Multifamily Investor Nation

How do you form dynamic partnerships to acquire thousands of units, own a market, and achieve economies of scale? Today’s guests, Logan Freeman & Parker Webb of FTW investments have the answers. Listen in to today’s episode to hear how they’re crushing it in the Kansas City market, adding massive value, and learning as they go!

If you’re feeling challenged finding a deal in the market right now, today’s episode is for you. Listen in to hear how Suzy and Michael acquired their first deal, an 88-unit value add project in Tulsa, OK… from abroad, during Covid! This episode is packed with wisdom and practical tips on how to develop authentic relationships by consistently showing up, to truly enjoy the investor relations proce...

What does value-add really mean? Listen in to today’s knowledge packed episode to find out. Chris and Colin of Park Ave Capital break down how they’re locking down great deals in a competitive market, why it’s crucial to start with adding value before bumping rents, and how an intimate knowledge of your market puts you in the strongest position when making offers.

Ever considered the risks of starting too small? On today’s episode, you’ll hear from Hayden Harrington of Momentum Multifamily on why he went against the conventional wisdom of starting small and went BIG instead, with a 228-unit value add acquisition in the hot Houston market. Listen in to hear how he started out by providing real value, built a capital network from scratch, and raised over $10M...

If you think house hacking is just a strategy to pay your mortgage, you’ll want to listen closely to today’s episode. Dan deep dives a 24-unit acquisition with Chantz Ireland, who used the equity from a triplex he bought as a 21-year-old to acquire this off market deal in Springfield, Illinois. You’ll hear how he re-allocated the $260k in equity he built from his very first purchase – tax free, ho...

If you think house hacking is only for duplexes, you won't want to miss this episode. David Toupin with Obsidian Capital shares how he effectively leapfrogged the single-family stage of real estate investing and house-hacked a 96-unit apartment building, living onsite for nearly 2 years to gain hands-on experience managing a value-add project. Listen in to learn how, at 25 years old, he's built $1...

How do you get a 30% discount in one of the most competitive markets in the country? Today's guest, James Kandasamy, a vertically integrated operator in Texas breaks down how he made a split-second decision to purchase a 263-unit property that other investors wouldn’t touch. You’ll learn how he generates massive returns by leaning in to deals others run away from, how he raised nearly $8,000,000 i...

What's the secret to scaling quickly from small properties to 100+ unit acquisitions? Network, network, network. Today’s guests, brothers Chris and Ashton Levarek of Valkere Investment Group, discuss a 120-unit value add acquisition in Greenville, TX. Listen in to learn how to leverage your strengths and scale faster with strategic partnerships and focusing on what you’re best at.

What are you willing to do to achieve your investing dreams? On today's episode, Dan Handford deep dives with married couple Snowie and Zach of A-Strategy management, who sold their dream house to go all in on multifamily investing. We discuss how they put two adjacent properties under contract to achieve economies of scale, strategically renovated to increase rents by 50%, and navigated a spike i...

What’s the difference between an investor and a business owner? Today’s guest, Lucas Miller of Bannock Capital wanted to leapfrog the small investor phase and scale up to a large multifamily business as quickly as possible. In this episode you’ll learn: how he locked down a 200 unit value-add project with almost no competition from other buyers, what information he leveraged to knock $400k off the...

Is everyone overpaying for apartment deals in this market or what? Is hiring the right coach and getting around the right people worth the investment? Should you focus on finding deals or building investor relationships? Today's guest, Jennifer Barner of Lighthouse Ventures answers these questions and more as she sits down with Dan Handford of PassiveInvesting.com to discuss her 72 unit Arkansas a...

Do you think you need a HUGE network to raise capital? Today’s episode might change your mind. Charles Seaman from Three Oaks Management joins Dan Handford with PassiveInvesting.com on the Multifamily Investor Nation podcast to discuss his recent $2.47 million, 48-unit value add acquisition in Sumter, South Carolina. Listen in to learn how they raised all the $1.3 Million plus in equity from ONE i...

