Multifamily Investor Nation

Ever heard of a three-story, five-bedroom, four-bathroom multifamily urban rental townhouse with a two-car garage? That’s exactly the kind of property that features in a new 15-unit development in Montebello, California. In this interview with Dan Handford, multifamily expert, Scott Choppin , founder of the Urban Pacific Group of Companies , explains why this one-of-a-kind property class is strate...

Apart from doing it yourself, the best thing to do to learn all things real estate is to take cues from people who have done it before. If you’re into apartment syndication, there is definitely a lot to learn in this episode where Dan Handford talks to Chad Sutton about a 67-unit portfolio they recently closed in Knoxville, TN. Chad is a commercial real estate investor and syndicator with a hyper-...

The numbers never lie almost all of the time. That is why when you are thinking of investing in a property, you must do your due diligence before diving in deep because sometimes, what appears great on the surface may not be all there is. Apartment investing expert, Jalal John Azar , is proof of that. As a numbers-driven person, John managed to acquire an amazing property that looks much better in...

Closing an eight-figure deal for a huge multifamily asset is no small feat in any given day, but more so in the middle of a pandemic that has had epic repercussions for the market.  Dan Handford ,  Danny Randazzo , and  Brandon Abbott , Managing Partners of  PassiveInvesting.com , are certainly up for the challenge, having closed a deal for Hawthorne At Lake Norman, a 232-unit...

Running a multifamily apartment complex is just like running a business. You manage a team, review numbers, look for ways to constantly improve, and report to investors. An entrepreneur his whole life,  Gary Lipsky  naturally gravitated to multifamily syndication, and now, he is an expert in the field and a Managing Partner at  APT Capital Group LLC . He sits down with host, Dan Han...

Sometimes, to see through the best out of a deal, you need to beat the brokers to the punch and go directly to the owner. This is the go-to strategy of  Sterling White , founder of  Sonder Investment Group . In this episode, he sits down with host, Dan Handford, to talk about how he acquired a 156-unit property back in November 2019 called Remington on Rockville out of Indianapolis, Indi...

Renovating units before renting them out or selling them is a crucial point in time for the property you’ve invested in because you’re establishing the value of the property. If you skip out on renovating units—and all the due diligence that goes into the process of renovation—you’re also missing out on getting the full bang for your buck. Joining Dan Handford is Justin Brennan , the President of...

Have you ever wondered how Dan Handford does his deals? You are in luck because we flip the tables in this episode. Taking the hot seat, Dan Handford and his PassiveInvesting.com partner, Danny Randazzo , share with us their most recent deal—a 270-unit Carrington at Brier Creek in Raleigh, North Carolina. With Ellis Hammond as the guest host, Dan and Danny take us to the nitty-gritty of their deal...

Have you ever bought a portfolio with an exit plan already in mind? The guest for this episode did, and he is going to tell you all about it. Host, Dan Handford, sits down with  Jonathan Twombly , Managing Member of  Two Bridges Asset Management LLC  and Host of the  Real Estate Launchpad  podcast. Here, Jonathan lets us in on the portfolio deal that he exited, which consi...

Investing in apartments and acquiring a massive number of units comes with a mountain-pile of acquisition requirements. For Anthony Scandariato and his team, they are handling such with victory and organization. In this episode, Dan Handford chats with Anthony from Red Knight Properties , a value-add, mixed-use, and multifamily operator that focuses on workforce housing and Class B and C garden-st...

Off the top of your head, one of the most important things to think about if you’re investing in multifamily properties is that there is a lot of work to be done. Not even accounting for disasters—both natural and man-made—making sure that each unit in a multifamily property gets to a certain value point is a daunting and arduous task. Dan Handford chats with Joseph Bramante , a prolific real esta...

Investors out there know that renovations can be one of the most stressful parts of owning a property. The same can be said about multifamily property renovation. Dan Handford is joined by returning guests Joshua Stack and Thomas Konditi of Humboldt Partners LLC . Since their last time on Multifamily Investor Nation, their Mount Holly, NC property has begun taking in tenants, but not without incid...

Today on the show, apartment investor Forrest Lennhoff talks with Dan Handford about house hacking a beautiful four-unit 19th Street house in Lowell, Massachusetts. He details how he toured the property, submitted an offer, the amount of money he put down, and the renovations done on the property. He also stresses the importance of doing due diligence and shares his ultimate goal with the property...

