

The Real Estate Syndication Show
Whitney Sewell
With over 2000 episodes and counting, The Real Estate Syndication Show - hosted by entrepreneur, philanthropist, and investor Whitney Sewell - is your comprehensive guide to all things real estate and beyond. Here you’ll find real, raw conversations full of expert insights and practical strategies, along with powerful and inspirational personal journeys.From real estate tycoons like Scott Trench (CEO @ Bigger Pockets) and Spencer Rascoff (Zillow co-founder) to investing gurus like Joe Fairless (Best Ever CRE) and philanthropy leaders like Lloyd Reeb (Halftime Institute) – each conversation brings its own unique edge, inspiration, and actionable value.Tune in every Thursday for a new episode and start your weekend educated, inspired, and refreshed.
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Apr 28, 2023 • 38min
WS1650 - Building Legacies: Real Estate Investment and Investing in Family
Join us on this insightful episode as we dive deep into the world of real estate investment with the dynamic duo, Alan and Elena Neely. They share their journey of building wealth through property investments while emphasizing the importance of investing in your family and home. Discover how they navigate the intricacies of setting goals together as a married couple, maintaining open communication with partners and investors, and incorporating their children into their investment endeavors. Learn valuable lessons on finding trustworthy partners, identifying lucrative properties, and building a lasting legacy through strategic real estate investments. Don't miss this empowering conversation with Alan and Elena Neely, where the fusion of family, home, and wealth creation takes center stage.info@handoverholdens.comhttps://andoverholdings.com/Meet Alan and Elena Neely. Alan used to fly planes for a major airline, while Elena earned her MBA in Finance and worked as a procurement analyst, negotiating contracts in the $100 million range. In the early 2000s, after witnessing the downsizing and layoffs of their colleagues, the couple realized there must be a better wayThey decided to focus their spare time on real estate. By 2005, the couple pivoted towards building townhomes in Seattle, which they held as rental properties. Soon they owned and operated multiple companies specializing in land development, property management, and real estate brokerage.VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow📝 JOIN THE DISCUSSIONhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/realestatesyndication➡️ FOLLOW UShttps://twitter.com/whitney_sewell https://www.instagram.com/whitneysewell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-sewell/ ⭐ Be Our Guest!We are continuously working hard to help our listeners with their journey to real estate syndication. If you think you can add value in any way to our listeners who are in commercial real estate, then we’d love to have you over. Apply here: https://lifebridgecapital.com/join-our-podcast/

Apr 27, 2023 • 31min
WS1649 - Getting started in real estate with guest Marc Weisi
In this episode, we have a special guest, Marc Weisi, a municipal bond portfolio manager and trader who shares his story about getting started in real estate investment while working a full-time job. Marc emphasizes the importance of being intentional and seeking out coaching from others a few steps. He also discusses the value of networking and contributing marketing efforts to help underwrite deals.marc@investwithmaple.comwww.investwithmaple.comAbout Marc WeisiMunicipal bond portfolio manager and trader on a team responsible for the management of >10k SMA relationships and $26Bn+ in AUM. Identify relative value opportunities based on supply/demand dynamics, liquidity, credit analysis, and macro-economic factors. Perform execution through various liquidity centers and platforms including Bloomberg, MarketAxess, and TradeWeb. Build reporting and analytics tools using InvestorTools Perform system, MS Excel/VBA, and Bloomberg.VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow📝 JOIN THE DISCUSSIONhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/realestatesyndication➡️ FOLLOW UShttps://twitter.com/whitney_sewell https://www.instagram.com/whitneysewell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-sewell/ ⭐ Be Our Guest!We are continuously working hard to help our listeners with their journey to real estate syndication. If you think you can add value in any way to our listeners who are in commercial real estate, then we’d love to have you over. Apply here: https://lifebridgecapital.com/join-our-podcast/

