Today, we have a fantastic investor guest on Elevate Your Equity Podcast, Rick Martin from Southern California. Join us as he talks about his passion for real estate investing, how he helps people build wealth, and conversations at home about investing. We also talk about legacy creation and the key components that he used to scale his business easier.

Rick currently resides in Southern California with his wife and two young boys. He is the founder of Fortress Federation Investments, which provides multifamily investment opportunities to its investors, helping them build wealth and multiple income streams. Fortress Federation is currently a sponsor of 1185 units, while Rick personally is invested in over 2200 units. He has a background in Entertainment Advertising which he leans on to provide educational content to help his investors understand real estate and multifamily syndications.

Learn more about Rick and his business by visiting his website at https://www.fortressfederation.com/. You can send him an email at [email protected] for any questions about investing.

• What book has had the biggest impact on you and why?
  The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod
  
  
• If people wanted to be JUST like you, what is the first actionable thing they could do to follow in your footsteps? 
  Get out of your comfort zone.
  
  
• What small thing/s do most people not know about you?
  I auditioned in a band back in the days.
  
  
• How do you like to unwind and restore your own creative juices? 
  Surfing
  
  
• Favorite vacation spot?
  Maui

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In another "in-between-isode" of the Elevate Your Equity podcast with Derek and Sophie, our hosts share some reflections from the start of the 2021 Holiday Season. Join us as they give us updates on where they are now, their growth and mindset, and some interesting moments from the past few weeks. Never a dull moment over here at Elevate Equity!

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Leigh and Victor Leite are Managing Partners at Twenty Five Eight Capital, focusing on acquisitions and project management of large multi-family properties. Additionally, they run a high-volume fix and flip business, LV Realty, and have flipped more than 140 homes within the past 3 years.

They have also developed a personal portfolio of rentals consisting of single-family homes and small apartment buildings in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Victor oversees the construction and renovations and runs his own in-house contracting team. Leigh focuses on financials, underwriting, and asset management. Leigh and Victor Leite reside in Virginia Beach, Virginia with their two children, Lillian and Xander. Along with their passion for real estate, Leigh and Victor are both Physician Associates and have spent the last 11 years practicing medicine in the Mid Atlantic region.

Get to know more about Victor and Leigh and their business at https://www.lvrinvestments.com. If you have questions and are interested in their investing business, you may send them an email at [email protected].

• What book has had the biggest impact on you and why?
  Victor: The Power of Positive Thinking, about mind shift and gave me focus
  
  
• If people wanted to be JUST like you, what is the first actionable thing they could do to follow in your footsteps? 
  Leigh: Making a plan, figure out where you're gonna be.
  Victor: We have a road map but you need to take action.
  
  
• What small thing/s do most people not know about you?
  Victor: I'm an immigrant. I'm from Brazil.
  
  
• How do you like to unwind and restore your own creative juices? 
  Leigh: I love going to the beach.
  Victor: I focus on health and wellness.
  
  
• Favorite vacation spot?
  Both: Bali

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If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success!

Unlock 3+1 degrees of freedom (time, location, financial + health) with our 5-Point Blueprint! https://elevateequity.org/podcastgift

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

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Today, we have a seasoned real estate investor, entrepreneur, podcast host, and philanthropist on Elevate Your Equity Podcast, Whitney Sewell. Whitney is a seasoned real estate investor, entrepreneur, podcast host, and philanthropist. He is CEO and founder of Life Bridge Capital, a multifamily syndication investment firm with 850 doors and $300 million in assets under management. Whitney was able to scale his business at a groundbreaking pace - starting from nothing in 2017 to now consistently raising over $10 million in a few hours. His daily podcast, The Real Estate Syndication Show, has featured over 1000 experts in the field.

Whitney recently founded his new non-profit, The Life Bridge Foundation - the latest exciting development in his commitment to donate 50% of his profits to support orphans and their adoptive families. Whitney and his wife Chelsea have 3 children by adoption and love spending their free time together in the great outdoors at their home in the country.

Learn more about Whitney and his business at https://lifebridgecapital.com/. Connect with him directly by emailing him at [email protected].

