How Did They Do It? Real Estate

Adam Levine started his career influenced by his father who has been investing in Real Estate for over 20 years. Adam holds a Master of Science in Property Management from Drexel University. In 2012, Adam created Levine Capital Management LLC with the goal of managing his family capital investing with high-quality, experienced sponsors to generate superior risk-adjusted returns helping to preserve...

Rodney Thompson has been working in IT for 36 years and management fore the last 20 years.  He started out investing in single-family homes and now has transitioned to investing in commercial real estate. He is also the founder of Solaris Capital Management.  Starting out investing in single-family homes, Rodney quickly discovered that scaling the single-family business model had its challenges. C...

Lee Yoder was practicing as a physical therapist when he realized his true passion was building his own business and investing in real estate. He has taken this passion and considerable action to quickly build a portfolio with several small apartment buildings. Lee is the founder and visionary behind Threefold Real Estate Investing, and he’s committed to forging a path that will generate incredibl...

Arn Cenedella is the founder of Spark Investment Group, helping people leverage passive real estate investments to grow their wealth, simplify their portfolios, and create the lives they’ve always wanted to live.  He has over 40 years of experience as a real-estate broker and investor and is currently helping investors transition into passive multifamily syndications. Connect with Arn: Linkedin:  ...

James Kandasamy is the Principal – Director of Acquisition and Investor Relations at Achieve Investment Group.  He has over 5 years of experience in real estate with more than 3 years in multifamily acquisitions and asset management.  Today, James controls 1,700 multifamily apartment units valued at over $130M.  He is also the author of Passive Investing in Commercial Real Estate: Insider Secrets...

Devin Elder is Founder & CEO of DJE Texas Management Group, a vertically integrated multifamily investment firm based in San Antonio, Texas. Since 2012, the firm has completed hundreds of successful investment projects including several full cycle multifamily investments. Devin is a Principal in over 2,000 doors of multifamily. Connect with Devin: website: https://djetexas.com/

Kyle Mitchell is a real estate entrepreneur who has a focus on Multifamily Syndication and currently has $17MM AUM. He is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of APT Capital Group, their mission is to positively impact the lives of their investors and the communities in which they invest through the highest level of transparency and fiduciary responsibility. Kyle is also the co-host of the weekly r...

Chris Pomerleau and Collin Schwartz are both co-founders of Park Ave Capital, where they manage over $46M in real estate assets and 700 apartment units throughout the Midwest.   Chris is the Director of Investment Strategy, where he oversees the acquisitions of assets and business development activities as well as the overall investment strategies.  He is also an attorney and mediator at Nebraska...

Dr. Erin Hudson is chiropractor who began her real estate journey acquiring rental properties and transacted over 230 acquisitions and dispositions.  Today, she is the managing partner for 242 multifamily units and a 30-unit commercial retail.  Dr. Hudson is also a partner at Quattro Capital and a proud mom of 5. Connect with Dr. Hudson: Website - https://www.thequattroway.com/

Hunter Thompson   is a full-time real estate investor and founder of Asym Capital, a private equity firm based out of Los Angeles, CA. Since founding Asym Capital, he has raised more than $35 million and directed the purchase of more than $90 million of commercial real estate across a variety of asset classes.  He is the author of Raising Capital for Real Estate: How to Establish Credibility, Attr...

Whitney Sewell is the founder and CEO of Life Bridge Capital, where he helps investors secure financial security through multifamily syndications.  He currently manages a portfolio of over 600 units, valued at nearly $100M.  Whitney is also the host of the popular daily podcast, The Real Estate Syndication Show, where he has now interviewed over 750 experts in the syndication business.   Whitney a...

Jacob Blackett began his real estate career in 2010, starting with fix and flips to buying and holding single family homes to multifamily syndications.  Since then, Jacob founded Holdfolio in 2014 and SyndicationPro in 2018.  Today, he manages over 1,200 multifamily units and has placed over $40M into income producing real estate. Connect with Jacob:   syndicationpro.com holdfolio.com

Bronson Hill is a real estate investor who bought his first rental house in 2006 and now owns over 800 units.  Bronson is the founder and CEO of Bronson Equity and has raised over $15M for real estate investment.  He is a general partner in over $60M worth of real estate around the US.  Bronson is an authority on apartment investing and is continually putting out new content to help educate invest...

