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In this episode we sit down with real estate developer Justin Smith, we discuss his journey into  development, and what ignited his passion for it. We also discuss the need to know about development, how to get started in the space, and how to build your team, connections, allies and the ways to approach a development deal from a numbers perspective. Justin also shares the most common mistakes that people make when getting into the development space and how you can avoid them. 

Justin Smith is the founder of Relequity Enterprises, a Private Equity & Real Estate. Relequity.com acquires Multi-Family Real Estate in the SouthEast and MidWest Markets. He is currently general partner on 360 units of housing in Des Moines, Iowa.  He is set on increasing that ownership level to over 1000 units in 2021. He also advises on private client developments in TX, CA, and OH.

Smith leads projects through the predevelopment stages, design management, construction and finally asset management life - cycle.  Under his direct leadership 1,356 units of housing or (3,200 beds) were constructed over the last 6 years, exceeding $422M in project value. He is particularly proud of projects such as Hale Mahana in Oahu, HI and Union on Elizabeth in Fort Collins, CO.

On this episode, we chat with Aharon Goins about using what's around you to succeed. Many times we get caught in the paralysis by analysis phase and fail to get anything done, we get caught up in the next "big thing". Aharon shares tips to help avoid these pitfalls. Resources surround us everywhere, its up to us to make the best use of them in order to find success.  

Aharon is an active real estate investor and retired military veteran. Aharon hosts the weekly All in on a real estate meetup every Thursday at 7:00 pm EST.  The mission of the meetup is to teach the attendees the benefits of real estate investing.

Aharon got into real estate because he wanted to get out of the “Rat Race” of working for someone else and to change lives for the better. He is determined to help people build generational wealth through real estate not only for them but for their families.

CASHFLOW is the name of the game and in this weeks episode,  we speak with Jennifer Beadles about why she is Addicted to ROI, why she looks for assets that cashflows Day 1, buying assets in areas that are less desirable which has helped her amass a portfolio consisting of over 265+ doors and counting.

Jennifer is a multifamily investor and coach, specializing in value-add multifamily. She owns just under 265 units in 8 different states. With just under 15 years of experience in the real estate industry, Jennifer has experience with many investing strategies including BRRR, value-add multifamily, build-to-rent, and investing out of state. 

Through the company she founded, Addicted to ROI, Jennifer helps hundreds of investors build and scale their own rental portfolios using her proven framework for achieving financial freedom

On this episode we sit with Lisa Hylton as she details her journey to becoming a fund manager in the multifamily space. We discuss topics such as the A to Z's of starting a fund, the proper way to manage a fund, avoiding securities issues, SPVs and much more. 
She is the host of the The Level Up REI Podcast, and VP of Finance for a Real Estate tech start up and founder of The Fund Manager Accelerator Course and  Lisahylton.com - A commercial real estate Fund management firm that was created to help accredited investors gain diversification across private commercial real estate investments. 

In this episode, we sit down with Tommy Brant as we discuss his investing journey as well as almost getting into a bad deal that could have ended up catastrophic for the duration of the deal. Tommy shares some key points that new investors should consider when looking at deals as well as some marketing tactics that have helped him get a better conversion rate.
Tommy is a ‘recovering‘ electrical engineer and data scientist turned full-time Real Estate Investor. He started TB Capital Group as a tool to buy real estate with family, friends, and partners. He helps busy professionals accelerate their wealth through passively investing in real estate. 
His goal is to help others achieve ULTIMATE freedom (which can’t be done without being financially free)
Portfolio of LTR, STR, and apartments - invested in 356 units, totaling $33M in assets.

On this episode, we sit down with Albrey Grimsley, CEO of Life Legacy Capital, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Synergy Paradigm Capital, a privately held commercial real estate investment company. We discuss the aspect of thinking outside the box by not following what the crowd is doing, learning to see the bigger picture in everything as well as being your own bank.

As an investor, she has gained a wealth of knowledge in commercial real estate acquisitions and asset management. This has led to extensive operating expertise and an intimate understanding of each of the submarkets in which we acquire property to identify underperforming assets and solve the root issues that represent a significant value-add play for our investors. 

In addition to being an entrepreneur, she has a strong background in facility management, real estate, education, and sports. She is well-versed in nonprofit capital leadership, mentorship, public speaking, event hosting, and commercial real estate investments. She is the owner of the nonprofit, Like It R Love It Inc, which houses the L.I.F.E Sports Academy program and operates in several locations within the United States and abroad. 

While creating mentorship opportunities through her organizations, and community partnerships, and serving as a former collegiate coach for over a decade, her leadership has led to building champions in their respective professional fields and communities. Her passion for adding value to others has led to her creating the Life Legacy Capital Investor Club which allows working professionals and entrepreneurs to leverage her team’s capital to continue building generational legacy wealth. This passion for adding value to others has also led to being the managing partner with YouthServ Academy, a private school that focuses on academics and mentorships which allow students to prepare for potential careers while in high school.

