Multifamily Insights

Kenny Wolfe is an experienced multifamily syndicator, the founder and CEO of Wolfe Investments, and the author of "Investing in the Dream: How to Acquire Multifamily Real Estate and Attain Total Financial Freedom." He invested in his first multifamily property in 2010 and instantly saw the potential for real estate to transform his life – giving him the opportunity to quit his day job and start a...

Jason is a leading energy entrepreneur and a pioneer in energy cost reduction for commercial property owners. He co-founded MD Energy Advisors after identifying the need for an energy company that could help the real estate community reduce energy spend to maximize profitability. In 2010, Jason also co-founded PointClickSwitch, a proprietary online platform powered by MD Energy Advisors that helps...

Brandon Jenkins is a commercial real estate investor-operator, podcaster, and entrepreneur with a passion for adding value to the communities where he owns properties. His syndication investing experience includes 2,300 LP units and 340 GP units. He has a diverse professional background as an engineer with 10 years of technical experience working for 2 major Fortune 500 corporations in the Oil & G...

Tiffany Mittal is a strategic, visionary executive leader with a wealth of experience in multifamily real estate management, utility management, and payment technology. She leads with a genuine interest in energy conservation and financial technology. By focusing on driving revenue, margin expansion, and operational efficiencies, she ensures long-term growth and profitability. Tiffany has led mult...

Elaine Stageberg, MD, MHA is a psychiatrist, mother of 4, & Owner of Black Swan Real Estate. She owns & manages a portfolio of over $330M in assets under management. Through real estate investing, she reached financial freedom in her 30s and now helps others to do the same; Black Swan has delivered exceptional returns to hundreds of passive investors through their unique investor-focused private e...

Aziz Shabazz is a top-producing realtor, and financial coach in the Chicagoland area. He has been in real estate for almost two decades and a licensed realtor for over 8 years. He leads a 30+ agent real estate team. He owns multiple rental units and operates a financial consultation business. His mission is to help individuals & families understand financial literacy while also teaching small busi...

PGP Advisory founder Jason Brown brings a highly unique approach to the business broker realm. Having spent over a decade in the corporate world, working with Fortune 500 companies, Jason understands what it takes to buy and sell businesses and improve small and midsized business transactions. He takes the strategies he learned in the corporate world and applies them to his role, serving PGP Advis...

Brandon Schlichter is the brains behind Investment Joy. He has over 5 million subscribers on YouTube and TikTok. He focuses on investing in alternative real estate and business assets such as car washes and laundromats. During the discussion, we talked about his diversified portfolio and how he attracts viewers on social media. Additionally, we discussed the accessibility of some alternative inves...

Mike Roeder was a top performing high net worth insurance producer for Fortune 500 Company for over a decade. Then he transitioned from single family investing to multifamily back in 2015, and today he's a general partner in over 2200 units valued at over $320,000,000. Now, he's the co-founder of Granite Towers Equity Group, a real estate private equity firm. We talked to Michael about building gr...

Justin Liggitt is a Marketing & Investor Relations professional with over 20 years of experience with specialization and deep knowledge and skill within the investment management and private equity industries.   He was previously FINRA licensed (S7,24,66). He has run large marketing organizations in the investment management industry.  At DJE Texas, he is responsible for creating and executing the...

Sam Sharp is a seasoned originator, licensed in 40+ states, who has funded over $2.5 billion in loans. Sam and his team are a true full-service mortgage lender well equipped to handle your business seamlessly from start to finish while providing an elevated standard that clients and partners have come to appreciate. Sam is a regular among the country's top-producing home loan originators with a de...

Rashauna Scott is a millennial thought leader who strategically uses her influence to raise awareness about wealth building through investing in real estate. She is the founder of Flippin' In Heels, Inc. a community for women real estate investors that hosts conferences, property tours, online summits and much more. With over 30,000 Instagram followers, Rashauna is an expert at building IG engagem...

Doug Stout helps professionals and executives across the United States who are interested in learning how to transition from traditional employees in corporate America into small business or franchise owners. He not only helps his clients find options that are the right fit for them personally, professionally, and financially, but he also assists in helping his clients find financial and legal res...

