On today's episode of Ritter On Real Estate, we chat with Bryan Underwood. 

Bryan is the founding Principal of Responsible Residential (“RR”) and President of Responsible Real Estate, Inc. (“RRE”), a San Diego based real estate investment company. Bryan started RR & RRE after spending more than ten years in his family business, A-1 Self Storage/Caster Properties, Inc. Responsible Residential is a San Diego-based residential development company focused on middle-income housing. Prior to launching RR & RRE, Bryan worked as the Acquisitions Manager for Caster Properties, Inc./ A-1 Self Storage.

Since joining Caster Properties in 2007, Bryan has played a key role in the acquisition and entitlement of over 1.5MM square feet of Self Storage space with a market value of $200MM. Welcome to the show Bryan! 

Key Points From The Episode: 

• Bryan’s upbringing – how he fell in love with real estate while working in the women's Department in Nordstrom.
• Bryan’s experience working in his family business in Self Storage.
• What 2007 taught Bryan about the real estate market. 
• Why the Self Storage business is so great for investors.
• Why Bryan switched from self-storage to single-family starting his own kind of.
• The two deals that exposed him to why real estate is such a great investment.
• Why red tape is never fun for real estate developers.
• Advice for new real estate developers.
• Brian's goal of buying1000 units in the next few years.

 Books Mentioned:

• Never Split The Difference By Chris Voss