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Nicole Gauthier is the Founder and Strategic Managing Partner at Wicked Holdings, LLC, a real estate investment company focused on social change and community empowerment.  She is a multifamily real estate investor, mom of 2, and a woman on a mission to help educate others and teach financial literacy skills.  She provides opportunities for passive investors to create generational wealth and diversify their assets into multifamily investments so that they too can live a life of abundance.

[00:01 - 04:57] Wicked Mom of 2

• Let’s get to know Nicole Gauthier
• Figuring out the next move: Nicole shares her life and career background

[04:58 - 23:25] Leaving a Wicked Legacy

• Full-swing to multifamily 
• Leaning away from residential
• Why Nicole enjoys being a GP and LP 
• The Multifamily Community 
• A New Purpose after Finding Real Estate
• How Nicole balances real estate and being a mom
• Real estate is full of skills 
• Financials, Numbers, and Spreadsheets
• Books on the way
• Nicole talks about mindset and personal development

[23:26 - 31:25] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Bagging groceries
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • Rich Dad Poor Dad
  • The Millionaire Next Door
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Tile backsplash
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Leaving a legacy.”
• Putting actions behind your words
• Connect with Nicole. Links available below

Tweetable Quotes:

“My biggest goal with real estate is to just create a legacy.” - Nicole Gauthier

“My journey is taking others along, whether they're passive investors or people that  just want to learn.” - Nicole Gauthier

Connect with Nicole through Instagram and LinkedIn. Visit their website www.wicked-holdings.com 

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Daisy and Luc serve as Managing Partners for Make It Rain Capital.  With over 10 years of experience in international education and management, Daisy has worked with clients from over 25 countries and managed international government scholarship accounts totaling more than $10 million.  Luc has 10 years of industry experience in commercial & residential construction and is chapter co-leader for Multifamily Masters Austin.

[00:01 - 04:43] Opening Segment

• Let’s get to know Luc D'Abreau & Daisy Serrano
• Check out the Make It Rain Podcast
• From corporate to real estate

[04:44 - 17:52] Terrifyingly Beautiful Investing 

• A Beautiful Investing Journey
• The story of their first investment experience
• How to Find Investors
• Not just a business
• Cost segregation
• Make it Rain Capital
• Join the Meetup at Austin 

[17:53 - 29:57] THE FINAL FOUR NEWLYWED EDITION

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Engineering job
  • Summer session
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • The Alchemist
  • The Power of Habit
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Chess 
  • Another language
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Living a fulfilled life and going and making an impact in the world”
  • “It’s all about impact”
• Putting actions behind your words
• Connect with Luc & Daisy. Links available below

Tweetable Quotes:

“I think all of us have these inherent gifts that are [given]to us, and living that out can have a super positive impact and strong impact on the world. ” - Luc D'Abreau

“We don't want it to just be a business transaction. We want it to be a lot more than that going forward.” - Daisy Serrano

Connect with Luc & Daisy through Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, LinkedIn (Daisy, Luc), and https://makeitraincapital.com/. 

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Crystal maintains 15+ years of design, marketing, and communications experience. Prior to working in CRE, Crystal nurtured Albuquerque, NM’s budding film industry serving as an animator, practical effects designer, and art manager for a local production company. After completing her education, she worked for a non-profit teaching technical literacy and workforce training skills. She moved on to facilitate the role of Marketing & Events Director for several B2B and B2C organizations. Crystal’s expert presentation, sincerity, and consistent engagement have fostered ever-increasing media followings, ratings, enhanced company visibility, and SEO. Her background as a technical educator aids her ability to transmit information successfully and to render quantifiable results. 

[00:01 - 07:14] Digital Marketer

• Let’s get to know Crystal Beckett
• Crystal takes us in-depth to RESOLUT RE
• Digital marketing expertise and her desired career

[07:15 - 26:35] Creatively Successful Marketing

• How to Become the Next Successful Marketer
• Success in Art
• Graphic Design in Real Estate
• Professional Creativity and Freedom
• What makes a digital marketer?
• Be Google’s No. 1
• Master Social Media Management
• Logic vs Emotion 
• Graphics or marketing?

