Darin Garman’s Heartland Multi-Family Show

Today on the Heartland Multifamily Show, Trot and I are talking about Defcon 3. What is it? Why do investors get to Defcon 3? How can you get out of Defcon 3, and what opportunities are there if you want to buy a property that’s at Defcon 3? Defcon 3, meaning Defense Condition 3, is a phrase that dates back to the Cold War. The Defense Condition went from Defcon 5, meaning peaceful but aware of th...

Today on the Heartland Multifamily Show, I’m talking about a not-so-secret secret to success in life. I know it may sound a little conceited, but if you want to be a winner, you’ve got to be around other winners. As Jim Rohn and many others have said, you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. On this episode, Trot and I discuss why most people don’t spend time around people...

Today on the Heartland Multifamily we are talking about Blackstone. Blackstone is one of the largest real estate holdings in the world, with a global portfolio that spans from residential rentals to hospitals, hotels, self-storage, shopping centers, and more. (Note that they are unrelated to Blackrock, another large investment firm.) Blackstone has lowered the amount they distribute money they col...

On this episode of the Heartland Multifamily Show, I am going to talk about two important things that you must understand to be a successful multifamily investor. These are two things that go hand in hand, you can’t have one without the other. I’m talking about strategy and tactics. You can’t implement your strategy if you don’t execute tactics, but you can’t execute those tactics if you don’t hav...

In this episode of the Heartland Multifamily Show, we discuss a recent article in the Wall Street Journal saying that renters have the upper hand. What this means is that tenets, not property owners, have greater leverage when it comes to finding a place to live and work, and therefore rents are declining (or at least not going up as fast). As a result of this, many investors are seeing red on the...

Today on the Heartland Multifamily Show, I’m talking about speed limits with my special guest, Trot Carey. We associate speed limits with driving. Those speed limits are there with the average or below-average driver in mind, and are imposed to mitigate risk, and avoid the worst-case scenario. That said, many people exceed the speed limits because they make a calculated risk based on the driving c...

In this episode of the Heartland Multifamily Show, I’m going to talk about why rate of return is not the most important factor in what properties you should invest in. Rate of return is important, but what’s more important is place. You need to have your property in a place that is insulated and protected from the unpredictable nature of the world. Social unrest, economic instability, and unpredic...

On this episode of the Heartland Multifamily Podcast, I’m taking a short break from talking about multifamily investment and putting on my banker’s cap to explain what’s happening right now with banks in a way that matters to you. Banks hold money, but they don’t literally have all the money in every account in one big vault. This is called a “liquidity problem” because if everyone tried to get al...

On this episode of the Heartland Multifamily Show, I will share three secrets of successful investing from Patrick Bet-David. Patrick Bet-David is a hugely successful entrepreneur. He founded the life insurance company PHP Agency, and is now transitioning his focus to mentorship and creating infotainment media with Valuetainment. Recently, I had the pleasure of joining him in a very small group of...

Do you want to get rich? Do you want to build wealth with multifamily property investing? This is the episode for you. In this episode of the Heartland Multifamily Show, I will give you the three ways you can get rich in multifamily. These are not suggestions on specific properties you should buy, or a particular area that is coming up in value, these are three attitudes you need to have, three tr...

On this episode of the Heartland Multifamily Show, I am excited to let you in on a secret that every investor should know. It’s the secret to making more money. It’s the secret to having a better life. What is it? It’s the power of proximity. The people you spend the most time with are the people you are most like. And this includes people you spend time with on the other side of a screen. The peo...

This episode of the Heartland Multifamily Show is all about interest rates. This is one of the most common questions I get. “Should I buy now?” “Should I wait until interest rates change?” “How high will interest rates go?” As a long term investor, I can tell you: They don’t matter! That's right, interest rates don’t mater. In this episode, I will explain why you should stay calm when everyone aro...

What can you do when interest rates are high? This is a question that I get asked very often and I will address it on this episode of the show. As a general rule, you should never sell in a high interest rate environment. This is because the loan payments to banks will be higher, and buyers aren't willing to pay more than they have to. So you, as the seller, have to take that extra money into cons...

Do you want to make more money when you sell your multifamily property? Of course you do! But the market is particularly perilous at the moment. Interest rates are starting to get very high, and that can mean that your selling price has to come down when your potential buyers crunch the numbers and decide what they can afford. But if you’re smart, you don’t have to follow the crowd: You can get a...

This episode of the Podcast is a complicated question with a simply answer: When should I invest in multifamily property? And the answer is: right now! Of course, I don’t mean that you should drop everything and invest this minute, I mean don’t put barriers in front of your own success. Watch this video to learn why my biggest regret is not investing earlier.

On this episode of the show, I give sound advice on what to do in uncertain and volatile times. 2023 is certain to be one of the roughest years in over a decade for investors, and if you’re not careful, you can lose your investment. This episode wil give you 5 strategies to use to make the best decisions in times like these.    Watch the video to hear these tips, which will how you how to make dec...

If you saw the last episode of The Heartland Multifamily Show, I listed three possible downsides each to commercial and multifamily property ownership. This is part two, where I list the three best upsides to investing in either commercial or multifamily property.  Commercial real estate is a long buildup, followed by steady and predictable income. Multifamily real estate is easier to get into, bu...

This is the battle episode: Commercial property or multifamily property. This episode is part 1 of 2. In this episode, I will give three negatives each about multifamily and commercial properties that will make it harder to make a profit by investing in this kind of property. The point is not to dissuade you from investing in either, but so that you can better understand what you will be dealing w...

This episode of the podcast will save you from being scammed. In this episode, I will give you three red flags to look out for when an investor who wants to partner with you is BS-ing you. There is a lot of BS in the world of investing. Many people want to make an easy buck, and an easy buck is pretty much impossible; every dollar takes hard work to earn. But a lot of bad people out there are happ...

No matter how involved you are in multi-family investing, whether you are just considering investing or are a seasoned investor with many properties, this guide will help you grow and scale your investment.    There is no shortage of books, podcasts, newsletters, and so on that show you how best to lead a team of employees. This could have been 3,000 tips. When I sit down and talk to other multifa...

This episode of Darin Garmin’s Heartland Multi-Family Show is about the R word. Not recession - REGRET! I have talked to many investors who have admitted they screwed up and have regrets about how they chose to invest their money in Multifamily properties. This episode is all about the three biggest mistakes multifamily property investors make, and how you can avoid them when you invest. Multifami...

On Episode 4 of the Heartland Multi Family Property Show, I share 3 key strategies to find the perfect multi family property. These strategies are easy, but you only will get results if you do them all, do them together, and do them consistently. The 3 strategies are: Contact the owners of properties that you like, contact real estate agents that specialize in multiple properties, and contact prop...