Multifamily Insights

J. Scott is an entrepreneur, investor, advisor and partner at Bar Down Investments. They are focused on buying and repositioning large multifamily properties, and in the past 14 years, J has bought, built, rehabbed, sold, and held over $100,000,000 in properties. J is a strategic advisor in several companies, and he is a big-time author for BiggerPockets books including the best-seller, "The Book...

Mike Branam is the Director of Multifamily Sales at PointCentral which offers a property automation platform to apartment owners and operators. PointCentral's technology combined with its parent company alarm.com is installed in over 6,000,000 homes across the US. We talked to Mike about how PointCentral streamlines various technologies onto a single trusted solution, how it can increase the value...

Litan Yahav is an ex-navy officer, exited tech founder, LP investor in real estate and private equity. He is an angel investor and he has got a passion for passive income, and wealth creation. Litan is also the co-founder of Vyzer. We talked to Litan about his approach to passive investing, re-fi events, what to look for in an operator and his company Vyzer.   Announcement : Click here and speed u...

Dan Kryzanowski is a seasoned real estate veteran with over 15 years of experience in many facets of the real estate industry. Dan is also a former business development executive for Amazon in Detroit Michigan. Currently, Dan is director of investment sales at Encore Real Estate Investment Services and specializes in shopping centers, medical office buildings, industrial fulfillment centers, quick...

Zach Fugman is a Houston-based apartment syndicator who got his start in commercial real estate by joining a syndication education and coaching group called Lifestyles Unlimited. Today, he is the owner of A-Strategy Management, serving as a GP of 1,700+ units, key principal of 1,100+ units, and LP of 400+ units. Zach is the owner of A-Strategy Management, which syndicates apartment deals. His port...

JD Sustar, aka Finance Cowboy, has been in the real estate industry since 2016 when he flipped his first home in South Florida. It was an overwhelming experience and made him realize two things: 1. He had a lot to learn 2. Real long-term wealth is built through owning rentals, not flipping homes. In 2018 with only a $10,000 net worth, JD began buying rental properties in Upstate South Carolina. Si...

Jason Stubblefield has been investing in real estate for over 10 years. He started with single-family homes and eventually obtained his residential real estate license with Keller Williams. Jason has since moved into the multifamily real estate investing space and is a general partner in over 900 multifamily units. Today, he focuses on investing in affordable housing apartment communities, primari...

A serial entrepreneur, David's latest venture, Handwrytten, is bringing back the lost art of letter writing through scalable, robot-based solutions that write your notes in pen. Developed as a platform, Handwrytten lets you send notes from your CRM system, such as Salesforce, the website, apps, or through custom integration. Used by major meal boxes, eCommerce giants, nonprofits and professionals,...

Andrew Cushman is a former chemical engineer who found his entrepreneurial calling in real estate. In 2007 Andrew left his corporate position to start a business in real estate, starting off flipping single-family properties in Southern California. Sensing a shift in the market, in 2011 Andrew transitioned to multifamily acquisitions and has successfully syndicated and repositioned over 2,300 mult...

Sarry Ibrahim is a financial planner and member of the Bank On Yourself Organization. He helps real estate investors, business owners, and full-time employees grow safe and predictable wealth regardless of market conditions using a financial strategy that has been around for over 160 years. Sarry started this journey when he was in grad school completing his MBA. He worked for companies like Allst...

Sterling White is a seasoned Real Estate Investor, Philanthropist, & Former World Record Attemptee who was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana. Breathing and living real estate since 2009, Sterling is the Founder of Sonder Investment Group. Throughout the span of more than a decade, Sterling has contributed to helping others become successful in the real estate industry. In addition, he has b...

Vanessa Peters, founder of VMD Investing has been investing in real estate for 10 years in single-family homes, commercial retail,  apartment communities, self-storage and manufactured home parks. She has invested in over 4500 units across 20 properties and 5 funds.  She earned her medical degree at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She also has a thriving full-time family practice in Es...

Abel Pacheco is a Real Estate entrepreneur and Texas native. With a proven track record of repositioning properties, delivering quality renovated housing products to market, and delivering consistent returns to investment partners. Abel has experience in acquiring di We talked to Abel about his investing journey, how education helped him, passive investing and The San Antonio Market.   Announcemen...

