The JustSayan Podcast

Tyler Bynum opened the Dallas office of Franklin Street roughly a year and a half ago after years of grinding through the toughest stretch of the multifamily market in recent memory. During the slow years, he ran a drone videography company on the side and worked the Amazon warehouse 5am to 9am before going straight to the office to dial for deals. He's still here. David Turner (DT) came up th...

John Gillespie has been in the apartment business since 1990. He's the president of WAK Management Company, which owns and operates 4,500 units across 22 properties in North Texas and greater Nashville - and they still own the very first property they ever bought. No outside investors. No syndication pressure. Just 35 years of quiet, unglamorous work. John, a guy who's been through the RTC crisis...

Brad Sumrock was 14 years into corporate America with an MBA, an engineering degree, and a boss who told him he'd never amount to anything because he took his lunch break and used his paid vacation. He got fired six months after closing the second-biggest deal in company history. Today he owns over 11,000 apartment units, has bought (and sold) his own $7 million private jet, and hasn't pai...

Dustin Miles ran a candy business out of his backpack at eight years old. By college, he was shipping Pokemon cards to buyers in China and New Zealand to pay for ramen. By his thirties, he was an engineer at Lockheed Martin. Now he owns multifamily real estate across Texas and the Midwest, runs Momentum Multifamily with his partner Hayden, and recently ran 35 miles from Fort Worth to downtown Dall...

Veronica Warwick started her real estate career right as her husband was deployed overseas - no support system, a brand new license, and two kids still in school. She figured it out. In this episode, Veronica and her partner Jeanette Feliciano pull back the curtain on what real estate actually looks like - the stuff nobody tells you. A seller who passed away an hour before his signing. A young cou...

On this episode of the JustSayan Podcast, we're joined by Jon Simpson, founder of Criterion. B, a marketing agency focused on Multi-Family properties, and Be Swity, a SAAS for multifamily marketing. He shares stories of how he first got started in the industry 20+ years ago an how his companies are still flourishing today.

In this episode of The JustSayan Podcast, we sit down with Bryan Bea - a Filipino immigrant who came to the US at 5 years old with a path already laid out for him: go to school, become a nurse, take care of the family. But a Gary Vee video in high school changed everything. Bryan shares how he went from garage sale flipping to getting caught up in an MLM, to eventually building a real marketing an...

Joining us for episode 4 is Nate, the owner of Deep Cuts. In this episode Ruben, Nick, and Nate talk about Nate's journey from a Bachelor of Arts in English to a master butcher, share the 'liver king' stories that swept the shop, and discuss the hardheadedness required to build a legacy in the meat industry.

We are joined by Jovan Glasgow for a vulnerable conversation on the intersection of grief and growth. Jovan shares his personal journey of navigating devastating loss and how those moments became the ultimate catalyst for a life of purpose. We explore how to handle the weight of tragedy without losing sight of your potential, the importance of honoring legacy through action, and how to find meanin...

Joining us for episode two is Hayden Harrington, founder of Momentum Multifamily. In this episode, Ruben, Anthony, and Hayden dive into the grit required to build a business from the ground up - from sleeping on couches and sending thousands of ignored messages to managing thousands of units. They discuss the reality of dropping out of college, the '10,000 hours' rule, and how physical dis...

Kicking off our new podcast with 4 of our Sayan team members: Nick, Anthony, Kevin, and Ruben. In this episode the four talk about how they each got started in the industry, share some laughs, hot takes, and goals for the future.