Rental Property Owner & Real Estate Investor Podcast

When you are beginning down the real estate investing path, one of the first things you have to decide is whether you're going to go it alone or bring in a partner.  Today we're going to talk with two talented investors who decided to combine their strengths in order to encounter the ups and downs of rental rehab together. Mark Roys is a retired Navy Civil Engineer Corps officer who served 20 year...

One of the greatest pleasures I've had over the past 10 months while staying home to avoid Coronavirus, is watching the Broadway Hit Hamilton  over & over on Disney Plus with my 11-year old daughter.  But until I met today's guest, I didn't realize that Hamilton and other Broadway plays are often syndicated just like apartments and other real estate investments. That's why I've really been looking...

When my guest today sets out to accomplish something, he doesn't just do it halfway.  He goes the full 110%.  In 2005 while in the Army National Guard he was deployed to Iraq…and was awarded soldier of the year. When he started his own podcast called the Real Estate Syndication Show, he didn't just settle on one episode a week, he decided to make it a daily podcast. When he started his multifamily...

My guest today is one of Manhattan's most successful skyscraper experts and has managed the syndication and development of high-profile real estate investments totaling more than $1.3 billion, including 1,500 luxury high-rise residential units, and three million sq. ft. of commercial office and residential.  He's also completed over 3,000 transactions. Ken Van Liew is an author, educator, engineer...

Imagine being able to control your rental property and real estate business from anywhere in the world.  My guest today has figured out how to do just that. Jon Huber is a self-proclaimed "techie" who uses his formal training in data and analytics as his competitive edge in real estate analysis.  Jon's rental portfolio spans from Los Angeles to South Florida, to Kansas City.  He's recently complet...

My guest today spent 20 years working as a teacher, 9 years working for various government agencies, and 17 years in Information Technology.  But he left all that behind when he began investing in real estate. Jeff Greenberg is now an experienced Syndicator and Asset Manager with over 12 years of experience in commercial real estate.  He currently controls over 1,000 units with a value over $40 Mi...

My guest today has spent the last few years building and acquiring small businesses and real estate investments to create diversified income streams.  He's invested in franchises, hair salons, laundromats, short-term rentals, car washes, and other assets with lucrative returns but not a lot of information available on how to get started.  Luckily, he's been documenting these experimental investmen...

I'm excited to be talking with a good friend and mentor of mine today about raising equity from investors.  Al Vardya successfully exited a 26-year career in the Information Technology Industry and began investing in Real Estate back in 2011.  He started with single-family homes that he still owns and manages, and then began investing in commercial real estate such as Class B Multifamily, hospital...

The RPOA's annual conference will be held virtually in 2021! Each month beginning this Thursday, February 18th , we'll be bringing you an exciting new main event - national speaker, deal room, breakout sessions, or legislative and economic updates - in addition to each event having plenty of opportunity to network (up to 500 people per event!) and chat with vendors and sponsors! The conference is...

My guest today can best be described as someone who has overcome great odds to achieve incredible things.  Terrica Lynn Smith is a real estate broker and investor holding over 250 properties in Louisiana.  She's the developer of a $14Million mixed-use community and founding partner of one of the largest private real estate crowdfunding companies in her state.  She also has created her own board ga...

According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, the delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one to four-unit residential properties has reached the highest level since 2010, when we were deep into the great recession.  As of November 2020, over 7.6% of borrowers are 90 days or more behind on paying their mortgage.  In the midst of this national crisis, what effect is this having on investors who own...

My guest today just completed his first syndication on a 76-unit apartment complex in St. Louis, Missouri, right in the midst of the Covid pandemic. Lee Fjord got his start in property management and began investing for himself in 2016.  Through the Power of Partnerships he's done a series of joint ventures and has built his portfolio up to 124 doors.  Today he's going to share the up's and down's...

