Real Estate Breakthrough

"We take people through a process of developing a life plan because people are great at developing a business plan, but they don't know what they want out of life." -Steve Cook   Today I am interviewing Steve Cook who is the Founder of Lifeonaire , a coaching practice that helps people alter their focus from money and possessions towards abundance, life experiences and purpose. Steve is also a suc...

"One of the things I did good was build relationships and a relationship that was adding value. It was never about what I can get, it was always about how can I help?" -Jen Maldonado   Today I am interviewing Jen Maldonado who I have known since 2012. She is a professional Capital Raiser, Investor, Entrepreneur, High Performance Coach and is one of the Executive Leaders and Speakers for WREN Inspi...

"In this business everything is going to go wrong and that's the time when you need to put your head down and get to work." -Donato Settanni   Today I am interviewing Donato Settanni who is the Co Founder of DXE Properties which focuses on value add real estate investments. There, Donato is responsible for oversight construction, asset management and design. He has ten years of institutional exper...

#126: Monick Halm: The Power of Women in Real Estate   "You have to take care of yourself. It's only through taking care of yourself that you can really take care of others." -Monick Halm  Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Monick Halm who is the Founder of Real Estate Investor Goddesses where her mission is to help 1 million women reach financial freedom through real estate investing.  Sh...

"Anybody that has an impact on your asset, how you deal with them, can absolutely make or break the deal." -Tyler Sheff Today I am interviewing Tyler Sheff. He is a licensed Realtor in Key West, Florida at Future Home Realty. He has over twenty years of real estate experience as a Flipper, apartment building owner, a property manager, realtor and an owner of mortgage debt instruments.  He is also...

"People don't realize the power of having access to women like us. That's the big difference in business because then you don't make a lot of the wrong moves with the wrong people." Desiree Doubrox   Today I am interviewing Desiree Doubrox who is the CEO of Hom Work , which began as a simple womens brunch held at her home to discuss topics that focused on business, life goals and more. This launch...

"Success is not the amount of money you have or your net worth, success is the journey and the person you become." Nizan Mosery   Today I am interviewing Nizan Mosery who is the Founder of Cornerstone Investment Partners . He is an investor owning properties all over the US and internationally as well as the owner of K.E.A.N Management Solutions, a professional management company. He is the Founde...

"The cheaper the home, the more you're going to get rent for the value of that home." -Mike Anderson   Today I am interviewing Mike Anderson . He is the Founder and Owner of Reliance Mortgage Company based in Dallas, Texas. Reliance Mortgage Company specializes in mortgage loans ranging from jumbo loans to USDA loans. They have to date closed on over 8 million dollars under Mike's guidance and dir...

"It's not a stock and you're not selling options, so be patient." -Katheleen Kramer   Today I am extremely excited to be  interviewing Kathleen Kramer who is a licensed Broker and Mortgage Originator. She owned and operated a branch of American Residential Funding Inc. in the early 2000's. She has closed on over 2,500 transactions worth over a billion in volume.  From 2002-2006 Kathleen ran a real...

"If you are going to be successful in real estate investing, you should treat it like a business and not a hobby." -Kevin Amolsch   Today I am interviewing Kevin Amolsch who is the President of Pine Financial Group which he founded in 2008. Pine Financial Group is a hard money lending company that provides many different products for their borrowers and investors in the Colorado and Minnesota area...

"You don't build your team around skills, you build your team around values." -Kim Wendland   Today I am interviewing Kim Wendland who is a Managing Partner at Quattro Capital , a boutique company that focuses on multi-family real estate investing. She has been working and investing in real estate for 10 years and met the other partners of Quattro Capital at a real estate conference. Kims backgrou...

"The rule of thumb is that you want to make two hundred dollars a door. If you're going to make less, your property will potentially be too sensitive to the basic maintenance and daily ongoing expenses." -Christina Suter Today I am sharing with you how cash flow differs in a primary market like Los Angeles versus a tertiary market like Indianapolis . As someone who has and continues to invest in m...