Apr 26, 2023 • 29min
WS1648 - Mentorship, Social Media, and Real Estate Investment with Vlad Arakcheyev
In this episode, we speak with Vlad Arakcheyev, a successful entrepreneur and real estate investor who shares his insights on the importance of mentorship, leveraging social media to establish credibility, and the key to effective follow-up. Vlad also talks about his journey of starting a YouTube channel to educate and entertain his audience, breaking down complex concepts into simple and easy-to-understand terms. Additionally, he highlights the power of networking through podcasts, social media, webinars, and speaking engagements to meet potential investors and grow your business. Lastly, Vlad encourages everyone to give real estate investment a try, sharing how it can open up new opportunities and change your perspective on wealth creation. Tune in to this insightful conversation with Vlad Arakcheyev to learn more about his experiences and advice for success.Links in this episode:https://zontikventures.com/VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow📝 JOIN THE DISCUSSIONhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/realestatesyndication➡️ FOLLOW UShttps://twitter.com/whitney_sewell https://www.instagram.com/whitneysewell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-sewell/ ⭐ Be Our Guest!We are continuously working hard to help our listeners with their journey to real estate syndication. If you think you can add value in any way to our listeners who are in commercial real estate, then we’d love to have you over. Apply here: https://lifebridgecapital.com/join-our-podcast/

Apr 25, 2023 • 34min
WS1647 - The Power of Listening: Insights from Joe Berko
WS1647 - The Power of Listening: Insights from Joe BerkoLinks from the Episode:https://astorrealtycapital.com/https://www.instagram.com/joeberko_realestate/https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-berko-042817165/NLP Technique of ListeningAbout Jeff Berko:Joe (Yossi) Berko is a nationally recognized, inspirational entrepreneur with over 25 years of success predicated on profitable investments, ethics, and generosity. A great believer in giving back, Joe serves on the board of several non-profit organizations and has been invited to speak at professional conferences. Companies:–Astor Realty Capital – Private Equity, Co-Founder and CEO. –Berko & Associates – Real Estate Advisory, Founder and President.–Urban Real Estate Center – Real Estate Education, Co-Founder, and Principal. Joe Berko commenced his lifelong career in commercial real estate finance and investment banking in 1995.By 2005, he had founded Berko & Associates, a New York-based multidisciplinary advisory firm specializing in investment sales, structured finance, and syndication. Joe’s creative methodologies in securing and closing large commercial transactions have earned him multiple prestigious awards, including “Power Broker” by Co-Star and “NY Signature Broker” by Globe Street.Four years later, in 2009, Yossi was appointed by New York State Governor, David Paterson, to serve as an advisor for the State’s Real Estate Board. The nomination continued with Governor Andrew Cuomo for a total of nine years.In 2015, Joe launched Astor Realty Capital with two of Berko & Associates directors. For a strategic foothold in key Metropolitan Statistical Areas, the company decided for the headquarters to be in New York, with offices in Miami and Phoenix. By 2018, Mr. Berko moved to permanently reside with his wife and children in Miami, Florida.New opportunities were underway when Astor Realty Capital signed a programmatic joint venture partnership with an Israeli publicly-traded company in 2017. In 2020, Joe partnered with an offshore media outfit to create Urban Real Estate. It was an established education platform, VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow📝 JOIN THE DISCUSSIONhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/realestatesyndication➡️ FOLLOW UShttps://twitter.com/whitney_sewell https://www.instagram.com/whitneysewell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-sewell/ ⭐ Be Our Guest!We are continuously working hard to help our listeners with their journey to real estate syndication. If you think you can add value in any way to our listeners who are in commercial real estate, then we’d love to have you over. Apply here: https://lifebridgecapital.com/join-our-podcast/

