Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever

Most of this episode was inspired by someone who wrote Joe asking to intern. If you want to work for someone operating at a high level, listen to Joe’s tips on how to reach out to them. They also discuss other ways someone can get into syndication with little to no experience. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

 

Best Ever Tweet:

“Good is no longer good enough, we have to be outstanding”

 

Mentioned in this episode:

 

JF1054: Getting Paid to Raise Capital Without Being a Broker-Dealer with Amy Wan

 

JF1353: How To Win Over An Apartment Broker (From An Apartment Broker) with Thomas T Furlow

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 1:05pm EDT

Marc is the Co-founder and CEO of a company that created a software to help automate the underwriting process. Enodo will save you time and money in your underwriting process by taking out a lot of the small, tedious tasks that right now, a human does. Hear exactly how his company may be able to help you. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

 

Best Ever Tweet:

“You’ll have the incremental revenue there to weather the storm” - Marc Rutzen

 

Marc Rutzen Real Estate Background:

  • CoFounder and CEO of Enodo, an automated underwriting platform for multifamily real estate
  • Enodo helps users analyze more deals in less time and make better investment decisions backed by data science
  • Based in Chicago, IL
  • Say hi to him at https://www.enodoinc.com/
  • Best Ever Book: The Lean Startup

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 8:48am EDT

John was (and still is) an investor like the rest of us, who was struggling to understand and prepare for everything that came with getting a commercial loan. One day he went to a consultant who put his info into a program, tapped his fingers on the desk for a couple minutes, and said “you’re a go”. John’s life was changed now. John and the consultant teamed together to bring this program to more people, which is how commercial loan success was formed. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

 

Best Ever Tweet:

“You just saved them a lot of time and money in the initial process of getting to know the transaction numbers” - John Matheson

 

John Matheson Real Estate Background:

  • CEO of Commercial Loan Success
  • Commercial Loan Success is a Business Loan and Investment Property Analysis Software and Education Platform.
  • Based in Colchester, CT
  • Say hi to him, get a free chapter of their upcoming book, and a free demo of their software at http://web.commercialloansuccess.com/Best
  • Best Ever Book: Think and Grow Rich

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Category:general -- posted at: 9:38am EDT

If you ask Chad, the answer to the proposed question in the title, is to buy B class multifamily properties built between 1982 - early 2000’s. We’ll hear a better explanation and reasons why he believes this is the best way to invest in real estate with the least amount of risk. We also hear some difficult deals he’s had and how he was able to work through it. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

 

Best Ever Tweet:

“Every single deal we carry has a 6 month mortgage reserve and we raise the capital improvement stack for the first 5 years” - Chad Doty

 

Chad Doty Real Estate Background:

  • CEO of 37th Parallel Properties Investment Group
  • 12 years of multifamily real estate investing experience & 10 years of management consulting experience
  • Close to $300 million in real estate transactions
  • Based in Richmond, VA
  • Say hi to him at https://37parallel.com/
  • Best Ever Book: The Goal

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Category:general -- posted at: 12:47pm EDT

Ben has been building his real estate portfolio since 2010, and is here today to walk us through his process for evaluating and underwriting a value-add syndication. As an aerospace engineer, Ben is very thorough and methodical in his approach to underwriting, which is a fantastic as a listener looking to learn more about the value-add apartment syndication process. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

 

Best Ever Tweet:

“The cops were advised to stay away from the property” - Ben Risser

 

Ben Risser Real Estate Background:

  • Syndicator of commercial real estate and business consultant
  • Began building real estate business in 2010 and has syndicated $7 Million in commercial real estate
  • Based in Lititz, PA
  • Say hi to him on Facebook and LinkedIn as “Ben Risser”
  • Best Ever Book: Rich Dad, Poor Dad

 

A couple of notes from Ben:

 

“One thing I stated that I would clarify, regarding being conservative on rental upside.  I underwrite to a lower upside until I have more experience in a given market, or have collected a sufficient quantity and quality of data to increase the statistical confidence in the rental upside estimate.”

 

His revised “Biggest Mistake Ever in Real Estate” answer:

 

"Buying a fixer upper house, under the condition with your wife, that you'll renovate it to what she wants, and then having two more kids."

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:41am EDT

As a practicing Periodontist, Jeff obviously had student loan debt. He also had a mortgage, both are paid off now. Jeff is here to tell us how he was able to do pay off all of his debts while also investing in real estate. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

 

Best Ever Tweet:

“If god didn’t want us to be in debt, that’s enough for me” - Jeff Anzalone

 

Jeff Anzalone Real Estate Background:

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 12:23pm EDT

Gene has been on the show in the past. Today he’s back for a Situation Saturday and tell us how he is able find great locations, and deal with zoning so you can change a single family home into an assisted living house. The benefit here is obvious, make a lot more money, but in order to do so you may have to jump through some hoops first, but Gene can help! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

 

Best Ever Tweet:

“In Texas you can have up to 16 people in a single family home” - Gene Guarino

 

Gene Guarino Real Estate Background:

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:52am EDT

James was making good money as a w2 worker with benefits and a comfortable life. He looked into real estate investing, started wholesaling, did two deals, and left his job. His family thought he was crazy and so did his friends. Now with his company being worth multiple millions of dollars, clearly he made the right choice. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

 

Best Ever Tweet:

“I just went until I figured it out” - James Hawk

 

James Hawk Real Estate Background:

  • Owns and operates a multi million dollar real estate investing business in North and Central Florida
  • Full time real estate investor since 2010, has purchased over 1,000 properties
  • Bought and sold over $40 million worth of real estate
  • Say hi to him at: www.flipmorehouses.com
  • Based in Jacksonville, FL
  • Best Ever Book: Traction

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 11:01am EDT

David is the host of the podcast, money for the rest of us, which discusses money at a high level. He leverages his experience of working with billion dollar portfolios to tell us normal folk more about how money works, how the economy works, and how we can leverage that knowledge to benefit us. Joe and David will discuss a lot of these same ideas and thoughts on today’s episode. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

 

Best Ever Tweet:

“It’s hard for individuals to get into the institutional space” - David Stein

 

David Stein Real Estate Background:

  • Produces and hosts the investing podcast Money For the Rest of Us
  • He was Chief Investment Strategist and Chief Portfolio Strategist at Fund Evaluation Group, LLC, a $33 billion institutional advisory firm
  • Say hi to him at https://moneyfortherestofus.com
  • Based in Idaho Falls, ID
  • Best Ever Book: Skin in the Game

 

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Category:general -- posted at: 8:43am EDT

Alex was a real estate investor who “took his lumps in 2008”. He realized that he was not getting the level of service he wished he had been getting from his realtor partners. Now, as an agent, Alex is able to provide a high level of service for his clients, which are mostly high net-worth individuals or families. Hear the strategies he uses to be a top producing agent. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

 

Best Ever Tweet:

“That’s the position I take, treating the client the way I would like to be treated” - Alex Goldstein

 

Alex Goldstein Real Estate Background:

  • Top-producing real estate agent
  • Has acted as investor, developer, and principal in over $50 million of land, commercial, and residential real estate transactions
  • Author of three real estate books
  • Based in Scottsdale, AZ
  • Say hi to him at http://www.luxeaz.com/
  • Best Ever Book: Man’s Search for Meaning

 

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