Real Wealth Show: Real Estate Investing Podcast

In this episode, we dive deep into the fascinating world of population growth and demographics, and explore their impact on the real estate market. Understanding demographic trends is key to predicting market shifts, business strategies, and societal changes — and who better to break it down than Ken Gronbach, an internationally renowned demographer with over 25 years of experience in analyzing po...

Post-Election Stress? Kristine Carlson on Finding Peace and Reducing Stress with Practical Tips from 'Don't Sweat the Small Stuff' After a tense election cycle, many Americans are feeling stressed and overwhelmed. In this episode of The Real Wealth Show, we welcome Kristine Carlson, author and expert in stress management and mindfulness. Kristine is the widow of Richard Carlson, who wrote the best...

I have a confession to make, I have never personally flipped a home. And to be clear, what I mean by that is that I have never bought a property just to renovate it and put it back on the market. I have built homes to sell them retail - and I have renovated and also built homes to put on the rental market. So what am I missing by not flipping? In this episode you'll hear from James Dainard who has...

If you've already bought your first investment property, you may recall the initial fear you had about managing it. And that was just one property. But many investors find out it's not that tricky, and quickly scale up once they've completed their first deal. It can become addicting to feel the success of multiple deals that help you create financial independence. We're reposting an amazing and in...

Hey everyone! It's your LAST CHANCE to REGISTER for the SAN ANTONIO TOUR this weekend, November 2nd! Please join us for a fun time! 🏡👇 https://realwealth.com/tours/ This episode is part of our "Jumpstart Your Portfolio" series for both experienced investors and newcomers who'd like to use the equity they already have to buy investment property. That could be from rental properties you already ow...

What's going on in the current short-term rental market? Does it still make sense? And if it does, how do you choose the right market and the right property in a specific market?  Our guest today on the Real Wealth Show, Avery Carl, will answer those questions and others as she delves into an asset class that can be unpredictable, but very lucrative. She'll address how short-term rentals have evol...

If you're already a real estate investor, you know that it gets easier after your very first property deal. That first leap can be intimidating. Our guest today will share how he's able to say "yes" to a deal, and how he's been able to scale his real estate business. Grant Francke is a successful real estate investor with a portfolio worth more than $8 million. With only a high school education, h...

While there's no guarantee that properties will increase in value, historically they have over time -- especially in high growth areas of the nation. But if you want faster appreciation, you have to create it. Real estate investors "force" appreciation by increasing the value of a property through updates, renovations, or development. In this episode, my guest Victor Menasce, shares how he forces...

Do you have a rich brain? If you don't, you might not have a rich wallet either! It takes a certain mindset to be successful in business, and that includes real estate. If you don't have the right mind-money relationship, you may find yourself sabotaging your wealth-building efforts not just once, but over and over again.  In this episode, you'll hear from Bronson Hill . He's a managing member at...

I have a special guest here on the Real Wealth show today. I'm sure you've heard of him. In fact, you may have heard him during our virtual live event last Saturday.  https://kenmcelroy.com/ ~~~~ JOIN RealWealth® FOR FREE 🏡👇 https://realty.realwealth.com/join-now/ ~~~~ EXPAND YOUR REAL ESTATE KNOWLEDGE AND PORTFOLIO👇 Members have exclusive access to👇 👉Vetted property teams 👉Trusted lenders a...

I have a special guest here on the Real Wealth show today. I'm sure you've heard of him. In fact, you may have heard him during our virtual live event last Saturday.  https://kenmcelroy.com/ ~~~~ JOIN RealWealth® FOR FREE 🏡👇 https://realty.realwealth.com/join-now/ ~~~~ EXPAND YOUR REAL ESTATE KNOWLEDGE AND PORTFOLIO👇 Members have exclusive access to👇 👉Vetted property teams 👉Trusted lenders a...

How do you build a real estate portfolio when you already have a busy career that takes up most of your time? Former NFL star, Devon Kennard , can tell you exactly what it takes to do that. Devon played for the New York Giants and the Detroit Lions before he signed with the Arizona Cardinals. As a pro football player, he knew his career wouldn't last forever so he carved out just five hours a week...

