Commercial Real Estate Investing From A-Z

The information in this post were my notes from the Women's Real Estate Investment Summit by Beth Azor . I highly recommend attending this next year. You can read this entire episode here: bit.ly/3QbW8KF Lending Because self storage is a business, you can do an SBA loan to purchase. Make sure to go with a lender that is experienced in SBA loans in order for it to take the least amount of time. You...

How to evaluate and purchase a retail property by yourself? Where to get started? Jessica Malcomnson purchased two retail centers in the last couple of years and shares her lessons learned. You can read this entire interview here: bit.ly/3m59g6t How did you purchase your first retail center? I started out with a single family investment. I then also picked up short term rentals, office, and a ware...

What are some top advices for an investor looking at growing their portfolio and taking it to the next level? Chris Rising, co-founder and CEO of Rising Realty Partners , shares his top insights on scaling, delegating and syndications. You can read this entire interview here: bit.ly/3lmpB6z You have scaled your business to an incredible level. What are some of your top advice for an investor looki...

How to grow your retail portfolio and syndications? We will review the career of Aaron Zucker, founder and principal of Zucker Investment Group , they purchased 22 deals in the last 40 months through syndications. What does he look for when purchasing a retail property? What are some of the lessons learned so far? You can read this entire interview here: bit.ly/3w5RwO2 How did you scale so fast? L...

I’d like to share something that I started doing in 2020 that has been very useful for my real estate investment career. You can read this entire episode here: https://bit.ly/3se26jQ It's a very simple thing that I developed that has been very beneficial for me. It’s what I call the “Word of the Year”. It started in 2020 when I decided that that year I would focus on diversifying my investments be...

Are funds more beneficial than syndications for the investors? Are they better for the sponsors? How to approach investors when you have a deal? How to find a great partner in the industry? Brian Spear, Principal at Sunrise Capital shares his experience. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3vjvOGa Why do you recommend people creating a fund instead of syndications to be begin w...

How to invest in parking lots? What are the benefits and drawbacks of parking lot investing? How do you even go about learning about this new asset class? Are there lenders in this industry? Brian Spear, Principal at Sunrise Capital, shares what he has learned over the years. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3rFaXuJ What are the pros and cons of owning a parking lot? Startin...

How to raise a $16M syndication in one day? What are the major things they wish they knew earlier in their careers? Mark Shuler and Josh Welch, founders of SGRE Investments and Three Pillars Capital share how they got there in their real estate syndication career. You can read this entire episode here: https://bit.ly/3Ec87SX How were you able to raise $16 million in one day? How did you arrive at...

Why should you invest in the metaverse? Which metaverses should you invest in today? Is Decentraland more democratic and Meta a socialist metaverse? How should you start educating yourself? Dave Carr, head of Business Development at  Parcel , who also previously worked at Decentraland, one of the most popular metaverses, shares his knowledge. What would you invest in today? I love the idea of...

What is the metaverse in very basic terms? Why should someone invest in land in the metaverse? Can you be a developer in the metaverse? How to monetize it? Dave Carr, head of Business Development at Parcel, who also previously worked at Decentraland, one of the most popular metaverses, shares his knowledge. What is the metaverse, from someone that would not even know it is to begin with? The Metav...

Imagine building a $100M real estate company, losing it all, and then going to jail on top of it? That's what happened with Mike Morawski, he was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, charged on wire and mail fraud after transferring funds from one syndication to another without notifying his investors. He discusses his top 5 lessons learned. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit...

How to deal with the worst possible outcome when it comes to real estate investing? Mike Morawski has dealt with the ultimate challenge, he was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison, charged on wire and mail fraud after transferring funds from one syndication to another without notifying his investors. He explains how he has overcome this life changing moment. You can read this entire interview...

Where can you find commercial real estate deals in today's market? I will give you several ideas of how to find deals both online and offline. It's not magic, it's just work! You can read this entire episode here: https://bit.ly/3LUm0bH Websites Loopnet.com is a good place to start looking for commercial properties, but the most popular and more modern website is called crexi.com . Some brokers po...

What are the top 3 ideas on how to make the transition from residential to commercial real estate investing? Amy Johnson, commercial real estate investor and principal at Y Street Capital shares her knowledge after being in residential for six years and moving to a successful career in the commercial space. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3rFwFPs How did you make the move f...

What steps should you take to be able to quit your job and become a full time real estate investor? Bronson Hill, a syndicator and investor at Bronson Equity , who not only raised $15 million for his deals, but also just quit his job shares his path with us. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3olStO6 I had zero properties when I quit, but you did the right thing and you had re...

I'm going to be covering a topic request from one of our listeners "What happened when I landed in this country at 18 and how did I get to where I am today, 21 years later?"  As you may know, I am originally from Brazil, and was very blessed to come here at 18. I landed in Silicon Valley and I still remember the first outing with my mom, she was explaining to me what the sign "Now Hiring" mea...

Join our 2022 goals calls here! Email us at admin@montecarlorei.com / Venmo @steffbold / or www.paypal.me/regoals What are some things you need to keep in mind when leasing your property? Why should you put your prospective tenant's hat on? What are vacancy rates looking like today? Raphael Collazo, a retail real estate agent, shares his insights. You can read this entire interview here: http...

Join our 2022 goals calls here! Email us at admin@montecarlorei.com / Venmo @steffbold / or www.paypal.me/regoals What questions should you ask a General Contractor (GC) when looking to hire one to build a property for you, renovate or expand it? How to even find general contractors for your projects? How should you pay them? Jeff Walston from Premise Construction will share his experience with us...

Is location, location, location important in the metaverse? How can we develop properties in that world? What makes real estate valuable in the metaverse? How can you monetize it? You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/33IcF5a Let's say Facebook decides to create their own universe, how are these pieces of land going to merge together? Or not? How will that work? What if one plane...

What is the metaverse? Should you buy real estate in the metaverse? What does that even mean? What are some ways to monetize your property? Our metaverse expert will be enlightening us on what this is all about, and why it is important to at least start learning about it, and why it could be the next big thing in real estate. You can read this entire episode here: https://bit.ly/3E1p4xJ What does...

What are some asset classes that I think could potentially be very successful in the next decade with regards to real estate investing? You can read this entire episode here: https://bit.ly/3Ibdpj2 I have recently been pondering about all of the missed opportunities that came right in front of my face a decade ago. Things like investing in Google and Facebook, I actually met the founder of Coinbas...

Today we will review a real property example from a real potential buyer who wants to get into commercial real estate investing and prefers a NNN leased property. Are these investments worth it at a 5% Cap rate? Let's find out. Tell us a little bit about you. I'm in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex area in Texas, it's a very rapidly growing area in the suburbs and since there aren't many opportunit...

After working in the industry for 30 years, and managing 5M square feet of assets worth $1.5B, what are the best pieces of advice out there? Chris Rising, co-founder of Rising Realty Partners, will share his extensive list of lessons learned. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3qs9CY8 What are some of the scariest things besides COVID that you have dealt with? And how did you...

How to manage a huge economic hit on your main asset class? How to buy and add value to properties today? Christopher Rising, co-founder of Rising Realty Partners, shares his expertise with us. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3GMTaaF How did you deal with 1.5 yrs of lockdown (so far) when your main asset class is office in the Los Angeles area? What did we do from day one w...

How should you raise capital for your first real estate deal? What is the lifetime value of your investors? Should you get investment commitments or a deal first? Dave Dubeau has been investing in real estate since 2003 and shares his insights. You can read this entire episode here: https://bit.ly/3jKirbM Let's say we're ready to do a first raise. I have a list I have relationships, people know wh...