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Todd talks with us about growth of today's market, the competitiveness of deals that are on the table. He shares with us the inner workings of Blue Elm Investments and how it equally benefits residents and investors. In this podcast we talk with Todd in order to understand new fundamentals and execute better. Listen close, this episode will help new and experienced owners, operators or passive investors make the right decisions. 

A little bit about our guest, 

Todd is the CEO of Blue Elm Investments, a private equity real estate firm based in San Francisco. Todd is a former Silicon Valley finance executive turned real estate investor, currently with a heavy focus on mobile home parks. Blue Elm stabilizes neglected, underperforming mobile home parks to increase the availability of safe, clean, and affordable housing for their residents, while offering their investors a strategic way to diversify their portfolios. Todd is the co-author of Success Habits of Super Achievers, a #1 Amazon bestseller with tips and inspiring stories to accelerate your success. 

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:38 - Todd Start
• 05:06 - Todd’s change to syndication
• 10:15 - The climate of today's market
• 19:50 - Competitiveness of deals
• 26:45 - Testing & evaluating the market
• 32:35 - Painful lesson you will learn from
• 36:26 - Todd’s advice to investors

Todd Sulzinger’s socials

Website(s)

https://www.blueelminvestments.com

Email

todd@blueelminvestments.com

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Passive investing as limited partners is one thing qualified individuals can benefit from to help grow your capital. Some think it is as easy as just throwing money at the best sounding deal without doing the due diligence and hoping it will pay off. Sam Silverman is a real estate investor, CEO of Silverman Capital, and the top pick of investors in Tampa looking to learn how to passively invest the correct way. Sam and Dylan break down those “too good to be true deals” and compare them to the deals that might not look so great on the surface but pack hidden gems. We also pick Sam’s brain about active investments and the best asset class to work with when it comes to beginner investors. 

A little bit about our guest, 

Sam has 7 years in tech sales under his belt and has been a investing his active capital in real estate as a limited partner for 3 years. As a (LP) limited partner he was able to close a boasting 30 deals and even started his own company Silverman Capital. His company focuses on showing investors how to grow wealth through real estate. Creating various projects with investors all across the United States. Enabling them to grow their wealth through various deals. 

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:45 - Sam’s start
• 08:44 - Starting point for new investors
• 23:03 - Learning lessons Sam
• 33:44 - Be mindful of investors
• 40:48 - good communication is key
• 47:27 - Power Vetting questions
• 56:15 - Sams unpopular opinion

Logan D. Freeman’s socials

Website(s)

https://silvermancapital.co/

Email

Sam@Silvermancapital.co 

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Acquiring multiple asset classes can be beneficial even outside of profits, it could sharpen your knowledge and network. Logan D Freeman, is the man that likes to know the ins and outs of everything dealing from multifamily to commercial. We get to pick his brain to see his tips to making the best of every business endeavor. We cover office space, retail properties, multifamily and various commercial properties. Get those notepads out, we have a lot to cover!

A little bit about our guest, 

Logan Freeman is a commercial real estate agent, developer, investor and capital raiser. He represents buyers and sellers of multifamily and commercial properties. He sources cash flowing properties for investors through creativity, networking, and work-ethic which has developed into a proven strategy to win. 

In 2019 He completed over $35M worth of acquisitions and helped over 10 out of state

investors actively purchase commercial real estate investments. In 2020, he doubled that and in 2021 him and his team completed over $90M in CRE transactions

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 00:00 – Intro
• 02:40 – Logan’s start
• 11:11 – Natural born leader or taught?
• 15:00 – First time starting blindspots
• 31:55 – Key things to know  when looking at Investments
• 34:20 – Office space or Retail?
• 37:49 – 10 year business plan

Logan D. Freeman’s socials

Website(s)

https://ftwinvestmentsllc.com/logan-freeman/ 

https://www.livefreeinvestments.com/

Linked In

https://www.linkedin.com/in/livefreeinvestments 

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Today we ask the question, buy big or buy comfortable? Greg Scully gives us both sides of the coin when it comes to real estate investing. There is no wrong answer but there are benefits to both sides. Greg and I express our thoughts on the matter and deep-dive on the current gas prices and its impact on RV camping resorts. Is there a downturn with the RV market or could this be a good sign? Stay tuned for more!

A little bit about our guest, 

Greg started investing in real estate in 2016 and has been fulltime with it since 2019.  With a focus on Central and Eastern Tennessee, Greg has actively participated in syndications, joint ventures and house flipping with the recent addition of RV resorts. When not underwriting or asset management, Greg and his wife/business partner enjoy hiking and trying not to talk about real estate.

