Growing up, Chris didn’t have much, but his mom taught him to dream big. With her help, he opened a skateboard and snowboard shop when he was just 16. After the dot-com bubble crash, he got a job at Wall Street and soon became a top financial advisor.

In 2006, Chris did his first flip and went on to do a few more deals until the Great Recession of 2008. At that moment, he had just purchased a dilapidated building and had his girlfriend move in with him. At the same time, he was just one mortgage payment away from bankruptcy. He experienced both wild successes and crashes throughout his career, and now he mentors others on wealth-building and the secrets of the rich.

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“Changing one thing, adding one step to your life changes everything” - Chris Naugle.

Today Theo and Travis will be sharing about investing in cash flow vs. equity gain. Theo and Travis discuss the pros and cons, as well as compare the two. 80% of people in the United States are probably in the mindset of investing for equity gains: the "buy low, sell high" mentality. The bigger picture is when your passive income streams exceed your lifestyle expenses, you have financial independence, time freedom. At the end of the day, you have flexibility.

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 shares 6 Multifamily strategies that will succeed in the future. Greg Willet presented the six investing ideas and tactics to implement in 2021. The advice is mostly based on the reaction to the recession that occurred after the pandemic. The first tactic is to focus on the markets that outperformed the national average from a rental perspective. The second tactic, don’t bank on a flight to quality. The third tactic is to explore a low capital value add strategy. The fourth tactic is to test out new operational strategies to determine what works today because what works now most likely did not work before. The fifth tactic: focus on renewals to obtain high-quality residents. The last tactic is to make sure you’re focusing your assets of branding and marketing on lifestyle-related factors such as customer service, appearance, ease of living at the property, location, and less on the actual pricing factors.

Listen to this episode to know more about these six strategies.

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Ward is a dedicated and exemplary property owner who takes opportunities to the next level. He spent nine years working as a salesperson selling chemicals when he decided to put fate into his hands by building a business by acquiring a real-estate in bankruptcy. Ward started to take off from there up to the point where his commercial real-estate products reached almost half a million square feet! Through his patience, wisdom, and placing importance in relationship building, Ward sheds light on how he best utilized these opportunities.

Ward Schraeder Real Estate Background:

• Develops commercial properties; primarily medical facilities
• 35 years of real estate experience 
• Portfolio consists of 50,000 sq ft of medical office space, 50,000 sq ft of rental properties, 2,000 acres of land holdings, and flipped 18 commercial properties
• Based in Kansas City, KS
• Say hi to him at: www.wardschraeder.com
• Best Ever Book: “The Millionaire Next Door” by Thomas J. Stanley

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“My life has been mostly taking advantage of opportunities.” –Ward Schraeder

Matthew started his real estate journey at 16 when he purchased a two-family home with his grandmother’s money. Four years later, he bought another property that was a challenge to manage. That experience taught him a lot of lessons that he applied later in his career.

With two other partners, he acquired a two-family house that he managed and renovated. After buying several more units, getting a construction license, and founding a property management agency, they were still looking for new opportunities. That’s when Matthew met a new investor and future partner who helped them take the business to a new level.

Matthew Tortoriello Real Estate Background:

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“Don’t focus on learning everything because you’ll never learn everything. You’ll learn a lot along the way” - Matthew Tortoriello.

In this #SkillsetSunday episode, Stace Caseria talks about the importance of trust. You can increase the trustworthiness of your brand by understanding its 4 fundamental parts.

Stace describes how trust works for a real estate professional who’s looking to reach out to a new lead for the first time ever. He also talks about the ways to make a brand or a business sound authentic and how to market your services on a whole different level.

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Best Ever Tweet:

“You can’t build trust with smoke and mirrors because eventually you’ll get caught” - Stace Caseria

Jonathan got his real estate start in a family fix-and-flip business. As he was growing up, family dinners resembled business meetings a lot. After the last recession, Jonathan decided to join it full-time since good jobs were hard to come by. Thanks to his deep involvement in the business, he had a chance to learn every facet of real estate.

After separating from the fix-and-flip business, Jonathan and his brother started a new company focusing on multifamily buildings. Last November, he bought his first large multifamily unit in Kansas City, and this year he closed the deal on a 72-door house in Oklahoma City. 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Start bigger sooner” - Jonathan Barr.

John grew up in a blue-collar area just outside of Pittsburg; his family had coal miner and farmer roots. At the age of 24, John graduated college with $200k worth of student debt. By the age of 30, John had a wife and two kids to take care of, and the same student debt to pay off.

