As an immigrant from Denmark 23 years ago, Jens had no prior real estate investing knowledge. Yet, in only four years he has managed to acquire 82 units and has been growing his business ever since. Having lived all over the United States, Jens held many successful corporate positions yet, when the Dot.Com bubble burst in 2008, he knew he had to do a little rethinking of what he envisioned for his long term wealth. That vision included investing in multifamily real estate. Eager to learn more, Jens started educating himself on any type of book, podcast, or article he could find to learn more about the craft of investing in real estate. Once he began putting this knowledge into action, he found to have great success and is looking forward to his future continuing to invest in multifamily units. 

 

In this episode of Multifamily Real Estate Investments with Don and Eden, Jens details his start into real estate, his marketing methods for finding deals, and his advice for how to jump into the commercial real estate world. More specifically, he also shares the types of units he buys and what types of deals he looks for. 

 

Highlights: 

Jens’ Beginnings in Real Estate 

Marketing Strategy for Finding Sellers

Why Jens choose to invest in Multifamily units  

Current Projects

 

How to Connect with Jens

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Hey guys. My guest today is Jens Nielsen and he's a real estate investor who came to this country from Denmark 23 years ago without any knowledge or any experience. Now he's in control of 82 units and all that happened in the past four years. So, let's hear more about it. 

 

Welcome to the Real Estate Investing podcast with Don and Eden where we cover all aspects of real estate investing with special attention to multi-family apartment buildings and off-market strategies. 

 

Hello! How are you doing today? I'm doing great. Don, how are you? I'm doing just fine. I'm glad to have you on the show today. Tell us a little bit about your day. What do you typically do?

 

How does your routine look? Well, I get up early in the morning like 5:00 and spend some time setting the tone for the day. Do a little bit of yoga and meditation, some readings, some journaling just kind of a miracle warning start, set the tone for the day and make sure I know what my goals are and make sure I start with purpose not just roll out of bed and run to run out of the door. So that's kind of how I start every day. 

 

Yeah, I talk to a lot of people and then I notice a lot of growth and investors they do that- they wake up early in the morning even though we don't have to do that. But we do it. So a lot of people start their day with reading and personally I always say it on the show- I like doing a lot of reading. So what are you reading typically when you wake up in the morning? Something either a business book or something inspirational. 

 

I'm reading a book it's older but it's ‘How to Network with the Wealthy’ something I can’t remember the exact title but just how do you provide value to investors or partners and so forth. So that's interesting. It’s an interesting concept, adding value to the people you're connected versus taking from them. 

 

Ok. So first of all, that's a very interesting book and you can be sure that after the show I'm going to ask for that headline and we're going to add that to the podcast. We're always trying to give people recommendations. And so there's that and also kind of for our audience. Could you tell us a little bit about your real estate career? How did you get started and what are you currently working on? 

 

Yeah. And maybe it's a step back and man just like you I have a little bit of an accent maybe mine is slightly less pronounced because I've been in the US for Twenty three years now. I was born and raised in Denmark and at a young age moved to London, England in my early 20s and then on to