Albrey is ALWAYS looking to connect with phenomenal individuals!

Lawrence Latty AKA Mr INTERNATIONAL retired from the New York City Transit Authority where he was a dedicated public servant for four decades as a train operator in the New York City subway system.  As a train operator he has trained over 900 personnel in safe train operation. 

He is now focused on growing his real estate portfolio that he has managed for the last 30 years that was started by his parents when they purchased their first investment property in the Bronx NY in 1971.

To integrate his passion for real estate and people he founded one of the most popular and value intense meetups in 2020, Finacial Independence Through Small Multifamily Investing. A weekly virtual meetup, with guest speakers, and investors from around the country and 
sometimes the world. We come together to network, discuss projects, and work on personnel development.

Lawrence also created the 4P system that was developed through the training of over 900 personnel to help improve likability, and develop trust among students and others. This has allowed him to develop an amazing network, and become known as a master connector.

In this episode, we chat with Dan Fradenburgh about the importance tech plays in Real Estate and how to leverage it to get in front of various players in the Multifamily space, from sponsors, limited partners, operators, etc. Dan got into real estate from owning an e-commerce web development agency.  For six years he worked alongside securities attorneys to ensure everything online was in compliance and learned how his boss made enough to pay him.
Now, he's picking his deals by doing the same 15 min calls we all have to do in this business, but in podcast format.
With over 100 Chance Encounter interviews released in less than six months, he's confident that his new software platform, 506b.me will change how syndicators protect themselves from one of the vaguest but widely applicable laws.

As a passionate real estate professional and investor, Sean O’Rourke’s aim is to be the most trusted advisor and to direct people towards the right deals. For the last three years, he has acquired the necessary knowledge and experience that help him tailor his services to meet the unique needs of his clients. Sean understands that every homebuyer, seller, or investor has their own preferences and wishes that they would want to be fulfilled. He is attentive, energetic, and enthusiastic, hence he will be able to address all of your concerns and deliver, to the best of his ability, what you are looking for.
Sean’s interest in the wholesale business has seen him negotiate and close several deals, thereby helping people buy or sell single-family and multi-family houses and mini storages. His creative ability and strong business acumen have helped him establish and run a multi-million dollar business from nothing, an achievement that position him as a progressive individual who is always looking for opportunities to succeed. This is the same spirit that he aims to impart in others, especially by encouraging them to grab every opportunity that comes their way and make the most out of it. People enjoy working with him because of his keen knack for honesty, ability to cultivate immediate rapport, and a passion to maximize sales through caring and consultative business relationships.

In this episode, our guest speaker Vish Muni shares his journey which started from a goal of owning 10 duplexes in 10 years, over-leveraging, to finding out about syndications and a better way to achieve his success goals. Vish shares ways he builds valuable connections, to how he attracts partners to his various opportunities. 

Having migrated from Bangalore, India more than 20 years ago from a family of 5 siblings, starting as an IT professional, having multiple careers,  and being a small business owner.

He started investing in Single family homes 10 years before transitioning to multifamily investing in 2019 where he found his true passion. Since then, he has participated as a general partner and limited partner in over 6 syndications accounting for more than 1,000 doors.

His multifamily investment has opened many doors and has made some of his dreams and goals a reality. It has allowed him to be a lifestyle investor and live life on his terms, freedom to pursue other interests, and freedom from financial uncertainty for himself and his family, and it has given him a renewed sense of purpose. But most importantly, it has allowed him to give his daughter things in life that he could’ve only dreamt of.

In this episode, we sit down with Tim Little who sheds light on how he got into his first GP deal and the things you should consider if you are looking to get into your first one as well. Tim had a set plan laid out, but when an opportunity presented itself, he jumped at it and it opened many doors for him since. 

Tim Little is the founder and CEO of ZANA Investments, a real estate syndication firm named after his two daughters, Zara and Lana. He helps busy professionals keep more of their time and get competitive returns by offering them opportunities to passively invest in apartment buildings.

Tim started investing in real estate with a duplex in 2014 and has grown to a portfolio of 195 co-owned units valued at over $24.7 million. Practicing what he preaches, he is also passively invested in another 296 units. 

He has an MBA and an MA in Global Trade with his professional career includes several years as an Army Officer, a Strategic Communications Consultant, and Head of Multifamily Communications for the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). 

Outside of real estate, Tim is the Commander of an Army Reserve Public Affairs unit. He enjoys dabbling in cryptocurrency and traveling with his wife and daughters in his free time.

In this episode, Todd Heitner speaks about having an online footprint for you and your business. In today's time, many people will instantly go online to look at a person's social media page, or business website to see how credible they are before giving them any form of business. That is why it is important to have a digital footprint that allows you and your business to be deemed reliable. A digital footprint has now become everyone's first impression.

Todd Heitner has been helping real estate investors tap into the power of the internet for over 18 years.  His focus is on assisting syndicators to boost their credibility and automate their capital-raising process.  His company, Apartment Investor Pro, is the only company we know of in the world that specializes in creating strategic websites for syndicators designed to maximize your positioning so YOU stand out in the most positive way so people are more eager to explore investing with you. This allows you to focus your time on finding deals and investors or on scaling your business.

