Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever

Ed is a do it all kind of person and investor. He loves helping his clients make great decisions on their investments, as well as doing his own deals. Not to mention he brokers hard money, the “Lending Tree of hard money” as he calls it. Tune in to hear how he gets hard money for his clients, as well as what he tells newer investors as they are breaking into the business. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

Best Ever Tweet:

“Some lenders have bigger names and people think they are better because of their name” - Ed Hendrickson

Ed Hendrickson Real Estate Background:

  • Full time real estate professional, focuses on helping others invest while building his portfolio
  • First year as a real estate business owner, he assisted in closing over $20 million in transactions
  • Based in Hoboken, NJ
  • Say hi to him at https://www.hardmoneyproject.com/
  • Best Ever Book: A Million Bucks by 30

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Direct download: JF_1727_Ed_Hendrickson.mp3
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Alex is an entrepreneur and real estate investor, when he’s not busy with landscaping, he’s working on his own deals. When Alex wanted to start, he didn’t have the cash to get started, his first deal he was able to trade landscaping services for a down payment on a seller financed deal. After that, Alex teamed up with an experienced investor (money partner) and has been completing deals since then. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

Best Ever Tweet:

“Every deal will test you, some worse than others” - Alex Holt

Alex Holt Real Estate Background:

  • Owner of Buying Cincinnati Houses
  • Has done over 10 deals with no cash out of pocket
  • Completed several land contract deals that he was able to flip with little more than sweat equity
  • Based in Cincinnati, OH
  • Say hi to him at https://www.facebook.com/alex.holt.777
  • Best Ever Book: Rich Dad Poor Dad

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Direct download: JF_1726_Alex_Holt.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:29am EDT

We received a couple of great questions over the last week, and decided to answer them today on Follow Along Friday. Joe will answer a question about getting a potential seller to want to sell, as well as responding to a question about who controls the bank account in an apartment syndication. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

Best Ever Tweet:

“Get curious, what could be their motivation?”

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We created this site just for passive investors to have a free resource providing the questions to ask and things to think through. BestEverPassiveInvestor.com

Direct download: JF_1725_Follow_Along_Friday.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:32am EDT

Time to get back into financing for apartment syndication deals. Today Theo will be discussing the top agency loans available. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

Best Ever Tweet:

“There is a required occupancy of at least 90%”

Free Loan Program Spreadsheet:

http://bit.ly/toploanprograms

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Direct download: JF_1724_-_SS_56_-_Series_16_-_Part_2.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:17pm EDT

Another week, another syndication school series. This week, Theo is discussing financing for your apartment syndication deals. He’ll be covering all the different options, recourse vs. non recourse, and discussing a loan guarantor. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

Best Ever Tweet:

“Different loan officers specialize in different loan types”

Free Loan Program Spreadsheet:

http://bit.ly/toploanprograms

If you’re a passive investor wanting to learn more about questions to ask sponsors in order to qualify the opportunities, sponsors, and the markets opportunities are in, visit BestEverPassiveInvestor.com.

We created this site just for passive investors to have a free resource providing the questions to ask and things to think through. BestEverPassiveInvestor.com

Direct download: JF_1723_-_SS_55_-_Series_16_-_Part_1.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:56am EDT

Mike’s real estate career started off a little unusual compared to most, as his first deal was in Russia. After that deal, Mike started buying duplexes and small multi’s in Texas. He wanted to get out of the landlord life, so he sold half of his portfolio. Now Mike is raising capital for deals, and has helped investors acquire over 3,800 multifamily and self storage units. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

Best Ever Tweet:

“Real estate investing is a relationship business” - Mike Krieg

Mike Krieg Real Estate Background:

  • Co-founder of Steeple Rock Partners, LLC
  • Has been investing in real estate for 14 years
  • Has helped provide investor funds to purchase 3,800 apartment and self storage units worth $300M
  • Based in Austin, Texas
  • Say hi to him at https://www.steeplerockpartners.com/
  • Best Ever Book: Think and Grow Rich

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Direct download: JF_1722_-_Mike_Krieg.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:51am EDT

Most of us know by now that our national real estate market is cyclical. With that in mind, Ryan and Mark have created a fund for investors as well as themselves to get conservative returns, while also growing the fund. We’ll hear about what assets they invest in and what they look for with potential deal. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

Best Ever Tweet:

“A lot of investors today read the PPM but don’t really think about what is the senior debt? Debt in a recession is what gets everyone in trouble” - Ryan Andrews & Mark Khuri

Ryan Andrews & Mark Khuri Real Estate Backgrounds:

  • Founders and managers of Aerial Investment Management.
  • In 2018, they launched the Recession Resistant Fund. A diversified real estate fund for passive investors targeting asset classes that are designed to perform through a recession or a volatile market cycle.
  • Fund has invested in 7-10 deals as an equity partner
  • Based in Bend, OR
  • Say hi to them at http://bit.ly/2N3vd3v
  • Best Ever Book: When Genius Failed

If you’re a passive investor wanting to learn more about questions to ask sponsors in order to qualify the opportunities, sponsors, and the markets opportunities are in, visit BestEverPassiveInvestor.com.

We created this site just for passive investors to have a free resource providing the questions to ask and things to think through. BestEverPassiveInvestor.com

Direct download: JF_1721_Ryan_Andrews_and_Mark_Khuri.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:36am EDT

Antoine has been investing in real estate for four years now, and he’s only 23. Turnkey was not always the business plan, but that is what the company has grown to. Just two years ago, they did 10 houses, last year they did 60, this year they’re on track to complete 100 deals. Learn what he does to grow his business to 100 deals per year in four years. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

Best Ever Tweet:

“From the networking, I had a pool of people that were interested in turnkey rentals” - Antoine Martel

Antoine Martel Real Estate Background:

  • 23 year old real estate investor
  • Does 100 flips per year (turnkey rentals), owns a 20 unit apartment building
  • Based in LA, CA
  • Say hi to him at https://martelturnkey.com/
  • Best Ever Book: The 10X Rule

If you’re a passive investor wanting to learn more about questions to ask sponsors in order to qualify the opportunities, sponsors, and the markets opportunities are in, visit BestEverPassiveInvestor.com.

We created this site just for passive investors to have a free resource providing the questions to ask and things to think through. BestEverPassiveInvestor.com

Direct download: JF_1720_Antoine_Martel.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:55am EDT

Edgar took over a struggling janitorial company at the age of 23 in 2008. He took that struggling business and grew it into a successful commercial and construction cleaning company, helping investors clean up their properties after construction. It wasn’t always easy, Edgar worked two jobs for some time. He’s had success, but some of the business slowed for a while, Edgar did not given up, he’s working harder than ever to get his business to levels it has never reached. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

Best Ever Tweet:

“I didn’t know how I would pay the bills, but I knew that if I kept learning, and putting myself out there, I would make it” - Edgar Aguilar

Edgar Aguilar Real Estate Background:

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Direct download: JF_1719_Edgar_Aguilar.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:03am EDT

Last Follow Along Friday, Theo mentioned that he has decided to sell his 12 unit portfolio. Joe was taken by surprise and wanted to really dive into the story with Theo on another episode of Follow Along Friday, rather than quickly mentioning it in last week’s episode. We’ll hear the mistakes Theo made, which is part of the reason why he’s selling now. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

Best Ever Tweet:

“Anytime I had a few months of cash flow, I’d have to spend that cash flow to fix something else” - Theo

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Direct download: JF_1718_Follow_Along_Friday.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:07am EDT