Creative Capital

Our guest for today's episode is a Russian immigrant who started from scratch. She literally knew nothing about the real estate industry, worked her way up the ladder, and is now crushing it with Mobile Home Parks and manages out-of-state investments. Ekaterina was born and raised in Moscow, Russia and immigrated to the United States 13 years ago and now lives in New York. She is a partner at M2K...

The magnificent marketing machine John Casmon is finally here with us today! John is a Multifamily real estate entrepreneur and marketing maven with extensive experience collaborating with others to deliver profitable results. He hosts the popular and growing real estate podcast, Target Market Insights, and hosts the Chicago Multifamily Club and co-created the Midwest Real Estate Networking Summit...

Have you ever thought about retiring early, traveling to places, sitting by the beach while enjoying some ice-cold tropical fruit drink, and exploring food and other cultures while you still have the energy?  These thoughts are what led Joshua to establish a company and eventually found himself in the real estate industry. A self-storage whiz, Joshua Collins shared his journey in building and main...

A Phenomenal Real Estate Investor and the Most Positive Person you'll ever meet is here with us today! Vinney "SMILE" Chopra has achieved success in a number of arenas. From marketing, motivational speaking and real estate investment. He manages four successful companies that include Moneil Investment Group, Moneil Management Group, Multifamily Academy and Youth Academy. 35 years as an Entrepreneu...

The High Level Professional Real Estate Investor Brian Burke shared his opinion about the differences of a Dealer and Sponsor with other HIGHLY important topics that he discussed in the book. Brian Burke is the President & CEO of Praxis Capital, Inc., and a Podcaster at BiggerPockets and other Multifamily Investing Podcasts. He is also a speaker and an author. He released a book last year entitled...

A unique and phenomenal story of financial wealth is shared to us today by none other than Prashant Kumar!  He is the Founder and Managing Partner of My Realty Gains. He has a strong technology and management background for the past 25 years. However, as he got closer to retirement, he realized that he wasn't making enough passive income while working full time in the tech industry. So, he got him...

You've probably heard a lot about IRA but what is it really about and how is it a great investment plan for retirement? If you are a newbie or still looking for options and different strategies about investing and if saving up for retirement interests you, definitely listen to this show! Today with us is Clay Malcolm of Advanta IRA. He is a veteran self-directed IRA custodian, educator and investo...

Have you ever experienced doing almost anything and everything by yourself, and felt overloaded that you just want to pass on the workload to others? If so, then you are not alone! Others feel that way too! Whatever job that you are consistently procrastinating, is no longer good for you, for the business, and won't help anyone in the long run. Thus, if you are looking at scaling and growing your...

There are so many people trying to enter the Multifamily sector right now and a lot of them are having trouble either closing their first deal, finding the right deals, learning to partner with people or raising money. So if you are this newbie or even an experienced individual looking for these kinds of ideas, then this episode is RIGHT FOR YOU! Brian Briscoe has phenomenal heaps of material for...

Have you been looking for ways to grow your retirement savings long term and to enjoy potential tax benefits? Look no further! Investing in an IRA will either benefit you from tax-deferred income until you take withdrawals or your investment gains accumulate tax-free and you can also withdraw it tax-free! Tune in to this episode to learn and earn tons of nuggets and mindset shifts from Bernard Rei...

Have you ever come across issues when dealing with contractors in real estate? I think it's one of those things that everyone experiences. Even regular home owners who aren't investors have this horrible interaction of shawty work, sleezy character, or just straight thievery. Well today we set out to guide you on the straight and narrow path to a successful business of properly managing contractor...

This episode was originally designed to go in the social media direction, but was destined to be about correcting your mindset. Hutch throws down some knowledge bombs really honing in on the simplicity that is your mindset. Hutch has been on his real estate investing journey for almost 20 years and it wasn't until two years ago that he steered his mindset into the direction of multifamily once he...