• What book has had the biggest impact on you and why?
  The Roadless Stupid by Keith Cunningham
  
  
• If people wanted to be JUST like you, what is the first actionable thing they could do to follow in your footsteps? 
  Start a daily podcast, add value to people and grow your network fast.
  
  
• What small thing/s do most people not know about you?
  Horse riding.
  
  
• How do you like to unwind and restore your own creative juices? 
  Working at the farm and riding the horses. teaching my boys to ride.
  
  
• Favorite vacation spot?
  Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
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• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! elevateequity.org/7waysEbook

Unlock 3+1 degrees of freedom (time, location, financial + health) with our 5-Point Blueprint! https://elevateequity.org/podcastgift

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
• our YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekclifford
• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! elevateequity.org/7waysEbook

Today, we have an awesome guest at the Elevate Your Equity podcast, Tim Lyons. Tim is a 16 year veteran of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) and currently serves as a lieutenant in the borough of Queens. Until recently, he also worked part-time as an emergency room RN at a level 1 trauma center. He brings years of real-world management and leadership experience to his real estate investment career.

Tim is also the founder of Cityside Capital, which has invested in over $290 million dollars worth of multifamily and self-storage assets including 1,975 multifamily units. Tim has also invested as a limited partner in both multifamily and retail syndications.

Get to know more about Tim and his business by visiting his website at http://www.citysidecap.com. You may also email him at [email protected] for other questions about real estate investing.

• What book has had the biggest impact on you and why?
  Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
  
  
• If people wanted to be JUST like you, what is the first actionable thing they could do to follow in your footsteps? 
  Hop on a call with me and let you know about my business.
  
  
• What small thing/s do most people not know about you?
  I don’t like to be wet.
  
  
• How do you like to unwind and restore your own creative juices? 
  Have some time with family, play with the kids, coach a team.
  
  
• Favorite vacation spot?
  Outer Banks, Carolina

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
• our YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekclifford
• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! elevateequity.org/7waysEbook

Unlock 3+1 degrees of freedom (time, location, financial + health) with our 5-Point Blueprint! https://elevateequity.org/podcastgift

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
• our YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekclifford
• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! elevateequity.org/7waysEbook

A fantastic episode on Elevate Your Equity Podcast with another couple on for our guests, Heshel and Chaya Mangel. This episode is packed with practical tools couples or single people can use to start putting themselves in a position to invest as a "side-hustle". Join us as they walk us through their early conversations about their real estate investing journey, how they dealt with some of their toughest moments in investing, and their mindset that would help them build a better future for their family.

Heshel Mangel came into this industry with absolutely zero background or knowledge. Having a knack for leveraging the use of technology and other resources, has started a business that is built to scale - providing safe secure, and affordable housing.

Learn more about Heshel by connecting with him on Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/heshelmangel/. You can email him directly at [email protected].

• What book has had the biggest impact on you and why?
  Chaya: Biography of Gerald Hines
  Heshel: Bible
  
  
• If people wanted to be JUST like you, what is the first actionable thing they could do to follow in your footsteps? 
  Heshel: Networking and talking to somebody
  Chaya: Take one little thing and do it and see where it takes you
  
  
• What small thing/s do most people not know about you?
  Heshel: Join the airforce as a chaplin.
  Chaya: I'm from England.
  
  
• How do you like to unwind and restore your own creative juices? 
  Chaya: I like to do nothing, sit on the couch and read books or watch something.
  Heshel: I just need to shut down sometimes. Going to sleep is a good thing.
  
  
• Favorite vacation spot?
  Both: Savannah, Georgia

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
• our YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekclifford
• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! 

Unlock 3+1 degrees of freedom (time, location, financial + health) with our 5-Point Blueprint! https://elevateequity.org/podcastgift

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
• our YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekclifford
• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! elevateequity.org/7waysEbook

Today's guests are a treat on the Elevate Your Equity Podcast, we have AJ and Matt from Australia. This is a true power couple dynamic with a strong process-oriented individual and visionary (you'll have to watch/listen to find out which is that!). These two investors are from out of the country and into the USA. Join us as they share how they started, grew, and scaled their business in the Raw Land space, all the while, making their relationship stronger throughout their investing ventures!

