The Real Estate Takeoff

Today's guest is Nancee Tegeder. Nancee is a partner at Crowdfunding Lawyers LLP, where she advises clients on matters related to crowdfunding, syndications, commercial real estate transactions, and securities laws.  Nancee joins us to talk about some of the legal aspects of raising money for apartment syndications.  Topics include: The various methods for raising money for syndications The differ...

Today's guest is Michael Blank. Michael has a Master's Degree in Computer Science and started his career building a software start-up company during the "Dot-Com Boom".  After his company's successful IPO in 2000, Michael spent much of his earnings buying and operating a pizza franchise.  After realizing the restaurant industry wasn't for him, he began successfully flipping dozens of houses and ev...

Today's guest is Brian Briscoe. Brian started his career path as a PHD student with the dream of being a college professor. All that changed when 9/11 happened. He changed career paths and went active duty in the Marine Corps. While active duty he joined a multifamily mentorship program with the Michael Blank team. Soon after that he rapidly acquired his first three apartment buildings all in 2019...

Today's guest is the founder and CEO of Enodo, Marc Rutzen. Enodo is an AI-assisted underwriting platform for multifamily. Marc sits down with us to tell us all about what his platform can do and how it's revolutionizing the way investors underwrite properties.  Today's Topics Include: How Enodo's software works and where it collects its data from How Enodo can get more accurate rent comps than an...

Today's guest is the one and only Grant Cardone. Grant is an internationally renowned apartment syndicator and sales expert. He is the best selling author of seven books, including The 10X Rule. He is the creator of Cardone University, a sales coaching platform. He is by and large one of the biggest names in the apartment investing business, and he sits down with us today to discuss his past, pres...

Today is our third takeoff topic. Mike and Shawn sit down to discuss the basic metrics we look for in a neighborhood before purchasing an asset there.  We cover three main data points: Median Household Income Crime School Ratings' Connect with Us: Website:  www.themultifamilytakeoff.com Instagram:  http://instagram.com/themultifamilytakeoff Email: Mike:  Mike@themultifamilytakeoff.com Shawn:  shaw...

Today's guest is Chris Grenzig. Chris started his real estate investing journey in Jan of 2016 by trying to flip houses on Long Island NY, but ultimately failed to flip a single house despite spending tens of thousands of dollars and several months trying. Chris and his team tried pivoting to purchasing tax deed properties in Philadelphia, but quickly realized it wasn't for them. From there Chris...

Today's guest is Yakov Smart. Yakov is the author of  Disrupting LinkedIn  and founder of Linkedleads, a company dedicated to consulting top business performers generate more leads and attract more capital through LinkedIn.  Our discussion today includes: Why LinkedIn is the best platform to connect with high net worth individuals How he uses his S.P.O.T. formula to optimize LinkedIn What your foc...

Today we have our second Takeoff Topic. Shawn & Mike break down how we use Facebook Marketplace to increase tenant lead generation exponentially. If you want to flood your property manager with leads and get your vacant unit filled ASAP, then this is the episode for you.  We cover: Why Facebook Marketplace is the #1 marketing platform Why your response time to messages is so important How to make...

Our guest today is Neal Bawa. Neal Bawa is a technologist who is universally known in the real estate circles as the Mad Scientist of Multifamily. Besides being one of the most in-demand speakers in commercial real estate, Neal is a data guru, a process freak, and an outsourcing expert. Neal treats his $250+ million-dollar multifamily portfolio as an ongoing experiment in efficiency and optimizati...

Our guest today is Hunter Thompson. Hunter is the author of the book "Raising Capital for Real Estate: How to Establish Credibility, Attract Investors, and Fund Deals." We cover many topics inside and outside the book including: How he fell flat on his face in his first capital raise The importance in becoming an expert in your field before raising capital Building a brand that establishes credibi...

Today our guests are Kelly Stinson and Anselmo Torres from SAS Conserve. At SAS Conserve they provide materials and labor for water conservation at multifamily properties around the country. Kelly and Anselmo break down how they help apartment owners realize huge savings in their water bills and immediate increases to their NOI.  Topics discussed include: How much they can help owners save on wate...