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 01:45 Greg Scully start
• 03:25 Starting with the LP route
• 10:00 Eye opening realizations when managing
• 17:55 Advice before starting
• 20:11 Greg's views on Multifamily market
• 25:04 Buying smaller multifamily
• 34:40 RV campgrounds and its potential
• 50:03 Major tips for new operators and passive investor

Greg Scully’s socials

Website

https://realwealth.solutions/our-team

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Taking control of your financial’s can be a daunting task. Our guest this week Dave Zook explains many ways to create financial freedom. It was so intriguing to learn how owning an ATM could net you passive income. Beside giving us an A-Z lesson in passive income streams he dove into his other asset classes that have resulted in net-wins for himself and his company. This and so much more is covered in this week's episode of Operators & Allocators, we hope you enjoy!

A little bit about our guest, 

Dave Zook is a successful business owner and an experienced real estate investor active in Multifamily Apartments, Self-storage and the ATM space. He has acquired more than $100 million worth of real estate since 2010. At the time of this writing, he and his investors own approximately 3000 Multi-family Apartment units. Together with his business partner, Dave is a renowned and trusted professional resource in the Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) investment market where they have deployed more than $90 million of investor capital and they are heavily invested personally in the ATM space.

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:55 - Story
• 04:54 - Pivot to real estate
• 07:13 - Key fundamentals
• 13:28 - Vetting partners
• 17:57 - View on today's market
• 23:35 - Dave's ATM business
• 31:15 - Institutions & business

Dave Zook’s socials

Website

https://www.therealassetinvestor.com

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There is a big misconception of affordable housing in this day and age, Evan Holladay is going to clear up how it works and the benefits of the working class. He also gives us a boots on the ground view of his company and how he himself and his staff go about acquiring property and how acquiring that property allows them to give back to surrounding areas. Affordable housing isn’t the only topic of discussion on this episode, we also got the chance to pick his brain about current real estate markets and hear his thoughts on the broad view of the near future.

A little bit about our guest, 

Evan found his passion for real estate while at the University of Louisville, working for a developer on a $55 million student-housing mixed-use development. From there, he and a group of others started a modular development company that focused on taking houseboat manufacturing plants and refitting them to build modular, energy-efficient and mixed income multifamily housing. This is where he found his passion for providing quality attainably priced communities for working class families. He then went on to work alongside one of the top affordable housing developers in the country & realized his desire to make a bigger impact by including community empowerment, sustainability & impact investing.

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 00:00 - Intro
• 02:00 - Evan's start
• 06:42 - Expressing the bigger picture
• 11:30 - Creating incentives
• 22:34 - Affordable housing basics
• 30:00 - Affordable housing requirements
• 37:19 - Best practices for getting started
• 41:56 - Current vision & future vision

Evan Holladay’s socials

Website

https://evanholladay.com/

Business website

https://holladayventures.com/about/ 

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/evanholladay 

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Reconnecting with an old partner can bring on great inspiration, today’s episode I will be interviewing a good friend and business partner Will Coleman. We worked side by side, learning the real estate business and closing deals together for a few years. Will is here to tell us about his leading company, with the focus of closing deals faster and smarter.(Have Dylan confirm if this is okay, as it isn’t their motto per say). He has a lot of insight that will help you find your start and aid in current affairs, so grab a seat and enjoy this episode of Operators & Allocators!

A little bit about our guest, 

Will began his real estate career in 2016 by investing in and self-managing single family properties in the DFW market. In 2018 Will began working in commercial lending at City Bank as a Credit Analyst underwriting over $50MM in transactions.

Will then worked at Rand Capital as Director of Finance running a commercial mortgage brokerage that closed over $24MM in loans within the first 14 months. In 2020 Will formed UrbanGate Capital, a hard money lending business in TN with his business partner Brandon Thornberry which has successfully raised and lent out $5MM in its first year.

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:59 - Will Coleman’s start
• 14:00 - Will shares his companies product
• 18:20 - Will's long term strat
• 21:56 - Which advantage complements your strategy?
• 26:26 - What is the value and who is the target?
• 36:16 - unpopular opinion
• 38:36 - Will's learning lesson 
• 43:07 - Dylan's & Will's motivation

Will Coleman’s socials

Website

https://www.urbangatecapital.com/

Email

will@urbangatecapital.com 

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A little bit about our guest, 

Omar is responsible for capital raising, strategic planning and investor relations. He has over 10 years of global investment experience. He is a founder at Boardwalk Wealth, a leading private equity sponsor focusing on acquiring value-add and opportunistic real estate across the South East. We are active across Texas, Florida and Georgia with 1,400+ units acquired to date.

