Episodes

Unlike many other asset classes, Real Estate is a hard asset with conservative, long-term predicable utility that also provides cash flow. That’s why so much money in other asset classes has moved into Real Estate in the last few years. Today’s guest, Scott Kurland, co-founder of Acuity Partners, has a successful background on Wall Street and has applied that expertise successfully into investing in the Multifamily sector over the past five years.

This is episode two of a great conversation with super star investor, Nathan Petrowsky. If you’re based in an incredibly expensive coastal market, looking inland may be your best option to get great returns. This thesis has made all the difference in the world for several operators with the vision to look beyond their backyard for more immediate, lucrative returns. Today’s guest, Nathan Petrowsky, ventured out of the SF Bay Area and acquired office buildings in Dallas right after the deep reces...

A key to safe investing is finding the absolute best-in-class operators. Don’t just take someone’s word directly, but find others who’ve done business with them and can report success over a significant period of time. Today’s guest, Dave Zook, founder of The Real Asset Investors, is a successful business owner and savvy investor who’s created lucrative partnerships with proven, vetted, experienced operators.

Taking down 15 large multifamily deals in less than two years is no easy task, especially when you’ve just started out. But tirelessly doing all the right things like contacting brokers, sellers, lenders and lawyers and building the right teams can pay off if you’re relentless enough and willing to put in the hours. Zack Haptonstall, founder of Rise48Equity, started his multifamily trajectory in Phoenix in 2018 and has had major wins.

Having a niche is always an advantage. Having a niche within a niche is even better. Today’s guest, John McNellis, built his fortune with 100,000 sft neighborhood shopping centers. Founder of McNellis Partners, John is a Bay Area developer who believes in staying within a two-hour radius of where you live and has been incredibly successful with a repeatable, predicable formula that he’s perfected over three decades.

In order to get the best deals, the-old fashioned way still works the best, mailing and calling owners directly. There are no shortcuts. Today’s guest, Zach Quick, an Owner-Operator of 2300 Self-Storage units, buys his properties at the right prices and continues to fine-tune a disciplined, focused system of acquiring and operating Self-Storage facilities with great profits.

The discipline required to pass up deals in an overheated market can be rare. Everyone says they have conservative underwriting and that they’ve found a unique deal, but today’s guest has really walked the walk and done it the old-fashioned way. Hadar Orkibi, Principal of MHI Holding and Co-facilitator and founder of Make it Happen Mastermind Group, has generated huge returns in multifamily units he’s acquired in Little Rock, Arkansas.

There can still be great deals in sub-100-unit buildings with C class Value Add in the right markets. Like any other deals, it helps to have boots on the ground and the ability to create the right teams to manage the rehab and ongoing operations. Today’ guest, Ismael “Rey” Reyes, best-selling author, and founder of MI Real Estate, has been part of several Class C deals in the Southeast and is doing extremely well.

This is episode one of a great conversation with super star investor, Nathan Petrowsky. If you’re based in an incredibly expensive coastal market, looking inland may be your best option to get great returns. This thesis has made all the difference in the world for several operators with the vision to look beyond their backyard for more immediate, lucrative returns. Today’s guest, Nathan Petrowsky, ventured out of the SF Bay Area and acquired office buildings in Dallas right after the deep reces...

It’s never too late to get started in Multifamily. You just need to get in the game with that first deal. Today’s guest, Jeff Greenberg, CEO and Managing Member of Synergetic Investment Group, did his first deal when he was in his mid-50’s and learned quickly what and what not to do. He has had amazing success with C class value add deals in Texas and he’s now moving on to help other investors vet sponsors and deals to leverage the attributes of real estate for their own financial stability.

When it comes to someone else’s underwriting, there’s often a lot more than meets the eye, so buyer beware. There’s often any number of items that get left out in a broker or sellers P & L’s. That’s where years of experience comes into play. Today’s guest, Mark Hamilton, founder of Bay Area-based Hamilton Zanze, shares invaluable lessons from a 30+ year operator of over 20,000 units.

Many things can go wrong with Real Estate syndications. There’s more to the game than just the numbers and managing properties. Today’s guest, Gene Trowbridge, is co-founding partner at Trowbridge Law Group and has been a part of 5 Billion in real estate transactions. Gene has been a broker, a syndicator and an attorney to syndicators. No one knows more about the legal aspects of syndication and what to avoid that Gene.

