Westside Investors Network (WIN)

ABOUT BRANDON SCHWAB   Brandon is a brilliant business entrepreneur who started his first company detailing boats and RVs. He had grown that business and turned his creative energy to learning real estate acquisition, development, finance and recruiting incredible partners to offer a fresh alternative to senior care in the Midwest.    WHAT YOU WILL HEAR   [01:15] How he got started in Real estate...

ABOUT SARAH LAIDLER Sarah Laidler is the Designated Broker / President of Accolade Properties in Yakima and Ellensburg, Washington. Coming from a development family, she recognized first-hand the need for professional property management services. Thus, began her passion to create that which they could not find. By default, Accolade Property Management was born.  Sarah is currently the President o...

ABOUT JAY HINRICHS Jay began his career in Real Estate in 1975 and has been involved in all aspects of the industry including timber and wood product harvesting, hard money lending, and single-family residential development. He became President of Langer Mortgage in Oakland, California, began a company called Cedar Mountain and Silverado Group LLC.  Jay’s current business is Short Term Lending in...

  ABOUT KELLIE TOLLIFSON: Kellie Tollifson is the owner of T-square properties and a sought-after speaker. She is also an active member of NARPM and also served as 2020 President of NARPM and is currently serving as the Past President. She started her journey in real estate by managing properties of family and friends and eventually the business has grown with the help of his business partner and...

ABOUT GARY KOMENAKA Gary was born and raised in Hawaii. He is a dentist at Ala Moana Dental care. He graduated at Washington University and got his dental degree from Oregon Health Sciences University. He invested in single family homes and multifamily properties but also got involved in syndications, crowdfunding and lending. He recently started teaching and enjoys spending time with family and f...

ABOUT LIZ CLEYMAN Liz is an Executive Property Manager at Grace Property Management and has been in the industry for over 10 years. She is also the President-elect of NARPM for 2021 and has earned the Master Property Manager designation. She loves working with both investors and tenants and assist them with high energy expert service. In her spare time, she loves spending time with her family, pla...

About Mike Nuss     Mike is the CEO of Rarebird Real Estate based in Portland, Oregon. Having a background as a licensed appraiser for the last 20 years, he is a recognized expert in valuing, negotiating, and expanding Portland properties. He also founded Investor Lab, a membership-based community that hosts events with community-powered education, authentic dialogue, and opportunities to lead and...

About Scott Dalinger   Scott has been wholesaling in the Portland metro area since 2019. Previously he worked as a Sales manager, Defense sector and spent several years doing business in Latin America. He also served as a head of Green Coffee sales for Axiom specialty coffee and Account Executive for Xerox in Southern California. Now he runs his own company who helps distressed sellers by providin...

The real estate business does not discriminate against anyone; everyone is welcome. Just do it right, diversify and retire.  For today's episode, we will have Scott Brady. He's a real estate business owner with multiple businesses in the Southern California area.   Scott got an enthusiastic opinion on real estate. We discussed the trends in the property management industry. We talked about macroec...

Chris has been involved as a principal in real estate projects throughout Oregon and SW Washington for over 17 years.  He is a former practicing attorney and has deep expertise in foreclosures & redemption rights, probates, bankruptcy, land development, renovation/value-add projects, and creative financing & transaction structures within all real estate classes.  He currently manages a por...

When you have siblings, each one is different. In this case, we have two: the one who left the nest and the poker player. Despite the differences, the partnership of these brothers has worked wonderfully. Today we will interview Chris Shepard, our co-host. Passionate about poker and frisbee at an early age, as an adult, Chris discovered his talent for real estate and decided to follow in his fathe...

West Side Investors Podcast – AJ Shepard In this episode of the West Side Investors Podcast, AJ joins the show as he talks about his background and how he started his real estate business. AJ is a licensed real property manager and also a licensed contractor in Oregon. He has been an active member of NARPM (National Association of Residential Property Managers) community so he knows the latest pro...

Welcome to the first episode of Westside Investors Network .   This is our first episode, which will kick off this journey. You will learn how to become a successful entrepreneur. You will learn how to invest. We will teach you the tools, and we will bring you the stories of great successful investors.   We wanted to start this podcast in the right way, bringing today's guest Jon Shepard, who has...