation compelled Denis to write The Alternative Investment Almanac: Expert Insights on Building Personal Wealth in Non-Traditional Ways in 2021. His book is based on his own experience becoming a successful alternative asset investor and interviews with some of the best alternative asset investors in business today.
Main Takeaways
- Alternative investments in real estate
- What to expect in your first real estate deal
- Steps to take before networking in real estate
Connect with Denis
https://sihcapitalgroup.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/DenisShapiro
https://facebook.com/sihcapitalgroup
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he discusses with Royce King about the “free money” frenzy, rising up from the ‘08 market crash, the virtue of understanding risk and risk tolerance, and coming back stronger than ever from real estate missteps.
For more than 10 years, Royce has consulted startups and small businesses to help them fine-tune their marketing and get the results they want faster. She has started 12 companies from the ground up and understands the passion, perseverance, and practical steps required to make a business idea profitable. In the words of one coaching client, “Royce took my business planning and marketing from 0 to 60 in one coaching session. I can now create product packages that appeal to my ideal client at my desired price point. Her clear and concise coaching style gets results.” Royce works with startups and other businesses and coaches to help them attract, nurture, and sell their offers and receive bigger paydays for their services. In addition, she works with them to build confidence and understand the true value of their services to convey their value to clients more effectively. She is an SBDC consultant, startup mentor, and Story Brand Guide.
Main Takeaways
- The Dangers of Placing your Eggs in One Basket
- Establishing a Clear Standpoint in the Business
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https://yourstartup.coach
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roycegomezking/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with the one and only “Mr. Smiles” of real estate, Vinney Chopra. Since coming to the U.S. more than 40 years ago with only $7 in his pocket, Vinney has achieved success in a number of arenas: marketing, sales, motivational speaking and real estate investing, among them.
Despite the trials and tribulations he encountered, he was able to come out the winner. With his passion to help people and his drive to build lasting legacies, Vinney is an example of what positive thinking can do to impact one's life and that of others.
Currently, he is a real estate investor, syndicator, best-selling author, host of 4 podcasts, multifamily educator, mentor, dedicated husband of over 40 years and father of 2, Neil and Monica, residing in Danville, California for 40+ years now. He is the founder and principal of 4 main companies: Moneil Investment Group, Moneil Senior Living, Moneil Management Group, and The Multifamily Academy.
Over the past 14 years, Vinney has honed his skills and has done 34 successful syndications. He has achieved enormous success, controlling over $500 million across 5000 doors in this niche market. He uses his proven ideas and techniques for multi-family and senior living syndications that has helped him grow his business exponentially over the years.
Main Takeaways
- How to mitigate risks in real estate investing
- The power of positive mindset
- Why negotiation is a must-have skill for real estate investors
Connect with Vinney
vinney@vinneychopra.com
www.VinneyChopra.com
www.Moneilinvest.com
www.SeniorLivingInvesting.co
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinney-smile-chopra/
https://www.facebook.com/VinneyChopra
https://www.instagram.com/vinneychopra/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_SGeOpnIHvXWqZE9dMUdlw?view_as=subscriber https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/Vchopra
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as discusses with Veena Jetti about how she integrated systems reform in the real estate business, the challenges faced in pursuit of a smooth operation, and the deeper understanding of customer experience upon integration of these systems.
Veena Jetti is the founding partner of Vive Funds, a unique commercial real estate firm that specializes in curating conservative opportunities for investors. Veena brings a dynamic perspective to targeting, acquiring, managing, and operating assets using best practices combined with cutting edge technologies. Her professional expertise includes driving corporate strategy and business development opportunities. After graduating from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a degree in Finance at 20 years old, she pursued her passion of real estate.
Veena, also a founding partner of Enzo Multifamily, has over a decade of real estate experience and over $1B+ in real estate assets over her career in both the startup world as well as the corporate world. Because of her diverse background, she is often a panelist and speaker for various podcasts, global conferences, and radio shows.
Main Takeaways
- Targeting Smooth Transitions in Systems Reform
- Creating Solid Systems towards Automation
Connect with Veena
https://vivefunds.com
https://twitter.com/veenajetti
https://www.instagram.com/veenajetti/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Larry Pendleton Jr., a CPA for over 8 years already with experience in dtax consulting & preparation, accounting, and financial statement auditing. He brings over 6 years of real estate experience as a multifamily investor involved in syndications, joint ventures, asset management, tax strategies, investor relations and underwriting.
Larry is the Co-Founder and Senior Partner of PC Financial Services LLC. Being real estate investors themselves, Larry and his partner, Terreon Conyers, add value to other professionals in real estate by implementing tips and strategies to help maximize their clients' tax benefits.
He holds key finance and accounting positions and advises for several multi-million-dollar real estate investment firms. He adds value by implementing the same tax strategies that he recommends to his clients in order to maximize investors' returns. Most importantly, Larry is married to his beautiful wife, Whitney, and the proud father of their 2 handsome sons, Larry III and Wesley.
Main Takeaways
- The value of investing in a good real estate team
- Balancing real estate investing and a full-time job
- How to cultivate a long-term vision in real estate investing
Connect with Larry
1-757-535-8592
larry@nextlevelinvestmentsva.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/larry-pendleton-jr-cpa-msa-493aa249/
https://linqapp.com/larrypendletoncpa
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012395678547
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with John Casmon about the difficulties of working in the corporate world and the lack of control that comes with it. With his years of experience, he also shares the principles in recognizing red flags in partnerships plus the right questions to ask about our partners.
John Casmon launched Casmon Capital Group to help busy professionals invest in real estate without taking on a second job. We've helped families invest in close to $90M in multifamily apartments to create passive income, reduce their tax obligation, and foster generational wealth. John hosts the Target Market Insights: Multifamily + Marketing podcast. In addition, he is the co-founder of the Midwest Real Estate Networking Summit. As a former marketing executive, John oversaw marketing campaigns for General Motors, PepsiCo, and MillerCoors.
His wife, Geetika Casmon, is a finance professional, auditor, and Certified Public Accountant. She has a background in leading financial audits and process improvements in the automotive, manufacturing, and banking industries. In addition, she helps organize the Chicago Multifamily Club monthly meetings.
His senior advisor is Joe Fairless, who controls over $1 billion in apartment communities across the U.S. He consults hundreds of investors and is the host of the popular show, "Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever."
We are located in Cincinnati, Ohio, helping everyday professionals invest in apartments in emerging and stable Midwest markets and select parts of the Southeast region. To learn more, download our sample deal or set up a brief exploratory call today.
Main Takeaways
- Limitations of Control in the Corporate World
- Recognizing the Red Flags in Partnerships
Connect with John
https://www.casmoncapital.com
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Adam Gilbert, a third-generation resident of Palm Springs and an entrepreneur involved in various fields related to real estate. Adam began his career as a civil litigation attorney and quickly found his passion for real estate focusing his skills on Sales and Development.
As a principal and President of The Firm Commercial, Adam leads a team of dedicated agents with offices in Palm Springs & Palm Desert, CA, specializing in: commercial real estate sales, leasing, land acquisition, development, government relations and value-added entitlement deals.
As a principal of Gilbert Avriette Vacation Rentals, Inc., Adam managed 35+ vacation rentals throughout the Coachella Valley. Gilbert Avriette Vacation Rentals was acquired by Turnkey Vacation Rentals in June 2018. Adam also works as a real estate development consultant advising on development projects from land acquisition, entitlement and build-out throughout the Coachella Valley.
Main Takeaways
- What to consider in a cannabis real estate deal
- The power of perseverance
- The reality about social media
Connect with Adam
Adam@TheFirmCommercial.com
http://adamgilbertesq.com
https://www.thefirmcommercial.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/amgilbert/
https://www.instagram.com/adamgilbert13
https://twitter.com/adamgilbert13
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and his guest, Mike Woodfield, as they discuss the significance of considering even the tiniest details about the real estate business, the ideal practice in making decisions, and determining the risk factors in the market.
