The Profitable Property Management Podcast

Today, I’m talking with Doug Brien, the CEO and Co-Founder of Mynd, a venture-backed property management company that allows landlords and tenants access to real-time data about their properties. They’ve raised over $35 million and currently manage more than 2,100 doors across California. Before founding Mynd, Doug was the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Waypoint Homes, the second largest publ...

Today, I’m talking with Max Nussenbaum, the former CEO of Castle, a property management startup in Detroit that was using technology to change the game. At their peak, they had raised $4 million from investors and grew to be Michigan’s second-largest PM company, but in January of 2018 they winded down the business. In this interview, Max shares the lessons he learned from his time at Castle, where...

Today, I'm talking with John Laviter, the Chairman and CEO of Northpoint Asset Management. This is a real estate company with 25 offices across the US. Northpoint represents nearly a billion dollars in assets.  And John's been in the game for some time now.  He's built a successful operation and I'm excited to have him on the show to talk about what scaling looks like, the impacts of having a fina...

Today, I’m talking with Justin Bajema, the Founder and President of Access Property Management Group in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Justin started buying property during the housing crisis, but pretty quickly, discovered a lack of professional management options, which lead him to start his own shop. And today, Access Property Management is managing over 400 units with a highly profitable model that p...

Today, I am talking with Mike Paton .  Paton helps lead over 200 EOS Implementers and has conducted more than 1000 full day EOS sessions with leadership teams of more than 100 entrepreneurial companies.   He's spent a lifetime learning from entrepreneurs, and spends all of his time as an author, award winning speaker, certified EOS Implementer and the visionary of EOS worldwide .   Specifically, P...

Today, I'm talking with Benton Cotter , the CEO of RentVest , an Inc. 5000 property management company headquartered in Mesa, Arizona.   With 12 offices across the US, RentVest is one of the fastest growing property management companies.   They're on track to meet their goal of expanding into six additional markets and establishing 10,000 accounts nationwide by 2020. In today's episode, we're goin...

Today I'm talking with Tom Sedlack , the general manager of 33rd Company , a leading property management company in the Minneapolis area.   Tom's an experienced real estate investor, and he's been a featured speaker at numerous NARPM events.  You've probably seen him around and may have heard his talk on company valuation models at the most recent Broker/Owner Conference. In this interview, Tom's...

Today I'm talking with Eric Wetherington , the director of New Heights Property Management , the only certified residential management company in South Carolina.   Eric is also the current President-Elect of NARPM after serving as the South East RVP and National Treasurer.   After spending about 20 years in the business, Eric has started, acquired or managed dozens of companies and has built an in...

Today I'm talking with Kevin Ortner , the President and CEO of Renters Warehouse , which currently manages 1400 investors across 22,000 residential homes in 42 markets in 25 states. Kevin is a lifelong entrepreneur who got his start in business in early age, printing greeting cards at home and selling them door to door.  Got to respect the hustle. He's also got a background in aviation, earning hi...

Today, I'm talking with Steve Welty , the owner of Good Life Property Management , which is based in sunny San Diego.   After selling his share in another property management firm in 2013, Steve started Good Life with the goal of providing the highest level of customer service and experience in the industry.   Pretty lofty goal, isn’t it? Today, we're going to talk about what he does to actually l...

Today, I'm talking with Denny Miller , the broker and co-founder of Zenith Property Management , which specializes in managing single-family homes in and around Vancouver, Washington.   I've known Denny for three years and have always thought of him as somebody who is very sharp. A true hustler. Today, we're going to dig into the weeds of the intentional playbook that he is running within this Van...

Today, I'm talking with Luke Eddinger, the Director of Robert C. White & Company, a residential property management company in Connecticut, focused on SFH primarily.  A little bit of a mix of other property types as well. In today's episode, we're going to talk about what it looks like to make a dramatic shift in business and how to get intentional about driving profit. Luke shares lessons to...