What does it mean to build Legacy Wealth in real estate investing?  Many of us are doing deals, making our offers, rehabbing and flipping our properties, and trying to make a profit.  But when we look beyond our day-to-day workflow, what do we see ahead of us?  Are we actually building Legacy Wealth that will allow us to retire with passive cashflow and support our families when we're gone? We're...

Real Estate Investing can present many challenges that both new and seasoned investors find difficult to overcome.  If you're investing out-of-state, it might be difficult to get a broker price opinion, title search, or secure a property that has gone vacant. In my own business, we quite often need someone to mow the lawn on an REO, or help us create a Dodd Frank compliant mortgage.  More often th...

When it comes to successful real estate investing, having access to reliable and accurate data can have a huge impact on your profit potential.  Technology has brought us to a point where there's an abundance of data available, you just have to know where to find it and how to use it properly.  Today's guest is levelling the playing field by helping small businesses and investors get access to the...

My guest today could be called 'prolific' in many different ways.  First of all, he's an accomplished Film Composer in Los Angeles who has created music for many popular movies and tv shows.  He's also prolific in his Real Estate Investing in that he's created 72 Streams of Income and enjoys his share of the cash-flow from over 25,000 rental units consisting of Single Family Rentals, Apartments, S...

Many businesses are struggling to stay afloat during this Covid-19 pandemic, and Commercial real estate is no exception.  So how can real estate investors and professionals stay ahead of the curve, and what type of calculated risks could actually be beneficial for commercial real estate? Today, we're going to talk with an attorney who's 30 years of experience has given him insight into how to navi...

During the Great Recession there was a lot of opportunity for those who knew how to invest in short sales and foreclosure properties.  As the economy improved over the past 10 years, these strategies were needed less and less for various reasons. But now with Coronavirus' impact on our economy, is this cycle starting up again?  My guest today not only has an answer to that question, she is activel...

What does it take to find off-market deals and convert the owners of these properties into sellers? My guest today is going to help answer that question.  Sterling White is a multifamily investor who specializes in value-add apartments in Indianapolis and other midwestern markets.  In just under 10 years he's created a $19 Million portfolio through his company Sonder Investment Group. Sterling is...

Housing values have been rising steadily since the Great Recession, and many people, like myself, have been watching from the sidelines while investors and homeowners pay prices we wouldn't have dreamed of ten years ago.  Many investors think the housing market shows troubling similarities to 2008, but my guest today disagrees and believes the housing boom is just getting started and today he's go...

Anyone who has spent time researching notes and seller financing is going to be familiar with today's guest.  Over the past 40 years he has purchased more than 40,000 notes and his NoteSchool executive team has bought 3.5 billion dollars in notes.  He's an esteemed teacher of all aspects of real estate notes, won many industry awards and is an inaugural inductee into the Small Balance Real Estate...

My guest today played goalkeeper for a Big 12 Championship-winning women's soccer team, spent years touring the world as the lead guitar player in a punk rock band, and became a millionaire by the age of 31 by strategically investing in short term and vacation rental properties. Avery Carl owns a portfolio of 30 properties and is the CEO and founder of the Short Term Shop, a real estate team that...

Today we're going to talk about the dirty and gritty side of investing in real estate and the unglamorous aspects that most rental owners have to deal with, such as septic clean ups, eviction clean-outs, pre-1920's construction and investing in C & D, and even F properties.  These are the parts of our business that people rarely think about that can actually be quite profitable. And here to share...

One of the reasons people are reluctant to start investing in real estate is that they don't want to deal with tenants, toilets & trash.  And anyone who manages residential real estate will tell you that it can be very stressful and time consuming. My guest today is going to help us tackle those reservations head on.  He believes that property managers can take their real estate investments to the...

Spend the Night with me in a Haunted House! Welcome to Part 2 of our Halloween Series on Haunted Houses, Apparitions, Paranormal Experiences, and the Roommates who don't pay rent & can't be evicted. In part one (episode #251) you were introduced to a retired reverend who has been experiencing paranormal activity and communicating with the dead since his near-death experience at the age of 5. You a...