Real Estate Investor Podcast

More often than not, the team managing a project is more important than the project itself. In this episode, we are joined by the husband and wife real estate investment team, Alan and Elena Neely of Andover Holdings to find out what they look for in an asset manager. Our guests fill us in on the importance of partnering with a strong asset manager and the criteria they employ to ensure they have...

The value of your time versus the value of your returns: a statement to remember when you find yourself investing in real estate! Jerome Maldonado, a successful real estate investor and business owner, is here to discuss removing the intimidation factor and going big. As an owner and manager of both residential and commercial properties, Jerome’s wisdom on multi-use real estate allows him to give...

While we do not have a crystal ball to predict what the market will be like in 2023, there are many factors that we can use to make an educated guess and give you as much information as we can. In this episode, we discuss why we believe real estate prices will lower in 2023, how operators are preparing, why deal flow will be slow, especially in the first quarter, and why we believe this period wil...

Starting a fund is not for everybody. It is a different environment from other financial protocols and it requires a high level of specific knowledge that many have not been exposed to. Here to help us better grasp the world of funds is the Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Fairway America and Verivest, Matthew Burk. After establishing what his two companies do and what his role entails, Matt explains...

The demand for multifamily has exploded since 2020, and today we are joined by the imperial Peter Linneman to discuss what this means for 2023 and beyond. Boasting an impressive resume, Peter is the Founding Principal of Linneman Associates, a former Wharton professor, and a distinguished author, among many other traits. He gives us his take on the current multifamily conditions and how he sees th...

Working with property management companies is a big part of real estate investment, and is also one of its biggest challenges. Many of us have seen firsthand how these relationships can go south, and avoiding these hurdles can set us on a surer path toward success. On the show today to talk about this pivotal subject is Brian Briscoe of Streamline Capital Group, and we have a fascinating look at t...

Investors often pass on C and D class properties but if you’re willing to do the work, you can get some great returns. Returning to the show for a conversation on this subject is Guido Nunez. Guido is the founder of ChrisLina Wealth Partners. He has over 200 doors and runs The W2 Investor, a company focused on helping the everyday working professional become an investor and create passive income s...

In a climate of rising interest rates, ongoing labor issues, and inflation, today, we discuss the evolving market and how to face these challenging times. Joining us for this conversation is Jens Nielsen. Jens, originally from Denmark with a background in IT, is a direct owner or GP in over 2000 units valued at over $250 million. He is also a certified high-performance coach. When it comes to real...

Do you need capital for your next real estate investment, but you’re not sure where to start? This is the episode for you! Today’s guest is Lindsay Lovell, cofounder of GVI Capital Management. Lindsay has a portfolio of 47 long-term rentals, 15 short-term rentals, and various other real estate investments, and today, she joins us to talk about the power of creative financing. From hard money lendi...

Investing requires taking a risk, but if you don’t understand what you’re investing in, it might ultimately lead to underperforming, or worse! Our guest on the show today is passionate about helping people and aspires to be instrumental in helping investors build their wealth. Joseph Fang has been actively investing in real estate since 2003 and with a portfolio of rental properties gathered over...

There are plenty of non-traditional paths to success and not everyone starts their real estate journey with tons of capital. Today’s guest, Glenn Gonzalez, is truly an example of what it means to work your way to the top from the ground up. Starting as a maintenance worker during college, Glenn soon found an opportunity to transition into management before becoming the proud owner of Obsidian Capi...

There are so many mistakes to be made in JV’ing and we want to help you avoid some of them to ensure your success in real estate asset management! Today’s guest is the incredible asset manager, mom, CEO of GoBundance Women, and retired medical sales professional, Mandy McAllister. She is here to tell us all about GoBundance, how to find the right partners through background checks, her personal bu...

Today’s guest cut his teeth working in institutional real estate before starting his own company. As the SVP of acquisitions and asset management on roughly $3 billion worth of transactions, Mark Lively learned a lot before founding Cloudline Investments. Today he joins us to shed light on institutional asset management best practices and some of the biggest lessons he learned working in instituti...

Infinite banking is a concept that was created by Nelson Nash, whereby you can use whole-life insurance policies, that distribute dividends, to control your cash flow by setting up your own bank instead of using or relying on banks or other lenders for loans. Our guest on the show today is Chris Larsen, Chris is the founder and principal of Next-Level Income, he has been investing and imagining re...

Today’s guest has done a remarkable job of growing his company in a very short amount of time and joins us to shed light on how he successfully managed to do this. Brandon Turner is the founder and managing member of Open Door Capital. He is also a best-selling real estate author and a past host of the BiggerPockets podcast with over 100 million downloads. Brandon has a strong track record of inve...

The lending environment has taken some turns over the last few years and even within this current year. Today, we’re back again with guest Andrew Westling, who is an associate director of capital markets at Walker & Dunlop. Andrew is responsible for new loan originations and closings for multi-family and commercial properties nationwide. We delve into the current lending environment, from loan...

From rising interest rates to understanding affordability and interpreting infrastructure growth, where do you start your real estate journey? Kathy Fettke has been in the syndication world for 10 years, using that experience to help her run and build her company, RealWeath: empowering people to know how, when, and where to invest in real estate. With a passion for the economy, Kathy takes us on a...

In this episode, we share the details of two new properties we are very excited about that we have recently closed on in Tucson, Arizona. Although the vintage nature of these properties scared away potential buyers, we only saw promising investment opportunities. In this episode, we walk through the processes of buying the properties and the steps we took to ensure they were wise purchases. Find o...

Despite the volatile nature of the market, today’s guest has consistently managed to get into deals when the market was good and get out when it was even better. Brian Burke is the President and CEO of Praxis Capital, a vertically integrated real estate private equity firm that he founded in 2001. Praxis now has over $5 billion of transactional experience in multi-family real estate. In this episo...

Today’s guest went from running a family-owned pizzeria to being one of the top mentors in multifamily investing. Join us as Gino Barbaro takes us through his 10-minute MBA, and gives us key advice on how to build your business. From defining your core values, to how to structure your business goals and meetings, this episode is a masterclass! Find out how to make your first hire less daunting, an...

With each change in administration, come new changes to the U.S. tax bill. This week’s guest on the Real Estate Asset Management Podcast is Brandon Hall, CPA and managing partner of The Real Estate CPA. In our conversation with Brandon, he breaks down some of the tax changes that have been implemented by the Biden administration thus far, what we can anticipate in the coming years, and how the cha...

Investing in areas you don’t live in comes with its own additional set of challenges; however, as you’ll hear in today’s episode, Bob Couture has figured out how to overcome those hurdles and make investments across the country work very well for him! Tune in today to hear from the Managing Partner of CP Property Group about what led him to enter the real estate world after deployment, why he chos...

As we look at what the economy is currently doing, many of us in real estate are wondering about the impending recession. Is it coming? Is it here? Will it impact our businesses significantly? Today on the show, we talk to J Scott. J is a partner at Bar Down Investments, focusing on purchasing and repositioning large multifamily projects. He is also the author of five books, and his latest one, se...

Today’s guest is both the founder and CEO of an investment property management company as well as a construction company. We are joined by Shannon Robnett who sheds light on ground-up multifamily construction and the success he has reached in this segment of the real estate industry. Shannon has over 25 years of experience and has been involved from start to finish on over $350 million in construc...

Technology has a way of doing things bigger, better, and faster, and in doing so, it has the ability to disrupt established business plans, markets, and entire industries completely. Today’s guest Neal Bawa is known as the “mad scientist of multi-family” and in this episode, he warns us that if we ignore the developments in PropTech it could be detrimental to our livelihoods as real estate asset m...