Today I'm talking with Andy Moore , the CEO of Gulf Coast Property Management , which has served thousands of Florida owners since 2003.   Andy is a long time client, friend, and consummate hustler.  In today's episode you're going to learn about Andy's unique approach to running a profitable business, how this strategy helps Gulf Coast get ahead, and how you can use some of these ideas to improve...

Today I'm talking with Aaron Marshall , the CEO and Co-Founder of Keyrenter .  A low-overhead, high profit technology-based property management business and franchise.   They're now one of the leading players in property management franchising, and they're trying to use strategic thinking and cutting edge tech to deliver a better service to more owners. In today's episode, you're going to hear a l...

Today, I'm talking with Sarah Laidler , managing broker at Accolade Property Management , based in Ellensburg, Washington.   Prior to working in single-family, Sarah's background was in the multi-family side, where she managed over 1000 apartment units.   In today's episode, you'll learn how Sarah grew her property management company to 500 doors in a town of less than 20,000 people resulting in h...

Today, I am talking with  Steli Efti , the CEO of  Close.io , the inside sales CRM of choice for startups and SMBs.   Steli has over 20 years of experience in sales and entrepreneurship and has trained thousands of founders, sales directors, and sales reps to build sustainable and predictable revenue through sales.   He's also a mentor and advisor to many early-stage entrepreneurs as well as a fel...

Today, I'm talking with Steve Crossland , the owner of Crossland Real Estate Team, a local team in Austin, Texas working with Keller Williams.   Steve has built a profitable property management company, and the reason I wanted to have him on the show is that he is known for having some clear constraints and parameters of what he is optimizing for.   Steve is pretty much the opposite of one of thes...

Today, I am talking with none other than Bryce DeGroot , the President of Compass Advisors , a consulting firm that helps entrepreneurs achieve growth, capital, personal liquidity and eventually the sale and exit of their companies.   Since 1991 Compass has advised in the sale of over 155 companies and served hundreds more through exit planning and business valuations.   More importantly than that...

Today, I'm talking with Greg Crabtree , the CEO of Crabtree Rowe & Berger , a financial consulting and accounting firm for growth-oriented businesses.   Greg is also a fantastic speaker, and the author of Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits , where he outlines a pretty revolutionary set of metrics for driving business profitability.   In our chat today, we're going to cover the most imp...

Today, I am honored to be speaking with Scott Fritz , the founder of Growth Connect , a business coaching and exit planning service that specializes in transforming businesses into assets.   He's also the author of The Forty Hour Work Year, chronicling his entrepreneurial journey that led him to become a passive investor in his own business.   In this interview, Scott shares where most property ma...

Today, I am talking with Lukas Krause , the CEO of Real Property Management .  RPM is now the largest property management franchise in North America with more than 270 offices in 46 states, that manages assets worth more than 13 billion dollars.  That's billion with a 'B'. And today, we're going to discuss what it takes to run a successful franchise and what trends RPM plans on leveraging in the n...

Today we're talking with Andy Propst , the man, the myth, the legend, the CEO of HomeRiver Group .   Andy built his management company to 3,000 doors before handing off the reins so he could focus on founding HomeRiver Group. HomeRiver Group was formed in 2016 by combining several leading single-family-rental property management companies from around the country. Their multistate footprint and uni...

Today, I’m talking with Scott Brady , the owner of Progressive Property Management , which manages over 500 properties in Southern California. Scott is also a real estate manager that's developed an interesting non-traditional expansion model that uses real estate agents to manage properties.   In today's episode, you're going to learn about Scott's unique approach to property management, how this...

Today I am talking with Matthew Whitaker , the founder and Director of Market Development at gkhouses , a property management company that manages a lot of single family doors in Birmingham, Chattanooga, Nashville, Little Rock and soon to be a city near you.   After starting in Birmingham during the housing crisis, gk has expanded into multiple markets and seen some pretty significant growth. Most...

Today I'm talking with Kassandra Taggart, the president of Real Property Management Last Frontier, a fast growing property management company in Anchorage, Alaska of all places, which was named RPM franchise of the year in 2016.   Kassandra is also the president of The Landlord's Almanac, one of the largest landlord clubs in the country dedicated to networking, supporting and training for professi...