34: Large Multifamily With a Team Mindset with Brent Kawakami
Brent Kawakami joins us this week to share his story of how he grew his investment business exponentially over the last few years.
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- Jan 16, 2019
33: Inspecting A New Property - What to Look For
This week we sat down with a couple guys who know a thing or two about what to look for and what can can go wrong with a property. Vadim and Jason from Veteran Property Services and Veteran Roofing joined us to go through some of the most common problems that get missed when an investor buys a new rental property. By far the largest item that they mentioned was the roof. We talked about why it pays to get an actual roofing contractor in to look at the roof and how to go about
- Jan 9, 2019
32: House Hacking Million Dollar Homes with Lucas Hall
Lucas Hall got into real estate to impress a girl. And it worked out really well! (He also ended up marrying her) Lucas is a Denver-based investor who owns property around the country, including a couple million dollar row homes in Washington DC, which he started by house hacking by the bedroom. He has since moved out of that house hack, but still rents by the bedroom instead of renting to one family. We talk about some great advice for how to market the property, how to set
- Jan 2, 2019
31: Seven Steps to Your First Real Estate Deal in 2019
Happy New Year! Thanks for joining us for another trip around the sun! To start this year off right, here is our list of actionable steps to get your first (or next) deal done in 2019. ONE: Figure Out Your Goals Before you do anything else, take a step back and ask yourself "what do I want to get out of real estate?" There can be a lot of answers to this question, but here's an easy place to start: do you want to be active or passive? And do you have cash or not? There are a
- Dec 26, 2018
30: The Trifecta of Big Real Estate Investments with Jason Lewis
Jason Lewis has done almost every type of real estate you can think of and we dig into as much as we can in the hour that we spent with him. We talked about his belief that house hacking is the single best way to get into real estate investing and why Jason believes you should never stop house hacking. We also talk about some unique projects he has taken on, including the conversion of a horse barn into self-storage and some "vacation hacking" at Lake of the Ozarks. Along wit
- Dec 19, 2018
29: Scaling From 1 to 65 Units in 8 Months with Sam Rust
On Christmas Day, 2017 Sam Rust sat down and read Multifamily Millions from cover to cover and decided that he would buy a multifamily property in 2018. Eight months later he closed on a 64 unit property in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Sam used a method known as syndication and we talk through the entire process of how he was able to get this deal done in such a short amount of time. We go through how to build relationships with brokers, how to analyze a deal, how to raise mon
- Dec 12, 2018
28: The Real Estate Way to Wealth and Freedom with Jacob Ayers
Jacob Ayers is aiming towards 1,000 doors by the time he turns 30 years old and we talk about how he plans to get there. We love his story this week because it represents so many millennials who have that feeling that there has to be something more. Jacob started with a couple creative deals that we talk about in detail that gave him the ability to experiment and also gave his investment portfolio the strong foundation it needed to keep growing. We go into some the advantages
- Dec 5, 2018
27: How to Network and Build A Booming Family Real Estate Business with Brooks O'Hearn
Start a booming real estate business with your entire family at 20 years old? Sure, why not! Brooks O'Hearn joins us this week to talk about how he pitched this idea to his family when he was 20 and they have since grown the business into a successful machine doing over a dozen high-end fix and flips a year. Brooks has mastered the art of networking to find deals and increase the visibility of his business. We talk about some of the strategies he uses for meet up groups and o
- Nov 21, 2018
25: WTF is BRRRR Investing? with Alex Felice
We have a high-energy show for you this week with Alex Felice. Alex is a real estate investor who is based out of Las Vegas but invests across the country in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Alex buys real estate that allows him to use the BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat) method to pull money back out and keep building his portfolio. He also talks about a little known rule that allows you to turn this capital around even faster by not waiting the entire seasoning peri
- Nov 14, 2018
24: Lessons Learned in Memphis and Out of State Investing with Ben Welch
We take a different direction this week by putting Ben in the hot seat. In addition to getting to know Ben a little better, we dig into his Memphis properties to talk about why Memphis, why multiple units and what his plans are for this property. We also talk through some hard lessons learned about dealing with tenants and out of state investing. For anybody just getting into investing or considering investing out of state, we hope you enjoy this episode and please reach out
- Oct 16, 2018
20: Ultimate House Hacking Guide for Millennial Real Estate Investors
We couldn't just let show 20 pass without doing something special to celebrate. So we decided to cover one of the most popular wealth building strategies that our guests have consistently talked about. This week we dig deep into "house hacking" and what makes this strategy so powerful for young investors We cover: What is "house hacking" What types of properties can be hacked: room hacking (renting out rooms) vs house hacking (renting out additional units in a 2-4 unit proper
- Oct 10, 2018
19: Everything You Need to Know About Multifamily Syndication With Ben Leybovich and Sam Grooms
Ben Leybovich and Sam Grooms joined us for a great conversation on multifamily syndication. Ben has been investing in real estate since 2006 and is a frequent BiggerPockets blog contributor and a three time guest on the BiggerPockets podcast (along with at least a dozen other real estate podcasts). Sam is a CPA who, prior to joining WhiteHaven Capital, managed SEC reporting for a multi-billion dollar company and has invested in over $25 million worth of multifamily deals. Tod
- Sep 26, 2018
17: Flora-Bama and Utilizing Networking To Grow Your Portfolio Exponentially with Jay Helms
Jay Helms joins us this week to tell us about his journey from a false start in 2008 to owning a large portfolio that includes a 42 unit property in Mobile, Alabama. We talk through how to locate up-and-coming neighborhoods, how and why to use a 1031 exchange to scale your portfolio and also how to spot a good deal from a bad previous landlord. Jay is a wealth of knowledge about finding and operating rental properties in many different markets. We also walk through how he was
- Sep 19, 2018
16: Lessons Learned from The Market Crash and Seller Financing Tips with Buddy Broome
After a binge-reading session of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Buddy Broome and his wife were on their way towards becoming real estate millionaires. Unfortunately, their first purchase was in August 2008, which was shortly before the market crashed. That first deal immediately lost a large portion of its value, but Buddy quickly started noticing how cheap other properties were and got the itch to buy again. Their next deal was over market value, but creatively financed by using seller
- Sep 12, 2018
15: Age Restricted Flips, Hacking And Lobbying On the Path To Become A Syndicator With Lucas Miller
Lucas Miller started his path in real estate like many of our guests, by house hacking, but has also taken several different routes that have lead to a multifamily focus today. For the last four years, Lucas has been a lobbyist for the Colorado Apartment Owners Association where he was an advocate for landlords in Colorado and learned the details of government regulation around the multifamily space. We also talk about some horror stories from Lucas' first deal where he had t
- Sep 5, 2018
14: Building a Multi-Million Dollar Portfolio in Under 5 Years with Danny Randazzo
Danny Randazzo and his partners have acquired over $8 million worth of real estate since just 2013 and he joins us to share how he has been able to scale so quickly in just a few years. Danny blows away any myths about needing to start small in real estate as he walks through his first deal that was a $1 million dollar commercial building, then explains how he has continued to build his portfolio. Danny now invests in commercial and multifamily real estate and has scaled sign
- Jun 20, 2018
3: Syndication, House Hacking and Retiring at age 30 with Eric Bowlin
Eric Bowlin started investing almost 10 years ago with a triplex in Massachusetts and has built his portfolio all across the country from small multifamily to large apartment complexes. After a move to Austin, Texas Eric began chasing after a real estate investing strategy called syndication, where investor's money is pooled to buy a larger property. In his case, Eric has used this strategy to acquire over 470 units in the last couple years and prove that financial independen
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