Apr 24, 2023 • 40min
WS1646 | LinkedIn Tips For Success with Scott Hawksworth
How to Reach People without paying for leads!Today's episode we interview marketing guru Scott Hawksworth. Scott gives some best practices when using the LinkedIn platform. He also shares some mistakes to avoid when trying to grow your reach. About Scott:Scott Hawksworth is a 15-year marketing veteran who helps B2B companies build amazing brands, massive audiences, and high-performance marketing funnels.After helping scale a lead-generation startup which successfully exited to a private equity group, Scott joined the WealthChannel team. At WealthChannel, Scott manages multiple industry-leading brands, and directs strategy and execution of the company’s organic marketing efforts.Scott’s professional skillset includes all aspects of business-to-business marketing, including branding, SEO, social media, content creation, PPC, and conversion optimization.Scott graduated from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, and resides in Chicago with his wife and daughter.VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow📝 JOIN THE DISCUSSIONhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/realestatesyndication➡️ FOLLOW UShttps://twitter.com/whitney_sewell https://www.instagram.com/whitneysewell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-sewell/ ⭐ Be Our Guest!We are continuously working hard to help our listeners with their journey to real estate syndication. If you think you can add value in any way to our listeners who are in commercial real estate, then we’d love to have you over. Apply here: https://lifebridgecapital.com/join-our-podcast/

Apr 23, 2023 • 28min
WS1645 - From Career to Real Estate Stories with Sam Rust and Whitney Sewell
WS1165 - Blake SelbyFrom being a famous rapper in Chicago, collaborating with Kanye West, and having over a million streams on Spotify, Blake Selby decided to shift to real estate investing and private lending. In about seven years of working in real estate, Blake has achieved a net worth of almost $10 million. But the best part is, he’s got $5 million in paid-off assets! That’s not a typical path to real estate! https://lifebridgecapital.com/?s=1165WS1069 - George RobertsGeorge Roberts talks about his interesting background as a bio-scientist and then moved on to computer science, then to construction, and then syndication. His love for business has led him down to different paths. Now, he’s doing what he loves most – the real estate business.https://lifebridgecapital.com/2021/09/24/ws1069-my-journey-from-construction-to-real-estate-syndication-with-george-roberts/VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow📝 JOIN THE DISCUSSIONhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/realestatesyndication➡️ FOLLOW UShttps://twitter.com/whitney_sewell https://www.instagram.com/whitneysewell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-sewell/ ⭐ Be Our Guest!We are continuously working hard to help our listeners with their journey to real estate syndication. If you think you can add value in any way to our listeners who are in commercial real estate, then we’d love to have you over. Apply here: https://lifebridgecapital.com/join-our-podcast/

Apr 22, 2023 • 16min
WS1644 - From Career to Real Estate Investing | Highlights
WS1279: Trucker Turned Real Estate Entrepreneur | Eric Neely • Trucker Turned Re... WS1390: From Cattle Farming To Syndicating CRE | Levi Allen • From Cattle Farmi... Watch this episode here: https://lifebridgecapital.com/2023/04/22/ws1644-from-career-to-real-estate-highlights/VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow📝 JOIN THE DISCUSSIONhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/realestatesyndication➡️ FOLLOW UShttps://twitter.com/whitney_sewell https://www.instagram.com/whitneysewell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-sewell/ ⭐ Be Our Guest!We are continuously working hard to help our listeners with their journey to real estate syndication. If you think you can add value in any way to our listeners who are in commercial real estate, then we’d love to have you over. Apply here: https://lifebridgecapital.com/join-our-podcast/

Apr 21, 2023 • 23min
WS1643 - Real Estate Tokenization with Whitney Sewell | Guest Andy Crebar
Andy Crebar is the Co-Founder & CEO of HoneyBricks which is on a mission to unlock the potential of commercial real estate investing. He’s spent his career working in fintech and SaaS and lives in New York with his young family.https://www.honeybricks.com/authors/andy-crebarWatch here: https://youtu.be/8f7Zntun5uoVISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow📝 JOIN THE DISCUSSIONhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/realestatesyndication➡️ FOLLOW UShttps://twitter.com/whitney_sewell https://www.instagram.com/whitneysewell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-sewell/ ⭐ Be Our Guest!We are continuously working hard to help our listeners with their journey to real estate syndication. If you think you can add value in any way to our listeners who are in commercial real estate, then we’d love to have you over. Apply here: https://lifebridgecapital.com/join-our-podcast/

