How do you eliminate risk and overhead? In this episode of The Academy Presents: Real Estate Investing Rocks, we welcome Crystal Lou. Crystal is a Capital Raising & Executive Business Development Leader. She is the Founder/CEO/COO of CLou Capital. A Real Estate Investment and Development firm. She adds 10X Value To Your Life & Businesses she works with. Her business card reads a lot of different titles as you can see, but if you look carefully for the fine print, you'll see Corporate Fairy Godmother spelled out in invisible ink.

Join Angel and her esteemed guest offers access to multiple avenues for capital infusions, project management services, performance packages, marketing materials, joint ventures, and subcontractors, all of which can help save money on projects.

Tune in now as Crystal provides everything from concept keys and real estate to manufacturing plants, all while helping people succeed with different options to grow their businesses!

[00:01 - 01:17] Helping People Build A Legacy And Make A Difference

• Angel welcome, Crystal Lou!
• Crystal Lou is the founder, CEO, and COO of Clou Capital

[01:18 - 08:52] Growing Your Business With Operating Capital

• Due diligence is important when it comes to finding the right partners for projects
• Referrals are given to people who have worked with and are known to be reliable
• Helping clients find operating capital and other avenues of financing
• Introducing resources to help clients grow their business

[08:53 - 17:15] Eliminating Risk And Overhead To Maximize Profit Margins

• Cutting project costs by bringing in relationships and managing projects internally
• Aiming to help clients succeed in their businesses and make an impact on others
• Eliminate fluff and overhead to maximize profit margin
• Save time and money by managing day-to-day operations
• Handle everything from concept to keys for ground-up projects

[17:16 - 24:43] Closing Segment

• Crystal provides listeners with key concepts and introduces resources to help your companies grow!
• Tune in to this episode to learn more about Crystal!

Tweetable Quotes:

“It's really making sure that the partners and JVs, that you have in play, are people that you would like to go to war with because if you get in the wrong ones, it can really mess you up.” – Crystal Lou

“You don't need to deal with a lot of the fluff, that's a risk, and that's the liability that you don't need. So we'll eliminate all of it. So we cut out a lot of the fluff that you don't need on a project to make it so that you can make as much profit margin as you can on a project, eliminate risk, and eliminate overhead.” – Crystal Lou

You can connect with Crystal Lou through her:

Website: Cloud Capital LLC

LinkedIn: Crystal Lou

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