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Don got his start in the industry by knocking doors to sell security. An investor told him to do that same thing with real estate. He took the advice and ran with it, knocking on doors to find properties to buy, eventually getting away from the door knocking and scaling a large real estate investing business. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Bes...

Theo and Maurice are going to have a great conversation for us today. Maurice has a lot going on in his business, with experience across many different asset classes, he has a lot of value to add for us today. The first thing we will get into is how he balances his time between all those different deals. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Eve...

Jason has helped many people with their retirement planning, a good number of his clients have been real estate investors. Jason helps them evaluate their portfolios and decide if selling or keeping is the better idea for them. He also has his own real estate experience to share with us. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The mos...

As real estate investors, we are usually business owners and entrepreneurs as well. Dana is also an entrepreneur who is here to share her story and help us with some tips on entrepreneurship. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Every successful entrepreneur at some point has to say no and disappoint some people” - Dana Corriel Dan...

Today we have the privilege of hearing about DJ’s real estate investing story. He had no clue what to do after graduating college, started and ran multiple businesses, before discovering his love of real estate. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet:  “You don’t have to be a jerk, but you can always ask why” - DJ Scruggs DJ Scruggs Re...

Felipe is joining us today to tell us about his real estate investing journey so far. The journey includes buying, adding value, and selling a six unit apartment building. Joe will dig in on that subject, asking about the numbers, how he found it, what he did to add value, and how was the selling process. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ev...

Forming an LLC happens with each new deal in apartment syndications. Theo will be going over some of the details of how when to set them up, and how to do it, and what the LLC’s usually consist of. We’ve included a document for you to use to follow along with Theo, but this does not take the place of legal counsel! You will NEED to consult with an SEC attorney when pursuing an apartment syndicatio...

After you’ve done a deal or two, you may have the opportunity to work with private equity institutions. Joe and Ashcroft Capital choose to not work with them ever, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t. Theo will cover why we do not work with them, and when it might make sense to work with them. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I...

We’ll cover a lot more than just finding deals and getting the owner to agree to seller financing. Joe has been around many facets of real estate, from buying/selling real estate, mortgage brokering, insurance, and his own investments. We’ll dig in on the 120 units from seller financing about half way through the conversation. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leav...

Dave recently launched a new business venture in which he helps people rent their homes, hassle free. They help homeowners from A to Z with every aspect of turning your home into an investment property. Once they have placed a renter, they continue to do everything for the owner, and send them checks from their investment. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us...

Mauricio has been building his real estate portfolio and is invested in passively in other deals. He currently owns 48 units, we’ll hear about his first 16 unit apartment syndication, and what he’s learned along the way. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Take action, don’t wait until you have learned everything on the subject” -...

Mark is a credit union and business lending expert. He’s joining us today to talk to us a little bit about credit union loan products. Sometimes people are not aware that credit unions loan money for real estate investments. Mark will tell us how to approach credit unions and what the pros and cons of using them are. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a rev...

The guys are back again with more lessons learned from interviews for the podcast. We’ll hear about how one investor (Chris Tuff - episode releases 3/1/2020) gets the most out of his millennial workers, and why it is important to work with them to get the most production. Then We’ll hear about the pros and cons of using institutional money (from Michael Merideth) for your deals. If you enjoyed tod...

When underwriting a potential deal, you’ll need to have set assumptions that will help you determine how much cash you will receive at sale. After investors are paid back, you’ll be splitting the profits with them according to how you structure the investment. Theo will break down how Joe and Frank underwrite their sales assumptions for Ashcroft Capital. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to...

We’ve covered underwriting for more “normal” value add apartment syndication deals. Now we’re going to hear the differences between underwriting those deals, and underwriting highly distressed apartment communities. Theo will cover how you should underwrite highly distressed deals. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “The point is...

This is either a first or possibly the second time we’ve had an investor on to talk to us about real estate investing, in the legal cannabis space. Dana will walk us through how she finds and vets properties, and the obstacles she has to work around in this space. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You may have a license that you...

Brad is the CEO of a company that helps entrepreneurs and real estate investors find and work with great virtual assistants. We’ll hear about where the VA’s are based, and why, what kind of roles they thrive in, and how to train them to work in your business best. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Everything in business is about...

Jens is focusing on building his rental portfolio via value add deals. While he’s building his portfolio, he’s also still working full time. There are a lot of people in the same situation - wanting to or currently building a portfolio while working full time, with hopes of being a real estate investor full time in the long run. Hear how he’s going about scaling his business, the deals he’s findin...

Tony has been in the business for a while and is here today to share some of his best ever tips with us. We’ll focus this conversation on how he gets most of his word of mouth referrals, which is very important for real estate investors, and entrepreneurs of all kinds. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “We are valuable and we nee...

Joe has been practicing chess and taking chess lessons over the past year, and of course he finds the relevant business lessons and wants to share with all of us. After that, Theo will ask his trivia question and share some free resources. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Don’t ask how can I get a deal, ask what conditions can...

Yesterday Theo began discussing these 51 responsibilities. Today he will finish the rest of the responsibilities that he didn’t get to yesterday. You won’t hear a detailed breakdown of each responsibility, we’ve already done that throughout syndication school. The focus of these episodes is to help you figure out how to divide up these responsibilities among your team and business partners. If you...

Theo has already covered most, if not all of these responsibilities in detail on previous episodes of Syndication School. The purpose for this and tomorrow’s episode is to explain how to divide these responsibilities among your team members and business partners. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “This document has all 51 of the...

Matt is an investor himself, and was a mortgage broker who closed on about $2 Billion of real estate transactions. Now in a full time sales role with a software company for real estate investors, Matt is here to help us make our businesses more efficient through tips he will share, and through his software should you decide to try it. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes...

Josh and his wife used the house hacking method to purchase their first investment property. They were able to leverage that strategy to grow to over 5 units. We’ll hear some challenges they faced along the way, and more importantly, how they overcame the challenges. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “You start to realize that wi...

Jeff is not only an investor, but also a broker who helps others grow their own portfolio. He struggled in the beginning to grow his business, so he focused on that until he was having some success. Now Jeff shares his knowledge with his clients and with us on today’s episode. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If you buy right a...