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How to Invest in Real Estate with No Money with Mark Podolsky
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05/19/21 • 32 min
Investing in real estate does not always require cash and, in this episode, you will learn how to invest in real estate without tenants, termites, or even toilets! Today’s guest is Mark Podolsky, AKA The Land Geek, author of Dirt Rich: The Ultimate Guide to Helping You Build A Passive Income and Founder of Frontier Properties, a reputable investment company that specializes in the acquisition of raw and developed land throughout the United States. He has been buying and selling land full-time since 2001 and, by working smart, not hard, he has completed over 5,500 land deals with an average ROI of over 300 percent on cash flips and over 1,000 percent on the deals where he sells with financing terms. He wants to help you do the same, so tune in to hear his insight and practical advice for taking advantage of bigger margins and earning 300 percent ROI in what Mark calls the “gateway drug” to bigger deals, cash reserves, and opportunities!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Hear Mark’s story and how he discovered 300 percent returns in land investing.
- Find out how buying raw land to flip and sell actually works.
- The systems Mark created to automate the process of identifying land deals, from offer and acceptance to due diligence and closing.
- Taking advantage of big margins in an inefficient niche for hedge funds and private equity.
- Why Mark says land is a great “gateway drug” to bigger deals, greater cash reserves, and for gaining real estate experience.
- Some of the programs Mark has developed to help others through the process.
- Red flags to look out for, like superfund sites and what Mark calls “got-to-have-land ITIS.”
- Mark emphasizes that, while this is a simple process, “it ain’t easy.”
- What to ask your deal sponsor: how do you have skin in the game?
- Why Mark is most proud of remaining profitable between 2010 and 2012.
- His recommended books, which include The ONE Thing and The 12 Week Year.
- Learn about Mark’s number one key to success; meditation.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Exploring The Mind & Factors That Play In Decision Making With Paul Ross
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03/14/22 • 21 min
In today’s Ritter On Real Estate episode, we have on returning guest, Paul Ross. Paul is an author, speaker, trainer, and master practitioner of neuro-linguistic programming. This episode goes over various aspects of the brain, communication, and how the mind works. Paul also lays out some frameworks to help listeners with proper decision-making!
Key Points From The Episode:
- Paul’s background, how he got started helping people navigate the complexities of the mind.
- The human mind and how it’s hardwired to think negatively.
- Kent recalls his personal experience getting coaching from Paul, how it helped him negotiate a multi-million dollar real estate deal.
- How Paul’s mindset coaching can positively assist real estate investors.
- Pauls's key's to success, the importance of a track record.
Books Mentioned:
- Subtle Words That Sell by Paul Ross
Where to find Paul: speakerpaulross.com
Excelling in Office despite the Pandemic with Brian Adams
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03/17/21 • 29 min
Everyone embraced the stay-at-home and work-from-home instructions at the beginning of the global coronavirus pandemic, quickly adjusting their work, organizations, companies, and lifestyles. Offices became somewhat redundant and remained vacant, begging the question if we will ever use them again. Almost a year later, however, things are shaping up to be a lot different than originally expected. Today’s guest is Brian Adams, the President and Founder of Excelsior Capital, where he spearheads the investor relations and capital markets arms of the firm. He has 10 years of experience in real estate private equity. Before forming Excelsior Capital, Brian co-founded Priam Properties in 2010 and provided leadership and direction for them in connection with capital markets, investment management, and investor relations. Tuning in today, you’ll find out what got him interested him in real estate, why he changed his career path, how COVID has impacted his company and their portfolio, and the effect of the recency bias. Brian also shares some interesting takeaways on the commercial market and how office space is shaping out much differently than predicted. Tune in today for all this and more!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Hear more about Brian and how he became interested in real estate.
- Why Brain didn’t want to end up or become like the 60-year-old lawyers he met.
- The concept of the Hero’s Adventure: taking the step while being ignorant to the risk!
- More about Excelsior Capital and what they are working on.
- Hear about the assists they are focused on and the deals they are working on.
- How 2020 and COVID have impacted their portfolio.
- How COVID has impacted the thoughts behind office space; pre-and post-pandemic.
- How recency bias affects us all: it’s not going to be the same as before.
- Hear how their strategy has changed going forward: the suburban office deal challenge.
- Brian explains what a one-story flex is: that area two to three miles from your airport.
- What a traditional commercial deal looks like for an investor and how it is structured.
- The types of investors investing in these deals: taxable, accredited investors only.
- Why Excelsior Capital’s direct response to feedback is cash on cash.
- How they plan to continue to grow over the next couple of years.
- Brian’s perspective on cap rates in the commercial market sectors.
- One question that every investor should ask their deal sponsor, according to Brian.
- What Brian is most proud of in his career: pushing through the painful process.
- What books you should be reading, like The No Rules Rules.
