Exciting, informative. Every Monday, your host Brian Hamrick interviews real world real estate investors and industry professionals to discuss topics, tips, and techniques designed to make you a more confident and successful rental property owner and real estate investor. Guests include buy and hold investors, flippers, wholesalers, property managers, brokers, legal advisors, insurance providers, mortgage brokers—you name it, we’re talking to some of the top names in the business.
The Real Estate Syndication Show is a 7-day-a-week podcast where Whitney Sewell interviews the most successful entrepreneurs in the real estate syndication business. Joe Fairless, Vinney Chopra, and Michael Becker are some of the first to be interviewed. The show was created to help every active investor learn how the syndication business works, improve their business and help passive investors understand where to invest when wanting to diversify into real estate.
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WS860: How to and Should You Have A Fund with Brian Hamrick
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Our guest, Brian Hamrick, has lots of experience in the world of syndication, but the focus of today’s show is on funds, his latest venture. Although he generally prefers syndication, there are particular circumstances under which it makes more sense to go with a fund, and Brian passionately shares how you can successfully create your own one. We d…
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WS867: How Savannah, aka "The Networth Nurse", Built Her Real Estate Business While Working Full-Time
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Whether it’s to achieve financial freedom or to create more time to spend with your family, knowing your ‘why’ is key in achieving your long-term goals. Today we speak with Savannah Arroyo, AKA, the “Networth Nurse” about how she built her real estate business. Having a strong sense of why she’s in real estate has motivated her to work towards her …
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WS866: Why Some Insurance Rates Have Tripled with Drew Maconachy
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Although it’s not the most attractive part of being a real estate investor, we need to think about insurance. It is such a vital piece of the business, and you have to have an expert to partner with you. Drew Maconachy is a real estate insurance specialist, insuring thousands of units across the country through his company, Maconachy Stradley Insur…
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WS865: Combining Single-Family and Multifamily for Fund Success with Derek Alexandrenko
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Building single-family communities under multifamily ownership, doing more with the same business plan but increasing your impact, that’s what today’s guest is aiming for. After years of building a personal real estate portfolio composed of assets valued at 33 million, Derek Alexandrenko is now the Manager of the Hammerhead Build to Rent Fund, focu…
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WS864: The Tandem Topgrading Interview with Whitney Sewell
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Today on the show, Whitney goes through their recently completed hiring process. He recaps on a few previous episodes relevant to today’s topic, so be sure to check out episodes 800, 850, and 857. The hiring process can be a long, tedious, and sometimes detrimental experience without diligent questioning, the right documentation, and using your tim…
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WS863: Successful Developments For Small Towns Through Public-Private Partnerships with Dee Brown
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Today’s guest doesn’t just build buildings, they are building communities and leaving the actual dollars from their projects behind in the local communities they touch. Dee Brown is the president and CEO of the P3 Group Incorporated, which specializes in delivering essential government facilities and infrastructure through the creation of public-pr…
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WS862: The Leading Technology In The Investment Management Industry with Nick McCullum
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Our world is quickly turning to a technologically based one, where software platforms are becoming more integral in our daily lives and business. Our guest today is Nick McCullum. Nick is a software developer and real estate investor based in New Brunswick Canada. He helps run Passiv, which is a portfolio management software that allows self-direct…
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EP270 Syndication and Asset Management Tips & Techniques with Jeff Greenberg
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My guest today spent 20 years working as a teacher, 9 years working for various government agencies, and 17 years in Information Technology. But he left all that behind when he began investing in real estate. Jeff Greenberg is now an experienced Syndicator and Asset Manager with over 12 years of experience in commercial real estate. He currently co…
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WS861: The Importance Of Having A Development Expert On Your Side with Herschell Hamilton
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Community history; something you may not think about as you plan to develop an area. If you think of any community, everyone across social, economic, and racial spectrums, has contributed to the growth and development of the community. As a developer, it is crucial that you understand that communities have a history and a legacy. Therefore, in orde…
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WS859: Cash And Cashflow Are Your Lifeblood with Chad Sutton
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Our guest on today’s episode is Chad Sutton. Chad is a managing partner, leading the acquisitions team of Quattro Capital, an investment firm focused on residential multi-family real estate. They specialize in properties such as apartment complexes, mobile home communities, and mixed-use commercial. Chad is a recovering engineer who spent most of h…
