Street Smart Success

There’s an exodus of people escaping cities in search of more space, tranquility, lower taxes, and they want to own tangible assets. As a result, rural land is appreciating outside of major metros at all-time highs.  

Today’s guest, Neil Hauger, of Whitetail Properties, is a high-performing land broker in the Upper Midwest who’s distilled land marketing down to an art form.

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Investing your hard-earned money is a risky business. There’s no such thing as an unattractive proforma, but a lot of things can go wrong. With interest rates rising and operational expenses on the rise, NOI’s may decrease and cap rates may increase. 

Today's guest, Jeremy Roll, President of Roll Investment Group, has been a conservative investor for several years and continues to see caution signs in today’s market.

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There are literally hundreds, if not thousands of Real Estate syndicators you can invest with. But how do you know which ones you can trust and which deals to invest in? There’s a lot of risk in these deals so it’s good to have a system. 

Today’s guest, Sam Giordano, a New Jersey physician and Co-Founder of PassiveAdvantage.com, has developed a system for evaluating Multi-family deals that will help you mitigate risk and avoid common mistakes.

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If you’re looking for an asset class that is recession resistant and poised for huge growth, look no further than Assisted Living. Over 10,000 Baby boomers turn 75 every day. 

Today’s guest, Loe Hornbuckle, CEO of Sage Oak Assisted Living and Memory Care, is passionate about helping seniors and started out by converting a single family home into an Assisted Living facility. Loe now has six, eight bed homes and is doing ground up construction of much larger facilities.

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A lot of focus in Real Estate has been on Multifamily, Self-Storage, Mobile Home Parks, Industrial, and other like asset classes. But one asset class you don’t hear about very often is land. Yet the opportunities to buy and hold or to flip land are immense. There are 1.9 billion acres of land in the US and only 6% of it is developed. Billionaires like Ted Turner, the Ford family and Jeff Bezos are buying as much as they can. 

Today’s guest, Jeanette Amayo, went from a being a manager at Starbucks to getting into the land business and is doing exceptionally well in just two years.

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Even through covid, some hotels have performed well, especially ones with great locations, like being near a busy highway. Ecommerce kept truckers on the roads and they needed places to stay. The same thing applied to traveling sports teams and other groups who continued to travel as part of their lifestyle. 

Today’s guest, Mike Stohler, Managing Partner of Gateway Private Equity Group, transitioned out of multifamily in Phoenix back in 2017 into hotels and has been building a successful hotel portfolio since then. Mike is starting a hotel fund that will capitalize on the opportunities that will present themselves in this industry over the next few years.

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When buying existing properties becomes too cost prohibitive, you may need to pivot to new development. Whereas cap rates on existing properties in desirable markets may have plummeted to as low as sub 4%, cap rates on ground up development can be as high as 10%, even in growing markets. 

Today’s guest, David Kislin, Owner at JEL Development, is doing small, infill residential ground up projects in South Florida and is generating great returns.

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Is LoopNet the place where all good deals go to die? This may be the case generally, but like most other things, there are exceptions if you’re willing to be diligent. 

Today’s guest, Larry Murray, Founder of Ivory Wolf Properties, a newer entrant into Multifamily syndication, found a great deal in Little Rock on LoopNet that’s in the middle of a successful lighter value add and he utilized a Whole Life insurance policy as a source of his funding.

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Investing in Real Estate can be very profitable. It can also be very risky. A lot of people have lost money over the years, especially when they’ve gotten involved with the wrong people. 

Today’s guest, Jim Pfeifer, Founder of Left Field Investors, has created a networking group that provides excellent education and resources to help people avoid common pitfalls and mistakes that can cost them a lot of money.

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How high can Real Estate go? With inflation and rents climbing, and interest rates still at historic lows, prices continue to climb. Even after a torrid first half of 2021, prices continue to climb and there’s been compression between C, B, and A classes. 

Today’s guest, Todd Dexheimer, Co-Founder of Endurus, has had great success over the past few years and still firmly believes in cash flowing, Value Add Real Estate as long it’s the right opportunity.

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