Elevate with Tyler Chesser - The Real Estate Podcast for Investing, Mindset and Personal Development

Annie Dickerson is a real estate investing expert with over a decade of experience. She and her business partner Julie Lam are co-founders and managing partners of Goodegg Investments, a company that helps people invest passively in real estate syndications. Together, they have helped hundreds of people to invest in commercial real estate assets totaling over $700 million. Annie and Julie are authors of the book Investing For Good: The Surprising Strategy For Building Wealth While Also Making An Impact, co-hosts of the Investing For Good podcast, and creators of Real Estate Accelerator, a top-rated online course designed to help people learn how to raise private capital for real estate investments.    Tyler and Annie’s discussion focused on Annie’s path to building true wealth, which she describes as passive income generation, time, freedom and flexibility. Annie discussed earning passive income at the age of 23, learning about real estate investing through a web design project, transitioning from house hacking to investing out of state, and discovering commercial syndications by trying to help friends and family. She also shared how being a landlord has served her in syndications.   Other topics included growing her business as a busy mom, responsibilities of passive investors, the importance of communication, learning from the past, mind movies and the reticular activation system, thinking outside the box, failing fast and more!   Connect with Annie: Website: https://goodegginvestments.com/ Email: annie@goodegginvestments.com   The following books were mentioned in the show:   Building a Story Brand, by Donald Miller Emerging Real Estate Markets, by David Lindahl   Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com.   This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com.

Chris Pomerleau is the founder and director of Park Ave. Capital, LLC. Chris supervises the acquisitions of the company and the business development activities. He also directs the overall investment strategies of the company. Over the past seven years he has acquired 420 Apartment Units within a three-hour radius of Omaha, and completed over 40 real estate transactions. Chris is also an attorney and mediator at Nebraska Legal Group. Chris has practiced family law and he is an experienced litigator. Prior to his entrepreneurial activities, Chris served in the United States Army. Tyler and Chris’ discussion focused on the value of inspecting your expectations and how that enables you to scale, delegate and, ultimately, grow your business. Chris shared his journey of “getting in the weeds” to turn single-family homes and leveraging other professionals’ expertise to accumulate hundreds of apartment units. They also discussed vetting partnerships and the “trust, but verify” proverb. Other topics included the book that changed Chris’ mindset, how his diverse professional background has served him, honing in on a select few podcasts, staying motivated through coaching, waking up early, remaining in contact with connections, building rapport for successful negotiations and more! Connect with Chris: Website: http://www.parkaveinvesting.com Vetting Website: partneringchecklist.com Email: chris@parkaveinvesting.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-pomerleau-2817651a1 The following books were mentioned in the show: Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com. This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com.

Thomas Castelli, CPA is a tax strategist and real estate investor who helps other real estate investors keep more of their hard-earned dollars in their pockets, and out of the government’s. He holds equity positions in several multifamily properties and participated in the syndication of an 82 unit apartment complex as a general partner. His real-life real estate investing experience, combined with his ever-growing arsenal of hard-hitting tax strategies, allows him to see eye-to-eye with clients in ways an average CPA never could. Tyler and Thomas’ discussion focused on how to utilize various resources to put yourself in the best position to succeed. They talked about making the most out of mentors, surrounding yourself with high-achievers, listening to podcasts, music and over a dozen books, focusing on tax and management. Thomas delved further into tax strategy, sharing the ideal strategy, as well as the biggest tax mistakes real estate investors make. Other topics included obstacles Thomas has encountered an entrepreneur, systematizing accountability, reviewing goals daily, why he got into syndication, why two of his role models are Jay Z and Arnold Schwarzenegger, getting sleep and more! Connect with Thomas: Website: thomascastelli.com Podcast: https://www.therealestatecpa.com/podcasts/author/thomas-castelli The Real Estate CPA Website: therealestatecpa.com The following books were mentioned in the show: Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill The Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg Tax-Free Wealth, by Tom Wheelwright What Your CPA Isn’t Telling You, by Mark J. Kohler Every Landlords Tax Deduction Guide, by Nolo The New One Minute Manager, by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson Traction, by Gino Wickman Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill The Effective Executive, by Peter F. Drucker Never Split the Difference, by Chris Voss The Richest Man in Babylon, by George Clason Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com. This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com.

