Real Estate Investing for Cash Flow with Kevin Bupp

Over the last few years, many real estate investors learned a painful lesson: a polished pitch deck and impressive projections don’t guarantee a “safe” investment. Deals went south, capital got stuck, and naturally, passive investors are now far more cautious about where they deploy their hard-earned money.

Sarah Miskelly, founder of Hylee Capital, has witnessed this shift firsthand. Today, smart limited partners are no longer chasing flashy pro formas. They want risk-mitigated, institutional-grade opportunities that once felt out of reach for everyday investors. At the same time, there’s been a growing shift toward debt investments, many of which Sarah believes aren’t nearly as safe as they appear.

Sarah shares how she evaluates sponsors and syndication deals through both the “hard” and “soft” sides of due diligence, along with the red flags she watches for—mistakes that have burned countless LPs in the past. She also breaks down the return metrics that matter most to hands-off investors and highlights the most compelling opportunities emerging in today’s housing market—from multifamily apartments to mobile home parks.

Insights from today’s episode:

• Sarah’s step-by-step process for vetting operators and syndication deals
• The return metrics that matter most to passive investors in today’s market
• Why many LPs are moving toward debt investments (that aren’t as safe as advertised)
• How to build a resilient portfolio by blending high-IRR deals and steady cash flow
• How building multiple cash flow streams can lead to greater lifestyle freedom

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Connect with Sarah on LinkedIn

Hylee Capital

Recommended Resources:

• Accredited Investors, you’re invited to Join the Cashflow Investor Club to learn how you can partner with Kevin Bupp on current and upcoming opportunities to create passive cash flow and build wealth. Join the Club!
• If you’re a high-net-worth investor with capital to deploy in the next 12 months and you want to build passive income and wealth with a trusted partner, go to InvestWithKB.com for opportunities to invest in real estate projects alongside Kevin and his team. 
• Looking for the ultimate guide to passive investing? Grab a copy of my latest book, The Cash Flow Investor at KevinBupp.com. 

Tap into a wealth of free information on Commercial Real Estate Investing by listening to past podcast episodes at KevinBupp.com/Podcast.

0:00 Intro

0:49 Total Lifestyle Freedom

9:02 Better "Hands-Off" Investments

10:54 Operator Red Flags

18:54 What Has Changed?

22:39 LPs Are Being "Cautious"

28:44 Playing "the Long Game"

37:00 2026's Biggest Opportunities

40:49 Connect with Sarah!

In multifamily real estate, it used to be that “a rising tide lifts all boats.” In this market cycle, that’s no longer the case. Apartment deals aren’t profitable by luck. They’re run by disciplined operators who understand the difference between surface-level updates and deep, value-add strategies that drive tenant retention, rent growth, and higher returns.

After starting his career as an architect, Mark Shuler transitioned into ownership and development, and today, he leads a private equity firm that delivers sizable returns to passive investors through value-add multifamily properties. Mark has overseen thousands of apartment units and over $600 million in assets under management, so he understands, better than most, what actually moves the needle on NOI.

When interest rates rose and cap rates followed suit, multifamily valuations tanked. Will there be more turbulence in 2026, or should operators and limited partners prepare for some of the best buying opportunities we’ve seen in years? Mark provides insights on the industry “reset” that’s taking shape, addresses the red flags that too many investors overlook when analyzing deals, and even shares about his latest real estate-adjacent venture—a pure cash flow play that complements his long-term multifamily investments.

Insights from today’s episode:

• High-ROI property upgrades that actually move the needle for multifamily investors
• Common deal “killers” that operators often miss during due diligence
• The biggest risks and opportunities that multifamily investors face in 2026
• Why strong multifamily operators are thriving amid an industry “reset”
• Regulatory pressure that is forcing operators out of certain markets
• Lessons from managing thousands of apartments and $600 million in assets

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Connect with Mark on LinkedIn

Email Mark at: [email protected] or [email protected]

Recommended Resources:

• Accredited Investors, you’re invited to Join the Cashflow Investor Club to learn how you can partner with Kevin Bupp on current and upcoming opportunities to create passive cash flow and build wealth. Join the Club!
• If you’re a high-net-worth investor with capital to deploy in the next 12 months and you want to build passive income and wealth with a trusted partner, go to InvestWithKB.com for opportunities to invest in real estate projects alongside Kevin and his team. 
• Looking for the ultimate guide to passive investing? Grab a copy of my latest book, The Cash Flow Investor at KevinBupp.com. 
• Tap into a wealth of free information on Commercial Real Estate Investing by listening to past podcast episodes at KevinBupp.com/Podcast.

