Real Estate Investing with RealDealCrew

With over a decade in the real estate industry – acquiring, flipping, developing and financing over $500 million worth in real estate, Ruben has quickly become a renowned real estate expert, speaker, and guide for many professionals in the industry. The most successful time in Ruben’s career was during the 2009 financial crisis; during this time, he bought, fixed, and sold distressed properties, which showed his determination in both bullish and bearish markets. After using private money financing himself, he quickly saw the innovation desperately needed in the private lending space and decided to spearhead it by co-founding We Lend, LLC (a private lending platform). Ruben originally, however, started as a hard-working eight-year-old boy distributing flyers on the streets of New York, and to this day still takes that work ethic with him everywhere he goes. He is a graduate of St. John’s University and Touro School of Law, where he earned a BS in legal studies and his JD, finishing cum laude and magna cum laude.

We chat about:

• How did you get started in real estate?
• His experience in wholesaling
• His move to fix and flipping
• What are some stories (successes or failures) of clients you've had?
• What is some advice you have for someone that is just starting out in real estate?

Connect with Ruben Izgelov!

• Website: https://www.welendllc.com/

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Today I share my top 2 books everyone should read when deciding to get into real estate investing. For a full list of book recommendations follow me on Locals! https://reimastermindnetwork.locals.com/

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Born in Los Angeles, California, Jason Malabute, an MBA, is a seasoned Real Estate Investor, an active Philanthropist, and a CPA (Certified Public Accountant). Despite being born with a condition called ‘Cerebral Palsy’ that affects speech and muscle movement, Jason Malabute never took it as an excuse and used his disability as a motivation instead. When asked about his motivation, “I want to be a role model to kids with disabilities and kids from low-income neighborhoods of what is possible”, is what he said.

Jason Malabute started his real estate journey in 2018 and studied real estate for 1 whole year before finally investing in three rentals in the very first year of 2019, in Indianapolis. After successfully following the investment strategy called BRRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, and Repeat) for multiple properties, Mr. Malabute took the leap from single-family to multifamily investing under the mentorship of Sterling White. Sterling White is the founder of Sonders Investment Group and is involved with both buying and selling over 100 single family homes. Mr. White has recently scaled his portfolio to just under 500 multi family apartment units.

Following the footsteps of Sterling White, today, Jason Malabute is the proud owner of Malabute Properties LLC and has recently exited out from all the single-family homes in 2021. He has now totally submerged into the multifamily investing in Indianapolis and Kansas City areas, where his prime interest remains in acquiring 6-30 unit apartment buildings.

Connect with Jason Malabute:

• Website: http://www.jasonmalabute.com/

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Sief Khafagi is an ex techie turned real estate investor who has helped thousands diversify into real estate after spending nearly 5 years at Facebook where he built the 2nd largest engineering organization across the world. 1000+ hires later, it hit him: a company’s most important asset is its people.

Today, he’s the founder of Techvestor, which helps real estate investors and busy professionals passively invest in the emerging asset class of short term rentals (aka Airbnbs) and build for their lifestyle. All investors get to use the properties they invest in, further creating utility AND returns. Techvestor’s advisors include folks from AirDNA, Realtor.com and Bigger Pockets.

But this isn’t your average real estate investment company. Techvestor built it’s own proprietary sourcing technology where they can underwrite over 50,000 properties a month and acquire the best ones for their investors. It’s as if a real estate company and a tech company had a baby.

Connect with Seif Khafagi at https://techvestor.com/

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• If you are new to Wealthfront, and open a Cash Account, you'll get a 0.50% APY boost for 3 months.
• Open an Automated Index Investing Account or Automated Bond Portfolio, you'll earn $5,000 managed for free.
• Get $10 and Reduce Your Business Costs by Shopping at AppSumo • https://bit.ly/reiappsumo
• Get $10 Towards Your First Purchase at Drop • https://drop.com/?referer=3DC729

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"You can invest 10,000 hours and become an expert or learn from those who have already made that investment." - Jack

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• If you are new to Wealthfront, and open a Cash Account, you'll get a 0.50% APY boost for 3 months.
• Open an Automated Index Investing Account or Automated Bond Portfolio, you'll earn $5,000 managed for free.
• Get $10 and Reduce Your Business Costs by Shopping at AppSumo • https://bit.ly/reiappsumo
• Get $10 Towards Your First Purchase at Drop • https://drop.com/?referer=3DC729

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Chasen Chess is the producer and host of REI Marketing Success Summit 2022. He has been in real estate for over 30 years and began his career as a licensed realtor™ in San Jose, Ca where his hard work put him in the top 1% of agents in America within 7 years. He segued his sales business into the more profitable Real Estate Investing world in 2006. He flipped, wholesaled, sub-2ed and sold over 350 homes worth over 100 million dollars. He is an author, speaker and coach that helps real estate investors reach their dreams and build a legacy that lasts generations. His next book, THE MILLIONAIRE MARKETING WHISPERER – Stealth Strategies For Real Estate Investors will be published in late 2022.

