Street Smart Success

Starting out from scratch can be really hard. In this case, two partners in Northern New Jersey have leveraged their unique experience and skill sets to found a Real Estate Investment company. Zack Shulruff and Chris Rizzo founded Clear Mountain Properties and are buying smaller properties in Greensville, South Carolina with great value-add strategies that are working very well in one of the fasted growing markets in the country.

In the world of multifamily, first-hand knowledge of a market, property management and construction can make or break a deal. This is where the money is made or lost. Today’s guest, Terrance Doyle, Founding and Managing Partner of Vareco, specializes in multifamily in Des Moines and Denver. He grew up in Des Moines and lives in Denver. Extensive knowledge of these markets is what gives him a competitive edge.

For investors who want to invest passively in Real Estate, it can be hard knowing who to invest with and in what deals. The process can be daunting when there’s a lot of money on the line. Lance Peterson, Founder and Managing Partner at Verivest, has made it easier for investors to find trustworthy syndicators and he’s helped syndicators maintain best practices in how they conduct their business and investor relations.

Believe it or not, there are still markets where you can get great cash-on-cash returns on single family houses and small multi-families. Whether at auctions or sometimes even on on-market deals, Wichita has fit this bill. Mike Heldstab, founder of Michael Morgan Investments, has amassed a significant portfolio of single families, duplexes, triplexes and four plexes that are all cash flowing very well.

There’s no two ways about it. Getting into the Real Estate business is hard. Finding people to mentor you, getting brokers to take you seriously, and raising capital are just some of the challenges to starting out. Today’s guest, Craig Berger, CEO and Founder of Avid Real Estate Partners, started full-time in Real Estate in 2014 and has learned a lot of valuable lessons.

In every market, there’s always a deal. Somewhere, there’s an older landlord that’s self-managed his own property and just wants to get out. These are often buildings with under market rents and unnecessarily, high expenses. Today’s guest Robert Rixer, co-founder of EJ Investment Group and CitiPoint, has found incredible off-market deals in Chicago with cap rates in excess of 8%- 10%.

Even in a competitive market, there are still great deals if you’re willing to put the time in to follow proven lead generation systems and be patient enough to build relationships with sellers. Today’s guest, Adrian Salazar, Co-founder of Two Ten Management has sourced great deals in McAllen, Tx and San Antonio and is generating outstanding investor returns and creating great places to live for tenants.

In this overheated Real Estate environment, you may need to find smaller, growing markets to find the right deals. Depending on where you look, it’s still possible to find cap rates of 5% or slightly higher for Class C buildings in decent condition in gentrifying B class areas. Today‘s guest, Jonathan Barr, founder of JB2 Investments, puts a lot of his own capital in play alongside a handful of selected investors in deals that cash flow very well.

From flipping single family houses all the way to building high-rises in New York, there’s countless approaches to making money in Real Estate. Today’s guest, Ken Van Liew, Founder and CEO of Global Real Estate Strategies and Chairman of Advanced Capital Funding has pretty much done it all. Ken has syndicated or developed over 1.3 billion in various Real Estate classes. Ken recently wrote The Modern Wealth Building formula, his current mission is to help others achieve their potential and find meaning in their lives.

Whereas 93% of large multifamily properties are owned by larger professional investors, Mobile Home Parks and Self-Storage facilities are still mostly owned by smaller and less sophisticated operators. That’s why you can still find significant operational inefficiencies and opportunity to create incredible value in these assets. Today’s guest, Paul Moore, Managing Partner and Founder of Wellings Capital, has raised funds comprised of value-add Mobile Home Park and Self-Storage facilities that are generating outstanding returns for his investors.