In The Lab with Ruben Kanya

GUEST BIO After graduating from college having studied real estate and finance, AJ expanded beyond the theory and learned his majority of real estate by acting on the knowledge he had built majorly from biggerpockets. He bought his first quad in Dallas Texas and today  his portfolio today has grown to over 180 plus units. AJ’s portfolio is mainly compiled of residential real estate which we l...

GUEST BIO Steve Pollack is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Anchor Loans, the nation’s premiere fix and flip lender providing more than $7.7 billion of capital to investors. Steve’s core values stem from building relationships bigger than lending; their goal is to build long term partnerships and they’ve done just that. Over 85% of their customers are repeat borrowers because of their...

GUEST BIO Will Roundtree has established himself as a staple in the real-estate investment sector. As the Founder and top-grossing Principal at WE Management, Roundtree has helped over 1500 small to medium sized businesses get access to over 300 million dollars in funding during a two year period. Will is also a published author  and is notably known for helping his community better their cre...

GUEST BIO Christopher " Chris" Salerno joins us in the lab as a multifamily investor, founder of QC capital and the host of the “Mindful Multi-family Podcast.” Chris steps into the lab with a unique background in sales and operations as a top selling agent based out of the Charlotte market, where he transacted more than $40 million in real Estate volume and helped the #1 real estate team in the Ca...

In this episode I sit in the lab and reflect on lessons from 2019 being carried over into 2020. There are five pillars that have shaped up and come to light starting back in 2017. This past year was only a continuation of solidifying pillar 2&3 in the lab. Have a listen to see my elaborated thoughts on each and how I plan on working on pillar 4 and 5 with you all. Thank you experiment nation. Pill...

GUEST BIO: Principal and Managing Partner. Jamie is responsible for sourcing deals, ensuring asset performance and overseeing its management. Jamie is an experienced real estate investor and insurance executive currently residing in southeastern Michigan. A native of New York and former resident of Boston, Jamie has invested in both states and currently owns five units in New York State. He has ex...

GUEST BIO: Antoine Martel steps into the lab today with lots of entrepreneurial experience which he started at a young age. From drop shipping products, to creating an app in his early stages, Antoine has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to opportunity. Antoine got started in real estate while finishing his degree in entrepreneurship and had clarity on the vision since then that he set...

GUEST BIO: Evan the founder and host of the Monumental Podcast steps into the lab with us and this time he isn’t stepping into the lab as a former pre-med student but rather as an investor and developer.  In this episode he’ll uncover the blueprint he uses to identify opportunities and the different types of investment strategies you could experience as an investment partner. Let’s Build! THE...

Vinney Chopra a.k.a “Vinney (Smile) Chopra” or “Mr. Smile” is a successful MultiFamily Syndication Expert. He is also a professional Fundraising Consultant and Motivational Speaker for over 35 years. Just knowing his background will surely give us motivation to follow his footsteps.  Please join us today as we welcome Vinny in the lab for a deep dive into his remarkable journey as he tackles...

GUEST BIO Tosin steps into the lab today as a true practitioner that has always surrounded himself with key partners and mentors that have aloud him to get a lead in all the business ventures he’s had a chance to be a part of at a young age of 34. This then later lead to a strategic partnership as he sits on the advisory board of the well known Tulsa Real Estate Fund. As the host of the daily...

Rod steps in the lab and dives directly into the core elements of what makes any individual succeed in whatever it is they are pursuing. The core elements of mindset and psychology. Rod has built over 23 businesses in his 40 year business career and is a passionate real estate investor who has personally owned and managed over 2000 properties. With that came ups and downs as he talks about losing...

Dan Wynn  joins us in the lab as an active duty army officer and real estate investor that buys and holds real estate utilizing the BRRR strategy to grow his real estate portfolio while leveraging VA loans. Dan is also the Host of the Financial Freedom Journal where he is actively preaching the importance of the building financial freedom to spend quality time with his family while building g...

In this episode - I cover a recent experience I encountered when evaluating a multifamily apartment deal and consulting a client in my agency. Part II coming soon on the answer to the question I should have asked. The good thing is having my partner broker on the process gave me the insight to raise that question. In what components of your business do you need insight on asking the right question...

In this episode I compile some thoughts that commingle when you consume as much personal development content as I do, let alone consume it and apply it! Here’s how all the pieces came together from Christian Kondo’s daily quote to “WillPower doesn’t work” by Benjamin Hardy to Rod Khleif’s recent appearance on my podcast episode to Gary Keller’s best seller “The One Thing”. The amount of collective...

In this episode I discuss the importance of knowing your command + down arrow button in your business and in goals. I was journaling and realized I needed to google this question around finding an efficient way to get to the bottom of a long journal Vi google docs. The amount of time I was able to save was significant. The crazy part is that this is a process that I will continue to use for the re...

In this episode we piggie back Tillman Fertitta’s recent book topic of shutting up and listening.... Tillman is a Houston native, business mogul recognized as a world leader in dining, hospitality and entertainment. He is knows as the “riches restauranteur in the world” and is the very well known sole owner of the NBA’s Houston Rockets. In the episode we discuss the importance of getting in the ha...

In this episode I get into the conversation of the importance for all of us to implement systems that can be repeated by anybody in our business and in our lives. Inspired by the E Myth by Micheal Gerber ch. 9 working ON your business and not IN it. and ch. 10 The business development process. These are things I am taking into my personal endeavors today from deal evaluation to growing my agency....

While being the aggregator or information and implementing these principles from the greats just like you...I combined a 3 Golden nugget methods that I guarantee would make a difference in your personal life - including mine. The question is will you try it? And that’s besides the point, how long will it last? Unfortunately for most of us ...the answer is “not long enough” ....I always wonder why...

🧪In this episode I reflect on the importance of knowing Your Compass in your life and business. What are you optimizing for? It is important that you know ...because if you don’t a client or individual with their own Compass may steer you in their direction. The sooner you identify where you are going the least likely you are to get pulled in other people’s directions. This is important because w...

In this episode I talk about the 121 exclusion which a partner of mine told me about that I didn’t know about in addition to the well known 1031 exchange. If you live in the unit and decide to sell it after 2 years but in less than 5 years, the 121 exclusion allows you to not pay on the capital gains accumulated if it’s less than 250K I’m gains...fascinating. I also cover my he importance of knowi...

In the second to last previous episode - we talked about the 1% better everyday effect - shout out to Christian Kondo @dj_Kondo in addition to the compound effect, tracking small habits that make an incremental difference in the habit itself with the addition of the domino effect. In this episode we talk about tying that new small habit to something you are already doing. Notable quote: “The diffe...

🧪In this episode we talk about the importance of presenting offers in bunches in order to justify and better position the initial offer as it is or simply give contrast and justification amongst the bunch. It is no wonder why the majority of business will offer options in small, medium or extra large; beginner, novice, expert or the way giving two options on a contract gives you the upper leg . P...

Guys I’m back! I’m back for good - I will be releasing new episodes Wednesdays Fridays and Sundays CONSISTENTLY. Many of you have come across this podcast awhile back and as mentioned in this episode I’ve broken one of the key fundamentals of the compound effect. Consistency. Why is it that when something works as human creatures we often have a tendency to stop doing it? What if you were to insti...

In this episode - I reflect on the importance of speed, taking action versus deliberations. I also speak on Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports which everyone should get their hands on if truly interested in knowing what’s going on behind statistics in their market of choice.

In this episode I talk about the importance of setting up systems not only in your business but also in your life that will help you propel forward to success.