Jake & Gino: Real Estate Investing & Multifamily

    Dave has been President and CEO of PPR a mortgage advisory and fund management business since 2007. He comes with 30 years of real estate experience both residential and commercial that includes being a licensed realtor, real estate investor, and fundraiser. He speaks with us about the note business, his beginnings and looking to the future.   Dave's Book:  >https://www.amazon.com/Real-Estate-...

  Lucas is the founder of Landlordology , Chief Landlordologist and head of industry relations at  Cozy . He has been a successful landlord for over 10 years, with dozens of happy tenants and a profitable income property portfolio. He’s an experienced landlord, real estate investor, national speaker, husband, father, and  puppy-daddy .   He speaks with Gino and Josh about Landlordology, Cozy.co ,...

  Omar is responsible for capital raising, strategic planning and investor relations at Boardwalk Wealth a private equity firm specializing in connecting International investors with US-based multifamily real estate opportunities.   He has participated in capital financing and M&A transactions valued at $3.7 billion. He is a CFA Charterholder and graduated with honors from the University of Toront...

American Sensei. Yokido Founder. 5th Degree Black Belt. Financial Mentor to Transformation Nation. Best selling author in personal finance. Rewriting the rules and plan for retirement.   Gino and Josh talk with Damion about giving up his formal education, QRP over self-directed IRAs and UDFI’s   Top 10   -Books -Lessons -QRP -UDFI -Letting go of tension -Life coaching -Focusing on that one thing -...

  Building a Real Estate Business with Brie Schmidt     Brie started in corporate sales in 2005, she acquired her first investment property in 2011. She left the steady paycheck world in 2014. In this podcast, Gino and Josh ask Brie about that transition, how she built her investment portfolio, her business and her plans for the future.   Brie is the Co-Founder at The Midwest Real Estate Networkin...

A former tech man from Silicon Valley, J Scott and his wife moved to Atlanta to start a new chapter. In 2008 they started flipping houses. In 2016 they moved to multifamily and never looked back. Creator of the popular website 123flip.com and Author of The Book on Flipping Houses , The Book On Estimating Rehab Costs and the new The Book On Negotiating Real Estate .   J drops some knowledge on us a...

Today’s episode is dedicated to a big theme for Jake & Gino this year: Multi-Faceted Multifamily – building a multifamily business with multiple streams of income. Starting as just an investing business, Jake & Gino went on to build out their own in-house property management, design an education platform, and now they are adding another facet to their business allowing YOU to invest alongside Jake...

Scott Maurer is the Director of Business Development at Advanta IRA and during today’s show Scott explains how to use self-directed IRAs to invest in multifamily assets! The facts and figures in this episode will both surprise you and keep you riveted!   Scott covers all of the benefits and details how easy it is to use a self-directed IRA as an investment vehicle. He also touches on the regulatio...

Buying Right with Vinney "Smiles" Chopra This week’s exciting guest has been fondly nicknamed “Mr. Smiles” for good reason! Vinney Chopra, one of our happiest guests ever, oversees Moneil Investment Group, LLC, and Moneil Management Group, LLC, in addition to teaching through his academies. He has funded over 26 syndications to date! Vinney has a very inspiring story. From selling books to buying...

He’s back, folks!       Our return guest this week is Dave Zook, experienced in multifamily investing (over 3000 units), self-storage and resort community development!       This episode has a great discussion around sheltering your investment and Dave describes how he does that, as well as how he got ‘chased’ into multifamily. Dave explains how his other passive income investment business works,...

He's back again! Mark Kenney, founder of Think Multifamily, is a hustler and seasoned real estate investor in the multifamily mecca of Dallas, TX and now Atlanta, and owns 2700 units!!   All coming from a blue-collar work ethic and upbringing, the guys talk about specifically seeking and internalizing advice from people who are successfully doing what you want to do and not just anyone. Asking for...

  Scott Smith, founder of Royal Legal Solutions, a boutique law firm that helps real estate investors set up their legal entities early on and protect their assets.   On our show this week, he gives some great advice on how to hire the right professional to advise you on your real estate investments and how to place your assets in an LLC the smart (and unexpected) way. As a real estate investor hi...

