Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing

By Michael Blank, Garrett Lynch

Business Investing

What's Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing about?

The Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing podcast is about helping you achieve financial independence and control your time through apartment building investing. Michael Blank and Garrett Lynch interview experts in real estate, business, and investing. From learning how to invest in multifamily real estate to navigating entrepreneurship, you will learn the keys to success in your journey towards financial freedom. Previous guests include Grant Cardone, Robert Kiyosaki, Ken McElroy, Robert Helms, Brandon Turner, and Hal Elrod. Whether you're new to real estate investing or a seasoned investor, you'll enjoy stories from our expert guests as well as hear from people who quit their jobs and are living life on their own terms because of investing in multifamily real estate. Thanks for listening and leave a review for a chance to get a shout-out on the show.

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What is the best real estate investing strategy for 2023? Should you try wholesaling? Or invest in Airbnbs? How about fix-and-flips? Turnkey rentals? Or maybe a multifamily syndication? On this episode of Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing, Garrett takes ...

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06.05.2023 MB373: What’s the Best Real Estate Investing Strategy for 2023? – With Hayato Hori, Kyle Stanley, Chris Clothier & Henry Washington What is the best real estate investing strategy for 2023? Should you try wholesaling? Or invest in Airbnbs? How about fix-and-flips? Turnkey rentals? Or maybe a multifamily syndication? On this episode of Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing, Garrett takes ...
05.29.2023 MB372: ADUs as a Steppingstone to Multifamily Investing – With Derek Sherrell Are you interested in multifamily investing but overwhelmed by the prospect of buying an entire apartment building? What if you could dip your toe in the water with accessory dwelling units or ADUs? The ADU strategy involves either converting a ...
05.22.2023 MB371: Overcome Fear with Practice, Invest with Confidence – With Mai Duong Most aspiring real estate investors struggle with fear. But the ones who become successful GPs work through their fears with practice. Mai Duong is Harvard-educated CPA with 25 years of experience in corporate finance and accounting. She is also on ...
05.15.2023 MB370: Finding Your Niche in Short-Term Rentals – With Kyle Stanley There are so many ways to invest in real estate. And when you’re first learning about the options, it can get overwhelming. But the most successful investors niche down to a single strategy, perfect their processes and rinse, repeat to ...
05.08.2023 MB369: How to Make Money Flipping Land – With Jon Jasniak How do you make money flipping land? What are the pros and cons of investing in land deals as opposed to other kinds of real estate? Jon Jasniak started flipping land in 2016 when he was 23 years’ old and ...
05.01.2023 MB368: Alternative Investments in Latin America – With Cole Shepherd In multifamily real estate, we look for opportunities in a given market and then build relationships with the bankers, brokers, and boots on the ground we need to make a deal work. But what if the business opportunity you identify ...
04.24.2023 MB367: Alternative Investing in Wine & Whisky – With Maxwell Nee Maxwell Nee was drinking an Old Fashioned at a swanky bar in Chicago when he came to appreciate the significant price difference between Macallan 18 and Macallan 12 whisky. Because it had aged an additional six years, Macallan 18 cost ...
04.17.2023 MB366: A Low-Risk Approach to Investing in Oil & Gas – With Eric Rice Historically, oil and gas operators only give investors the cashflow from wells and keep the land value for themselves. But King Operating Corporation does things differently, structuring their deals very much like a multifamily syndication. So, what are the benefits ...
04.10.2023 MB365: The Making of a Successful Entrepreneur – With Chris Naugle Are entrepreneurs born or made? If you ask Chris Naugle, they are created. But to become a successful entrepreneur, you must be willing to take risks. And you can’t conform to someone else’s failed reality. As a former pro snowboarder, ...
