The Post Game Podcast #92 - Bela Carrasco: From Marquette Soccer to Real Estate VP - Money, Multifamily Investing & Knowing Your Why
Bela Carrasco is a former soccer player at Marquette University and currently an Assistant VP of Investor Relations at Origin Investments.
She is also the host of the "How Do You Know?" podcast where her goal is to help people feel more confident about investing.
What You’ll Hear About:
- How Bela launched her real estate career after college
- The mindset shift from athlete to investor
- Whether she would invest the same way again
- How to build an emergency fund
- The power of understanding your Why before making investment decisions
- How multifamily real estate works
- Knowing how your advisor is incentivized
- Why Bela started her podcast
- How she balances a demanding VP role with content creation
- Why asking questions is your most underrated advantage
Timestamps:
(0:00) – Intro to Bela Carrasco
(0:50) – Lessons from playing soccer at Marquette
(2:30) – First jobs out of school
(4:50) – Real estate investing herself
(7:00) – Would she invest the same way again?
(9:00) – Build an emergency fund first
(9:45) – The 50/30/20 rule explained
(11:30) – Bela’s podcast
(13:50) – Pro athletes’ relationship with money
(16:30) – Multifamily investing in the Sun Belt
(19:45) – How are advisors incentivized?
(22:00) – Confidence in the team investing with you
(23:15) – Underwriting a deal
(25:15) – Knowing your Why with investment strategy
(27:00) – What cities should you be watching?
(28:50) – Why asking questions will accelerate your career
(30:10) – How Bela balances her time
(31:20) – Dream guests for Bela’s podcast
(32:30) – What’s next for Bela
(33:20) – Where to find her
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