How Did They Do It? Real Estate

Today, we’ve got one of the most empowered women in the real estate investing business, Liz Faircloth. In this incredible conversation with Liz, we’ll cover how they kept growing in the industry despite her challenges when they started, her valuable advice for investors looking to scale their portfolio, and her mission to support more women in creating their success in the complex nature of invest...

In this episode, Melvin Landry joins us to share his wins and losses in the early years of his investing career, his property financing methods, and how shifting his mindset helped him diversify his portfolio into larger investments. Regardless of your investment market and asset class, this conversation will show you what taking action and education could bring to your journey! Key Points & R...

We’re back for another week of sharing knowledge about real estate investing! Josh Kristoff will kick off this week with his expertise in the hospitality space, vacation rental property management, the long-term benefits of short-term rentals, and building partnerships. Learn more from this episode and stay on supporting the show! Key Points & Relevant Topics Josh’s background in the US Navy a...

What gives people enough reason to leave a lucrative job for real estate investing? Let’s hear it from Alvin Scioneaux, Jr., joining us today to talk about a huge step he had to take to start living life on his terms. This episode delivers so much value about nurturing a growth mindset, overcoming what holds people back from investing in real estate, and top-tier advice from Alvin on how to succee...

Be inspired to achieve your goals through real estate with our guest today, CJ Calio. He converses about the realizations that shifted his life path into real estate investing, the strategies he had to utilize to expand his portfolio faster, and his unique approaches to raising capital and leveraging other people’s money. Acquire tons of value from CJ’s wisdom, investment philosophy, mindset, and...

From being a full-time police officer to an investor, Joseph Cornwell shares his journey of achieving financial stability starting from rehabbing one single-family property. This episode covers performing value add to an investment property, valuable ideas when hiring a contractor, buying and holding properties, and the ideal partner that will help you scale and grow in real estate. Key Points &am...

Today, we’ve invited Lindsay Lovell, a coach, speaker, real estate investor, co-founder, and CEO of 3 businesses. Owning 36 doors after 18 months, she’ll prove that quick growth is possible in short-term and long-term property rentals with proper guidance and strategies. Now, she joins the show to share how she achieved all her success in the investing space, diversification approaches, and ways f...

In this episode with Sonya Rocvil, our conversation focuses more on the property management side of the business. As an accountant, she discusses how she leveraged her skills to succeed as a new investor, her steps to educate herself, and her expertise in managing multifamily apartment investments. Sonya also covers effective strategies for managing tenant issues, multiple properties, and building...

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With his nearly two decades of career in real estate, Evan Polaski joins the show to enlighten us about the pitfalls that he observed with operators and syndicators, his expertise as a limited partner in evaluating a good deal, and his sentiments on what the future of the real estate looks like. So, regardless of your role in the real estate investing business, there’s a ton to take advantage of f...

Delve into this episode as we feature Cole Farrell, an apartment investor who started young while in college, with his motivating story on how a mentor’s approach has led to his success today. Cole talks about his quick scalability from duplex to multifamily apartments, the value of being intentional as a young investor, capital raising tips, and insights on the current state of the market and int...

Joining us today is a fantastic couple with a remarkable journey in real estate investing, Bryant and Tammy Dawson. We’ll delve deeper into their teamwork and how they lifted each other to grow their portfolio. Bryant and Tammy share their unique approaches to making fix and flip profitable, the power of self-education, renovation and construction strategies, and managing a large portfolio.  Key P...

After over two years since his first guesting on the show, Stewart Heath is back to share the growth in his investments and more strategies to help you thrive despite the market’s volatility and dynamics. Stewart talks about how he started taking advantage of office spaces and buildings when the world was shut down by the global crisis and investing in multiple types of real estate investments as...

We’re excited to have Randy Langenderfer back on the show for the changes in his investment thesis, his continuous success and growth amidst the dynamic market cycle, and some of his strategies to keep diversifying his portfolio. Today, Randy shares his criteria for choosing a good deal as a limited partner, the steps he’s taking to mitigate the risks of being a general partner, and the asset clas...

This inspirational episode features Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil, a former NFL player and professional athlete turned commercial and affordable housing investor.  Yannik focuses on the truth about the life of an athlete, what fueled his desire to enter the real estate investing business, and his current mission to support local communities and investors through his affordable housing projects. Learn more...

Whether you’re a first-time homebuyer, a seasoned investor, or someone planning to start investing in real estate, Sam Sharp joins the show to give us the latest trends about the mortgage industry, interest rates, and the housing market. In this conversation, Sam underlines his remarkable success in the lending business, his expertise in providing a win-win solution for Guaranteed Rate and its cli...

In today’s episode, Levi Allen connects with us to share how he got into multifamily despite being part of a family that owns farmland, his investing skills that contributed to his quick growth as an investor, and valuable advice for aspiring and seasoned investors navigating the current market conditions. Furthermore, Levi shares his perspectives on the impact of lower interest rates and emphasiz...

Today, we’re bringing a phenomenal guest who shares the worth of investing in education as a fundamental point of your success in real estate! Brad Sumrok tells us how he discovered real estate investing, the massive impact of mentorships on his journey as a beginner in the business, and why you shouldn’t let the fear of investing in yourself block you from achieving the life you wanted. We’ve pre...

Whether you’re someone living outside the US dreaming of achieving the American dream through real estate or just wanting to valuate your asset competitively, we’ve invited an appraisal expert, Mark MJ Jackson. In this episode, Mark presents the valuation system he created and its value for international investors, his proficiency and skills as an appraiser, and his continuous goal to serve people...

With so many investors seeing the profitability of investing in short-term and long-term rental properties, how can you differentiate yourself from its tight competition? Let’s hear Kirby Atwell’s unique strategies for building a high-cash-flow rental business! Our episode with Kirby highlights the advantages of short-term rentals over fix and flips, the strength of the short-term rental space in...

What mindset does it take to get back on your feet from your investing failures? Today, Mike Ealy joins us to tell his story of massive success to sudden downfall, how he won his life back, and now making millions from his investments. We also talk about why he’s diversifying his portfolio from apartments to hotels, his expert insights on the current state of the market, and the one thing that mad...

Learn how to expand your portfolio away from traditional investments by listening to our guest today, Paul Shannon. In this episode, he walks us through his journey of getting out of the corporate world through real estate investing, how they keep growing from single-family to multifamily, and his focus now on raising capital and delivering exceptional returns to investors across various asset cla...

If you’re a multifamily operator searching for ways to fund your deals, grow your portfolio, and provide more stabilized income to your investors, Mark Purtell and Preston Hartsell join the show to present CTC Capital Management and its real estate fund model. Dive in to learn the value of good communication between operators and fund managers, the advantage of focusing on multifamily deals in tod...

Today, we’re featuring an uplifting episode about investment success and overcoming life’s most difficult times. Matt Drouin shares the challenges he faced in his 20s, how his mindset helped him with his decisions, and eventually reached his goals through his investment strategies. Don’t miss this motivating conversation to prosper in the commercial and development space!  Key Points & Relevan...

Are you ready to gain more skills in the development side of real estate? Then, be all ears to this episode with Dusten Hendrickson, presenting us with his incredible success in remodeling and developing single-family and multifamily properties. Dusten highlights how he’d begun by building duplex and residential units to scaling bigger into multifamily syndications, financing strategies for ground...