[26:36 - 36:33] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Call Center
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
• Listen to Sadhguru
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Be more conscious in the now
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Doing all of the wonderful things I want to do for my child.”
• Putting actions behind your words
• Connect with Crystal. Links available below

Tweetable Quotes:

“Building my own website, it was sort of a combination of everything I loved – layout, and design and video and content all in one place.” - Crystal Beckett

“Personalization is key to specific groups of people.” - Crystal Beckett

Connect with Crystal through [email protected], Instagram, and LinkedIn. Visit their website https://www.crystalbeckett.com/ 

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Welcome back to another episode of Weiss Advice! With me today the one and only Abel Pacheco. He's the president, CEO and Founder of 5T Commercial Real Estate. He is the host of the 5 Talents podcast. He's been investing in Real Estate for over a decade, and has gotten into Multifamily Syndications over the past several years. Besides, he’s been helping hundreds of people invest passively in commercial real estate.

Let’s dive in to know more about his work and story!

[00:01 - 07:07] Abel -  CEO of 5t Commercial Real Estate

• Abel shares a little bit of his background:
  • Multifamily syndication space.
  • Create Passive income.
  • Single family house investing .
  • PFS  (Personal Financial Statement)
• The cash flow - Passive investing.

[07:08 - 23:59] The Value in Multifamily and Commercial Real Estate Investing

• Abel talks about the motivation to start his podcast.
  • 5 Talents Podcast.
  • Pandemic: set up a network..
  • Social media: successful people in sales, tech, commercial real estate field.
• In-person meetings.
  • 100 % focus on multifamily education.
  • No fees, no charges.
  • Find new patterns, new investors: outcome is networking.
• Virtual webinars during lockdown.
  • Connections all over the country.
• The return to in person meetings after vaccination.
  • Start the meetups back -Once a month.
  • Networking, creating the environment, visitors from other states and countries.
• Transition from doing all the education to take action.
  • Mindset changes: keeping going, buying houses, etc.
  • ABCs of Real Estate Investing - Ken McElRoy
  • Make tactical plans.
  • Separate yourself from your actions.
• Abel provides examples of how to change your mindset in other areas of your life.
  • Discipline.
  • A plan of action.
  • Believe in yourself.

[24:00 - 32:47] The Final Four

• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
• The Seven habits of highly effective people
• The Bible.
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Learn Spanish.
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Provide for me and my family.”
• Connect with Abel.
  • Links below.

Tweetable Quotes:

“You have to have a map planned of where you wanna go, but more importantly you have to allow yourself to believe that those things can happen, you can make that happen, and if it doesn’t happen today, you can go after again tomorrow .” - Abel Pacheco

“ But if I had no money for $0 You can still enjoy and spend time with loved ones. And that's going to make you more fulfilled, I think, than any dollar amount.” - Abel Pacheco

Resources Mentioned:

• The Surrender  Experiment - Michael A. Singer
• The Untethe

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Keishia is an army veteran with six years of service in the Army National Guard.  She began investing in real estate in 2011. She has been expanding and managing her portfolio of properties for the past 10 years. She has invested in a total of 151 units as a limited partner and is currently a co-GP on 56 units all from living abroad in Kuwait. 

[00:01 - 06:16] Proud Veteran RE Investor

• Let’s get to know Keishia Kennedy
• Keishia’s journey Kuwait and real estate

[06:17 - 22:42] The Golden Secret to Remote and Passive Investing

• Actively participating in remote REI
• I love investor relations! 
• Online real estate investing
• More potential, scalability, and growth in multifamily
• Kuwait, tax-free!
• Social media education
• Kennedy Remedy Investments
• Keishia beyond REI
• Not a boring life
•  Focus, don’t be sidetracked

[22:43 - 30:53] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • At a pizza company
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • Limitless
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Gymnastics
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Making a difference in other people’s lives.”
• Putting actions behind your words
• Connect with Keishia. Links available below

Tweetable Quotes:

“There are other roles that you can play as a general partner where you don't have to be physically present.” - Keishia Kennedy

“It's all about that education to help you reach your goal.” - Keishia Kennedy

Connect with Keishia: website, LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest

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What is the next best step you can take to get forward in your business?  This podcast episode could just be it.  On this very special 200th episode, join me and my amazing guests who came back on the show as they share their 2022 goals and pieces of advice in real estate, business, and beyond. Check it out!

