SA866 | Having the Right Marketing and Sales Program to Discover Quality Deals with Dan Austin

01/12/24 • 38 min

Today, Dan Austin connects with us to talk about their marketing and sales platform, how they help investors acquire the best deals in the market, and guide us in the right direction of creating good investing partnerships.

Dan also gives us some value through his learning experiences as a former US military member, the importance of commitment in making decisions and choices, and conquering fears of investing in real estate. Dive in because there’s much we can offer in this episode!

Key Points & Relevant Topics

Dan’s realizations that shifted his mindset and started his investing career
Why Dan chose real estate as his wealth-building mechanism
Overcoming the fear of taking risks in real estate investing
Advice on finding and creating a business partnership that works
The value of having grit and commitment in business or any aspect of life
Collecting Keys: What it does, the services it offers to investors, and the asset classes covered
Typical fees and marketing budget involved in availing Collecting Keys’ services
Collecting Keys Podcast’s purpose and the kind of real estate stories it features
The mindset you must have to keep going despite investing challenges

Resources & Links

About Dan Austin

As a former member of one of the most elite and highly trained special operations military groups, Dan learned firsthand the power of perseverance, teamwork, and a relentless commitment that allows ordinary people to achieve extraordinary things. Dan departed from the military after 8 years and 6 combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan to pursue a career in Corporate America, albeit a short one.

After working just a few short years in Corporate America as an Electrical Engineer Dan sought out a path to financial freedom through real estate and entrepreneurship. His journey began in 2016 and quickly scaled his business, wholesaling, flipping, and buying over 100 properties in just two years.

While building his wholesaling business, the Collecting Keys business model was born as the only direct-to-seller full marketing and sales service offered to their real estate investor clients. Providing a first-of-its-kind service, the business grew to 25 markets across the US in just 6 months, with plans to be in 100 markets by the end of 2024.

Dan is also the host of the Collecting Keys Podcast, where he and his co-host talk about the real day-to-day ups and downs of being a real estate investor and running a nationwide off-market real estate business.

Get in Touch with Dan

To Connect With Us

Please visit our website www.bonavestcapital.com and click here to leave a rating and written review!

Key Points & Relevant Topics

Dan’s realizations that shifted his mindset and started his investing career
Why Dan chose real estate as his wealth-building mechanism
Overcoming the fear of taking risks in real estate investing
Advice on finding and creating a business partnership that works
The value of having grit and commitment in business or any aspect of life
Collecting Keys: What it does, the services it offers to investors, and the asset classes covered
Typical fees and marketing budget involved in availing Collecting Keys’ services
Collecting Keys Podcast’s purpose and the kind of real estate stories it features
The mindset you must have to keep going despite investing challenges

Resources & Links

About Dan Austin

Get in Touch with Dan

To Connect With Us

Please visit our website www.bonavestcapital.com and click here to leave a rating and written review!

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SA865 | Real Estate Tokenization, Blockchain Technology, and Triple Net Lease with Michael Flight

Get ready for another route to invest in real estate as we’ve invited the Godfather of Blockchain Real Estate, Michael Flight, to talk about the future of tokenization, his deep knowledge of NNN investing or triple net properties, and diversification strategies investors can take advantage of. Leverage the power of technology by tuning in to this episode!

Key Points & Relevant Topics

Michael’s journey as a retail real estate broker to getting into blockchain technology
What is blockchain technology and how does it work in real estate
An electronic marketplace to trade and purchase real estate shares
Is there a fee associated with trading and selling tokenized assets?
Why does it take a year to trade an asset or share in the marketplace?
The future of tokenization in the financial and investment industry
Differences between tokenized assets and cryptocurrency
Best real estate assets for diversification in terms of tokenization
Benefits of investing in Triple Net Lease (NNN) properties
Possible reasons why people owning shopping centers and retail properties exit despite good NOI and cash flow
Advantages of investing in debt funds
Advice for investors to prepare for a possible recession

Resources & Links

Invest on Main Marketplace: https://iom.ai/
Nothing But Net - Triple Net Show: https://nothingbutnet.us/
Blockchain real estate report: https://investonmain.com/real-estate-tokenization-report/
Apartment Syndication Due Diligence Checklist for Passive Investor

About Michael Flight

Michael Flight is a real estate expert who has been named the Godfather of Blockchain Real Estate by Forbes Crypto. Michael is the founder of the Blockchain Real Estate Summit and co-founded Liberty Real Estate Fund, a Net Lease Property Security Token which has revolutionized real estate investing with access to stable & tradable private real estate.