Real estate turned it all around for him. His goal was to attain $20k in passive income, and he pursued it one house after another while having a full-time job as a chiropractor. Later he wrote a book called “The Wealthy Gardner” where he talked about winning financially and taught others life lessons on prosperity.

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“I stopped reading books that I liked. I stopped watching TV that I liked. You sacrifice.” - John Soforic.

Today Theo and Travis will be sharing experiences and stories about investing in syndications. They want to ensure no one ever wants to invest in syndications. It's good to give the alternative perspective because things aren't just black and white, or good or bad in terms of investing. There are people that make money doing a lot of different things. There's no perfect investment -- there are always risks. There is definitely a risk in communication and reporting of financials.

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, shares five evolutionary ideas for your business. We are going to take advice from Joe Fairless, as he talks about  five lessons about things that you need to do once you have reached a certain size in your business which are, Number one is reduce your liability as a syndicator by hiring an in person compliance expert. Number two is set clear expectations and provide motivation for your team members,. Step number three, is to create a fund for better returns to your investors, Number four is to focus on your investing business, by hiring other people to maintain and grow your thought leadership platform. number five is how to overcome that success paradox which is to find three trusted colleagues to provide you with honest feedback. Let’s listen to this episode for these 5 lessons.

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Terry is the author of the Wiley publication "The Encyclopedia of Commercial Real Estate Advice." Since 1997, he has been the chairman of Apartment Loan Store and Business Loan Store, two mortgage banking companies specializing in commercial loans in all 50 states. He has worked as a top producer for Lasalle Bank and Lehman Brothers, and he is well-known for his excellent investment consultations and strategies. Terry has been speaking about commercial real estate investing and lending to commercial real estate investor groups and real estate experts worldwide for the past 18 years. In today's episode, Terry will be going into details about the ways to find investors in real estate.

Terry Painter Real Estate Background:

• President and founder of Apartment and Business Loan Store
• Owned real estate investments for over 40 years
• Portfolio consist of 2 rentals and currently seeking multifamily properties
• Based in Portland, OR
• Say hi to him at: www.apartmentloanstore.com 
• Best Ever Book: "The Encyclopedia of Commercial Real Estate Advice"

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"Don't talk about what-ifs. Talk about it from what you've either done in the past or what you plan to do." – Terry Painter

Jordan is a Real Estate Investor, Host of the Austin Real Estate Investing Podcast, and the owner of the Moorhead Team. He has been an entrepreneur since he was a kid and got into real estate investing before he got a realtor's license. He focuses on growing his business, investing in real estate, and helping others get started in real estate. In total, Jordan and the Moorhead Team have acquired 29 units along with syndications. In today’s episode, Jordan will go into the details about single families, multi-families, turn-key, and his real estate background.

Jordan Nicholas Moorhead Real Estate Background:

• Full-time realtor and investor
• 5 years of real estate investing experience
• Portfolio consist of 25 units and 3 syndications
• Based in Austin, TX
• Say hi to him at: www.themoorheadteam.kw.com 
• Best Ever Book: The Lifestyle Investor

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Best Ever Tweet:

“It's very hard to find houses for people to buy. It's very easy to find people who want to buy houses.” – Jordan Nicholas Moorhead

In the course of his career, Jason has trained thousands of investors and 42 acquisition teams around the nation. His specialty is creating an off-market blueprint to grab motivated seller leads in 30+ ways as opposed to the typical 5 ways that everybody uses.

This mentality allows investors to be seen as a solution in the eyes of the seller, often resulting in cash transactions on the spot and a mutually beneficial business relationship.

Jason Palliser Real Estate Background: 

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Best Ever Tweet:

“If there’s a cause you need help with, we’re always happy to help.” - Jason Palliser.

In college, Dave took a class on building an eco house. That’s when he fell in love with architecture, engineering, energy efficiency, and building in general.

Dave’s life took many unexpected turns. He spent several years in Bolivia learning the ins and outs of entrepreneurship. After that, he worked for a nonprofit organization that introduced him to fundraising. Over time, he partnered with his friends and family to start his real estate business. Now he’s a triple threat - a commercial broker, a syndicator, and an owner of a property management company.

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“A commercial broker might misprice a residential property just like a residential broker might misprice a commercial property  ” - Dave Holman.