04.03.2023 MB364: Investing in Farmland as Part of a Diversified Portfolio – With Artem Milinchuk Smart investors diversify their portfolios. And while multifamily real estate is our favorite asset class, we love learning about other alternatives to the stock market. Artem Milinchuk suggests investing in farmland, an asset class that does well in times of ...
03.27.2023 MB363: Achieving Financial Freedom as a Passive Investor – With Spencer Hilligoss Is your financial advisor really looking out for you? Many investors question whether their FA has their best interests at heart. But seeking out alternative investments on your own can be scary, especially if the stock market is all you’ve ...
03.20.2023 MB362: How to Use Your IRA or 401(k) to Invest in Real Estate – With Henry Yoshida When I first started raising money for real estate syndications, I had lunch with a prospective investor who was interested but didn’t have the $50,000 minimum it took to get in on the deal. But then I asked, ‘Do you ...
03.13.2023 MB361: Why Real Estate Investors Need the Right Coach – With Faisal Ensaun & Dr. Sheri Fluellen You have all the skills you need to become a successful multifamily investor. But without the right mindset, you’re unlikely to achieve financial freedom. So, what can aspiring investors do to overcome the limiting beliefs and bad habits that are ...
03.06.2023 MB360: Give More to the Missions You Believe In with Real Estate – With Burnie Lund Most of us get into real estate investing because we want to quit our jobs. But Burnie Lund is different. Though he’s already achieved financial freedom, Burnie has no intention of leaving his ministry work. In fact, he got into ...
02.27.2023 MB359: Apply Cardone Capital’s Tactics to Scale Your Syndication Business – With Jarrod Glandt The name Grant Cardone is synonymous with scale. Each new venture he launches quickly grows 10X bigger than anyone else in the business. So, what drives that desire to push the boundaries of what’s possible? How might you apply the ...
02.20.2023 MB358: Why Numbers Are the Source of Truth in Real Estate – With Jason Baik Words hide red flags in a real estate deal. But numbers are the source of truth. So, what numbers should you be looking at when you evaluate a multifamily deal? Jason Baik is Managing Principal at Compounding Capital Group and ...
02.13.2023 MB357: Scale Your Capital Raise from $4M to $294M in 5 Years – With Dan Handford When Dan Handford got into multifamily syndications in 2018, he raised $4M. By 2022, he had scaled his capital raise to $294M. What’s his secret? How did Dan grow his investor database to nearly 1,700 and his portfolio to 4,000+ ...
02.06.2023 MB356: Brilliant Strategies to Raise Capital for Real Estate – With Brad Blazar When you’re raising capital for a real estate deal, it’s tempting to pitch potential investors right away. But if you try to sell a high-net-worth individual before you’ve established trust, your chances of conversion are slim to none. So, how ...
01.30.2023 MB355: Our Multifamily Market Outlook for 2023 – With Drew Kniffin As with most things, the economy goes through different seasons. And prior to the pandemic, it was red-hot summer in the real estate market. COVID caused a quick Arctic freeze, but things warmed up again and multifamily prices peaked in ...
01.23.2023 MB354: Retire in 3 Years with This Deal Analysis Tool – with Matthew Amabile Matthew Amabile had been out of college for a year. He was making decent money at his sales job, but not enough to afford his own place. And he was tired of sleeping on his cousin’s couch. That’s when Matt ...
01.16.2023 MB353: The Right Insurance Coverage for Your Real Estate Portfolio – With Matthew Sutika Are you treating insurance like a commodity? We made that same mistake early in our syndication journey. But now we look for the best combination of value and quality we can get. Matthew Sutika is Chief Insurance Officer at Obie, ...
01.09.2023 MB352: Investing in Oil & Gas vs. Real Estate Syndications – With Grant Norwood Did you know that there are many parallels between investing in oil and gas and real estate syndications? Grant Norwood is CEO of Norwood Energy Corp, an oil and gas exploration company out of Southlake, Texas. Grant’s specialty is recognizing ...
01.02.2023 MB351: Reflecting on 2022 & Setting Goals for 2023 Mindfulness matters. The more self-aware you become, the better your relationships and the more fulfillment you get out of life. That’s why I take an entire week off at the end of every year, not to eat bonbons, but to ...