AJ (Alicia Jarrett) is a passionate and driven global real estate investor based out of Australia, conducting deals in the USA. She co-owns multiple businesses including Global Citizens Holdings Inc., Landscouts, Supercharged Offers, and WILDA for Women in Business. Focused on leadership in business and investing in land, her business ventures provide efficient real estate marketing and world-class data solutions, which assist other real estate investors in digitally transforming their business for increased results.

If you want to get in touch with AJ and Matt, you can email them at [email protected] and learn more about them and their business.

• What book has had the biggest impact on you and why?
  Matt: Books by Andy Priscilla
  Alicia: Books by Brené Brown and Sell Like Crazy by Sabri Suby
  
  
• If people wanted to be JUST like you, what is the first actionable thing they could do to follow in your footsteps? 
  Alicia: Get some education, research and learn from them
  Matt: Learning yourself
  
  
• What small thing/s do most people not know about you?
  Alicia: We have a cat.
  Matt: Treat our cat like a baby sometimes.
  
  
• How do you like to unwind and restore your own creative juices? 
  Matt: Snow skiing and traveling.
  Alicia: I love to go to the gym and exercise.
  
  
• Favorite vacation spot?
  Alicia: Italy
  Matt: Maryvale, Monterey

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
• our YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekclifford
• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! 

Unlock 3+1 degrees of freedom (time, location, financial + health) with our 5-Point Blueprint! https://elevateequity.org/podcastgift

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
• our YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekclifford
• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! elevateequity.org/7waysEbook

Today, you'll be inspired by our talented guest couple Trevor and Leesa McGregor on the Elevate Your Equity Podcast. Join us as they share their takeaways on how to maintain true happiness in a relationship as a busy couple, each with their own businesses, including a 9-to-5 transition dynamic that one of them found hard to escape. You'll be able to see how they leverage each other for maximum success!

Trevor is a High Performance - Master Coach with over 30,000 hours of coaching experience under his belt. He has worked with clients from around the world, including Fortune 500 executives, high-level real estate investors, entrepreneurs, world-class athletes, and business professionals and they all come to him for one reason: Life-Changing Transformation. In addition to running his own private coaching practice, Trevor was a Master Platinum Coach with the Tony Robbins Group. Prior to that, he spent over 20 years in Corporate working as the Executive Director of Operations.

Leesa McGregor is a Coach, Speaker, and Best Selling Children’s Author.  She has lived and worked around the globe in places like London, England, and Brisbane, Australia, and has built multiple 6 and 7 figure businesses internationally.  Her most recent success was her incredible Children’s book called: “A New Alphabet For Humanity” and it has become a Global Sensation.  In addition to that, she is very excited as she is about to release her newest book called: “I Can Change the World!”

Trevor and Leesa are also active and passive Real Estate Investors holding assets in his portfolio that range from owning single-family homes in Canada, to participate in numerous Multi-family Apartment Syndications all over the US, as well as Self-Storage units in Key West Florida, and even an Agricultural Hemp Farm in Colorado. Their mission is to assist others in realizing their true power and hidden potential to achieve more success, wealth, freedom, and contribution than they ever thought possible. Trevor and Leesa live with their 3 amazing boys in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

• What book has had the biggest impact on you and why?
  Trevor: How to Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
  Leesa: Clean Money Revolution by Joel Solomon
  
  
• If people wanted to be JUST like you, what is the first actionable thing they could do to follow in your footsteps? 
  Trevor: Get educated, listen to podcasts, read books, go to events, immerse yourself with people that are already doing the things you want to do.
  Leesa: Take time out from your busy life to really design your life.
  
  
• What small thing/s do most people not know about you?
  Trevor: People don't know that we are avid travelers.
  Leesa: We're not the status-kind of like people, we don't have flashy, luxury things.
  

Unlock 3+1 degrees of freedom (time, location, financial + health) with our 5-Point Blueprint! https://elevateequity.org/podcastgift

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

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• our YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekclifford
• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! elevateequity.org/7waysEbook

Today on Elevate Your Equity Podcast, we have an experienced multifamily real estate investor, Tony Castronovo. Join us as he shares his inspiration for starting up in real estate investing, how his wife supports him throughout his ventures, and how his transition from his previous W-2 to a full-time investor unfolded!