Mike got his multifamily experience from working for a small firm located in Austin Texas. Over the course of 5 years Mike oversaw the operations, asset management and construction management of nearly 5,000 apartment units totaling $300,000,000 in total assets under ownership. During that time Mike oversaw the renovation of 2,500 multifamily units totaling $30,000,000 in improvements which created millions in value-add.
Since co-founding Obsidian Capital. Mike has participated in the acquisition, asset management and renovations of 1000 apartment units.
Mike has a BA in Public Relations from Utah State University, experience in executing turnarounds for under performing assets and over seven years of operation and marketing experience across multiple industries.
Main Takeaways
- Falling Down and Hitting Every Branch of the Tree
- Caveat to Missing the Details
Connect with Mike
https://www.obsidiancapitalco.com
Mike@obsidiancapitalco.com
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Jeremy Goodrich about insurance in the context of the real estate industry. He tells us why all investors should insure their properties and gives away tips to determine if the policy they got will really cover what they expect to be covered.
Jeremy owns Shine Insurance Agency with his wife, McKenzie. He’s a teacher at heart and he simplifies insurance by giving step by step guidance along the way. Before Shine, he was an elementary school teacher, helping countless kids fall in love with art, math, science, and writing. Former students remember learning to play hockey in gym class, opening epic businesses in a virtual world called The Businesses Project, and learning to use a sewing machine.
After 13 years of teaching, he decided it was time to change the way people feel about insurance. Jeremy carried the heart of an educator over and he's been making insurance simple for first time home buyers and real estate investors even since.
Most days, Jeremy can be found helping real estate investors by shooting them ball parks, reviewing their policies, and making insurance work for their bottom line. He's also the host of a Multifamily Real Estate Podcast, and the host of Youtube's #1 most watched independent insurance agency channel.
Main Takeaways
- Why get an insurance for your properties
- How to tell if you have the right insurance for your properties
- What you should think about when it comes to insurance in real estate
Connect with Jeremy
https://www.shineinsurance.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reiinsuranceguy
jeremy@shineinsurance.com
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as discusses with J Scott about finding the right partners in the real estate business - the indicators of a good and a bad partner, the importance of discussing the vision, and why we shouldn’t look for a partner with similar attributes as ours.
J Scott (he goes by "J") is an entrepreneur, investor, advisor, author. An engineer and business guy by education, J spent much of his early career in Silicon Valley (California), where he held management positions at several Fortune 500 companies, including Microsoft and eBay.
In 2008, J and his wife Carol quit their corporate jobs, moved back East, got married, started a family and decided to focus on real estate and investing. In the past twelve years, they have bought, built, rehabbed, sold, lent-on and held over $70M in property all around the country. J is also a strategic advisor and mentor to several companies, business owners and entrepreneurs.
J is partner at Bar Down Investments, focusing on purchasing and repositioning large multifamily project. He is the former host of the top-rated BiggerPockets Business Podcast and is the author of four books on real estate investing, including the best-selling, The Book on Flipping Houses. His books have sold over 300,000 copies in the past six years and have helped investors from around the world get their start with real estate.
J and his family currently live in Sarasota, FL. J can be reached at j@jscott.com and you can connect with him at www.ConnectWithJScott.com.
Main Takeaways
- Shifting Focus Towards the Business Perspective
- The Criteria for Finding an Ideal Partner
Connect with J
http://www.connectwithjscott.com/
https://instagram.com/jscottinvestor
https://facebook.com/jscottinvestor
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jscottinvestor/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Logan Freeman on how powerful a change in mindset can be. Logan went through so many hardships in his personal life and professional career from getting cut in the NFL to getting fired in his job. These hardships though didn’t deter him from striving for success. He shared the story of how he learned to shape his mindset in “classroom on wheels.”
Logan Freeman is key principal, co-founder, and Chief Development Officer of FTW Investments. Mr. Freeman oversees the company’s acquisitions and investment strategies. He also personally selects all key investment markets and asset classes to meet the goals of investors.
Mr. Freeman brings to the company over six years of real estate investing experience. Prior to FTW Investments, Mr. Freeman was the Director of Acquisitions for a fund where he originated the concept, developed the operating plan, and created the company’s products worth over $50M. He also acquired over 225 doors in little over a year and completed a portfolio refinance, returning all of the investors capital as well as maintaining positive cash flow.
Prior to working with the real estate investment group, Mr. Freeman worked as a director of sales for Service Management Group. This position involved working with startup, medium sized service, and consulting companies in and around Kansas City.
Prior to his entrepreneurial activities, Logan was an All-American collegiate football athlete at the University of Central Missouri, where he graduated from in 2013. After his final season in college he was picked up as an undrafted free agent by the Oakland Raiders.
Main Takeaways
- Automate. Delegate
- The 5 Commandments of Business
Connect with Logan
https://www.linkedin.com/in/livefreeinvestments
logan@ftwinvestmentsllc.com
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Dave Allred on valuing opportunities, considerations in attaining financial freedom, and the value of sheer determination over motivation in attracting bigger goals.
Dave launched a highly successful 17 year career with Vivint, the nation’s largest smart home security company, where he served 8 years as a regional Vice President of Sales followed by 3 years with sister company Vivint Solar where he’s led over 100 sales teams across the country contributing to both companies eventually going public with multi-billion dollar valuations.
Dave now consults several small to medium size high growth businesses across the country helping increase profitability and expand their businesses through executive business consulting. Dave also created his unique “Lifestyle Design” program focused on living life fully with freedom and purpose. Creating value and inspiring others is his life purpose, and over the last two decades Dave has mentored and lead thousands of others to optimize their results and level up. Along with his wife and 4 young children, Dave recently launched the Allred Family Foundation which focuses on giving back to multiple humanitarian causes.
Dave first started investing in real estate 18 years ago and has since scaled his business into an impressive portfolio of multifamily and commercial real estate across the country. His extensive experience includes single family, multifamily, joint ventures, hard money lending, equity and debt sourcing, self storage, senior housing, flips, land acquisition and entitlement, distressed acquisitions, inline retail, syndications, and fund management.
At age 30, Dave committed to building a portfolio with ownership in 1,000 rental doors by age 40. Having executed this goal, he’s now launched Axia Partners, a real estate fund focused on creating wealth through recession resilient passive income. His passion lies in helping inspire others to gain financial freedom through lifestyle investing, all things high adventure, and living life all in.
Main Takeaways
- Being Comfortable with the Uncomfortable
- How Dedication Trumps Motivation
Connect with Dave
Dave@axiapartners.com
Axiapartners.com
801-362-6386
https://www.instagram.com/daveallred/?hl=en
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Reid Bennett about the importance of providing value to the people you work with in real estate. He talks about the lessons he learned after dealing with the ’08 crash and why as a broker or an investor, you have to be careful when you take your foot off the gas. Reid also shares his thoughts about the right amount of communication you should have with a broker.
Reid Bennett, CCIM serves as National Council Chair of Multifamily Properties for SVN International and a Senior Vice President for SVN - Chicago Commercial. 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.
Main Takeaways
- Real Estate is a Failure Game, But Your Wins Are Enough
- Providing Value and Building Relationships
Connect with Reid
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidbennettccim/
reid.bennett@svn.com
773-251-7342
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he discusses with Tim Bratz about what can truly teach us in the real estate business, what it takes to get in the game, and the factors to ponder on in growing your portfolio.
Tim began his career in the competitive New York City real estate market working as a broker leasing ground floor retail units. Here, he saw the true potential of real estate to transform lives. Although Tim was limited in means, he spent his time reading, attending workshops, and networking with accomplished entrepreneurs learning that being resourceful was the ultimate path to becoming successful.
With this knowledge, Tim embarked on building his real estate company in Charleston, South Carolina, where he had relocated in search of a better quality of life. Arriving in 2008, after the real estate bubble burst, Tim quickly adapted and using a credit card, increased his limit and then wrote himself a balance transfer check to acquire the cheapest property he could find. Armed with his personal investment and plenty of sweat equity, Tim transformed a rundown duplex and turned a profit on his first deal. He then took those proceeds and reinvested them, while seeking private capital to expand his growing company. Today, Tim still uses this formula for success, which all starts with being resourceful and having the right mindset.
