Path of Progress

Most investors chase apartments and multifamily deals...

But Leo Young found opportunity where others weren't looking.

In this episode of Path of Progress, Alex Kononov sits down with Leo Young — Founder & Managing Partner of Cornell Communities — to discuss his journey from immigrant roots and becoming a top performer at Tesla to building a private equity real estate company focused on affordable housing through mobile home parks.

Leo shares how he transitioned from sales into institutional private equity, raised capital for his first mobile home park acquisition, and grew a portfolio spanning more than 500 units across multiple communities. He also breaks down why mobile home parks have incredibly low turnover, how value-add opportunities are created through infill strategies, and what it takes to build scalable systems in a niche asset class.

Whether you're interested in real estate investing, private equity, affordable housing, or entrepreneurial growth, this episode is packed with practical insights and lessons from the front lines.

📌 Key Takeaways:

✅ How Leo went from Tesla sales to real estate investing

✅ Why mobile home parks are one of the most overlooked asset classes

✅ The strategy behind owning land instead of homes

✅ How his first 78-unit mobile home park was acquired and improved

✅ Why mobile home parks have less than 5% annual turnover

✅ Creating value through infill and occupancy growth

✅ Building systems to manage properties remotely

✅ Lessons learned from institutional private equity

✅ How affordable housing can generate strong investor returns

✅ The importance of resilience, mentorship, and long-term thinking

📚 Book Recommendation:

– Tax-Free Wealth by Tom Wheelwright

– Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

🌐 Connect with Leo Young:

📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/leoyoungrealestate

💼 LinkedIn → http://linkedin.com/in/leo-young

🌍 Website → http://cornellcommunities.com/

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In this episode of Path of Progress, Alex Kononov sits down with Mychele Bisson, an investor, entrepreneur, and RV park operator who has built a portfolio approaching 1,000 RV sites across the United States.

Mychele’s journey didn’t begin in commercial real estate. She started by buying long-term rental properties during COVID, then expanded into short-term rentals, resort development, RV parks, marinas, and outdoor hospitality assets. Along the way, she learned how to negotiate massive discounts, structure creative financing, turn distressed properties around, and build experiences that keep families coming back year after year.

One of her most remarkable stories involves purchasing a struggling RV park listed at $3 million, negotiating it down to $1.8 million, removing major operational problems, rebranding the property, and transforming it into a thriving family destination.

Whether you're interested in RV parks, creative finance, hospitality investing, or building a business with purpose, this episode is packed with actionable insights and real-world lessons.

📌 Key Takeaways:

✅ How Mychele went from long-term rentals to nearly 1,000 RV sites

✅ Buying an RV park listed at $3M for only $1.8M

✅ Using seller financing and private money to acquire properties

✅ Why she bought short-term rentals just to learn hospitality operations

✅ Turning a distressed RV park into a family-friendly destination

✅ Removing a drug problem without direct confrontation

✅ How creative financing helped preserve capital during growth

✅ Why RV parks combine real estate and business ownership

✅ Scaling into marinas, resorts, campgrounds, and outdoor hospitality

✅ Building a company culture focused on employees and guest experiences

📚 Book Recommendation:

– Why the Rich Are Getting Richer by Robert Kiyosaki

🌐 Connect with Mychele Bisson:

📸 Instagram → @mychelebisson

🌍 Website → mychelebisson.com

📘 Facebook Group → Mychele Bisson's RV Park & Campground Discussions

🎥 YouTube → Mychele Bisson

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In this episode of Path of Progress, Alex Kononov sits down with Joel Friedland, CEO of Brit Properties, a veteran industrial real estate investor with more than four decades of experience navigating multiple market cycles.

Unlike most syndicators, Joel built his business around a simple philosophy: avoid debt whenever possible. But that wasn't always the case.

During the 2008 financial crisis, Joel found himself personally guaranteeing over $70 million in loans across multiple banks, forcing him into one of the most difficult periods of his career. The experience changed everything.

Today, Joel operates a debt-free investment model focused on industrial real estate in Chicago, acquiring properties in the "Path of Progress" and patiently waiting for long-term appreciation while generating steady cash flow.

From door-knocking industrial buildings to identifying future development corridors, Joel shares lessons learned from 45 years in the business, why relationships matter more than spreadsheets, and how one cold call helped create a multi-million-dollar opportunity.

