Laurence is the Co-Founder of Avail, an all-in-one software solution designed for DIY landlords. He initially was handling his real estate investment process with excel spreadsheets and after a while, both he and his partner figured there must be an easier way to be a landlord. They searched for different software and found that the majority of the ones out there were made for bigger landlords, so they decided to create their own for the smaller landlords. 

Laurence Jankelow  Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“You make all of your money essentially on buying the right properties” - Laurence Jankelow

Travis was a previous guest on our show, in episode JF2064 . He is a full time passive investor who is now going to be joining me, Theo Hicks, in future weekly episodes to help educate you on the dozens of topics in real estate investing. So be sure to subscribe and stay tuned in for future episodes from this new series.

We also have a Syndication School series about the “How To’s” of apartment syndications and be sure to download your FREE document by visiting SyndicationSchool.com. Thank you for listening and I will talk to you tomorrow.

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In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks, will be going over 8 key lessons he learned from the book Tools of Titans by Tim Ferris. 

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William has the experience from both the institutional side of real estate investing and his personal experience of the entrepreneurial side. This unique perspective allowed William to dive into the differences between the two and some of the lessons he has learned from each to help him be more successful.

William Walker Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Sometimes knowing what not to do is very beneficial” - William Walker

Bill started his career in the military serving 8 years working his way up to Sergeant and is now the Owner and Founder of Professional Success South, a sales training and business consulting firm, he is also the co-host of a podcast called “Get Focused with Bill K and Gina Faye”. During Bill's conversation with Theo, you will learn Bill’s principles in communication and sales to improve your business.

Bill Kurzeja Real Estate Background: 

• Owner and Founder of Professional Success South: a professional sales training and business consulting firm
• Started his career in the Military with 8 years of service working his way up very quickly to Sergeant where he learned discipline, leadership and the importance of clear, effective communication.
• Started as a salesman in the automotive industry and quickly worked his way to GM.
• Bill now follows his passion in training and coaching, specializing in the basics of communication and how paying attention to details will build a strong foundation.
• Co-Host a podcast called Get Focused with Bill K and Gina Faye
• Say hi to him at https://professionalsuccesssouth.com/about-us 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“The biggest fault that people run into is the lack of preparation and not understanding how important it is.” - Bill Kurzeja

Jennifer is the Co-Founder and COO of Leafy Legal Services, she has a great backstory, going from homeless to owning her own company. Her goal is to protect investors who are growing their business and to prevent them from getting sued and losing it all. She gives tips on what you should do to protect your assets and how to utilize your, LLC, to invest in future deals and she also shares how you can utilize your 401k to your benefit.

Jennifer Gligoric Real Estate Background:

• Co-Founder & COO of Leafy Legal Services and co-host on Leafy Podcast
• 20 years experience in real estate
• From Galveston, TX
• Say hi to them at: https://www.leafyassets.com/

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Treat your real estate investing like a business” - Jennifer Gligoric

Natalie works with Transport Canada full-time and is a part-time real estate investor. She started investing in 2014 building her first home from the ground up with no money down. If you are curious about the Canadian market this episode will give you some insight to how she invests in Canada. 

Natalie Cloutier Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Real estate investing is not easy, you have to be willing to put in the work and hustle.” - Natalie Cloutier

Adiel grew up in a family who was involved in real estate and was privileged to dinner conversations where he learned valuable principles. He shares how he went from starting in silicon valley and switching to different markets like Las Vegas, Portland, Phoenix, and Oklahoma sharing all the lessons he learned through being in different markets and why he was so nimble. 

Adiel Gorel Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“My first area of focus to invest in is sunbelt states, large metropolitan areas, and where the ratio between rent and price works” - Adiel Gorel

Jorge Abreu decided to leave real estate because he was not passionate about working in the corp world. He ended up developing a construction company called JNT Construction and now is the CEO of Elevate, a commercial investment group. He is now a full time active and passive real estate investor with 14 years of experience. 

Jorge Abreu Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“If a contractor doesn’t have a presence online, it is a huge red flag.” - Jorge Abreu

Chris is the co-founder of COSA Investments, a wholesale company in Dallas, TX. He has 15 years of real estate experience and has closed over 2,500 deals using the radio. He shares his very own process he utilizes when creating radio ads for his business. 

Chris Arnold Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“You buy your radio time like you buy your real estate at a deep wholesale price.” - Chris Arnold

Cameron is a full-time business analyst for McKesson and a part-time real estate investor. He started investing in 2017 by house hacking his first property and now has 12 properties under his name. He shares how when he first started looking to invest he didn’t have all the knowledge necessary, skipping important steps and taking the wrong advice. His story shows the importance of jumping in and being open to learning as you go. 