Main Takeaways
- Who are the Real Teachers in Real Estate?
- Stop Staying in the Sidelines
Connect with Tim
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEdNsWbAOtPrOHDUXHkedeA
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbratz/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbratz/
https://www.facebook.com/tlbratz
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Kory Dieter about upgrading the property class you invest in and the things you should know about before acquiring properties in a particular area. Kory talks about the challenges she faced investing in low-class properties and how upgrading property classes was beneficial to her real estate investing long-term.
Kory is a Chicago-based professional house hacker and out of state real estate investor with a portfolio mix that includes Single Family Rentals and small multi-families across 6 markets. While she achieved LeanFIRE at 35, her goal is to achieve FatFIRE by age 40 in order to spend more quality time with family, live overseas, and learn new languages. By day, she works for a health tech startup as a business operations leader. Her evenings and weekends involve optimizing her real estate portfolio, cooking, and spoiling her dog, Zoey.
Main Takeaways
- Why It’s Important to Be a Bit Picky in Acquiring Properties
- What You Should Know Before You Acquire Properties in an Area
Connect with Kory
https://www.instagram.com/kor_rei/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Chuck Littell about achieving the proper mindset and habits during challenging times so that we can execute more effectively in the industry.
Chuck Littell is a Tenant/Buyer rep specialist based in LA. He had been an Industrial Broker for 25 years and working alongside Colliers for 22 years. He helps clients improve their supply chains and his deals are national and usually multiple deals for a single client. Now, he is happily married for 18 years with 3 kids.
Main Takeaways
- The Power of Narrowing Down One’s Focus
- Learn About the Cards You’re Playing With
Connect with Chuck
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chucklittell/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Suzy Sevier and Michael Barnhart about the importance of pivoting instead of panicking when the going gets tough in real estate investing. They will talk about how they come up with creative solutions to the challenges that arise on a regular basis as real estate investors.
Suzy and Michael are the founders of Adventurous Real Estate Investors. They specialize in Return on Impact. Through real estate investing, Suzy and Michael create immeasurable impacts on their family, friends, community, the residents they serve, and in the spaces where they want to be generous – everywhere and anywhere!
Main Takeaways
- Long-Distance Real Estate Investing Made Possible
- Don’t Panic, Pivot!
Connect with Suzy and Michael
https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzysevier/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbarnhartrei/
https://www.facebook.com/adventurousREI
https://www.instagram.com/adventurous.rei/
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Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Randy Langenderfer about good property managers vs. bad ones, what it takes to successfully invest passively in real estate and how to play an active role in your investments.
Randy is President of InvestArk Properties, LLC focusing on creating investor value and passive income returns for the busy professional. He has been in multi-family real estate since 2014 as both a general partner/key principal in 250 doors and a limited partner in over 4,000 doors. InvestArk offers the busy professional, who wants to include multi-family in their portfolio, an opportunity to partner with experts who are aligned with their investment goals.
Main Takeaways
- You Won’t Know a Good Property Manager Until You’ve Had a Bad One
- Passive Investing Lessons Learned
Connect with Randy
https://www.invest-ark.com
randy.langenderfer@invest-ark.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/randy-langenderfer/
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Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Steffany Boldrini. Steffany talks about the importance of having a good relationship with a lender and being able to pitch you business plan. Steffany also goes into the challenges that car washes can be but how they could be the next great asset class.
About Steffany:
Steffany is the principal of Monte Carlo Real Estate Investing, originally from Brazil and moved to Silicon Valley nearly 20 years ago, where she had a successful career in tech sales, and for the past three years, Steffany has decided to focus in commercial real estate investing, she has invested in three different asset classes since then and has achieved 36% cash on cash returns. To give back to the community, she also hosts the Commercial Real Estate Investing From A-Z Podcast.
Connect with Steffany:
https://montecarlorei.com/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/commercial-real-estate-investing-from-a-z/id1451874700
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Scott Bower. They discuss how Scott went through "shiny object" syndrome early in his career. Scott tells the audience how this hurt the scale and speed he could grow his real estate business. He goes on to talk about importance of hiring people to help you grow and scale!
About Scott:
Scott Bower is a transplant from the state of Iowa who caught the entrepreneur bug at the early age of 17 when he started his first company, a vehicle detailing company. He went on to study at the University of Iowa with degrees in Business Communication and Entrepreneurial Management while also studying health and nutrition. With his entrepreneurial spirit and his degrees in hand, he moved to Arizona to begin a dominating career in his real estate that continues to thrive.
Starting his real estate career as an agent in residential retail sales at Keller Williams Realty, he closed $2.2M in volume his first 12 months but quickly realized being an agent was not for him. Since then, Scott has become a successful real estate investor, completing over 400 transactions with over $60,000,000 in closed volume to date while also building a portfolio of rental properties and apartment syndications. He is also the host of the INVESTTHIS Podcast, an interview-based podcast providing maximum value for his listeners on how to capitalize on the best investments and business practices. Scott is an avid learner and self-educator always looking to up his game and now moving into more substantial investment opportunities in creative finance, multifamily, and commercial real estate. He focuses on building strong relationships with his investors, capital preservation with strong returns, creating passive income streams and building wealth for his family.
Connect with Scott:
https://www.hbsbholdings.com/ https://www.investthispodcast.com/author/scottbower/ https://www.phxinvestmentproperties.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thescottbower1 https://www.instagram.com/thescottbower/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottboweraz/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Sandhya Seshadri. They discuss how Sandhya did not have a great experience with an asset manager. She tells our listeners some good ways to avoid the same situation! Sandhya
About Sandyha:
Sandhya Seshadri has invested as a Limited Partner, Key Principal or General Partner in 3000+ doors totaling $200M in assets throughout the United States.
Sandhya has been a leader in the equities markets for over 20 years, and had moved into commercial real estate due to the tax advantages and the ability to uniquely “force appreciate” each asset. It’s become her mission to help other people capitalize on all of the benefits of real estate investing.
Sandhya is active in the Dallas-Fort Worth Multifamily real estate community, and has a network of investors throughout the United States. She has shared her inspiring story, knowledge and investment criteria on multiple real estate investing events and podcasts. Sandhya is passionate about personal and professional growth. She is active in multiple mastermind groups focused on apartment investing to continuously stay abreast of these changing times, and their impact on multifamily. Sandhya has lived in Dallas-Fort Worth for over 30 years and this is her primary market for investments. Her knowledge of the local market and neighborhoods makes her the ideal “boots on the ground” asset manager for properties in Dallas.
Sandhya has a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering as well as an MBA.
Connect with Sandyha: https://multifamily4you.com https://www.facebook.com/sandhya.sseshadri.9
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Lennon Lee. They discuss how Lennon felt that moving to real estate would be wasting his degree and career as an engineer. Hear how Lennon drew on the support of his family to help him push through and find his way to a real estate career.
About Lennon: Lennon came to the United States with his family in 2009 due to unrest in his home country of Venezuela. While he had visited the States many times growing up, he knew this move could be permanent.
He took responsibility for investing his family’s life savings in real estate to build a solid future for his parents and siblings.
Alongside his investment partners, he has been involved in the acquisition of over 2000 units of multifamily real estate with an approximate market value of $200 million.
A full-time investor and real estate professional based in Miami, FL, Lennon is also the founder of The Passivo Investor Meetup (formerly The Multifamily Investor Club), a knowledge-sharing and networking community, focusing on providing an educational and relationship building platform for local passive real estate investors.
Connect with Lennon: https://www.instagram.com/lennonld/?hl=en https://passivorei.com Free Ebook: passivorei.com/dream
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with fellow multifamily investor and podcaster, Jerome Myers. They discuss how Jerome spent much of his early multifamily career learning and gaining experience the hard way. Jerome goes onto explain why investing in a mentor can save you time, money and headaches.
