Rental Property Owner & Real Estate Investor Podcast

My guest today is a big fan of the Keanu Reeves movie “The Matrix”, and he believes that most people really are living in the Matrix and it’s his job to help them escape. He does this by teaching them the benefits of multifamily and apartment real estate investing

Since leaving a successful corporate America career, Jerome Myers has become a thought leader in the multifamily development space. Jerome leads The Myers Development Group which focuses on buying broken apartment building businesses and using innovative thinking and solid execution strategies to optimize the operational efficiency of the business.

Jerome asset manages 90 units and 90,000 square feet of workforce housing across Virginia and North Carolina and he’s on a mission to hold 1,000 doors in the next 8 years. He also hosts the podcast “Myers Methods Presents Multifamily Missteps”.

Today Jerome will take us through the process of acquiring, rehabbing and profiting from two of his multifamily properties, and we’ll also discuss why he prefers Joint Ventures over Syndications, why it’s so important to know how to convey the “Story” when applying for a loan, and how critical it is to establish a relationship with your lenders.

I know you’re going to enjoy and benefit from listening to this conversation with Jerome. You can contact Jerome through: https://www.jeromemyers.co

We have some incredibly powerful information to share with you today on disruptive forces and trends that will be dramatically altering the course of real estate investing for the next ten years, and I’m so excited to have Neal Bawa back on the show to share it with us.

For those of you who don’t know Neal, he is considered the Mad Scientist of Multifamily, and I’ve been following Neal and his companies Grocapitus and Multifamily University for years because he takes data science, statistics, and technological advancements and in an amazing and exciting way forecasts trends that very few investors are paying attention to.

So prepare yourself for a fascinating conversation, because Neal is going to take us through several disruptive trends that are going to change the way people live and invest. We’ll be discussing Hybrid Work and how we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg in people working from home and companies allowing them to do so.

You’ll also learn about Tokenization and Smart Contracts, and how this will allow investors to buy and sell real estate much like they do stocks or cryptocurrency. It will also lead to a dramatic decrease in the number of syndicators over the next 10 years.

Neal also touches on several other powerful forces that will have a massive impact on investing, such as Suburbanization and the growth of tertiary markets outside Primary Metros, Augmented Reality, Staycations, and 15-minute cities.

I know you’re going to get huge value from today’s episode. You can find out more about Neal by googling “Neal Bawa”, or going to https://multifamilyu.com

Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area.

https://www.livegreenlocal.com

And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and medicare benefits.

https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com

During the Great Recession there was a lot of opportunity for those who knew how to invest in short sales and foreclosure properties. As the economy improved over the past 10 years, these strategies were needed less and less for various reasons.

But now with Coronavirus’ impact on our economy, is this cycle starting up again? My guest today not only has an answer to that question, she is actively investing in, and teaching others to invest in, pre-foreclosure and short sales.

Dwan Bent-Twyford has been on numerous TV shows, she’s written four best-sellers, runs her own blog and YouTube channel, and her mission is to teach people how to build a business that they can pass down to their grandchildren, just like she’s doing.

Today, Dwan is going to do a deep dive into short sales and the foreclosure process. She will share who she contacts at the bank and the conversation she has with them, her persuasion techniques to get the price she wants, and how she finds her distressed homeowners through strategic marketing. Dwan will also discuss her outlook on the opportunities to expect due to the coronavirus’ effect on borrower’s ability to pay their mortgages.

This is a great episode for anyone who is looking for ways to find properties off-market by dealing directly with the seller and lender. You can contact Dwan through her website and continue the experience through her podcast:

https://dwanderful.com

The Most Dwanderful Real Estate Podcast Ever!

We have a special speaker announcement for our 2024 Midwest Real Estate Investor Conference, which is being held this February 22nd through 23rd here in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Devos Place conference center.

This is The Must-Attend Two-Day event for Real Estate Investors at all levels!

Maria Giordano will be our featured speaker on “Investing with NO Limits”. This presentation will be for those of you who are struggling to navigate the real estate market but you can’t seem to find the right deal.

Maria’s presentation will be Thursday, February 22nd at 4pm

Once again you don’t want to miss the 2024 Midwest Real Estate Investor Conference, which is being held this February 22nd through 23rd here in Grand Rapids, Michigan at the Devos Place conference center.

You can go to www.midwestREIconference.com to get your tickets and find out more.

Everyone is paying close attention to the Federal Reserve and wondering when they will begin lowering interest rates.

The lower-than-expected jobs report from two weeks ago certainly got people excited, but inflation is still being stubborn.

What is really going on with our economy, and how can we cut through the noise of the popular media and focus on the data that really matters?

In economic times of doubt, it helps to have Dr. Paul Isely make sense of what’s really going on and what we should be paying attention to.

Paul is the Associate Dean and Economist for Undergraduate Programs in the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University. He may not always tell us what we want to hear, but when he speaks, everyone listens.

Today we'll discuss interest rates, inflation, Climate Migration, West Michigan, AI Robots and the upcoming demographic cliff.

On Wednesday, August 7th, Paul Isely will be joining us for an in-person luncheon event to dive deeper into how these and other factors are transforming the real estate landscape in West Michigan and beyond, presenting new challenges and opportunities for investors.

Click here to register.

Find out more:

LinkedIn: Paul Isely

https://www.gvsu.edu/seidman/

Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area.

https://www.livegreenlocal.com

And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and Medicare benefits.

https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com