Jacksonville Commercial Real Estate

This week we are joined by the Founder of Novo Multifamily Group and Novo Investments: Tony Castronovo, and investor from Texas with a background in construction and engineering. In this episode Tony breaks down how he found his way into investing, why he focuses on investor relations now, and the importance of not only finding people to help you (aka the Who in Who Not How), but also how to be th...

Co-founder and Managing Partner of Cityside Capital, Tim Lyons, joins Coach Ian Brown to talk about how a NY firefighter could achieve financial freedom through real estate investing for himself and his family with the help of his brother Greg and partnered in over $1.4 BILLION of commercial real estate assets including multi-family, self storage, industrial and land opportunities. Tim is no stran...

Brent Bowers of Land Sharks and Wholesaling Inc. joins us this week to dismantle the idea that land is not a good investment strategy. While serving in the Army, Brent realised he didn't have enough hours in the day to do his job, save for a future, and spend time with his wife and kids- he needed to make a change. Now he spends his time teaching others how to invest with vacant land, seller f...

This week we're joined by Philadelphia Native and Crown Capital Co-Founder, Noel Parnell. Noel is no stranger to hard work and quick thinking. As a young adult he was a high school, college, and Olympic track and field athlete, later working as a scientist for GlaxoSmithKline. When the recession cost Noel his job, he pivoted and fast into real estate, househacking his way into a meaningful por...

Our guest this week is the one and only Iven Vian of Anthem Capital. He's well known in the investment world, and for good reason. He is consistently posting content and speaking to folks on how to be the best versions of themselves and what it takes to be a great Asset Manager (or Asset Leader as he calls it). His military background primed him with talents for procedure and operation as well...

Alt Title: Get Niche Slapped Meet today's guest Yakov Smart, a name very fitting for a guy whose entire purpose is connecting capital raisers and high net worth individuals through the digital space. Yakov's vessel of choice is surprisingly LinkedIn, and his reasoning is gold. If you're not worried about LinkedIn ads are finding passive investors, fear not, Yakov still has great knowle...

Bryan Driscoll is the Co-Founder of Motivated Leads and the guy to know when it comes to real estate investors expanding their portfolions quickly and with quality leads. In this episode Bryan tells us his favorite ways to generate those leads and how to use that information. Here's a hint: no hesitattion. When he's not running Motivated Leads and spending time with his family, Bryan is in...

We are joined this week by the President, Founder, and CEO of Left Field Investors Jim Pfeifer and an exclusively passive investor. Jim breaks down what makes Left Field truly innovative and how it lowers the barrier of entry for folks looking to gain financial freedom through real estate investing. Mentioned in this Episode: Hands Off Investor by Brian Burke Find Jim here: jim@leftfieldinvestors....

This week we are joined by a man who needs no introduction, but here's one just in case. Mikey Taylor is a retired pro skateboarder turned Co-President of Commune Capital located in California. After spending 20 years gaining sponsorships and brand deals, Mikey turned that entrepreneurial savvy into a sustainable future by buying Saint Archer Brewing Company with a couple partners. After it&#3...

Jay Conner is our guest this week, speaking to us all about his journey into private money. He can tell you the whole story but it boils down to this: he was tired of big down payments, origination fees, no control, and being owned by the bank. Sound familiar? Then you need to hear this episode. Get Jay's Free Content here: jayconner.com/moneyguide Join our Investor Portal here: https://yieldc...

This week we *literally* sit down with the Director of the Center or Entrepreneurial Studies and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Carson College of Business at Washington State University, Marie Mayes. When she isn't improving the experience for students on campus, she is teaching Launching New Ventures and New Venture Planning courses. Mayes talks to us about the hurdles for young entrepre...

We are joined this week with the CEO and Founder of Bates Capital Group, Sam Bates. He's been in real estate since 2009 and now has 1,035 multifamily units in Texas and the South East with 1,000 unites in the development pipeline. His company boasts an average IRR of 61% and from listening to him you'll understand why. Sam discusses with us how he finally found the nerve to ignore the advi...