About Jerome:
Jerome started his career as a civil engineer building businesses in corporate America. In 2009, he transferred to a consulting firm. As he built a strong reputation in the industry, he had the opportunity to build up a construction company to 175 people and $20M in revenue in 1 year. That is when he got interested in real estate. However, when he had to lay off half of the company’s workforce, he decided to leave the corporate world and focus on his real passion. He started to educate himself in real estate investing and hasn’t looked back ever since.
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Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with David Davidenko and Julia Bykhovskaia. David talks about the importance of having proper due diligence. On an early property constructions issues found after the purchase caused him to not pay distribution for a year. Julia talks about a similar situation while dealing with an insurance claim. Specifically knowing what type of license your contractor needs.
About David and Julia:
David (Viacheslav) Davidenko is a full-time accredited investor from Austin. He is a respected, profit-driven entrepreneur and general management professional with a stellar career history of achievements investing in highly successful businesses. David is a Founder and CEO of the Hi-Tech company, the silver prize winner of Forbes magazine’s “The School of a Young Billionaire” competition. He has invested all-time as a GP and LP in 22 multifamily properties, almost 4,000 units altogether. David is a managing partner and co-founder of Leander Springs, a mixed-use new development project with retail, restaurants, entertainment, hospitality, office and residential components with a four acre lagoon in the middle, that upon completion should be worth more than $1 billion.
Julia Bykhovskaia is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Sunrise Capital. With her exceptionally strong finance background, Julia is focusing on deal underwriting and asset management. In her past, Julia was an experienced investor in public and private companies, working as securities analyst who started her investment career in 2003 as a research analyst specializing in high yield/distressed corporate bonds and worked at various hedge funds, including Schultze Asset Management, Concordia Advisors and BulwarkBay. Julia was also a part of a Workout/Debt Restructuring team at Credit Suisse and Loan Syndication & Trading Department at BNP Paribas in NYC. Julia earned a BS in Entrepreneurship from State University of Management in Moscow, Russia and an MBA in Finance from New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business and is a Charted Financial Analyst.
Connect with Julia:
https://www.sunrisecapitalgroup.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with John Rickgarn. They discuss John's desire to get into real estate and why he moved from multifamily to single family. John explains the biggest challenge he's faced with property taxes and how he found the solution!
About John:
Having lost both of his parents to cancer by age 16, John realized that the typical path of getting a job and investing in a tax deferred account for retirement may not work for everyone.
In 2014 after having his “aha” moment, John set out educate himself on building passive income streams. In 2016, he bought his first investment property: a fourplex by pulling money OUT of his Roth IRA. In 2019, John left his “safe and secure” corporate sales job of 12 years to pursue investing full time. In 2020, John created www.wealthandfreedomnexus.com to share his journey with others and educate others to find their path to financial freedom.
Connect with John: https://www.instagram.com/rickgarn/ https://www.instagram.com/wfreedomnexus/
https://twitter.com/Jrickgarn https://twitter.com/wfreedomnexus
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Jennifer Beadles. They discuss how Jennifer got started investing during an economic downturn. Jennifer shares the lessons she learned with our audience that helped shape her future strategies!
About Jennifer:
Jennifer Beadles is a value-add real estate investor, coach, and investment-focused real estate broker with a portfolio of just under 250 units across five states. Jennifer has 14 years of real estate expertise and has worked with a variety of investment strategies, including BRRR, value-add multifamily, build-to-rent, assisted living, private financing, and out-of-state investing.
Jennifer is passionate about helping families build wealth and passive income streams through real estate investing and living a life by design.
Connect with Jennifer: https://addictedtoroi.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Dan Lewkowicz. They discuss how Dan started out buying properties in Detroit during the winter which turned into toxic properties during the summer. Dan speaks about the advice he got that helped him learn what he needed to do and how to prevent it in the future.
About Dan: Dan Lewkowicz is a seasoned real estate veteran with over a fifteen years of experience in many facets of the real estate industry. 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 at Encore Real Estate Investment Services, Dan was a Senior Advisor at a national real estate brokerage specializing in commercial real estate investment sales. Dan is also a former business development executive for Amazon in Detroit Michigan.
Currently, Dan is director of investment sales at The Lewkowicz Group powered by Encore Real Estate Investment Services and specializes in shopping centers, medical office buildings, industrial fulfillment centers, and automotive repair and parts stores. Of lesser known fact, Dan possesses industry leading knowledge on cannabis cultivation and its impact on the economy in general, and industrial commercial real estate specifically. An expert on Multi-Family and the current economic undercurrents facing this asset class in today’s #postcovid world, Dan often expresses the incredible opportunities for investors of all sizes. Dan resides in Burningham, Michigan and enjoys running, lifting weights, yoga, and playing acoustic guitar.
Connect with Dan: TheLewkowiczGroup.com DanOnTop.com CREPROCourse.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Zach Feldman. They discuss how Zach's first experience in student housing and overcoming a horrible third party management company. Zach talks about the valuable lessons he learned that ultimately helped shape the principals for his current company.
About Zach:
Zach spearheads the company’s new development efforts around the country focusing on sourcing and underwriting new opportunities. In addition to his responsibilities targeting new markets, Zach also concentrates on pre-development, capital markets, and investor relations.
Prior to joining Aptitude Development Zach launched ENJOI 77 HOLDINGS, a real estate investment company specializing in student housing and multifamily investments in the Northeast. In addition to starting ENJOI 77 HOLDINGS, Zach was the Director of Operations and Growth for Leiter Property Management, managing over $1B of real estate throughout Brooklyn.
Outside of work, Zach is focused on The Wildcat Fund, a non-profit organization he co-founded that provides mentorship and college financial aid to students of color from his high school alma mater.
Zach received his bachelor’s degree from Elon University where he majored in Finance and double minored in International Relations and Economics
Connect with Zach:
781-789-4354 zf@aptitudere.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Lauryn Meadows. They discuss Lauryn's journey in real estate including going $70,000 over budget on renovations. Lauryn explains several of the issues and challenges that burdened the property. She then goes into what they now do to prevent these types of mistakes again.
About Lauryn:
Lauryn Meadows started investing with her husband, Clint Meadows, in early 2017 with a flip house they purchased for $2,500.
Their company, SkyOx, has acquired 15 rental units by utilizing the BRRRR strategy. SkyOx’s goal is to focus on value add real estate that improves communities, resident’s experience, and profits.
Lauryn and Clint co-create the Tri-State Real Estate Investor group with another local investor, Paul Castle of Cresent Moon Properties. The group is active on Facebook where we discuss local laws, real estate strategies, best contractors and so much more. The group also hosts meetups where investors network, or we have a local professional guest speaker. The group was designed to bring real estate investors and professionals together from the KY-OH-WV tri-state area.
Lauryn graduated from Marshall University with a bachelors degree in advertising, and is a Realtor in the state of Ohio. Lauryn is also actively working a W2 corporate job while scaling the flip business, and rental portfolio.
Connect with Lauryn: https://www.facebook.com/skyoxhomes/ http://facebook.com/lauryn.buy.sell.invest https://www.instagram.com/skyoxhomes/ https://www.instagram.com/lauryn.buy.sell.invest/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauryn-meadows-97b02966/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Sam Wilson. They discuss how Sam kept going down different paths and ventures early in his real estate career, causing him to not master any of them. Sam talks about how this caused him to delay scaling his business and becoming a "deal junky".
About Sam:
Sam is an active investor in self storage, parking, multi-family apartments, RV parks, single family homes and host of the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate podcast. Sam holds his bachelor’s degree in business finance from the University of Memphis and holds his real estate license in Tennessee. In addition to his years of real estate experience, he also has a diverse background in business ownership and management. Sam’s current focus is presenting nationwide investment opportunities for his personal and his investors’ portfolios.
