Real Talk Real Estate

Vinney “Smile” Chopra, a mechanical engineer, came to the US from India with $7 in his pocket. He sold encyclopedias and bibles door to door as a student. His hard work paid off when he graduated from George Washington University with an M.B.A. (In marketing). He realized then he would make his career in the “relationship building and networking” field. As a multifamily syndication expert, he has facilitated over 27 successful syndication deals. He has acquired and manages a very successful real estate investment portfolio worth over $300 million. More than 3800 doors. Vinney currently manages four successful companies including Moneil Investment Group, Moneil Management Group, Multifamily Academy and Youth Academy with a dedicated staff of sixty plus personnel.  Over the years, he has developed multifamily syndication strategies that have worked wonders for his clients. BEST BOOKS: Rich Dad Poor Dad. (Newest). Power of Now (Eckert Tlle)REAL TALK BEST TIPS: Choose the right partner and in due diligence. Do not shorten the due Diligence. Think about how to cultivate Abundance all the time and your life will be abundant!Check out his book! Apartment Syndication Made Easy. Learn to Syndication Want to Partner? Text Partner to 474747

Gwyeth Smith worked as a equities trader for multiple New York companies. After being burnt out and stressed out by the ups and downs of equities trading, he moved out to AZ with his wife and jumped in a career in making prosthetics and in 10 years have helped hundreds of amputees get back to their life! After reading Multiple Streams of Income by Robert Allen, he knew that he must diversify his income streams so he started with buying duplex in Pittsburgh, PA! In just a few years, he has amassed a multifamily portfolio of over 700 units as an owner, operator, general partner and limited partner in deals from Pittsburgh to Texas!Golden Nuggets:Always be cognizant who you are dealing with.Make sure your team and partner are on you team.Vet them heavily!Bet willing to go to far places to get the deal!Being a limited partner have him a good idea about how to operate a general partnership in a syndication well. That’s a great way to break into!Partnerships are the key to scaling when you are in a W-2. -Adequate Capital Expenditures are the key to security in a property.Always have well budgeted capital reserves. This is an immutable law for real estate investors!REAL TALK BEST TIP: Constantly look to where you can add the most value in your relationships, business and life. Could be just as simple as an introduction!Books: Go-Giver by Bob Burg. Multiple Streams of Income by Robert Allen Principles by Ray Dalio How to get in touch:CONNECT WITH US!Email: [email protected] REAL TALK: @real_talk_showFacebook: Hepler AcquisitionsEmail: [email protected]

Darren Light is a mechanical engineer by trade who was fired from his W-2 after 12 years at the same company. Ouch! For him it was a blessing and the perfect excuse for him to cash out his 401(k) and go full boar into multifamily investing. Learn how he made sense of a deal that other investors couldn’t and barely got out of a property trap that could have sidelined him for years!Golden Nuggets:1. Communication is key for investors. Make sure you are updating them monthly about the perform of the investment.2. If you don’t know the specific area of the market or the market in general, property managers know the area. Create a meaningful connection and relationship with a reliable property manager and don’t be afraid to ask them, “Do you have any owners that would like to sell they property?”3. How to find a good property management company: Meet with at least 3 property managers and ask at the end of the meeting, Why should I allow you to manage my properties?Get in contact with Darren at: [email protected]

Jens Nielsen is our podcast guest for today. Jens is an avid outdoorsman, a man who has biked in the Italian Alps, and an IT professional.He is also a commercial real estate investor! A principal of Open Doors Capital, Jens has raised almost $1M for apartment deals and has invested in over 800 apartment units, 500 mobile park lots and over 4500 storage units plus mortgage note funds and private money lending. He has 82 units of his own!Show Notes:How do we evaluate for syndicators?Three Things: Who is the operator? Does the operator have experience or track record or team? Property itself. Is it good enough with the underwriting?Market. Growth Market and Cash Flow Market? What are the market fundamentals.Real Estate: Million Dollar Real Estate Investor: Gary Keller.Biggest Challenge: Picking the right Submarket.Steps of connection: Know me, like me, trust me, buy me, refer me.REAL TALK BEST TIP: Who is in your network? Asking the question, Who do you know that I should know?

Featured on Forbes, Girlsboss Radio, Bigger Pockets and Market Watch - Annie Dickerson is the Cofounder and Managing Partner at Goodegg Investments, a firm dedicated to helping clients achieve financial freedom through passive investing in multifamily real estate. Goodegg has built a reputation for helping its investors gain access to great deals, connecting them with cash-flowing real estate syndications. Annie’s strength lies in content creation, and the Goodegg platform features educational resources and a course for new investors, Real Estate Accelerator.Today, Annie joins us to describe the freedom of being a full-time multifamily investor, explaining how she scaled from house hack to multiple 200+ unit apartment investments each and every year. She discusses how she came to realize her strengths in raising capital and educating passive investors and how you can too!Learn about:How Annie started with a house hack and how she scaled into 200+ apartment buildingsHow to break into the Apartment industryThe small mindset shift that made her brand and business explode overnight and can help you tooWhy you shouldn’t fail fast… what to do instead What are some of your limiting beliefs? Well, I can’t do it as well as other people can.And then, if I were to raise capital I can help people and invest in a great deal!What’s your real estate superpower? Being a teacher, educating her investors, and breaking the complex commercial real estate concept down to be approachable and understandable.What is your #1 real estate book? Building a Story Brand. Donald Miller.REAL TALK Best Mindset Tip: Fail fast! No fail faster.What was your biggest challenge in real estate and what have you learned from it? Finding the right partners and deals and knowing the right questions to ask. It’s all about their investment philosophy!REAL TALK best habit: Schedule everything into her calendar! If you need to follow up with someone, put it in the calendar.REAL TALK Tip that makes you a deadly investor: Have to be true to yourself. Good egg investments is an outpouring of who she and her partner are.CONNECT WITH US!Real Estate Accelerator: https://www.passiveinvestoracademy.co...Website: goodegginvestments.comEmail: [email protected]