Our guests today are Emily Cortright and Adam Roberts. If you want to go as big as possible and quit your job as soon as possible, then you have to hear Emily and Adam's story. They were able to raise $5.6 MILLION for a $15 million 180 unit apartment on their first acquisition, which was enough to allow them both to quit their corporate jobs. Two years later they acquired their second property to...

In this episode we sit down with fellow Detroit Tracon air traffic controller Barry Flavin, also Managing Partner of New Mission Capital. Like many of us, Barry quickly realized working 30 + years at a W-2 job just wasn't how he wanted to live his time on this Earth. Barry did what most would American's look down upon cashing out his retirement accounts and 401K to begin investing in single family...

On today's episode we sit down with Kyle Marcotte. Kyle dropped out of a Division 1 college will a full ride scholarship to pursue his dreams in multifamily real estate. At only 20 years old he was able to raise over $1 million for his first syndication. Since then he has acquired two more properties and has a portfolio currently valued over $5.5 million. Listen in to see how Kyle was able to over...

Today our guest is Jan Larson. Jan has invested passively in over 20 apartment syndications. We get into why Jan decided to pull money out of his retirement account to invest in multifamily syndications. He walks us through his passive investing criteria and why he values relationships for deciding to invest with a sponsor.  Connect with Jan Larson: Email: Jan. A.Larson@gmail.com Connect with Us:...

If you've always wanted to achieve financial freedom through real estate investing but work a demanding career and do not have the time to devote towards becoming an industry expert. building an advisory team, finding amazing deals, securing capital, and dealing with the day to day operations and decisions that come with an apartment community, you CAN still enjoy the benefits of apartment investi...

On the show today we have commercial real estate broker Jordan Callaway. Jordan is a broker for Marcus & Millichap in Chicago. He shares with us why working with a broker is important when looking for multifamily deals, how to find a broker in your market, and how to be taken seriously by a broker if you're a new investor. We also discuss some of the common mistakes Jordan sees investors making  w...

Today we sit down with Reed Goossens. Reed immigrated from Australia in 2012. He quickly began investing in small multifamily properties by getting his first triplex, from there he linked up with a mentor that helped him scale his business to where it is today with over 1700 units under management, or approximately $175 million in multifamily real estate. Reed shares his journey from working in a...

Today we sit down with Brandon Hall. Brandon is owner/founder of The Real Estate CPA, which specializes in tax accounting with a focus on real estate. We discuss many aspects of the unique tax advantages of real estate and how to maximize your tax savings. Topics covered include depreciation schedules, cost segregation studies and their impact on taxes, unique advantages of being a real estate pro...

Today we sit down with John Azar and discuss how he built his massive portfolio of over 6,500 units, how he likes to mitigate risk for any economic downturn, inflection points and when to vertically integrate property management, and where he sees the market going in the next year. John is an Executive Vice President and Managing Member of MACC Venture Partners where he directs acquisitions, strat...

In this episode we sit down with John Brickson. John Brickson is based in Dallas, TX and has more than seven years of experience in commercial real estate financing and investing. In his current role with Old Capital, John is actively involved in financing commercial real estate assets in Texas and across the country for both new and experienced investors. John has experience working with a variet...

We sit down with Bryce Stewart, a former middle school teacher who was able to quit his job by age 35 through investing in small multifamily properties. Bryce shares his powerful story on how he was able to overcome many obstacles during his journey to financial freedom. Bryce also shares a phenomenal concept he calls "vacuuming the truck," which could change the way you think about real estate (a...

Gino Barbaro is an investor, business owner, author and entrepreneur. He has grown his real estate portfolio to over 1500 multifamily units. He is the co-founder of Jake & Gino, a multifamily real estate education company that offers coaching and training in real estate founded upon their proprietary framework of Buy Right, Manage Right & Finance Right. He is the best-selling author of three books...

Darin Batchelder has been in the whole loan trading business for the past 16 years. He is responsible for trading in excess of $4 billion in loan sales. Darin is the owner of TZK Capital. TZK Capital is focused on trading high credit quality performing real estate loan portfolios between banks to include residential, multifamily and commercial real estate loans. Prior to TZK Capital, Darin was wit...