Better Returns: Invest Like a Pro

Matt Hansen

Welcome to Better Returns, where you will learn how to escape the volatility of the stock market by passively investing in real estate like a pro. 90% of millionaires earned, and maintain, their wealth by investing in real estate. We will share real life examples from savvy investors...so you can do the same.

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The Prescription for a Healthy Investment with Harry Nima Zegarra, MD

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01/17/23 • 28 min

Come along on a journey that takes us from Peru to the United States — from becoming a physician to investing in real estate. Harry Nima Zegarra reveals what he’s learned along the way and how he helps others grow their wealth by investing in apartments.

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Harry is a physician who also has a passion for investing in real estate. Starting with single family homes, Harry and his wife now invest in multifamily apartments.
He got involved with a real estate investing group consisting of experts who have been running apartment investment syndications and know all the ins and outs. Leveraging their expertise creates more secure investment opportunities.
Once an apartment building is purchased by investors, it’s important to have an outstanding and reliable asset manager to make sure the business plan stays on track.
It’s important to become educated on what apartment investing is and all of the people who are involved in the process. This education will make you feel comfortable and confident with the investment.

QUOTES
“We decided to join forces with other people who were experts in the field and who have been doing this for years and some of them through different cycles.”

“Invest in yourself. That's the most important thing.”
ABOUT
Harry is a full time Pulmonary & Critical Care doctor from South America. He started in real estate about five years ago and has invested in residential and commercial real estate. Harry is the founder of Nima Equity. He educates other doctors about passive real estate investments and helps them to build wealth outside Wall Street. Harry has an excellent Youtube channel called Nima Equity.
CONNECT WITH HARRY
Website: www.nimaequity.com/
YouTube: Nima Equity

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Learn more about passively investing in apartment buildings:
Website: hansenholdings.com
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13. Navigating the World of Commercial Real Estate with Sam Wilson

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01/10/23 • 36 min

In this episode, get a peek at unique commercial real estate investment opportunities from expert and enthusiast Sam Wilson. From RV resort parks to fitness center partnerships, Sam has an excellent track record of success and is passionate to help others seek profitable investment opportunities.
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Sam bought a house, sold it for a profit and has been exploring investments outside of the stock market ever since.
The challenge with investing only in single family homes is they aren't scalable, and if one thing goes wrong you can blow the profits for the entire year.
The pandemic caused the outdoor hospitality space to explode which led to an increase in the RV resort market. Sam has currently been focusing on this real estate investment opportunity and highlights all the ways RV resorts can be profitable for investors.
Sam would like to be able to serve every demographic and every economic cycle in some meaningful way that produces revenue. Among other things, this has led to successful endeavors in laundry services and the fitness industry.

QUOTES
“My new thing is that health is wealth. If you don't have health you don't have wealth.”

“I'm a cash flow investor. I want to buy something today that produces an income consistently for the foreseeable future.”
ABOUT SAM WILSON
Sam is an active and passive investor in nearly every commercial real estate asset class. He is the founder of Bricken Investment Group, a real estate investment firm. Sam focuses now on RV resort investments. He also hosts the popular podcast “How to Scale Commercial Real Estate” with over 700 episodes.
CONNECT WITH SAM
Website: brickeninvestmentgroup.com
Investing Checklist: brickininvestmentgroup.com/checklist

12. The Ripple Effect of Investing with Vinki Loomba

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01/03/23 • 29 min

Using her experience and expertise in real estate investing, Vinki Loomba would like to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people in need. This episode highlights the investing path of following your heart.

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The desire to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others led Vinki to concentrate her financial efforts into multifamily apartment investing.
Vinki’s main goal is to be able to help women and children all over the world in a way where those helped may also have the means to continue helping others, creating a ripple effect of lifting people up.
Do your own research and due diligence on your investments, regardless of what the media or others are saying. Educating yourself will help make the right investing decision for you.
Learn the difference between class A and class B apartments and the pros and cons of investing in each.
Apartment investments Vinki likes to be involved in are ones that add value to the apartment complex, giving the residents a better place to live.

QUOTES
“I have the ambitious goal of helping one million people. I'm ready to touch one million lives in a meaningful way and that's what my goal is.”