After acquisition, upgrading a multifamily property has to be your first priority because there’s a lot you’ll have to do before you start making money off of it. Due diligence is such an important part of the acquisition process to save yourself time and resources in the long run. Jorge Abreu , a prolific multifamily investor based in Houston, TX, understand exactly what the process is like. Jorg...

How do you close 174 self-managed units in Tulsa? Learn multifamily investing at its best from co-founders Mike Vann , Rodney Miller, and Carl Suverkrop. They join host Dan Handford in this episode to share their diverse backgrounds and how an alignment of interest brought them together in business to form Trident Multifamily . Discover the interplay of roles in their partnership and how each one...

There’s a certain thrill to acquiring new properties that you can make a new stream of income out of, but you’ve got to make sure everything’s in order before you start to celebrate. Upgrading an old property takes a lot of scrutiny and a lot more paperwork. Dan Hanford talks all about the process of upgrading older properties with Brian Albers and Bryan Taylor of Affordable Upstate LLC in South C...

Dan Handford with PassiveInvesting.com interviews Garrett Lynch with Nighthawk Equity about a 218-unit multifamily investing deal that his group acquired in 2019. This deal was originally awarded to another group, but due to the persistent follow up efforts by Garrett and his team, they were able to get it after the original buyer didn’t perform. He raised $4.6 million in equity from investors. Li...

An acquisition may sound pretty exciting, but every real estate investor knows the drama and thrill behind it. In this episode, Multifamily Investing Expert and JFHCapital.com Founder, Joel Florek , shows us how he and his team acquired the fifteen-unit Chestertown Townhomes. From competing with other buyers to easily closing the process, he narrates how smoothly his transaction went. Joel talks a...

Finding a great place to live in is all thanks to the people who help us. Taylor Peugh , a real estate investor, makes sure to find deals and make it livable for his tenants. In this episode, he talks about the property cycle of a 16-unit property called Billingsley Sixteen located in Charlotte, North Carolina that he brought in 2016 and sold in 2018. Taylor shares to us the nuances of this deal,...

Apartment syndication, simply put, is when a syndicator pools money from passive investors to acquire apartment communities while sharing in the profits. Apartment syndication expert Dustin Miles dives deep into a particular acquisition in Fleetwood Square in Waco, Texas which has 122 units. Dustin shares how he originally found this deal and putting out his offer and explains the whole process of...

Losing a deal doesn’t mean you’ve totally lost it all. In this episode, Dan Handford with PassiveInvesting.com interviews Pancham Gupta with Mesos Capital . They discuss how Pancham was able to acquire a 76-unit multifamily real estate investment called Chapman Pointe Apartments located in Dallas, NC after he originally lost the deal due to another buyer. Listen in to discover how Pancham eventual...

Apartment syndication can bring in a lot of profit especially if you have the education and the experience. In this episode, Dan Handford with PassiveInvesting.com interviews apartment syndication expert Zach Haptonstall on how he acquired a 137-unit apartment complex called Villa Serena located in Phoenix, AZ. Zach was able to secure these properties as a 506(c) offering with very attractive fina...

Investing in multifamily real estate can bring you more profit and income in this day and age, especially if you have strategies and creative ways in dealing with issues that comes along the way. In this episode, Dan Handford with PassiveInvesting.com interviews Kyle Mitchell about a 42-unit apartment complex called Midtown on 2nd located in Tucson, AZ that he acquired as an out-of-state owner. Sh...

Apartment investment does bring in more profits these days especially if you know how to move your way through acquiring units and luring investors. In this episode, Dan Handford with PassiveInvesting.com interviews Chris Hake about how he was able to acquire a 32-unit apartment complex called Greenway Apartments in Madison, WI in June 2019 for $1.8 million. With his success, Chris shares the impo...

Multifamily is just mind-blowing when we get down and think about it. These properties usually are being mismanaged and mistreated, and you don’t really know what you get until you get into the deal. However, once you start loving on it and invest in the property, it will reward you with some profit. Dan Handford with PassiveInvesting.com interviews Jerome Myers about a 20-unit multifamily investm...