Real Estate Investing For Freedom

In this episode, Dalyn sits down with Terrance Doyle and discusses value add real estate investing. In this episode, you’ll learn how Terrance transitioned from single family investing to mult-family investing, as well as the best way to add value to properties.

Terrance Doyle is a full-time real estate investor focused on Multi Family and Single Family real estate investments, also the host of BiggerPockets Multi Family Mentors Show. Terrance has a proven track record in both the apartment and Single Family sectors. Currently managing over $200M in assets, the Value Add Real Estate Company(VareCo) holds 350+ units in Terrance’s hometown of Des Moines, Iowa as well as 300+ units in the Denver metro.

VareCo, which Terrance co-founded in 2015, has grown its portfolio year after year averaging 10 Multi Family acquisitions annually between the two markets with deal size averaging $4M. Combining 10 years of experience personally with some strategic mentors carrying 50-plus years of experience across a broad spectrum of real estate, VareCo has emerged a leader across Colorado/Iowa. This is largely due to its ability to close transactions quickly and solve a wide range of problems inside of the “value-add spectrum” from Single Family to Multi Family to even hospitality properties. VareCo also became one of the early-stage investors in Qualified Opportunity Zones in Denver.

Outside of real estate, Terrance is passionate about his family. He and his
wife, Julie, have two young children, Emilia and Noah. Julie and Terrance
are active in their local church in addition to serving on the board of a local
organization called Activ8 All-Stars which serves local children and families
with disabilities.

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In this episode, Dalyn sits down with Michael McDonald and discusses virtual real estate investing. In this episode, you’ll learn how Michael buys dozens of homes each year without leaving his house.


Michael is married and a proud father to 2 amazing kids! Over the last two and a half years he has done over 200 deals and generated $2.5 +Million from Virtually wholesaling and flipping property.

His company Rocket Homebuyers based out of Nebraska specializes in virtually wholesaling houses as well as fix/flips and holding multi-family rentals. He is part owner of 26+ units in Nebraska and has expanded his operation to Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, Colorado, and Las Vegas. Over the last 4 years, his team has successfully assigned/flipped properties in 15+ states nationwide. Michael has seen many other real estate wholesalers start and give up before reaching the success he knows is possible for them. He has made it his responsibility to stop those struggling and teach them what works to help other entrepreneurs see the same success that he has had.

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Phone No.: 402-270-2089

Website: www.michaelmcdonaldrei.com

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In this episode, Dalyn Hazell sits down with Clayton Hepler, and they deep dive into the cash flow banking system, build lasting wealth for generations, acquisitions, finding deals, and house hacking.

Clayton Hepler is a Chief Wealth Strategist and CEO of the Creative Capitalist and podcast host. He empowers entrepreneurs, executives, and real estate to create, protect and multiply their cash flow. This system positions their money in savings to earn uninterrupted compound interest while they can simultaneously put it into assets that multiply it. In other words, they can make their money work in two places to accelerate their path to financial freedom and abundance. His goal is to help over 10,000 entrepreneurs and real estate investors in their plan in reaching financial independence by December 25th, 2024.

Key takeaways from this episode:

03:15 - Who is Clayton and how he jumped into the real estate industry

07:18 - How important acquisitions are to real estate

08:36 - Jumping into real estate while enjoying your W2 job

10:05 - How a W2 job can make you a better real estate investor

11:40 - Why following your investor DNA is important

14:17 - How to figure out your investor DNA

18:46 - How the whole life insurance policy strategy works

30:54 - How to build an abundance mindset and eliminate the scarcity mindset

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Phone No.: 724-708-6677

Website: https://www.creative-capitalist.com/

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In this episode, Dalyn Hazell sits down with Dana Dunford and they talk about property management. This episode will be great for landlords who want to self-manage but isn’t ready to hire third-party management.

Dana Dunford is CEO and Co-founder of Hemlane, an online property management platform. Through real estate, she has become a strong advocate of purchasing properties anywhere, as the best investments are not typically in your backyard. She helps real estate investors set up the most intelligent process to manage rentals from a distance while connecting them with local, licensed professionals.

Key takeaways from this episode:

02:06 - Who is Dana Dunford and how did she get started in real estate

06:27 - The two mistakes of investors when it comes to property management

08:43 - The importance of setting expectations when managing a property

13:23 - The main thrust behind property management software and how it solves problems in the industry

17:23 - How Hemlane specifically address the communication barrier

19:13 - The role of a repair solutionist team

22:47 - Dana’s current portfolio

23:32 - What made Dana choose to manage at Florida

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Website: www.hemlane.com

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In this episode, Dalyn Hazell sits down with Dan Kennedy and they discuss his story and his career as a soccer player and how that helped him transition into real estate, how he got into real estate and how he transitioned from single-family investing all the way to the bigger syndication deals.

Dan Kennedy is a former Major League Soccer Goalkeeper for Chivas USA, FC Dallas & LA Galaxy. He was an Executive Board Member for the MLS Players Association. Experienced Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the Sports & Real Estate industry. Skilled in the Operations of Major League Soccer, Real Estate Investing, Team Building, Leadership, Event Coordination, Sports Management, & Performance Training. Strong community and network professional, graduated with an MBA from University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. Dan is currently working at Driven Capital Partners, sponsoring Real Estate Investments for passive investors.

