In this episode, Jonathan Farber interviews Eric Upchurch on his journey from using the VA loan to get his first property to syndicating over 570 doors in a year. Eric is a multifamily syndicator and veteran in Southern California. In this episode, we dive into topics like: VA and other early loans, boosting your real estate through coaching, figuring out how to bring value, and more!

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Why you should use the VA loan, or whatever you can get - 12:15 - 15:30

Using coaching to accelerate your real estate - 21:00 - 24:25

How to bring value when you don’t know what someone needs - 29:30 - 32:00

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In this episode, Jonathan Farber interviews Charles Kao on his path from growing up in the real estate industry to having a few hundred units partially or wholly owned, as well as some self-storage involvement, lending, and a brokerage. Charles is a highly diversified investor, lender, and broker based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In this episode, we get into topics like: using credit cards for real estate, figuring out why you’re in real estate, reasons to keep a W2 as an investor, and more!

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Using credit cards to get your business off the ground - 11:45 - 16:00

Understanding your real estate drive - 22:15 - 26:45

The benefits that W2 jobs provide to investors - 27:15 - 32:45

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In this episode, Jonathan Farber interviews Jens Nielsen on his journey from first realizing real estate was the path to building wealth to building a real estate business with personal investments in a variety of properties. Jens is a multistrategy investor and professional syndicator based in New Mexico. In this episode, we dive into topics like: scaling to a partnered deal, taking advantage of your advantages, starting syndication advice, and more!

Top Takeaways:

Building a bigger deal once you have a foothold - 12:15 - 14:00

Putting your skills to their best use - 14:30 - 15:45

Lessons from early syndicating - 17:00 - 18:30

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In this episode, Jonathan Farber interviews Melchor Domantay Jr. on his path from trying to move out of his parents house to owning 27 units fully to himself. Melchor is an investor, broker, and real estate hustler in Chicago, Illinois. In this episode, we dig into topics like: scaling after your first deal, implementing seller financing, considering your financial freedom, and more!

Top Takeaways:

Scaling from your first buy - 10:00 - 13:00

Leveraging seller financing to get the best deal - 14:00 - 17:15

Whether to keep your job and finding your financial freedom - 22:00 - 24:00

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In this episode, Jonathan Farber interviews Benjamin Lapidus on his road from starting real estate with single family rentals as his third career attempt to developing a real estate family that spans several states with a focus on self storage assets. Benjamin is a partner and CFO of Spartan Capital, as well as host of the Best Ever Conference in Denver. In this episode, we get into topics like: finding the right partners for you, building the first deal, finding self storage deals today, and more!

Top Takeaways:

Finding partners that work best with you - 17:00 - 21:15

Constructing your first deal - 23:30 - 25:30

Finding self storage deals in 2020 - 28:15 - 31:00

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In this episode, Jonathan Farber interviews Alex Talcott on his journey from graduating from Notre Dame law to building a lifestyle as a teacher, consultant, investor, and lawyer. Alex is an educator and investor in many different asset types, based in New Hampshire. In this episode, we dig into topics like: growing a network from nothing, building a value add brand, the upsides of joint ventures, and more!

Top Takeaways:

Creating connections through sweat equity - 9:30 - 12:00

Building your brand as a value adder - 19:00 - 21:15

Benefits of joint ventures over syndications - 29:30 - 34:30

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realnext.org

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In this episode, Jonathan Farber interviews Maurice Askins Jr on his journey from starting off as a wholesaler finding buyers and sellers on Craigslist to building a comprehensive wholesaling workflow that churns out deals. Maurice is a single family and mobile home wholesaler and flipper in Texas and Louisiana. In this episode, we dig into topics like: taking an experienced approach to starting in wholesaling, contacting motivated sellers the best way, building a wholesaling management system, and more!

Top Takeaways:

Starting off in wholesaling with the benefit of hindsight - 8:15 - 11:45

Approaching motivated sellers effectively - 23:45 - 28:00

Constructing an effective system for managing a wholesaling business - 32:15 - 33:45

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In this episode, Jonathan Farber interviews Gabriel Hamel on his path from his first three househacks to holding around 175 units through seller-financed property and growing into mobile home parks. Gabriel is a seller financing expert with a booming multifamily business based in Oregon. In this episode, we break down topics like: why you should use seller financing, seller financing top tips, the drive behind your real estate, and more!

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The benefits of seller financing - 9:30 - 11:00

How to optimize your seller-financed deals - 24:15 - 26:45

Figuring out why you’re doing real estate - 28:45 - 33:00

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In this episode, Jonathan Farber interviews Brian Briscoe on his road from his first single family property while on active duty in the Marine Corps to completing five out of state syndications. Brian is a syndicator and real estate educator based in Maryland. In this episode, we dig into topics like: lighting off your real estate future through paid education, why you should partner on your syndications, splitting responsibilities between partners in a venture, and more!

Top Takeaways:

Supercharging your real estate career with paid education - 15:15 - 21:00

The benefits of partnering on syndications - 21:30 - 24:45

Dividing responsibilities amid a multipartner venture - 25:15 - 29:30

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In this episode, Jonathan Farber interviews Sterling Anderson on his journey from wholesaling single family properties to syndicating multi-hundred-unit multifamily properties. Sterling is a syndicator and flipper based in Omaha, Nebraska. In this episode, we get into topics like: choosing between flipping and wholesaling, building a deal flow through marketing, getting started with multifamily, and more!

Top Takeaways:

Flipping vs. Wholesaling - 8:30 - 9:30

Starting a marketing campaign for deal flow - 10:15 - 11:15

Putting together a multifamily starter kit - 15:15 - 16:15

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fastpeoplesearch.com

propstream.com

Book by Michael Blank: Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing

themichaelblank.com/syndicated-deal-analyzer

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sterlingcapitalomaha.com

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