Whether you're a new investor, an experienced operator, or someone interested in building wealth while reducing risk, this episode delivers a masterclass in patience, discipline, and long-term thinking.

📌 Key Takeaways:

✅ How $70M in personal guarantees nearly destroyed his business
✅ The painful lessons Joel learned during the 2008 financial crisis
✅ Why he now buys industrial real estate with little to no debt
✅ The "Path of Progress" strategy for finding future appreciation
✅ How a single cold call created a $3.3M opportunity
✅ Why industrial real estate remains one of the strongest asset classes
✅ The power of staying focused on one market for decades
✅ Building wealth through patience instead of leverage
✅ How relationships became his greatest business advantage
✅ Why most investors underestimate the value of door-knocking

📚 Book Recommendation:

– The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

🌐 Connect with Joel Friedland:

🌍 Website → https://www.britproperties.com/💼 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-friedland/

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In this episode of Path of Progress, Alex Kononov sits down with Nicholas Delmonico, Founder and CEO of Iron Focus Investments, a multifamily investment firm with 387 units and over $34 million in assets under management.

Nicholas's journey didn't start in real estate. After working long hours in finance at firms like, he realized the traditional career path wasn't giving him the freedom or impact he wanted. That realization led him into multifamily syndication, where he eventually left his corporate job to pursue real estate full-time.

In this conversation, Nicholas shares how he landed his first 106-unit apartment deal, navigated a devastating property fire, acquired a cash-flowing 126-unit value-add asset in Texas, and expanded into assisted living facilities in Florida. He also reveals how the discipline required to complete five Ironman races has shaped his investing mindset and business philosophy.

Whether you're an aspiring investor, entrepreneur, or someone looking to build wealth through commercial real estate, this episode is packed with practical lessons on scaling, resilience, underwriting, partnerships, and long-term thinking.

📌 Key Takeaways:

✅ How Nicholas transitioned from finance to multifamily investing

✅ Why he skipped duplexes and went straight into large apartment syndications

✅ The power of networking and masterminds in finding deals and partners

✅ Lessons learned from a 106-unit property that suffered a major fire

✅ How loan assumptions created opportunities in a high-rate environment

✅ The strategy behind a successful 126-unit value-add acquisition

✅ Why assisted living offers unique upside for investors

✅ How Nicholas evaluates distressed real estate opportunities

✅ Building investor relationships and raising capital

✅ The Ironman mindset for business growth and resilience

📚 Book Recommendations:

– Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

– Brandon Turner Real Estate Books

🌐 Connect with Nicholas Delmonico:

🌍 Website → https://ironfocusinvestments.com

💼 LinkedIn → http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholasdelmonico/

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In this episode of Path of Progress, Alex Kononov sits down with Brad Weber, a Cleveland-based real estate investor who transformed from a young college student studying to become a teacher into a full-time investor involved in 900+ real estate transactions.

Brad shares the raw reality of surviving the 2008 market crash, working 90-hour weeks as a realtor, and discovering wholesaling before most agents even knew it existed. After making $30,000 on his very first wholesale deal, Brad realized there was a completely different side of real estate built around investors, systems, and scalable business operations.

This episode dives deep into wholesaling, building a buyers list, scaling with low overhead, creating systems through franchising, balancing family life while growing a business, and how to think like a true long-term investor.

Whether you're just getting started in real estate or trying to scale your investing business, this episode is packed with practical strategies, mindset shifts, and honest lessons from someone who has survived multiple market cycles.

📌 Key Takeaways:
✅ How Brad made $30K on his first wholesale deal
✅ Why he left traditional real estate behind
✅ The reality of surviving the 2008 market crash
✅ How wholesaling actually works (simple explanation)
✅ Using bandit signs & handwritten letters to generate deals
✅ Scaling from solo wholesaler to 40–50 deals per year
✅ Why systems and branding matter in real estate
✅ Building work-life balance without quitting investing
✅ How he evaluates flips vs rentals vs wholesale exits
✅ The mindset shift from salesperson to investor📚 Book Recommendation:
– You Can’t Teach a Kid to Ride a Bike at a Seminar by David Sandler

🌐 Connect with Brad Weber:
💼 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/brad-weber-64062a19/

💼 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/brad.weber.re

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In this episode of Path of Progress, Alex Kononov sits down with Justin Goodin — a real estate developer who made the jump from analyzing deals at a bank to building multimillion-dollar projects from the ground up.