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WS858: Real Estate Financing In A COVID-19 Environment with Anton Mattli
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The world was turned upside down in 2020 with the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with it, there have been changes all across the globe and, more specifically, in the real estate markets. From lenders to operators, to buyers, everyone had to adjust and restrategize as a result. Today’s guest is Anton Mattli, the CEO of Peak Financing. He …
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WS857: My Questionnaire for Hiring Class A Talent with Whitney Sewell
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A prospective candidate questionnaire is an incredibly useful tool for you to use when you set out on the hiring journey. You will likely receive more applications than you know what to do with, so the questionnaire is a great way to streamline the selection process. You want A-players on your team and a rigorous hiring process allows you to get cl…
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WS856: Understand The Whole Deal Even At A Young Age with Moshe Bloorian
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Stepping back and looking at a deal as several deals pieced together is much more effective at mitigating risk than if you were to look at “the big picture.” Understanding and assessing each step is a fantastic way to help you minimize the associated risk. Today’s guest is Moshe Bloorian, who started GreyHill Group in 2016. Since then, along with h…
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WS855: Having the Courage to Push Through Fear with Donato Settanni
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Donato Settanni believes that fear and courage are the keys to success. Fear is important because it means you are not overlooking the potential negatives of a deal, and then overcoming that fear is what allows you to thrive. Donato and his partner, Josh Eitington, run a group called DXE Properties, which focuses on value-add projects in the southe…
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EP269 How Laundromats, Hair Salons and Car Washes can Diversify Your Rental Income Streams with Keith Leimbach
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My guest today has spent the last few years building and acquiring small businesses and real estate investments to create diversified income streams. He’s invested in franchises, hair salons, laundromats, short-term rentals, car washes, and other assets with lucrative returns but not a lot of information available on how to get started. Luckily, he…
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WS854: Taking Action When Opportunities Present Themselves with Tim Ryan
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Fear of action and analysis-paralysis can be deadly to the success of any real estate venture. Tim Ryan joins us on the show today to talk about the key to entrepreneurialism and how taking courageous action is necessary in order to reap the rewards of an investment. We get to hear about Tim's journey into the real estate space, how the 2008 econom…
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WS853: Partnering, Raising $1 Million, and Closing First Syndication During A Pandemic with Gary Van Bortel and John Bilinski
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In the syndication business, finding a partner or teaming up can exponentially aid in your goal to achieve success. The secret to picking the right partner? Finding someone with a skill set that compliments your own. Today’s guests are Gary Van Bortel and John Bilinski. After both learning of apartment syndication 2019, John and Gary met at a local…
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WS852: Investing In Your Digital Presence for Real Estate Success with Joey Kilrain
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When you are designing your website, you want to be conscious of branding, colors, flow, and customer experience. Not a design expert? Not to worry, there are people out there who have the skillset and expertise to help you maximize website performance and marketing efficiency. Today’s guest is Joey Kilrain. He has 15 years of experience in develop…
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WS851: Impressing The Lender With Your Business Plan with Clay Allen
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Communication is key. We’ve all heard it before, but we will hear it a thousand times over. If you’re in the real estate business, you’re in the people business. Whether you’re dealing with lenders, sponsors, operators, tenants, or potential buyers, expect the unexpected! Our guest today is Clay Allen, who is the Senior Director at Old Capital Lend…
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WS850: My Job Description for Finding Class A Talent with Whitney Sewell
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To scale your business, you need the right team and your executive assistant of one of the most important members of that team. Following on from episode 800, today, Whitney shares his job description tips for landing top talent. Hiring someone who is the right fit takes time and patience, but it is so worth it in the end. Whitney walks us through …
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WS849: Close More Deals with Preferred Equity with Rob Beardsley
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There are two main purposes to include preferred equity into your business plan: one, financial leverage, and two, raising a large amount of capital from one place. A repeat guest on the show, Rob Beardsley, has spoken in several previous episodes where he talked about underwriting. He has since become an expert on this very complex issue, and it i…
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WS848: You Are Being Interviewed With Everyone You Meet with Chris Roberts