Hemal spent two decades traveling between three continents as he provided management consulting services to several fortune 100 companies. Several years ago he decided to hang up his traveling boots and join the financial world, which led him to real estate. He was both a passive and active investor, and now his portfolio consists of close to 600 apartments. His focus was multifamily syndication, and now he’s expanding to other classes as well. Thanks to his diverse background in business and management, Hemal was able to scale his company into a billion dollar business very quickly.

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“A vision for a million-dollar company is different from a vision for a billion-dollar company ” - Hemal Badiani.

In this Episode of Actively Passive Investing show, we will talk about when we should not passively invest. We are here Travis as well to share his thoughts as well.  They will go through the pros and cons on Passively Investing based on your goals and where you are at. They will discuss the general overview of the differences between active investing and passive investing. And then some of the potential pros and cons for each

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Theo is on the podcast to discuss what it takes to become one of the nation’s top companies. Founding a company without any prior experience is a challenging concept to fathom with no one to turn into when unforeseen situations occur. With a majority of companies being founded at a young age, the Founder Syndrome is something to be expected when scaling is at stake— coming from an abrupt success with little to no foundation. From the presentation made by the Co-Founder and CEO of Spartan Investment Group, who experienced 1,479% growth in 2020, any company with the grand ambition to scale should know the three tips to be at the top-most echelon.

Define your culture, develop your plan, and create your team. How can you effectively utilize these points to navigate your company to success? In this episode, Theo dissects and dives deeper into these three vital points to achieve what you have always envisioned.

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Abiel is the Vice President and Founder of SAR Apartment Capital, a Miami-based real estate investment and asset management firm specializing in multifamily apartment syndication.   He is also the Principal Broker for United Dream Real Estate, a full-service real estate brokerage in Florida with over $150 million in sales. He focuses on sourcing, acquiring, and managing multi-family assets with low risk and high ROI potential for our investors. The key to his excellence is his competence and dedication in helping his investors gain financial freedom and build sustainable wealth. In this episode, Abiel takes us through the importance of strong relationships and partnerships and why it became the foundation of their success.

Abiel Ballesteros Real Estate Background:

• Full-time real estate investor
• 16 years of real estate investing experience
• Portfolio consist of 845 units 
• Based in Miami, FL
• Say hi to him at: www.abielballesteros.com

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Having partnerships allows you to see the things that you don't see.” – Abiel Ballesteros

Jason is a real estate broker, a home builder, a developer and an appraiser. With more than 20 years of experience he has the foundation for what properties are worth and can help you get familiar with the real estate industry. Gaining over 160 rental units and 120 flips in wholesale, he too has his career ups and downs. He has an exciting story to tell explaining how he crawled his way to success!

Jason Moss Real Estate Background

• Real Estate Broker, Home Builder and an Appraiser. 
• More than 20 years’ Experience
• Portfolio consist of 160 rental units and 120 flips in sales
• Based in Queen Creek, AZ
• Say hi to him at:

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"Don't be afraid to buy old. Just get started. Because that if I were to tell if I convinced myself years before that, you know this has all happened within the last four years." -- Jason Moss

Chris grew up in a low-income family, but he learned to dream big. His business experience ranged from creating a clothing line and opening a chain of snowboarding shops to working on Wall Street and being one of his firm’s top three financial advisors.

After the stock market crash, Chris started focusing on his real estate portfolio, which was more of a side project at the time. By 2014, he had a sizable portfolio and several other things in the works. Unfortunately, that’s when he learned that banks aren’t always friendly, so he started to find ways to fund his ventures by becoming his own bank. Now Chris mentors others and helps them take charge of their finances.

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Best Ever Tweet:

“If we didn’t need a conventional bank anymore, what would life look like?” - Chris Naugle.

Stacy started her real estate quest by applying for a job at a local real estate company when she was in high school. What started as a bet ended up becoming her profession. At 19, Stacy got her real estate license and started working hard at filling the gap the local market had at the time.

Stacy started her career in 2006, just a couple of years before the housing market crash. In 2020, her experience surviving the recession is as relevant as ever.

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Best Ever Tweet:

“What you do in a bad market is what protects you in the good market” - Stacy Bahrenfuss.

Zach started his career back in 2014 by purchasing a garage apartment. Over the next couple of years, he and his wife focused on small multifamily houses, building up their portfolio to 28 units.

When they were on vacation, Zach noticed a self-storage facility that gave him an idea for a new business. He got rid of all his residential units, and now he owns self-storage properties across 3 states.

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Best Ever Tweet:

“Listen to what you feel called to do and don’t fight that” - Zach Quick.