Connect with Chasen Chess: https://www.reimarketingsuccess.com/

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• If you are new to Wealthfront, and open a Cash Account, you'll get a 0.50% APY boost for 3 months.
• Open an Automated Index Investing Account or Automated Bond Portfolio, you'll earn $5,000 managed for free.
• Get $10 and Reduce Your Business Costs by Shopping at AppSumo • https://bit.ly/reiappsumo
• Get $10 Towards Your First Purchase at Drop • https://drop.com/?referer=3DC729

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Greg is a partner in Rocket Station and oversees everything business development and marketing. He joined the Rocket Station team with an immense background in sales and entrepreneurship, both in the public and private sectors. He has led teams in many industries including sponsorship, fundraising, consumer packaged goods, military resale, and hospitality. On top of this, he has worked for some of the top Fortune 500 companies as well as having started and sold multiple companies of his own.

Connect with Greg Brooks!

• Website: https://discovery.rocketstation.com

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"You can invest 10,000 hours and become an expert or learn from those who have already made that investment." - Jack

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• If you are new to Wealthfront, and open a Cash Account, you'll get a 0.50% APY boost for 3 months.
• Open an Automated Index Investing Account or Automated Bond Portfolio, you'll earn $5,000 managed for free.
• Get $10 and Reduce Your Business Costs by Shopping at AppSumo • https://bit.ly/reiappsumo
• Get $10 Towards Your First Purchase at Drop • https://drop.com/?referer=3DC729

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Today I spend a brief moment and share how I use Asana in managing properties and projects in Asana.

Let me know if you'd like to have a deeper dive by messaging me through Twitter: https://twitter.com/rei_mastermind

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• Get $10 Towards Your First Purchase at Drop • https://drop.com/?referer=3DC729

"You can invest 10,000 hours and become an expert or learn from those who have already made that investment." - Jack

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• Self Managing Your Rental Properties? Get 6 months of RentRedi for $1! Click this link!
• If you are new to Wealthfront, and open a Cash Account, you'll get a 0.50% APY boost for 3 months.
• Open an Automated Index Investing Account or Automated Bond Portfolio, you'll earn $5,000 managed for free.
• Get $10 and Reduce Your Business Costs by Shopping at AppSumo • https://bit.ly/reiappsumo
• Get $10 Towards Your First Purchase at Drop • https://drop.com/?referer=3DC729

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Spencer Hilligoss is the CEO & Co-Founder of Madison Investing, a real estate investment firm specializing in real estate syndications. As a passive investor and active syndicator, he understands the unique challenges that busy professionals face when starting out on their REI journey. Spencer’s mission is to arm investors with the know-how they need to make confident investment decisions tailored to their individual life goals.

Prior to pivoting to real estate, Spencer held several executive roles in the financial technology industry, including positions at Intuit and Gusto—forging a 13-year track record of building high-performing teams across five companies (three of which were valued at over $1B). Throughout his career, one thing has remained consistent: his ability to keenly focus on professional development- helping teams and individuals reach their full potential.

Spencer is a member of the 2021 Forbes Real Estate Council and has been featured in publications such as Business Insider. When he’s not shifting the way people think about investing, you can find him listening to metal, adding to his tattoo collection, and jogging through the Bay Area with his wife and two sons. Ask him about the time he played onstage in San Francisco at the Vans Warped Tour!

We chat about:

• Playing Financial Offense vs. Defense
• Wealth Preservation & Planning Your Legacy
• The Intersection of Personal and Professional Development
• Declining Executive Roles to Build Your Own Financial Moat
• Real Estate Syndication From A to Z

Connect with Spencer at his website https://www.madisoninvesting.com/

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  • Get $10 and Reduce Your Business Costs by Shopping at AppSumo • https://bit.ly/reiappsumo
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Kenneth is the founder and managing partner of KRI Partners and the KRI group of companies. He has more than 24 years of significant real estate, banking, private equity transaction, and principal investing experience. Throughout his career, he has been involved in transactions valued at more than $2.0 billion, much of which has included the acquisition, management, and financing of various multi-family real estate projects.

Before forming KRI Partners, Kenneth was a tax manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP. Some of his major clients included The Riverside Company, Key Equity Capital Partners, Blue Point Capital, Linsalata Capital Partners, The Zaremba Group, Charter One Bank, and Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.

Before his career at Deloitte & Touche, he spent several years at National City Bank (now part of PNC Bank).

He also owned and operated several certified Cessna Pilot Centers in the Northeast Ohio area.

Kenneth is a licensed Ohio Certified Public Accountant, a member of multiple apartment associations, and Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

We chat about:

• 3 Things A Real Estate Investment Firm Must Have Before You Give Them Your Money
• Real Estate is Not A Passive Activity. Investing Is!
• How to Consistently Make Money in Real Estate - Anyone Can Do It Once!
• How to Vet A Real Estate Investment Firm

Connect with Ken Gee:

• Website: https://www.kripartners.com/

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