The Real Estate Takeoff

Fourth generation mason Matt DiBara mixed his first bag of concrete at age 9 and went on to spend most of his childhood learning the trade, eventually placing first in the national SkillsUSA masonry competition. From there, he branched out to attend the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where he earned a degree in Construction Management and Environmental Design. After graduating, Matt took...

On the show today, we have retirement account specialist Josh Plave. Josh's experience in retirement accounts began at 16, when he opened his first Roth IRA and began trading equities. Since then, after the unfortunate passing of his grandfather and mother, he was left with multiple Inherited IRAs. Through careful research and structuring, Josh has been able to further the legacy of prior generati...

Get good grades, go to college, take student loans, get a good job, and sit in a cubicle for 40 years. Like everyone else he knew, Bryce Stewart believed this was the only realistic economic life plan. But through real estate investing, he was able to retire from the 9-to-5 at age 35. He now spends his days with his wife and four daughters, free from the bondage of a traditional job. He loves to g...

Chris Salerno has successfully transacted more than 40mm in real estate volume and helped lead the #1 real estate team in the Carolinas to produce more than $140mm in annual sales. Named to Charlotte's 30 under 30, Elite 50, Elite 50 entrepreneurs, 30 under 30 entrepreneurs, and nominated for Forbes 30 under 30, Chris has quickly gained recognition, and notoriety for his hard work, and dedication...

The multifamily mastermind special episode welcomes Shannon Ludlow of The Multifamily Journey, John Fortes of The Passive Investor Show, Justin Fraser of True Multifamily, Shawn DiMartile of The Multifamily Takeoff, Daisy Serrano & Luc D'Abreau of the Make it Rain Podcast, and German Buendia & Oscar Buendia of the REI Brothers Podcast as they come together for a one-of-a-kind Multifamily conversat...

Nick Andrews and JD Schmerge of Marcus & Millichap join us to discuss the state of the multifamily market. Nick and JD specialize in the Cincinnati, Louisville, and Dayton markets serving both workforce housing and newer and larger A class assets. In this episode we discuss cap rates and how they have evolved over the years, how to get brokers to take you seriously, how to win deals, and the state...

Our guest today cut his teeth flipping duplexes in Los Angeles for many years. Along the way he bought and held a few duplexes which appreciated in value over the years. In just the past 18 months, he traded in his duplexes for larger assets out of state.  In this episode, Jonathan Barr explains to us what it's like going from flipping and managing a small portfolio of duplexes in your backyard to...

Every business reaches a point where it has to learn to scale. Today's guest joins us to discuss how he's reached this point and is building out systems to increase the number of deals they can make offers on.  Today's guest is Loren Jacobs. Loren is living in Canada but purchasing multifamily properties here in the States. After syndicating his first few properties he realized that winning a deal...

Every investor has to start somewhere. Today's guest started on a farm in eastern Oregon. Levi Allen grew up in an agricultural family and started his career continuing that tradition with his own farm. However, he was drawn to multifamily real estate and the wealth it could build. He started small with a few duplexes, then completed a 1031 exchange with his farm to acquire a 10 unit. From there,...

What does a business plan look like in a market that has rent control, strict landlord-tenant laws, extremely low cap rates, the most expensive labor in the country, and low leverage? Today's guest is going to explain how he's able to navigate all of the downsides in Southern California to make huge profits.  Today's guest is Brent Sprenkle. Brent is a commercial broker for Berkadia in Los Angeles...

There's a lot of forces at work in the apartment marketplace right now that are making it more difficult to find good deals. Lending requirements are tightening, more buyers are in the marketplace, cap rates continue to compress, covid is still around making everyone's life harder, and rent collections have seen a dip in some assets. Today's guest believes this is all pointing to a drop in the mar...

Building a real estate portfolio with a full-time job is already difficult enough, but doing so as an active-duty military presents entirely new challenges. Today's guest has been able to build a portfolio of almost 300 units while in the Air Force.  Vincent started by building up approximately 20 units of small residential multifamily properties. He then joined a mentorship program to take it to...