In this episode, we talk with John Casmon who shares insight on branding which he learned throughout his career as a marketer for top companies such as GM, Nike, and many more. John also shares how Multifamily can truly provide amazing benefits, especially for busy professionals. He even shares how to approach potential partners with opportunities, a system that most tend to overcomplicate.

John Casmon is a real estate entrepreneur, who has partnered with busy professionals to invest over $100 million in apartments. John also consults active multifamily investors to help them start or grow their business. He hosts the Multifamily Insights podcast (formerly Target Market Insights) and is the co-creator of the Midwest Real Estate
Networking Summit. Prior to becoming a full-time investor, John worked in corporate
America, overseeing marketing campaigns for General Motors, Nike, and Coors Light.

In this episode, we speak to serial entrepreneur Maurice Philogene whose mission is to help people learn to live the lifestyle that they design. We dissected topics ranging from being intentional with what you want, wanting something bad enough that you'll do whatever needs to be done to attain it, and how Multifamily Real Estate provides all of these options.

Maurice is a Senior Executive, Real Estate Investor & Entrepreneur, Restaurant Owner, Explorer of 100 Countries, Public Servant (Federal Agent & Police Officer), Philanthropist, and Lifestyle Design/Wealth Coach. He is a Founding Managing Partner of Quattro Capital and his passion is living life leveraging freedom principles - financial freedom, time freedom, geographic freedom, freedom of purpose, and freedom of relationships. He uses real estate and professional careers to generate passive income and build a legacy all while empowering communities and helping others live their best life now through lifestyle design.

Maurice is based in Washington DC and the Mediterranean Region.

In this episode, serial entrepreneur Khalia Luff joins us to share her journey as a wholesaler as well as getting into her very first deal using creative financing and creating money in thin air.  Khalia has had the entrepreneur bug since college, going from selling hair, to making a massive amount of money selling Tee shirts. She eventually jumped into the Real Estate space wholesaling houses while learning the ropes. While amassing a ton of knowledge, and making a ton of valuable connections, she eventually took massive action applying all of her years of knowledge and "House Hacked" her first deal with much more exciting ventures to come.

In this episode, we sit down with the VP of Business Development for Title | Pipe™, Alicia Reinhard who shares with us her journey in the Real Estate space. But more importantly, she shares with our listeners facts that show how many transactions in the Real Estate space aren't as secure as most think, starting from the title process down to closing. Today many transactions occur via email and we have seen how easily emails can be hacked and people easily scammed. Alicia walks us through the benefits of the product she promotes as well as the levels of security provided to make sure EVERY transaction is secure for ALL parties involved.

In this episode, our guest Keishia Kennedy of Kennedy Remedy Investments joins us from Kuwait where she is currently a military consultant while investing in multiple Multifamily opportunities as a capital raiser. Keishia started her journey in the Residential space and pivoted to the Multifamily space, starting out as a Limited Partner and eventually being invited to raise capital for multiple opportunities. With a time zone difference, she has managed to raise millions of dollars for Multifamily opportunities and has no plans of stopping.

In this episode, we speak with K. Trevor Thompson, founder of Niagara Investments, who shares his remarkable journey of entrepreneurship that led him to the world of Multifamily real Estate. Trevor’s journey so happened to coincide with the skills he’s learned and built during his lengthy W-2 career and he was able to carry that over into the Multifamily space which has led him to invest passively in 17 opportunities, 15 active opportunities, and countless other asset classes. Trevor shares some of the early hardship lessons that have helped him make more sound investments, how to get into various opportunities, and how things to consider when investing passively in an opportunity.

In this episode, CPA and Real Estate investor Larry Pendleton share some tips to consider when investing in Real Estate, both as an active and passive investor. Larry details things like depreciation, offsetting W-2 income, how investors are taxed based on the strategy they are implementing, the entity structure that is most beneficial, and much more. Larry brings to the table 8yrs of experience as a CPA with over a decade of experience in tax consulting & preparation, accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping. His team consists of 5 tax and accounting professionals servicing 200+ professionals in real estate. He also brings over 6 years of real estate experience in buy and hold multi & single-family housing, corporate housing, short-term rentals, and flips. He has stakes in rental syndications and joint ventures across the US, adding value as an asset manager, tax strategist, investor relations, and underwriter. His personal real estate portfolio consists of 10 properties totaling 52 units.

**Disclaimer: Please consult your tax adviser to validate anything shared on this episode before making any necessary investments.

In this episode, the founders of Adventurous Real Estate Investors Suzy Sevier and Michael Barnhart take us through their investing journey where they started investing in Multifamily in the US while being 4 thousand miles away during the pandemic. They share with us their systems for getting so much done with the time difference they face, working W-2 jobs, managing their assets, the issues they face, and much more. This is a tell-all episode that is truly info-packed.