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Travis Watts joins us once again for another episode. Travis is a proven leader in the real estate industry, where he’s been investing since 2009 in multi-family, single-family and vacation rentals. He began investing with Ashcroft Capital several years ago and has taken part in more than 30% of the Ashcroft opportunities. After experiencing above-average communication, reporting, deal volume and performance, Travis expressed interest in joining the Ashcroft Investor Relations Team. Travis also has a background in traditional Wall Street investing and obtained a Series 7 and Series 63 license while working at a major brokerage firm with more than 400 billion in assets. He now dedicates his time to educating others in the world of investing and has made it his mission to share passive investment strategies in order to help others achieve and maintain wealth in real estate.

Today, we get some insight into investor education, diversification, and what’s happening now in multifamily. He also shares his take on navigating an environment where cash flow expectations are down, and the pros and cons of long and short deals. Tune in to find out what he prefers as a strategy!

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE

00:23 – Guest Intro: Travis Watts

01:59 – Investor education and what’s in multi-family

07:44 – Transacting if you can get the discount

14:55 – Cash flow expectations are down

19:11 – Entering the market with a high yield will be easy

20:42 – Go in for 10 years or go for shorter deals

23:53 – Why sell

If you found this episode substantial and want to dig deeper into real estate, or maybe you want to discover better investment opportunities, be sure to check out www.tempofunding.com.

CONNECTING WITH THE GUEST

Website: https://ashcroftcapital.com/our-team/travis-watts/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/traviswatts1234/

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/ashcroftcapital?lang=en

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/passiveinvestortips/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/passiveinvestortips/

Cory Boatright is back for another episode. This time, he talks to us about running two different companies that deal with residential and commercial real estate and finding a gem of a property with over 300 units of boat and RV storage. He tells us the details, how he found it, manages, and a few plans he has in store for it. Cory will also share some insights into his residential ventures.

Cory has completed over 1000 real estate transactions, owns over 430 apartment units, and sold over 100 million in real estate transactions, including 100+ unit multifamily, single-family houses, land, and private angel investments.

He’s a social connector who believes in servant leadership and an entrepreneur and has started or run several multi-million-dollar companies in several industries including; real estate investing, business consulting, Internet marketing, and mobile technology.

As Founder of several companies including; House Kings Home Buyers, Real Estate Investing Profits and Phenomenal Results Coaching. His company and partners buy and sell over 100 properties per year in the Greater Oklahoma City Area. Today he coaches high achieving entrepreneurs and their teams in getting phenomenal results in their businesses.

Tune in to find out how successful people like Cory navigate the present business landscape and learn a few ideas about how to always be on the lookout for the best deals.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE

00:23 – Guest Intro: Cory Boatright

00:49 – What’s new in Cory’s world?

01:33 – Two different companies,

02:08 – Moving towards higher rates

04:13 – Over 300 units boat and RV storage

05:26 – A really excellent location

08:30 – Raising the rents

13:56 – Another facility

23:37 – A phenomenal rate in today's environment

27:23 – What’s happening on the residential side?

31:05 – Pretty yucky or scary

32:28 – Retail buyer profits

If you found this episode substantial and want to dig deeper into real estate, or maybe you want to discover better investment opportunities, be sure to check out www.tempofunding.com.

CONNECTING WITH THE GUEST

Website: https://www.rbprofits.com/live?r_done=1

https://www.investingcapitalgroup.com/

https://www.coryboatright.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/coryboatright/ 

Twitter:  https://twitter.com/coryboatright?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coryboatrightpage/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coryboatright/

The complete and utter unknown of what's going on in the market is crazy but we have to be ready for it. So today, we talk to Carolina Capital Management's Wendy Sweet and Bill Fairman about surviving high uncertainty, volatility, fear over some kind of recession, and adjustments they're making to operate in this space.

Wendy Sweet  

Visionary at Carolina Capital Management. Her goal is to guide and assist like-minded people to build their wealth and allow them to impact the lives of family, friends and community through a proven lending model in the Carolina's while providing strong returns for real estate investors. 

Bill Fairman  

Owner/Co-Founder/Visionary of Carolina Capital Management/Carolina Hard Money. He is Passionate about helping others secure financial freedom.