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:06 - Omar’s start 
• 06:30 - Omar’s deal criteria
• 10.10 - Getting comfortable with operations
• 23:50 - What is a good market
• 28:02 - Current view of today's market
• 31:26 - Omar's unpopular opinion
• 37:33 - 2 best practices for investors

Omar Khan’s socials

Website

https://www.boardwalkwealth.com/our-team/ 

Email

Omar@boardwalkwealth.com 

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Bridging the gap and bringing investors together to partner up and learn more on Multifamily property investments can be hard. Nikolaï Ray has an answer for that, he is the founder and CEO of MREX (Multifamily Real Estate Exchange). It’s an all in one solution to aid and advance your investment portfolio through continuous growth and resourcefulness. We also discussed strategies to improve your weaknesses through building a solid team plus much more. There are so many golden nuggets on this episode of Operators & Allocators, enjoy!

A little bit about our guest, 

Nikolaï Ray has a long list of achievements under his belt, he is an ex pro hockey player, 3-time Olympics human performance coach, successful entrepreneur, intellectual & practitioner, and multifamily real estate expert. He spent the last 13 years building businesses in the fields of international level sports performance and exercise science, and real estate. Analyzing and structuring more than $10 billion dollars in multifamily real estate acquisitions. 

He is also the founder and CEO of MREX (Multifamily Real Estate Exchange), which will democratize and transform real estate investing both in the United States and Worldwide. The MREX also supports the investment property community through being an education platform.

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:51 - Career shift to multifamily 
• 08:00 - Explaining different aspects
• 10:32 - Partnering up a weakness?
• 13:33 - The many hats of real estate
• 14:33 - What impacts your decision when partnering
• 16:45 - Company goals and vision
• 29:42 - Creating wealth in today's environment
• 44:13 Niko's Biggest risk

Nikolaï Ray’s socials

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/nikolairay/?hl=en

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyWXhZriEbmBhhKMXgzRJYQ

Website

https://mrex.co/en/

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John was our host’s mentor when he was first starting out on his real estate journey. He is definitely a great teacher and knows his way around the industry. In this interview John outlines the hands-on experience he’s gained while chasing deals, picking targets and giving us a bit of insight on what motivates him. You can look forward to the priceless pointers John imparts to us on this episode of Operators & Allocators.

A little bit about our guest, 

Co-Founded Toro Real Estate Partners in 2015. John focus is the strategic direction of the company, formulation of investment strategy, investor development, and acquisition & dispositions. He has been investing in real estate since 2010. John’s understanding of deep value investing in the real estate space started by buying tax deeds and tax liens. Since starting in real estate he has been involved in over $250 million in various real estate transactions, spanning tax liens, rental/sale transactions in Manhattan, and his own personal investments.

John worked at Marcus & Millichap and focused on the multifamily investment sales in the Brooklyn and Queens market. When John left Marcus & Millichap it was to focus 100% of his time on the growth of his real estate investment company. John played baseball at Queens College where he graduated with a degree in Economics

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 00:00 - Intro
• 10:34 - Chasing deals
• 14:20 - Big risk
• 17:44 - Value priced Deals
• 21:43 - Picking a target
• 30:00 - What is your secret
• 35:25 - John’s motivation
• 36:07 - Best practices

John Cohen’s socials

Linked in 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-cohen-56847314

Podcast 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-real-estate-investing-experience/id1481520260

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Jeremy started investing in real estate and businesses in 2002 and left the corporate world in 2007 to become a full-time passive cash flow investor. He is currently an investor in more than 60 opportunities across more than $1 Billion worth of real estate and business assets. As Founder and President of Roll Investment Group, Jeremy manages a group of over 1,500 investors who seek passive/managed cash flowing investments in real estate and businesses.

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 00:00 - Intro
• 02:00 - Early investments vs now
• 06:08 - Vetting operators 
• 09:26 - Your first asset class
• 10:55 - Must ask questions
• 17:00 - Invest strategic
• 20:30 - 5 to 10 years
• 26:18 - Quality operations
• 28:40 - Painful learning lesson

Jeremy Roll’s socials

Email

jroll@rollinvestments.com 

Linked in 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-roll-655107   

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To connect the legal and business side of real estate, you need experience and, in many cases, a team of specialized individuals. On today’s episode of Operators & Allocators, we sit down with Ferd Niemann, a jack of all trades when it comes to managing his real estate businesses. As a mobile home park owner, operator, lawyer, as well as a real estate investor, Ferd discusses with us how he can wear the many hats needed to get the job done.