Key takeaways from this episode: 

01:04 - Golden nugget of the day

03:04 - Dan’s AHA moment in real estate

05:07 - Dan’s first  real estate syndication investment

07:25 - What made Dan transition from stardom to real estate investing

14:01 - Why is it harder to finance single-family versus commercial

17:43 - How to exit single-family and scale up to commercial investment

24:34 - Why commercial real estate is a meaningful investment

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In this episode, Dalyn Hazell sits down with Nick & Sam Riccio to discuss house hacking, how they've been able to house hack really expensive homes and explode their net worth and take real estate careers full time.

Husband and wife team Samantha and Nick Riccio began their investing journey in 2017 with a small condo in East Boston. Since then, they have acquired 8 additional units in Boston, and have done large-scale renovations on all of them. In the past year, their equity in their properties well surpassed $1M and due to the sizable amount of equity & cash flow, they both were able to leave their steady W2 jobs and pursue their passions. Nick is now a Residential Loan Officer at Fairway Mortgage, and Sam is a Licensed General Contractor. As co-owners of Eagle Hill Homes, their construction and design business, Sam handles all things client-facing, construction and design-related, while Nick spearheads all business operations and development. The couple is continuing to invest in their own portfolio as well as help other investors and aspiring investors, secure and finance their properties as well as renovate them to ensure they will become a cash-flowing asset.

Key takeaways from this episode: 

02:40 - Starting real estate at an early age

07:59 - Why choose house hacking

11:04 - How to start house hacking

11:57 - The benefits of getting a realtor agent 

13:57 - Refinancing strategy

15:03 - Improving units through renovations

19:16 - Getting more money back on the refinance

20:53 - The highs and lows of managing a property while living in that property

22:58 - A general contractors role in real estate investing

26:22 - A mortgage loan officers role in real estate investing

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Today is a solocast episode and  I will be sharing what I've learned and what might be of value to you in the topic of creating wealth and not just income. I will also cover how I transitioned from being a corporate worker to a successful real estate investor.

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In this episode, I chat with Cale Delaney and we talked about short-term and long-term rentals and different strategies to figure out the quickest way to financial freedom.

Cale Delaney has been investing in real estate for a total of 1.5 years. He bought his first unit in 2006 and now has a total of 10 units (5 LTR and 5 STR).  He work right out of college as a Commercial Real Estate Investment Broker (2006-2008) and sold $7M in RE in 1 year. His real estate superpower is discipline.

Key takeaways from this episode: 

02:41 - Who is Cale Delaney and how did he get into the path of Real Estate?

09:35 - Cale’s first Real Estate deal

12:04 - How to convert a fourplex or multifamily to short term rental properties

13:18 - How Airbnb and VRBO works to get bookings

14:22 - How to determine a market

24:35 - Financing strategies to acquire properties

32:53 - The advantage and disadvantages of short term rental strategy

37:10 - Occupancy projection and strategies to attain it

40:49 - The downside of short term rentals

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In this episode, I chat with Ryan Stenberg to discuss the topics about deal flow, raising funds, real estate risk and using your perceived weaknesses as strengths.

Ryan Stenberg is a really smart, young hustler. He worked at Google after he graduated college. He got interested in real estate as a vehicle to invest his own money. He started by buying triplexes and quadplexes in Cincinnati. But the difficulty of scaling that model pushed him to change his direction. In January 2021, he left his job to focus on real estate. For him, working at his W2 job didn’t offer him much in terms of learning. But real estate gave him the ability to leverage money, time, and the opportunity to grow.

Key takeaways from this episode: 

03:04 - Ryan’s journey and aha moments in real estate

06:52 - How Ryan shift from his W2 job to Real Estate

11:24 - When does residential real estate end and when does commercial real estate begin

12:29 - Constraints when starting a real estate business

12:18 - How to overcome the constraints in real estate

14:46 - The 2 bottlenecks at an early stage in real estate

16:19 - 2 things you need to do every day when you are in the business of Landlording

17:31 - How to convince people that real estate is powerful

19:18 - How to find deals in the commercial and multifamily space

22:41 - How to get started commercial real estate

27:22 - Ryan’s biggest obstacles in real estate and how he overcomes it

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In this episode, I chat with Dee Brock and we discuss how to find hard money lenders, tips in finding deals, how to do the BRRR method and wholesale, and we jump into a new asset class which he recently ventured into storage units.

Dee Brock is from Georgia and currently lives in Glenpool, Oklahoma. I currently do finance for a living. Looking to add properties from the BRRRR method and commercial properties. Now he got 13 homes in his portfolio and some storage units. He was on the real estate rookie podcast over the summer with bigger pockets.

Key takeaways from this episode: 

00:29 - Who is Dee Brock?

03:17 - Dee’s aha moment and what made him take the path in Real Estate

05:00 - How Dee started his real estate investing career

06:48 - Strategies to scale your properties

09:47 - Tips and advice to hard money borrowers

13:23 - How to find the best deals in real estate

15:37 - Tips in finding the best deals during the pandemic

16:52 - The advantage of having an agent

22:34 - What happens if the seller decides not to sell last minute?

24:40 - The advantage of investing in storage units

26:57 - How to shift your mindset to achieve more in life

32:32 - How many times do you need to hit somebody with your marketing message to convert to a lead

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