The Apartment Gurus

Just days before graduating college, John realized that the job offer in his hand in the corporate world was not going to help him fulfill his dreams of snowboarding for months at a time, nor help him reach his financial goals. While continuing forward into the corporate world, he immediately launched his career into real estate investing. HIs first step was a “house hack” that PAID him to live in his own house. He has been pursuing larger-scale multi-family for the past two years, and recently joint ventured on a 43 unit value-add project in Little Rock, AR. We discuss COVID-19 and how to underwrite deals during this time. HIs “Big Why” has evolved from being a ski-bum to giving back. He’s doing so with his e-book, “How to Analyze Big Apartment Buildings and Make Them Feel Small” which comes with a free deal analyzer spreadsheet (bit.ly/underwritingebook) and his podcast “Millenials in Multifamily Podcast”.We discuss getting started with learning the specialized knowledge base that it takes to hold conversations with brokers and investors. Know and hone in on your super powers and bring those to the team. Multi-family investing is a TEAM SPORT.

In this episode, Tate welcomes Kyle Mitchell. Kyle is a real estate entrepreneur who has a focus on Multifamily Syndication and currently has $17MM assets under management. He is the Managing Partner and Co- Founder of APT Capital Group and the Asset Management Summit.As an ex golf professional, Kyle has applied values and lessons from golf such as attention to detail, precision, and mastery of the inner game. Investing in the Phoenix Market, Kyle is a specialist in working with his property management company to meet and often exceed Key Performance Indicators and is a ninja with systems and processes.His "Asset Management Summit" is April 5th-11th, 2021. Check out www.amsummit2021.com for further details. Kyle can be found at https://www.aptcapitalgroup.com/

Chiseled by a career as a Marine and a church missionary, Brian Briscoe brings the values of a warrior to apartment building investing.Values from Military career:1. The mission has to be accomplished, no matter what2. Attention to detailYou Make Your Own Luck-the power of keeping your feet moving under you.“Rich Dad Poor Dad”, by Robert KiyosakiQuestion:   Why do a small multi-family when you can partner with someone and do something so much bigger?

In this episode, host Tate Siemer goes deep with Corey "The Big Kahuna" Peterson and discusses all things related to achieving massive success in the apartment investing space. Corey is a great story teller and shares stories from his life that have steered the course of his success. He shares where the "The Big Kahuna" persona started (hint: KAUAI!), the 3 things his dad taught him, and the TRUE secret to his success (hint: her name might be Shelley). Corey's love for teaching, coaching and mentoring shines through in this uplifting, feel-good episode. This is sure to inspire anyone, starting from any place in life, to take massive action and steer their ship towards massive passive cashflow!

In this engaging discussion, Travis Watts, a full-time passive investor and Director of Investor Relations at Ashcroft Capital, shares his journey into the FIRE Movement—Financial Independence, Retire Early. He emphasizes the benefits of passive investing in multifamily real estate, revealing how it can lead to financial freedom. Travis contrasts single-family with multifamily investments, discusses market trends, and highlights the resilience of apartment properties during downturns. He also underscores the importance of mentorship and continuous learning in achieving financial success.

Monick Halm is an educator and advocate for women to create passive income streams through real estate investing. Her mission is to assist 1 million women to achieve financial freedom through real estate. She is the founder of Real Estate Investor Goddesses, and is herself a real estate investor and syndicator with over 15 years of real estate investing experience in multi-family, industrial, mobile home and RV parks, flipping, vacation rentals, and ground-up development. Together with her husband and her investors, she owns over 1300 rental units across 7 states.She is the #1 bestselling author of The Real Estate Investor Goddess Handbook, Wealth for Women: Conversations with the Team That Creates the Dream, and Investing in Real Estate from $1 to $1 Million. She is the host of the Real Estate Investor Goddesses Podcast. She is also a Real Estate Strategy Mentor, keynote speaker, recovering attorney, certified interior designer, Feng Shui expert, avid world traveler, wife and mother of three amazing kids.On this episode, we discuss the growing, powerful presence of women in the multi-family investing space. Monick’s mission guides her as she enables women to become financially free. As an investor in both single-family and multifamily, she brings a perspective that illuminates the many pluses of multifamily investments: economies of scale, leverage and scaleability. We discuss watershed moments, those that change the course of our lives in an instant. With Monique, her mission came to her in a “spiritual download” she received while working out. Another 10 minute conversation with Robert Helms, her mentor, opened up her mindset to the possibilities of apartment investing. As a capital raiser, Monique focuses first on her thought leadership platforms (her books, podcast, speeches, etc) to establish credibility, expertise and trust with potential students and investors.She has a personal daily practice/ritual that you will NOT want to miss hearing about! Monick is quite the game-changer and it is a pleasure to get to spend this time in her world.

Anna Myers is an absolute rockstar in the multi-family space. Anna Myers serves as Vice President at Grocapitus, a commercial real estate investment company in the San Francisco Bay Area. Anna is a third-generation commercial real estate entrepreneur who applies her 25+ years of experience in technology and business to finding, analyzing, acquiring and asset managing commercial properties in key markets across the U.S. Together with her business partner Neal Bawa, they approach real estate through a data science lens to create compelling profits for 1000+ investors.As the lead underwriter for the company, Anna teaches deal analysis for MultifamilyU in quarterly Boot Camps. MultifamilyU is an apartment investing education company owned by the principal Neal Bawa. Also via MultifamilyU, Anna hosts weekly webinar events featuring top speakers in real estate. Anna is regularly interviewed on podcasts in the industry, with over 25 podcast appearances so far in 2019. Anna Myers also co-hosts two monthly Real Estate Investor Meetups in the Bay Area with over 1000   members.Related to Syndication with Grocapitus, Anna and Neal have successfully completed Equity Raises of $53 Million dollars for Multifamily Acquisitions in the last 12 months, resulting in over 1800 units purchased. They are on track to close another 800 in the next 12 months. As the asset manager for the Grocapitus portfolio, Anna again brings the data driven approach to track and insert optimizations to the properties to help drive property performance and investor returns.

As a young entrepreneur, Heston worked in landscaping in Park City, UT and soon figured out that he didn’t want to work for anyone or do manual labor. He’s a “needle mover”, in his own words. As a Realtor, Heston has enjoyed much success, but now is focused on apartment investing. Heston mentions the book “Rocket Fuel” which discusses powerful partnership. We discuss why NOT to be a real estate agent OR a house flipper as an investor. We discuss why TO be an apprentice to a high-level mentor if you’re just getting started. We discuss an 8-unit deal in downtown that he found by being in the right mindset and having the right tools in his toolbox. Why will there be some GREAT deals in the next 6 months? Why is it important to to “fail forward”? Why is it important to surround yourself with high-level people? We discuss it all here.

In this episode, Tate welcomes Jaiden Olsen and Joey Webb, two young entrepreneurs who are partners in multifamily real estate investing. They are attacking the space by approaching property owners directly and proposing creative financing where a seller carries a note on the property after selling it to them. We go over the scripts, mindset, and specialized knowledge necessary to pull this off. They also wholesale their deals to other investors. Learn from these achievers and expand your mindset as to what's possible in the multi-family investing space!

I got to hang out with Mr. Earl Cline on "The Apartment Guys Podcast" this week. Earl is an apartment investor extraordinaire who has brokered over 1000 transactions! We discuss flipping apartments in a short timeframe! (say whaaa?) Imagine flipping 12 or 20 or 50 single family homes at once, with one loan, all at one place, with no syndicating! This strategy is easier to pull off than you think. Earl walks us through how to do this.