The First Deal Show

Tereva Jacobson invests both locally in Hawaii, as well as out of state in Indianapolis, and Kansas. Find out how building rapport with someone can give you an upper hand when looking to buy a property. Tereva’s first deal was in Hawaii and she got a GREAT deal on the purchase price. Tereva realized the lack of time to interact with her family led her to make a drastic decision to leave her W2 in 2019 and pursue real estate full timr. To learn more about Tereva, connect with her on Instagram @terevainvests.   

Miranda Bereza is based in Ohio and is a former corporate fashion employee turned real estate investor. Miranda’s quote “not my journey” is a great reminder to FOCUS on your journey. Miranda’s parents ran vacation rentals and as a child she had experience with running the family business. Currently Miranda owns three short-term rentals and was able to maintain her lifestyle without having to go back to corporate America. Miranda runs Mark Simpson’s Book Club called Boostly Book Club on Facebook on short term rentals. If you are interested in staying in OH, check out her site Homegrownstays.hospitable.rentals

Ethan Gao is a practicing attorney and real estate investor based in Houston, Texas. Ethan got started in the single-family space and moved into commercial real estate investments online during the pandemic. Ethan realized that being a private money lender was the best way for him to maximize his skills as an attorney to do his first deal. His first deal was as a private money lender; he met someone through biggerpockets and lent him cash to do a deal. Now, he is actively doing deals in the syndication space. 

Ian Jimeno, from the Bay area and now living in Denver graces us with his first deal experience. Ian is a former Environmental Consultant who worked as a geologist helping banks understand the risks of buying properties. His day job paid for him to learn about real estate in non-traditional way. Ian is a full-time real estate agent in Colorado and today we learn about how he house hacked his first rental. Tune in to find out how Ian underestimated the types of lending options available to him and how his knowledge propelled him to the place he is today! Check out his page for awesome content!

Have you considered investing internationally? Well Bob shortsleeves has done it! Bob has a wholesale company in Fayetteville, North Carolina. His first deal in real estate was a deal in Indonesia of all places! He found out about real estate investing and took a chance. He has not looked back and is moving into commercial real estate. Tune in to hear this great story.

402, We have Lawarence Latty who said "It is you against you. Life is a mindset game."

Mr. International is based in the home of hip hop. A retired MTA employee, who in the last few years has started building is rental portfolio. He talks about his first investment property as well as losing an investment property he inherited in NYC. Mr. International has an event happening on December 3rd, so connect and come out! As Mr. International said your network is your networth.

Based in NYC and had hesitation to invest in his backyard. Yosef is an attorney, and during the pandemic invested in his education to learn about commercial real estate. He decided to break into new markets and leveraged partners to get him there. Acting during the pandemic propelled Yosef’s career in real estate investing. This lawyer did not let the pandemic keep him from starting his career. Tune in to learn how you can leverage relationships to get into real estate investing.

Wendy Davis has quite the background in a variety of interests. She started in real estate later in life but it has worked out favorably for her. Tune into her journey from the service industry into real estate through short term rentals. If you have felt behind or like you are well past the time to get started, then you won't want to miss this episode.

Amanda Howell, former teacher now full-time real estate investor talks about her first deal on her own. This episode means a lot to me because Amanda’s story reflects how she took her skills in teaching and uses those skills into real estate. Teacher Edition comes a month shy of my birthday, and it is a Friday. This can’t get any better. In life, we are given second chances. Amanda got a second chance to invest in real estate solo. This story is an inspiration for anyone second guessing if it is possible to start all over again. Amanda owns several short-term rentals, a real estate investing company and is an awesome mom!

This quote sums up the theme of this episode “As long as you learn from it, there are no mistakes.” 

Sandhya Seshadri shares her knowledge about how If you think you have to be handy to get into real estate investing, then this is the episode for you. Sandhya recognized that her limited knowledge in construction kept her from investing in the single-family world. She invested passively in a deal before making the jump to become a full-time syndicator. She invested her retirement account money into a deal passively. Sandhya's mentors also helped her underwrite deals to ensure that it was a good deal. She soon realized her ability to give her time in exchange for experience as a general partner provided a win-win solution for her to do her first general partnership.