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Today I had the pleasure of speaking with the Entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of Barrat Asset Management, Ivan Barrat.

Let’s dive into Ivan’s story of how you can grow your business platform like a pro!

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 06:43] Opening Segment

• I introduce and welcome guest Ivan Barratt to the show
• Ivan talks about the multifamily market
  • Capitalizing on opportunities

[06:44 - 14:14] How The Economy Looks During COVID-19 Crisis

• Ivan talks about the economy's struggle during this potential recession
  • We are in a "Syndication Bubble"
• Ivan shares fantastic advice on how you can take advantage of this situation

[14:15 - 25:04] How To Grow Your Business Platform

• "It's not businesses that fail all the time. It's people."
• Ivan shares a secret if you want to crush the property management industry
• Ivan talks about the amazing team behind his success

[25:05 - 31:34] The FINAL FOUR

• What was the worst job that you ever had?
  •  Working in the locker room, handing out towels.
• What was the book that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • Antifragile by Nassim Taleb
• What skill or talent would you like to learn?
  • Sailing
• What does success mean to you?
  • "Health, financial security, good spiritual relationship, getting high marks in both marriage and fatherhood"
• Connect with Ivan online. See links below
• Final words from me

Tweetable Quotes: 

"It's not businesses that fail all the time. It's people." - Ivan Barratt

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Robert Kiyosaki
• Grant Cardone
• Tim Ferris
• Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
• Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
• Antifragile by Nassim Taleb

You can connect with Ivan on Linkedin, or check his website https://www.ivanbarratt.com/, and https://www.barrattassetmanagement.com/ to know more. You can get into Ivan’s calendar through his personal assistant. Call 317-762-2625 or send an email to [email protected]

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Julia Bykhovskaia is a Charted Financial Analyst, with a strong financial background, currently leading Sunsail Capital as Co-Founder and Managing Partner focusing on acquiring multifamily assets in TX and asset management, currently managing approximately 1,400 multifamily units.  Julia was an experienced investor in public and private companies, working as a securities analyst who started her investment career in 2003 as a research analyst specializing in high yield/distressed corporate bonds and worked at various hedge funds, including Schultze Asset Management, Concordia Advisors and BulwarkBay.

[00:01 - 06:37] Opening Segment

• Let’s get to know Julia Bykhovskaia
• Julia’s transition from the finance industry to multifamily
  • Investing in corporate distressed debt and exploring real estate 

[06:38 - 17:42] How to Transition from Finance to Multifamily

• Don’t make rash decisions.
• Julia’s Real Estate Game Plan
• Think about the worst-case scenario.
• Gain experience and credibility

[17:43 - 24:48] Real Estate Beginnings

• Know what you can offer to others
• Choose one: Acquisitions or Raise Capital
• Julia tells the story behind Sunsail Capital

[24:49 - 32:36] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Pitch books
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • How to Stop Worrying and Start Living
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Asset management
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Freedom.”

Connect with Julia through [email protected], Facebook, and LinkedIn. Visit their website Sunsail Capital

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Resource Mentioned:

• How to Win Friends and Influence People

Tweetable Quotes:

“The ‘How’ always comes but only after you commit to the decision.” - Julia Bykhovskaia

“If you don't have extreme experience, you cannot be taken seriously unless you have someone with you who has credibility.” - Julia Bykhovskaia

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Angel Williams has been involved in real estate investing her whole life but began her personal real estate investing journey in 2003. She is a Co-Founder of The Academy Presents and a Managing Partner of Lorren Capital, LLC. Angel has experience in single-family home rentals, residential multifamily rentals, multifamily syndication, and oil and gas investing. 

[00:01 - 06:24] Opening Segment

• Let’s get to know Angel Williams
• Angel briefly introduces REI Rocks!
• How Angel grew up with real estate
• Infinite returns and just pure profit

[06:25 - 13:04] Studying, Teaching, Conquering Real Estate

• Why Angel transitioned from single-family to multifamily
• Depending on a mentor instead of books
• Angel’s journey to her own deals

[13:05 - 21:42] REI and Personal Missions

• How to Conquer a Hard Time with Investors
• REI Balance with her husband
• Join Angel and support the DupQ15 Alliance
• Angel’s Unique Way of Teaching

[21:43 - 27:46] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Not the job but the administration
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • Positive Intelligence
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Working on her superpower
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Success is not necessarily a destination, but it's forward progress towards a moving target.”

Connect with Angel through LinkedIn,  www.theacademypresents.com and www.lorrencapital.com. 

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Tweetable Quotes:

“Getting a mentor cuts the learning curve because it just made it so much more fun and so much easier.” - Angel Williams

“Once we got moving, it was kind of odd.  I would say 70%, if not more, the investors didn't really even care about the deal. They were investing because it was Jason and me.” - Angel Williams

“My job was important but that shouldn't have been how I valued myself.” - Angel Williams

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At the age of 23, Sunitha Rao retired from nearly a decade of playing tennis professionally and competing on the world's largest stages - including the 2008 Beijing Olympics - with a sixth-grade education, quite literally no money, and very little knowledge of how the world worked outside of her sport. Fast forward a little more than a decade, she now has a successful finance career and a budding real estate business with nine doors in her portfolio after earning a bachelor's degree in business and finance and an MBA from Villanova University. 