12.26.2022 MB350: The Best of 2022 on Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing – With Jerome Maldonado, Jilliene Helman, Dan Brisse, Lee Prosenjak, Veena Jetti, Sterling Griffin, Lili Thompson, Ryan Pineda, Every week, we bring you conversations with elite investors and entrepreneurs, in hopes that you’ll learn from their experiences to accelerate your success. On this Best of 2022 edition of Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing, we reflect on some ...
12.19.2022 MB349: How to Build a Syndication Business That Runs Itself – With Mike Michalowicz There's a lot of pundits who say that entrepreneurship is about the hustle and grind. We’re supposed to work harder and harder and sacrifice our lives for the sake of the business. But Mike Michalowicz argues that entrepreneurship is not ...
12.12.2022 MB348: Building Confidence Through Community – With Julie Holly How does a schoolteacher overcome her limiting beliefs to become a full-time syndicator? For Julie Holly, community was key in helping her shift from anxious single-family landlord to self-assured multifamily GP. Julie is Founder of Three Keys Investments, a multifamily ...
12.05.2022 MB347: Why Every Syndicator Should Write a Book – With Chandler Bolt Building a platform is an important part of raising money at scale. But you need more than a website to demonstrate your credibility with potential investors. Becoming an author gives you authority. It allows you to share your investing thesis ...
11.28.2022 MB346: How to Own 1,000 Doors by Age 27 – With Adrian Salazar How do you become a full-time investor who owns more than 1,000 doors by the age of 27? According to Adrian Salazar, the secret is having the guts to go out and be different. Adrian started wholesaling SFHs as a ...
11.21.2022 MB345: Growing Your Business & Family—with Vivian & Michael Blank Running a business is never just about the business. Being a successful entrepreneur means finding balance between your personal and professional life. But if you want your relationship to work, you need a partner who energizes you. Someone who helps ...
11.14.2022 MB344: Making the Most of IRC Section 1031 – With Dave Foster One of the beautiful things about investing in real estate is its tax benefits. And the 1031 exchange is a common strategy we use to avoid paying capital gains. But most of us haven’t studied IRC Section 1031 enough to ...
11.07.2022 MB343: Owning Property in Chicago’s Most Dangerous Neighborhoods Owning class D properties in neighborhoods plagued by gang violence, prostitution and drug abuse is not easy. But it does give an owner-operator the street smarts to keep themselves, their employees and properties safe. And it makes for some pretty ...
10.31.2022 MB342: What Investors Need to Know About Taxes – With Thomas Castelli All CPAs are not created equal. And if you’re working with an accountant who doesn’t understand real estate tax strategy, you may be leaving tens of thousands of dollars on the table. Thomas Castelli, CPA, CFP, is Partner at Hall ...
10.24.2022 MB341: How the Supply Chain Impacts Real Estate – With Jeff Davis In the spring of 2020, store shelves were empty. And supply chain issues have disrupted businesses of all kinds ever since—including real estate. But what, exactly, is causing these problems in the supply chain? And when will things get back ...
10.17.2022 MB340: Upgrade Investor Relations Through Syndication Software – With Perry Zheng When you’re a new real estate syndicator with a smaller network, you can keep track of investors with a spreadsheet and work through the process of raising money manually. But as you grow your investor database, it becomes more and ...
10.10.2022 MB339: Tokenizing Real Estate Deals – With Michael Flight Michael Flight used to be a crypto-skeptic. But as he learned more about the blockchain and its potential to make real estate more accessible to a wider audience, he became a crypto-innovator. Today, Michael is CEO of Liberty Real Estate ...
10.10.2022 MB339: Execute on Your Vision, No Matter the Obstacles – With Jay Morrison We all have obstacles in our environment. Obstacles that make it challenging for us to become the real estate entrepreneur we want to be. But too many of us use those obstacles as an excuse. We let what’s in our ...
