The Best Ever CRE Show

Neal is a Best Ever listener and now a first time guest on the show. His approach to real estate was to become a Realtor to help pay for his PhD, and now he owns a full service firm specializing in investment properties. A lot of his clients come to him as ‘green’ investors that need some more education and help to get going. He will help them learn the ropes of real estate investing before helping them purchase a property. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Provide a lot of value for the investors” - Neal Collins Neal Collins Real Estate Background: Runs a Portland-based real estate firm that specializes in investment properties, founded in 2014 First exposure to property management in 2006, he worked as a leasing agent for a 300-unit student housing complex Started in real estate to pay for a PhD, now has a full service firm Based in Portland, OR Say hi to him at http://chooselatitude.com/ Best Ever Book: Five Day Weekend Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a full time engineer for the county, Colin had a decent income, but did not enjoy his job. He enjoyed real estate and got his real estate license, after two years of being an agent, Colin was making as much as his engineer salary in just six months. Hear how he was able to have such success while also working full time, and eventually quit his engineer job. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If you’re asking the question “can you be my mentor?” you’ll probably always get the no answer” - Colin Smith Colin Smith Real Estate Background: 28 year old engineer who fell in love with real estate Owns a boutique brokerage consisting of 2 full time employees and 6 agents He has syndicated flips, a small apartment complex, and owns a small portfolio himself Based in Colorado Springs, CO Say hi to him at http://www.solidrockre.com/ Best Ever Book: The One Thing Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nathan has been on before a couple times, but he brings so much value we had him on again! If you’re waiting to raise money from investors, you’ll want to hear what Nathan has to share with you in this episode. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “I try to help people become successful and avoid the mistakes that I have made” - Nathan Tabor Nathan Tabor Real Estate Background: Has purchased, renovated and sold over $52m dollars worth of real estate Enjoys helping others find their niche, understand the processes and achieve their goals. Listen to his previous episodes: JF1299: Finding A Niche, Creating & Executing A Business Plan with Nathan Tabor JF1307: Apartment Due Diligence: How To Evaluate The Mechanics Of A Deal #SkillSetSunday with Nathan Tabor Based in Winston Salem, North Carolina Say hi to him at www.apartments.nathantabor.com Best Ever Book: Bible Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Joe is talking with Michael about his keys to successful renovations on single family homes. With over $100,000,000 in successful transactions, it is safe to say he has plenty of experience and knowledge to share. If you’re renovating anything, especially single family homes, you’ll want to hear these tips. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “When you’re dealing with a total rehab, it’s very important to assess the property correctly” - Michael Jordan Michael Jordan Real Estate Background: Entrepreneur since 1999, over $100,000,000 in total business transactions Has successfully done multiple different real estate strategies including: renovations, building homes, buy and hold rentals, turkey provider, buying NPN’s, property management, wholesaling, and more Based in Detroit, MI Say hi to him at http://strategyproperties.com/ Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joe and Theo are back for another round of business updates in today's Follow-Along Friday. Theo outlines the process he followed when touring an apartment without your property management company and what you need to send your management company in order for them to help you with your underwriting assumptions. Joe had a new investment offering call last night and offers tips he's learned from doing over 20 calls. Best Ever Tweet: “I took all the pictures I could, specifically of things I knew needed work” Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Process for Hiring Attorneys, Mortgage Broker, and an Accountant   Three huge parts of your team are discussed today. When, why, and how to hire great attorney’s, mortgage broker and an accountant. If you haven't listened to the first parts of this series, you should get caught up there first. Those were episodes 1548, 1549, and 1555. Once you have all these team members in place, you’re one giant step closer to closing your first apartment syndication. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If you’re doing a complicated deal, expect to spend at least $40k on the PPM” Free document for this episode: http://bit.ly/2TRkmMZ Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Theo will cover another important part of your apartment syndication team, finding and hiring real estate brokers. This will most likely be your best source for deals so getting in with a good broker is HUGE for you syndication business. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Win them over and eventually they might send you off market deals. Brokers are going to be one of your best deal sources.” Free document for this episode: http://bit.ly/2TRkmMZ Sponsored by Stessa - The simple way to track rental property performance. Get dashboard reporting, smarter income and expense tracking and tax-ready financials. Get your free account at stessa.com/bestever Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After college, Paul thought that selling pizza and beer at a restaurant he opened was the answer to financial success. While that may work for some people, after 10 years, Paul was about $140k in debt. He always had an interest in real estate so he finally quit the restaurant business and jumped into real estate. Hear how he’s been able to make over $300 in his first 16 months. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Business is a 24/7 sport and someone else is always trying to take your job” - Paul Swack Paul Swack Real Estate Background: Has done over $18 million is sales as a real estate agent in just 16 months Ex division 1 baseball player, graduated and lost all his money in the restaurant business, then got his real estate license Based in Pismo Beach, CA Say hi to him at PaulSwackATgmail.com Best Ever YT Channel: Gary Vaynerchuck’s channel Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Best Ever Listeners: Do you need debt, equity, or a loan guarantor for your deals? Eastern Union Funding and Arbor Realty Trust are the companies to talk to, specifically Marc Belsky. I have used him for both agency debt, help with the equity raise, and my consulting clients have successfully closed deals with Marc’s help. See how Marc can help you by calling him at 212-897-9875 or emailing him mbelsky@easterneq.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As a professional pilot and 16 years of real estate investing, Bill was doing really well. He took it a step further recently by syndicating a 216 unit apartment community! Joe and Bill will focus mostly on that deal, how it happened, what the business is, and how he’ll execute his business plan. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “Once I found great partners, it made everything easier” - Bill Zahler Bill Zahller Real Estate Background: Founded Park Capital Properties in 2016 and is the President 16 years of real estate experience, now focuses on multifamily investing and syndicating He recently syndicated a 216 unit in Atlanta, Georgia Also a professional pilot Based in Asheville, NC Say hi to him at www.ParkCapitalProperties.com Best Ever Book: Endurance   Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Best Ever Listeners: Do you need debt, equity, or a loan guarantor for your deals? Eastern Union Funding and Arbor Realty Trust are the companies to talk to, specifically Marc Belsky. I have used him for both agency debt, help with the equity raise, and my consulting clients have successfully closed deals with Marc’s help. See how Marc can help you by calling him at 212-897-9875 or emailing him mbelsky@easterneq.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tim and his company specialize in creating great apps for companies. He’s also made a connection for us as real estate investors, how thinking like a programmer can help us a scale a business faster. He can even build an app to help us with that! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review! Best Ever Tweet: “If you can apply those 5 steps to any part of your business, you’ll start thinking like a programmer” - Tim Bornholdt Tim Bornholdt Real Estate Background: Entrepreneur, software developer, podcaster, and the founder of The Jed Mahonis Group Specializes in helping businesses strategize and develop their own custom mobile apps They have worked on 75 apps since 2012, Great Clips is one of their bigger clients, millions of people use the Great Clips app per month Based in Minneapolis, MN Say hi to him at https://jedmahonisgroup.com   Get more real estate investing tips every week by subscribing for our newsletter at BestEverNewsLetter.com Best Ever Listeners: Do you need debt, equity, or a loan guarantor for your deals? Eastern Union Funding and Arbor Realty Trust are the companies to talk to, specifically Marc Belsky. I have used him for both agency debt, help with the equity raise, and my consulting clients have successfully closed deals with Marc’s help. See how Marc can help you by calling him at 212-897-9875 or emailing him mbelsky@easterneq.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices