Working for A Multifamily Investing Firm to Starting Your Own - with Max Gonzales | TLS123

Max started his career in 2003 where he worked as a multi-family broker before transitioning over to acquisitions for large multi-family assets. Max has placed money for high-net-worth individuals and various institutions. He has structured over 700M in multifamily real estate transactions in his career.

Max leads acquisitions and investor relations for Geometric. Max began his career in the multifamily industry in 2003 where he worked as a broker working with Buyers and Sellers of multifamily real estate to achieve their investment goals. In 2006, Max began working with Fowler Property Acquisitions, a leader in the real estate industry for multiple real estate product types.  At Fowler Property Acquisitions, Max oversaw acquisitions for Arizona, Southern California, and Nevada for office and multifamily properties where he acquired over $85 million in assets. Max also served as Vice President for Pacific Urban Residential, a prominent West Coast multifamily owner/operator with 10B+ in assets under management, where he oversaw all acquisitions opportunities in the San Diego market.

Max oversaw the acquisition, redevelopment, or renovation of over $430 million in closed transactions for Pacific Urban’s multifamily large value-add and core-plus accounts. Through his career, Max has worked through each aspect of the real estate acquisitions process, including acquisitions, dispositions, PSA negotiation, underwriting, debt structuring, construction management, asset management, and due diligence through a successful close, which has successfully closed over 3200 units. Max is a graduate of Westmont College. During his time at Westmont, he completed his degree in Economics and Business, worked at Mother Teresa's Hospital for the Destitute and Dying in Calcutta India, and achieved the rank of National Champion in Track & Field. Max lives with his wife and two German Shepherds in Newport Beach. They are expecting their first child in January. He loves the arts and learning about new technologies.

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WE DISCUSS:

• How he got started in the real estate space right after college.
• How he transitioned into acquisitions.
• His experience in working for a larger firm during the recession.
• The type of assets he worked with during the latter half of his career.
• Why he transitioned to focus on building his personal equity.
• The structure of his new business.
• Why he thinks there’s never a right time for a career or business transition.
• What’s next for his business and the markets he’s focusing on.
• His advice on raising capital and building an investor pool.

KEY QUOTE:
“You shouldn’t be calling asking for money, you should be calling looking for advocates for your business.”

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