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People and problem-solving are two of the most important aspects of any business and are the ones to which Chris Roberts’ credits much of his success. On today’s show, Chris makes a strong case for surrounding yourself with a great team and not trying to do everything yourself, as he once did. Chris and his team managed to close over 200 deals duri…
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EP268 How He's Raised over $42 Million from Friends and Family to Invest in Apartments, Hospitality, Office, NNN Lease and Cannabis, with Al Vardya
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I’m excited to be talking with a good friend and mentor of mine today about raising equity from investors. Al Vardya successfully exited a 26-year career in the Information Technology Industry and began investing in Real Estate back in 2011. He started with single-family homes that he still owns and manages, and then began investing in commercial r…
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WS847: Being Incredibly Competent And How To Stand Out with Atif Qadir
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If you are wanting to start your own real estate business, or are looking for a way into the industry, join us on today’s show to get some excellent advice from our guest, Atif Qadir. Atif has a wide range of skills and experience in the real estate world and it will be well worth your time to give this episode a listen. We discuss Atif’s career tr…
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RPOA Special Announcement: Virtual Conference Kicks Off Thursday with Economics Professor Paul Isely
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The RPOA's annual conference will be held virtually in 2021! Each month beginning this Thursday, February 18th, we'll be bringing you an exciting new main event - national speaker, deal room, breakout sessions, or legislative and economic updates - in addition to each event having plenty of opportunity to network (up to 500 people per event!) and c…
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WS846: Who's Benefiting Most from Your Real Estate Investments with Amanda Neely
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Managing your money should be simple. You count what goes in, you count what goes out, and then you leverage your profits and savings. Yet, the reality of this process is usually easier said than done. Today we sit with Amanda Neely, a small business and financial professional, who works with business owners to develop personalized financial strate…
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WS845: Dave Ramsey Versus Robert Kiyosaki Methods and Launching A Business On A Dime with Seth Kniep
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Today’s guest is of the mind that you make money by serving, by having an attitude of helping people. People are the most important because, in people, you get the other three assets: time, knowledge, and money. Living the death-by-paycheck cycle and $24,000 in debt, Seth Kniep walked the streets with a single dime. Deadset on doubling it 20 times …
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WS844: The Difference Between Expertise And Grit And Hustle with Austin Curry
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Austin Curry is the founding partner at Harriet Capital, a newly formed black and woman-owned firm dedicated to improving communities through multifamily and mixed-use development. As our guest today, we speak with Austin about his journey in real estate so far. Although still at the dawn of his career in the industry, Austin has learned several ke…
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WS843: The Importance of Educating People Outside of Your Network to Help Raise Equity with Prashant Kumar
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By now we know that being in the real estate business really means you are in the relationship and people business. It is such an important aspect of what we do, from looking for and finding new investors, continuing to build our networks, and even in raising equity. Something we need to keep at the forefront of our mindset, especially when startin…
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WS842: Fired from Corporate America to Success In Mobile Home Parks with Ryan Groene
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When Ryan Groene was in college, he thought he had it all planned out: he’d play baseball, go to parties, get his degree in finance, and the rest would come. But his life didn’t turn out that way. When Ryan found himself in corporate America, he couldn’t wait to get out. After being asked to leave his job, Ryan pursued a career in real estate. In t…
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WS841: The Importance of Building Long-lasting Relationships From the Beginning with Alina Trigub
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Relationships are so important. It cannot be stressed enough! If you are setting out to succeed in this business, you have to hone your conversational skills, your ability to focus and stay engaged, and make the other person see you as a human being who is truly interested in their experiences. It is essential that you take each opportunity given t…
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EP267 How She Went From Being Homeless to Building a 250–Unit Portfolio and a $14M Development with Terrica Lynn Smith
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My guest today can best be described as someone who has overcome great odds to achieve incredible things. Terrica Lynn Smith is a real estate broker and investor holding over 250 properties in Louisiana. She’s the developer of a $14Million mixed-use community and founding partner of one of the largest private real estate crowdfunding companies in h…
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WS840: Developing Expertise Trust With Investors with Ketan Patel