Tony Castronovo, Founder & Managing Partner of Novo Multifamily Group, is a multifamily real estate investor with over 7 yrs of experience in acquisition, underwriting, contract negotiation, due diligence, syndication, capital raising, construction & renovations, operations, asset management, and overall asset strategy implementation. Tony is also a seasoned management consultant (previously with Ernst & Young), utilizing 25 yrs of experience advising clients on project portfolio investment management. He holds higher education degrees in Engineering and Construction Management.

Reach out to Tony by sending him an email to [email protected]. To learn more about his business and his team, just visit his website at http://novomultifamilygroup.com/.

• What book has had the biggest impact on you and why?
  The Honeybee by Jake and Gino and Renting From My Six-Year-Old by Chris Bystriansky
  
  
• If people wanted to be JUST like you, what is the first actionable thing they could do to follow in your footsteps? 
  Take action and believe, just have confidence in your ability to be resourceful and pivot.
  
  
• What small thing/s do most people not know about you?
  I have no resistance to chocolate.
  
  
• How do you like to unwind and restore your own creative juices? 
  I love to be outside.
  
  
• Favorite vacation spot?
  Whistler in Vancouver CA

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
• our YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekclifford
• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! elevateequity.org/7waysEbook

Unlock 3+1 degrees of freedom (time, location, financial + health) with our 5-Point Blueprint! https://elevateequity.org/podcastgift

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
• our YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekclifford
• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! elevateequity.org/7waysEbook

It is our honor to have Mr. Jeremy Roll on the Elevate Your Equity podcast! Jeremy's experience in seeking out alternative investments is peer-to-none. 

Jeremy Roll started investing in real estate and businesses in 2002 and left the corporate world in 2007 to become a full-time passive cash flow investor. He is currently an investor in more than 60 opportunities across more than $1 Billion worth of real estate and business assets. As Founder and President of Roll Investment Group, Jeremy manages a group of over 1,500 investors who seek passive/managed cash-flowing investments in real estate and businesses. Jeremy is also the co-Founder of For Investors By Investors (FIBI), a non-profit organization that was launched in 2007 with the goal of facilitating networking and learning among real estate investors in a strict no sales pitch environment. FIBI is now the largest group of public real estate investor meetings in California with over 30,000 members. Jeremy has an MBA from The Wharton School, is a licensed California Real Estate Broker (for investing purposes only), and is an Advisor for Realty Mogul, the largest real estate crowdfunding website in the US. Jeremy welcomes e-mails ([email protected]) to network with or help other investors and to discuss real estate or business investments of any size.

Learn more about Jeremy and his business by connecting with him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-roll-655107. You can send him an email and ask him investing questions at [email protected].

• What book has had the biggest impact on you and why?
  Cashflow Quadrant by Robert Kiyosaki
  
  
• If people wanted to be JUST like you, what is the first actionable thing they could do to follow in your footsteps? 
  Start learning one asset class first that you relate to best and learn as much as possible.
  
  
• What small thing/s do most people not know about you?
  I'm a Canadian citizen, spent half of my life in the US and half in Canada.
  
  
• How do you like to unwind and restore your own creative juices? 
  Driving at night when the roads are not busy.
  
  
• Favorite vacation spot?
  Cabo, Mexico 

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
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• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our

Unlock 3+1 degrees of freedom (time, location, financial + health) with our 5-Point Blueprint! https://elevateequity.org/podcastgift

If you really enjoyed this content and are looking for more, you can continue to learn more about us in several different places for free!

• on our website for blogs & other podcast interviews! elevateequity.org
• our YouTube channel! youtube.com/channel/derekclifford
• our book/audiobook! amazon.com/dp/ebook

If you'd like to have a FREE copy of our 7 Ways Commercial Real Estate Syndications Protect and Build Wealth, simply click the link below. We are here and vested in your long-term success! elevateequity.org/7waysEbook