The Josiah Smelser Show

YouTube Channel - Daily Real Estate Investor - ⁠https://youtube.com/@DailyRealEstateInvestor⁠   Daniel Kong was able to reach financial freedom and quit his W-2 job within only 3 years of starting real estate investing. How did he do it? Daniel did it by taking a leap of faith and starting and then building his systems to scale. Daniel used several personal lines of credit and borrowed from his 40...

In this video, I'm talking with real estate investor and Bigger Pockets author Matt Faircloth about how to get private money to invest in real estate and investing in different market cycles. Matt has years of experience in the real estate industry and is a great resource for anyone looking to invest in property. If you're interested in learning more about how to get private money to inves...

Josiah and Tony cover a number of trending real estate topics including the upcoming turmoil in the commercial real estate markets that could present turbulence for real estate owners and investors. They also discuss their ongoing commercial development deals as well as Sylvester Stallone’s home sale to Adele for $58M. Subscribe to the Youtube channel for daily short form content as well as a podc...

Marco Pfeiffer came to the USA as an immigrant from Frankfurt, Germany. With little money and knowing almost no English, Marco began his career as an accountant. Marco eventually worked his way up to the CFO role in the company while he also learned how the wealthy invest in real estate using leverage to their advantage. Marco continued to educate himself on real estate investing with the goal of...

In this episode, Josiah and Tony talk through the entrepreneurial journey that one embarks on as a real estate investor. They discuss how to handle real estate decisions from a Christian perspective, the current vacation rental market, the 2nd home loan option, Tony's ongoing development project, Josiah's experience flipping and refinancing BRRRR properties during Covid, how to strategize...

Axel Ragnarsson is an experienced real estate investor, operator, and syndicator that has been investing in apartments for 8+ years. In this episode, Axel discusses how his team prioritizes going direct to seller instead of using brokers with listed properties for deal flow. Axel also discusses how his underwriting has changed during this increasingly challenging commercial real estate market. Jos...

Have you ever considered turning your property into a short-term rental but worried it would take too much time? Alisha Merriman, a short-term rental expert, teaches us how to streamline systems and leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce the time spent managing short-term rentals. The tools and techniques Alisha utilizes helps hosts with auto-messaging, scheduling cleaning an...

Casey Franchini faced a difficult start to her investing career. After moving from California to Memphis, Tennessee with her husband and two young children, Casey did not want to become a W2 employee, but wanted to be a stay at home Mom. After hustling with several self-employed  ventures, she went back to her roots and began buying real estate to become self-sufficient from her rental Income. Cas...

In this episode Josiah breaks down his most recent acquisition: a vacation rental cabin. Josiah and Tony walk through going from funding the deal to doing renovations and optimizing the property for max revenue. They also walk through the reasons why it is so important to work with an investor savvy real estate broker and discuss the things a first time investor would run into when looking for the...

Josiah and Tony sit for another great episode to discuss the best ways to network and how to make Private Money come to you. Tony breaks down his biggest deal yet: the large mobile home park development of 180 units.  This episodes focuses on how to transition from your 9-5 to full time investor and How to deal with opposition when you’re making real estate investing your full time job. On a last...

The Daily Real Estate Investor podcast show is back! In this episode Josiah Smelser shares how he scaled his portfolio from $4M to $16M by switching from single-family rentals to vacation rentals. Josiah also introduces his new co-host Tony Moreno, and Tony shares his story as well as a mobile home park development deal he is working on. There are a lot of exciting things in the works for the show...

Josiah Smelser shares his journey from start to financial freedom, and the game charger realization that 10X'd his monthly passive income. 

In this episode Josiah (host of the Daily Real Estate Investor podcast) talks about the pivot he made to 10X his portfolio profit as well as his thoughts on investing in cryptocurrency. You don't want to miss this one!

Casey Franchini shares her story of building a second income for her family as a stay-at-home mother of 3. Casey lives and invests in Memphis, TN and has made great traction building her portfolio using the 20% down conventional financing approach while self-managing all her properties. Take some notes!

In this episode, Josiah brings in Megan Greathouse and they discuss lessons learned from 2020 as well as goals for 2021. 

Bestselling author (Crushing It In Apartments and Commercial Real Estate) Brian Murray joins the podcast and shares his story of building his real estate business from 0 as a teacher by utilizing creative deal structure and deep-dive analysis. Brian looks for mismanaged properties that have significant promise and once repositioned and cash flowing, Brian reinvests profits which increases NOI and...

John Fontana joins the podcast today and shares his journey building his portfolio in an expensive real estate market in Florida. John is involved in some really interesting business concepts as well, so I know you are going to enjoy this one!

Shelby Osborne joins the podcast today and shares her journey from the military to building multiple streams of income through some very creative channels. Take some notes!

My good friend Rick Jarman passed away yesterday, and this episode is dedicated to the incredible impact he made. Rick - you are loved, missed, and appreciated!

Today I interview Francisco Miller who received the trail name "Karate Kid" while hiking the Appalachian Trail. Karate Kid went on to get a triple crown by hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT), Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and Continental Divide Trail (CDT), and now works full time as a trail guide and hikes in his free time. Karate Kid realized (while hiking the AT) that he wanted to make a change in...

Richard and Melody Locklair join the podcast to share their story of leveraging the Dave Ramsey plan to get out of debt and the BRRRR strategy to build their investment portfolio. The Locklair story is inspiring, and we also talk hunting zombies, so you don't want to miss that! Take some notes!

Today we have Kevin McGrath on the show and he talks investing in industrial. Kevin McGrath (Principal at Cardinal Industrial) began his commercial real estate career in 2007 and in that time has been involved in the leasing, acquisition and disposition of more than $1 Billion in industrial real estate. Prior to joining Cardinal, Kevin was a Senior Vice President at CBRE in Columbus, Ohio. While a...

Brian Burke is the President and CEO of Praxis Capital, a vertically integrated real estate private equity investment firm, which he founded in 2001. Brian is also a member of the Praxis Investment Committee. Praxis operates on multiple platforms, currently managing active syndications for the acquisition of single-family, multifamily and opportunistic residential assets in US growth markets. Over...

Matt Faircloth joins us on the show and shares his story on building his multifamily portfolio by using private capital. Author of the book Raising Private Capital, Matt knows this technique well and shares tips and tricks on how you can leverage private capital to build your portfolio too. If you are interested in coaching or consulting, DM me on Instagram @dailyrealestateinvestor or send me an e...

Nick Troutman joins us today and we dive into the mindset required to tackle and accomplish big goals, both real estate and athletic. Nick is a professional athlete and world-class kayaker, and a heck of a guy to boot. Several good book recommendations can be found at the end, and also check out the craziest thing Nick has done involving waterfalls.