Cameron Lam Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“My niche is getting good tenants into a home fairly quickly” - Cameron Lam

Scott is the founder of CODA Management Group with experience in architectural design and development. Scott shares his journey in real estate and the reasons he determined to shift towards self-storage and now he owns a self-storage space that is now a national park location. He shares how he was able to get his building under the national park registrar. 

Scott Krone Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Simplicity of product, we took the Henry Ford model, “you can have any color car you want as long as its black” - Scott Krone

Dan is the Co-Founder of Vaporware, he helps entrepreneurs take their software ideas to market in four main industries; healthcare, human resources, real estate, and tech. Dan will give you some good ideas on how to approach creating new software.

Dan Moore Real Estate Background:

• Co-Founder of Vaporware
• Helps entrepreneurs take their software ideas to market in 4 main industries: healthcare, HR, real estate, and IT.
• Has helped 40 clients in the past 6 years
• Based in Raleigh-Durham, NC
• Say hi to him at https://www.vaporware.net/

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Best Ever Tweet:

“One of the biggest mistakes is assuming that people will find new software and will love it.” - Dan Moore

Garrett started wholesaling deals in the Chicago area and after realizing it wasn’t a sustainable model that he could grow into a business. He eventually had a business partner and acquired 3,400 units and due to some fallout between the two, he was bought out and took the lessons he learned to go on a break and came back strong with a new partner now owning 500 units.

Garrett Lynch Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Buy-sell insurance in place, I think everyone should probably have” - Garrett Lynch

Peter is the Founder and CEO of Tverdov Housing, a management company in Central New Jersey. Peter goes into how he got started into real estate management and he gives some tips that may help you manage your own properties. 

Peter Tverdov ( Tuh-Ver-Dahve) Real Estate Background:

• Founder and CEO of Tverdov Housing  

• 6 years of real estate investing experience

• Based in New Brunswick, NJ

• Say hi to him at: https://tvdhousing.com/

• Best Ever Book: How Rich People Think

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Don’t invest in a market you don’t know. Start in the area you live in.” - Peter Tverdov

Does reading 52 books a year sound daunting to you? Yeah I thought so, well today Theo Hicks will be going over a popular blog post that Travis Watts from Ashcroft Capital recently published on the importance and techniques to reading 52 books in a year. Theo will be sharing the techniques he learned from reading this blog post and if you’d like to read it yourself check it out here

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Theo shares the rent collection data for June 2020. During COVID-19 the rent payments were actually the highest it has been since COVID-19 started. He shares some thoughts for you to think about to be better prepared for July rent collections.

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Brian started investing before the 2008 crash and at the age of 24 had acquired 13 rental properties and ended up losing quite a bit during the real estate crash of 2008. He goes into how he was able to purchase 13 properties at such a young age and how he was able to recover from his loss and move forward. He shares a great idea of what to ask your tenants to help incentivize them to renew their lease. 

Brian Davis Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“One way to improve and increase tenant renewal is to think what upgrades will add value to your property while also improving the tenant's experience in living there” - Brian Davis

Jon is the CEO and Founder of Click2Flip, a mobile app to instantly analyze rentals and short term rentals. Jon loves to create streamlined processes that help make his short term rentals pretty much self-automated. He shares all of the automation he has done for friends, clients, and himself to create a smooth process and experience for both him and his guests.

 Jon Crosby Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“I created the app to quickly instantly give me a high-level return to see if the deal was worth investing in further” - Jon Crosby

Alan went from owning apartment buildings and hundreds of homes to now focusing on shopping centers. He decided to sell his portfolio of apartments and single-family homes because of all the work and challenges to scalability. Now he is able to scale and have a model of “set it and forget it” when it comes to dealing with fortune 500 companies and shopping centers.

Alan Schnur previous episode: JF1978

Alan Schnur Real Estate Background:

• Alan has bought and syndicated more than 2,000 units and managed more than 7,000 units
• Owns numerous medical, office, warehouse buildings, shopping centers, and custom builds multi million dollar homes
• Based in Houston, TX
• Say hi to him at www.gr8partners.com 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“For me, shopping centers are more scalable and more of the “set it and forget it” - Alan Schnur

Bart has 14 years of real estate experience and currently runs a merger and acquisition firm called Stone Peak Alliance. Bart has founded and has been able to grow about 30 companies and he explains how it isn’t really that hard to do. Bart’s perspective will challenge how you are viewing your business.

