In this episode of The Multifamily Investor Playbook, Mark Faris and John Makarewicz walk through our 2026 operating plan — not just the goals, but the structure, metrics, and habits we use to actually deliver results in a changing multifamily market.

Rather than chasing more deals or bigger projections, our focus for 2026 is simple and measurable: deliver the best living experience for 500 new residents — while protecting investor capital with conservative underwriting and disciplined execution.

What you’ll learn:

✔ Why we chose resident experience as our primary operating goal for 2026

✔ How that translates into 5 acquisitions, 500 units, and a $50M capital raise

✔ The three priorities that drive execution: capital, acquisitions, and operations

✔ How we use a 1-3-5 planning framework to eliminate noise and stay accountable

✔ What a real execution cadence looks like (daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly)

✔ Why resident-visible improvements in the first 28 days drive renewals, NOI, and returns

If you’re an investor, operator, or founder looking to understand how disciplined multifamily firms actually plan and execute, this episode provides a transparent look at the strategy, systems, and accountability behind our 2026 goals.

📩 Interested in investing with us? Visit www.fulloutinvesting.com to explore our process, view sample deals, and learn how we work with our investors

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the hosts and guests and do not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. All investments carry risk, including the possible loss of principal. Listeners should conduct their own research and consult qualified professionals before making any investment decisions. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

In this episode of The Multifamily Investor Playbook, Mark Faris and John Makarewicz break down the 10 most common investor biases—and how to avoid them when investing in real estate.

From FOMO and recency bias, to confirmation traps and the narrative fallacy, these psychological shortcuts influence how we evaluate deals, operators, and markets. You’ll learn practical ways to check your thinking and build an investment process that’s disciplined, focused, and repeatable.

What You’ll Learn:

✔ The 10 hidden biases that impact investor decision-making

✔ How to build rules-based investing habits

✔ How to avoid hype, headlines, and shiny objects

✔ Why deal flow is picking up — and how to position yourself

✔ The mindset shift top investors use in uncertain markets

Whether you're a passive investor or an experienced operator, this episode will help you make smarter, more confident investment decisions in 2026 and beyond.

📩 Want to invest with us? Visit ⁠www.fulloutinvesting.com ⁠to learn more and book a call.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and guests. They do not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. All investments carry risk, including the possible loss of principal. Listeners should conduct their own research and consult qualified professionals before making any investment decisions. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Company values don’t fail — execution does.

As teams scale, values often turn into vague slogans while day-to-day behaviors drift. The result? Missed handoffs, slow response times, and an inconsistent investor and resident experience.

In this episode, John Makarewicz breaks down a practical, proven system for turning company values into clear, observable behaviors that actually drive results. Inspired by Culture by Design, this is the exact playbook Ferris Capital Partners uses to operationalize culture and scale execution—without adding complexity. This is how you move values off the wall and into the calendar.

You'll learn:

✔ Why values alone don’t change outcomes—and what does

✔ The difference between values (the why) and fundamentals (the how)

✔ How to define observable, coachable behaviors any team can follow

✔ Real examples of fundamentals used across operations, asset management, and investor relations

✔ How to roll out fundamentals in 90 days and reinforce them through meetings, hiring, and reviews

✔ The common culture mistakes growing companies make—and how to avoid them

If you’re a multifamily operator, business owner, or investor-led organization looking to scale without losing alignment, this episode gives you a simple, repeatable system to turn culture into a competitive advantage.

📩 Want to invest with us? Visit www.fulloutinvesting.com to learn more and book a call.

2026 is shaping up to be a defining year for real estate investors.

In this episode, Mark Faris and John Makarewicz break down the 3 major trends that are already reshaping the multifamily market — and how smart investors are positioning ahead of the crowd. From economic momentum and built-to-rent growth to why smaller markets are outperforming major metros, this is the playbook serious investors need to see.

We cover:

✔ Why economic momentum is returning faster than most expected

✔ How built-to-rent communities are changing the rental landscape

✔ Why small and mid-sized markets are outperforming major metros

✔ What “below replacement cost” really means for long-term returns

✔ How conservative underwriting protects investors through cycles

If you’re a high-net-worth investor, multifamily operator or syndicator this episode will help you understand where the next wave of opportunity is forming — and how to stay ahead of it.

📩 Interested in investing with us? Visit www.fulloutinvesting.com to view sample deals and book a one-on-one call.

Rental application fraud is one of the biggest hidden risks in multifamily, quietly eroding NOI, driving bad debt, and pressuring DSCR.

In this episode, John Makarewicz explains how fraud has evolved from simple fake pay stubs into sophisticated schemes involving synthetic identities, doctored financials, and professional tenants—and walks through the layered defense framework used at Faris Capital Partners to protect assets and investor returns.

What You’ll Learn:

✔ Why rental fraud is rising—and why nearly all operators are now affected

✔ The most common fraud tactics impacting multifamily properties today

✔ How fraud damages NOI, DSCR, and economic occupancy

✔ The step-by-step screening, verification, and payment controls used to reduce risk

✔ The KPIs investors should ask operators to track and report

📩 Want to invest with us? Visit www.fulloutinvesting.com to learn more and book a call

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and guests. They do not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. All investments carry risk, including the possible loss of principal. Listeners should conduct their own research and consult qualified professionals before making any investment decisions. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Most business plans don’t fail because they’re bad ideas — they fail because execution breaks down. Teams chase too many priorities, no one owns outcomes, and weekly work drifts away from the real goal.

