Episodes

Contrary to all the success stories, Real Estate is a hard business that requires resilience in order to be successful. It’s not a matter of if things will go wrong, it’s a matter of what will go wrong and when, and how you d...

Operating properties directly makes sense for people who want to be hands-on in the daily operations of a property and who have the time and experience to be successful at it. There are many cases, however where people acquir...

Real Estate is a local business that requires intimate knowledge of a market. This knowledge, plus being an expert on the daily nuts and bolt of operations, mitigates risk. Further risk is mitigated by in-house management to ...

It’s no secret that precipitously rising interest rates took many Real Estate operators by surprise, especially those who utilized shorter-term floating debt. As their loans are coming due and they’re being confronted with th...

If you’re willing to be patient and methodical with passive investing, and avoid undue risk, the rewards will compound over time beyond your wildest expectations and change your life. It just takes delaying gratification, kee...

Unless you have a very long time horizon, in which case time cures a lot of ills, being right on your timing will make you the most amount of money in Real Estate. Although Light Industrial has been white hot over the past fe...

Property management makes or breaks deals in every asset class, but no asset class is more challenging than large multifamily. There are so many people involved, and so many components to the operations, that things are alway...

Many investors over the years have built portfolios of single family rentals that have ultimately enabled them to quit their jobs and build legacy income for their families. Single family homes in the right neighborhoods can ...

Atlanta is becoming “Hollywood East” as it’s become a hub of film production with over 200 film and TV projects per year. In addition to the film industry, Atlanta has a well diversified and rapidly growing economic base. Ove...

The most recession resistant asset class in housing is Mobile Home Parks. It’s the least expensive housing option available, and it’s supply constrained because almost no new parks are being built. As an asset class, it actua...

There are many opportunities to by large apartment complexes in the middle of the country but certain coastal markets can have less risk. Large California coastal cities tend to stay consistent with high occupancy levels rega...

There are many ways avenues to making money in Real Estate but few require as little capital and take as little time to start generating cash as land flipping. By creating a mailer that goes out to land owners within a certai...

Operating in your own backyard creates operational scale, competitive local knowledge, and access to better deals. All of these significantly reduce risk for operators and investors. Long-term holds of well-located properties...

When it comes to data sources in Real Estate, everyone has access to the same information, but there are ways to optimize utilization of the data to get higher returns. At Cadre, they’ve developed proprietary software that le...

In the Real Estate ecosystem, there are many capital raisers who bring money to developers in order to get projects off the ground. It’s their job to create value for both the developers and for entities such as family office...

If you want to earn more while working less, passive investing can be a step in the right direction toward earning financial independence. Many people still aren’t aware of the opportunities to invest directly in Real Estate ...

Many seasoned Real Estate operators attribute their biggest past mistakes to debt. That’s why it’s so important to structure your financing appropriately in order to avoid devastating pitfalls and mitigate undue risk. Vernon ...

Leverage has helped a lot of multifamily operators generate great returns over the past five years, but many newer operators are now paying the price for too much leverage and higher interest rates. When underwriting deals, i...

Most real estate asset classes are efficiently priced and hard to find great deals. With land investing, however, you can buy land for literally 50 cents on the dollar with little competition. You basically just need to follo...

In the world of multifamily, few operators are scaling with 2-15 unit buildings. These are too large for most ma and pa operators and too small for larger syndicators. Ray Heimann, Managing Director of Terra Capital, is acqui...

If you’ve been looking to make passive investments in hard assets but are finding it difficult to get the returns you’d expect, there are other great vehicles that can generate 10 % or higher with relatively conservative risk...

There aren’t too many asset classes within Commercial Real Estate right now where you can generate 10% or more cash-on-cash returns before creating extra value and executing a new business plan. One exception to this is campg...

In supply constrained major metro markets with large employment bases, there’s always a strong rental market of young professionals who crave quality amenities. After the first Covid waves, we’ve seen rents come back in major...

When it comes to underwriting, stick to your guns and don’t compromise or you may regret it. Even when you make conservative assumptions, expenses tend to rise and occupancy and rents typically contract when the economy goes ...