Listen as real estate mentor and coach Alex Arriaga passionately shares his simple path to wealth strategies and techniques to create safe, profitable real estate deals where everyone is working together and everyone wins. Understanding our Big Why is a key component to living the lifestyle we really want. Discover the importance of surrounding ourselves with a positive community and structuring investments in a way that aligns with how we choose to live.

Brian Darisay, former C-level executive shares his reasons for making the switch from his corporate job to real estate syndication. Brian and I also discuss net operating incomes, cap rates, emerging markets, and symbiotic marketing. Brian even shares his expertise with examples of creative financing structures to build your rental portfolio, including seller carryback deals and private placement memorandums.

Alia Ott shares why and how she made the transition into storage unit investments. We also discuss the benefits of investment clubs and advice about clubs or meetups to get involved with.

Learn what attracted her to storage facility investing, what strategies she employs, and get tips on how to get into the storage unit investment business.

Investment Advisor Representative Robert Barr takes us through the due diligence and underwriting steps that help ensure your real estate deal is solid. Robb and I also discuss Reg A+ fund, 506 Reg D fund and crowdfunding for active investors and passive investors.

Gary Boomershine, longtime real estate wholesaling and marketing expert shares his philosophy on sales and the value of humility in selling. Gary also shares his thoughts on hiring virtual assistants, lost opportunity costs and focusing on your costs per deal and ROI for marketing. He openly shares his advice for lead generation and even shares the postcard his partner created with great response rate numbers and the mechanics behind how to work with postcards for lead generation.

Eva Medilek, entrepreneur and coach candidly shares her experiences and coaching advice for women, both in and out of real estate, who may be facing similar challenges to what she’s experienced.

Eva tells how she integrates her mindset mentoring with her real estate knowledge and the strategies she employed when she struggled early on to harness negative experiences and turn them into growth opportunities.

Private money lender and mentor Ben Stoodley shares his experiences in working with both active and passive real estate investors. He also shares his thoughts and advice on starting and running your own Meetup real estate investing meeting and compares the employee mindset to the mindset you need for successful investing.

You found your perfect deal. What next? Steve Clark shares tips and advice on how to prove to your investors that you will get the project done on time and on budget. Discover the process from initial inspections to pre-construction meeting through to final punchlist and close out and everything in between. Steve also shares great nuggets of information on construction reserves, draw requests, lien rights and change orders.

Jessica Barr, private money investor and lender shares her expertise in risk mitigation and keeping your deals safe. We also discuss the importance of understanding and verifying property valuations and appraisals. Jessica even generously offers her underwriting checklist as her way of giving back.

Are you passionate about giving back? Matthew Sullivan, entrepreneur and host of Hooked on Startups Podcast, shares tips and advice on being motivated by helping others and removing excuses in getting started; adding value when networking and how podcasting enhances that. He explains how podcasting can fulfil the desire of entrepreneurs to give back to their community and the value of sharing the stories within anyone’s experiences.