The Real Estate Takeoff

Abbas Mohammed is a real estate investor in over 1500 apartments. He's in the top 1% of real estate brokers in the US. Abbas started out in the real estate business as a realtor and quickly grew his business to become one of the top agents in the US in a few years. After having delegated his business activities to a high level, he switched his focus to investing in Real Estate and started buying l...

Axel developed an early interest in real estate investing and purchased his first multifamily property in college. He spent the next few years building and scaling his portfolio by focusing on finding great deals, creative financing, and effective operations. As he grew his business, he was consistently asked by family and friends how they could get involved in what his company was doing. As a res...

During his 10-year career in the NFL, Cliff Avril won a Super Bowl with Seattle Seahawks and attended the 2016 Pro Bowl. Cliff set a championship record by scoring just 12 seconds into the game during Super Bowl XLVIII. Following the Seahawks' victory, he became the first player in NFL history to win a Super Bowl after having been on a winless team. As one of the top defensive pass rushers in the...

25 years' experience as small business entrepreneur and real estate investor. Ajai Sharma's entrepreneurial achievements include starting-up Software Company in India and USA. He holds MS degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science. Ajai started as real estate investor in 2008 in single family homes which have appreciated 500% and giving 18% return on cash invested. He and his wife Shiva are curre...

Dre is on a mission to inspire others and uplift communities through real estate education and leadership. A native of Chicago, his passion stems from his background as a former gang member. He is a U.S Naval Academy graduate, President Truman Scholar, and MIT Fellow. Dre has over 98 doors under management valued at over S13M. He is the Host of the Multifamily By the Slice podcast and co- hosts th...

Savannah Arroyo, a.k.a. "The Networth Nurse", who is a full-time Registered Nurse and real estate investor in Los Angeles, California. She uses her skills as a leader in healthcare operations to manage multifamily syndications and helps busy medical professionals create passive income through real estate investing. In this episode Savannah talks about syndicating apartments and raising capital to...

Eric Nelson is the Founding Principal of Wild Oak Capital. He has been investing in real estate for over ten years. Eric and the Wild Oak team provide investment opportunities through multifamily syndication. As a co-owner of a civil engineering firm, Eric's range of skills suits the field of syndication and real estate on both the technical level and client relations side. Eric is also the host o...

In Episode 116, Rich, Shawn & Mike recap their 2021. They talk about their first 2 syndications, a 145 unit and 150 unit deal in Greensboro, NC that they partnered with their mentors on. They talk about raising capital, mistakes they made, working with banks to close on time, unexpected hiccups, pitfalls with capital raising, and recommendations they have for their listeners. They share their succ...

In Episode 115, Rich, Shawn & Mike breakdown their latest 32 unit deal from acquisition, operation, to exit with learning lessons along the way.  Rich, Shawn & Mike cashed out their 401Ks to purchase this deal back in 2019 along with a couple of their equity partners. Recently they sold this property for almost 3X what they had bought it for just 25 months prior.  In this episode the guys cover ev...

Emanuele earned a Bachelor in Accounting and Finance from the International University in Geneva, Switzerland. His background ranges from that of an investor, real estate agent, to property manager. He's the owner of a multiple property management companies that offers short term rentals to both investors and local communities in South Florida. Emanuele has a personal rental portfolio of 120 units...

Hersh Rai is a managing member of RaiVu and an active real estate investor focusing on apartments and manufactured housing communities. He primarily leads acquisitions and oversees investor relations. With any investment, he hopes to improve the quality of life for the tenants, provide favorable returns for his investors, and continue to work alongside experienced partners. He began real estate in...

Matt Faircloth, Co-founder & President of the DeRosa Group, is a seasoned real estate investor. The DeRosa Group, based in historic Trenton, New Jersey, is a developer and owner of commercial and residential property with a mission to "transform lives through real estate." DeRosa creates partnerships to finance select real estate investments and has a proven track record of providing safe, profita...

Justin Fraser is an apartment syndicator, asset manager, and real estate investor, responsible for managing multiple apartment complexes across the country. Justin is an active partner in 5 apartment complexes holding 675 units. Justin built an asset management business, responsible for running the business of these apartment complexes. He is also the host of True Multifamily, a podcast about the...