10.03.2022 MB338: Invest in Real Estate Via Creative Financing – With Christian Osgood No matter what asset class you want to invest in, creativity is key—especially if you don’t have a rich uncle to help you get started! You just have to stop asking yourself, ‘Can I do this?’ And start asking yourself, ...
09.26.2022 MB337: Collaborating with Your Property Management Team – With Nathan Ridgeway When I got started in multifamily, I was much too hands-off with property managers. Yes, I reviewed the numbers, but otherwise, I stayed away and simply let them manage everything. Then I realized that experienced syndicators are much more actively ...
09.19.2022 MB336: How to Launch Your Own Real Estate Fund – With Bridger Pennington Think you need an Ivy League education or 20 years of experience on Wall Street to set up a fund? Think again! Once you've done a handful of syndications, you can easily launch a fund of your own and simplify ...
09.12.2022 MB335: Serve Investors by Solving Their Problems – With Travis Watts Investor relations is not about selling a deal. It’s about getting to know individual investors and solving their problems. But what does that look like in practice? How do you connect with potential LPs and educate them around the benefits ...
09.05.2022 MB334: From Homeless to Multi-Millionaire in 2 Years – With Sterling Griffin Proximity is power. But how do you get in front of successful people when you're struggling yourself? Sterling Griffin was homeless when he made the decision to surround himself with the people he wanted to become. Then he found creative ...
08.29.2022 MB333: Innovating Around Affordable Housing – With Alvin ‘Hope’ Johnson The lack of affordable housing is a big problem in the US. And most developers shy away from these projects because it’s hard to make money. But Alvin ‘Hope’ Johnson is not most developers. He’s found a way to innovate ...
08.22.2022 MB332: Avoid Lawsuits & Protect Your Real Estate Assets – With Garrett Sutton As real estate investors, we spend years building up generational wealth. But a single lawsuit can tear it all down. So, how do we put the right asset protection measures in place? Garrett Sutton is the corporate attorney and asset ...
08.15.2022 MB331: 10 Years in Single Family vs. 10 Months as Multifamily Investors – With Lance Doty & Adam Mitchell For 20 years, Adam Mitchell has been dreaming of a multifamily portfolio. But without the confidence or the know-how to invest in apartments, he started with single family. A decade ago, Adam joined forces with his friend Lance Doty, and ...
08.08.2022 MB330: The Competitive Advantage of In-House Construction – With Jorge Abreu When we started investing in multifamily, we relied on property managers to handle construction. As the business grew, we hired GCs to run construction projects with little oversight on our part. And got very mixed results. That’s when we realized ...
08.01.2022 MB329: Applying a Sales Mindset to Multifamily Investing – With Eric Chadderdon Not everyone who wants to be a real estate investor sticks with it long enough to be successful. But if you apply a sales mindset to multifamily investing, you will be able to take the initial rejection and keep pushing. ...
07.25.2022 MB328: Live from DML: The Multifamily Market Outlook – With Robert Helms According to the mainstream media, the sky is falling in the real estate market. But is that entirely true? While no one can predict exactly what will happen in the global economy or how it might impact real estate, Robert ...
07.18.2022 MB327: Work-Life Balance for Women in Real Estate – With Liz Faircloth, Savannah Arroyo, Julie Holly & Veena Jetti There aren't a lot of women in the real estate investing business, in part because there are so few female role models. But if you can see it, you can be it. So, we brought together a panel of powerhouse ...
07.11.2022 MB326: Democratizing Access to Quality Real Estate Deals – With Jilliene Helman Real estate investing is a critical part of a diversified portfolio. And while most Americans have easy access to stocks and bonds, most don't know where to go to find private real estate deals. That’s what inspired Founder and CEO ...
07.04.2022 MB325: The Future of Real Estate Is Digital – With Ryan Pineda What does the future of real estate look like? If you ask Ryan Pineda, the future of real estate is digital. And he sees the potential to build multiple billion-dollar businesses that solve many of the problems we face—on the ...

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