As co-founder and head of investor relations for Spartan Investment Group, Ryan knows the importance of keeping investors updated. He’s raised over $5 million from their current investors, and he’s in charge of developing more relationships to bring in more capital. If you want to hear how to find capital and keep it coming in, be sure to listen to this episode! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“We’ve created an entire app suite from scratch, built in podio” - Ryan Gibson

Ryan Gibson Real Estate Background:

- Co-founder of SIG, Spartan Investment Group

- Has experience ranging from investing in apartments, to single family homes, managing renovations and

 development projects

- Responsible for SIG’s investor relations, driving the acquisition & financing of projects

- Also is a major airline pilot and flies the Boeing 757/767

- Based in Seattle, Washington

- Say hi to him at: http://spartan-investors.com/

- Best Ever Book: Tax Free Wealth

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David started like a lot of us, read Rich Dad Poor Dad and started taking action with real estate. He started driving for dollars, and looking up the owners at home after driving. Realizing that finding the owners was taking too long, David went to work on a solution. The outcome was the DealMachine app, which can look up a property owners information for you in real time, while you’re still in front of the property. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“They could really start to cut through their competition if they communicate in a more natural way” - David Lecko

David Lecko Background:

- CEO of DealMachine, a real estate investing app that puts you in touch with any property owner via direct mail, phone, and email

- When you see a house, simply take a photo and instantly see who owns it, then choose how you want to get in touch with the owner

- DealMachine launched in the summer of 2017, and users report making as much as $25,000 over the last 4 months

- App finds houses that are run down, and contact the owner via dealmachine and then sells the properties to an investor

- Based in Carmel, Indiana

- Say hi to him at: https://dealmachineapp.com/

- Best Ever Book: Top of Mind by John Hall

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Jared has done a little bit of everything in his lengthy real estate career. His forte is raising money for investors and developers, but he also has a ton of experience in construction. Having knowledge in both those area allows Jared to work very efficiently, and take some risks that others may not take. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“I think you can learn a lot from chasing the shiny new object” - Jared Rogers

Jared Rogers Real Estate Background:

- For the first half of his real estate career, Jared raised over $1 billion for investors and developers

- Has leased, managed and sold properties from 700 square foot homes to 900,000 square foot industrial parks.

- Over 20 years of commercial and residential real estate investing experience  

- Based in WInston Salem, North Carolina

- Say hi to him at jrogers AT webuyhouses.com

- Best Ever Book: Design Your Life

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As the owner of a marketing agency that works exclusively with real estate investors, Scott knows a thing or two about getting leads for investors. More importantly his company, Lightmark Media, will also work with investors on optimizing their conversions from those leads. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“Learn from experience” - Scott Corbett

Scott Corbett Background:

- Owner of Lightmark Media, a marketing agency that works exclusively with real estate investors.

- His company does motivated seller PPC (pay per click) campaigns in about 50 different markets around the country.

- Do website design/dev for REIs that focuses on conversion optimization, getting more leads from the same traffic

- Based in Athens, Georgia

- Say hi to him at: https://lightmarkmedia.com

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He has over three decades of residential property development, finance, and sales. After 2008 Bobby saw that banks were not able to lend on projects that previously had never been an issue. With capital drying up, he decided to pivot. He created Walnut Street Finance to provide capital to companies doing what he just pivoted from. Now his company is a full fledged private lender that understands the product (construction & development) better than most, which allows them to lend when a lot of others cannot. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“If things go south we have real collateral backing our investment” - Bobby Montagne

Bobby Montagne Real Estate Background:

- Three decades of experience in commercial and residential property development, finance, and sales

- Successfully overseen $15 billion in career transactions

- Among an elite class of private real estate lenders and delivered high-quality returns to partners and investors

- Between 2010-’15 was principal owner of WSD Capital, a real estate development firm that renovated and resold 185 classic row houses that generated $150M in revenue