Connect with Sam:
https://brickeninvestmentgroup.com https://www.facebook.com/brickeninvestmentgroup/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/bricken-investment-group/about/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Dr. Jeff Anzalone. They discuss how Dr. Jeff lost $50,000 in one of his first larger real estate investments. Listen to the whole episode to understand why he didn't quit investing after that!
About Dr. Jeff: Dr. Jeff Anzalone is a full-time practicing periodontist in the great state of Louisiana, author and founder of DebtFreeDr.com.
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.
Connect with Dr. Jeff: www.debtfreedr.com https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1Rp68AymBWhvEuyBFMt2ig https://www.debtfreedr.com/realtyshares-2/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Sterling White. They discuss how Sterling overcame his limiting mindset to realize his true potential and dreams. Sterling goes on to talk about recommendations for others that might be stuck in the same limiting mindset!
About Sterling: Sterling is a multifamily investor specializing in value-add apartments in Indianapolis and other Midwestern markets. With just over a decade of experience in the real estate industry, Sterling was involved with the management of over $10MM in capital, which is deployed across an $16MM real estate portfolio made up of multifamily apartments. Through the company he founded Sonder Investment Group, he owns just under 400 units. Sterling was featured on the BiggerPockets Podcast and has been a top contributor since 2014, with over 200 posts on topics ranging from single-family investing and apartment investing to wholesaling and scaling a business online.
Connect with Sterling: LinkedIn @sterlingwhitellc Facebook @sterlingwhitefan Instagram @sterlingwhiteofficial Youtube @sterlingwhiterealestate Podcast @therealestateexperiencepodcast
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Aaron Wong. They discuss how Aaron and his team took a referral for a property management group without doing much research. The property manager struggled to follow the business plan. Aaron talks about what he learned from the experience and how they apply those lessons now.
About Aaron: Aaron is the Managing Partner of Operations at GW Capital Investments. Utilizing over a decade of investing and entrepreneurial experience, Aaron has developed a strong track record investing in real estate, focused primarily in multifamily properties. He was recognized by Utah BusinessQ Magazine as one of the top 40 under 40 while a business startup he founded was acknowledged by the same publication as The Best Kept Secret for his leadership. Aaron graduated from the University of Utah with dual bachelor’s degrees in Chinese and Asian Studies along with a Master of Business Administration. Aaron also has a master’s degree in Management with additional certificates in change management, organizational leadership, and project management from Colorado Technical University. In his spare time, Aaron enjoys spending time with his family, playing sports, and scuba diving.
Connect with Aaron: www.gwcapitalinvest.com aaron@gwcapitalinvest.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Spencer Gray. They discuss the time that Spencer and his team had to shift their business plan after buying a property that the occupancy immediately dropped below fifty percent. Spencer goes on to talk about the other curve balls that were thrown at their team and this property. He speaks about the importance of having a good mindset when you're dealing with a property like this one.
About Spencer: In his role as President, Spencer develops, leads and executes investment strategy, performs underwriting and due diligence of all assets in the Gray Capital portfolio, and interfaces with investors. Since founding Gray Capital, LLC Spencer has been involved in over $1 billion in transactions. Spencer is also President and CEO of Gray Properties, LLC, a commercial real estate focused family office.
As an entrepreneur, Spencer, has founded several successful businesses in the fields of media distribution, real estate and agriculture before turning his passion for investing in commercial real estate into what is now Gray Capital, LLC . Spencer has extensive experience in a variety of real estate investing strategies since buying his first rental property in 2006. Spencer is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys rock climbing, fly fishing, archery and free diving. He is also a father to two girls.
Connect with Spencer: https://www.graycapitalllc.com https://www.graycapitalllc.com/newsletter
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Ron Rhode. They discuss why Ron thinks communication is most important aspect of a deal. Ron goes on to talk about the importance of having the right lawyer to help with your business needs.
About Ron: Ron Rohde is a Texan with a long history in north Texas real estate. As soon as he had a driver’s license, he was delivering keys to tenants, supervising contractors, or delivering closing documents for a variety of rental properties.
With both parents as licensed real estate brokers and mortgage lenders, it was a natural evolution to advise clients on real estate transactions.
After attending Lake Dallas High School near Lake Lewisville, Ron attended Cornell University in New York. A few years in corporate America led him down to Florida where he graduated from the University of Miami School of Law. Knowing that he always wanted to return home to raise a family, he passed the Texas Bar and moved to Dallas.
Today, Ron focuses on all aspects of transactional commercial real estate. He advises clients on acquisitions, dispositions, LLC partnerships, leases, and financing document review. With many clients working full-time or living out-of-state, Ron brings the best use of technology to the forefront to save his clients time and money. Whether you are new to real estate investing, or an existing investor with hundreds of units, Ronald Rohde Law is focused on helping you solve your legal problems.
Our goal is to deliver honest advice with your long-term interests in mind. We rely on client referrals and are proud to handle the needs of dozens of repeat clients.
Outside of the office, Ron and his wife Bethany have two beautiful children. They live in East Dallas and enjoy being able to walk to all their favorite spots. He is also an avid motorsports fan and can be found at the racetrack in his Honda S2000.
Connect with Ron: https://ronaldrohdelaw.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Vikram Raya. They discuss how Vikram being a doctor presented him with "golden handcuffs". Vikram goes on to talk about some of the failures he ran into starting in multifamily including getting scammed while raising capital.
About Vikram:
Vikram is a trained cardiologist and functional medicine physician. He is an international speaker, high-performance coach, and avid real estate investor. He has been active in multifamily real estate since 2015 and is a Founding Partner and CEO of Viking Capital Investments.
As a real estate private equity firm, Viking Capital is approaching 4300 units and $600 Million of assets acquired. Vikram has raised over $95 Million in private equity from high-net-worth individuals, doctors and other professionals around the country who want to achieve true wealth and diversify their income.
He recently gave a keynote lecture at the CNN Headquarters in Atlanta with Dr. Mehmet Oz on entrepreneurship. He also is the recipient of the prestigious Outstanding 50 Asian American’s in Business Award on Wall Street.
Contact Vikram:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikramraya/
https://vikingcapllc.com
https://www.facebook.com/DrVikramRaya/
https://www.instagram.com/vikramraya/
https://vikramraya.com
Vikram@VikramRaya.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Nico Salgado. They discuss Nico's experience raising money on his first deal and finding his first deal in Florida. Be sure to listen all the way through to hear how losing $50,000 taught him so much!
About Nico:
Nico has a BS in Business Marketing and Management and a minor in Economics. He also holds a Masters degree in Spanish Language Education and spent the past 17 years as a Spanish teacher.
Apart from teaching and investing in real estate, Nico is an entrepreneur, coach, mentor, and leader. He is an avid surfer, woodworker, traveler, and extremely proud father.
Nico began investing in real estate in 2012 with a single-family development project and has since scaled to owning 194 units as a General Partner.
He hosts a biweekly Meetup group titled the Multifamily Investors Network NY. Nico also hosts the Small Axe podcast where he interviews industry leaders in multifamily, where he believes “it only takes a small axe to build a lasting empire”.
Connect with Nico:
https://smallaxecommunities.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Steven Pesavento. They discuss how Steven continued to see challenges as he scaled his business from single-family to multifamily. Steven goes on to talk about shifting his focus to serve customers that better align with his values.
Steven's Bio: Steven Pesavento is the Host of The Investor Mindset Podcast and an active investor who curates Commercial Real Estate Investments for clients at VonFinch Capital. He has raised $10’s of Millions dollars, which has successfully cycled through multiple assets. Beginning in Single Family as an operator Steven flipped over 200 houses in under 3 years, prior to expanding into Commercial to focus on building a business around working with his ideal client - successful high income earners like himself who are investing to create flexibility and independence.
Connect with Steven: http://investormindset.com/success
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-investor-mindset-real-estate-show/id1459472778
https://www.facebook.com/thestevenpesavento
https://www.instagram.com/steven.pesavento/?hl=en
https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenpesavento/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with David Marasow. They discuss how David learned the hard way about knowing the local laws when investing out of state.