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When you are new to real estate investing, finding and establishing trust, especially on an expertise level, can be challenging. How can people trust you with big sums of money? As it turns out, simply telling your story can have a huge impact on establishing expertise trust with your new investors. We all have to start somewhere on the bigger scal…
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WS839: Becoming an Attorney by Design through Passive Income in Real Estate with Seth Bradley
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Seth Bradley is a real estate entrepreneur who has closed billions of dollars in transactions as a real estate attorney, investor, and broker. As today’s guest, we talk to Seth about his journey in real estate and why he chose to be his own boss, all while discovering his recipe for success. We open the show by hearing about Seth’s background and h…
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WS838: Expanding During a Pandemic with a Long-Term Perspective with Scott Krone
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In most industries, a recession is not a time where people are making money. However, some industries, like self-storage real estate, are ‘recession-resistant.’ That is why Scott Krone, our guest on today’s show, was able to expand his business during the pandemic and why he is on track to meet his goal of opening 10 facilities in a five-year perio…
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WS837: Maximizing Multifamily Revenue Through Short Term Rentals with Julian Sage and Jon Bell
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In 2019, Jon Sage and Julian Bell began teaching others how to self-manage properties through their blog, Short Term Sage, which has grown a community of thousands of host and have the number one podcast on iTunes for Airbnb. Jon and Julian currently help others in the multifamily space, leasing and managing short term rentals through their managem…
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WS836: Diversifying Your Wealth With International Farmland with Peter Badger
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In today’s episode, you’ll hear from returning guest, Peter Badger. Peter was a guest on Episode 652, where he talked about building wealth through our global investor alliance. You are encouraged to go back and listen to that show because Peter is an avid real estate investor and educator. With his partner, Karen, they invest mainly in US multifam…
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WS835: Importance Of Aligning Yourself With The Best Of The Best with Mark Khuri
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Aligning yourself with the best of the best is a sure way of putting your real estate business on the trajectory to success. We know, as we have discussed and mentioned this countless times before, that when you are in the business of real estate, you are actually in the business of people. You need to surround yourself with people that aren’t just…
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WS834: 3X Your Income In 3 Years with George O’Brien
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Whatever stage of your real estate career you are in, George O’Brien is someone who you can turn to for advice. George owns a successful property management company with his wife, Angela, and is passionate about sharing the knowledge he has learned along his journey, in order to help other people reach their goals. George and Angela have just reloc…
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EP266 Investing in Notes and Helping Homeowners Stay In Their Homes During a Pandemic with Martin Saenz
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According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, the delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one to four-unit residential properties has reached the highest level since 2010, when we were deep into the great recession. As of November 2020, over 7.6% of borrowers are 90 days or more behind on paying their mortgage. In the midst of this national crisis,…
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WS833: Operational Multifamily Value Add with Garrett Lynch
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Today, we welcome Garrett Lynch back to the show. Garrett was a guest on Episode 808, where he and Whitney talked about finding better deals through underwriting, so make sure to go back and check that out! Garrett is Director of Acquisitions at Nighthawk Equity and manages all sourcing, underwriting, due diligence, and closing. He has been buying …
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WS832: Mobile Home Parks — Navigating the Law and Operating or Maximum Success with Ferd Niemann
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Ferd Niemann knows what it means to work hard. He obtained a law degree while working full-time, was the youngest county appraiser Kansas City ever had, and has worked two jobs at once for most of his life, including as an investor, operator, broker, lawyer, and podcaster. Most importantly, he has had fun doing it and is still excited to do more. F…
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WS831: Making Sense Of Investing During A Pandemic with David Kamara
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Making an investment during a pandemic can be an unnerving experience, especially for the novice investor. Yet, with a little preparation and confidence, you can create considerable wealth where other asset classes might not be able to. Today, we sit with David Kamara, Founder, and investor at Cape Sierra Capital. From humble beginnings, David came…
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WS830: Becoming the Broker’s VIP Buyer with Jacob Weaver and Brandon Byrne
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Your relationship with your broker is one of the key pieces of your success in real estate. Our guests today, Jacob Weaver and Brandon Byrne, founders of the Weaver Byrne Group, join us to talk about this crucial connection. In this episode, Jacob and Brandon unpack the role that a broker should perform in finding the best deals for you. They shoul…