In this episode, John Makarewicz breaks down the GPS Framework (Goals, Priorities, Strategies) — a simple, one-page system high-performing teams use to turn plans into execution. He explains how to set one clear goal, define the few priorities that actually matter, and build measurable strategies with ownership and weekly rhythms that drive results.

What You’ll Learn:

✔ Why most business plans die in slide decks

✔ How to set one clear, measurable annual goal

✔ How to identify the 3 priorities that actually move the needle

✔ How to build SMART strategies with clear ownership

✔ Why fewer goals lead to better execution

✔ How weekly rhythms and scorecards keep teams aligned

Whether you’re leading a real estate firm, operating a growing business, or managing multiple teams, this framework will help you execute with focus and discipline.

📩 Want to learn more about how we operate at Faris Capital Partners? Visit www.fulloutinvesting.com to see sample deal deck and book a call

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the hosts and guests. They do not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. All investments involve risk, including potential loss of principal. Listeners should conduct their own due diligence and consult qualified professionals. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Ever wondered why some multifamily deals look great on paper but deliver disappointing returns? In many cases, it’s not the acquisition or operations — it’s a poorly planned exit.

In this episode, John Makarewicz explains how experienced multifamily operators plan exits before they buy. He shares the frameworks Faris Capital Partners uses to identify the future buyer and protect investor returns through market cycles. He discusses how smart operators decide when to sell, refinance, or hold—and why exit discipline is often the difference between good and great returns.

What You’ll Learn:

✔ Why most returns are decided long before a deal hits the market

✔ How smart operators think about exits from day one

✔ The main exit paths in multifamily syndications

✔ When selling beats refinancing — and when it doesn’t

✔ How debt, cap rates, and buyer demand affect exit timing

Whether you’re passively investing in syndications or operating deals yourself, this episode will help you think more clearly about exit timing, risk, and long-term returns.

📩 Want to invest with us? Visit www.fulloutinvesting.com to learn more and book a call

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and guests. They do not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. All investments carry risk, including the possible loss of principal. Listeners should conduct their own research and consult qualified professionals before making any investment decisions. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Ever wondered why some multifamily deals fall apart even when the numbers look great?

It’s almost always the quiet killers most investors miss — taxes, insurance, hidden infrastructure issues, bad underwriting assumptions, lender covenants, staffing gaps, and more. In this episode, Mark Faris and John Makarewicz walk through the 12 silent deal killers that derail returns and share how experienced operators identify and mitigate them before they become costly problems.

Drawing from experience from 500+ units across multiple markets, they break down the operational, financial, and due-diligence mistakes that even seasoned investors overlook — and give you the same checklist they use to protect investor capital and operate stable, high-performing assets. Whether you’re buying your first rental or investing in large multifamily deals, this episode will help you avoid the pitfalls that matter most.

📩 Want to invest with us? Visit www.fulloutinvesting.com to learn more and book a call

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and guests. They do not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. All investments carry risk, including the possible loss of principal. Listeners should conduct their own research and consult qualified professionals before making any investment decisions. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Trying to decide where to invest heading into 2026 — single family or multifamily? With listings rising, affordability tightening, and renter demand accelerating, the data clearly points toward multifamily.

In this episode, Mark Faris and John Makarewicz break down what’s really happening in today’s housing market in both the U.S. and Canada — why single-family is softening, why multifamily is strengthening, and why 2026 may be a standout year for well-bought multifamily. They dive into the impact of the new Fannie/Freddie lending caps, improving debt liquidity, early signs of price stabilization, and the advantages of buying below replacement cost in high-growth markets.

What You’ll Learn:

✔ How today’s single-family slowdown is fueling multifamily rental demand

✔ Why Canada and the U.S. are experiencing very different multifamily supply cycles

✔ What the new 2026 Fannie & Freddie lending caps mean for investors

✔ Why buying below replacement cost is a core part of FCP’s strategy

✔ How cap rate compression and slight price increases signal a bottoming

✔ Why emerging markets like Atlanta, Charleston, and Tampa stand out

✔ How to think about reallocating from frothy equities into discounted hard assets

📩 Want to invest with us? Visit www.fulloutinvesting.com to learn more and book a call

Still relying on headlines to guide your investment decisions? This week’s data tells a very different story. Liquidity is improving, bid activity is climbing, and multifamily continues to outperform other CRE sectors — even as Fed uncertainty and a cooling white-collar job market dominate the news cycle.

In this episode, Mark Faris and John Makarewicz break down the three trends that matter right now, what they mean for cash flow, debt, pricing, and timing, and the simple behavior playbook every investor should use to stay on the right side of compounding.

What You’ll Learn:

✔ The three trends driving multifamily this week — liquidity, policy, and labor — and why they matter for investors

✔ How higher Fannie/Freddie caps are boosting liquidity going into 2026

✔ Why policy uncertainty at the Fed shouldn’t drive your investment thesis

✔ Why workforce housing (B/B-minus) remains resilient as Class A softens

✔ What rising bid activity signals for pricing and acquisitions

✔ The simple behavior playbook that keeps investors on the right side of compounding

📩 Want to invest with us? Visit www.fulloutinvesting.com to learn more and book a call

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Disclaimer: The views expressed in this podcast are solely those of the host and guests. They do not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice. All investments carry risk, including the possible loss of principal. Listeners should conduct their own research and consult qualified professionals before making any investment decisions. Past performance is not indicative of future results.