Kim Radaker Bays is a veteran real estate investing expert and founder of Exponential Property Group, a multi-family real estate investment firm that has bought and sold over 9000 apartment units over the last 10 years. The company has been recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US. Kim has been in the real estate industry for 10+ years and has grown Exponentia...

Ivan Barratt is a multifamily owner, manager, and syndicator who specializes in large apartment communities in the Midwest. Since 2015, Ivan Barratt has raised nearly $250 million in equity, acquired over 5,900 units, and grown the BAM Companies to a best-in-class, four-time Inc. 5000, private equity, and management firm. Today, Ivan focuses his time on equity finance, acquisitions, and company st...

Jules and Ange Mckenzie have been investing in residential real estate in the Orillia and Barrie areas of Canada for over 20 years. His strategy has been buying and holding. He's currently holding 13 investment properties. His portfolio is a mix of small multifamily buildings. He has raised the money to buy properties from Joint Venture investors. Jules and Ange manage their own properties. Jules...

Jake Wiley is an entrepreneur, CPA, former CFO, and real estate investor. Jake was the founder at Solar Inverted LLC, a Louisiana-based Residential Solar Finance and Installation Company, which was later acquired by Palmetto Group, where Jake led strategic initiatives until late 2018. Jake's diverse industry experience in both corporate and startup companies, as well as his layered work experience...

Rob Beardsley founded Lone Star Capital in early 2018, a multifamily investment firm focused on acquiring and operating workforce housing throughout Texas and the Southeast. Since then, Rob has been involved in over $100MM of multifamily acquisitions and published the number one book on multifamily underwriting, The Definitive Guide to Underwriting Multifamily Acquisitions. He has written over 50...

Before founding Groundbreaker, Jake Marmulstein held a number of roles involving real estate and technology, supporting the growth of early-stage digital technology ventures. In 2011, he started his real estate career while underwriting distressed hotel investments for Watermark Capital Partners, a private REIT based out of Chicago. He graduated from The Hotel School at Cornell University with a c...

Mike Verrett has spent over 25 years in the brand marketing business and the hallmark of his career is his ability to understand an audience. Now he shows businesses how to talk about themselves To THEIR audience. His guiding philosophy honed with time and experience is simple: When it comes to your audience, you have to be seen as one of three things: - First - Best - or Different. We talked to M...

Ben Lapidus is the Chief Financial Officer for Spartan Investment Group LLC. He has applied his finance and business development skills to construct a portfolio of over $100M assets under management and $200M of debt capital. In addition to completing over 50 real estate transactions, Ben is the founder and host of the Best Ever Real Estate Investing Conference and managing partner of Indigo Owner...

Jay Conner has been buying and selling houses since 2003 in a population of only 40,000 with profits averaging $67,000. Rehabbed over 300 houses and been involved in over 52 Million Dollars in Transactions. For the past 7 years, Jay has completely automated his 7-Figure Income Business to where he works in his business for less than 10 Years per week. He consulted one on one with over 2,000 Real E...

Ryan Webster and Warren Dresner are the Co-Founders and Managing Partners of Equity Yield Group. The firm specializes in institutional grade, A/B class multifamily assets. We talked to Ryan and Warren about their partnership, the markets they focus on, and institutional capital. Announcement : Download Our Sample Deal and Join Our Mailing List [00:01 – 03:12] Opening Segment  Ryan and Warren talk...

Zain Jaffer is a lifelong entrepreneur who founded his first startup when he was just a teenager. He co-founded mobile advertiser Vungle, which was acquired by Blackstone in 2019 for $780M. Shortly afterward he started Zain Ventures, his family office that boasts a diverse portfolio of real estate investments and proptech startups. He is currently a partner at Blue Field Capital. Zain's success as...

Whitney Sewell is a seasoned real estate investor, podcast host, and philanthropist. He is CEO and founder of Life Bridge Capital, a multifamily syndication investment firm with 1,000 doors and $300 million in assets under management. Whitney was able to scale his business at a groundbreaking pace - starting from nothing in 2017 to now consistently raising over $10 million in a few hours. His dail...