[00:01 - 02:08] A Very Special Episode

• 200 episodes of Weiss Advice

[02:09 - 42:27] Episode 200 Bonanza!

• Adam Gower: Know your catchphrase
• Rachel Richards: You really have to figure out your bottleneck
• Allison Weiss: Deeply connect to your why
• Russell Weiss: Make your agenda and see real people every day
• Gary Lipsky: Best in Class; Never stop learning
• Zach Hapstonstall: Do that first deal at all costs
• Leka Devatha: Focus on building your passive income
• Elliott Indig: Do it with your mind, not with your heart
• Tyler Deveraux: Provide value.
• Kaykay Singh: Invest in yourself
• Chad Sutton: Read Who Not How
• Luc D'Abreau & Daisy Serrano: Do things that scare you
• Brian Briscoe: Your Big Burning Why, Diary of an Apartment Investor
• Chloe Cohen: Real Deals by Chloe, Hire a mentor
• Tim Kelly: Gratitude, journals, connect
• Pankaj Sharma: The patient always win
• Lonny Wolfe: Thank you
• Tim Vitale: Provide value without expecting a return
• Nick Moore: Hire to your weakness
• Matt Picheny: Giving something out, not expecting something in return
• Michael Plaks: Do something productive
• Steven Libman: Give ‘til it hurts
• Omar Khan: Keep the momentum going
• John Espirian: Do the things that don't scale
• Daniel Holmlund: A mindset of abundance
• Yosef Lee: Education, Network, Actions
• Nicole Gauthier: Pursue growth and give a helping hand
• Ferd Niemann: Mobile Home Park Lawyer Podcast,  Provide value, give away free stuff, know and understand your why
• Esther Reizes-Lowenbein: Have fun doing real estate
• Bernard Reisz:  Get past the superficial
• Crystal Beckett:  Hone and grow the skills that you already have
• Lee Yoder: Time blocking works wonders
• John Casmon: Take action.

[42:28 - 44:33] Closing Segment

• Final words

Resources Mentioned:

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
• Start with Why
• Podchaser

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David Cobb is a leader, learner, and complex curiosity who loves to communicate and super connect relationships.  Through cultivating his “Ninja Network” of influencers and dealmakers, David has access to and is an expert at gathering real-time and backchannel information. He leverages this intel as arbitrage to uncover unique and lucrative leasing and development opportunities and teaches how to do the same. His progressive approach stimulates business expansion and creates wealth for initiative-based circles of confidantes within the commercial real estate ecosystem.

[00:01 - 04:47] LinkedIn Expert

• Let’s get to know David Cobb
• David shares a bit of his background

[04:48 - 29:13] Tactical LinkedIn Secrets

• David’s book Tactical LinkedIn Secrets
• The CRE LinkedIn Challenge
• Getting Quality Content Out There
• LinkedIn versus Email Notifications
• What’s new for the Florida market?
• Shifts and changes in banking
• How COVID pushed technology further
• What is a Skeleton Profile?
• Why you should have a personally branded website now

[29:14 - 37:45] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Food runner
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • The 48 Laws of Power, The Laws of Human Nature, Mastery
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Piano 
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Give back, teach and educate. Lift all the boats around you.”
• Putting actions behind your words
• Connect with David. Links available below

Tweetable Quotes:

“You have to look at your posts the same way that you would look at genres on TV or Netflix.” - David Cobb

“A lot of the people that wield the most influence in commercial real estate do tend to be a little bit older.” - David Cobb

Connect with David through Instagram and LinkedIn. Visit their website https://davecobb33.com/.

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Starting his investment company while still in university almost 10 years ago, Tosin is Part of the new generation of Private Equity, using technology as a medium to provide value to the marketplace. He has facilitated business development for several companies in the real estate space helping them run more efficiently, raise capital, and nurture long-term relationships with their clients. In 2019, he launched BAP United, a $100 Million Dollar Regulation D fund focused on acquisition and development of Chicago's southside. 

[00:01 - 05:55] Tosin of Chicago and St. Louis

• Let’s get to know Tosin Oduwole
• “I never saw my parents work with a set schedule.”