After years of underwriting multifamily deals, Justin noticed a pattern: most of them didn’t actually make sense.

Instead of forcing bad acquisitions, he pivoted.

Today, he’s developing $30M+ multifamily and mixed-use projects—and sharing exactly how those deals are structured, where the real risks are, and why development may offer better opportunities in today’s market.

This conversation goes beyond surface-level advice. You’ll learn how developers think, how risk is actually managed in construction, and what separates smart operators from the rest.

If you're serious about real estate—or trying to understand where the market is heading—this episode is a must-watch.

📌 Key Takeaways:

✅ Why most multifamily deals stopped penciling
✅ The real difference between value-add and development
✅ How Justin went from underwriting to building $30M+ projects
✅ What a Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) contract actually does
✅ How developers reduce risk in construction deals
✅ Why location and supply constraints matter more than ever
✅ How future rents are projected in development
✅ The biggest mistakes new investors make
✅ Why “who you invest with” matters more than strategy
✅ The mindset shift required to scale in real estate

📚 Book Recommendation:

– Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing by Michael Blank

🌐 Connect with Justin Goodin:

🌍 Website → https://goodindevelopment.com/

💼 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/justingoodin/

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/justin.goodin.16

📺 YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@JustinGoodin

📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/justin.goodin/

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In this episode of Path of Progress, Alex Kononov sits down with Dan Costantino, an operator who scaled from flipping houses on the side to acquiring a 305-unit, $18M multifamily portfolio.

Dan didn’t start in real estate full-time. While working a W2 in logistics and sales, he began flipping houses and slowly building a rental portfolio on the side. Over time, he transitioned into larger deals, eventually taking a massive leap into multifamily.

But this deal didn’t go as planned.

After closing, Dan uncovered serious issues—occupancy wasn’t what it seemed, tenant quality was poor, and income projections quickly fell apart. Within the first year, the property faced a $600K+ deficit, forcing him to pause investor distributions and navigate one of the toughest periods of his career.

This episode is a raw, behind-the-scenes look at what really happens when scaling goes wrong—and what it takes to recover.

From raising millions in capital to rebuilding operations and restoring investor trust, Dan shares lessons that most investors only learn the hard way.

Whether you're just starting out or scaling into larger deals, this episode is packed with real-world insights, hard truths, and valuable strategies.

📌 Key Takeaways:

✅ How Dan scaled from flips to 300+ units
✅ The real story behind the $18M deal
✅ What went wrong after closing the property
✅ The risks of inaccurate occupancy and projections
✅ Losing $600K+ and handling financial pressure
✅ Why he paused investor payments
✅ How he stabilized and turned the deal around
✅ Raising $5M in capital for large deals
✅ The importance of due diligence at scale
✅ Why scaling too fast can backfire

📚 Book Recommendation:

– Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

🌐 Connect with Dan Costantino:

📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/dancostantino_/
🌍 Website → https://www.412ah.com/

🌍 Website → https://www.achievecapitalpartners.com/🌍 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/dancostantino💼 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-costantino/

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In this episode of Path of Progress, Alex Kononov sits down with William Liu, multifamily investor, operator, and co-founder of GiveRise Capital. Together with his wife Anita, William oversees 160+ units and $37 million+ in assets under management — all while prioritizing family, values-aligned partnerships, and long-term wealth.

William’s journey is anything but traditional: from 4 years in the US Army as a Psychological Operations specialist to a 20-year corporate marketing career that took him from ad tech analyst all the way to Chief Marketing Officer in higher education.

A forced W2 exit right before his daughter was born became the catalyst to go all-in on real estate. He shares how he applied his marketing and psychology expertise to capital raising, the gritty lessons from his first 76-unit Class C deal in Irving, Texas, and how they quickly scaled to an 82-unit Class A property in Richardson just nine months later.

This is a masterclass in infrastructure building, navigating a soft market, creating supplemental loans, and turning military precision + corporate systems into a thriving family real estate business.