Chapters: 

0:00 Intro

0:56 What Is "Value-Add" in 2026?

6:46 Multifamily Red Flags & "Dealbreakers"

13:14 Regulatory Pressure on Operators

17:46 2026 Opportunities & Risks

24:27 Mark's Latest Business Venture

32:42 Connect with Mark!

Imagine replacing an entire rental property portfolio with just one “small” commercial asset. You can either manage 80+ rental units or just one building, with a fraction of the tenants, turnover, and headaches.

Saul Zenkevicius did just that. He netted $250,000/year in cash flow from one small bay industrial real estate deal which quickly replaced the entire cash flow from a rental property portfolio he’d built over the years. 

These small bay properties still have strong demand in most markets, with limited supply, and durable cash flow potential that institutional investors are finally starting to recognize. Saul made the leap and is now investing heavily in the small bay sector. He shares his exact buy box, the demographic signs of a strong market, and the biggest mistakes beginners can make in small bay warehouses. 

Saul's contrarian thinking doesn't stop at small bay. We get his profitable take on why malls may be the most underrated investing play around. He’s got real numbers to back it up—malls aren’t dead; instead, they can be converted into cash flow machines. 

Insights from today’s episode:

• How Saul replaced an 86-unit rental portfolio with just one small bay investment 
• Still undersupplied? Why small bay may see strong demand for decades to come 
• Saul’s point-by-point buy box of what to look for when buying a small bay warehouse 
• Mall conversions: Saul’s contrarian investment strategy that’s seeing huge payoffs 
• The market conditions that destroy small bay cash flow—and Saul's exact process for avoiding them

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Connect with Saul on LinkedIn

Sign Up for Saul’s Newsletter

Recommended Resources:

• Accredited Investors, you’re invited to Join the Cashflow Investor Club to learn how you can partner with Kevin Bupp on current and upcoming opportunities to create passive cash flow and build wealth. Join the Club!
• If you’re a high-net-worth investor with capital to deploy in the next 12 months and you want to build passive income and wealth with a trusted partner, go to InvestWithKB.com for opportunities to invest in real estate projects alongside Kevin and his team. 
• Looking for the ultimate guide to passive investing? Grab a copy of my latest book, The Cash Flow Investor at KevinBupp.com. 
• Tap into a wealth of free information on Commercial Real Estate Investing by listening to past podcast episodes at KevinBupp.com/Podcast.

Building wealth through mobile home park investing is much less about timing the market or finding the “perfect” deal and far more about operating with precision, discipline, and a long-term vision. Too often, solid acquisitions are undermined by a series of avoidable missteps, not because the opportunity was flawed, but because operations were.

Few understand this better than Brad Johnson, co-founder of Vintage Capital, who has closed more than $3 billion in acquisitions to date. Across 20-plus years of commercial real estate investing experience, Brad has had to wear several hats. Today, he primarily focuses on curating portfolios of cash-flowing assets and compounding investor capital, but he’s also been a hands-on operator. In this episode, he shares insights on creating systems from the ground up, building a 30-person property management team, and working tirelessly to improve net operating income (NOI).

For those who can master operations (or partner with reliable operators), Brad believes there will always be money to be made in mobile home parks. With artificial intelligence disrupting the job market and the affordable housing crisis continuing to affect millions of Americans, it remains perhaps the “most exciting” asset class, not just over the next few years but for decades to come.

Insights from today’s episode:

• The number one reason why mobile home park investments fail
• Small, silent “killers” that erode a mobile home park’s cash flow
• Operational insights on building out a large property management team
• Why the mobile home park industry has been slow to “consolidate”
• Why mobile home parks are the “most exciting” commercial asset right now
• Checks and balances that prevent you from overpaying for park deals

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Connect with Brad on LinkedIn

Invest with Brad and Vintage Capital

Recommended Resources:

• Accredited Investors, you’re invited to Join the Cashflow Investor Club to learn how you can partner with Kevin Bupp on current and upcoming opportunities to create passive cash flow and build wealth. Join the Club!
• If you’re a high-net-worth investor with capital to deploy in the next 12 months and you want to build passive income and wealth with a trusted partner, go to InvestWithKB.com for opportunities to invest in real estate projects alongside Kevin and his team. 
• Looking for the ultimate guide to passive investing? Grab a copy of my latest book, The Cash Flow Investor at KevinBupp.com. 