[00:01 - 07:22] Opening Segment

• Let’s get to know Sunitha Rao
• From playing tennis in the Olympics to real estate

[07:23 - 16:04] A Tennis Olympian's Real Estate Story

• Suni shares her real estate investments for the last 4 years
• Take action and worry about the future less
• Suni’s Communities

[16:05 - 24:19] Helping Others through Finance

• $700 for a duplex through FHA Financing
  • The Value of Providing Value
• Check out Afford Anything Now
• What’s next for Suni’s career?

[24:20 - 32:54] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Her last corporate job
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • Tribe of Mentors
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Be able to remember
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Being able to do what I want.”

Connect with Sunitha through Instagram. Visit GRIFFIX Property Group and achieve a life of financial freedom while also having a positive impact on others' lives through investing in real estate.

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Tweetable Quotes:

“In real estate, you have a much better chance of influencing your future and your financial future.” - Sunitha Rao

“Knowing what the tools are to help people invest and optimize their financial future is so critical.” - Sunitha Rao

“Real estate is a community of people who want to optimize.” - Sunitha Rao

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Edward started his real estate investing career in 2016 in college learning everything he could about Real Estate Investing. In 2017 he purchased his first multifamily two properties totaling 6 units. Since then he has successfully closed on 197 units. He currently has a portfolio of 90 units in the Birmingham AL market. He is the President of Symmonett Multifamily the private equity company, which began in 2017 to purchase the above-mentioned real estate holdings. In the fall of 2020, Edward started "Symmonett Management", a professional property management company that manages his current portfolio. 

[00:01 - 08:35] Opening Segment

• Let’s get to know Eddie Symmonett
• Eddie takes a look at his past and shares how he learned about real estate
• A light bulb moment that made Eddie shift to multifamily

[08:36 - 22:04] Two Pieces of Advice for Exponential Growth

• Eddie lets us into his strategy
• The Full Story of Eddie’s Real Estate Beginnings
• How seller financing changed a 22-year old’s real estate journey
• Eddie talks about their current portfolio 
• How solar lights have become the secret to their business

[22:05 - 30:31] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • At a retail store
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • How to Win Friends and Influence People
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Archery  
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Being able to control like the outcome of your life.”

Connect with Eddie through this link. 

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Resources Mentioned:

• Rich Dad Poor Dad
• From Pro Skateboarder to Entrepreneur and Real Estate Investor with Mikey Taylor

Tweetable Quotes:

“When you have your time-stretched and in too many areas, it is difficult for you to actually get exponential growth.” - Eddie Symmonett

“I feel I get a larger amount of growth when I really focus in on something.” - Eddie Symmonett

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Pili Yarusi loves to help people and “Lead with Aloha”. She is a wife and mommy of three magical kiddos.  Pili is a large multifamily owner, operator, and syndicator. She and her husband Jason founded Yarusi Holdings LLC a large multifamily investment firm with over $100M in real estate across over 1100 multifamily units. 

[00:01 - 07:14] Opening Segment

• Let’s get to know Pili Yarusi
• Pili shares how she and her husband, Jason transitioned from bartending to multifamily

[07:15 - 18:03] Living and Leading with Aloha

• Be a part of the hottest multifamily live event in Tennessee!
• What ‘Lead with Aloha ‘ means
• Leadership and Mindset Strategies
  • Facing your worst enemy 

[18:04 - ] Cryptocurrency, blockchain, and NFTs

• Pili diversifies their investing assets
• Pili and her husband’s journey to NFTs
• How the Marketplace Places Value on Everything

[24:52 - 33:02] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Food preparation
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • The ONE Thing
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Write a smart contract
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Hanging out with my family.”

Connect with Pili through Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Visit Yarusi Holdings for more real estate transactions with Pili and Jason.  Check out Legacy Leaders NFT and explore a new world of blockchain.  

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Resource Mentioned:

• World of Women

Tweetable Quotes:

“Everything I am right now is everything I have been.” - Pili Yarusi

“Mindset and education make a formidable team.” - Pili Yarusi

“An NFT is a tool which you can use to create your own community and do your own NFT drop.” - Pili Yarusi

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Bruce Petersen, is a best-selling author, speaker, educator, and syndicator of commercial and multi-family properties throughout Central Texas and  Tennessee.  Bruce targets assets in dynamic markets, from stabilized to totally vacant and everything in between, where there is a strong value add a component or stable cash flow.  

[00:01 - 10:29] The Apartment Guy

• Let’s get to know Bruce Petersen
• Bruce talks about Syndicating is a B*tch and his real estate story

[10:30 - 22:52] Syndicating Lessons and More from The Apartment Guy

• Bruce puts his team first at all times
• Why you should not get into real estate because of the dollar 
• Lessons Bruce learned from his years in real estate
• Creating The Apartment Guy branding
• Promote yourself at every opportunity!

