Passive Income Through Multifamily Real Estate

Real estate business can be seen as a constant process of scaling, and whether it is your systems, employee numbers, deal flow, or profits, managing these growth processes well will determine your ultimate success. Here to share his thoughts on healthy scaling is Hemal Badiani, the CEO of Exponential Equity. As you can hear from the name of his company, Hemal is very focused on growth and numbers...

Today, we speak with our very own Gary Lipsky about the 2021 Virtual Asset Management Summit. Gary is a successful asset manager and is the founder and managing partner of ATP Capital. Before we dive into things, Gary shares a little bit of information about APT Capital Group, which focuses on B and C value-add properties in the Phoenix and Tucson areas. We then get into the crux of this episode,...

One of the most recession-resistant asset classes is warehouse investment, and today we sit with industry expert Scott Krone to find out why. With a Master’s of Architecture from Illinois Institute of Technology, Scott is the Founder of Coda Management Group; a company that specializes in creating and seeking existing warehouse investment opportunities. We open the show by hearing more from Scott...

The qualities needed to be an excellent salesperson are the same qualities that are found among successful real estate investors. Today we speak with serial tech entrepreneur and Uvaro CEO Joseph Fung about the many parallels between sales and real estate. We open our conversation by exploring why many real estate professionals are entering the tech space as salespeople. Joseph then shares how his...

Creating wealth out of the opportunities found in commercial real estate can be challenging and daunting. Tough, it doesn’t need to be. If you can hone your skills through mentorship programs, find good partners and sponsors, and ask intelligent questions, the rest will take car of itself. Today our guest is Trevor Thompson, and although his entry into real estate has been a little less than conve...

It's not every day you meet a broker who has sold over 1.2 billion dollars in commercial real estate. Today’s guest, Brent Sprenkle, has done just that. He has more than 20 years of experience as a broker in Los Angeles at two of the nation's top firms, Berkadia and Sperry Van Ness. Brent helps his clients achieve their goals of exchange, expansion, consolidation, and disposition. In thi...

When the COVID pandemic hit, numerous experts anticipated that America’s single-family market would experience a downturn. Despite expectations, many single-family investors have thrived through COVID. Today we speak with Real Wealth Network Co-CEO Kathy Fettke about the state of single-family real estate and why real estate is still blessed with abundant opportunity. We open our conversation by t...

Exiting your W2 job to pursue a real estate career can help you achieve financial freedom, and many of you might be striving to do what today’s guest has done: get out of the corporate rat race and get into full-time multifamily real estate investing. Steven Louie worked for 25 years in the benefits and consulting industry, where he held various executive and sales leadership roles at Mercer and M...

Today we are joined by a special guest who has dedicated his life to being a firefighter and nurse in New York City and who has, through these roles, had a massive impact on his community. But after working 80+ hours a week, he knew that he had to make some changes to spend more time at home with his wife and three daughters. That’s when Timothy Lyons read Rich Dad Poor Dad and became interested i...

Financial advisors will tell you that playing the long game and investing in stocks is the path to financial independence. But here’s the secret that they don’t tell you — very few financial advisors ever achieve true financial independence themselves. Today we speak with Anti-Financial Advisor, Chris Miles, who teaches entrepreneurs and professionals how they can find financial independence by ge...

In today’s episode, Paul Moore shares his extensive knowledge of Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs) and the many reasons why he believes they are beneficial to people who wish to be passive investors. Although, it is common knowledge that DSTs aren’t for everyone, so as part of the discussion today, Paul openly talks about the downsides associated with them. However, negatives aside, if you are inte...

Few deals can promise the high returns that you can get from ground-up development. Today we bring in ground-up expert Shannon Robnett to discuss this asset class. With 40 years in real estate and having completed over 200 million dollars in construction projects, we open our conversation with Shannon by touching on his career highlights. After sharing why ground ups can be such valuable investmen...

There is a lot of information out there on laws regarding credit that you can use to protect yourself. Such things as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) or the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, known as an FDCPA. FDCPA has to do with you, the consumer, and the creditors,  while the FCRA is between the consumers and the credit bureaus. Would it surprise you to know that only about 1% of the cou...

