Westside Investors Network (WIN)

ABOUT JOHN CASMON John Casmon is a real estate entrepreneur, who has partnered with busy professionals to invest in over $100 million worth of apartments. John also consults active multifamily investors to help them start or grow their business. He hosts the Multifamily Insights podcast and is the co-creator of the Midwest Real Estate Networking Summit. Prior to becoming a full-time investor, John...

ABOUT DAMION LUPO Damion is the CEO of EQRP and the best-selling author of a dozen books on personal finance, investment, and retirement strategies.  He hosts the Financial Underdogs podcast, ripping conventional wisdom apart for the Main Street investor looking for truth about money and investing. Not only has he started 60+ companies, but he even founded his own martial art, Yokido®. Damion deve...

ABOUT FRANCO PEREZ Having grown up in a family with an unstable housing situation, Franco is on a mission to create affordable housing in Silicon Valley. He discovered that the Bay Area’s mobile home parks offer an abundance of underused land with great growth potential.  After years of dedication to his vision, Franco has established a devoted team of like-minded individuals who believe that thei...

ABOUT JOHN FOONG John joined Domain as Chief Revenue Officer in Sep 2021 from his most recent role as Global Director of Account Management at Uber in California. He is focused on accelerating Domain's marketplace strategy across the Residential, Commercial, Developer, Media, and Agent Solutions business, as well as Go To Market, Sales Operations and Customer Experience teams. Prior to Uber, John...

ABOUT JEFF STEPHENS Jeff Stephens is the Founder of The Thoughtful Real Estate Entrepreneur and host of the podcast, “Racking Up Rentals.”  Jeff is a full-time real estate entrepreneur by day, and a real estate investing mentor, coach, and podcaster.  Jeff’s focus—both as a real estate entrepreneur and a coach to others—is on growing a rental real estate portfolio that builds long-term wealth thro...

ABOUT BRONSON HILL As the Managing Member of Bronson Equity, Bronson is a general partner in 2000 multifamily units worth over $200M. Bronson co-leads a large in-person multifamily meetup in Pasadena, CA called FIBI Pasadena Multifamily.  He is also the host of The Mailbox Money Show and he understands the investor mindset, having spoken individually over the phone with over 1500 investors and hav...

ABOUT MATT RYAN With over 10 years of experience in real estate and construction, Matt Ryan founded Re-viv to re-engineer residential and commercial real estate in underserved communities. The company’s mission follows his passions for urban policy, building technology, and social impact ventures. “I’ve always been fascinated by this idea of companies that make money while addressing large, socio-...

ABOUT DAN HABERKOST Dan Haberkost is the owner of Front Range Land LLC and has managed to build an impressive real estate business and portfolio that allows him the freedom to live and work where he wants well within his 20s. Dan's first foray into the world of real estate investing was as a teenager when he managed a portfolio of properties for his employer at the time, while still in high school...

ABOUT CHARLES CARILLO   Charles Carillo is the founder and managing partner of Harborside Partners . He has been actively involved in over $200 million worth of real estate transactions since 2006 and carries extensive knowledge in renovating and repositioning multifamily and commercial real estate.    In addition to being an active investor; Charles passively invests in many different asset class...

ABOUT JOSEPH VIERY USTAGI was founded by Joseph Viery to provide quality cost segregation studies. As a Cost Segregation Professional (CSP), he has helped property owners defer or eliminate millions of dollars in income taxes by leveraging IRS-compliant cost segregation studies. Since becoming a CSP in 2007, Joseph has performed thousands of cost segregation studies for clients in various industri...

ABOUT KYLE ROOT Kyle started buying real estate in 2020. He was able to go from 0-70 units in 2 years without using any type of syndication or joint ventures. At 26 he left his W2 job. Now, at 28, he continues to scale his real estate business and coach others to do the same with little money into it. His goal is to help others understand their full potential. This can be accomplished through many...

ABOUT KENNETH SUMNERS Kenneth Sumners is the Principal of Sumners Capital focused on placing private equity into residential multifamily real estate. He puts together a talented and highly experienced team to leverage decades of experience in the asset class.     Kenneth earned his B.B.A degree in Information and Operations Management from Texas A&M University at College Station. He was an own...

ABOUT HAYDEN HARRINGTON Hayden Harrington is a real estate entrepreneur focused on large-scale multifamily syndications. He currently has $140MM AUM and actively growing the portfolio. He is one of the managing partners at Momentum Multifamily, a commercial real estate group focused on buying institutional quality assets for their investors.      THIS TOPIC IN A NUTSHELL:                Hayden’s J...