"There's two types of contractors, those that want to get the job and those that want to do the job." -Monica D. Higgins    Today I am interviewing Remodeling Expert Monica D. Higgins. She is the Co Founder and Project Manager of Garagify , a company that specializes in helping people build ADU's including complete build to remodeling. Garagify oversees a project from start to finish where Monica...

"Im my opinion as someone whose purchased buildings, deferred maintenance buildings will cost me at least 50% of my expenses on a yearly basis because i'm making cap x improvements as I go along." -Christina Suter   Today I am sharing with you a rule of thumb I learned during the beginning of my investing career which was a formula that would help me calculate the net income for multiple multi uni...

Here we have another installment of guest tips and tricks from the Real Estate Breakthrough Show. Two weeks ago we released the first version of expert tips that include snippets from Bruce Norris, David Tilney, Brent Kesler, Kaaren Hall, Deborah Razo, David Coe and many more. This week we have snippets from Wes Hill, Reed Goosens, Hunter Thompson, Anthony Walker, Bill Tan and more. I am once agai...

"You can take a 30 year fixed and make it perform as if it's a 15 year. Why would you do that, because it gives you options in case your plans change." -Christina Suter  Today I am sharing with you the different types of loans available when looking to purchase a single family property. First, be mindful that what will work for one person may or may not work for the other, so due diligence is prio...

"Understand this is a long term marathon so be prepared for those ups and downs." -Jens Nielsen Today I am interviewing Jens Nielsen who is the Principal of Open Doors Capital . He is also a full time real estate investor and a partner in over 1,100 apartment units valued over 50 million dollars. He is a certified High Performance Coach, a mentor and consultant. Jens runs Open Doors Capital with p...

  "Vacancy rate is affecting my bottom line as far as dollars go as my vacancy rate is only 1 of the effects I need to consider when I have an empty unit." -Christina Suter Today I am talking about vacancy rates and how they affect your investing. On average a building at any given time can have at least a 5% vacancy. As investors no vacancy is best,  but it does happen and can affect your overall...

In today's episode of the Real Estate Breakthrough Show, we put together some of our favorite real estate guests from the first 50 episodes. These tips, quotes and life stories are the backbone to how they've become successful investors in real estate and in life. I am encouraging you to listen to these shows to get in depth, personal and life changing stories that helped these investors make it t...

"Your cap rate is a pretty simple math equation although at best it's usually an estimate." -Christina Suter Today I am taking the time to review what a cap rate is and how to use both a cap rate and interest rate in real estate. There are many formulas out there to help you calculate your rates and that is fine. The only thing that is truly necessary is that your interest rates are not higher or...

"Market appreciation is the icing on the cake in real estate and by increasing the net operating income, you force that appreciation." -Brian Wagers   Today I am interviewing Brian Wagers. He is the President and CEO of Wagers Capital , a private investment firm, which focuses on acquisitions, improvements, and operations in the multifamily real estate market. Wagers Capital was founded in 2017 an...

"Do not refinance your house unless you have at least a ½ point to a point difference in interest rates. Then it will be valuable to you." -Christina Suter Today I am talking about interest rates in real estate and what that means for you. First, it's very important to know what an interest rate is and how it differs from commercial real estate to single family. The standard turnaround time for wh...

"The goal was never to make profit, it was always how to improve people's living conditions." -Swapnil Agarwal   Today I am interviewing Swapnil Agarwal who is the Founder and Managing Principal at Nitya Capital , which Swapnil launched in 2013. They are a Houston, Texas based real estate investment firm with a focus on asset management, property management, and acquisitions. They hold 2.5 billion...

"In a commercial loan, 5 units and above, there's often a fixed time period and a variable time period. It's like a variable rate loan in the residential world, but there are no 30 year fixed loans in the multi family world." -Christina Suter   Today I am talking about the difference between commercial and residential loans and what the process over time looks like for both. A residential loan can...

"You have to deal with someone that has foreign investor experience and real estate experience and knows exactly what's going to happen." -Chrales Carillo   Today I am interviewing Charles Carillo. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of Harborside Partners which is a private equity  real estate investment firm that focuses on value-add multi family properties using syndications. He is invested...