Apr 20, 2023 • 27min
WS1642 - Generate Passive Income with Apartment Syndication | Sarah Miskelly
Self-education is essential when it comes to the syndication business. In this episode, Sarah Miskelly talks about the importance of self-education and shares various resources that helped her understand the industry. She shares how this helped her move towards syndicating apartment investments and how she’s built passive income with it.She also speaks about her upbringing in real estate, her career as a real estate sales agent, and how she’s built a network for her syndication business. Listen in as she also gives tips about her struggle to balance her real estate career with family life and how she found a solution through apartment syndication. Tune in now!Key Points From This Episode: Sarah tells us how she got started in real estate.The past steps in Sarah’s path to becoming successful in the apartment industry.Sarah shares how she brought her previous skill sets to the business.How does apartment syndication give you the opportunity to be yourself and excel in your strengths and skill sets? The importance of self-education in the real estate industry.How to build your network and put value into it?Sarah’s best source for meeting new investors.How to get past the fear of getting started?Sarah’s most important metrics to track.Tweetables:“Apartment syndications had kind of an answer for me to have a little bit more work-life balance. I think a lot of parents out there can understand that. But it really it was a life shift and mental shift as well.” - Sarah Miskelly“I want to see if there's other opportunities for investing. I'd previously invested passively with private lending mortgages. And I found out about apartment syndications and actually your show was one of my podcast university forays into apartment syndications. And then, I also still wanted to pursue USD dollars as well and make some money there. So I discovered the industry and here I am.” - Sarah Miskelly“Once you start posting people in your network that have known you for a long time, they will start asking questions. They're curious when you have investments, that these people can make money, they are interested.” - Sarah Miskelly“To simplify it for anybody who's starting is go to your phone and start seeing who's there. And then just hVISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow📝 JOIN THE DISCUSSIONhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/realestatesyndication➡️ FOLLOW UShttps://twitter.com/whitney_sewell https://www.instagram.com/whitneysewell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-sewell/ ⭐ Be Our Guest!We are continuously working hard to help our listeners with their journey to real estate syndication. If you think you can add value in any way to our listeners who are in commercial real estate, then we’d love to have you over. Apply here: https://lifebridgecapital.com/join-our-podcast/

Apr 19, 2023 • 20min
WS1641: Using Your IRA to Invest Internationally (PART 3) | Evie Brooks
In this episode of "The (Daily) Real Estate Syndication Show," host Whitney Sewell welcomes back Evie Brooks to discuss the topic of investing internationally using your IRA. Evie shares that it's a simple process to invest internationally, but it requires having a self-directed IRA and an LLC. She recommends working with a specialized division within companies such as Midland, Equity Trust, or SunTrust to navigate the guidelines and restrictions regarding IRAs. They also discuss the different types of international investments available and the tax implications of using your IRA for investments. This episode provides valuable insights for those interested in diversifying their investment portfolio through international real estate investments.Key Points from this Episode:It's possible to invest internationally using your IRA.A self-directed IRA is required for international investing.An LLC is needed for the IRA to invest internationally.International investments can be various types, including single-family residence, multifamily, condominiums, cultural, etc.Personal use of the IRA is not allowed, or penalties and taxes will apply.Tax implications vary depending on the individual and case-by-case basis.VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow📝 JOIN THE DISCUSSIONhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/realestatesyndication➡️ FOLLOW UShttps://twitter.com/whitney_sewell https://www.instagram.com/whitneysewell/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/whitney-sewell/ ⭐ Be Our Guest!We are continuously working hard to help our listeners with their journey to real estate syndication. If you think you can add value in any way to our listeners who are in commercial real estate, then we’d love to have you over. Apply here: https://lifebridgecapital.com/join-our-podcast/