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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 [...]

GI133: Choosing the Right General Contractor with Ira Singer

In this Global Investors episode, Charles Carillo interviews Ira Singer. Ira is a principal of a commercial and multifamily construction firm called Mosaic Construction. He has been in the business for 30 years now and owns other brands, namely Design Construction Concepts and Cannabis Division. According to him, renovating and repositioning a property succeeds when [...]

SS55: What is Rent Control and Why Does it Hurt Tenants?

Rent control is a topic that is continually reported on throughout the mainstream media but many people don’t know what this actually means and who is actually harmed in the process. Charles discusses how rent control has adverse consequences when it is enacted in a municipality. Watch The Episode Here: Listen To The Podcast Here: [...]

GI132: Raising Over $15 Million From Passive Investors with Bronson Hill

We have to agree that the road to financial freedom is not easily traveled. Real estate investing is one promising path to follow but with its share of ups and downs. In this episode, we talk to Bronson Hill, who has over ten years of experience in real estate investing. He began with single family [...]

SS54: Landlord Friendly States Vs. Tenant Friendly States

What states are landlord friendly and what states should I avoid? This is a question asked over and over by new investors. Charles breaks down landlord laws and states to invest into and states to avoid. Why states lean one way verse another and what it could mean for your real estate investment if you [...]

GI131: Developing Over 5 Million Square Feet of Real Estate with Ari Rastegar

Ari Rastegar is the CEO and founder of Rastegar Property Company LLC located in Austin, Texas. Before starting the company, he was a successful real estate investor and lawyer. Despite the economic depression that has been caused by the covid-19 pandemic, Ari has been able to close more than 11 major commercial deals. This is [...]

SS53: What is an iBuyer?

iBuying is a term used more and more today when describing how owners are choosing to sell their homes for price and also convenience. Charles discusses what an iBuyer is and how it affects residential real estate; agents, owners, buyers and investors. Watch The Episode Here: Listen To The Podcast Here: Talking Points: Over the [...]
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