Charles Seaman is a native of Brooklyn, NY, and currently resides in Charlotte, NC. He serves as Senior Acquisition Manager and Asset Manager of 3 Oaks Management. He actively works to locate high-performing multifamily deals throughout the southeastern region of the United States. He is responsible for all the company's underwriting, analysis, and contract negotiations, and capital raising to make sure that the deals close.

[00:01 – 02:18] Opening Segment

[02:19 – 07:09] Building Relationships in the Real Estate Business

• Making a move to start his own real estate business
• Getting into Syndication
• Relocating and putting himself in the center of their chosen market
• Closing his first deal through sponsor relationship

[07:10 – 16:22] Tips in Syndication

[16:23 – 19:17] Closing Segment

Tweetable Quotes:

"Any deal I've gotten so far has been through relationships. Either brokers or sponsors, whoever it may be. And I wouldn't have got those if I kept asking around from market to market because you wouldn't have a chance to build those relationships." - Charles Seaman

"I can learn so much from phone calls, emails, speaking to people, and reading things online, but I learn a lot more by just throwing myself in there." - Charles Seaman

"The benefit of having a target market is that you don't need to spend time learning about that market every single time." - Charles Seaman

"Real Estate is very much a people business." - Charles Seaman

Resources Mentioned:

• Three Oaks Management

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Mark Owens has been a full-time Buy and Hold investor since 2002. He currently owns over 100 units and has wholesaled over 200 deals. He is a frequent speaker at real estate investor events and is also a mentor.

[00:01 – 07:37] Opening Segment

[07:38 – 19:12] The Power of Networking in real estate

[19:13 – 23:02] Closing Segment

Tweetable Quotes:

"You can know a thousand people, but if you have a sucky reputation, it's not gonna help you. You need to have both. You can have a great reputation but if you don't know anybody, that's not gonna help you either. So they kind of go together." - Mark Owens

"I can keep doing business with the same people over and over, and that makes my life a lot easier." - Mark Owens

"If you can have a great reputation and network so people know who you are, deals come your way." - Mark Owens

"The more people you know, the more deals are gonna come your way." - Mark Owens

Resources Mentioned:

• Bigger Pockets
• Rich Dad Poor Dad

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Today's guest is Danny Coleman. Danny has helped other real estate firms grow their businesses by effectively hiring the right people. Danny gives his insight on how to screen and effectively hire the right people the first time.

[00:01 – 03:15] Opening Segment

• Let's get to know Danny Coleman
• Danny talks to us about his background

[03:16 – 15:22] Growing Businesses by Effectively Hiring the right people

[15:23 – 19:26] Closing Segment

Tweetable Quotes:

"When you're hiring someone, you should be looking to hire someone who's better than you at the thing that you're trying to hand off." - Danny Coleman

"When you're wearing multiple hats, you're not really focusing on anything and that's the problem. You've got to get rid of those other things that are distracting you from what your main focus should be." - Danny Coleman

Resources Mentioned:

• TSBDC
• Delegation and Supervision - Brian Tracy
• Start with Why - Simon Sinek

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Welcome, everyone! This is Part 2 of our 2-part episode with our guest Darren Jacklin. For those who don't know who Darren is check out his website. For some context going into part 2, check out our previous episode. We're going to pick up where we left off in part 1.

[00:01 – 03:17] Picking up right where we left off

• A brief intro and context for part 2 of our 2-part episode
• Darren's thoughts on passive and active income in various types of investments

[03:18 – 13:10] Preparing, Mindset of mental toughness, and providing value to others

• Darren talks to us about scenario planning
• Finding opportunities despite COVID-19
• Mindset of mental toughness and focus
• Getting out of the rat race of living paycheck to paycheck
• Providing value, giving service, giving love, and lasting contribution

[13:11 – 19:45] FINAL FOUR Segment

Tweetable Quotes:

"If you empower entrepreneurs to become really really successful, Guess what they'll do. They'll take on solving big problems and challenges in the world." - Darren Jacklin

"The more complex something is, the easier it is to get the return on investment paid back." - Darren Jacklin

"2020 is challenging for a lot of people, but the thing is how you turn a crisis into an opportunity, it's a mindset and who you surround yourself within your environment." - Darren Jacklin

"I just want to love people, serve people, to empower people. And it's not for those people, it's for their children. I'm fighting for your children, I'm fighting for the next generation." - Darren Jacklin

Resources Mentioned:

• Guest Website
• Rich Dad Poor Dad - Robert T. Kiyosaki
• CashFlow Classic

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Welcome everyone, this is Part 1 of our 2-part episode with our guest Darren Jacklin. For over 23 years, Darren has traveled to 4 continents and personally trained and developed over 1 million people over 48 countries. He has mentored entrepreneurs and business owners on specific and measurable strategies.These strategies have been implemented into business to increase income, transform obstacles into cash flow and turn passion into profits. We talk a lot about what it takes to scale real estate as a person and who you need to become.

[00:01 – 05:04] Opening Segment

[05:05 – 16:40] Taking action and taking charge of your own life

• Finding his new purpose and taking course correction in his life
• Immersing himself in studying and reading despite his perceived disabilities
• The network of conversations from each human being
• Making requests, and promises in life than delivering them
• Reflecting and having due diligence to follow up on your own actions

[16:41 – 17:20] Transition to Next Episode

• Stay tuned for the next episode!

