Rental Property Owner & Real Estate Investor Podcast

Is the United States the best place to invest in Real Estate?  What if you want to find opportunities in other countries?  Is that even possible? What about investors from other countries who want to invest in the United States?  What are their options? My guest today helps her clients overcome obstacles and navigate businesses and investments across borders so that they can invest, live, work and play – anywhere. Lauren Cohen is also a serial entrepreneur, International Lawyer, Realtor, and Cross-Border Expert.  Today she’s going to illuminate the process and considerations you must be aware of when investing across borders. We’ll discuss some of the popular countries where many of her clients are investing, and the tax and entity considerations international investors should familiarize themselves with.  Lauren makes it clear that it is worth investing in an attorney, CPA, and advisors who can help you make the right decisions that won’t come back to haunt you later on. You can find out more about Lauren through her podcast “Investing Across Borders” and contact her through email: founder@ecouncilglobal.com. And here is the code & link to her free e-book “Real Estate Investing Across Borders: http://bit.ly/REAcrossBorders Coupon code: REI4FREE Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area. https://www.livegreenlocal.com And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and medicare benefits. https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com

When my guest today first moved to the United States, he did not yet know how to speak English.  When he received his degree in Pharmacy, he ended up leaving a secure job to become an entrepreneur.  And when he began building his Multi-Million Dollar Rental Portfolio, he started with only $8 Thousand Dollars. Since then, Ketan Patel has raised over $10 Million for multifamily syndication, grown a senior care business by a factor of three in just two years, and is a successful High-Performance Coach who helps motivated real estate entrepreneurs create more income and impact by aligning their thoughts, emotions and actions. Today Ketan and I Role-Play the conversations he might typically have with a high-net worth but overworked Doctor.  You’ll see first-hand the persuasion and influence techniques Ketan employs to educate me on the concept of real estate investing, the risk-reward of real estate, building rapport, and getting to the close.  You’ll also learn the key questions Ketan asks a high-net worth investor in order to understand their goals and dreams. All Real Estate Investing involves some degree of salesmanship and the need to understand persuasion and influence.  The better you understand this, the more successful you’ll be in the long-run.  Ketan definitely brings this all to the forefront during today’s conversation. You can find out more at www.ketanpatel.com Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area. https://www.livegreenlocal.com And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and medicare benefits. https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com

My guest today started at the bottom during the Great Recession by knocking doors to find leads for his fix & flip business.  Fast-forward to today and he controls and manages over $15 Million in real estate and is the co-owner & founder of KECO Capital based in Honolulu, Hawaii. Cory Nemoto specializes in deal sourcing and valuations, acquisitions, financing, investor relations, and project management.  Today we’re going to discuss his fix & flip investing, entrepreneurship, and how to be comfortable about being uncomfortable. Cory is going to take us through his vertically integrated business structure where he has a team to find acquisition opportunities, fund them, rehab them, and either sell or manage them.  Cory will take us through the in’s and out’s of financing and private lending and explain the purpose of a ‘Dutch’ loan. Cory’s passion for real estate and entrepreneurism is very evident in this conversation and I know you’re going to enjoy what he has to share.  You can find Cory on social media and through his website www.kecocapital.com Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area. https://www.livegreenlocal.com And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and medicare benefits. https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com

Have you ever tried talking to your financial advisor about investing in Real Estate?  What did they have to say?  Did they bring up the risks and performance compared to investing in stocks, mutual funds, and bonds, or did they encourage you to invest in real estate and build passive income? If you’re talking with a traditional mainstream financial advisor, it's more likely that they steered you away from real estate into a mutual fund or stock portfolio. My guest today believes that traditional mainstream financial advice is BROKEN!  And he should know, because he used to be a financial advisor and stock coach. Chris Miles is now a Cash Flow Expert for Real Estate Investors and Anti-Financial Advisor.  He uses his company Money Ripples to expose the popular myths around money that have kept so many real estate investors from enjoying financial freedom and peace of mind. Today Chris and I discuss why your financial advisor is likely forbidden from endorsing investing in real estate, how you can free up cash flow and tap into equity to build your passive income, and how Infinite Banking can pay you Twice from your investment money. I know you’ll benefit from the insight and wisdom Chris shares today.  You can find out more about Chris by listening to his podcast “The Chris Miles Money Show” and through his website:  https://moneyripples.com Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area. https://www.livegreenlocal.com And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and medicare benefits. https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com