Tap into a wealth of free information on Commercial Real Estate Investing by listening to past podcast episodes at KevinBupp.com/Podcast.

Most people have never met anyone who invests in parking lots, let alone considered buying one themselves. Are investors looking past one of the most misunderstood opportunities of 2026? 

Yes. Today, I'm making the case for why parking lots deserve a serious look from every real estate investor.

Imagine this: day-one cash flow, appreciation in the country’s best locations, dynamic pricing that can maximize revenue minute-by-minute, limited supply, growing demand. That’s the formula that every investor would gladly pull the trigger on. But most investors overlook the opportunity directly in front of them—parking lots.

Don’t believe me? Today, I’ll share multiple case studies on how Sunrise Capital Investors generated over $10M in value from this overlooked asset, how we acquire parking facilities with cash flow the second we close, and three reasons why parking garage investments are poised to deliver phenomenal returns not only in the next few years but for decades.

We're acquiring facilities with day-one cash flow—click here to learn more and get access to Fund 5.

Insights from today’s episode:

• The most underrated asset class in real estate—and why you won't be able to ignore it after this episode
• Real return numbers we’re making on our parking lot acquisitions
• Mostly mom-and-pops? Why there are still years before true consolidation takes place 
• Why parking lot investments have some of the strongest fundamentals of any real estate asset 
• Three reasons why savvy investors should start looking at the parking garage space now
• The #1 thing investors get completely wrong about parking lots (don’t make their mistake) 

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Bourse Parking Facility Case Study 

Charlotte Parking Facility Case Study 

Recommended Resources:

• Accredited Investors, you’re invited to Join the Cashflow Investor Club to learn how you can partner with Kevin Bupp on current and upcoming opportunities to create passive cash flow and build wealth. Join the Club!
• If you’re a high-net-worth investor with capital to deploy in the next 12 months and you want to build passive income and wealth with a trusted partner, go to InvestWithKB.com for opportunities to invest in real estate projects alongside Kevin and his team. 
• Looking for the ultimate guide to passive investing? Grab a copy of my latest book, The Cash Flow Investor at KevinBupp.com. 

Tap into a wealth of free information on Commercial Real Estate Investing by listening to past podcast episodes at KevinBupp.com/Podcast.

Two overlooked “levers” helped Kent Ritter scale past 1,000 multifamily units—and most operators have never even thought of them. One helps you keep tenant turnover low, slashes your CapEx costs by 30%, and keeps your cash flow flowing. The other allows you to build properties for cheaper, do less capital raising, and get on the local government’s good side.

Even if you’ve heard of these tactics, you probably haven’t tried them.

Today, Kent Ritter from Hudson Investing discusses two strategies most operators overlook: in-house property management and public-private partnerships (P3s).

First, Kent gives one of the best arguments for self-managing your assets: it keeps tenants for longer, creates more durable cash flow, and has massively lowered his expenses. Plus, he shares a new AI tool that is speeding up leasing and keeping his staff costs near rock-bottom.

Next, the $2,000,000+ benefit Kent’s team is receiving from public-private partnerships (P3). These P3 partnerships allow him to build with less pushback, raise capital faster (and easier), and bring positive change to the cities he’s investing in, further pushing up his property values.

Insights from today’s episode:

• The true cost of an average property manager and why Kent switched to in-house
• Receiving millions in incentives from local governments with public-private partnerships
• How to save 30%+ on your CapEx costs by simply putting your own people in place 
• Why your property isn’t performing as well as you thought it would (you can fix this)
• Property management tech to use (and avoid) and a new AI tool Kent highly recommends 
• How to pinpoint the best public-private partnerships and which towns want you to build 

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Connect with Kent on LinkedIn

Invest with Hudson Investing

Follow Kent on Instagram

Ritter on Real Estate Podcast 

EliseAI

Recommended Resources:

• Accredited Investors, you’re invited to Join the Cashflow Investor Club to learn how you can partner with Kevin Bupp on current and upcoming opportunities to create passive cash flow and build wealth. Join the Club!
• If you’re a high net worth investor with capital to deploy in the next 12 months and you want to build passive income and wealth with a trusted partner, go to InvestWithKB.com for opportunities to invest in real estate projects alongside Kevin and his team. 
• Looking for the ultimate guide to passive investing? Grab a copy of my latest book, The Cash Flow Investor at KevinBupp.com. 

Tap into a wealth of free information on Commercial Real Estate Investing by listening to past podcast episodes at KevinBupp.com/Podcast.

With 3,500 mobile home units under management, Andrew Keel is an expert at “forcing” value and “manufacturing” cash flow even from underperforming assets. He’s so dedicated to making each mobile home park investment work that he’s even lived on-site (with his family) to ensure value is being added from the second he closes. 

Through infill, diligent operations, and crucial fixed-rate debt, Andrew has been able to grow his portfolio at a time when many operators are forced to give up theirs. This wasn’t by luck, but by design, and Andrew’s advice can help any investor, whether investing in mobile home parks or other assets, add value, increase cash flow, and succeed in secondary and smaller markets. 

Andrew says two things can increase your cash flow, and three things can kill a deal quickly. If you get a few of these wrong, your NOI can evaporate, but thankfully, they’re not hard to spot.

Passive investing in mobile home parks? Andrew tells you exactly what to look for in an operator to ensure they’ll be able to pull off what their pro forma plans call for. 

Insights from today’s episode:

• Two levers that can increase cash flow (significantly) on your next acquisition 
• The right way to infill a mobile home park, and whether new homes or used homes are worth it
• Investing in small secondary markets: The rules of thumb Andrew uses to gauge a market’s demand 
• Three things that can kill a deal before it even starts (add to your due diligence checklist)
• Building your own in-house property management team and why it doesn’t need to be profitable to be worth it  

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Connect with Andrew on LinkedIn

Invest with Andrew and His Team

Keel Team YouTube Channel 

Recommended Resources:

• Accredited Investors, you’re invited to Join the Cashflow Investor Club to learn how you can partner with Kevin Bupp on current and upcoming opportunities to create passive cash flow and build wealth. Join the Club!
• If you’re a high-net-worth investor with capital to deploy in the next 12 months and you want to build passive income and wealth with a trusted partner, go to InvestWithKB.com for opportunities to invest in real estate projects alongside Kevin and his team. 
• Looking for the ultimate guide to passive investing? Grab a copy of my latest book, The Cash Flow Investor at KevinBupp.com. 

Tap into a wealth of free information on Commercial Real Estate Investing by listening to past podcast episodes at KevinBupp.com/Podcast.

This could be one of the highest ROI strategies in real estate, yet most investors ignore it.

Imagine getting hundreds of thousands of dollars in write-offs, saving tens of thousands in taxes, all while you own income-producing, equity-building real estate. Most investors think they know what we’re talking about in today’s show, but if they did, they’d be jumping at the chance to use it.

It’s no secret—cost segregation studies can become one of the most profitable weapons in your real estate investing arsenal. If you think your property is too small, too old, or too cheap to use one, Kim Lochridge, Executive Vice President for Engineered Tax Services, plans to prove you wrong.

Kim and her team conduct over 800 cost segregation studies a month on properties ranging from five-figure rentals to multimillion-dollar assets. She’s answering every question: What is a cost segregation study? How much does a cost segregation study cost? How much can you write off? Plus, why passive investors can unlock a treasure trove of paper losses, even if they’re still working a W-2 job.

That’s not all. Kim shares the most tax-advantaged assets investors can’t ignore, and the audit red flags she learned from a nightmare encounter with the IRS. 

This isn’t just about saving on taxes; this is about unlocking tens of thousands in tax savings that materially improve cash flow.

Insights from today’s episode:

• Cost segregation studies explained: what they are, how much they cost, and who can use them
• The five most tax-advantaged assets with massive bonus depreciation potential 
• Audit red flags and an easy way to protect yourself from the IRS
• The “lazy 1031 exchange” that eliminates the tight timeline to find and buy a property 
• How passive investors can mitigate tens of thousands in taxes with cost segregation studies (you don’t need to be a real estate professional) 

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Connect with Kim on LinkedIn

Engineered Tax Services

Real Estate Investing for Cash Flow 230 - Cost Segregation Explained – with Kimberly Lochridge

Recommended Resources:

• Accredited Investors, you’re invited to Join the Cashflow Investor Club to learn how you can partner with Kevin Bupp on current and upcoming opportunities to create passive cash flow and build wealth. Join the Club!
• If you’re a high net worth investor with capital to deploy in the next 12 months and you want to build passive income and wealth with a trusted partner, go to

Everyone plans to “buy the dip” until it’s time to write the check.

Multifamily opportunities are rising, and with properties 20%+ off the peak of pricing, investors are getting flooded with “deals.” But, like we learned over the past five years, the wrong sponsor (even with the right deal) can kill your returns and blow up the wealth you spent so long to build. 

So, how do you spot the opportunities vs. the landmines in multifamily? We brought on fund of funds manager, Lon Welsh, to share his sponsor-vetting checklist. 

With decades of experience in real estate investing, launching his capital fund in 2022 could have been disastrous (rising interest rates, rent growth freezes, expanding cap rates), but to this day, Lon has over a 90% success rate across funds within his own fund. This wasn’t done by guessing or gut-checks, but carefully choosing the right sponsor for the right deal.

Today, Lon shares his own sponsor-vetting checklist, how he personally confirms a deal is worth getting into, the best multifamily markets in the country with easing supply, low regulation, and strong demand, and how to ensure a sponsor was intentional, not lucky, in achieving their past successes. 

Plus, we even get Lon’s multifamily prediction for 2026-2027.

Insights from today’s episode:

• How to vet a multifamily sponsor before putting a dollar into their deal
• Why a “fund of funds” could be the more diversified, safer bet than real estate syndications 
• What to look at to ensure a sponsor wasn’t just “lucky” during past deal cycles 
• The best places to invest in multifamily right now (2026) where supply is about to drop off
• How to feel confident buying during a dip when everyone else is too scared to act 
• Lon’s medical receivables play making passive income without a single property 

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Connect with Lon on LinkedIn

Ironton Capital

Recommended Resources:

• Accredited Investors, you’re invited to Join the Cashflow Investor Club to learn how you can partner with Kevin Bupp on current and upcoming opportunities to create passive cash flow and build wealth. Join the Club!
• If you’re a high net worth investor with capital to deploy in the next 12 months and you want to build passive income and wealth with a trusted partner, go to InvestWithKB.com for opportunities to invest in real estate projects alongside Kevin and his team. 
• Looking for the ultimate guide to passive investing? Grab a copy of my latest book, The Cash Flow Investor at KevinBupp.com. 

Tap into a wealth of free information on Commercial Real Estate Investing by listening to past podcast episodes at KevinBupp.com/Podcast.

This could be commercial real estate’s “buy of the decade,” according to a 35-year investing veteran. This asset class is seeing rock-bottom prices, shrinking supply, and acquisitions at a quarter of replacement cost.

Everyone says this asset is dead, so why are expert investors, lenders, and brokers betting on it?

Michael Bull, founder & CEO of Bull Realty, Inc., has personally overseen over $8 billion in commercial real estate transactions in his 35 years in the industry. He’s seeing sentiment shift toward one forgotten asset class office space investing. Office investments are seeing supply get actively demolished, but lending and buying are returning, and some cities are even seeing more office demand. 

The media is saying it’s all doom and gloom, but on the ground, Michael is seeing something very different.

Want to buy when the fear is still high, but prices are touching bedrock? Michael shares his underwriting playbook for finding valuable office investments, what savvy operators are doing with outdated office vintages (demolish, rebuild, or retrofit?), and the markets with the most opportunity for demand. Plus, the exact type of tenant that is giving those who invest in office space consistent revenue and unmatched peace of mind.

Insights from today’s episode:

• Commercial real estate’s “buy of the decade” and why investors are jumping back in
• No new supply coming online? Why office building supply is shrinking, just as demand bounces back 
• Underwriting “guardrails” experts use to validate a valuable vs. dead office investment 
• First office investment? Where Michael says beginners should start looking for opportunities  
• Falling values = falling property taxes? An even bigger lever for cash flow 
• Retrofit, rehab, or convert? How to add value to old, outdated office vintages 

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Connect with Michael on LinkedIn

Buy or Sell with Bull Realty

America’s Commercial Real Estate Show Podcast

Recommended Resources:

• Accredited Investors, you’re invited to Join the Cashflow Investor Club to learn how you can partner with Kevin Bupp on current and upcoming opportunities to create passive cash flow and build wealth. Join the Club!
• If you’re a high net worth investor with capital to deploy in the next 12 months and you want to build passive income and wealth with a trusted partner, go to InvestWithKB.com for opportunities to invest in real estate projects alongside Kevin and his team. 
• Looking for the ultimate guide to passive investing? Grab a copy of my latest book, The Cash Flow Investor at KevinBupp.com. 

Tap into a wealth of free information on Commercial Real Estate Investing by listening to past podcast episodes at KevinBupp.com/Podcast.