Today's guest is John Casmon. John started like many others, he had a great corporate W-2 job and was working in the career he thought he'd retire in. But then his company went bankrupt, made massive layoff, and he was suddenly faced with the possibility of losing his job.  John decided it was time to make moves and start building a rental portfolio to take control of his future. He slowly built u...

Today's guest is one of those people that prefers to do things himself. It's why his Instagram handle is @diy_landlord. He's continued to purchase multifamily properties with his money, manage them himself, and even handle the maintenance himself. His name is David Grabner, and he's someone you can learn a thing or two from.  David Grabner started in real estate 6 years ago when he bought a small...

Most investors you talk to will tell you California isn't a good market to invest in. It's rare to hear a podcast guest talk about real estate success in Southern California. Our guest Scott Choppin is here to tell you that California can, in fact, produce great returns on multifamily properties. You just have to be creative.  Scott and his team are based out of Long Beach, California, and they fo...

Many of you looking for multifamily deals have run into a seller that's asking for much more than their property is worth. Sometimes sellers have properties that may not even qualify for bank financing because of occupancy issues. Today's guest is going to teach you how to use a seller's greed against them and lockdown deals using creativity and avoiding the banks.  Our guest Terry Hale is a true...

Everyone loves to see an entrepreneur go all-in on a new business and succeed, which is exactly while you'll love today's guest Savannah Arroyo. Savannah got started in multifamily investing in 2020 when she syndicated her first apartment deal, a 12-unit in Oregon.  Savannah comes on the show to tell her unique story of starting as a full-time nurse, to becoming the "Networth Nurse" and buying dea...

Have you ever wondered how we got into this business? We've been so busy interviewing other apartment operators over the past year that many of our listeners probably know little about us and how we got here. We decided to end the year by interviewing ourselves and sharing how we came to be apartment owners and podcast hosts.  Additionally, we discuss some key lessons we learned from our very firs...

Multifamily financing is one of the many things in this world that has been dramatically affected by COVID-19. It's not as easy as it was before to secure debt, and there are new requirements that the multifamily space has never seen before. We brought on a major commercial and investment banker to go over what kind of changes the pandemic has brought about in lending. In addition to that, we cove...

Do you love your property manager? Do you dislike your property manager? Or, are you somewhere in between? Hiring and firing a property manager is a difficult decision. Today's guest has hired, fired, and even created his own massive property management company. Our guest today is Ryan Wehner, owner of Wehner Multifamily. Ryan joins us to discuss multiple topics regarding hiring and firing propert...

Many investors, like ourselves, find the need to look out of state to find good real estate investments. Our guest on today's episode takes that a step further and invests over 7,000 miles out of his home country in order to find good multifamily deals.  Today's guest is Hadar Orkibi and he lives in New Zealand, but invests in multifamily properties here in the United States. Hadar reached financi...

When you sell your multifamily property you are taxed on the profits that the sale generates. That tax is called the capital gains tax and is usually 15%. It's a hefty tax to pay and will capture a pretty sizeable chunk of your profits. So what are some strategies to avoid paying this tax? Many have heard of the 1031 exchange, which can work is certain situations, but few have heard of the deferre...

If you're in the multifamily real estate business you likely need or have a desire to raise capital on a continuous basis. Most raise money from friends and family, but do you know anyone raising money from out of the country? Today's guest has a Rolodex of investors living in Japan that he raises capital from to fund his multifamily deal. Listen in to learn how he does it.  Today's guest is Matth...

Apartment operators often talk about everything that goes into acquiring a property and getting it to the closing table, but not talked about as much is what happens AFTER closing. Today's guest wanted to change that educate others on the asset management side of the business, so he created his own summit to bring together the best minds in the business to reveal their asset management secrets.  T...

When we talk about multifamily investing, more often than not we're talking about value-add investing. Today's guest not only does value-add, but she's also crushing it in new construction. Anna Myers of Grocapitus joins us to discuss how they select their markets, and ways in which the new construction business plan differs from the value-add.  Anna serves as Vice President at Grocapitus, a comme...