About the Guest(s): Brian Davis is a real estate investor and entrepreneur. He is the founder of Spark Rental, a website that provides resources and education for real estate investors. Brian has a background in real estate investing and has experience in both residential and commercial properties. He is also the creator of an investment club that allows individuals to pool their money and invest in real estate syndication projects. Episode Summary: In this episode, Josh interviews Brian Davis, a real estate investor and founder of Spark Rental. Brian shares his personal journey as an investor ..read more

About the Guest(s): Pete Turner is a real estate investor and retired military serviceman. He developed an interest in real estate at a young age but put it on hold due to his partner's reservations. Years later, after retiring from the military, Pete purchased a four-unit townhouse in Rhode Island, which replaced his national guard income. This success sparked his passion for real estate, and he continued to invest in properties. Pete met his current wife, Katrina, at a real estate investment seminar in Rhode Island, and they now operate Capital Turners together. In this episode, Pete Turner ..read more

Key Takeaways: Building a successful customer acquisition funnel requires a well-rounded approach, including top-of-funnel awareness, middle-of-funnel engagement, and bottom-of-funnel conversion. Many businesses make the mistake of focusing solely on customer acquisition without considering the importance of upselling and nurturing relationships with existing customers. Utilizing AI technology in marketing can provide significant advantages, such as anonymous email retargeting and personalized direct mail campaigns. The Importance of a Full Funnel Approach: In today's rapidly changing marketin ..read more

If your first real estate deal involved buying a simple single family home or duplex, lining up financing and then quickly escalated into getting overly involved with every step of the process, you probably thought to yourself, “This isn’t a new financial future–this is another job!” Well, today’s guest, Flint Jamison, had this exact feeling–and that’s why he got into multifamily and build-to-rent communities. He spent 20 years in the aerospace industry and managed a $120 million program modifying aircraft for the military, but has been in real estate since 2018.  Now, at Vestus Capital ..read more

What does it take to purchase $1.1 billion in real estate? I’m glad you asked because today’s guest has not only done it, but he’s teaching other MDs how they can do it too. I’m thrilled to welcome Pranay Parikh to the podcast. Pranay is a hugely successful doctor, podcaster, and course creator who’s created tons of opportunities in passive investing for others, with a focus on helping doctors become entrepreneurs in real estate. When Pranay graduated from med school, he had a solid salary, which came with a ton of debt. Instead of playing the stock market, he paid off his loans, did his first ..read more

No matter what your portfolio looks like, there’s a very good chance that you’re unaware of all the ways you can save money and legally slash your taxes.  So, how do you legally reduce your tax liability?  To answer that question, today’s guest is Toby Mathis. Toby is a founding partner at Andersen Advisors, where he’s been a tax attorney for over 25 years. He’s helped over 100,000 clients prepare better tax returns, and he has a deep understanding of how to become wealthy and legally slash your taxes so you can keep your wealth. In our conversation, we dig into several tips and stra ..read more

One of the best ways to grow your network, find investors and make deals is networking. And today’s guest has mastered the art of putting on a great networking event. Nick Gray is the bestselling author of The 2-Hour Cocktail Party: How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings. I’m a big believer in face-to-face events to help grow brands, recruit partners, and find deals, and Nick’s unique strategy makes these events even more powerful and productive. In our conversation, Nick and I dig deep into how to host a successful networking event and how to market a great party that connects y ..read more

One of the things that I’m most proud of is how we’re doing with deep value-add for our properties. And today, I want to walk you through what we’ve done since purchasing the property at 296 Triskett. As a refresher, this is a 296-unit, all-garden-style complex in the Lakewood submarket of Cleveland. Over the course of eight months, we invested $2 million in the property and scaled with massive success. We managed to avoid labor issues, we didn’t get clobbered by supply chain shortages, and we were able to increase rent by over $300 in over 140 units.  Today’s episode will be a bit of a c ..read more

A few years ago, the outlook on the stock and real estate markets were on a straight path upwards. As we all know, a lot has happened since then. The Federal Reserve is continuing to raise interest rates, everyone is wondering if we’re in a recession, and the investing strategies that worked in 2019 aren’t necessarily guaranteed to deliver the returns you want in 2023. So, with all that in mind, I’m thrilled to be chatting with Daren Blomquist, VP Market Economics at Auction.com. I love having these conversations with Daren to get his valuable insights on not just about the state of our econom ..read more

If you’ve done a few residential deals, but you’ve never bought an apartment complex or maybe you’re fairly new to multifamily investing, today’s episode is for you.  Today, I’m going to walk you through how big the perfect multifamily deal should be, what it should cost you, where you’ll find it, and the things you’re going to do to create unique value while you own it.  You’ll learn about some of the deals I’ve done in the past that meet these criteria, what makes these deals so good for investors looking to take the leap into multifamily, and why this approach to investing is so m ..read more