Allen Faires has devoted over 12 years of his life to the real estate industry. He currently owns 92,000 square feet of office and over 110,000 square feet of self-storage, with a combined value of over $9.8 million. Allen has been extensively involved in single family, multifamily, industrial, retail shopping centers, land and self-storage transactions. Allen currently serves as President and Founder of Premier Storage Partners, a private equity company in Columbus, Ohio, specializing in the raising of debt and equity to acquire self-storage properties throughout the Midwest. Allen holds the prestigious CCIM designation and served as the 2016 President of Ohio Commercial Real Estate Exchangers. He is also a CSSM. In this episode, Tyler and Allen’s discussion focused on how to live a life by design through self-storage. They talked about Allen’s tips for leveraging your time and finding off-market deals, the key components of his successfully implemented systems, why Allen chose self-storage, and how the asset class has been affected by COVID-19. Allen also shared how he creates momentum in his life to achieve professional success. Other topics included why Allen left brokerage, lessons he learned from the last recession, dissatisfaction, taking massive action, eliminating negative thoughts, experiencing discomfort for growth, living deliberately and more! Connect with Allen: Website: http://www.premierstoragepartners.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenfaires/ The following books were mentioned on the show: Outwitting the Devil, by Napoleon Hill The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com. This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com.

Jenny Blake, owner of Jenny the Nutritionist, helps active females decrease body fat and increase lean muscle. As a licensed nutritionist, she's quickly created a successful business and helped hundreds of ladies optimize their workouts. Create Your Shape is her signature program where she provides custom macros and a nutrition strategy. She also teaches nutrition concepts and application tools for sustainable results. Jenny saw the importance of investing by watching her parents work in real estate. Now, she has invested over $50k in business and mindset coaches, and personal development. Her unique perspective focusing on the return has created impressive ROIs and a healthier world.  In this episode, Tyler and Jenny’s discussion focused on the importance of being conscious of your health. They talked about the lack of nutrition education, the body’s caloric intake requirements, how convenience can be detrimental to nutrition, and consistently tracking macro and micro nutrients. Jenny also shared why improved health is more attainable than many think, and why fad diets should be avoided. Other topics included public speaking, self-coaching and evaluation, survival mindset, celebrating the little wins, life coaches, vision boards, takeaways from Phil Knight's Shoe Dog and more! Connect with Jenny: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jennythenutritionist/ Website: https://jennythenutritionist.com/create-your-shape/ Email: jennythenutritionist@gmail.com The following books were mentioned in the show: 
Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight Deep Nutrition, by Dr. Catherine Shanahan Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com. 
 This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com.

Chad Romzek, creator and owner of Kick Ash Basket®, is a creative, energetic and passionate entrepreneur specializing in solving problems with simple solutions. His background is mechanical engineering, project management and operations leadership. He worked at two Fortune 500 companies and a greenfield startup business before embarking on a side hustle in the BBQ grilling industry. Chad and his wife Tracy started the Kick Ash Basket® business from their garage in Neenah, Wisconsin back in 2014 and are now supplying grill accessories all over the United States. Chad and Tracy are “Kicking Ash & Making Flames” with over seven figures of annual sales and are starting to build wealth and freedom in the multi-family investing arena. 
The theme of Tyler and Chad’s discussion focused on the courage it takes to leave corporate America and pursue an entrepreneurial endeavor. They talked about the growth process of Chad’s business, starting with the realization that there is demand for his idea, followed by investing and building systems, and ultimately achieving enough success to leave his six-figure engineering job. They also talked about the practices of future pacing and fear setting, and the freeing feeling upon taking a desired action. 
Other topics included the tax benefits of real estate, seeking personal development, transcendental meditation, mindfulness, investing in coaching, why investing and entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone and more! Connect with Chad:

Website: https://www.kickashbasket.com/ Email: chad@kickashbasket.com 
The following books were mentioned in the show:
 Rich Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert Kiyosaki
 Tax-Free Wealth, by Tom Wheelwright Awareness: The Perils and Opportunities of Reality, by Anthony De Mellow Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com.
 This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com.

Ketan Patel is a transformation coach that helps motivated individuals create breakthroughs and unlock their potential. He has mastered the art of transformation by learning from people like Tony Robbins, Wim Hof, & Dr. Joe Dispenza. His achievements include earning an accelerated Doctor of Pharmacy Degree, building a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio, operating successful retail and service businesses and climbing a mountain wearing only shorts in 20 degree weather. He is also the CEO and founder of Mukhi Capital. The theme of Tyler and Ketan’s discussion centered on how emotions affect your quality of life, particularly the financial component. Ketan shared how emotions corrected his health ailment and led to his career transition, and the three emotions people try to achieve as they strive for financial freedom. They also discussed what Ketan learned from Wim Hof, Dr. Joe Dispenza and Tony Robbins; how to balance compassion and hard work; and the possibilities of quantum mechanics. Other topics included the rate of information versus application, how sustainability leads to success, self-reflection, coaching, creating educational content for passive investors, spontaneity, acknowledging achievements and more. Tune in for a refreshing discussion on how money doesn’t bring fulfillment! Connect with Ketan: Website: https://ketanpatel.com/ Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com. This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com.