The mastery of Influence and Persuasion can be a powerful tool in negotiating with buyers and sellers.  Today we’re going to discuss techniques that will help you achieve that mastery. My guest today has 19 years of experience acquiring real estate below market value.  He’s flipped over 1,000 Single and Multifamily Residences and has extensive experience in lease negotiation. Todd Toback is also the creator of the “No Limits Sales System” which focuses on acquiring property directly from sellers while learning the mindset, skills, and habits to make it happen.  His expertise is in teaching others the art of talking to motivated sellers in order to double and quadruple their profits by making a few small tweaks. And through his coaching program “Next Level Wholesaling” he teaches solopreneurs how to build highly effective teams to create long-term wealth with less expenditure of their time. Today we discuss Todd’s favorite and most effective techniques he applies in determining whether a seller is motivated, meeting their objections, and helping them arrive at an agreement.  You’ll learn what a stealth mismatch is and how it can reveal your seller’s true motivations, as well as price conditioning and how it can help you negotiate a better price. Todd shares some great techniques on persuasion and influence in today’s episode.  You can find out more by listening to Todd’s “No Limits Real Estate Investing Podcast” or through his website:  https://nolimitssalessystem.com Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area. https://www.livegreenlocal.com And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and medicare benefits. https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com

I’ve been looking forward to our conversation with today’s guest because he’s one of the smartest people I know in the Multifamily and Property Management space.  JC Castillo has taken what he learned during his time in Silicon Valley and the semiconductor industry, and he’s applied that tech and data experience to his current business Multifamily Property Group which has grown to $80 Million in assets under management.  He just rolled out his new property management company called Velo Residential.  JC also hosts the excellent show called the “Operate For Profit Podcast” Today we’re going to discuss the future of investment real estate and the emphasis property management is going to have on generating profits.   JC is going to describe how he’s using Artificial Intelligence to keep his units full, and Virtual Team Members to handle much of the back-end office work.  We’ll also dig into the importance of Key Performance Indexes and how they can show you the health of your investment or point out problems at a glance. You’ll also learn why JC doesn’t spend money on paid advertising for any of his properties, and the key resource that helps him market his units and draw more traffic to his website than his competitors. JC shares so much Gold in this episode.  Anyone who manages their own properties or hires 3rd-party management will want to listen to this episode to hear JC’s cutting-edge ideas.  You can find out more about JC and Velo Residential at  www.operateforprofit.com Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area. https://www.livegreenlocal.com And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and medicare benefits. https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com

Today we’re going to talk about the future of retirement and how real estate is an often overlooked vehicle for securing your financial future.  Increasingly, pensions are being converted to 401(k)s which is shifting the retirement risk to employees.  This has caused today’s guest to reconsider traditional beliefs about retirement savings. Eric Martel lost a fortune during the dot-com crash of 2001 and started looking for alternative ways to earn passive income.  He started various businesses including a gourmet sauce company, but eventually came back to his first love, real estate, which led him to form Martel Turnkey.  After four years of rapid success, he was able to retire from his W2 job.  Eric is also the author of the recent book called “Stop Trading Your Time For Money”. Today we discuss Eric’s beginnings as a real estate investor when he purchased an apartment building at the age of 18.  He quickly burned out on investing though because he was handling all of the property management and repairs.  We’re also going to discuss what it means to have financial freedom, and the goal setting and actionable steps you can take to achieve it. Eric will also share the turn-key model he’s developed investing in secondary cities with rehabbed houses costing (roughly) $100,000 that can be purchased with 20% down and cashflow $300 a month.  We discuss the turnkey aspects of this type of investing, the power of leverage and depreciation, and the risks from tenants and property condition. This is an important episode for anyone who’s paying attention to their potential retirement income, and will get you to start thinking about meeting your living expense by generating additional passive income.  You can find out more about Eric on Instagram at E_Martel or facebook at Eric.Martel.ca, or https://marteleric.com Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area. https://www.livegreenlocal.com And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and medicare benefits. https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com  