About David:
David Marasow is an investor, entrepreneur, and founder of Marz Management with immense experience in the real estate business. Born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1989 and raised in Montreal, Canada. D. Marasow Graduated from Yeshiva in 2007 and earned rabbinic ordination in 2009 from Central College. David Marasow is a certified lead abatement supervisor and was the regional director at UP Realty, a reputable real estate investment company charged with purchasing, developing, and constructing a wide range of properties. UP Realty maximizes returns through strategic renovations and reconfigurations, taking advantage of tax-incentive programs and investments in energy-efficient capital expenditures.
David owns properties in Florida, and Connecticut, and Massachusetts. He retains more than a decade of profound experience in real estate competently, negotiating the assent and presenting undeniable pitches. However, it’s his ardent passion for real estate that drives him to turn around an underperforming asset skillfully. Presently he is happily married and has three beautiful children, settled in Connecticut. In David’s free time, he takes pious pleasure in spending quality time with his family.
Connect with David:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmarasow/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Neal Bawa. They discuss how Neal took a loss on an investment in Chicago, then turned it into a tool to help him find markets. Neal goes through the whole story and where you can find his updated tool!
About Neal:
Neal Bawa is a technologist who is universally known in the real estate circles as the Mad Scientist of Multifamily. Besides being one of the most in-demand speakers in commercial real estate, Neal is a data guru, a process freak, and an outsourcing expert. Neal treats his $508+ million-dollar multifamily portfolio as an ongoing experiment in efficiency and optimization.
The Mad Scientist lives by two mantras. His first mantra is that, “We can only manage what we can measure”. His second mantra is that, “Data beats gut feel by a million miles“. These mantras and a dozen other disruptive beliefs drive profit for his 440+ investors.
Connect with Neal:
https://grocapitus.com
https://multifamilyu.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/neal-bawa/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Esther Reizes-Lowenbein. They discuss how Esther left her successful career to pursue real estate. She talks about the importance about of having a positive and abundance mindset
About Esther:
Esther Reizes-Lowenbein has redefined the face of real estate by offering professional and on-demand service. Esther services the commercial real estate market, as a realtor, investor and syndicator. She has successfully closed over 300 million dollars in commercial transactions thus far. She is recognized as a "serial net-worker" and has a knack at connecting buyers, sellers and investors.
Esther holds a master’s degree from Adelphi University. She is an entrepreneur and philanthropist. She takes great pride in her wonderful children. Additionally, Esther, together with her husband are extremely active in their community and run a non-for profit, providing relief for underprivileged individuals.
Connect with Esther:
https://estherreizes.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/esther-reizes-lowenbein-34992096/
https://estherreizes.com/contact-us/
https://www.facebook.com/esti.lowenbein
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with AJ Shepard. They discuss how AJ and his team took on a completely new and foreign business into their portfolio. While the real estate aspect looked good, they found out running the business of a brewery is tougher than expected. Listen through the end of the episode to hear how AJ solved the problem and what advice he would give others in that situation.
About AJ:
AJ Shepard is the co-owner of Uptown Properties in Portland and also a licensed contractor in Oregon. His experience in real estate started more than 12 years ago in the contracting business. Finding his passion in real estate and construction management has created an avenue for this company to help provide all services necessary to its clients. Knowing the trade and the ability to manage many allows for streamlined maintenance for the investor’s property at a reduced cost. Volunteering at ULI, and FRESH to give back to the Real Estate Community. An active member of NARPM and recipient of the Darryl Kazen Scholarship, current Regional Vice President of the Pacific division and recipient of RMP and MPM designation.
AJ is also the co-host of the Westside Investors Network podcast (WIN). WIN strives to bring knowledge and education to the real estate professional that is seeking to gain more freedom in their life. The hosts' AJ and Chris Shepard are committed to sharing the wealth of knowledge that they have gained throughout the years to allow others the opportunity to learn and grow in their investing.
Connect with AJ:
https://www.uptownpm.com/
https://www.uptownsyndication.com/
Email: aj@uptownpm.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aj-shepard-uptownproperties/
Biggerpockets: https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/Canon4
Portfolio: https://www.ajshepard.com/
Podcast: https://www.westsideinvestorsnetwork.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WestsideInvestorsNetwork
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/westsideinvestorsnetwork/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WIN_pdx
Youtube: @Westside Investors Network
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Jason Yarusi. They discuss how Jason dealt with major construction challenges after the purchase of a property. Jason goes into the process and tips for managing a situation like this.
About Jason:
Jason is an active Real Estate Syndicator and Real Estate Investor. In 2016 he and his wife founded Yarusi Holdings, a multifamily investment firm. They are General Partners on over 800 units with 450 units under management. The firm repositions properties through operational efficiencies, moderate to extensive renovations and complete rebranding.
Hosts of the Multifamily Live Podcast and The Jason and Pili Project on Youtube. A project to serve those looking to lead a Fit, Rich Life.
Jason and his wife Pili, are founders of the Tennessee, Kentucky and New Jersey Multifamily Foundation Club with over 2,200 members that focuses on Real Estate Syndication and Multifamily Investing.
Jason has started and exited multiple businesses in the past 15 years and the family construction business has a niche industry position in raising and moving structures. The company has elevated over 2,000 homes in the last 7 years alone
Connect with Jason:
7 Figure Multifamily
The Multifamily Live Podcast
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-yarusi-08b9a426/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Melanie McDaniel. Melanie discusses her first deal and learning by doing. Melanie talks about how she got dropped by Freddie Mac but found a backup plan!
About Melanie:
Melanie is the Founder of Freestyle Capital Group, a private equity firm that provides education and passive real estate investment opportunities to accredited and sophisticated investors. She partners with strong operators with extensive experience and a solid track record to bring investment opportunities to investors. She offers an extra layer of scrutiny on every opportunity through third-party underwriting, sponsor vetting, market research, and reading the fine print in the sponsor documents. Melanie offers a boutique experience to her investors and aims to have a personal relationship with each investor-friend.
Melanie's real estate journey began in 2015 when she read Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. It completely shifted her mindset about money and wealth. She was a law enforcement park ranger at the time, and it took until 2017 for her to prepare to leave the W-2 government job to jump into real estate full time. She started as a real estate agent and went full time into multifamily syndication in early 2020. Melanie owns a 24-unit property in Norfolk, Virginia with partners, she is a limited partner on a 276 unit apartment in Huntsville, Alabama, and she is excited to have investment opportunities for her investor-partners.
Connect with Melanie:
https://www.freestylecapitalgroup.com
https://www.facebook.com/freestylecapitalgroup
https://twitter.com/FreestyleInvest
https://www.instagram.com/freestylecapitalgroup/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjooQOXNa2GikHG0ilncRuA
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Monick Halm. They discuss Monick's first property investment, a mobile home park. Monick talks about the $500,000 lagoon sewage issue and the lesson she learned!
Monick's Bio:
Monick Halm is the founder of Real Estate Investor Goddesses. She is an educator and advocate for female real estate investors, and has a mission to help 1 million women achieve financial freedom through real estate. Monick is herself a real estate investor and syndicator, and owns, together with her investors, over 1300 rental doors across seven states.
She is also a #1 bestselling author, podcast host, Real Estate Strategy Mentor, wife, and mother of three amazing kids.
Connect with Monick:
https://www.realestateinvestorgoddesses.com
https://www.facebook.com/RealEstateInvestorGoddesses/
https://www.instagram.com/reigoddesses/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_xuBDoWBe_j0-OtCaaJcnA
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Brian Briscoe. They discuss how Brian and his team had trouble with a their existing property management company. While they were good at collecting rent, they were not able to manage the construction aspect. Brian talks about what he learned and how they applied that to picking their new property manager.