“Become a smart investor, a savvy investor. Ask a lot of questions, educate yourself on the process and do your due diligence.”
ABOUT VINKI LOOMBA
Vinki Loomba is the founder & CEO of Loomba Investment Group, a private equity/investment firm specializing in real estate syndications. She is also the host of the successful podcast The Real Estate Vibe. She is a former IT professional and a professor who turned into a full-time real estate investor. The goal of her work is to provide investors with the right knowledge to be able to make wise investing decisions aligned with their long-term financial goals in order to achieve financial success.
CONNECT WITH VINKI
Website: loombainvest.com for free guide
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/vinkiloomba

11. Musician to Mega Multifamily Investor with Rick Martin

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12/27/22 • 31 min

Get the inside scoop on how real estate investors get into the biz from Rick Martin. He shares all the ways apartment syndicators are making sure investors get great returns for their money.

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Rick’s journey from a one house rental to investing primarily in large multifamily apartments.
There’s currently a shortage of housing in the U.S. and with 1 in 7 houses purchased by a corporation, more people are turning to apartment rental.
Even compared to the current “sale” in the stock market, apartment investing still provides more consistent and higher returns.
What apartment investing syndicators are currently doing to offer the best opportunities for investors.

QUOTES
“Don't suffer from paralysis by analysis. Don't wait for the perfect deal. Definitely do your homework. Do your due diligence on who you're investing with and where they're investing. But I see people let five years go by and they still haven't invested."
“Slowly but surely, real estate kind of became my side gig because I could see the big payoffs.”

ABOUT RICK MARTIN
Rick has been investing in real estate since 1997. He is the founder of Fortress Federation Investments, which provides value-add, multifamily investment opportunities in the Southeast, Texas and Arizona. He helps investors build generational wealth and multiple income streams. Fortress Federation is currently a General Partner in over 2,200 units. Rick is also a limited partner across multiple syndications giving him insight into how powerful passive investing can be.CONNECT WITH RICK
Website: fortressfederation.com
Free Guide: fortressfederation.com/guide

10. What’s Your Portfolio Theory with Kent Ritter

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12/20/22 • 32 min

Do you get a sense of community, transparency and a low risk/high return product in the stock market? Probably not! In this podcast, Kent Ritter, Multifamily Investor and Entrepreneur explains how investing in multifamily apartments provides all this and more.

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Kent became a real estate investor because he recognized the need to diversify his investment portfolio and found real estate to be the best option.
After investing in many different real estate assets, Kent landed on multifamily apartments because the investment can be scaled, there is a high demand for a place to live, its value increases, it keeps up with inflation and it has the flexibility to adjust to different market conditions.
With apartment investments, the risk involved is considered and factored into projected returns. This makes the chance of getting the returns stated much higher than other types of investments.
It is becoming more costly to own a home than it is to rent. As this gap widens, so does the need for apartment living.
Three things that multifamily apartment sponsors should deliver to investors is community, investor experience and product performance. It can be lonely to become an investor outside of Wall Street but when you invest in multifamily apartments, you become part of a community of like-minded people where you can find reassurance and a lot of help along the way.

QUOTES
“I was looking for a way to diversify my assets. I had everything in the stock portfolio so I felt like I was sitting there with all my eggs in one basket. And I knew, because I was a finance major in college and I learned about portfolio theory, that that wasn't the right way to set up your allocations...Ineeded to find a way to diversify and find something that could provide some great returns and then some tax savings and real estate was checking all those boxes for me.”
“It's about more than just providing properties but it's about creating a community of like-minded folks. I think being an investor, especially investing in alternatives, can be a lonely endeavor. There's not a lot of people that understand it. There's not a lot of people that do it. There are not a lot of friends you can talk to about it that understand.”

ABOUT KENT RITTER
Kent is a former management consultant, corporate executive and startup owner. After successfully exiting his first company, Kent turned his focus to real estate. Now, Kent is the CEO of Hudson Investing, a multifamily investment firm which helps busy professionals scale and diversify their real estate portfolio with cash flowing, wealth building assets. He is also the host of the popular podcast called Ritter on Real Estate.

CONNECT WITH KENT
Website: kentritter.com
Podcast: https://www.kentritter.com/podcast

8. You Don't Need to Invest in Your Own Backyard with Yuri Gomez

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11/27/22 • 31 min

Today’s guest is Yuri Gomez — a seasoned investor who offers wisdom to new apartment investors. Yuri explains how he’s bringing massive value to South America investors, the benefits of scaling up in U.S. multifamily apartments, overcoming fears as an apartment investor, and why anyone can succeed in real estate with the right knowledge and effort.

