Street Smart Success

The world of multifamily apartment investing has gotten crowded. There’s infinitely more demand than supply and there’s little differentiation in the marketplace. After buying an online real estate course three years ago, today’s guest took 18 months to find his first deal. It was in Tucson and he ended up hitting it out of the park by almost doubling the value of a 42-unit apartment building in l...

Like everything else in business, real estate is all about timing. Starting back in the 80’s outlet malls were popping up all over the country. Then, in the 90’s, Self-Storage started to grow. Today’s guest is truly a Real Estate visionary and has been able to capitalize on trends before the rest of the market has caught up. Adam Gordon is based in New York City and is the President of Wildflower...

Will people go back to offices, or will they continue to work from home? Facebook, Google, Microsoft and other tech companies are gobbling up as much office space as they can. Today’s guest believes employees will want to return to offices. Brian Adams is founder of Excelsior Capitol, a private equity real estate company based in Nashville. Brian buys great properties in great markets that have ha...

These days there are hundreds of syndicators buying multi-family properties in growth markets with the same value-add strategies. As prices for existing multi-family have gone through the roof, today’s guest has pivoted to ground up development of super high end Class A Multi-family buildings in infill locations in large, mature markets in the NorthEast. Matt Pestronk is President of Post Brothers...

Sometimes happiness can lead to success more than success leads to happiness. Today’s guest encountered challenges early on in life but always stayed happy to accept responsibility and succeed in life. He started out flipping houses but eventually realised that he could impact more people by investing in multi-family apartments. Tyler Devraux, co-founder of the Multifamily Mindset, started his mul...

If you’re in a career you hate, you don’t have to stay stuck. You can do something about it to change your life. From big box retail store manager to multi-family apartments, today’s guest started with no knowledge of real estate back in 2007 and is now managing over 1100 apartment units. Bruce Peterson, the Apartment Guy, is based in Austin Texas and has a completely vertically integrated company...

Some people like to buy properties that they don’t have to do too much work on. Other people see big opportunity in older properties with much more upside. Today’s guest is buying older, C class apartment buildings in great markets that can be improved in order to increase rents and the value of the buildings. Justin Fraser, an account Apartment Syndicator at 88 Real Estate Capital, shares his sto...

Starting out as a Real Estate syndicator is no easy task. Finding your first property and then raising money from investors can be daunting and scary. Today’s guest is a newer syndicator who bought a 76 Unit townhome complex in the Dallas Ft Worth Metroplex and has done well for his investors and himself. Darin Batchelder tells his story from starting in corporate America all the way to syndicatin...

The real estate market has been on fire for the last several years. Today, investors seem to be buying just based on the come. But today’s guest only does deals if there’s enough existing cash flow in addition to the projected upside. Tim Bates, founder of Worth Commercial Real Estate, only buys special opportunities that most people don’t know about. Tim’s based in the Dallas-Ft Worth metroplex.

The more you do, the more you can do. And today’s guest has done a lot. Karen Briscoe is Principal of the Huckaby Briscoe Conroy Real Estate Group (HBC) in Northern Virginia. Over the years, the group has sold over 1,000 homes valued at over $1 billion. Karen is also the author of "Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day”, she’s a podcast host, and also a life coach.

There are many ways to invest in Real Estate and Self-Storage in particular has gotten to be popular in the last few years as investors have taken notice. Self-storage is easy to operate and you don’t have to deal with fixing toilets. Today’s guest, Scott Lewis, is founder of Spartan Investment Group. Spartan is an Inc 500 fastest-growing company that operates and develops self-storage facilities.

Going from zero to owning and managing over 100 homes, especially section 8,  isn’t for the faint of heart. But starting back in the early 2000’s, today’s guest, Emerich Herbst, started buying foreclosures in Cleveland, Ohio and has amassed an impressive portfolio of single-families and small apartment buildings. Emerich is a master at buying properties at the right price, rehabbing, and rent...

Flipping houses can generate big profits. Today’s guest started buying houses and small apartment buildings in the Twin Cities before graduating to large multifamily complexes in other markets. He now is the General Partner in over 800 properties in the Midwest and mid-South regions of the country. Todd Dexheimer of Venture D Properties, started with nothing and is building an incredible portfolio...

Being a top 1% Real Estate agent takes incredible talent and resourcefulness. With every market saturated with agents, standing out from the crowd takes unparalled marketing and hard work. Today’s guest, Krista Mashore, sold 69 homes her first year and went on to a record-breaking career before starting Krista Mashore coaching. Krista helps other real estate agents all over the country build their...

Every day 10,000 people turn 75 in this country. And there are more people in their 80’s and 90’s than at any other point in history. That’s why there’s an insatiable demand for senior housing, especially quality senior housing. Today’s guest, Paul Griffin, is CEO of Griffin Living, a national developer of quality senior living that builds great communities that are also safe for residents given t...

Investing in real estate can be lucrative and now you can become a philanthroinvestor. A philanthroinvestor changes the world through their investments. Todays guest, Ivan Anz, is founder of Equity & Help, a company that puts lower to middle income families on their way to homeownership and at the same time creates hefty returns for investors. Equity & Help is also an Inc 100 fastest growi...

Many people are dying to quit their 9-5 job but they never do it. Well, today’s guest started flipping houses while working full-time. He eventually created a system that was so successful that he quit his job and went into Real Estate full-time. Today’s guest, Haim Mamane Palman, is a successful Real Estate Investor and coach who can teach you his system on how to succeed in Real Estate investing...

People that own luxury vacation homes can rent them out when they’re not there. That way they can offset their costs and maybe even turn a profit. Today’s guest founded a company that makes it easier for luxury vacation homeowners to maximize their investment and reduce the time and hassle it takes to manage it. Andrew McConnell, co-founder and CEO of Rented.inc is a self-made entrepreneur who’s i...

The profits to be made on land investing can be stratospheric. Today’s guest makes anywhere from 300 to 1000 percent returns on buying and selling land. Mark J. Podolsky (AKA The Land Geek) is widely considered the country’s most trusted and foremost authority on buying and selling raw, undeveloped land within the United States. He has been actively investing in Real Estate and Raw Land since 2001...

Literal fortunes have been make in multi-family real estate. Seasoned investors live off the monthly cash and the appreciation can be tremendous. But like anything else, you need to know what you’re doing. Today’s guest is a founding principal of one of the nations largest privately held multi-family syndication companies with over 20,000 apartment units under management across almost 90 propertie...

One of the hardest parts of property management is dealing with contractors. And one of the hardest parts of being a contractor is finding steady work and getting paid. Today’s guest has developed  technology that connects property managers with reliable contractors in real-time. Bo Lais is founder and CEO of Lula, a Kansas City-based company that provides on-demand maintenance for property m...

More people have gotten rich in this country from Real Estate than any other way and today’s guest is one of them. After seven years in the corporate consulting world, Gabe Petersen ventured out on his own and made his mark as a successful real estate investor. Gabe used his digital marketing expertise and street smarts to find great deals that’s made him a lot of money. He’s done single family ho...