- The number one key to success: grit!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Denver Market Overview with Top Broker Adam Riddle
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10/30/20 • 26 min
The pandemic has impacted many multi-family markets across the US but in Denver, the Mile High City, the investing landscape is as solid as ever. Today we get an insider’s perspective on the Denver market from Adam Riddle, Principal of Nexus Commercial Realty. We open our conversation by chatting about the trend of people leaving coastal cities and embracing a work-from-home lifestyle. With a diversified economy and easy access to nature, as Adam explains, more people are moving to Colorado than ever. We discuss what the cap rates look like across Colorado before diving into local investment trends and later, the strategies that are common in the Denver market. After sharing his journey into real estate, Adam provides his top advice to listeners wanting to invest in Denver — with details on areas that they should consider investing in. We touch on why a low cap rate isn’t a sign of a bad deal and then dive into Adam’s keys to success. His answers highlight the importance of understanding occupancy rates and why time management is a critical skill for investors to master. Tune in for an overview of Denver’s market from one of the city's top brokers.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Adam shares details about his company’s investment niche.
- Hear why Colorado’s single-family real estate market is “on fire.”
- Exploring the many reasons that people are moving to Colorado.
- What the general cap rates look like throughout Colorado.
- Colorado investment trends and why Adam’s company is the busiest that it’s ever been.
- How COVID hasn’t slowed down the Denver real estate market.
- Adam talks about his journey into real estate.
- Top advice to investors who want to enter the Denver market.
- Common strategies that Denver investors are employing.
- Why a low cap rate doesn’t indicate how good a deal is.
- Adam shares some insider information on areas in Colorado you should invest in.
- What every investor should look for in a deal and what Adam is most proud of.
- Why time management is has been the key to Adam’s success.
Tweetables:
“It used to be that people would get a job and then move there for it. Not people choose their cities and try and find a job once there.” — Adam Riddle [0:04:20]
“People are refocusing on the multifamily sector. And Colorado is one of those places where people like to travel to. If you have an investment there, you like to come and see it.” — Adam Riddle [0:09:36]
“Some of the best deals we've ever done were at a two cap rate because they had a story to them. So even if it's a low cap rate, it doesn't necessarily mean it's not a good deal.” — Adam Riddle [0:16:58]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Building Wealth Without Wallstreet with Joey Mure and Russ Morgan
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04/21/21 • 48 min
A large section of the population has bought into the idea that the best and safest way to prepare for retirement is by setting up a 401k and leaving it to accrue over time. Joey Mure and Russ Morgan are on the show to dispel this and other myths that they argue make up the 'Wall Street mindset', and share some healthier strategies for setting yourself up for a wealthy and secure future. The basis for their philosophy comes from the idea of responsibility and self-belief; they argue that by outsourcing the control of your savings and financial plan, you shortchange yourself, the results of which will be dramatically evident down the road. Our guests talk about the simple nature of the formula for a better strategy but importantly do not shy away from the fact that it will take some dedication and hard work. They really drive home the idea of education and investment in the self and show how these steps are the best way to a brighter future for you and your family. We also get into the topic of debt, and Joey and Russ share some balanced opinions about this divisive area, which may lead you to reconsider what you have been told! So for all this and a whole lot more from two inspiring and progressive financial minds, be sure to listen in!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Our guests' professional journeys and how they arrived at their current philosophy.
- Unpacking the 'Wall Street mindset' and how it contrasts with the approach espoused by Russ and Joey.
- Getting clear and honest about what we really want instead of listening to brokers.
- Joey and Russ' opinion on the way 401ks have been falsely advertised as protective.
- Taking control of our savings and retirement planning instead of outsourcing it.
- The reality of the results of relying on a 401k for savings and retirement preparation.
- The three-step process of financial freedom and the formula to follow to secure your future.
- Weighing the role of debt in a good financial plan.
- The beginnings of a journey towards greater cashflow and security.
- Why an active approach to investing in oneself is vital to your finances in the long run.
- The 'keys to success' with Joey and Russ! Questions to ask, achievements, books, and more!
- A special offer from our guests and how to find and connect with them online.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Preparing for Financial Freedom with Todd Miller
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04/06/21 • 38 min
Achieving financial freedom requires having the right mindset about money. Having found his own financial freedom at the age of 35, financial coach ‘Tightwad’ Todd Miller knows how to safeguard and grow wealth. Today we speak with Todd to hear his insights on preparing for your financial freedom. After sharing how he went from the corporate world to becoming an investor, Todd unpacks how he helps his clients to become financially independent. From curtailing your expenses and raising your financial awareness to shifting your perspective on what’s important in life, we touch on the key aspects of effective wealth management. We discuss the small actionable steps that you can take to set and stick to budgets while also diving into debates around saving versus investing. Later, we talk about communities that can help you build your wealth, along with questions that you need to be able to answer and that can guide you in creating investing goals. We wrap up our conversation by hearing Todd’s book recommendation, what he’s most proud of, and the top key to his success. As Todd explains, your path to financial freedom starts now. Join us for Todd’s expert advice on taking your first step.