Have you gotten a little dizzy trying to figure out today's multifamily market? Investors have faced significant challenges. In addition to loans that need refinancing at higher rates and higher costs for things like property insurance and real estate taxes, rents have been softening or even reversing because of a massive increase in supply. That's not an easy problem to overcome for many multi-fa...

We are counting down the days until the release of our new book, "Scaling Smart: How to Design a Self-Managing Business." My husband Rich and I co-authored the book to share what we have learned about business strategy as the co-founders of real estate investing company, RealWealth.  In this episode, we talk about some of those strategies with a woman we mention in the book – entrepreneur, real es...

Should you hold on to that long-time rental or trade it in for something else? Many people say you should hold forever, but is that always the best way to go? In this episode, you'll hear when it might make sense to break that rule for the sake of better cash flow or better appreciation. We call this process "portfolio rebalancing." Among the topics we discuss are property performance reviews, por...

Are you energized by the thought of starting your own business but overwhelmed by the amount of work it will take? Or maybe you've already begun, but you feel like you've reached a plateau and don't know how to get it going again? Or maybe you've just gotten through one major hurdle and can't muster the enthusiasm to tackle another? These are just examples of the things we can feel when we don't h...

Are you familiar with the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad ? How about the investing game Cashflow Quadrant ? If you know about either of these, you're probably also familiar with the legendary Robert Kiyosaki who wrote the book and created the game to teach people about wealth creation and real estate investing.    He was on our show many years ago at the very beginning of our podcast. Now, as we celebrat...

Have you ever felt I coulda, woulda, shoulda bought some rental properties after the 2008 housing collapse? Prices were so low it was like getting a 75% discount in many cases! But it's always easier to see what you should've done instead of what you might want to do right now. The truth is that when you're in it, you can't see it as clearly. So what are the signs you should look for to recognize...

*This is a re-posting of a previous interview with Zeona Macintyre on the topic of medium-term rentals.* If long-term rentals aren't giving you enough cash flow, and short-term rentals seem like too much trouble, there IS a third option. By renting your property as a furnished home for 30-days or more, you can increase your cash flow, avoid local short-term regulations and occupancy tax, simplify...

Have you ever wondered how long a buy-and-hold strategy should last? Forever? Or, at some point, is it appropriate to sell? It's a decision that most investors have at least thought about. Personally, my husband Rich and I have sold and later regretted it because our properties shot up in value after we let them go. But we've also had better luck in that regard, and couldn't be happier with the ou...

This is the first of our new "Jumpstart Your Wealth" series to help first-time home buyers and investors jumpstart their real estate experience. And the first topic we'd like to address is "Getting Out of Debt."  We had an amazing husband-and-wife team on the show last year to talk about their efforts to eliminate debt and get into real estate, so we're reposting that interview as the first Jumpst...

The real estate business is not entirely about the housing market. In this episode, we talk about industrial real estate, oil and gas, bringing US companies back home, or what's known as "reshoring," and of course, the housing market. But the conversation goes beyond that with talk of economic trends, investment strategies, and our recent RealWealth property tour in San Antonio where investors can...

It's not easy to find a good investment property in today's market. Prices and mortgage rates are high, and it can be really difficult to make the numbers work. As a lifelong Californian, Kathy has learned this lesson. It's just too expensive in California to invest here. So 20 years ago, she started looking in other states and had to evaluate realtors, property managers, renovation teams, and oth...

How do large corporations decide what part of the country they should move to or build new facilities? It's much more than a random recommendation, a sale price, or a gut feeling. They do in-depth studies and often hire expensive consultants because it's a huge investment and they don't want to get it wrong.  In this episode, you'll hear from site selection consultant, John Boyd Jr., who has his f...

One of the most compelling reasons for owning investment property is the huge amount of money you can save on taxes. So it's extremely important to understand the kind of tax benefits and deductions available to you.   In this interview, you will hear about cost segregation studies and how they can help you depreciate different components of your properties more quickly. There's also a bonus depre...