Today, Theo will talk with Travis about the 15 different types of passive income streams that he is somehow involved in.  They’ll share insights about investment opportunities, private placement investing, the concept of being a passive investor, and the effective ways to generate passive income.

If you have questions for us or have a topic you want to discuss, you can email that to me at theo@joefairless.com, and we’ll cover it on the Actively Passive Investing Show.

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 is going to go back to cover some of his favorite presentations at the best ever conference 2020. We'll be talking about Jillian Helman of Realty Mogul. Realty Mogul has purchased over $2.8 billion in real estate. Jillian provided tips on things you learned managing a large portfolio during COVID.

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Savannah started investing in real estate while she was on maternity leave with her second daughter. She and her husband were looking for different ways they could start investing their money, growing their wealth, working towards financial freedom, and they stumbled upon real estate. They started investing in single-family homes and then switched into multifamily. Right now they’re doing value-add multifamily syndication deals. Within 1 year, they acquired 15 units. Today, Savannah will be explaining which details helped her team reach their goals.

Savannah Arroyo Real Estate Background

• Full-time registered nurse and a Multifamily Syndicator Manager
• The portfolio consists of 15 units
• Based in Sacramento, CA
• Say hi to her at www.thenetworthnurse.com 
• Best Ever Book: Crushing It by Gary V.

Best Ever Tweet:

“The more you share, the more you network, the more you help other people grow, it has the potential of coming back to you.” -- Savannah Arroyo

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Kristen is a Family Nurse Practitioner from Baltimore. She discovered her passion in real estate with an apartment complex. Real estate helped her get through the education for nursing. She balanced being a practitioner and real estate investor. Being able to get into real estate it became her passion and decided she wanted to focus on this field.

Dr. Kristen Ray Real Estate Background

• Family nurse practitioner & real estate investor
• Started investing in 2011
• Portfolio consists of 150+ units
• She is also a general partner & asset manager for Vital Investment Partners
• Based in Ellicott City, MD
• Say hi to her at: www.vitalinvestmentpartners.com 
• Best Ever Book: Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin

Best Ever Tweet:

"Let some money work for you. You don't have to always work for your money." -- Kristen Ray

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AdaPia has been a guest of the show twice before, in 2014 and 2017. This time she’s here to talk about her book, Productive Intuition. She started writing it back in 2018, and the Covid lockdown gave her a push to finish the book.

In the past, she’d feel that the deal would be off, yet she’d still go through with it since there was no rational reason behind the feeling. Now she’s learned how to listen to her gut, and she shows others that they can teach themselves to do it as well.

AdaPia d’Errico  Real Estate Background: 

• Principal and VP of Strategy for Alpha Investing, a private real estate equity firm
• Alpha Investing invests in multifamily, senior housing, and affordable housing nationwide 
• 20 years of real estate experience 
  Author of Productive Intuition - connecting to the subtle
• Guest on episode JF1187
• Based in Los Angeles, CA
• Say hi to her at: www.productiveintuition.com  

Best Ever Tweet:

“In real estate, we use our gut all the time” - AdaPia d’Errico.

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Craig has been representing office owners and tenants for 37 years. 25 years ago, he started acquiring buildings from his own account, making sure the two businesses do not compete.

As Craig’s mentors said, there are market deals, off-market deals, and great deals. Now Craig focuses on finding great deals, and he shows his investors and other real estate professionals how to do the same.

Craig Coppola  Real Estate Background:

Best Ever Tweet:

“I get to look for unique transactions, and I encourage everyone to start looking for those” - Craig Coppola.

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Dani has been in the real estate market for over 16 years. He started investing back when he lived in Israel and continued with it after moving to the USA in 2004. He started building his portfolio by working closely with Silicone Valley residents who were looking to invest in real estate outside their zip code. 

Addressing the knowledge gaps that his potential investors had helped him gain their trust and secure the investment. Dani is still keen on educating and sharing his knowledge. In this episode, he offers some expert advice that the 2008 market crash has taught him that are still true today.  

Dani Beit-Or  Real Estate Background:

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“I’m not investing for the cash flow, but I want to have that buffer” - Dani Beit-Or.

Today, Theo and Travis are going to be talking about self-directed IRAs. What is a self-directed IRA? How does that differ from IRA or 401k you may currently have? Many investors use self-directed IRAs and there's almost $20 trillion of IRA money in the United States. The purpose of this episode is to provide insights obtained by one of our contributors.

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