Property Profits Real Estate Podcast

Most investors focus on the property. Ben Kahle believes the people behind the deal matter even more. In this conversation, Ben explains how Wellings Capital evaluates sponsors before committing capital. His team reviews more than 26 due diligence items and spends time understanding integrity, track record, incentives, and operating processes. Ben also shares how broker relationships, outside refe...

One expensive tax bill changed the course of Dave Foster's investing career. After discovering the power of the 1031 exchange, Dave used the strategy to grow his portfolio and eventually fund ten years of life aboard a sailboat with his family. Today, he helps other investors use tax deferred exchanges to align their investments with their goals. Dave explains how investors can exchange properties...

Most people chase asset classes. Ben Fraser and Aspen Funds focus on trends first. In this conversation, Ben explains how Aspen Funds looks at macroeconomic themes to uncover opportunities. That approach has helped the company build platforms across distressed debt, multifamily, industrial development, and commercial credit. Ben also shares how investor relations have evolved. While many firms onc...

Alex Pardo spent years mastering wholesaling. Then he realized he was building transactions instead of assets. In this conversation, Alex explains why he walked away from a successful wholesaling operation and shifted into self storage investing. He shares how seeing one of his coaching clients buy a facility introduced him to the asset class and eventually led him to unwind a business with signif...

A fire that wiped out 12 units led David Kamara to make an unusual decision. Instead of replacing his property manager, he made them a true partner. In this conversation, David shares how that decision transformed the way his company operates. Today, Cape Sierra Capital owns nearly 1,200 apartments throughout Michigan and focuses on multifamily properties that sit between the small mom and pop spa...

A chicken and a duck in the backyard were not exactly what Derek Morton expected to find. In this episode, Derek shares stories from the front lines of property management and explains how technology is changing the business. As the owner of Net Gain Property Management, he oversees 650 units across Utah and uses systems that help owners reduce vacancies and improve communication. Derek explains w...

Most capital raisers do not have a lead problem. They have a follow up problem. In this episode, Lauren Breischel shares lessons from helping more than 50 capital raising companies raise over $75 million. She explains why nurture sequences, better organization, and patience matter far more than pushing deals too quickly. Lauren also talks about investor avatars, networking events, transparency dur...

Craig Eppler started buying real estate in 2019 and has grown his portfolio to 43 units across Central Pennsylvania. Along the way, he leveraged creative deal structures, including a large seller credit on a portfolio acquisition from a retiring landlord. In this conversation, Craig explains how he moved from managing investment portfolios to launching his own private debt fund. He shares how the...

Kevin Amolsch has spent more than 18 years building Pine Financial Group into a major private lending company focused on real estate investors and developers. In this episode, Kevin explains why financing is often the most important part of a real estate deal and how private lending can help investors execute fix and flip, BRRR, and value add commercial projects. He also shares how private lending...

Former attorney Justin Spillers shares how he transitioned into full time real estate investing and built a vertically integrated multifamily company across western Ohio. Justin explains how his team identifies apartment communities with significant rent upside, renovates units at incredible speed, and stabilizes properties in roughly 12 months. He also discusses the importance of focus, avoiding...

Erik Oliver specializes in helping real estate investors accelerate depreciation through cost segregation studies. In this conversation, Erik explains how buildings can be divided into individual components with different useful lives, allowing investors to access deductions much sooner than traditional depreciation schedules allow. He also discusses the return of 100% bonus depreciation, how pass...

A small mobile home park purchased for extra parking ended up becoming the best investment Jack Martin ever owned. In this episode, Jack shares how that unexpected purchase changed the direction of his business and led him to focus entirely on mobile home park investing. He explains why residents owning their homes creates stability, why new communities are rarely built, and how his team acquires...

What if wealth could change lives today instead of decades from now? Kevin K.R. Robinson joins us to share how he built a real estate portfolio from a single rental property into more than 100 units while creating opportunities for family members, friends, and others in his community. Kevin discusses his value add investment strategy, lessons learned from Wall Street, the importance of systems and...

Most real estate investors hear about family offices but rarely get a look inside how they actually operate. In this episode, Mike Kron shares what he learned from spending more than three decades helping grow a family office real estate portfolio from roughly 2,500 units to 14,000 units. He explains how the portfolio evolved, why asset quality mattered, and what it took to scale over the long ter...

The days of buying a multifamily property and watching it automatically increase in value may be over. In this episode, Todd Dexheimer explains why today's multifamily market requires a completely different mindset. Instead of relying on appreciation, investors must focus on operational excellence, efficient management, and thoughtful execution. Todd shares how his team brought management in house...

Land flipping may be one of the most misunderstood real estate niches. In this episode, Drew Haney explains how investors acquire discounted land from owners who value convenience and speed, solve problems that make properties difficult to sell, and then resell those assets closer to market value. Drew shares his journey from Army officer to land investor, explains why he moved from flipping land...

You cannot build housing, commercial projects, or major developments without water. That simple reality has created an entire niche industry that many real estate investors have never heard of. In this episode, Sean T. Flanagan explains what a water broker does and why water rights play such an important role in development throughout Colorado and other western markets. Sean shares how municipalit...

Carrie Zatelli entered multifamily investing at a time when many investors were already struggling. Instead of waiting for perfect market conditions, she focused on learning, networking, and surrounding herself with experienced operators. Just a few years later, she has become part of multiple multifamily deals while helping raise capital and manage legal due diligence. In this episode, Carrie sha...

What happens when an active landlord gets tired of late night tenant problems, contractor headaches, and managing rentals from halfway around the world? In this episode, G. Brian Davis explains how those experiences led him to create a real estate co-investing club where members pool smaller amounts of money into larger passive deals. Brian shares how the club works, how members review deals toget...

Everyone talks about contrarian investing. Very few people actually do it. In this episode, Brent Guyor from Ironton Capital explains why investors often struggle to buy during downturns even when opportunities are clearly forming. Brent shares lessons from buying real estate during the 2008 housing collapse in Denver and why he believes today’s multifamily market may offer similar long term oppor...

Most investors are no longer impressed by flashy projections and theoretical returns. In this episode, Nick Elder explains how investor behavior has changed in today’s high interest rate environment and why many people are focusing more on downside protection, steady cash flow, and real performance. Nick is the Director of Investor Relations at Ironton Capital and also owns more than 50 rental uni...

What happens to a real estate portfolio when the owner is suddenly unable to manage it? That is the question Bruce Stein started asking after years working with older investors, family offices, and large real estate portfolios. What he discovered was surprising. Many investors had millions of dollars in properties, but no organized plan for what would happen if they became sick, incapacitated, or...

A $30,000 insurance issue almost turned into a $500,000 hit to a multifamily deal. That experience pushed Guffy Wright to rethink how insurance should work for real estate investors. Instead of treating insurance like a boring expense, he helps operators use it to protect NOI, improve asset value, and avoid costly lender mistakes. In this conversation, Guffy shares how his lender waiver process he...

A company doing 25 real estate deals a month was still losing money. That experience completely changed how David Richter viewed business finances and eventually led him to co-author Profit First for Real Estate Investors. In this episode, David explains why many real estate investors are good at making money but struggle to actually keep it. He shares how operators often lack clarity around cash...

Most real estate investors know they should diversify. The challenge is understanding what diversification actually means in practice. In this episode, Lon Welsh shares how his firm structures diversified commercial real estate funds across multiple asset classes, markets, strategies, and sponsors. He explains why diversification is about much more than simply owning different properties. Lon also...