In today’s episode of the Actively Passive Investing Show, Travis Watts analyzes Daniel Ameduri’s book, Don’t Save For Retirement. Travis pulls out and discusses some key points from the book like why traditional methods of retirement aren’t actually designed to benefit us, redistributing retirement funds, and how to do as the millionaires do.

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When everyone was running from the industry after the housing crisis, Samson Jagoras stuck it out. Although he questioned how far real estate could go, he decided to dive into multifamily for scaling potential. Samson tells us his best tips for creating and maintaining relationships with brokers, how to ensure they keep bringing you deals, and his biggest lesson learned from working with investors. 

Samson Jagoras Real Estate Background:

• Commercial Real Estate Broker / VP of Strategic Investments for RE/MAX Commercial Alliance
• Founder of Growth Vue Properties & Passive Power Group
• Current portfolio consists of $3MM+ assets under management including small multifamily, single family, and industrial
• 10+ years of commercial real estate experience
• Based in Windsor, CO
• Say hi to him at www.samsonjagoras.com
• Best Ever Book: Extreme Ownership

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After stumbling upon new construction, Jason Javer quickly realized it aligned with his skillset and goals and decided to focus his efforts there. Today, we’re talking to Jason in detail about how finding your niche ultimately brings in better financing, gains the trust of your investors, and potentially gives you a larger cut of the deal. 

Jason Javer Real Estate Background:

• Managing partner at Vista Homes
• 8 years of real estate experience
• Portfolio consist of 100 units in production, 30 unit rental portfolio, wholesaling, and flips
• Based in Charlotte, NC
• Say hi to him at: www.vistahomesclt.com 

• Best Ever Book: The One Thing

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After moving to the US in 1998 and starting to work his corporate job, Prashant Kumar’s goal became to stop simply trading his time for money. However, once he dove into real estate, he realized he shouldn’t do the heavy lifting before he’s ready. Today, Prashant shares how he actually ended up making money on a deal that fell through, and the importance of quality property management for practically passive income. 

Prashant Kumar  Real Estate Background:

• Full-time in IT and management consulting
• 5 years of real estate investing experience
• Portfolio consist of 1,136 units
• Based in Long Island, NY
• Say hi to him at: myrealtygains.com
• Best Ever Book: Best Ever Apartment Syndication Book

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After Josh Ferrari’s first deal turned out to be a living nightmare with little to no return, he knew property management wasn’t for him. Instead he focused on investor relations, and now he and his 2 business partners are approaching their goal of $100M of assets under management in 3 years. Josh tells us the key to choosing your partners, what you need to know about single family portfolios in comparison to multifamily, and what you should spend LESS time doing to make the most impact.

Josh Ferrari Real Estate Background:

• Active in Real Estate Investing for 3 years
• Aircraft Technician & Multifamily Syndicator. In the process of dropping the technician job
• 91 units with 236 under contract
• Based in Mobile, Al
• Say hi to him at: https://www.ferraricapital.com
• Best Ever Book: Extreme Ownership

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On today’s Situation Saturday, we’re talking with Joseph Cornwell about his unique experience he ran into while trying to renovate and rent his 8-unit property. After lockdown delays and being caught in a territorial battle between local and county jurisdictions, Joseph tells us what he learned from this seemingly unending renovation. He shares how he got out of the toxic situation, and what he does on day one of all projects now. 

Joseph Cornwell Real Estate Background:

• Full-time police officer
• Also a real estate agent, investor, and owns a construction company
• 5 years of real estate investing experience
• Active investor - 37 units over 8 properties, done a couple live-in flips, wholesaled a couple deals, and sold 1-99 units as an agent
• Based in Cincinnati, OH
• Say hi to him at: Facebook - @joecornwellre; Instagram - @joecornwellre

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After learning the key to turning his first property around in 2018, Vincent Rodriguez went on to grow his investments even more in the next few years. Last year alone he grew from 5 units to 25 units during the pandemic, all on top of working a full time job. Vincent is sharing his secrets for growth, partnerships, time management, and his exact deal structure with his partners. 

Vincent Rodriguez Real Estate Background:

• Mechanical engineer and Managing partner for AnVi Holdings, LLC
• Started investing in real estate in 2018
• Currently has 24 doors across 3 cities; Duplexes, Triplexes
• Based in Orange County, CA
• Say hi to him at: www.anviinvest.com 
• Best Ever Book: ABCs of Real Estate Investing

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In today’s episode of the Actively Passive Investing Show, Travis Watts discusses the parallels between real estate investing and Ralph Lauren’s story on building his empire. We take a look into leveraging other people, thinking alternatively in your investments, and how to design a life on your terms by taking action today (no matter how small). 

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After growing up with investor parents, Charles thought he would follow his dad’s footsteps and self-manage his future investments. That is, until he started syndicating. Today, we’re talking to Charles about how he approaches conversations with potential investors now, why his mindset changed from wanting to do it all himself to including investors in his deals, and how that helped move the needle forward in his goals. 

Charles Carillo Real Estate Background:

• Managing Partner of Harborside Partners, a real estate syndication firm
• Actively investing in multifamily since 2006
• Current investor in over 250 multifamily units across 3 states
• Based in North Palm Beach, FL
• Say hi to him at: https://charleskcarillo.com/about‐charles/  

• Best Ever Book:  80/20 Rule

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After burning out from 10 years of struggling to succeed in real estate, Tony Javier looked for ways to automate his business. Today, we’re talking with Tony about using TV commercials to grow your motivated seller leads on autopilot. He tells us the top 5 benefits of using TV ads for investors, what channels he focuses on and why, and how he does this for even smaller costs than direct mail. 

Tony Javier  Real Estate Background:

• Full-time real estate investor
• 19 years of real estate experience 
• Portfolio consist of 100 properties and 800 flips
• Based in San Diego, CA
• Say hi to him at: www.realestatemastersTV.com   

• Best Ever Book: The 12 Week Year

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