Key Points From This Episode:
- We introduce financial coach Todd Miller.
- Todd shares details about his journey to financial freedom.
- How Todd discovered and then learned about real estate investing.
- What Todd does to help his clients grow their wealth.
- Hear what goes into planning for your financial freedom.
- Exploring the mindset shift that’s needed to attain financial freedom.
- Advice on budgeting and holding yourself accountable.
- We ask Todd how long it takes to secure financial freedom.
- Debates around saving versus investing.
- Why you should act now to ensure a stress-free retirement.
- The questions that every investor needs to ask themself.
- Todd’s top book, what he’s most proud of, and his number one key to success.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Laying Strong Multi-family Foundations with Arn Cenedella
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02/09/21 • 33 min
Despite what many investors say, achieving multi-family success doesn’t mean going as big as you can as fast as you can. Today we speak with Arn Cedella, an investor with over 40 years of experience in real estate. Our conversation drills down into his recent transition into multi-family and the importance of laying strong foundations that can withstand market downturns. We open by chatting about his extensive experience as a single-family broker and investor. Arn then shares the four key factors that caused him to move into multi-family investing. After touching on how multi-family benefits from economy of scale and leads to better cash flows than single-family, Arn dives into his positive experience as a new multi-family investor. He shares how he learned about this niche through podcasts, boot camps, and good old-fashioned investing. Later, we discuss why you need to develop your multi-family know-how to be able to unpick the assumptions that underpin deals. Reflecting on this, Arn highlights his process in scaling his business in step with his market understanding. Tune in to hear more about the value of creating a strong foundation for your multi-family investing.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Introducing today’s guest, real estate veteran Arn Cenedella.
- Arn shares details about his extensive background in real estate.
- Hear why Arn has recently jumped into multi-family investing.
- More cash flow and renters; exploring the benefits of multi-family.
- How multi-family investing takes advantage of economies of scale.
- Arn talks about his experience as a multi-family passive investor.
- How Arn learned the ins-and-outs of multi-family.
- The importance of unpacking the assumptions that underpin every deal.
- Arn talks about the value of scaling your business as you learn more.
- Why building a strong team is a priority in multi-family.
- Arn opens up about what’s made him successful.
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Arn Cenedella Phone — 650-575-6114
Mastering your Mindset with Chris Salerno
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04/28/21 • 29 min
Real estate is fun and rewarding, but success in this game is no walk in the park, so it is of utmost importance to have a mindset of unshakeable positivity. Chris Salerno has achieved some remarkable things in a short space of time and today we talk to him about what they are and the role of mindset in his success. Our chat begins with an introduction to Chris, his journey into real estate, and how he realized that multifamily was the niche for him. He talks about excelling quickly in his first job and then going on to start CQ Capital which now has over $55 million and 500 units under management. Chris gives us the lowdown about the markets and asset classes he focuses on and his efficient method of vetting deals to stay afloat in the competitive niche he has chosen. He also shares a few golden nuggets for how to plan and set deadlines to ensure that time gets used as efficiently as possible. In the next part of our conversation, we ask Chris about the habits he practices and the resources he consults to keep operating on such a high level. Here he drills down on the absolute necessity of taking care of the mind by meditating, thinking positively, and doing what you love! For a conversation packed with actionable tips from Chris today, be sure to tune in!
Key Points From This Episode:
- An introduction to Chris and his impressive growth in the real estate space.
- Why Chris loves multifamily and a window into the assets CQ Capital has under management.
- The different markets and asset classes Chris focuses on and why.
- Strategies Chris uses to stay afloat in such competitive markets.
- The passion Chris feels about competing in this competitive market.
- The importance of mindset for Chris and habits he uses to stay so energetic.
- How to nurture and nourish your mind and use it to grow your business and success.
- Shifting to a mindset of positivity and how this brings in opportunities.
- How Chris prepares for his busy schedule by factoring in downtime with family.
- The value of intentionality and planning ahead for being more efficient and productive.
- Squeezing the most out of meetings and projects by setting time limits and deadlines.
- Why the most important question investors should ask sponsors is about collections.
- Pride Chris felt when he realized he was good at learning after finding real estate.
- Why Chris recommends Think and Grow Rich and Mistakes Millionaires Make.
- Final words from Chris about the main key to success.
- How to get hold of Chris and learn more about QC Capital!