Tim Hubbard started his career in real estate as an investment broker selling multi-family and commercial properties in Northern California. He worked with a small team of five who completed cumulatively over $2 billion in transactions. He has been personally investing in real estate for the last 10 years and has since acquired a multi-million dollar portfolio comprised primarily of small multi-fa...

Jerome Myers left corporate America to guide people to leading lives of significance by focusing first on living a centered life. Often, these people are already in positions of leadership, but feel that they are there alone. As a result, Jerome creates opportunities for these apex performers to connect with each other so that they can develop solutions to their toughest challenges. In this episod...

Brandon Hall is a Certified Public Accountant, national speaker, and is the Founder/Managing Partner of The Real Estate CPA. Brandon works with real estate investors, syndicates, and private equity funds to optimize tax positions and streamline accounting and business functions. He believes that real estate investing is critical to building sustainable and generational wealth. Brandon worked at Pr...

Avery Carl was named one of Wall Street Journal's Top 100 and Newsweek's Top 500 agents in 2020. She and her team at The Term Shop focus exclusively on Vacation Rental and Short Term Rental Clients, having closed well over 1 billion dollars in real estate sales. Avery has sold over $300 million in Short Term/Vacation Rentals since 2017. An investor herself, with a portfolio of over 100 Doors, Aver...

Ivan Barratt is a 20-year veteran of the real estate industry and currently serves as founder and CEO of The BAM Companies. Ivan is a multifamily owner, fund manager, and syndicator who specializes in large apartment communities in the Midwest. Since 2015, he has raised over $100 million in equity, acquired well over 5,000 units, and grown The BAM Companies (BAM Capital, BAM Management, and BAM Co...

Michael is the host of the Short Term Rental Secrets Podcast and founder of the Short Term Rental Secrets Mastermind, a training and mastermind program that helps investors launch, automate and scale their short term rental portfolios.  Michael and his wife Krysten founded Occupied, LLC, a national short-term rental investment and management company in 2017, as a vehicle to build passive income so...

Kenny has been investing in multi-family real estate since 2010. Soon after, he co-founded Wolfe Investments (originally Wolfe RE Mgmt) in 2012. He has been involved in over $130MM+ worth of commercial real estate transactions throughout Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Ohio. Kenny is passionate about ensuring the success of every investment for his loyal investors. Prior to co-founding W...

Dan and his wife, Dennae, along with their 4 children (3 girls and a boy) and standard poodle, reside and work in Columbia, SC. Dan Handford is one of the managing partners with PassiveInvesting.com which is a national passive apartment investing firm based in the Carolinas. He has led his apartment syndication company to acquire 3,583+ units with a portfolio valued over $561mil. He is also a pass...

Shane is a Canadian-born real estate entrepreneur and co-founder of Catalyst Equity Partners, a Texas-based privately held real estate investment firm founded in 2016. Catalyst focuses on the acquisition and management of large value-add multifamily properties in highgrowth markets. Catalyst currently has ~1,300 units and assets under management valued at $150M+. Shane leads the acquisitions, fina...

Rebecca Moore is the Co-Founder and CEO of Starboard Equity and a real estate investor since 2014. She has bought and sold over 2200 commercial multifamily real estate units and has syndicated the acquisition of four properties with over 500 units as a General Partner. Rebecca's story is one of powerful determination and persistence. She shares how she hired a mentor, learned to underwrite, built...

Vince has been in the technology industry since 2012. Previously, he has worked for a nano materials and technology company which developed catalysts for ammonia production and primary zinc air batteries. Since 2017 he has been working as a mechanical engineer developing and designing bipolar energy devices for a medical device company in Orange County. He has been named inventor in several patent...

Tim Bratz (pronounced "Brotts") is the CEO and founder of Legacy Wealth Holdings, a real estate investment company that acquires and transforms distressed apartment buildings into high-yield assets for their own portfolio. Tim's current portfolio exceeds 4,500+ units with a valuation of more than $400M+. Working in real estate, Tim has built a passive business and created a residual income that al...