The Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast|Real Estate Investing Episode 182: Building Relationships Opens Doors, with Omar Khan
Jul 10, 2020
28:51
Omar is responsible for capital raising, strategic planning, and investor relations. He has over 10 years of global investment experience.
He has participated in capital financing and M&A transactions valued at $3.7 billion. He is a CFA Charterholder and graduated with honors from the University of Toronto with a B.Com in Finance.
Omar moved from Canada and lives in Texas with his wife and newborn son.
What you’ll learn about in this episode:
- Why Omar moved from Canada to the United States a few years ago, and how he got involved in real estate in the US
- How Omar’s private equity firm specializes in multifamily real estate, and how he became a CFA
- Why relationship building with brokers, investors, and lenders forms a key cornerstone of Omar’s work
- Why going beyond a transactional relationship is the key to opening doors and creating new investment opportunities
- How the COVID-19 outbreak has affected Omar’s business so far, and what future effects he anticipates as the financial slowdown continues
- How Omar is managing the challenge of working from home while fathering two small children
- Why Omar looks back over a longer period of time to recognize his big wins, even if he feels like he isn’t currently making as much progress as he wants
- How Omar uses Google Docs to organize his thoughts and identify where he’s making progress in his work
- Why Omar puts everything on his calendar and organizes everything in his life, and what books he has found valuable for furthering his own knowledge
- How Omar tries to model the behavior of successful people, and why he believes in focusing on your strengths while learning the strengths of others
Resources:
- Website: www.boardwalkwealth.com
- Email: omar@boardwalkwealth.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boardwalkwealth/
- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/omark1/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmMBl2fF_VLNgZ16c10bZvA
Omar Khan’s Recommended Reading List:
- Six Easy Pieces by Richard P. Feynman: https://amzn.to/3dyTPN5
- The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb: https://amzn.to/2CHhJta
Additional resources:
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- Website: www.SmartRealEstateCoach.com/QLS/
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