We are joined this week by the owner of Crown Capital Multifamily, Dawn Keller, a multifamily investor as well as GP and LP n 700 doors throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Dawn discusses how she found herself in investing and how her desire to help others keeps her going. Se is equal parts enthusiastic and determined and we hoe you glean as much as we did from this episode. Mentioned in th...

We are  joined this week by the middle child (technically) of the Donis Brother Trio, the three siblings running and managing the Donis Investment Group. Jeffrey is a real estate investor and syndicator specifically in Class B multi-family, having started out with single family only three short years ago. Now they are partnered on over 1k multifamily apartment units their target markets inclu...

If you can tell by the title, I have a lot in common with this week's guest. Jeff is a truly unique guest, he is the CEO and Co-Founder of HostGPO, and self professed recovering attorney. Our last guest talked about finding your niche, and this week's guest is about as niche as one can get. Jeff Iloulian got his start with apartment arbitration, specifically with short term rentals. He expanded th...

This week we're joined by fellow Florida native, Beau Beery. Beery was consistently ranked the #1 multifamily producer and Top 5 in the nation while working with Coldwell Banker Commercial before setting up his own private brokerage in 2021. In this episode, Beery speaks about why he went from Coldwell to start his own brokerage, the perks of being procedures driven, and the importance of having a...

This week we talk to Zain Jaffer, a Partner at Blue Field Capital, the multibillion dollar private equity and real estate fund - currently managing over 10,000 units across multifamily, senior housing, student, hospitality, ad industrial warehouses. He got his start when his company Vungle was acquired by Blackstone in 2019 for $780M, yes with an M  and yes THAT Blackstone. Since that victory...

Starting the new season with a heavy hitter. Sandhya Seshadri is the founder of Engineered Capital based in Texas. She started out with the stock market, but when looking for tax advantages she found multi-family real estate investment and hasn't looked back since. Sandhya is a force in her market, thanks to persistence and an insider knowledge of her market, she is THE investor to know.   Re...

Our last guest this year and season is another heavy hitter and fellow RaiseMaster - Jeff Greenberg. He is the CEO of Synergetic Investment Group, working out of Camarillo, California. Jeff has experience in most roles involved in real estate investment (and a self-admitted fan of excel), with a portfolio spanning almost two decades. He sits down with us to discuss where he is in his investment jo...

I couldn't think of a witty title for this episode simply because Tom left me with so much to think about. It's not a secret I have been wrestling with the idea of investing in self-storage for some time, and this episode made the asset even more promising to me, and I think you'll see why. Tom Dunkel is the Chief Investment Officer of Belrose Storage Group, and a member of Hunter Thompson's Raise...

This week we speak to Rob Beardsley, author of The Definitive Guide to Underwriting Multifamily Acquisitions and Founder of Lone Star Capital, one of our youngest guests to date. Rob is a student of Hunter Thompson and shares insight into what it takes to become truly successful in real estate investment and capital raising.  Find Rob's book here: https://lonestarcapgroup.ac-page.com/model-gi...

Disclaimer: You'll want to watch/listen a couple times to glean everything you can from from this episode.  Christian is a big name in investment real estate, synonymous with David Greene, because they own The One Brokerage. This episode is PACKED with so much knowledge you'll need to take notes (just like I did). Christian starts with the story of how a home catapulted him into the life he h...

Max Gonzales knows a lot because he's seen a lot. Having been in real estate since 2003, folks like Gonzales are integral in navigating uncertain markets. Starting as a broker then moving towards in-house acquisition, and now having his own company, this week's guest is not short on strategies and inspiration to take you further. Find more information about Gonzales below, and hit him up if you're...

This week our guest introduces us to the complexities of investing remotely in markets all over the country. Ki Lee has one of the most, let's say, unconventional careers before entering into the world of real estate investment. Lee's rise in the world of high stakes poker taught him the road to success in investing, the education, psychology, and risk analysis of the card game informed his invest...

Sterling White is a man who needs little introduction, but here's one anyway: since 2009 White has been in real estate investment staring with single family then scaling to apartments to his current almost 500 unit portfolio. He is the founder of Sonder Investment Group and the author of From Zero to 400 Units (get the audible version narrated by him if you want more of his radio voice). This epis...