Hunter Thompson is a full-time real estate investor and founder of Asym Capital, a private equity firm based out of Los Angeles, CA. Since founding Asym Capital, he has overseen and directed the purchase of more than $90,000,000 of commercial real estate across a variety of asset classes. He is the author of Raising Capital for Real Estate: How to Attract Investors, Establish Credibility, and Fund Deals. Hunter is also the host of the Cash Flow Connections Real Estate Podcast, which is listed in the top 200 Investing podcasts in iTunes.  The theme of Tyler and Hunter’s discussion focused on the practice of long-term thinking and adaptability for real estate investors. Hunter discussed where opportunities lie in the current landscape of commercial real estate, and the steps he’s taking to adapt. They also talked about the strategic, long-term thinking Hunter’s using to succeed, sharing how he attracts high-quality clients, why he’s focused on Class B and C assets, and the thought process of his $2,000 idea. Other topics included how the European debt crisis led Hunter to real estate, issues with academia, investing in education, building a home gym, the scalability of real estate, compliance, working with “A” players and more! Connect with Hunter: Podcast: cashflowconnections.com Website: asymcapital.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hunterlthompson_/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hunterlthompsoncf Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com. This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com.

Eric Upchurch is an Army Special Operations veteran who grew up in Central Iowa before attending college in California. He has a passion for educating the military community on how to create long term wealth through real estate investing, while personally investing across the country for the last fourteen years. Eric serves as Co-Founder of Active Duty Passive Income (ADPI) and is a Senior Managing Partner with ADPI Capital. Most recently, Eric’s team opened a nationwide, first-of-its-kind 100% employee-owned mortgage branch, real estate brokerage, as well as an insurance company – all with the goal of serving the ADPI community of military real estate investors. The theme of Tyler and Eric’s discussion was personal growth, with a focus on finding motivation through a deep-rooted ‘why’. Eric shared how his ‘why’, as well as the task of being the burial detail in Special Operations, have contributed to his relentless pursuit of changing lives. Other self-investment topics included following your mission with affirmations and vision boards, getting one percent better daily, thinking selfishly to live selflessly, and always having other goals in mind. They also talked about the conference that changed Eric’s life, hiring out your weaknesses, writing down your thoughts and reading them aloud, leadership skills, theta state and helping veterans. This is a highly motivating episode focused solely on personal growth! Connect with Eric: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eric.upchurch.7 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericupchurch Website: http://www.activedutypassiveincome.com/ Instagram: instagram.com/realericupchurch   Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com. This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com.

Ryan Gibson is the Chief Investment Officer and the Co-Founder of Spartan Investment Group. He has organized over $21M of private equity for Spartan’s projects. Ryan has experience managing development of SIGs projects in challenging markets. For SIG, Ryan is responsible for investor relations and capital raises for projects. Ryan is also a highly experienced commercial airline pilot. Ryan graduated from Mercyhurst University with a bachelor’s degree in Business, with concentrations in Marketing, Management and Advertising. The theme of Tyler and Ryan’s discussion centered on how mistakes should be viewed as learning experiences necessary for success. Ryan shared his disastrous introduction to real estate, including his team’s first purchase of a commercial cash flowing asset, and how his team has profited from their mistake-ridden real estate backgrounds. They also talked about the power of partnerships, with Ryan giving advice for both passive and active investors who are looking for a business partner. Other topics included goal-setting at an early age, starting each day positively, pro formas, the Boomerang productivity tool, personal time, systematizing personal growth within an office, using the information you have at-hand and more! Connect with Ryan: Website: https://spartan-investors.com/ Email: ryan@spartan-investors.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spartaninvestmentgroup/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2jQGkPzz6d2BShv-NsIdIQ Apply for coaching with Tyler! The world's top performers in any field have a coach to help them achieve drastically greater results and in less time. The most successful real estate investors are no different. To apply for a results coaching session with Tyler, visit coachwithtyler.com. This episode of Elevate is brought to you by CF Capital LLC, a national real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring and operating multifamily assets that provide stable cash flow, capital appreciation, and a margin of safety. CF Capital leverages its expertise in acquisitions and management to provide investors with superior risk-adjusted returns while placing a premium on preserving capital. Learn more at cfcapllc.com.