About Brian:
- Co-founder of the multifamily investing firm Four Oaks Capital
- Director of The Tribe of Titans - a new multifamily investing community
- Host of Diary of an Apartment Investor Podcast
- Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps (retiring in August 2021)
Connect with Brian:
https://www.thetribeoftitans.info https://www.fouroakscapital.com http://linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a brianbriscoe@fouroakscapital.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Arn Cenedella. They discuss how working with a wholesaler can be very different than dealing with a broker. Arn talks about some of the struggles dealing with this particular wholesaler. He goes on to
About Arn:
Arn Cenedella, founder of Spark Investment Group, is a real estate expert with more than four decades of experience, including 35 years as a Realtor navigating the unique real estate landscape in Silicon Valley, CA.
During that time, Arn invested in real estate ranging from single family homes and fix-and-flips to land subdivisions and condominium conversions to commercial multifamily properties.
Through these experiences, he developed a passion for helping others achieve their own financial freedom through investing in multifamily real estate syndications.
Through Spark Investment Group, Arn is putting his decades of real estate expertise to work for his clients, helping them reach their goals and attain the lives they’ve always wanted to live.
Connect with Arn:
arn@investwithspark.com
https://www.investwithspark.com
https://calendly.com/spark-investment-group-chat-with-arn
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with George Roberts. They discuss how the pains that George ran into while making the jump from single family to Multifamily. George talks about the importance of having the right people in the right roles.
About George:
George has been a real estate investor for over a decade. His holdings include multifamily real estate. He is a managing member of Walnut Grove Homes, LLC, a residential construction company based in Troy, Michigan. As a data scientist, he currently builds statistical models that guide decisions in the financial space and brings the same zest for numbers into the acquisition of multifamily investments.
He feels fortunate that he moved a significant portion of his net worth into multifamily assets – he’s not counting on the volatile stock market to fund his retirement. He looks forward to partnering with other investors in multifamily so that they can enjoy the same opportunity.
Connect with George:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgerobertsiii/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Andrew Postell. Andrew talks about the challenges of dealing with Fannie and Freddy when buying with cash. Andrew has put together a strategy to help cash buyers get their cash invest back quickly!
About Andrew:
Andrew is a former Marine, an Investor, and a lender. He specializes in Texas and lending on investment properties. Andrew is currently the VP of Mortgage Lending at GuaranteedRate
Connect with Andrew:
https://people.rate.com/andrew-postell-392627
https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/AndrewP125#0
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Zach Lemaster. They discuss how Zach got started with investing in out of state properties. Zach goes into what details you need to look at and ways that you could run into trouble if you do not have good systems.
About Zach: Zach Lemaster is the founder & CEO of Rent To Retirement. Zach is a seasoned real estate investor that has accumulated a large portfolio of rental properties across multiple markets including single family, multifamily, commercial and new construction. Zach is a licensed Optometrist who practices on a volunteer basis.
Zach started investing in real estate while working as an Optometrist & Captain for the US Air Force. This eventually allowed him to retire early from his career in medicine to be a professional investor by strategically investing in markets that maximize cash flow, appreciation & equity. Zach went on to build a successful wholesaling, flipping & management business working across multiple markets which led to the foundation for Rent to Retirement. He is passionate about educating others on the numerous benefits of real estate investing, and how to use real estate as means to create the lifestyle each person desires for their family!
Connect with Zach: http://renttoretirement.com/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Alex Breshears. They discuss how even with well-known existing relationships, you should get everything in writing and follow your normal process. Alex talks about an existing relationship that asked for a loan intended for a few weeks that turned into over six months.
Alex's Bio:
Alex Breshears is a private money lender, Regulation A fund Investor Relations manager, multi-family underwriter, educator, limited partner in multi-family syndications and community builder who partners with active and passive real estate investors, syndicators, and military spouses to grow their financial independence, knowledge, and professional network. Alex started a private lending company, Infinite Road Investments, in April of 2020, funding 1st lien and 2nd lien positions for residential property in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. She also started an educational Facebook group called Private Lending Lessons which offers weekly educational lessons, daily posts for discussion, and opportunities to network with other investors about private lending, and various projects that may need funding. She is currently a chemistry professor, teaching for a four year school online and leading biweekly educational series about real estate investing in her Facebook group. She is a limited partner for 16 units in Newport News, VA in addition to owning and cohosting short term rentals.
Connect with Alex:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/InvestPdassively2LiveActively
www.facebook.com/groups/privatelendinglessons/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/missionfirstcapital
www.infiniteroadinvestments.com
www.MissionFirstCapital.co
Alex@InfiniteRoadInvestments.com
Alex@MissionFirstCapital.co
Join your host Cody Lewis as he brings back Adam Balsinger. They discuss how Adam's initial approach for raising was not a good long-term solution. Adam talks about the importance of knowing who your 'avatar' is and why having a process is important for managing your customer journey.
About Adam: Adam currently serves as Investor Relations Manager of Three Oaks Management LLC, in which he actively works to locate accredited and sophisticated investors and build relationships with them. He then presents deal offerings to these investors and spearheads the company’s capital raising efforts. He’s also an integral piece in exploring and analyzing new markets for the company to potentially invest in. Adam hails from the Greater Philadelphia Area and attended Penn State University where he studied business. He has nearly 15 years of experience in sales and as an entrepreneur, with the last 7 years being dedicated to real estate. Adam’s real estate experience ranges from single family rentals and development to the acquisition and management of multifamily assets in the Southeast region of the United States.
Connect with Adam: https://www.instagram.com/realestateadam7/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adambalsinger/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Boone Tyson. Boone talks about dealing with evictions with tenants. He goes into detail about why keeping good records on all communications is key with troubled tenants.
About Boone: Boone is a real estate agent and investor. He's been flipping houses for about seven years and has been an active agent for five years. Boone has completed over 250 transactions as an agent and has flipped nearly 30 homes.
Connect with Boone:
boone@forsalergv.com
https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/BooneT#0
https://instagram.com/tnt.realestate?igshid=1hbn0ghk9fzp
https://www.facebook.com/tntrealestate.rgv https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoqVtD_KrV54wVU98TvhX7Q?view_as=subscriber
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with John Rubino. John returns to talk about the importance of building relationships with investors before a deal is available. He goes on to talk about the importance of clear communication.
About John:
John is the COO, Founder & Co-Managing Partner of JID Investments LLC (JIDI). JIDI is a real estate private money & equity investment firm which seeks to secure high yield returns with medium risk by providing investment capital to individuals & businesses with viable residential, commercial & mixed-use real estate business and/or investment opportunities.
John’s primary responsibilities include executing daily operations of JIDI to include marketing & advertisement, website & social media design, investor & client relations, extensive due diligence review of all prospective investor & business clients, financial & revenue analysis, & securing of investment source for project funding resulting in investment of over $28.2M for the company. JIDI has over $20.9M invested on eight executing projects (three in Washington, DC, one in Frederick, MD and in Richmond, VA, and three in Atlanta).
John is a graduate of New York Maritime College and holds a 3rd-Mates License in the U.S. Merchant Marine. After graduation he received a commission as a U.S. Naval Officer. He served honorably as a Naval Aviator for 20 years. In 2008 he received his Master of Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
Connect with John:
jrubino@jidinvestments.com http://www.jidinvestments.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnarubino1975/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/jid-investments-llc/?viewAsMember=true
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Z7lQgEOj_PQbgaSDAv4hg?view_as=subscriber
Instagram: jarubino1975
Twitter: @investmentsjid
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Anthony Vicino. They discuss how Anthony struggled with working with a friend on their first multifamily property. Anthony talks about the struggle you can run into when working with a friend in a partnership and offers some suggestions if you're going into a similar relationship.
About Anthony:
Anthony Vicino is a serial entrepreneur who has helped build multiple multi-million dollar companies from the ground up by creating efficient systems that scale, utilizing value-based content marketing strategies, and always focusing on providing exceptional end-user experiences.
He is a Best-Selling Author, Investor, and Small Business Owner who successfully managed his own personal portfolio of multifamily assets spread across the country before joining forces with Dan Krueger in 2019 to create Invictus Capital.