[05:56 - 25:06] Bring Back Economic Vibrance

• What is affiliate marketing?
• Tosin’s Secret to Raising $100 Million 
• Alone, I can’t change a whole city 
• Customer Service Management
• Tosin talks about buying URLs
• Revitalization and redevelopment with BAPUnited
• Mother and son duplex in Lagos, Nigeria
• Be a part of the country’s change

[25:07 - 35:11] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • Jack in the Box
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • The Corner Office
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Underwriting
• What does success mean to you?
  • 3 Meanings of Success
• Putting actions behind your words
• Connect with Tosin. Links available below

Resource Mentioned: 

• InfusionSoft

Tweetable Quotes:

“To succeed long term, you do need to have a track record of integrity.” - Tosin Oduwole

“In order to better serve a community or serve a customer, you have to know them.” - Tosin Oduwole

“Every five years, what we want, and who we are, is going to change.” - Tosin Oduwole

Connect with Tosin through [email protected], Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Visit their website https://www.bapunited.com/. 

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Steven is a Managing Partner and The Founder of Vertical Street Ventures.  He has grown his Multifamily portfolio to over 3,000+ units across 4 states (AZ, CA, FL, TX) and has a keen focus on acquisitions and building key partner relationships across the market. In his spare time, he enjoys the "need for speed" as he shifts gears around a race track. Steven also enjoys vacationing with his wife, Rebecca, and two daughters.

[00:01 - 06:59] A Corporate America Guy

• Let’s get to know Steven Louie
• Moving out of the corner cubicle to real estate
• Angels that came to Steven’s life

[07:00 - 25:11] Out of Corporate America  

• Breaking free of corporate America’s shackles
• Helping that next person succeed
• New Trends You Have to Know
• Focusing on people’s strengths
• The Key to Success
• The Art of Relationship Building
• For all the leaders out there
• “Focus.”
• A scarcity of apartments

[25:12 - 36:11] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • At Carl’s Jr. 
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • Rich Dad Poor Dad
  • First Things First
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Guitar
• What does success mean to you?
  • “Living a life by design.”
• Putting actions behind your words
• Connect with Steven. Links available below

Tweetable Quotes:

“As long as there's still [an] opportunity to add value to the apartment and push rents up, I still believe that these markets are extremely strong.” - Steven Louie

“You do have to focus on, really, people's strengths.” - Steven Louie

“Pick up the phone and maybe call them, and they'll probably answer.” - Steven Louie

Connect with Steven through Facebook and LinkedIn. Visit their website https://verticalstreetventures.com/. 

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Nick Aiola is a real estate investor and the owner and CEO of Aiola CPA, PLLC, a 100% virtual CPA firm specializing in tax planning and preparation for real estate investors and businesses within the real estate industry. Aiola CPA’s expertise is matched by their ability to communicate information and advice effectively. They strive to provide clarity to their clients by translating complicated tax lingo into layman's terms. They pride themselves on their availability and responsiveness; their systems, processes, and use of technology allow them to interact with their clients with ease, even if they're miles away. They’re the members of your team that will save you tax dollars and explain to you exactly how they did it.

[00:01 - 04:48] Real Estate CPA

• Let’s get to know Nick Aiola
• A CPA that understands real estate!

[04:49 - 22:01] Growing with Taxes

• Tax Firms versus Real Estate
• Why it’s about what you keep
• How real estate is a big contributor to the economy
• The Most Viral Post on BiggerPockets
• Always in growth mode
• Set up your systems and processes
• Killing off Roth availabilities

[22:02 - 29:43] THE FINAL FOUR

• What's the worst job that you ever had?
  • A summer job
• What's a book you've read that has given you a paradigm shift?
  • The E-Myth
• What is a skill or talent that you would like to learn?
  • Drawing and social media
• What does success mean to you?
  •  “Be able to do what I want, when I want, how I want with who I want.”
• Putting actions behind your words
• Connect with Nick. Links available below

Tweetable Quotes:

“There's really no better strategy for long term wealth building and generational wealth building than real estate.” - Nick Aiola

“Real estate is a tax-advantaged investment, no matter how you slice it.” - Nick Aiola

Connect with Nick through BiggerPockets, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Visit their website www.aiolacpa.com.

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