Carolina Capital is a hard money lender serving the needs of the “Real Estate Investor” and the "Small Builder" borrower who is striving to build wealth and generate income for themselves and their families. We offer “hard money rehab loans” and "Ground up Construction Loans" for investors only in NC, SC, GA, VA and TN (some areas of FL, as well).

As part of their business practices, they also serve as consultants for investors guiding them to network with other investors and educating them in locating and structuring transactions.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE

00:23 - Guest Intro: Wendy Sweet and Bill Fairman

00:46 - What's new and exciting in the world of Bill and Wendy

01:44 - High uncertainty, substantial volatility, and fear over recession.

04:14 - Adjustments made for this environment

10:41 - Adjustments for high inflation, higher interest rates, and higher cap rates

16:27 - Product you provide and what you charge

20:25 - Why not get less competitive and raise interest rates?

24:40 - Good cop, bad cop

29:33 - Parting thoughts

Thank you for joining us in another episode. We are committed to inviting more guests that give value to our real estate journey. Stay tuned for more episodes. To learn more, visit our website at www.tempofunding.com.

CONNECTING WITH THE GUEST

Wendy Sweet

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendysweethardmoneylender/

Bill Fairman

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bfairmancarolinahardmoney/

The last few months have been tough, with all of the news about sharp rent increases and the potential for them to continue rising. Several macroeconomic trends are also heating up the housing market. How will rent inflation affect your potential for investing in manufactured homes?

Today, Glenn will discuss the potential risks of investing in manufactured home businesses while outlining a few steps an investor can take to prepare. By watching this episode, we encourage you to take this opportunity to start preparing for the worst and begin strategizing on how you would like to build an asset safe haven.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE

01:10 – Business of Real Estate in Dallas

If you found this episode substantial and want to dig deeper into real estate, or maybe you want to discover better investment opportunities, be sure to check out www.tempofunding.com.

CONNECTING WITH THE GUEST

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glenn-stromberg-a44ba5151/ Website: https://www.stromberginvestmentgroup.com/

We are excited to introduce our guest for this episode, Marck de Lautour. Marck is Founder and CEO of SBD Housing Solutions, a Real Estate Investment firm based in the Kansas City area. He has been investing in real estate since 2002 and has successfully flipped over 1,800 homes in the United States of America. His property management firm now manages over 650 rental homes. 

His investment firm specializes in delivering quality rental investment opportunities to passive investors looking to deploy their capital outside of the stock market into alternative investments. The SBD team’s mission is to help investors deploy $1 billion into Real Estate by 2030.  Marck also loves to invest in multifamily apartment complexes and has successfully raised over $10 million to deploy into assets through the Midwest. 

Listen in as Marck shares insights on what’s happening in real estate. He explains why it’s still a good time to buy real estate despite high interest rates, why investing in real estate is better than keeping idle money, and the benefits and reasons why people should still buy turnkey properties today. This episode is packed, so don't miss it!

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE

00:23 – Guest Intro: Marck De Lautour 

01:05 – What’s new in Marck’s world

03:32 – Is this a good time to buy real estate?

06:22 – Lower price and higher cap rates

10:41 – The math is pretty simple

13:06 – Single family homes have just ground to a halt

16:24 – We need to start seeing substantial layoffs for inflation to curb

18:32 – Why should people still buy turnkeys today?

21:30 – You have to do something with your cash

27:42 – Entering a period of unknown

33:29 – Investing for a multi-year time horizon is still healthy

35:00 – When rates go down, refinancing becomes a viable option

35:33 – Real estate is still better than the stock market or other alternatives

If you found this episode substantial and want to dig deeper into real estate, or maybe you want to discover better investment opportunities, be sure to check out www.tempofunding.com.

CONNECTING WITH THE GUEST

Website:https://www.mistakefreerealestate.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marck-de-lautour/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMijokbrMsRanO0edXOQ1zQ

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marckdelautour/?hl=en

For today's episode, we have Heather Dreves. Heather is the Director of Funding at Secured Investment Corp. She is a tenured employee that has worked in the Private Money Industry for over 15 years and held her series 63 license. Heather has been directly involved in the sale of over 100 million dollars in Trust Deed Mortgages and raised over 30 million in Secured Investment Corps High Yield Equity Funds. She has had experience in assisting underwriting, managing the Cogo and Servicing team in addition to Investor Relations.

