Brian Burke is the President and CEO of Praxis Capital, a vertically integrated real estate private equity firm and in the past 30 years has acquired over half a billion dollars in real estate. He has been in a previous episode about 5 years ago, episode 305, and in today's episode he will be sharing why he wrote the book “The Hands-Off Investor”  which is catered to the passive investor to teach them the ins and outs of investing Brian Burke Real Estate Background:   President & CEO of Praxis Capital a vertical integrated real estate private equity firm In the past 30 years has acquired over half a billion dollars in real estate; 3,000 multifamily units & 700 single family homes using proprietary software Can be found in a previous episode JF305 Author of “The Hands-Off Investor” Based in Santa Rosa, CA Say hi to him at: www.PraxCap.com  Best Ever Book: Ted Talks book         Click here for more info on PropStream  Best Ever Tweet: “Don’t take on too much debt” - Brian Burke  

JF2201: The Hands-Off Investor Author Brian Burke

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JF2201: The Hands-Off Investor Author Brian Burke

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