Real Wealth Show: Real Estate Investing Podcast

We've been getting a lot of questions from investors trying to make good decisions in a tough market, so I thought I'd dedicate this episode to questions about Florida. It continues to be a strong market for rental properties, but listeners have expressed concerns about climate change, storms, and flooding, along with higher insurance rates and higher home prices and interest rates. To answer these questions, I've invited a Florida property provider onto the show. Brian is someone we've worked with for years and will share some amazing insights about Florida real estate investing. He'll talk about how you can reduce climate change risks, save money on insurance, and lower your monthly mortgage payment with a special 4.75% loan offered by one of his build-to-rent developers. I plan on answering more listener questions, so if you have questions about real estate investing that you'd like me to answer, reach out to me on instagram or facebook at kathyfettke. You can also send your questions to hello@realwealth.com, and my assistant will hand them over to me. You can find out more about our live event on October 7th that I mentioned during the interview at realwealth.com. Just go to the Connect tab and click on live events. And to sign up for free as a RealWealth member, go to realwealthshow.com. I would also like to remind everyone to please subscribe to this podcast, and leave a review! Thank you for joining me on the Real Wealth Show! Kathy Fettke Additional Links: Kathy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Kathy's audiobook on Audible: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible Syndications: https://growdevelopments.com/

What U.S. city is close to the North Texas border with one of the largest employers in its state but no housing for all the employees? It's probably not a city that's been on your radar unless you live in North Texas, but keep listening and you'll hear all about this city and how you can take advantage of an investing opportunity. In this episode, you'll hear from Leah, who's a long-time property provider for our RealWealth network, and my partner in a single-family rental fund in the Dallas metro area. She has an amazing track record for predicting which areas are ripe for growth, and is very excited to share her latest prediction in this interview. Leah has a $40 million dollar personal portfolio, and is the co-founder of one of the largest property management residential investment firms in North Texas. If you'd like to find out more about the rental funds I mentioned during the interview, go to https://growdevelopments.com. You'll find information about our North Dallas single-family rental fund which is closing in November, and a new build-to-rent fund for the secret city that Leah talks about in this interview. You can also get help investing in single-family rentals as a RealWealth member. It's free to join and free to talk to one of our experienced investment counselors. As always, please be sure you are subscribed to our podcast, and if you haven't done so yet, please leave us a review! Thank you for joining me on the Real Wealth Show! Kathy Fettke Additional Links: Kathy's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Kathy's audiobook on Audible: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible

Do you have questions about commercial real estate that are keeping you on the sidelines? Questions like: What's the difference between office and retail space? What is a debt service coverage ratio and why does it matter? What's involved with a triple net lease? And most importantly, is now the time to buy commercial real estate or does it make sense to wait until values come down further? In this episode, you'll hear from a commercial real estate broker who's helped some of our RealWealth investors. Cedric has more than 30 years of experience in the business world and the commercial real estate industry, with a focus on the retail sector. His expertise includes lease negotiations, site selection, market analysis, and property acquisitions. And he joins me to explain some of the commercial real estate lingo and the current CRE environment to help investors better understand this asset class. You can get in touch with Cedric on our website under the Invest tab. You can also watch a replay of a recent webinar featuring Cedric with more in-depth information on the CRE market. You need to be a RealWealth member to access that information, but membership is free and it's really easy to sign up. And please don't forget to subscribe to this podcast! Thanks for listening! Kathy Follow Kathy on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Purchase Kathy's audiobook on Audible at: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible

Getting an accurate forecast on the economy can be a little like a weather forecast – full of surprises! But it also depends on who's doing the forecasting. In this episode, you'll hear from the head of a team that's won awards for its forecasting accuracy on the economy, housing, and mortgage market activity. Doug Duncan is Senior Vice President and Chief Economist at Fannie Mae where he is responsible for economic analysis and forecasting. As the head of Fannie Mae's Economic & Strategic Research (ESR) Group, the team earned the 2022 Lawrence R. Klein Award for Blue Chip Forecast Accuracy. It's an award that covers a four-year period that includes the pandemic. Doug and the ESR group also won the NABE Outlook Award two years in a row, in 2015 and 2016, for the most accurate GDP and Treasury note yield forecasts. Doug is one of Bloomberg/BusinessWeek's 50 Most Powerful People in Real Estate and Inman News' 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate and he's here with us on the Real Wealth Show! If you'd like to learn how to build wealth through real estate, be sure to subscribe to this podcast and become a Real Wealth member. It's free to join and get full access to our website where you'll find hundreds of webinars, sample pro-formas, referrals to our highly recommended real estate professionals, and a free session with one of our experienced investment counselors. Thanks for listening, Kathy Fettke Follow Kathy on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Purchase Kathy's audiobook on Audible at: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible

RealWealth has been in business for 20 years as of this year and we are celebrating with a special episode featuring three of our earliest employees. Director of Finance Kelley Pecoraro (Director of Finance), Maggie McKinnie (Consultant), and Jill Benes (Digital Editor & Event Support) can share what it was like at Real Wealth back then, before we became a remote company. We worked out of an office in Walnut Creek that felt like home to us all. We don't have that office anymore because we are a completely remote company now, but there are plenty of memories to share and stories to tell! Please enjoy this lookback at the early days of Real Wealth and come celebrate with us in real time at a live event we're holding in Los Angeles on October 6th and 7th. We're planning a cocktail party on Friday night, the 6th, a full day of presentations from our property teams on Saturday, the 7th, and a big celebration party that evening! The event is being held at a hotel near LAX so it will be easy to get to from the airport. You can find out more at realwealthshow.com under the Connect tab. If you haven't done so already, you should sign up as a RealWealth member. It's free to join and will give you access to our private investor portal, hundreds of webinars, sample pro-formas, help with the acquisition process, referrals to our highly recommended real estate professionals, and a free session with one of our experienced investment counselors. And don't forget to hit the subscribe button for this podcast and leave a review! Thanks for listening, Kathy Fettke Follow Kathy on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Purchase Kathy's audiobook on Audible at: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible

When it comes to a strategy for real estate investing, one of the most important things you can do is to know about the demographics of a particular market, or simply, the people who live there. Investors need to be asking questions like: How many people live there? Is that number growing or shrinking? Are they mostly singles, families, young people or older people? How will the generational differences impact the kind of housing that's needed? And what will the market look like 10 years from now? In this episode, you'll get answers to those questions and many more from internationally recognized demographer Ken Gronbach, president of KGC Direct, LLC. He's able to forecast societal, commercial, economic, cultural, and political phenomena with uncanny accuracy and will talk about an astronomical need for homes in the U.S. over the next decade. He also compares the U.S. to other parts of the world, and according to Ken, strong demand for housing in the U.S. will not be going away. If you'd like to learn more about demographics, check out his two books: "Upside: Profiting from the Profound Demographic Shifts Ahead" and "The Age Curve: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Storm." And to learn more about real estate investing, please join RealWealth and look through our website. You will find data on some of the strongest rental markets in the country and the teams that can help you buy rental properties in those markets. It's also important to subscribe to this podcast. It will help our rankings! And we'd appreciate a positive review! Thanks for listening! Kathy You can follow Ken at these social media sites: Twitter: @KenGronbach Facebook: @KGCDirect LinkedIn: Kenneth Gronbach Ken's Website: www.KGCDirect.com Follow Kathy on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Purchase Kathy's audiobook on Audible at: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible

For the past two decades, we have been helping investors across the country to simplify real estate investing and achieve their financial goals. We've gone from an idea on a cafe napkin to a network of more than 70,000 members. We've helped regular folks create financial security with more than 6,000 rental properties worth more than $1.2 billion dollars. And we've donated to charity along the way. In this episode, my husband, partner, and RealWealth Co-CEO Rich Fettke joins me to talk about our amazing 20-year journey and how we are celebrating this huge milestone with a live event in Los Angeles on October 6th and 7th. It will take place very close to the LAX airport if you are flying into the area, and will feature 10 of our property teams, food, drink, and lots of networking and fun! If you are an investor who'd like to meet like-minded individuals, learn how they've made real estate work for them, and talk to the property teams that can help you create the wealth you've dreamed of, please sign up under the Connect tab on the RealWealth website. If you haven't joined yet, please hit the Join for Free tab, and remember to subscribe to this podcast! We are thrilled to be hosting this event, and hope to see you all there! Kathy Follow Kathy on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Purchase Kathy's book on Audible here: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible Purchase Rich's book on Audible here: https://tinyurl.com/richfettkewiseinvestor

