The REI Diamonds Show-Real Estate Investment Podcast

Episode: Nashville Tennessee Real Estate Development with HBG Capital Founder Brandon Cobb Guest: Nashville Tennessee Real Estate Investor Brandon Cobb is the founder of HBG Capital.  He is also a licensed and bonded General Contractor in TN managing more than $1O Million of new development annually. Big Idea: Investing in Nashville Tennessee real estate is like most of the U.S. at the time of thi...

Episode: Fast & Easy Multifamily Lending with StackSource Founder Tim Milazzo Guest: Tim Milazzo is the co-founder of StackSource, a technology driven engine for funding commercial real estate deals of all types.   Big Idea: Having access tofast & easy multifamily lending, or any other commercial funding, is the first step to scaling a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio.  The commercial lo...

Episode: Rental Property Insurance Pitfalls with Attorney Galen Hair Guest (Attorney Galen Hair): New Orleans Attorney Galen Hair is an expert in avoiding rental property insurance pitfalls.  At any given time Galen and his team are involved in helping several hundred people obtain full payment from insurance companies for catastrophic loss.   Big Idea: Rental property insurance policies are desig...

Episode: Investing in Hotels with Mike Stohler Guest: Mike Stohler is a former commercial airline pilot, Navy veteran, and co-founder at Gateway Private Equity Group.  Including apartment complexes, houses, and hotels, Mike has owned or operated over 1300 units.  Seeking value-add opportunities and higher returns, Mike pivoted from multi-family to hotels and now focuses exclusively in this niche. ...

Episode: How to Make NNN Lease Investments with Drew Wahlgren of Mag Capital Partners Guest: Drew Wahlgren began his career as a risk analyst at Liberty Mutual Insurance.  He then leveraged that experience into his current role as Director of Capital Markets with MAG Capital Partners, a commercial real estate firm with a focus on the sale/leaseback strategy of NNN lease investments. Big Idea: NNN...

Episode: Probate Leads, Data, & Real Estate Deals with Bill Gross Guest:  Bill Gross is a real estate agent, investor, and probate expert working the California real estate market. Big Idea: Most real estate attorneys, agents, & investors have no idea how to properly probate an estate quickly.  Probate deals often linger for months & sometimes years before finally receiving a clear to close.  Bill...

Episode: How to Run Real Estate Facebook Ads with Chad Keller Guest: Chad Keller is a real estate investor, a Facebook and marketing funnel expert, and the Co-Founder of Motivated Leads, a digital marketing agency that helps real estate investors expand their portfolios quickly by generating quality motivated seller leads. Big Idea : Advertising directly to sellers for off Market deals is one of t...

Episode: Life Lessons on Prosperity with The Wealthy Gardener author John Soforic Guest: Dr. John Soforic was a once chiropractor with 200k in student debt. He retired at 49 with a retirement income of $240,000. He then wrote a book for his son in college: The Wealthy Gardener: Lessons on Prosperity between Father and Son. The book became an Amazon bestseller, hit #46 worldwide on audible, and has...

Episode: The iCandy Realty Fix & List Model with Steve Budzik Guest: Steve Budzik is the managing broker & founder of iCandy Realty, a Boutique Real Estate Brokerage in Mokena, IL serving the greater Chicago Real Estate Market.  Steve is also an accomplished high volume fix & flip investor.  Long time listeners will remember Steve’s past REI Diamonds episode where we discussed high dollar house fl...

Episode: Flipping Houses in Florida with Viktor Jiracek Guest: Viktor is a full time real estate investor focused on flipping houses in Florida.  He also coaches new investors on how to find off market deals then fund, fix & flip those deals. Big Idea: If you’re just getting started in real estate investing, constructing a plan to earn $100K per year flipping houses is a good place to start.  This...

Episode: How to Invest in a Franchise Business with Jon Ostenson Guest: Jon is a consultant, investor, author, and international speaker specializing in the area of non-food franchising. Having served as the President of an Inc. 500 franchise system and now as a multi-brand franchisee, himself, Jon is uniquely positioned to educate others on franchising and franchise selection. In addition to serv...

Episode: Investing in 200 Unit Multi Family Apartment Buildings with Ken Gee Guest: Ken Gee is multi family syndication operator focused on buying & improving complexes in the 200 unit and less B & C market.   Big Idea: The timing & order of renovation of a large multi family asset is critical to the repositioning process.  Spend money on the wrong items, or in the wrong order and your target tena...

Episode: Passive Investing in Apartment Syndications with Camilla Jeffs   Guest: Camilla Jeffs is the founder of Steady Stream Investments a company focused on providing investment opportunities in large multi family and senior housing communities.  Big Idea:  When investing in syndications, choosing the right Operator is as important, if not more than selecting the right market.  While you’re tec...

