Commercial Real Estate Investing From A-Z

What should you look for in an industrial property that you are looking at buying? What are some of the strategies to make deals a win win for the buyer as well as the seller? Darren Smith, Principal of Solid Growth Properties LLC will share his industrial investing insights. You can read this entire episode here: https://bit.ly/30jr5Hb What do you look for in a property that you decide to buy? I'...

What is the state of industrial investing today? What are some techniques you can use to buy industrial properties? Darren Smith, Principal of Solid Growth Properties shares his tips. You can read this entire episode here: https://bit.ly/3FrseNd Why did you decide to focus on industrial? What is the state of that asset class today? Like most investors out there, I started in the single family and...

What are the tax benefits of investing in real estate? Ted Lanzaro, CPA and real estate investor shares his knowledge around tax planning while investing in real estate. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/2Wg8nyy What are some of the benefits of investing in real estate from a tax perspective? The biggest tax benefit of investing in real estate is that you can make net income...

Are short term rentals a good asset class to invest in? Tim Hubbard will share all the knowledge he has acquired over the last 10 years investing in real estate, and managing thousands of bookings online since then. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3kcZ8bC What are some of the benefits of investing in short term rentals? There are quite a lot and there are some that I just r...

Sometimes you come across a property that has good potential, that you can add a lot of value, but it’s not a couple of hours away, it’s couple of flights away. I believe that today, with technology, we all can manage and operate properties remotely and I’ll be sharing with you what I have done to make things easier. You can read this entire episode here: https://bit.ly/3n6mOQL Install Nest camera...

What are NNN leases, what are the benefits, and what's the best way to find national tenants? Adam Carswell answers all of those questions, he has been working on NNN leases for over five years and shares his insights. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/2XGgCV5 What are Net leases? Net lease or NNN lease to put it simply, there's no toilets, no taxes, and no termites. I find i...

It is 100% possible to purchase commercial real estate with no money down, Cody Davis , a 21-Year-Old shares how he already purchased 30 units with no money of his own, with seller financing, following up, and asking for it. Read the entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3iEbGIr How much money did you use to buy your properties? I had no money of my own in the deals and I had to come up with money...

What are some good numbers to syndicate? Do you need experience? How would you go about it? We are answering questions from one of our podcast listeners about syndications and Billy Keels , a long distance real estate syndicator and investor, who syndicates US properties from Barcelona, Spain answers her questions. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3ynC4vo When it comes to th...

What should you include in your pro-forma when doing a real estate development? Renat Yusufov, Managing Partner at  Bullpen  shares his detailed pro-forma, how should you think about it, and why. He also shares his top asset classes and markets to be in. Watch this deep dive here: https://bit.ly/3y9SHuk Watch Part 1 here: https://bit.ly/3xWrZ8p Read this entire interview here: https://bi...

What should you include in your pro-forma when calculating all of the details of a real estate deal? We deep dive into a pro forma for an office development. Renat Yusufov, Managing Partner at Bullpen reviews every item, how should you think about it, and why. Watch the youtube deep dive here: https://bit.ly/3k6Wp3Y Watch Part 2 here: https://bit.ly/3y9SHuk Read this interview here:  www.bit....

What did I learn at the Real Estate Guys Summit on Sand event this year? A whole lot, and I'm sharing all of it with you today. You should read this entire episode here: https://bit.ly/3qEBczv Real estate strategies: Donate land to the city to build stadium, and you will still own all the land around the stadium. Buy two properties that are next to each other so you can combine operations and expe...

Gen Z is anyone born between 1997 and 2015, they are now getting into the workforce and were the generation that was born with a phone in their hands. How are they shopping? How are they interacting? We have a discussion with four Gen Z'ers that live in different parts of the country to find out. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3qktjiy Where are you guys shopping today? D:...

What is happening with the car wash and self storage investments? This is an update on the portfolio of properties that we purchased about seven months ago. You can read this entire episode here: https://bit.ly/34J3Llm The first 2 months: Within nine days of closing, one of the roofs caved in one of the car washes because of snow. Thank God for insurance, Nationwide in this case, was phenomenal, i...

What are some of the best practices for raising funds? How to go about finding a partner? AdaPia d’Errico, principal and VP of strategy at Alpha Investing , shares her experience with us. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3fiThiB What are some of your best practices for raising funds? The best practice is going to be to be a genuine person, I often use the word authentic. Eve...

Why is senior assisted living an interesting asset class? What makes for a good operator? What are the challenges in this space? AdaPia d'Errico, principal and VP of strategy at Alpha Investing , shares her insights. You can read this entire interview here:  https://bit.ly/3vZkDjq As the firm that is fundraising and looking for an operator and a really good property. What do you look for in t...

With so many people interested in buying or building self storage facilities, how do you find one, and add value to a facility? How do you differentiate from the competition? Clair Hoover, an experienced operator with over 20 years managing self storage facilities shares some golden tips. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3vv9eYq The cap rates are very compressed for self sto...

How to add value to industrial investing, an asset class full of competition? What were some of the major lessons learned getting into the industrial asset class? Monick Halm, founder of Real Estate Investor Goddesses will be sharing her insights. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/32GC1N0 What are some value add strategies in industrial? There's a niche in industrial that we...

What does it take from having a negative net worth to retiring within 4 years through real estate investing? Michael Manthei shares his journey, along with some of the top advices he would give us today, and some of the biggest challenges that he encountered throughout that journey. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/2Qr3waJ What are a couple of advices that you would want peo...

What is going on in the single tenant retail space? What are the top things you should negotiate in retail leases? We cover a lot of ground in the retail space with Randy Blankstein, President of the Net Lease Advisory firm The Boulder Group. You can read this interview here: https://bit.ly/3lPrrw5 What is the difference between N, NN and NNN leases? In single net properties, which we typically do...

What are companies looking for right now? Benjamin Osgood will share insights coming directly from office tenants. He has brokered over $250M in real estate transactions and is the founder of Recreate Commercial . You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/30DLrrv What will office look like in the near future? We've learned from COVID that we all don't necessarily need an office for w...

What's happening in the medical office space and why is it a good asset class to invest in? We are getting insights from Catherine House, National Healthcare Chair for the firm SVN. She is responsible for coordinating healthcare related commercial real estate activities in medical and dental office buildings. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3c47Vau Why is the medical office...

What is happening in the office space in large cities like San Francisco? What has happened in the last year? What is happening right now? Will we ever see any deals? Reuben Torenberg, vice president at CBRE, will share his insights. You can read this interview here: https://bit.ly/2MgPK8T I've been dying to speak with someone in the office space that is focused in large cities like San Francisco,...

What are the major issues that can arise on a title commitment? We talk with Mindi McLain, attorney and co-owner of Wright Law. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3rPVNjT Tell us some of the biggest issues that you have found in a title report before. I have had some big messes, I don't even know how to describe how messed up a property can be. Deals that are too good to be tr...

What is a title commitment? What is a survey? What should you watch out for in a title commitment? We talk with Mindi McLain, attorney and co-owner of Wright Law. You can read this entire interview here:  https://bit.ly/3jdLsLz What is a title report? What is a survey? And what does it do for you when you're purchasing a property? Title work means you're looking back in the records, so that w...

Closing on a property the same day that the president declares a national emergency? Our friend Loe Hornbuckle checked that off on his real estate investing career last year. How did him and his team solve the problem that was about to arise? You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/2Mx2xUw You closed on a property when COVID hit. This can be something that can happen at any point i...