Tweetable Quotes:

"I immersed myself in studying and reading, even though I was misdiagnosed with a reading and learning disability, I had to shift my belief system and my self-talk to turn things around." - Darren Jacklin

"I don't watch what people are saying anymore, I watch their feet. Their feet tell me if that person is gonna take action, if they're consistent. Because behavior never lies, and without integrity nothing works." - Darren Jacklin

"When we look at our planet from the international space station, seeing all these human beings going around the planet. If we really look at use, all we are is a network of conversations." - Darren Jacklin

Resources Mentioned:

• Guest Website

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For over 25 years, Gene Guarino has been educating people on the strategies of successful investing, business, and self-employment. Gene has trained tens of thousands of people in the residential assisted living space. I can think of no one better to talk to about this than Gene himself.

[00:01 – 01:58] Opening Segment

[01:59 – 13:08] Residential Assisted Living

[13:09 – 18:08] Getting into the business of residential Assisted living

• Ideal investors for the residential assisted living space
• Compliance with state regulations
• Idea states for this type of investment and real estate model

[18:09 – 22:16] Closing Segment

Tweetable Quotes:

"Learn what to do from somebody who knows how to do it, before you even attempt to do it." - Gene Guarino

"Our motto is do good and do well. Doing well, making a lot of money. Doing good, helping others and making the world a better place." - Gene Guarino

"I think a lot of people want to give, but you can't give what you don't have." - Gene Guarino

Resources Mentioned:

• FREE Resources

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Tim is the Co-Founder and CEO of StackSource. He identified the market opportunity for a tech-enabled commercial real estate financing platform and built the company. Prior to StackSource, Tim worked for tech giants Facebook and Google where he helped expand B2B marketplaces in ad tech.

[00:01 – 01:56] Opening Segment

• Let's get to know Tim Milazzo
• Tim talks about how StackSource works to help provide capital for investors online

[01:57 – 16:52] StackSource Online Financing

• Tim talks about how they select and handle financing deals for investors
• How they find and invite lenders to be part of StackSource
• Multifamily Deal sizes that they finance
• Tim talks about the ratio of qualified deals they have at StackSource
• Underwriting construction loans
• Types of financing deals they tend to avoid
• Tim's thoughts on nonrecourse loans

[16:53 – 19:16] Closing Segment

Tweetable Quotes:

"If you're trying to scale your portfolio, then you need to understand where and how to work with nonrecourse finance." - Tim Milazzo

"Partner up with someone with more knowledge, at least to start. Get somebody invested in your success that's on your same side that has that knowledge." - Tim Milazzo

Resources Mentioned:

• StackSource

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Garrett Lynch graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in Marketing, Sales, and Organizational Leadership in 2009. He then went on to manage a successful nightlife business in Chicago and then began leveraging his contacts to invest in small multifamily projects with foreign investor capital.With his appetite for mostly larger multifamily complexes, he joined forces with Michael Blank to acquire a 150+ unit value-add multifamily assets around the country.

[00:01 – 08:46] Garrett's Journey

[08:47 – 15:36] Second Chance at Success on Multifamily

[15:37 – 18:16] Closing Segment

Tweetable Quotes:

"Have clearly defined roles within the partnership. Be willing to have hard conversations often." - Garrett Lynch

"Partnership, it's like a marriage and you really need to be on the same page at all times and having that kind of dynamic is super important to being able to grow." - Garrett Lynch

"Trust your gut instinct. Whatever it is, whatever that decision is, go with it." - Garrett Lynch

Resources Mentioned:

• Illinois State University
• Nighthawk Equity

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Dan Lewkowicz is a seasoned real estate veteran with over a decade of experience in many facets of the real estate industry. Dan is also a former business development executive for amazon in Detroit, Michigan.Currently, Dan is Director of Investment Sales at Encore Real Estate Investments Services, and specializes in shopping centers, medical office buildings, industrial fulfillment centers, and automotive repair and part stores.

[00:01 – 02:49] Opening Segment

• Let's get to know Dan Lewkowicz
• Dan talks about his background and career throughout the decade

[02:50 – 18:40] Net Lease Investments

[18:41 – 23:55] National Tenants

• Cap rates for high-performing brands, companies, and national tenants
• Dan talks about the major impact and implications of COVID on the market

[23:56 – 27:31] Closing Segment

Tweetable Quotes:

"Add value, everything else follows." - Dan Lewkowicz

"As a seller, it's important to keep your eyes and ears open. To not assume that you know everything." - Dan Lewkowicz

"As a seller and as an investor, one of the most important things a person can do is to have an open mind, seek out knowledge and information, have a good strong valuable team and a strong network." - Dan Lewkowicz

Resources Mentioned:

• The Next Level Mastermind

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Christian Lefer speaks and writes on nonprofits and social enterprise based on his track record of starting nearly 3,000 nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, in addition to a decade of fundraising and copywriting for myriad causes.His big bet is that social enterprise founders are the superheroes of the new era. Personal values have replaced outdated anchors as the new basis for identity and behavior. Welcome to the convergence of cause and commerce.

[00:01 – 01:55] Opening Segment

• Let's get to know Christian Lefer
• Christian talks about his background

[01:56 – 06:49] Nonprofit 501(c)(3)

• How they file a 501(c)(3) for $1k to $2k
• Discovering the need in the market for nonprofits and 501(c)(3)

[06:50 – 16:05] Nonprofit 501(c)(3) and Real Estate

[16:06 – 20:55] Closing Segment

Tweetable Quotes:

"We believe that if you're only gonna do something once, you shouldn't become an expert at that. You should become an expert at serving the community, raising money, and doing things that have long-term value." - Christian Lefer

"It can be easier if you have the right partner than you could ever imagine to have a nonprofit. And focus instead on the paperwork, on the benefits, getting your name out there, and serving your mission." - Christian Lefer

Resources Mentioned:

• Instant Nonprofit

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