A little bit about our guest,

Ferd Niemann experience includes mobile home park investments and turnarounds, retail development and redevelopment, residential investments, and real estate law. Before starting his own firm – The MHP Lawyer – Ferd practiced law at a top Kansas City firm focusing on economic development incentives, public finance, property tax assessments, redevelopment, land use, and zoning. Ferd was also the associate editor for Missouri Land Use Law & Practice and Missouri Economic Development Law, the foremost treatises in the fields. Prior to law school at UMKC, Ferd graduated from Rockhurst University with a bachelor’s degree in finance and an MBA.

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 00:00 - Intro
• 01:49 - Ferd’s story 
• 09:09 - Let's talk paid extensions
• 12:33 - Due diligence period
• 18:40 - Delegate your business
• 23:00 - Helpful Kpi indicators
• 25:47 - Your Market views then to now
• 30:22 - Biggest red flags

Fred Niemann’s socials

Website

https://themobilehomelawyer.com/ferd-niemann/ 

Linked in 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/themhplawyer-ferdniemann6923147  

Podcast

https://themobilehomelawyer.com/category/podcast/ 

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Self Managing your real estate portfolio can be daunting, luckily we were able to sit down with a self starter and a self managing pro, Chris Grenzig. Chris walks us through his DIY mindset and how he applied it to real estate. He outlines the mistakes and failures he’s made and what he’s learned along the way. Chris imparts method he’s used to set our listeners up for success be it trying to control a property alone or purchasing other capital growing assets.

We would like to welcome Chris Grenzig to Operators & Allocators.

A little bit about our guest,
Chris is the Founder of JAG Communities which is a vertically integrated multifamily focused investment firm based in Jacksonville, FL. Chris started investing in real estate in 2016 by attempting to flip houses in Long Island, NY. After months of failing, he attempted out of state flips, purchasing tax deeds, and finally found his footing in multifamily.
Chris joint ventured on just over 100 units, before joining Toro Real Estate Partners as their head of Florida operations. Toro purchased 4000 units worth $300 mil, with 1000 units in Florida over 4 and half years. Chris eventually left Toro in Nov 2020 to start his own company which owns and manages small to mid-sized apartment complexes in Jacksonville, MSA. JAG Communities currently owns and manages 40 units worth $3 million, with a 10-year vision to scale to $500 million AUM.

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview
0:00 - Introduction
1:18 - Chris story
5:15 - Self managing
7:35 - Is Self Managing painful?
10:10 - Deal criteria
12:33 - Market Strategy
16:24 - Biggest Risk in Multi family
20:20 - Unpopular opinion with Chris
26:20 - Bullish on low cap rates
32:50 - Sourcing deals
34:40 - Best bang for your money
40:00 - Chris's learning lesson
46:47 - Best practices and closing thoughts

Chris Grenzig socials

The Real Estate Investing Experience
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-real-estate-investing-experience/id1481520260

Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/chris.grenzig

Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisGrenzig

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During this episode we had the chance to speak with a mobile home community rockstar
Andrew Keel. He gives us a look at the inner workings of this investment space, from browsing to owning to operating multiple lots inside of a mobile housing park. There are a lot of do’s and don'ts when entering this capital raising property opportunity. Let Andrew be your teacher this episode, grab a pen and paper. it’s going to be an information filled ride on this episode of Operators & Allocators.

A little bit about our guest, 

Andrew Keel is the owner of Keel Team, which owns and operates over 20 mobile home parks across 10 states. He was raised in an upper middle class neighborhood, his father was a small business owner and entrepreneur as Andrew grew up and that is where he gets his entrepreneur drive from. He didn't instantly start out investing on his own. Starting out as an apprentice to a local Central Florida real estate wholesaler. Using the knowledge he gained he started to look at ways to generate monthly cash flow and found a YouTuber by the name Lonnie Scruggs and followed his series and purchased his first of many mobile home units. Currently he owns and operates 1,030 lots across 20 mobile home parks in 10 states and we have a few mobile home parks under contract.