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Reverse Engineering the Wealth-building Strategies of the Rich with Lane Kawaoka
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03/30/21 • 33 min
The traditional methods of building wealth, like investing in postgraduate degrees, working for up to 50 years in your W2 job, and putting money towards your 401(k) mutual funds are all good and well, but they’re not the best strategies out there. Why not begin with the end in mind and have multiple streams of income today? Today’s guest, Lane Kawaoka, can help you do just that. Lane uses his engineering degree to reverse engineer the wealth-building strategies that the rich use in his top 50 investing podcast, Simple Passive Cashflow. He owns 4,200 rental units and is the leader of the Hui Deal Pipeline Club, which has acquired over $350 million of real estate by syndicating over $40 million of private equity since 2016. In this episode, Lane shares his advice for doing what the rich do by diversifying into real estate and investing with private operators, and he explains why he believes you should not invest in retirement accounts, how taxes play into your investments and his three rules for investing. Tune in today!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Hear about Lane’s background and what sparked his interest in passive investing.
- Lane’s journey from his first passive investment to a business and a podcast about it.
- How the podcast originated because of the “dumb questions” his friends asked him.
- The virtual events that have adapted to COVID and the limited time of those with families.
- Do what the rich are doing by diversifying your investments into real estate.
- The benefits of investing with private operators and cutting out the middleman.
- Four reasons why Lane believes you shouldn’t invest in retirement accounts.
- How taxes play into real estate investing; using your passive activity losses to offset passive income gains from an asset or deal.
- Some of the lessons Lane has learned along the way, like letting every dollar work for you.
- The importance of educating yourself on the benefits of using podcasts and blogs.
- Why Lane believes that anybody can do real estate investing; it’s an endgame strategy.
- Lane’s three rules for investing: it must cash flow, be a hard asset, and be leverage-able.
- Keys to Success: the value of building organic relationships, why Lane is so proud of quitting his day job, and book to read.
- Lane’s one key to success: figuring out the next thing to do and executing it to completion
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
How to Optimize for Profit with Neal Bawa
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04/13/21 • 41 min
Our guest today is a man who needs no introduction; if you are an avid real estate podcast listener, you’ll definitely know this name. On this episode, we are excited to introduce Neal Bawa. Neal is a technologist who is universally known in real estate circles as the mad scientist in multifamily. He treats his $250 million-plus portfolio as an ongoing experiment of efficiency and optimization. Neal serves as the CEO and founder of Grocapitus, which is an iconic data-driven, commercial real estate investment company, and also serves as a CEO of Multifamily U, an apartment investing education company with over 5,000 students attending his multifamily seminars, and hundreds attending his magical multifamily boot camps each year. Tune in and join us today as we talk to Neal all about numbers, measurements, adapting, and succeeding. Neal shares a lot of key information and tips about using data to your advantage, reinventing and adapting to ensure your success, his opinion on the strongest asset classes, and what investors need to be paying attention to. He also unpacks the five ratios that you should be tracking, so stay tuned for all this and more!
Key Points From This Episode:
- Hear more about who Neal is, his background, and what led him into multifamily.
- Looking at data trends: the goal is to constantly be reinventing yourself because that's what data tells us to do.
- Neal shares the top strongest asset classes, pre-and post-pandemic: e-commence boom.
- How multifamily has stayed the average most favored class over the last six to seven years.
- Neal talks about how the pandemic has impacted the class C price: old versus new.
- What do investors need to be paying attention to, according to data, a year from now: no bad news in multifamily.
- Neal explains why the next twelve months are gold, even if bad things will happen after.
- Innovations that Neal is implementing now that keep him ahead of the curve: cameras, sell covered-parking, calculating and tracking key ratios.
- The five ratios:
- The number of leads that your property seized each week.
- The number of appointments that were set from those leads.
- The number of people that actually showed up at the property.
- The number of people that signed apps.
- The number of people that became leases.
- What things in his portfolio would he consistently measure: unit turn.
- Neal’s message to passive investors at this point: make sure your syndicator is both excited and afraid.
- The one question that every investor should be asking their deal sponsor: what was their worst deal and how did they deal with it.
- What Neal is most proud of throughout his career, thus far: their employees and how their company has molded itself into an extremely customer-friendly place.
- A book everyone should read: The Miracle Morning.
- Neal’s number one key to success: measure everything, and adapt.
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How many episodes does Ritter on Real Estate have?
Ritter on Real Estate currently has 152 episodes available.
What topics does Ritter on Real Estate cover?
The podcast is about Wealth, Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate, Entrepreneurship, Investing, Multifamily, Podcasts and Business.
What is the most popular episode on Ritter on Real Estate?
The episode title 'How To Overcome The Fear Of Failure When First Investing In Real Estate W/ Niti Jamdar' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Ritter on Real Estate?
The average episode length on Ritter on Real Estate is 38 minutes.
How often are episodes of Ritter on Real Estate released?
Episodes of Ritter on Real Estate are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Ritter on Real Estate?
The first episode of Ritter on Real Estate was released on Apr 30, 2020.
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