    In 2007, Andrew Cushman did something crazy! He left his corporate job and start investing in real estate. With 24 successful single-family transactions under his belt, he moved into multifamily acquisitions, and has now syndicated and re-positioned over 1600 units.   With a background in problem solving, Andrew was able to transition well to investing. In Andrew’s words: You’re not an investo...

Todd Dexheimer purchases and syndicates multifamily apartments in emerging markets. He specializes in buying distressed properties, renovating and repositioning them.   The guys talk about getting over the fear of the first deal and never giving up when waiting for the right deal to come along. Todd explains the creative ways he got into his first multifamily deal and his strategies with all of th...

Entrepreneur and author, Jairek Robbins, has a rich background in non-profit work. He loved to help others but was unsettled by the less-than-awesome paycheck that accompanied the selfless work he was doing. So he got creative and started an at-home and over the phone “practice” of coaching people (in time management and optimizing health and fitness) for a profit, and it rapidly scaled into a wil...

  Our guest this week is Andrew Campbell, who has built a personal portfolio of 74 units by acquiring small multifamily properties (duplexes, quads) one at a time and then turning to larger properties. Now he raises money for large multifamily deals!   Emphasis is placed on finding a mentor and just going out and getting that first deal (the next one will follow shortly behind). Andrew talks about...

Tom Cafarella was a career CPA, but always knew it wasn’t his calling. Getting fired got him FIRED UP about starting his true passion, real estate investing.   Jake and Gino ask Tom about: · getting fired · what it feels like to be in a job that you don’t fit in · finding a mentor · landing the first deal · unexpected obstacles · how it feels to raise private money An excellent conversation all ab...

Michael Becker oversees the Dallas, Texas Strategic Property Investment (SPI) Advisory office where he oversees all aspects of property operations. His 15 years of experience as a commercial real estate banker gave him experience as a portfolio director of the properties he originated loans for. Now, after leaving the corporate world, Michael and his partner have acquired about 5200 units over the...

Author, speaker and founder of IPEC (Excellence in Coach Training), Dr. Bruce Schneider’s life was turned around after a near-death experience. Through a twenty-year period of finding clarity, he began to write and started IPEC, building the coaching school from the bottom up.   Dr. Bruce explains WHAT a life coach is and WHO needs a life coach. What are the most powerful tools that a life coach u...

Bob Burg, author of world-renowned best seller “The Go-Giver” and believer in free enterprise, played an important role in the partnership of Jake & Gino!   If you work in sales whatsoever, you are surely concerned with increasing volume. By being an avid learner, Bob Burg taught himself how to dramatically increase his sales using systems and by building relationships. Thus, “The Go-Giver” was bo...

Kim Lisa Taylor (a nationally recognized expert in the securities industry) is the founder of Syndication Attorneys PLLC, where she and the other members of the Syndication Attorneys team focus on helping small business owners/developers structure and convey their investment opportunities in a way that will attract private investors, both domestic and foreign. They teach their clients how to use s...

Dana Dunford is the CEO of Hemlane, a technology enabled property management platform. She is an advocate for real estate investors to improve their portfolio operations by partnering with property managers.   People aren’t typically equipped to self-manage effectively and still be able to focus on growing their business. Partnering with a property management company with technology in place (like...

  Jake, Gino and Joseph jump right into the importance of creating your own success and making the most of your situation, no matter where you come from. There is a powerful discussion of the benefits of multifamily vs. residential. Joseph details how he underwrites at a deal through the three different financing models and the three criteria he looks for when buying, and even touches on the amazi...

T. Harv Eker is the best-selling author of “The Millionaire Mind” and the founder of Peak Potentials Training. Surprisingly, Harv began his career with a dozen years of very little success. Everything changed when he developed a set of principles from observing commonalities amongst rich business-people and combined it with his hobby of “super-learning”.   This show is about finding success by hav...

Leveling the playing field with Brian Dally Brian Dally is the CEO of GROUNDFLOOR, a company that specializes in the process of taking private lending public, where both accredited and non-accredited investors are earning 13 to 14%! Brian wanted to shake up and reformat the financial market so that everyone could participate. The multitude of customization possibilities in how you can invest your...