📌 Key Takeaways:

✅ From Army PSYOP to CMO — how 20 years of marketing became the ultimate capital-raising superpower

✅ The “forced exit” moment that made him choose family and assets over corporate stability

✅ First deal: 76-unit Class C in Irving, TX — buying from an upside-down seller and managing concessions in a tough market

✅ Second deal nine months later: 82-unit 2017 Class A in Richardson — value-add office-to-unit conversion + supplemental loan strategy

✅ Why values alignment and spending full days with potential partners beats any LOI

✅ Applying investor funnels, CRM, and content to syndication (exactly like performance marketing)

✅ Property management vs. asset management — the lesson that changed everything

✅ Building community through Subtle Asian Real Estate and targeting Asian-American investors in their 30s–40s

✅ Cash conservation mindset in a soft Texas market and why “cash is king” right now

✅ Long-term vision: more multifamily, debt funds, private equity, and creating generational wealth

📚 Book Recommendation:

– The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

– Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

🌐 Connect with William Liu:

📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/will.girldadinvesting/

💼 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/willliuh/

📧 Email → [email protected]

🌍 Website → https://www.giverisecapital.com/

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In this episode of Path of Progress, Alex Kononov sits down with a unique guest who followed an unconventional path—from studying engineering to practicing law, and ultimately building wealth through real estate investing. While continuing his career as a real estate lawyer, he strategically leveraged his knowledge of the legal system to invest smarter and scale his portfolio.

This episode breaks down how combining professional expertise with investing can create powerful opportunities. Instead of relying on a single income stream, he built a dual path—balancing a legal career while growing in real estate.

You’ll learn how he transitioned across industries, how legal knowledge gave him an edge in deals, and how he approached risk, growth, and long-term wealth building. This is a practical and mindset-driven conversation for anyone looking to build income beyond their primary career.

Whether you're a student, working professional, or aspiring investor, this episode shows how to think long-term, leverage your skills, and create opportunities in real estate.

📌 Key Takeaways:

✅ Transitioning from engineering to law to real estate

✅ Using legal knowledge to invest smarter

✅ Building multiple income streams while working full-time

✅ Why relying on one career can limit growth

✅ Leveraging skills from one field into another

✅ Mindset shifts needed for long-term wealth

✅ Balancing career stability with investing opportunities

✅ How professionals can enter real estate strategically

📚 Book / Resource Recommendation:

– The Torah

– Gary Vaynerchuk snippets on hiring & firing fast🌐 Connect with Niv Davidovich:

📧 Email → [email protected]

🌍 Website → https://davidovichlaw.com/

💼 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/company/davidovich-stone-law-group

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In this episode of Path of Progress, Alex Kononov sits down with Jonathan Paz, founder of KPI Capital Partners, who oversees a $72M+ investment platform spanning multifamily, land development, and energy infrastructure.

Jonathan shares his journey: starting in subprime mortgages right after high school, moving into hedge funds and mortgage-backed securities, surviving the 2008 crash as a limited partner (LP), and scaling from single-family flips and land procurement (4.5X returns) to managing $72 million in assets under management — while now acquiring and scaling power plants for data centers and hyperscalers.

This is a masterclass in vertical integration, conservative underwriting, smart capital raising, and building a diversified real estate + energy empire.

📌 Key Takeaways:✅ Early start in subprime finance right after high school✅ First LP deal in 2007 and navigating the 2008 crash✅ Land procurement strategy that delivered 4.5X returns in 10-14 months✅ Scaling from 4 single-family homes to 14 full-cycle multifamily deals✅ Why he used his own money first before raising external capital✅ Targeting emerging markets like Cleveland, Tulsa, Atlanta & more✅ The bold pivot into acquiring and scaling power plants✅ Family office deals, 506B vs 506C syndications, and powerful tax strategies✅ His ambitious 5-year vision: 5,000–6,000 units + 4-5 gigawatts of energy

Whether you're a beginner investor, aspiring GP, or interested in alternative assets like energy, this episode is packed with tactical insights and long-term vision.

📚 Book Recommendations:

– Emerging Real Estate Markets by David Lindahl

– Atomic Habits by James Clear

🌐 Connect with Jonathan Paz:

📸 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/jonathanpazofficial/

💼 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanpazofficial

🌍 Website → https://kpi-capital.com/

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