Episodes

Multifamily values have accelerated over the past few years. A huge increase in household formation, Baby Boomers choosing to rent, 70 million millennials of whom choose to rent…all bodes well for multifamily. Investing in multifamily, however, still has its’ risks. Today’s guest, Lee Harris, President and CEO of Cohen Esrey, an apartment acquisition, development, and management company, has seen multiple cycles over 45 years and knows how to avoid risk. Learn more at https://www.streetsmartsu...

Most real estate asset classes are efficiently priced. With raw land, however, you can buy lots at literally 30 cents on the dollar. With very few start-up costs you can launch a Direct Mail marketing program that gets you a deal in your first month. Today’s guest, Dan Haberkost, Owner of Front Range Land LLC, is in his mid-twenties and buying and selling land quite profitably in the state of Colorado. He’s also building single family homes. Learn more at https://www.streetsmartsuccess.com

The economy has been in bull territory for over a decade, but this will not last forever. One Real Estate asset class, however, will not only sustain, but will thrive in recessionary times. This is Mobile Home Parks. Today’s guest, Jeff Cook, Managing General Partner at Cook Properties, is the largest owner of Mobile Home Parks in the state of New York and recently acquired a $124 Million portfolio. Learn more at https://www.streetsmartsuccess.com

Having a great niche results in making more money because of better operating margins, a competitive advantage, more efficient processes, and a more streamlined business development effort. Today’s guest, Chris Winterhalter, CEO and Co-Founder of Hotel Rehabs, specializes in hotel rehabs all over the country. His clients are the world’s biggest hotel brands and his business is growing at an impressive clip. Learn more at https://www.streetsmartsuccess.com

When it comes to investing in Real Estate, there’s more ways to do it than directly buying properties. One way is to invest in notes and not have to deal with renting out and maintaining properties and dealing with tenants. Today’s guest, Scott Carson, Owner and Managing Member of WeCloseNotes.com, an Austin based, defaulted note buying company, has made a phenomenal career out of investing in notes since 2008 and has helped thousands of others learn about the note business. Scott is also a nat...

There’s an exodus of people escaping cities in search of more space, tranquility, lower taxes, and they want to own tangible assets. As a result, rural land is appreciating outside of major metros at all-time highs. Today’s guest, Neil Hauger, of Whitetail Properties, is a high-performing land broker in the Upper Midwest who’s distilled land marketing down to an art form. Learn more at https://www.streetsmartsuccess.com

Investing your hard-earned money is a risky business. There’s no such thing as an unattractive proforma, but a lot of things can go wrong. With interest rates rising and operational expenses on the rise, NOI’s may decrease and cap rates may increase. Today's guest, Jeremy Roll, President of Roll Investment Group, has been a conservative investor for several years and continues to see caution signs in today’s market. Learn more at https://www.streetsmartsuccess.com

There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of Real Estate syndicators you can invest with. But how do you know which ones you can trust and which deals to invest in? There’s a lot of risk in these deals so it’s good to have a system. Today’s guest, Sam Giordano, a New Jersey physician and Co-Founder of PassiveAdvantage.com, has developed a system for evaluating Multi-family deals that will help you mitigate risk and avoid common mistakes. Learn more at https://www.streetsmartsuccess.com

If you’re looking for an asset class that is recession resistant and poised for huge growth, look no further than Assisted Living. Over 10,000 Baby boomers turn 75 every day. Today’s guest, Loe Hornbuckle, CEO of Sage Oak Assisted Living and Memory Care, is passionate about helping seniors and started out by converting a single family home into an Assisted Living facility. Loe now has six, eight bed homes and is doing ground up construction of much larger facilities. Learn more at https://www....

A lot of focus in Real Estate has been on Multifamily, Self-Storage, Mobile Home Parks, Industrial, and other like asset classes. But one asset class you don’t hear about very often is land. Yet the opportunities to buy and hold or to flip land are immense. There are 1.9 billion acres of land in the US and only 6% of it is developed. Billionaires like Ted Turner, the Ford family and Jeff Bezos are buying as much as they can. Today’s guest, Jeanette Amayo, went from a being a manager at Starbu...

Even through covid, some hotels have performed well, especially ones with great locations, like being near a busy highway. Ecommerce kept truckers on the roads and they needed places to stay. The same thing applied to traveling sports teams and other groups who continued to travel as part of their lifestyle. Today’s guest, Mike Stohler, Managing Partner of Gateway Private Equity Group, transitioned out of multifamily in Phoenix back in 2017 into hotels and has been building a successful hotel p...

When buying existing properties becomes too cost prohibitive, you may need to pivot to new development. Whereas cap rates on existing properties in desirable markets may have plummeted to as low as sub 4%, cap rates on ground up development can be as high as 10%, even in growing markets. Today’s guest, David Kislin, Owner at JEL Development, is doing small, infill residential ground up projects in South Florida and is generating great returns. Learn more at https://www.streetsmartsuccess.c...