Brent Bowers is the owner of The Land Sharks and is an investor and coach with a focus on buying and selling vacant land. As an Army Officer with over 8 years of service, Brent Bowers was spending a great deal of time away from his family, and he knew he needed to make some changes in order to be more present with his wife and children. His interest in real estate began in 2007 when he purchased h...

Eddie Symmonett is the President of Symmonett Multifamily, a private equity company, which began in 2017. They are invested in over 130 units across 5 properties in Birmingham, AL. They are vertically integrated, also managing these units.  He started his real estate investing career in 2016 as a wholesaler, before acquiring his first properties (2-unit and 4-unit) in 2017. In 2019, he raised fund...

Ray Higdon is a bestselling author, renowned inspirational speaker, earner of multiple seven figures in the home-based business industry, and founder of the Higdon Group, an Inc. 5000 company, where he's helped clients generate over 300,000 new customers through his proven coaching programs (https://rayhigdoncoaching.com). As a top keynote speaker, Ray has shared the stage with world-renowned thou...

Drew Breneman is a real estate entreprenuer who founded Breneman Capital (formerly Rise Invest), The Blackhawk Investment Group, and Dwelle, a Chicago-focused real estate investment and property management group Drew has honed an ability to foresee trends and identify favorable opportunities, resulting in asymmetric returns relative to risk.  This foresight is precisely why Breneman Capital has ta...

Dan Barrett is Head Nerd at AdWords Nerds, the world's largest Google Partner agency working only with real estate investors. He's managed over 5 million dollars a year in client ad spend, found hundreds of real estate deals online for his clients, and been behind extensive industry experimentation and original research. He's worked with investors and companies like Joe McCall, Alex Joungblood, To...

John Warren owns 154 apartments in the Chicago MSA, and he also manages a total of 189 units. John is the managing broker at Forte Properties, Inc, and he runs a team of four agents that focuses on helping investors buy, sell, and manage their residential investment properties.  We talked to John about the competition in the 12+ units space, deep value-add properties, keys to scaling your portfoli...

Tamara N. Jones is the CEO & Founder of Bucket List Stays LLC. She is passionate about the delivery of vacation rentals to investors for a completely passive investment. Tamara provides full-service management to property owners worldwide, including Property Management, Online Services, Vacation Rental Marketing, and Community Growth to drive process improvements, competitive advantage, and bottom...

James Nelson is the Principal and Head of Avison Young's Tri-State Investment Sales group in New York City. During his 25-year career, Nelson has sold more than 500 properties and loans totaling over $5 billion. His accolades include being named Commercial Observer's Power 100, CoStar's Power Broker, and receiving the Deal of the Year award by REBNY.  Nelson hosts "The Insider's Edge to Real Estat...

Toby Mathis advances his client's interests by combining expert tax advice with his personal experiences investing in over 200 real estate projects in the United States. His expertise reaches many others through his award-winning publications, including Tax-Wise Business Ownership and Infinity Investing: How the Rich Get Richer and How You Can Do the Same. Toby continues his crusade daily to help...

Amy Sylvis has always been drawn to freedom, growth, and expansion and knew that she could serve even more people by investing in multifamily real estate. She is continuing to grow her portfolio with the goal of achieving the 5 freedoms.  Prior to working in multi-family real estate, Amy spent 13 years in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries. She was attracted to the industry because of her p...

Right out of college, Joel went to work for a family real estate business in Chicago where he was mentored in all things real estate; specifically industrial brokerage. After some time Joel broke away from that company amicably and started his own brokerage business. At its height, Joel was managing over twenty brokers. These days his main focus is managing their existing industrial portfolio of 1...

Yannik Cudjoe-Virgil is the principal of Merlynn Acquisitions - a real estate investment and syndication firm. Merlynn Acquisitions' primary focus is to provide risk-adjusted value-add and opportunistic real estate investment opportunities to professional athletes, business owners, and W-2 earners. Yannik is also the host of The Mogul Marathon Real Estate Podcast. His experience in commercial real...