Today’s guest is a first for the PIMR podcast; Greg Junge is the only person who has been interviewed on the show who has invested in property outside of the United States. Greg joins us today to discuss how and why he and his wife Mandy, became limited partners in a resort in Belize, and the people who influenced their decision. In this case, the decision was based on the fact that it is a place...

For over a decade, Andrew Cushman has been growing real estate investment businesses full-time. Starting off with single-family properties in the depths of the Great Recession, Andrew completed 27 single-family flips, all of which were profitable. In 2011, he transitioned to the acquisition and repositioning of multifamily properties and now acquires B-class, value-add properties throughout Texas...

Today’s episode is a case study that provides a detailed blow-by-blow of a multifamily deal by Founder and CEO of Sterling Rhino Capital LLC, Chris Roberts. Chris has been a full-time entrepreneur and investor since 2007. He owns and operates a sales and marketing company that, when acquired, had annual sales of 7.2 million in 2007. By 2019, Chris and his team grew that business to 24.5 million. C...

In today’s segment, we focus on building better systems and becoming best-in-class real estate operators. Our guests, Ed Sittler and Perry Zhang, walk us through the ins and outs of their latest deals and share insider tips along the way. We open the show by hearing about Ed and Perry’s professional history and get up to speed with their most recent CapEx development. Ed reveals some of the immedi...

Branding is a key tool in the competitive world of real estate, and there are endless opportunities to build a successful and reputable brand. However, with thousands of similar offerings out there, investors, agents, and business owners need to position themselves in a way that helps them stand out from the crowd. Today’s guest,  Stace Caseria, offers strategies that help businesses do just that....

Preferred equity is not something you tackle when starting out as a new syndicator. It comes with a large amount of added paperwork, legalities, due diligence, and much more. Today on the show we talk to a leader in this field, Ellie Perlman, founder of Blue Lake Capital. Ellie has over 10 years of experience in real estate investment, law, and property management. She started her career in Israel...

Kris Reid, ‘The Coolest Guy in SEO,’ joins us today to share some of his valuable knowledge around digital marketing. The digital space is becoming more relevant by the day and the traffic on one’s website can be the determining factor between failure and success. There is much more to a successful website than just making it look good; if you want people to visit your page, and more importantly,...

Joining us for this Asset Management Friday segment is Justin Fraser, host of the True Multifamily Podcast and syndicator at 88 Real Estate Capital. In our conversation, we get to hear about Justin's role at the firm and the most recent deal they completed before we dive into our focus of hardening assets and what this means for syndicators. Justin explains what an important part of the real...

Investing in multifamily is a great way to diversify your portfolio and profit as investors seek to grow long-term wealth. Today’s guest is Arn Cenedella, founder of Spark Investment Group, and a real estate expert with more than four decades of experience, including 35 years as a realtor navigating the unique real estate landscape in Silicon Valley. During that time, Arn invested in real estate r...

Welcome to another Asset Management Friday’s Edition of the Passive Income Through MultiFamily Real Estate Podcast. Today’s guest on the show is Veena Jetti, who is the founding partner of Vive Funds, a unique commercial real estate firm that specializes in curating conservative opportunities for investors. Veena is also a multifamily owner-operator, real estate investor, and entrepreneur with ove...

Former tech entrepreneur from Silicon Valley, J Scott, and his wife, moved to Atlanta in 2008 to start a new chapter. In the past ten years, they have bought, built, rehabbed, sold, lent-on, and held over $60 million in property all around the country. But, in 2016, they transitioned into multifamily and they have never looked back. J is today’s guest on the show. He is an entrepreneur, investor,...

Knowledgeable and passionate about all things real estate and with a keen eye for detail, Ashley Wilson, Founder of Bad Ash Investments, joins us on the show today to discuss topics ranging from construction management to COVID-19 to capital reserves. Before Ashley became a real estate investor over 10 years ago, she was involved in vaccine development. Her knowledge of pandemics meant that in the...