With over 35 years of experience, Michael is a seasoned entrepreneur specializing in retail real estate investment, redevelopment and a real estate tokenization pioneer. In 1990, Michael co-founded Concordia Realty Corporation, which has partnered with the world’s most prominent banks, insurance companies, hedge funds, and institutional investors to deliver many successful projects. Michael is also the co-host of the Nothing But Net - NNN Show podcast, which educates about triple net/net leased properties.

Michael's expertise has been recognized in media outlets such as CNBC, Real Vision, CEO Magazine, Yahoo Finance, CrowdFund Insider and others. Michael has been elected to public office, served on real estate investment advisory boards for two non-profits, and is a founding board member for Freedom of Life, a Romanian NGO that helps alleviate human trafficking.

Get in Touch with Michael

LinkedIn: Michael Flight
Website: https://investonmain.com/

To Connect With Us

Please visit our website www.bonavestcapital.com and click here to leave a rating and written review!

Next Episode

SA867 | From Purchasing Undervalued Townhomes to Syndicating Multifamily Apartments with Matt Brawner

How possible is it for W2 workers to form a real estate partnership and build a successful syndication business? Let’s hear it from a former Target employee turned investor and syndicator, Matt Brawner!

Today, he shares how he and his five partners started appreciating distressed properties as a great investment vehicle, secrets to a working partnership, scaling a portfolio through investors’ capital, and growing a company while serving residents and local communities. Don’t miss this episode to learn how to achieve the same financial stability in real estate.

Key Points & Relevant Topics

Why a townhome is a good investment for starters in real estate
The value of trust in forming a business operating agreement
Secrets to successful investing for people with no real estate experience
Benefits of learning the hard way in rental property management and investing
Leveraging investors’ capital to scale faster in real estate
Why investing out-of-state is an important option for investors
Advantages of starting a property management company for syndicators
Ways to effectively manage decisions and possible conflicts within partnerships
How difficult it is to leave a full-time job and take risks for the sake of being an entrepreneur

Resources & Links
Apartment Syndication Due Diligence Checklist for Passive Investor

About Matt Brawner

Matt began his real estate career in 2011 when he and five other partners purchased a single townhome in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The partners felt townhomes were undervalued and liked the protection of the HOA against unplanned capital expenditures. Later that year, Matt left his job at Target to pursue a career in fundraising but continued to work with his partners to grow their new company, Minnesota Capital Management (MCM).

In the years following 2011, Matt and his partners purchased 4-5 townhomes per year by reinvesting profits and investing personal capital. Everything changed in the summer of 2015 when Matt and his partners found their first multi-family investment, 75 units across three properties.

Matt left his W2 job in May 2018 and moved his family back to Minneapolis to run MCM full-time. In the process, Matt and his partners founded their own property management company, Northwoods Servicing (NWS). NWS manages the Twin Cities portion of MCM’s portfolio and has allowed the partners to own more of the value chain.

Today, Matt and his wife live in Minneapolis with their three kids. They are active in their church and enjoy all that Minnesota has to offer. Real Estate has given Matt and his family the gift of being planted and he wants to help you do the same.

Get in Touch with Matt

Website: Endurus Capital
LinkedIn: Matt Brawner

To Connect With Us

Please visit our website www.bonavestcapital.com and click here to leave a rating and written review!

How Did They Do It? Real Estate - SA866 | Having the Right Marketing and Sales Program to Discover Quality Deals with Dan Austin

Transcript

Seyla Prak:
[00:00:00] Thank you everyone for joining today's episode of How Did They Do It Real Estate Podcast. I am your host, Saylor Prak. Today, I am honored to be joined by Dan Austin. Dan departed from the military after eight years and six combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan to pursue a career in corporate America.

A beta short one. After working as an electrical engineer for a few short years, Dan started his real estate journey in 2016 after buying a