ABOUT NATHAN PAYNE Nathan grew up in Atlanta Georgia but currently lives in Salt Lake City Utah. Nathan started doing door-to-door sales and soon became one of the top salesmen in the company. He worked in door-to-door sales until he decided to get into real estate. With no prior experience in real estate, Nathan decided to learn by taking massive imperfect action and by failing his way forward. 5...

ABOUT JASON PARKER Jason Parker, RICP® is the best-selling author of Sound Retirement Planning, Retirement Calculator and the host of Sound Retirement Radio. He has been seen as a frequent guest on ABC, FOX, & NBC. He is the inventor of the Retirement Budget Calculator. He has earned the advanced retirement designation of a Retirement Income Certified Professional (RICP®). Jason is the Preside...

ABOUT JAKE HARRIS A sought-after expert, speaker, & gifted storyteller, Jake inspires those around him with his contagious energy & encyclopedic knowledge. His decades of experience influenced his #1 best-selling book, Catching Knives, featured in the NY Times & Yahoo Finance.  Jake is the founder and managing partner of an award-winning commercial real estate firm. To date, he has pur...

ABOUT CHRIS LARSEN Christopher Larsen is the founder and Principal of Next-Level Income. Since “retiring” after 18 years in the medical device industry he dedicates his time to helping others become financially independent through education and investment opportunities. Chris has been investing in and managing real estate for over 20 years. While completing his degree in Biomechanical Engineering...

ABOUT JOSH SHEIN Josh Shein is a real estate financing expert with over 20 years of lending experience, handling more than $1 billion in transactions. Josh started his career focused on the mortgage and reverse mortgage sector of real estate and is now focused on hard money and long-term rental lending as a partner at Trius Lending Partners, the Mid-Atlantic’s premier private money lending company...

ABOUT RON LOVETT Ron Lovett is a Canadian entrepreneur, globally sought-after professional speaker and thought leader, host of an award-winning podcast, and best-selling author of "Scaling Culture" and "Outrageous Empowerment".   Ron successfully scaled his Halifax-based guard security company to over 3500 staff across Canada and sold to the largest provider in the US at a 24x multiple. His leader...

ABOUT RUSS MORGAN Russ Morgan, Founder and Partner at Wealth Without Wall Street, is known as “The Idea Guy.” Russ began his professional career as an investment advisor in 2004 after graduating from Auburn University 4 years earlier — a slight foray from 10-year-old Russ’ dream of becoming a professional baseball pitcher. Russ started IBC in 2009 and eventually went on to found Wealth Without Wal...

ABOUT CALEB JOHNSON   Caleb is the Founder of Red Sea Capital and the host of From Trial to Triumph podcast. He has been an entrepreneur since the age of 18. He joined NK Development Group in 2021 and aided in capital and acquisition to grow the company to over 450 units in 2 years. His mission is to be a faith-based professional, committed to investors, and building relationships.                ...

ABOUT SHANNON WEST Shannon joined Wyse Real Estate Advisors as a Property Manager in 2017 and was promoted to Associate Vice President in 2021. Shannon takes pride in being responsive to tenant and client requests and enjoys working collaboratively with colleagues and vendors to capitalize on the collective expertise and deliver quality service.    Motivated by opportunities to learn and grow pers...

ABOUT MICHAEL HAMILTON Michael Hamilton is the Managing Partner of Seneca Development Company, a premier real estate firm specializing in mid-rise multifamily development. Based in Portland, OR, Michael founded the company in 2018 and has since grown the business from $1M to over $15M in annual revenue. Seneca Development Company is a vertically integrated company, with an in-house general contrac...

ABOUT DANNY KATTAN Danny Kattan is a co-founder of PIA Residential and has more than 20 years of real estate experience. He brings strategic planning and financing experience to PIA’s management, having worked on the acquisition of over 400 properties representing more than 2000 units and a value of more than $350 million.    In addition to PIA Residential, Danny is also the Founder of Sell2Rent,...

ABOUT PRANAY PARIKH Dr. Pranay Parikh is a full-time physician, Co-Founder and President of Ascent Equity Group, online course creator, and host of the MD to Entrepreneur Podcast. Dr. Parikh started out as a fresh attending with zero business experience. Despite loving his job and medicine, he didn't feel like he had financial security or control over his time. Today, he is a serial entrepreneur a...