Think multifamily syndication is an all or nothing, full time endeavor? Think again. Partnerships can be incredibly powerful as this episode reveals. Doctors' Vikram Raya and Ravi Gupta of Viking Capital join Dan Handford from PassiveInvesting.com on the Multifamily Investor Nation podcast to discuss their recent 192-unit acquisition in Atlanta. If mortgage backed securities still sound like...

The importance of building rapport with the broker community cannot be underestimated in multifamily real estate. With his lean team, Kyle Jones  uses these broker relationships to land some of the best big multifamily deals in the American Southeast, including a 100-unit Roads Ferry Apartments deal in Huntsville, Alabama. Kyle is the President at TruePoint Capital , a real estate private equ...

With enough motivation and planning, finding and securing an excellent real estate deal even in the middle of a pandemic is possible. This is what multifamily syndicator Spencer Gray  had done when he found a handsome deal before 2020 ended. Joining Dan Handford, the CEO of Gray Capital, LLC  shares how he came across 290-unit villas in South Bend, Indiana, what happened during the due d...

When you’re just starting to shift from single-family to multifamily, it often helps to be a fast learner. That is what Arn Cenedella  is going for in his first attempt at apartment syndication – a 12-unit Springdale Apartments property located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Arn’s transition from single-family to multifamily is pretty quick, but you will also as quickly realize that, with hi...

Like everything in life, investing in big multifamily properties is all about the right relationships. That is certainly what went on with a deal for an 84-unit property called National Road Apartments in Columbus, Ohio. Listen in as apartment investor Steven Libman  joins Dan Handford to walk us through the process by which they acquired the deal. We’re going to learn about how Steven and hi...

You can only work under somebody for so long. Especially in this industry, many investors will find themselves doing their own thing sooner or later. Apartment investor, Kyle Hetherington , is on this very journey, starting his company and becoming a Principal of Fulton Street Partners LLC . In this episode, he joins Dan Handford to share more about his investing career and the latest property he...

Is it possible to put an asset under contract without putting boots on the ground? Apartment syndicator, Jonathan Barr , shows it is possible—not wasting your time but still ensuring the quality of the property. In this episode, he joins Dan Handford to talk about his acquisition of the 72-unit Norman Creek in Oklahoma City, OK. He takes us to how he structured that and working with a property man...

Sitting down in Whitehaven, Memphis, TN is a 124-unit multifamily property called Shelby Pointe Townhomes, which has recently been purchased by Memphis Investment Properties  in May 2020. Walking us through the acquisition and due diligence process of this deal is the company’s VP of Operations, Sean Tagge . Starting out in real estate a few years ago in Salt Lake City, Sean found his most co...

With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing people into their homes, more and more needed a place to stay. Multifamily investor and educator, Vinney (Smile) Chopra , seized the opportunity found in this and looked for a property where engineers from Google, Tesla, Facebook, and everybody are moving into: Austin, Texas. In this episode, he sits down with Dan Handford to talk about the deal he got, which is...

Relationships are everything in this business and it’s easy to see why. It’s Justin Elliot ’s first foray into big multifamily and his relationship with property managers got him into a sweet deal for a 29-unit property in Augusta, Georgia called Midtown Point Apartments. Starting out in small multifamily in 2016, Justin eventually wanted to get bigger properties to expand his portfolio. In this c...

A successful multifamily investor and syndicator, Chris Roberts holds a single family residence, duplexes, some construction, and lots of other stuff in between. He is also the Founder and CEO of Sterling Rhino Capital . Looking forward to diving into the larger multifamily properties, he enrolled in a mentor program and two weeks into it, found a deal: a 112-unit plantation townhomes in Savannah,...

Something big is going up in downtown Salisbury, Maryland. Joining Dan Handford on the podcast, multifamily investor, Nick Simpson talks about an upcoming 86-unit student housing property called The Ross in the charming university town. Like many cities of its size across the country, Salisbury is experiencing resurgence, and the presence of a government-funded university makes it a lucrative mark...

Coming to the US in 1996,  Jens Nielsen  took the path that most Americans take. He got an education and then a job in the corporate world for many years. It wasn’t until years ago that he realized it wasn’t the path going forward for him. He decided to embark on the multifamily path and is now a successful real estate investor and coach, helping people take their investing to the next l...