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One of the benefits of apartment investing is that you can invest anywhere when you have property managers who are handling the day-to-day operations. They are local people who know the market and represent the investors.
Yuri specializes in helping his Hispanic audience invest in large multifamily apartments in the United States.
Through education, Yuri strives to eliminate the fear of apartment investing. Understanding the strategy and process is what encourages investors to take action and invest.
Questions to ask about an apartment investment include “What is the break even point?”, “Is it a market with high appreciation?” and “Is there a high population growth in the area?”
When vetting someone to invest with, find out how many deals they have done, have they gone “full cycle” with an investment and if they have invested their own money into the deal.
There are great benefits to investing with someone who belongs to an apartment investing group. Yuri and Matt both belong to “Think Multifamily” which is a group of people who are extremely experienced in multifamily apartment investing. The group provides all the resources to ensure successful investments.

QUOTES
“Define what are the most important next steps and start doing them you know right away."
“One thing I have learned is diversification. Diversify, diversify, diversify. If you have three deals in the same city I recommend your next deal should be in a different city.”
ABOUT YURI GOMEZ
Yuri Gomez is a Real Estate investor, actively involved in small and large multifamily apartments. Yuri is passionate about teaching his experience to others while always learning how to become a better Real Estate investor.
CONNECT WITH YURI
Website: golandscapital.com
@yurialexinvestor on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok

4. Your Biggest Business Partner with Julie Peterson

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11/27/22 • 37 min

Who is your biggest business partner in apartment investing? Your lender! In this episode, go behind the scenes with Julie Peterson of Old Capital to discover how profitable deals get successfully funded.
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60-75% of funds to purchase an apartment complex come from lenders.
Lending brokers are doing their due diligence to only fund apartment deals that will be profitable.
Lending brokers are like traffic controllers who keep track of what is going on through strong relationships with general partners, real estate brokers, banks, etc.
A lending broker will find the right loan for each specific property and vet the general partners you’re investing with to make sure they have a good track record and boots on the ground — helping to protect the investors’ interests.
The general partners bringing the deals to investors use their own money to secure deals, spend time finding the deal, underwriting the deal and building relationships to put the deal together.
After lenders provide funding, they continue to monitor how the property is being managed.

ABOUT JULIE PETERSON
With 30 years of Real Estate transaction experience, Julie Anne Peterson knows how to place debt, invest passively, syndicate as a general partner and capital raise for Commercial Multifamily properties. She specializes in helping new investors understand the debt requirements and connects them with sponsors who will take them to close. Julie is also the host of the wildly successful weekly ZOOM @ 8pm EST platform that brings industry professionals in to help educate new investors.
QUOTES
“We are your biggest partner in this deal. We're bringing the largest amount of capital to it. So, you want to have a relationship where you know, like and trust, not only the people that you're bringing in as partners, but also the lender.”
“We’re going to give you an understanding of: What is the debt? What is your business plan? How do you marry those and figure out if this makes sense from a product perspective?”
CONNECT WITH JULIE
Website: oldcapitallending.com
Julie Anne Peterson on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram
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2. The One Billion Dollar Man with Mark Kenney

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11/26/22 • 33 min

In this show, you’ll hear Mark’s relatable and successful journey as a real estate investor. He discusses the benefits of investing in large apartment complexes and the lessons he has learned throughout his 25+ years experience purchasing over one billion dollars in assets.
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR

Building relationships with brokers and investing in the right locations are key elements in purchasing multifamily properties.
It’s important to be flexible and adjust your investment strategy based on current market trends.
Look at where lenders are investing their money. They are lending money for apartment deals because the profit margins are phenomenal. If that is where lenders are putting their money, that’s a good place for an investor to put their money.
Communication and transparency are of utmost importance for investors.
Every apartment investment will have some sort of challenge. Look for the opportunities where the potential issues are addressed by an experienced investor.
Mark’s number one piece of advice for new investors is to become educated in the apartment investing process and to learn from others who have been doing it longer than you. This will help you feel comfortable in your investment decision.