In real estate investing, having a proven, repeatable formula is highly conducive to succeeding in the long run. Getting to be an expert in a specific niche will make you more competitive, relevant, and sustainable in your efforts. Today’s guest, Willie Mandrel, founder of The Mandrell group and the Wealth Builder Nation, does all three- and four-unit residential properties, all in designated neighborhoods in Boston, where he’s lived practically his entire life. Willie has the relationships, the...

What does it take to be a number one commercial broker? It takes ridiculous hard work and an ability to create lasting and meaningful relationships. Today’s guest, Craig Coppola, is the top earning broker in the history of Lee and Associates, the national commercial brokerage firm. Craig’s also been the top broker in Phoenix for 24 of the last 31 years. Craig’s also been an active investor and knows how to find the “great deals.”

The part of multifamily that no one talks about is construction. Yet, your approach to construction can make or break the deal. Whether you hire third party property management to manage the process, or you try to manage subcontractors on your own, the process is fraught with potential pitfalls. Today’ guest, Jeff Rosenfeld, Executive Vice President and Chief Business Development Officer is a partner in Adivo Construction, a national General Contracting company that specializes in value-add mult...

There are many ways to engage in multifamily investing, it just depends on what you want to bring to the table. It just takes a team to make a deal happen. Today’s guest, Rick Martin, founder of Fortress Federation, started out buying single family houses before getting into syndication as a Limited Partner. Over time and after making some valuable connections, Rick’s become a General Partner in a number of deals in Texas and the Southeast.

The largest asset class in the world is single family homes in the United States. It represents over $200 Trillion dollars. That’s a lot of money. Today’s guest, Dani Beit-Or, founder of Simply Do It Real Estate Investments, owns several of his own single family rentals and has helped advise hundreds of his clients in investing in single family homes in some of the country’s best rental markets for buy-and-hold, long-term investors.

After several years of consistent growth in the multi-family market, several markets continue to have strong projected gains in population growth, job growth, and appreciation. This growth, combined with rapidly increasing building costs, can be the perfect storm for even greater rent growth and appreciation in the years to come. Brian Burke, CEO and President of Praxis Capital, is always cautious, but remains bullish for multi-family at the right price, in the right markets, and with the right ...

With over 11 million families behind on rent or mortgage payments and the fed pumping six trillion into the economy, today’s guest has a wait-and-see perspective on investing in today’s Real Estate market. There’s just too much uncertainty on top of already historically low cap rates and inflated prices. That’s why Jeremy Roll, President of Roll Investment Group has lots of cash on the side and is waiting patiently to see how things pan out over the next couple years.

You can get great appreciation in coastal markets like NYC and San Francisco, but it’s virtually impossible to get cash flow. That’s why many investors seek opportunities in other parts of the country. Today’s guest started his real estate career in single family and apartments In Brooklyn before venturing out to other parts of the country. Since then, Mike Zlotnik, Fund Manager of Tempo Growth Management, has run transactional funds, hard money funds and funds that invest in multifamily, office...

No matter what a situation looks like from the outside, you can’t know everything until after you get the keys. Today’s guests’ second multifamily deal was a 37-unit he bought with his dad. After some painstaking years at the beginning with a lot of unexpected Capex, the property has performed incredibly well. Since then. Brian Hamrick, CEO of Hamrick Investment Group, has gone on to syndicate larger deals and has invested in Self-Storage, Office and non -performing notes. His most recent projec...

In this hot Real Estate market, you need to be extra careful how much you pay for properties. Some experts think there's extra risk in Class C right now because the valuations don't support the risk. A lot of these properties have functional obsolesce that some operators aren’t prepared for. Today’s guest, Bill Ham, is COO of Broadwell Property Group in Atlanta. Bill invests in and syndicates properties within an hour plane ride of Atlanta that provide at least 6% cash-on-cash on the front end o...

When the market is overheated, it takes unusual discipline to be patient and only insist on getting great deals. Today’s guest will still only buy deals at a deep discount. As such, he’s still doing multifamily, but he’s also doing a hotel conversion to multifamily and also ground-up construction. James Kandasamy, CEO of Achieve Investment Group, has done incredibly well with off-market, heavy value ad deals in San Antonio, TX, one of the most recession-proof markets in the country.

Many syndicators favor the reliability of Class B properties because of their performance in all economic cycles. When the economy turns, Class A tenants move down to Class B but Class B tenants mostly stay put. Although the properties are older, they’re still relatively current and nice places to live, especially after value-add upgrades have been made. Today’s guest Ellie Pearlman, Founder and CEO of Blue Lake Capitol, has built a great portfolio of B class properties in great markets.