Hi Everyone!  We wanted to give a quick update with our podcast structure going forward.  When Seyla and I first started this podcast, we had planned to release an episode daily for the first 30 days and then switch over to releasing an episode once a week.  However, we have received so much great feedback and have had such wonderful guests, that we’ve decided to continue releasing a daily episode...

Tim Bratz is the Founder & CEO of Legacy Wealth Holdings who started his career working as a broker leasing ground floor units.  In 2008, after the real estate bubble burst, Tim used a credit card to purchase his first property and turned a profit, using those proceeds and reinvested them.  Today, Tim’s company controls a portfolio of over 4,180 rental units and the Legacy Wealth Fund for accr...

KeepMore.com is the online home of Holly Williams, The Hidden Investing Expert. Holly has special expertise in multifamily syndications, private lending, and active real estate investing, and shares her knowledge and access so that others can Keep More of all that is good. Holly is committed to improving the financial literacy of all Americans, and is the author of Hidden Investing, What the Wealt...

Sean McKay is the Senior Vice President of American IRA. He received his B.A. Degree in Economics from the University of South Florida and has been investing in real estate for the last 15 years.  Sean enjoys using his education and experience to teach investors how to optimize their resources with tools such as their retirement account. Sean resides in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife, Hea...

Dr. Brian Evans is a practicing periodontist in Connecticut who received his Bachelor of Science with honors from Lyon College and his Doctorate of Dental Surgery from Louisiana State University School of Dentistry.  He also served on active duty with the United States Navy as a staff periodontist in Norfolk, Virginia.   Dr. Evans is the author of the book: “Everything You Need to Know About Denta...

John Fortes is the co-founder of Community First Investment Group where they acquired over 100 units.  He is also the founder of The Fortes Company where he has helped families invest in over $70M in multifamily apartments to secure financial security through real estate passive opportunities in multifamily syndications.  Additionally, he is the host of The Passive Investor podcast. Connect with J...

Russ Scheider has been flipping houses part-time for 20 years and full-time for the past 7 years. He uses fix-and-flip and wholesale strategies.  Russ has flipped over 75 houses in Charleston and Columbia, and also runs a thriving wholesale business.  Russ is also the co-founder of Clear Vision Coaching where he and his team provide Real Estate Investment education, coaching, inspiration, and mind...

William Walker serves as the Managing Partner at 4M Capital Real Estate Investment.  He is a CPA in the state of TN and registered appraiser in GA. He has diverse experience in portfolio and single-asset valuation, transaction due diligence, valuation review, quality of earnings analysis, construction, and property management. Previously he worked for Ernst & Young as a consultant in their Tra...

Monick is a real estate investor, syndicator, and developer with over 14 years of real estate investing experience in multi-family, mobile home parks, RV parks, flipping, commercial, vacation rentals, syndication, and ground-up development. Together with her husband Peter Halm, and her investors, she owns over 1300 rental units across 6 states.   Monick is the founder of Real Estate Investor Godde...

Thomas Black, MD, is co-founder and managing partner of Napali Capital, author of “The Passive Income Physician: Surviving a Career Crisis by Expanding Net Worth,” and a board-certified emergency medicine physician. He began his career in real estate overseeing residential mortgage loans at Wells Fargo Financial as an undergraduate. Following graduation from medical school, he began investing in r...

Maurice Philogene is a retired Lt. Colonel and Federal Agent, a current 23-year Senior Executive at a Global Management Consulting firm and a founding member of Quattro Capital, an investment firm focused on residential multi-family real estate. By the age of 30, he built a portfolio of 35 single family homes achieving financial freedom via passive income, and in 2015 switched over to multi-family...

John Azar is the Founder and Managing Partner of Peak 15 Capital, a capital advisory firm servicing commercial real estate operators and sponsors in identifying, sourcing & securing their capital stack. John is also an Executive Vice President and Managing Member of MACC Venture Partners where he directs acquisitions, strategic development, capital management and growth. He also oversees alter...