When inspecting a home before purchasing, it's obviously very important to check the foundation's integrity. That's why we hire inspectors. But should you rely on your home inspection report to correctly identify the issues? Our guest today says, no, it's not enough. You need to know the tell-tale signs of foundation damage that would signal the need for further inspection, and then you need to know who to call. But how do you make sure you can get it all done within the homebuyers short inspection window of time? In this episode, you'll hear from foundation repair expert RK Bob Brown whose mission it is to shed light on what he describes as an "opaque industry." He joins me on The Real Wealth Show as part of his effort to teach home buyers how to recognize the red flags for foundation problems. He talks about what homeowners should look for, when and who to call for a more accurate and in-depth evaluation, and why you need to pay attention to soil conditions. He earned the nickname "The Dirt Whisperer" because he knows a lot about "dirt." He is also a real estate investor who shares his rags to riches story with me in this interview. Bob has more than 35 years of experience. He's a certified Foundation Repair Specialist by NFRA and is LEED accredited, among other accreditations. He founded Arizona Foundation Solutions in 1989 which he says was one of the only foundation repair companies to use licensed professional engineers. He sold the company last year to focus on speaking and writing, and is publishing a book this fall called Foundation Repair Secrets: Learn How to Protect Yourself and Save Thousands. He has also developed software that helps streamline home foundation investigations. You can learn more at his website: https://www.RKbobBrown.com To learn more about all the things you need to know about real estate investing, sign up as a RealWealth member. It's free to join. You can also find out more about the North Dallas Single-Family Rental Fund I mentioned in the podcast at growdevelopments.com. And don't forget to hit the subscribe button for this podcast and leave a review! Thanks for listening, Kathy Fettke Follow Kathy on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Purchase Kathy's audiobook on Audible at: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible

Be prepared for an eye-opening interview! In this episode, you'll hear from a remarkable Gen Z entrepreneur who has an impressive real estate portfolio and is well on his way to early retirement. He has an incredible story for a 23-year-old that will inspire and motivate you to take your next step toward financial freedom. For Donato Callahan, it all began during the pandemic while he was still in college. He was studying biology but had extra time on his hands and discovered real estate as a way to build wealth. He started off as a house hacker with the purchase of a four-unit building. From there, he leveraged every kind of resource you can imagine to help him with his journey. As he explains in the interview, when you get advice from 10 people who each have 10 years of experience, you are getting insights from 100 years of experience. He's now offering to help other investors as the CEO and founder of Bright Investor, which provides data to help you make smart real estate investing decisions. The way it works: Users pay a monthly membership fee for access to tons of data feeds that can help you analyze a deal. Transparency matters: We've established an affiliate agreement with Bright Investor, offering users exclusive discounts through our referral link. Signing up through our link helps support the show too! Referral link: https://brightinvestor.com/?ref=owy3mwf Code: REALWEALTH To learn more about real estate, sign up as a RealWealth member. It's free to join. You can also find out more about the North Dallas Single-Family Rental Fund I mentioned in the podcast at growdevelopments.com. And don't forget to hit the subscribe button for this podcast and leave a review! Thanks for listening, Kathy Fettke Follow Kathy on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Purchase Kathy's audiobook on Audible at: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible

I'm very excited about today's interview with Gary Beasley, CEO & Co-Founder of Roofstock. He was just a regular guy when I met him years ago. Today, he's a leader in the institutional investment space and a true disrupter within the single-family rental asset class. In this episode, you'll hear his thoughts on how the housing market has evolved since the 2008 meltdown, how he has transitioned his own real estate investing strategy over the years, and why he thinks that the single-family rental space is an asset class that will remain in high demand. Before Roofstock, Gary was CFO of ZipRealty and Co-CEO of Starwood Waypoint Residential Trust which is now part of Invitation Homes, leading both through successful IPOs. In addition, he's been instrumental in acquiring and integrating more than $800 million in resort properties for KSL Resorts and has served as CEO for boutique hotel management company Joie De Vivre Hospitality. Gary earned his BA in Economics from Northwestern and holds an MBA from Stanford. He now leads Roofstock with a valuable perspective on the use of technology in the real estate industry and challenges the way things have been done with the question: "What's next?" You can follow him at these social media sites: LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/gary-beasley-956647 Twitter - @garybeas2013 To find out more about how you can benefit from real estate, sign up as a RealWealth member. It's free to join and will give you access to our private investor portal, hundreds of webinars, sample pro-formas, help with the acquisition process, referrals to our highly recommended real estate professionals, and a free session with one of our experienced investment counselors. And don't forget to hit the subscribe button for this podcast and leave a review! Thanks for listening, Kathy Fettke Follow Kathy on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/kathyfettke/ Purchase Kathy's audiobook on Audible at: https://tinyurl.com/retirerichaudible