- Based in Fairfax, Virginia

- Say hi to him at: www.walnutstreetfinance.com

- Best Ever Book:Think and Grow Rich

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Follow Along Friday is back for the New Year! Today Joe and Theo tell us mistakes they have made when evaluating deals and what they do differently now. If you’re in the market for any property, especially apartment buildings or communities, this is definitely an episode you want to listen to. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“We always have a property management partner tour the property with us”

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Hunter was always an entrepreneur. He started as a high schooler selling parking spots out of his backyard when there was an event going on. His first venture into investing was in the stock market. Hunter didn’t like that some many variables that were out of his control, could determine how much money he made or lost. Enter real estate. Now Hunter and his team syndicate opportunities, most notably self storage and mobile home parks. Today we’ll hear higher level tips and suggestions for investing in those two asset classes. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“There are more self storage facilities in the U.S. than there are Subways, Starbucks, and McDonalds combined” - Hunter Thompson

Hunter Thompson Real Estate Background:

- Founder of Cash Flow Connections, a real estate syndication company

- Has helped investors allocate capital to over 100 properties, which have a combined asset value of $350MM.  

- Host of the Cash Flow Connections podcast, which helps investors learn from intricacies of commercial real estate

- Based in Los Angeles, California

- Say hi to him at: https://cashflowconnections.com/

- Best Ever Book: 4 Hour Work Week

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John and his company American Real Estate Investment provide turnkey investment opportunities for investors. One thing that sets them apart from other providers, they focus on Class A properties that rent to people making over $100k a lot of times. They also have your more typical investments of B and C class, but they like to focus on the class A properties with higher level tenants. Hear why they take this approach and how it has benefitted them and their investors over the years. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“This is the hottest market I truly believe in America, Dallas-Fort Worth” - John Larson

John Larson Real Estate Background:

- Managing Partner at American Real Estate Investments

- Leading provider of A Class turnkey investment properties in the US

- Also own American Real PM our in-house property management solution

- Started in real estate at the age of 17 flipping houses with his family

- In first six months at AREI, he purchased, renovated & sold over 150 properties netting more than $1M

- Based in Dallas, Texas

- Say hi to him at: https://areiusa.com

- Best Ever Book: Exceptional Service, Exceptional Profit

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Another great episode to set yourself up for success in 2018. Daren works for ATTOM Data Solutions, a company that tracks real estate data for their customers to use however they wish. The major take-away from this episode (besides knowing how to access and use their data) is that their data shows we are still in an upcycle, with high demand for more supply. Daren says that this may be a great time to sell if you have property you have been holding for some time. We’ll hear more specific market reports from Daren including which markets have great returns,and which ones have become more expensive and less attractive to investors. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“Increased Days On Market is an indicator that the market is weakening” - Daren Blomquist

Daren Blomquist Background:

- Senior Vice President of Communications at ATTOM Data Solutions (formerly RealtyTrac)

- Directs ATTOM Media, a division that publishes original real estate reports sourced from the ATTOM Data  Warehouse

- ATTOM Data Warehouse, the nation’s most comprehensive property database

- Executive editor of the Housing News Report, a monthly newsletter published by ATTOM Data Solutions

- Based in Orange County, California

- Say hi to him at: https://www.attomdata.com

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Peter is with us for the first episode of 2018, and that is not by coincidence. An economist by trade, we get a TON of great advice when it comes to how we look at the economy and markets. Some of his best advice is to take a step back and look at the bigger picture, don’t just focus on your business or you’ll never see the full picture. At the end of the interview Peter gives us a 2018 economy prediction. You don’t want to miss this one! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“I don’t see any end of growth for the U.S. Economy for 2018” - Peter Linneman

Peter Linneman Background:

- Principal of Linneman Associates the CEO and founder of American Land Fund and of KL Realty

- Named one of the 100 Most Powerful People in New York real estate according to New York Observer

- Linneman Assoc. a premier consulting and research firm, specializing in commercial real estate investment strategy.

- For 35 years, has advised leading corporations, served on over 20 public and private boards, including serving as    

 Chairman of Rockefeller Center Properties

- Based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

- Say hi to him at: http://www.linnemanassociates.com/

- Best Ever Book: Capitalism and Freedom

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