Andrew digs deep into giving you advice if you are looking to enter the mobile home communities

• Due Diligence is key

• Start with small communities with public utility  

• Find inspiration & devise a strategy

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 1:14 - Andrew opens up about his story
• 6:19 - Views on the market from then to now?
• 7:23 - What are some of your criteria for a property purchase?
• 13:30 - Park owned home communities
• 17:24 - Devising a strategy
• 18:50 - Unpopular opinion
• 23:00 - Finding Inspiration
• 27:00 - Best practices
• 31:00 - Important closing notes

Andrew Keel socials

Personal Website

https://www.andrewkeel.com

Passive Mobile Home Investing Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/passive-mobile-home-park-investing/id1520681893 

Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/keelteam 

Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKIPwBKFMD8JMAbLsXoZF-A 

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We want to welcome Tyler Cauble to the podcast. Today we sat down together and discussed his real estate story. How your future could look so different from what you thought you wanted, He takes us on the path of “do it”. We learned so much about his “Micro Unit” selling, also shares what you should look for when putting a team together. We are excited to have Tyler on this episode of Operators & Allocators. A little bit about our guest, Tyler Cauble is Founding Principal and President of The Cauble Group. He's a native Nashvillian that has not only been a witness to the city's tremendous growth, but is also involved in it through his developments, renovation projects, and volunteer work. As President of The Cauble Group, Tyler helps bring together buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants in retail, office, industrial, and multi-family real estate. Tyler gives us a non traditional way of making a name for yourself in the real estate field Get everything in writing – Verbal or goodwill could make any deal sour The Developer leads the project – Keeping everything on track leads back to this person/team. Without a strong lead any project will fail Taking notes is important – Teamwork is valuable - Create the best team you can find. A superstar team will always win Make social moments - Create your properties with an emphasis on social Take a look at some of the topics in this interview 0:00 - Introduction 2:12 - Tyler gives us his story 4:44 - School education or take the Job route? 9:09 - Don't romanticize real estate development 9:54 - Developers are the conductor 15:59 - I believe in Micro units 17:44 - Biggest risk in investing 19:55 - Teamwork is vital 20:44 - Instagrammable properties 26:44 - Unpopular opinion 31:24 - Painful lessons 32:54 - Closing thoughts Tyler Cauble socials https://www.facebook.com/tylercauble1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCA_o-kXwqKUq5sxihbjRM2g https://www.instagram.com/commercial_in_nashville/

We sat down with the Senior living multifamily giant Vinney “Smile” Chopra, He gives us insight to how he operates his business ventures and gives tips and strategies you could use to close deals. Breaking it all down in easy to learn steps, these guidelines range from your approach, what kind of partner you should have in your corner, prospecting a location plus so much more. It was an honor to sit down and learn new insights about senior multifamily investigation.

A little bit about our guest, 

Vinney Chopra AKA Vinney “Smile” Chopra, originally a mechanical engineer, came to the US from India with humble beginnings. However over the past 12 years he has done 28 successful syndications, 14 of those being in the past 3 years! He has achieved enormous success controlling over $330 million, 4,100 doors. 

He and his 67 professional full-time team members manage all assets from acquisition to disposal. Vinney is also a best selling author with his book ”Apartment Syndication Made Easy” and has a new book coming out soon called “Positivity Brings Profitability”.

“You have to live in the moment” - Vinney Chopra

This one on one sit down was packed with great perspective and knowledge in the multifamily field and real estate as a whole. Here are a few tips Vinney gives us in this episode

• Goal setting is important – Mindset is important, take stock, in what you’ve done today, live in the present, in the now.
• Get in the right financial vehicle – the right job and the right place to spend your time in order to find a comfortable lifestyle. Vinney and so many others have picked real estate as it provides a scalable & sustainable vehicle that continues to prove recession resistant and essential.
• Taking notes is important – you’re constantly learning in this field and it’s extremely important to constantly keep writing. Regardless of where you’re taking them (phone, paper, ipad, etc) Even if you think you’re going to remember it, that information will be gone a couple years from now. It’s important and impactful to have the notes on hand years from now especially with brokers, things like these can make important impacts on relationships
• Making the right connections - Find a good partner for your business (experience, outside knowledge)
• Gathering data - Demographic research, Climate, what facilities are local. 

Take a look at some of the topics in this interview

• 08:20 - How to set goals 
• 13:00 - Vinney tells the start of his real estate journey
• 17:00 - The many ways to senior assisted living
• 24:59 - Dylan asks “how do you manage your properties”
• 31:40 - Word of advice for starting out
• 38:00 - Day to day reporting practices 
• 35:20 - How to mitigate risk
• 40:00 - Having access to different property material
• 46:50 - Closing thoughts from Vinney

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