[22:53 - 31:03] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Stockbroker 
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • Unlimited Power
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Guitar
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Success is the ability to do what I need to do for the people that matter to me the most.

Connect with Bruce through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok,  LinkedIn, Youtube and his website! 

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Resource Mentioned:

• The E Myth

Tweetable Quotes:

“Things are gonna happen. You just got to put your head down, you'll get through it. As long as you don't hide from it, you'll absolutely get through it.” - Bruce Petersen

“Build yourself a brand, establish yourself stand for something and it'll make the world a lot easier.” - Bruce Petersen

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Chany Rosen is CEO of Cavalry Associates, a Design and Expediting firm located in Brooklyn, NY.  In the 5 years since Cavalry's debut, Chany has managed to take the expediting world by storm positioning herself as a leader in the industry. With a speed that shocked even herself, Chany has grown her business beyond her wildest expectations. She now houses a staff of 30 in her 2-story office in the center of Flatbush.  Chany is also a proud mom to 5 beautiful daughters and is very conscious about maintaining her work/home balance.

[00:01 - 05:18] Opening Segment

• Let’s get to know Chany Rosen
  • Chany’s transition to real estate
  • Love of Giving the “Aha!” Moment to Others

[05:19 - 16:28] Expediting in Real Estate

• Chany’s The PI Behavioral Analysis, Always Value Forward
• Being always on the go is a blessing and a curse 
• What is an expediting firm and design?
  • The role of bureaucracy in this space
  • How Chany got into this career

[16:29 - 25:47] Expediting versus Real Estate

• The need to avail of Chany’s services
• Chany’s real estate investing experience
• Working dynamics at Cavalry Associates

[25:48 - 33:53] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Firing a client
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • Clockwork
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Leadership
• What does success mean to you?
  • “The definition of success keeps changing.”

Connect with Chany through [email protected], Instagram, and LinkedIn. Or you can visit Cavalry Associates.

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Resource Mentioned:

• Traction

Tweetable Quotes:

“I don't want people to do things because I said so. I want people to do things because they want to do it.” - Chany Rosen

“The only thing you really need in this business is understanding the human psychology and how the brain works, and how different people operate.” - Chany Rosen

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Luke Florian’s career started when he purchased his 1st duplex at 18 years old with savings from a paper route and has since grown to a portfolio of small to mid-size apartments totaling over $20 million. He is currently converting a hotel into 25 boutique/luxury apartments and closing on 1st of Storage Facility this spring. From wholesaling & rehabbing to buying, holding, and managing his portfolio, he has done over 800 deals to date.

[00:01 - 06:25] Opening Segment

• Let’s get to know Luke Florian
• Luke’s Competitive Beginnings

[06:26 - 16:34] Insurance Disasters and Barriers

• Keep away from disasters due to wrong insurance
• Diversifying to other asset classes
• Luke’s recent redevelopment project
• The Barrier to Entry to Real Estate

[16:35 - 23:26] 800+ Deals in 17 Years

• Start and create your platform 
• Luke talks about notorious contractors
• 500 apartments and 500k sq. feet self-storage vision
• The importance of freedom, flexibility, and lifestyle

[23:27 - 30:11] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Roofing
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • Traction
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Guitar
• What does success mean to you?
  • Freedom of time

Connect with Luke through [email protected], Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. 

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Resources Mentioned:

• Rich Dad Poor Dad

Tweetable Quotes:

“You got to stand behind what you do.” - Luke Florian

“You really got to have that scope in place to have a clear vision moving forward for your projects.” - Luke Florian

“Time is all we ultimately have… and real estate gives that to us.” - Luke Florian

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Utilizing over a decade of investing and entrepreneurial experience, Aaron has developed a strong track record of success. Within real estate, Aaron focuses primarily in multifamily properties through self-ownership, joint ventures, and syndications as both sponsor and limited partner. He was recognized by Utah BusinessQ Magazine as one of the top 40 under 40 while a business startup he founded was acknowledged by the same publication as The Best Kept Secret for his leadership. 

[00:01 - 05:01] Weiss Advice

• Let’s get to know Aaron Wong
• Aaron recalls his real estate journey

[05:02- 19:49] The Recovering Passive Investor

• Aaron says, “Midwest is where you want to go.” 
• The urge to scale to bigger properties
• Aaron’s 8-Million dollar investment in Utah
• The Challenges of a 200-Unit Property
• Insurance puts down the fire 
• Diversification and Aaron’s passion for passive investing
• How Aaron finds the right people and deals

[19:50 - 28:21] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Testing pee
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • Extreme Ownership
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Scuba diving
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Make society a better place.”

Connect with Aaron through Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Traditional retirement is being replaced by the F.I.R.E. movement, grab your Ebook copy now!

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Tweetable Quotes:

“Everything is negotiable.” - Aaron Wong

“The returns are very important, but the operator is almost more important than the returns.” - Aaron Wong

“We should be able to be in control of our life.” - Aaron Wong

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