Together, Anthony and Dan, are driven to help people achieve financial security by providing solid multifamily-based investment opportunities in an environment of trust, transparency, and clarity.
Connect with Anthony:
https://anthonyvicino.com
https://www.instagram.com/anthony_vicino/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyvicino/
https://multifamilyinvestingmadesimple.buzzsprout.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Melanie McDaniel. They discuss how Melanie went against her gut feeling, which ended with losing $10,000. Hear how she's still working on trusting her gut today and why you should too!
About Melanie:
Melanie is the Founder of Freestyle Capital Group, a private equity firm that provides education and passive real estate investment opportunities to accredited and sophisticated investors. She partners with strong operators with extensive experience and a solid track record to bring investment opportunities to investors. She offers an extra layer of scrutiny on every opportunity through third-party underwriting, sponsor vetting, market research, and reading the fine print in the sponsor documents. Melanie offers a boutique experience to her investors and aims to have a personal relationship with each investor-friend.
Melanie's real estate journey began in 2015 when she read Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki. It completely shifted her mindset about money and wealth. She was a law enforcement park ranger at the time, and it took until 2017 for her to prepare to leave the W-2 government job to jump into real estate full time. She started as a real estate agent and went full time into multifamily syndication in early 2020. Melanie owns a 24-unit property in Norfolk, Virginia with partners, she is a limited partner on a 276 unit apartment in Huntsville, Alabama, and she is excited to have investment opportunities for her investor-partners.
Connect with Melanie:
https://www.freestylecapitalgroup.com
https://www.facebook.com/freestylecapitalgroup
https://twitter.com/FreestyleInvest
https://www.instagram.com/freestylecapitalgroup/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjooQOXNa2GikHG0ilncRuA
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Coach Trevor McGregor. They discuss how Coach Trevor found his way into real estate after other investments had went south. Coach Trevor goes on to talk about dealing with tenants, construction challenges, and more. Stay through the end to hear about his thoughts on the law of polarity
About Coach Trevor:
Trevor McGregor is a globally renowned business success coach, who is responsible for advising and mentoring Fortune 500 executives and household names such as The Tony Robbins Group and Joe Fairless.
For 25 years, Trevor has helped entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals shift from feeling worried, frustrated and overwhelmed to growing their confidence and achieving phenomenal levels of success.
Trevor works with some of the world’s top real estate investors, leaders and even high profile celebrities. One client in particular, personally acquired more than $300 Million dollars in real estate assets in less than 4 years under Trevor McGregor’s guidance.
Connect with Trevor
trevor@trevormcgregor.com
trevormcgregor.com
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Bikran Sandhu. They discuss how Bikran struggled to find ways and properties to invest out of state. Ultimately this led to finding a partner that not only knew the area but the brokers making deals!
About Bikran:
Bikran Sandhu is the COO, CFO and Co-Founder of Rise48 Equity. Bikran's main responsibilities as COO includes overseeing underwriting, transaction management, and investor relations for all assets acquired by Rise48 Equity. Bikran's main responsibilities as CFO include overseeing accounting, treasury, distributions, financial planning and analysis for Rise48 Equity. He resides in Scottsdale, Arizona with his fiancée Alice.
Bikran has a professional background in audit and assurance services where he worked at PwC LLP and audited Fortune 100 companies as well as pre-IPO companies. Bikran also worked at CNM, LLP and has a professional background in management consulting services related to SOX compliance, risk advisory, and transactional accounting advisory services for Fortune 500 companies.
Bikran holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics with an emphasis in Accounting and graduated Cum Laude from the University of California, Irvine.
Connect with Bikran:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/bikransandhu/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Maurice Philogene. They discuss what Maurice learned from one of his early partnerships. Learn how he balances his underwriting to do organic rent growth and not increasing the rent growth all at once.
Maurice's Bio:
Senior Executive, Real Estate Investor & Entrepreneur, Restaurant Owner, Explorer of 100 Countries, Public Servant (Federal Agent & Police Officer), Philanthropist and Lifestyle Design/Wealth Coach. He is a Founding Member of Quattro Capital and his passion is living life leveraging freedom principles - financial freedom, time freedom, geographic freedom, freedom of purpose and freedom of relationships. He uses real estate and professional careers to generate passive income and build legacy all while empowering communities and helping others live their best life now through lifestyle design.
Maurice is based in Washington DC and the Mediterranean Region.
• 300+ acquisitions & dispositions over 17 years
• Built a portfolio of 35 single family homes by age 30.
• Formed Quattro Capital in 2019
• 13 Apartment Complex Acquisitions in 18 month period starting Jan 2020
• Owner of Apartment Complexes and Mobile Home Communities across 8 states
• International Real Estate Developer operating in the Mediterranean Region (Island apartments and townhomes communities)
• The really cool stuff – Sponsors aspiring investors and, so far, coached them to close 17 complexes and parks over the past two years. He loves this part the most
Connect with Maurice:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mauricephilogene/
https://www.facebook.com/maurice.philogene
https://www.instagram.com/mauricephilogene/
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Monick Halm. They discuss one of Monick's first syndication deals ended up being more of a D property than a C. She talks about the struggles with maintaining the property. Hear how she used this experience to generate better metrics for measuring a market and submarket.
Monick's Bio:
Monick Halm is the founder of Real Estate Investor Goddesses. She is an educator and advocate for female real estate investors, and has a mission to help 1 million women achieve financial freedom through real estate. Monick is herself a real estate investor and syndicator, and owns, together with her investors, over 1300 rental doors across seven states.
She is also a #1 bestselling author, podcast host, Real Estate Strategy Mentor, wife, and mother of three amazing kids.
Connect with Monick:
https://www.realestateinvestorgoddesses.com
https://www.facebook.com/RealEstateInvestorGoddesses/
https://www.instagram.com/reigoddesses/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_xuBDoWBe_j0-OtCaaJcnA
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Gino Barbaro. They discuss one of Gino's first deals when he passively invested with a sponsor without understanding the deal at all. Hear what Gino says anyone looking to passively invest should do before they invest in a deal.
About Gino:
Gino Barbaro is an investor, business owner, best-selling author and entrepreneur. He has grown his real estate portfolio to over $100,000,000 in assets under management, and is the co-founder of Jake &Gino, a multifamily real estate education company that offers coaching and training in real estate founded upon their framework of Buy Right, Manage Right & Finance Right®. He currently resides in St. Augustine, Florida with his beautiful wife Julia and their six children.
He is the best-selling author of three books, Wheelbarrow Profits, The Honey Bee and Family, Food and the Friars. Gino graduated from IPEC (Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching) where he earned his designation as a Certified Professional Coach. He currently resides in St. Augustine, Florida with his beautiful wife Julia and their six children.
Connect with Gino:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gino-barbaro-03973b4b/
https://www.instagram.com/jakeandgino/
https://www.facebook.com/jakeandgino
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc3wzHivzXxcgSTtDam4vnw?view_as=subscriber
Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Kent Ritter. They discuss how Kent lost money passively investing in his second deal ever. Kent talks about the importance of vetting out a sponsor even if you're passively investing! Be sure to listen until the end when Kent tells us what you should look for in a sponsor and understanding the deal!
About Kent: Kent is CEO of Hudson Investing, a multifamily private equity firm. Kent's skillset as a multifamily operator draws from a successful career as a management consultant and startup owner. Now, he applies this skillset to transform apartment buildings and create modern, affordable housing for America's workforce. Kent's career pivot was driven by a desire to free his time and focus on being a great husband and father to his three kids. Now, having found financial freedom through real estate investing, Kent wants to help others do the same. He serves as a thought leader and educator through his podcast, Ritter on Real Estate; monthly networking event, Indianapolis Multifamily Investing Meetup; and his website, kentritter.com, which acts as an informational hub for other investors.
Connect with Kent: https://www.kentritter.com https://www.instagram.com/ritteronrealestate/ https://www.facebook.com/RitteronRealEstate/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kentritter/