Join us as she talks about her role at Secured Investment Corp, what’s happening in the hard money lending space, conservative underwriting, and having the capacity to serve both accredited and non-accredited investors. Tune in to know more!

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE

00:23 – Guest Intro: Heather Dreves 

01:02 – A little bit about Heather

04:16 – A bit about Secure Investments Corp., it's kind of business, and what’s going on in the hard money lending space

08:40 – Doing loans on the West Coast, or all over the map?

11:31 – Loan money at a higher rate or keep the prices where they are?

14:24 – Underwriting a little more conservatively

17:34 – Who do you serve? What's the typical community?

22:14 – Official target returns for your funds

26:12 – Parting thoughts

If you found this episode substantial and want to dig deeper into real estate, or maybe you want to discover better investment opportunities, be sure to check out www.tempofunding.com.

CONNECTING WITH THE GUEST

Website: https://securedinvestmentcorp.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heather-dreves-6204a242/

Dean Rogers began his career in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers. Dean soon realized that if he kept playing his health would be at stake. After walking away from the NFL, he has been in the real estate industry since 2013 leading him to building a successful business in California. Since then, Dean has flipped and wholesale hundreds of houses and has a rental portfolio of eight figures. He is passionate about real estate and helping others learn how to build wealth and freedom.

In 2022, he created The Wholesaling Playbook to provide a resource for others that want to take their real estate investing business to the next level. The Playbook shows step by step proven systems and best practices that he uses in his active 7 Figure business.

Join us as we talk to Dean about his journey from playing in the NFL to real estate, flipping and wholesaling, learning from successes and failures, and why being consistent is truly an advantage in what he does. Definitely an episode you don’t want to miss. Tune in!

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE

00:23 – Guest Intro: Dean Rogers 00:48 – A little bit about family 01:31 – Dean’s NFL career 07:06 – Pursuing a risky profession 09:34 – Where do you do business in real estate and what kind of deals do you do? 15:46 – How many assets? 18:03 – What's a single or running back in football? 20:00 – What have you learned from the deals that you lost money on? 25:22 – Biggest successes and key takeaways

If you found this episode substantial and want to dig deeper into real estate, or maybe you want to discover better investment opportunities, be sure to check out www.tempofunding.com.

CONNECTING WITH THE GUEST

Website: https://deanrogers.com/ Email: [email protected]  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-rogers-0649a946/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/deanrogersrealestate/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@deanrogersrealestate

Ryan Parson is Chairman and Chief Investment Officer of Sunlight Peaks. A renowned nationwide speaker and wealth strategist on alternative investing and portfolio management, Ryan has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services, insurance, and real estate industries. His unique expertise comes from an in-depth knowledge of both the traditional financial services market and alternative investments, as well as his rich history of activity in various sectors including real estate, health care, and energy.

Frustrated with traditional investments and realizing investors had very few options for private alternative deal flow or even opportunities to diversify into other sectors, Ryan began putting his own deals together. To share his offering with other like-minded, high net worth investors, Ryan combined his experience as a teacher, speaker, and financial leader to create Sunlight Peaks. They provide clients with the tools to organize their wealth, wealth planning services, access to desirable, off-market deals not available to the public, as well as exposure to industry experts well-versed in the alternative investment space and advanced financial educational topics.

Ryan speaks nationally about private and institutional capital deployment techniques, investment analysis, portfolio management, and advanced financial planning strategies. In 2019, Ryan authored "Your Money CEO: Finding Financial Confidence in Today’s Chaos." Listen in and learn about who to trust with hard earned wealth!  

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE

00:23 – Guest Intro: Ryan Parson

01:53 – Helping high net worth folks find the freedom to live their life

06:37 – Defending the Do-It-Yourself family and investor

09:57 – A disappointing experience

16:05 – Understanding both the big picture and the details

19:56 – Time freedom is the essence of lifestyle

22:50 – Traditional avatar and how much does it cost?

If you found this episode substantial and want to dig deeper into real estate, or maybe you want to discover better investment opportunities, be sure to check out www.tempofunding.com.

CONNECTING WITH THE GUEST

Website: https://www.sunlightpeaks.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanparson/