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Adam is the founder of Gower Crowd, published author, and host of The Real Estate Crowdfunding Show. He has more than 30 years of real estate development and finance experience and has held senior management positions at some of the largest public and private companies and institutions in the world.
Additionally, Adam is a highly sought-after expert in crowdfunding investment and finance, providing advisory services to sponsors raising capital and access to exclusive opportunities to a private syndicate of investors. He is founder of the National Real Estate Forum where he hosts the only internationally syndicated podcast series focused on the crowdfund real estate industry.
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Our guests for this episode is Multifamily investor and friend, Tim Bratz
Tim began his career more than a decade ago in the competitive New York City real estate market working as a broker leasing ground floor retail units. Here, he saw the true potential of real estate to transform lives and create massive wealth. Although Tim was limited in means, he spent his time reading, attending workshops, and networking with accomplished entrepreneurs learning that being resourceful was the ultimate path to becoming successful.
In 2008, shortly after the real estate bubble popped, Tim quickly adapted and using a credit card, increased his limit and then wrote himself a balance transfer check to acquire the cheapest property he could find. Armed with his personal investment and plenty of sweat equity, Tim transformed a rundown duplex and turned a profit on his first deal. He then took those proceeds and reinvested them, while seeking private capital to expand his growing company.
Today, he and his team have amassed an impressive multifamily portfolio consisting of more than 3,000 units across multiple different markets.
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At the age of 20 Matt got his real estate license, sold his childhood home for a tidy profit, and has been hooked on real estate investing ever since. Matt began his real estate investing journey acquiring and renovating single family and small multifamily properties, forcing value through physical improvements and efficient property management. His strategy has been to purchase undervalued properties in desirable neighborhoods and improve them, thereby increasing cash flow and the value of the underlying real estate. Matt brings this same simple but effective approach to larger commercial properties via Driven Capital Partners.
Prior to his real estate endeavors, Matt spent 6 years at Facebook where he developed programs to introduce the internet to the poorest countries in the world via Facebook's Internet.org initiative, developed Facebook's original Facebook for iOS app and launched a subscription business model for video content creators. Prior to Facebook Matt founded two music technology companies after beginning his career as an investment banking analyst.
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Michael is a Principal at SPI Advisory LLC and heads SPI's Dallas, Texas office where he oversees all aspects of property operations, including asset management, property management oversight, accounting and taxation, capital improvement and renovation projects and investor relations.
Michael is a 15 year veteran Commercial Real Estate Banker and has originated and managed numerous portfolios of permanent and bridge loans in all major asset classes.
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AJ has been in the storage industry since 2003. In 2012, he co-founded Bitterroot Holdings, which is the operator of the Keylock brand that operates 11 facilities throughout Idaho, Oregon and Washington. AJ holds a bachelor's degree in business from Brigham Young University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
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Brandon Silveira is a fourth-generation farmer and real estate investor. He graduated from California Polytechnic University with an agricultural degree. After graduating, Brandon started his career in the agricultural industry, and has experience managing and farming a variety of crops.
Brandon has bought and sold millions in real estate and currently manages over $100 million in assets. Brandon's farm management company was recognized in 2012 for achieving over 900% growth, and was listed on the "INC. Magazine" list of fastest growing companies at number 701. It was the only agricultural company on the list.
Brandon's specialty is in farm management, land acquisition and a variety of farm and land financing and strategies. His passion is to bridge the gap between the farm and the consumer.
Brandon launched the platform FarmFundr.com in pursuit of that passion. FarmFundr makes investing in farmland, simple. Investors can rest assured they are working with a professional that has a demonstrated history of thriving in the farming industry.
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Adam has worked on over $1 billion of real estate transactions with a wide spectrum of real estate professionals, sponsors, lenders, investors, developers and institutional clients. His experience led him to conclude that current real estate practices are rife with inefficiencies and in need of a major technological overhaul.
As CEO of Real Crowd, he leads the day-to-day charge of growing the platform and ensuring its position as the premier solution in the industry.
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Brad serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hotel Equities, an Atlanta-based, full-scale hotel ownership, management and development firm. He's responsible for developing the long-term vision for Hotel Equities and supports all aspects of the firm's growing business.
Prior to joining Hotel Equities, Brad co-owned a successful portfolio of Hilton and Hyatt branded hotels in the Southeast. He got his early start in the hotel space as bellman working to put himself through school. Throughout his early years he made his way up the ranks through progressive executive level positions with Sheraton, Hyatt, Wyndham and various independent resorts.
Brad serves as a member of the Towne Place Suites by Marriott Franchise Advisory Committee and Hilton's Hampton Inn and Suites Owners Advisory Council. He earned a B.S. degree in Communication Arts with a minor in marketing from the University of West Florida. He and his beautiful wife, Tricia, have five children and reside in Fulton County, north of Atlanta, GA.
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For the last decade, Sunrise Capital Investors has focused exclusively on the niche of mobile home park investing. The niche aligns with our investment thesis and has served our investors well for many years. Our team was ahead of the curve, touting the merits of the asset class long before mobile home parks became the darling of private equity. Today, we see similar opportunity in another under-the-radar, niche real estate investment: parking.
Parking aligns with our investment thesis, and we feel the niche is roughly ten years behind mobile home parks in terms of the industry's consolidation phase. This provides sufficient runway to roll up a nice portfolio of parking assets while the niche is still overlooked. The remainder of this special report outlines the top ten most attractive aspects of parking investments.
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Ari is the Founder and CEO of Rastegar Property Company. He has earned a reputation as a thought leader in real estate with his innovative, technology-driven investment strategies. He specializes in recession-resilient real assets and multifamily real estate developments, building portfolios designed to reduce risk and maximize capital appreciation potential.
Ari is a frequent contributor to popular publications like The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, CBS, and International Business Times. He started his first real estate investment company in 2006 while still in law school at St. Mary's University. He completed his undergraduate work at Texas A&M University.
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