QUOTES
“I think you owe it to your investors to sell after you met the business plan. We kind of got a fiduciary responsibility to say, 'Okay, the velocity of money comes in, now we've accomplished what we wanted to do, we did it in half the time so let's give your money back and now you can do something else with it.'"
“We're going to get the highest, generally speaking, the highest leverage, the best terms, non-recourse debt without personal liability and things like that on multifamily than virtually any other investment, period.”
ABOUT MARK KENNEY
Mark is a seasoned real estate investor, coach, two-time best-selling author and co-founder of Think Multifamily — an apartment investing group that he runs with his wife Tamiel. Mark started his apartment investing career over 25 years ago as a side hustle, while working 80+ hours per week in the corporate world. He has now purchased over 16,000 units totaling over $1 billion in assets across 13 states. He is one of the most respected authorities on acquiring and managing multifamily apartments assets.

CONNECT WITH MARK
Website: thinkmultifamily.com
Email: [email protected]

Get into the Real Estate Mindset with Eric Nelson

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02/14/23 • 37 min

From engineering to creative real estate endeavors, Eric Nelson has found his groove in multifamily apartment investing. He uses his expertise to help new investors get into the real estate mindset. If you are hesitant about passively investing in real estate, Eric will encourage you to take action.

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Eric first got into the real estate investing biz by buying a house where he was going to college and renting it to his college friends. After a few more single family home investments, he bought a six unit multifamily apartment from a man putting up a “For Rent” sign and the rest is history!
Two hurdles for new investors in apartment investing is assuring them it’s not a pyramid scheme and then to help eliminate the fear of trying something new. What a lot of new investors don’t realize is apartment and real estate investing like this has been around for a long time but it was only accessible to the ultra wealthy. It’s how the rich earned most of their wealth.
When your investment is in the stock market, you don’t have access to the people who are running the companies you have stock in. You can’t ask them questions or get updates on what’s happening. When you invest in a real estate syndication, you have access to the very people who are managing it. You’ll get updates and get answers to all your questions.
It’s a good idea to understand the timeline of an apartment investment as it’s different from investing in the stock market.
What is the “worse case scenario” in an apartment investment?

QUOTES
“Be patient and don't be afraid to spread your money out over a couple deals.”

“Maybe you just want a little bit safer investment... that's kind of where I encourage people to step away from the traditional path of the 401K...believe in real estate .”
ABOUT ERIC NELSON
Eric has been investing in real estate since 2007 and for two years in larger multifamily apartments. Eric and his team at Wild Oak Capital offer investment opportunities in multifamily syndication. Eric is the host of the Real Estate Mindset podcast. He has found a passion for coaching and sharing tips to success.
CONNECT WITH ERIC
Website: wildoakcapital.com
Podcast: wildoakcapital.com/podcast

Brilliant Real Estate Investor Insights with Jin Wang

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05/11/23 • 27 min

Are you struggling to understand the power of real estate investing? Tune in to this week's podcast episode to hear Jin Wang share her personal journey to uncovering the true potential of real estate investing. Learn how she changed her business structure, invested in real estate, and reduced tax liabilities to build a better future for her family and investors. Don't miss the discussion on the current preferences of investors in the real estate industry and the outlook for long-term holds. Tune in now!

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Jin shares the power of passively investing in apartments that come from asset appreciation, tax benefits as well as cash flow.
Investors in the real estate industry have varying preferences for their money, with some looking for longer-term strategies and others seeking early exits.
Opportunities for early exits may arise in the next three to six months, but there is currently not a lot of deal flow due to high interest rates and sellers expecting top dollar for their properties.

QUOTES
"If you want to change your tax, you've got to change your facts."

" And so that's when we stumbled across passively investing in multifamily, and that was the second great discovery because now we're putting our money into these investments, and I don't have to deal with any of these problems.”
ABOUT
Jin is a former auditor and CPA who has been investing in real estate since 2014. She left her W-2 job in 2020 to become a full-time real estate investor and co-founded the Sage Investing Group. As a managing partner and head of investor relations at Sage, Jin is driven by her unwavering commitment to helping other first-generation immigrants grow and protect their wealth for future generations. With over 2,600 units across 7 markets today, Jin and her team exemplify the transformative power of strategic and purposeful investments.
CONNECT WITH JIN
Email: [email protected]
Website: sageinvestinggroup.com
Facebook: www.com/sageinvesting
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/sageinvestinggroup

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The podcast is about Retirement, Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate, Investing, Personal Finance, Multifamily, Podcasts, Financial Freedom and Business.

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The episode title 'The Prescription for a Healthy Investment with Harry Nima Zegarra, MD' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Better Returns: Invest Like a Pro is 29 minutes.

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