Bart Rupert Real Estate Background:

• • He currently runs a merger and acquisition firm called Stone Peak Alliance 
  • 14 years of real estate experience
  • Portfolio consists of 7 rentals, 1 commercial, and has also flipped multiple properties
  • Based in Denver, CO
  • Say hi to him at: www.spartansalliance.com

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Best Ever Tweet:

“The biggest lessons you will learn as an entrepreneur is failure” - Bart Rupert

Terry Moore is the Co-owner of ACI Apartment Consultants Inc. and is the author of “Building Legacy Wealth” from San Diego California. Terry shares his beliefs and thoughts on how to build your legacy. He works with many investors in helping them change the way they think to ensure they build a legacy worth leaving.

Terry Moore Real Estate Background:

• Co-owner of ACI Apartment Consultants Inc.
• ACI has closed more than 4,000 escrows
• Author of “Building Legacy Wealth - How to Build Wealth and Live a Life Worth Living”
• From San Diego, California
• Say hi to him at: www.sandiegoapartmentbroker.com 
• Best Ever Book: Love and Money by Roy O Wilson 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“I help people become abundance thinkers” - Terry Moore

In today's Syndication School episode, Theo Hicks will be teaching you the two different types of General Partner Catch Ups. 

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Theo Hicks will be sharing with you other ideas to help raise money from institutions and more specifically family offices. Typically you will raise money through family, closest friends, and outside investors, but through the time you will need to branch out and raise money to outside individuals. Theo shares different ways you will be able to go about this in the future when you are looking to raise money with institutions. 

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Joe is an Architect and real estate investor for over 40+ years. He has some unique perspectives on how you should go about planning your real estate goals, how to raise capital and a couple of thoughts on what you shouldn’t do with your seed money. 

Joe Villeneuve Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Don’t spend your seed money” - Joe Villeneuve

Matt has 14 years of real estate investing experience and is the Owner of Real Estate Matt Education and Easy Street Property Investments. Matt shares some of the reasons why he has been able to double his business year by year for almost a decade.

Matt Larson Real Estate Background:

• Owner of Real Estate Matt Education and Easy Street Property Investments
• Full-time real estate investor with 14 years of experience
• His team has completed over 4000 real estate transactions
• Currently renovates 35 homes per month, and manages 1400 units
• Based in Davenport, Iowa
• Say hi at www.realestatematt.com 
• Best Ever Book: How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling

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Best Ever Tweet:

“We are very process-oriented.” - Matt Larson

Chris is the founder of Money Ripples, also the host of the Chris Miles Money Show, and has been featured on CNN Money and US News. He has had experience coaching people in the stock market, owning rental properties, and financial advising. At age 28 he was financially independent due to affiliations, and rental properties. He shares how he went from financial independence to losing everything and going back into the rat race and working his way back out.

Chris Miles Real Estate Background:

• Founder of Money Ripples
• Author and Host of the Chris Miles Money Show
• Has been featured in US News and CNN Money
• Has helped his clients increase their cash flow by over $200 Million in the last 10 years
• Based in Salt Lake City, Utah
• Say hi to him at http://moneyripples.com 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Cash flow creates options if you have more cash flow that creates freedom” - Chris Miles

Dean is our sweepstakes winner! If you were not aware, we did a sweepstake for the first time ever for a lucky listener to enter for a chance to be on the show with Theo Hicks and ask questions or discuss their story. Dean was randomly picked and is part of a family with over 100 years of real estate experience. Dean focuses on development deals for multifamily and buyers of apartment buildings. 

Dean Marchi Real Estate Background: (SWEEPSTAKES WINNER)

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Focus on every deal your involved in, build up a track record and people will begin to talk about it and you will find investors” - Dean Marchi

Nate is the Co-founder of School Dispatch and has been investing for 4 years with a portfolio consisting of 28 units in 3 states. Nate’s goal is to have 100 doors in 10 years before taking money from his properties. So far during his progress, he has faced the challenge of de-converting a duplex into a single-family home and also the fortune of finding a miss-marketed deal which helped them snag a winner. 

Nate Shields Real Estate Background:

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Investing in a single-family home to a 20 unit isn’t as difficult as it may seem. At the end of the day, it's just bigger numbers” - Nate Shields

Many people preach, find a mentor to show you the way into real estate so you can shorten your learning curve however, how do you know who you should really choose as a mentor? In this episode, Theo goes over 6 tips to help you in hiring an apartment syndicator mentor. 

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Are you wondering what the multifamily market will do in the next 5 years? Theo shares some of the research he has found in regards to the multifamily market and what we should expect to see for the future of real estate investing for the next 5 years.

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