When investing in real estate, one of the few negatives is that you must pay taxes on everything that you buy or sell. What most people don't know, is that the government actually provides you with loopholes in order for you not to have to pay some or all of those taxes.  Today with us is Yonah Weiss, Business Director at Madison SPECS, a national Cost Segregation leader. Yonah has helped hundreds...

Have you ever lost money in an investment? Whether it be real estate, stocks, bonds, etc.? Stuart Grazier lost over $130K by giving his money to an investor he didn't know all that well and it came back to bite him. Now, after having lost $130K, most people would give up and say "its just not for me."  Stuart did the exact opposite and went full speed ahead into the business. His portfolio now con...

Have you ever thought to yourself, "What is syndication? Why does it have such a difficult barrier to entry? How can I get into it and start generating wealth?" On today's episode, we have a repeat guest, Jeremy Hans with us, teaching us how he's gone from zero to hero with over 850 units, almost 200 of which, came during COVID-19! Jeremy has become a leader in multifamily in the southeast region...

I'll be the first to say that real estate investing is not an easy journey, and it takes being surrounded by the right individuals to take you to that next step of doing your first deal and beginning to grow your financial freedom. Today, we brought on Marine Captain Maura McGraw who dives into her path from full-time W2 job into real estate, and how there are so many creative strategies to invest...

How many of you have ever found a deal and the money didn't come flooding into your lap? But how could that be? Doesn't the saying go, find the deal and the money will come? Well not quite... See, people will only invest with you if they already know, like, and trust you. The key being that there has to be a pre-existing relationship there before the deal comes along in order to gain their financi...

How many of you have ever wanted to get into multifamily real estate investing? How many of you have no idea how to do so? Stop. Don't miss this episode! Rey Reyes joins us today to discuss his journey and tells us exactly what we need to do to begin our journey into multifamily real estate.  Rey has been investing in real estate since 2005, but exclusively in multifamily since 2016. He's bought o...

I'm so pumped to be back guys, and I think we nailed it with our first guest after this hurricane! Today, we have Blake Dailey with us, and Blake has been seriously crushing it since he started his investing journey over 3 years ago. He's also only 23. That's right. 23 years old and he's investing his time & money into real estate and has over $7K/month in cashflow to show for it! What 23 year old...

To commemorate our 20th episode, I decided to give you a little more background on my experience in real estate, and how I got to where I am today. I know you probably don't want to hear me talk for 45 minutes, but I think I was able to bring up a ton of good pointers on what NOT to do when buying an investment property. It most definitely has not been an easy journey, but I have learned a TON. I...

Today, we decided to bring on a panel of guests to discuss some of the major changes taking place throughout the real estate industry & economy as a whole. We've got with us today, Lee Waldrop (Episode 9), Reggie Ross (Episode 5), & Eric Oden (Episode 8). All of which are repeat guests on the show and all of them have been crushing it, both before the pandemic, AND during it! We discuss topics lik...

Bethany & Kurt Finch join us today for our first ever multi-interview episode! They are THE definition of a power couple. Kurt went from being the groundskeeper for a multifamily property to owning thousands of units. Bethany went from corporate America to running a multimillion dollar business. They even did one deal that was a 5,000 unit multifamily portfolio. That was in just ONE deal! That doe...

How many of you have ever wanted to live the life of your dreams without the restrictions of working 9-5 and without the need to be present at your job? Travis Watts is with us today and teaches us how he went from 100 hour work weeks in the Oil and Gas Industry, to a completely passive business!  Travis has been a full time passive investor since 2009. He's invested in multifamily, single family,...

This show will not disappoint! Not only do you get high quality education, but this episode is also a comedy show! David is absolutely hilarious and we had a great time recording this one.  David joined the Marine Corps in August of 2008 and has achieved medals such as the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, and a Combat Action Ribbon! He started...

This episode is the epitome of why we do what we do as entrepreneurs. Johnny Lynum is a full time, active duty, Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He's been using his career to help fund his passion for real estate investing, so that one day he can retire from his W-2 and be a full time real estate investor. Johnny has been investing in real estate for over 5 years. He's purchased, rehabbed...