Today we’re going to get hyper-local and discuss the eviction protection program here in Kent County.  No matter where you live and own rental property, there are programs like this all over the country that are helping residents who are struggling to pay their rents during the pandemic, as well as landlords who need to collect that rent in order to make sure their bills are being paid. Gustavo Perez is the CERA Program Manager at United Way.  CERA stands for Covid Emergency Rental Assistance Program and its receiving millions from the Government that need to be deployed right away to help renters and landlords. Gustavo is going to help us understand this program and how our residents can gain access, the criteria for receiving the money, and how many months it will cover.  We’ll also discuss some of the hesitancy that landlords have in accepting this agreement as well as the benefits from working with this program. If you’re in Kent County, Michigan you can access this program by going to www.kentrenthelp.org Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area. https://www.livegreenlocal.com And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and medicare benefits. https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com  

Mobile Home Park Investing has been a hot asset class over the past five years, and we’ve certainly talked about it on this show.  But what kind of opportunities are really available to investors right now, and how has the increased competition from institutional buyers and effects of the pandemic affected the opportunities in this space? My guest today is here to give us an update on the state of Mobile Home Park Investing.  Brian Spear is a founder of Sunrise Capital Investors which specializes in acquiring deals in off-market, direct-to-owner transactions.  He’s also the co-host of the Mobile Home Park Investing podcast. Today Brian is going to share with us the trajectory that led him to investing in real estate, and the systems and tools he’s using to not only build a world-class mobile home park portfolio, but to manage it as well.  You’ll learn the meaning of “Prep-ortunity”, and how Brian moved across the country to work with his mentor Kevin Bupp for free.  We’ll also discuss some new investments he’s making in parking lots and parking garages, and why he finds this such an exciting asset class. I know you’re going to enjoy this conversation with Brian and benefit from the knowledge he brings today.  You can contact him through https://sunrisecapitalinvestors.com/funds/fund-iii/ Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area. https://www.livegreenlocal.com And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and medicare benefits. https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com

One of the reasons people never pull the trigger to invest in real estate is that they believe they won’t qualify for a loan.  But what if there were a way to acquire property without ever stepping into a bank or passing a credit check? Today’s guest bought his first 400 units using techniques that allowed him to sidestep the banks and work directly with the seller.  He now has over $100 Million in assets under management and he’s sharing his secrets with us today. Bill Ham is the author of “Creative Cash: The Complete Guide to Master Lease Options and Seller Financing for Investing in Real Estate”.  Today, Bill is going to explain the Master Lease Option process and how he’s employed it in his investing to yield enormous profits.  Bill will share his “SPY” process, which puts the Seller first, Property second, and then takes into account how You will Profit.  Bill also shares his outlook on the market and the looming distress he expects in certain sectors that will make Master Lease Options and Seller Financing important tools in your investor toolkit.  If you’re looking for creative ways to get deals done and reduce the amount of capital you need to employ to acquire new assets, then you’ll definitely enjoy this episode.  You can contact Bill through his website at https://creativeapartmentdeals.com Today’s episode is brought to you by Green Property Management, managing everything from single family homes to apartment complexes in the West Michigan area. https://www.livegreenlocal.com And RCB & Associates, helping Michigan-based real estate investors and small business owners navigate the complex world of health insurance and medicare benefits. https://www.rcbassociatesllc.com