Real Estate Investing Insights

GI138: Acquiring Over 400 Units While Working a Fulltime W2 with Brian Wagers

Brian Wager is today’s guest on the podcast. Brian started off with a single-family rental acquisition and was cash flowing monthly with a $450 mortgage and $900 in rent. However, he felt that he could be doing more and decided to then get into multi-family rentals. He chose the value-add multifamily strategy and Brian, along [...]

SS60: Should I Use a Mortgage Broker and How Do I Choose One?

The constant question with many real estate investors is should I use a mortgage broker? In this episode, Charles explains the pros and cons of using a mortgage broker and how to choose one that will best fit your needs. Watch The Episode Here: Listen To The Podcast Here: Talking Points: When you are purchasing [...]

GI137: Repositioning $1 Billion in Distressed Multifamily Assets with Max Sharkansky

Max Sharkansky is a native Los Angeles resident who left his full-time job as a Senior Associate at Marcus & Millichap and partnered up with a friend to start buying distressed multifamily assets.  Max shares his financing strategies and how he uses agency loans on smaller distressed multifamily deals but generally utilizes bridge financing on [...]

SS59: What Are Qualified Opportunity Zones?

Want to defer or reduce capital gains? Charles discusses what investors should know about the tax benefits of investing into opportunity zones. Watch The Episode Here: Listen To The Podcast Here: Talking Points: First off, always consult a tax professional before investing – especially in Qualified Opportunity Zones The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act [...]

GI136: Financing Your Real Estate Investments with Nathan Trunfio

Nathan Trunfio is an investor and a lender who assists people in realizing their real estate investing goals. His company will help fund those that are looking to flip homes, people with new construction projects, and those that are looking to add commercial real estate investments into their portfolio. Flipping homes is usually the starting [...]

SS58: How To Calculate Property Taxes When Purchasing a Property

One of the biggest mistakes real estate investors make is not calculating the new property taxes or not correctly calculating the new property taxes when investing. In this episode, Charles explains how to quickly calculate the new estimated property taxes on a piece of real estate. Watch The Episode Here: Listen To The Podcast Here: [...]

GI135: The Benefits of the Deferred Sales Trust with Brett Swarts

Brett Swarts knew he wanted to work in real estate at a young age. He grew up with a single mom, poor, but had a large vision in mind. When he got married, he took the leap to find solutions for his clients that really work. In comes the deferred sales trust as an alternative [...]

SS57: How to Successfully Hire and Train Virtual Assistants

Welcome to Strategy Saturday; I’m Charles Carillo and today we’re going to be discussing How to Successfully Hire and Train Virtual Assistants. Every entrepreneur should be outsourcing tasks to a virtual assistant, but where do you find one, how do you vet them and how do you hire them? In this episode, Charles discusses what [...]

GI134: Flipping Houses to Repositioning Over 2,300 Apartments with Andrew Cushman

This episode focuses on how Andrew Cushman, a chemical engineer, got into the business of real estate investing. He started with just one purchase in Macon, Georgia. However, his journey was not easy to find investors and contractors to work on the property. He had to make over 4,000 phone calls just for this one [...]

SS56: Real Estate Joint Ventures Vs. Syndications

Real estate deals are usually structured in one of two forms; syndications or joint ventures. In this episode, Charles discusses what they are and when they are used. Watch The Episode Here: Listen To The Podcast Here: Talking Points: Real estate investors will sometimes simultaneously use Joint Ventures also known as JVs and Syndications when [...]
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