Episode: Co-Living Tech Company Producing High ROI for Investors with Johnny Wolff Guest: Johnny Wolff is the CEO & Founder of tech Company, HomeRoom.  HomeRoom is one of the fastest growing co-living companies in the U.S.  Johnny founded HomeRoom after a career as an analyst in Silicon Valley and then relocating to Austin, TX.  Big Idea:  Investors can obtain outsize returns by investing in co-li...

Episode: How to Rehab a House the RIGHT Way with Van Sturgeon Guest: Van Sturgeon owns more than 1,000 rental properties throughout the U.S. & Canada.  He’s rehabbed even more-picking up countless methods along the way.   Big Idea: Rehabbing houses is a breeze for highly successful real estate investors.  Buying property cheap, due to condition, then renovating them to force value is one of the mo...

Episode: Converting Dead Leads to Cash with Chris Craddock Guest: Chris Craddock is the Founder and CEO of The Redux Group, a real estate team that sold over $150 million in real estate in 2020 throughout the Washington DC & Richmond Virginia region. He is the host of the Uncommon Real Estate Podcast. Big Idea: Homebuying companies can generate $10,000 or more every month by converting their dead...

Episode: How to Become a Real Estate Developer with Adam Gilbert Guest: Adam Gilbert is the President of The Firm Commercial where he leads a team of agents specializing in commercial real estate sales, leasing, land acquisition, development, government relations, and value added entitlement development deals. Big Idea: Any Real Estate Agent, Developer, or Investor Generates Consistent Income by P...

Episode: 100+ Unit Apartment Complex Syndication with Stephanie Walter Guest: Stephanie Walter is the Founder & CEO of Erbe Wealth. Stephanie began investing in single family homes in Colorado while owning & operating her insurance agency business. She has since exited that business and sold all of her single family rentals to focus solely on larger commercial real estate syndication deals. Big Id...

Episode: How to Release Home Equity WITHOUT a Refi or Payments-a conversation with Matthew Sullivan Guest: Matthew Sullivan is the Founder & CEO of QuantumRE as well as the host of his own podcast, “Hooked on Startups”. He is originally from London and has a background working with Richard Branson’s corporate finance team and was a director of the Virgin-sponsored London Air Ambulance. Big Idea: H...

Episode: How to Buy a House with No Money Down with Tim Padavic Guest: Tim Padavic is the Vice President of The Federal Savings Bank. He’s licensed to lend in all 50 states. Big Idea: Offering Your Retail Buyer “No Money Down” Wins More Deals (for Agents) & Keeps More Money in YOUR Pocket (for Flippers). Buying a house with no money down allows more buyers to participate in the red-hot real estate...

Episode: Investing in Multi Family Properties-150 to 300 Unit Deals with Chris Larsen Guest: Chris Larsen is the founder & managing partner of Next Level Income. He’s been syndicating multi family property deals since 2016 and raised more than $15 million over $150 Million in acquisitions. Big Idea: Buying High Quality Assets when No One Else Wants them Can Generate Huge Wins. Chris’ company is fo...

Episode: Land Entitlement Process for Multi Family Development with Reed Guest: Reed Goossens is the host of the popular podcast “Investing in the U.S.” and also author of the book by the same name. Reed was an engineer with experience in large scale development including infrastructure for the London Olympics in 2012. He now focuses on buying, building, & operating large multi-family assets throu...

Episode: Reverse Wholesaling with Kent Clothier of REWW Guest: Kent Clothier is the Founder & CEO of Real Estate World Wide and creator of the Boardroom Mastermind. Kent has purchased & sold more than 5,000 properties since 2005. Big Idea: “If I had to go make $100,000 this month, what would I do? Whatever the answer to that question-why aren’t you doing it?” Kent prompts his own further success a...

Episode: Buying Vacation Rental Property with Avery Carl Guest: Avery Carl is the founder of The Short Term Shop. Their focus is managing & buying vacation rental property in stable, long term vacation rental markets. Big Idea: “What can we buy to make the most amount of money possible so that we can buy more properties quickly?” asked Avery as she was building her rental portfolio early on, she f...

Guest: Brandon Barnes focuses on virtual wholesale real estate investing in the Atlanta, Georgia market. He does over $1 million per year in revenue. Big Idea: “That’s a Real Estate Investor’s Superpower: Being Able to Comp Properties & Have a Feel for Purchase Price” Brandon mentions this “superpower” about half way into the interview. He’s spot on. The Real Estate Investor’s Superpower can be su...