Real Estate Investing Insights
SS239: Analyzing Rental Demand
In this Strategy Saturday episode, Charles Carillo explains how to analyze rental demand like a professional before buying a property. He breaks down seven key factors—from population growth to vacancy rates and long-term crime trends—that influence market rent and tenant demand. You’ll learn how to compare properties accurately, test pricing through rental ads, and gather [...]
GI316: Beyond Multifamily: Investing in Flex, Retail, and Industrial with Dave Codrea
Dave Codrea has over 20 years of experience in real estate investing, beginning with acquiring rental homes in Pennsylvania and continuing through a career in financial consulting. Dave co-founded Greenleaf Capital in 2008, an Atlanta-based real estate investment firm. Since then, Dave has led over 125 buy-side transactions and nearly 55 exits. Greenleaf has acquired [...]
SS238: How to Reduce Vacancy Rates
In this episode, Charles Carillo breaks down why your rental is sitting vacant and how to fix it. He explains the cost of physical vacancy and shares actionable strategies to reduce downtime, attract quality tenants, and retain them longer. From making units 100% rent-ready to improving listing photos, pricing correctly, and responding quickly to inquiries, [...]
GI315: Raising Capital for Real Estate with Dave Dubeau
Dave Dubeau is a real estate capital-raising expert, author, and podcast host since 2012, and got his start in real estate investing in 2003 by doing 18 deals in 18 months. He has helped over 200 real estate investor clients raise over $325M in private capital. He now works with real estate syndicators to help [...]
SS237: What Is the Cost of Tenant Turnover
Tenant turnover is one of the most expensive and often underestimated costs in rental property management. In this episode, Charles Carillo explains how a single tenant moving out can cost landlords over $5,000—before any renovations even begin. He breaks down the components of this hidden expense, including vacancy losses, make-ready costs, and unpaid rent balances. [...]
GI314: Investing in Shopping Malls with Andy Weiner
Andy Weiner, the President and founder of RockStep Capital Corporation, established in 1996. This vertically integrated real estate firm, based in Houston, focuses on shopping centers. Andy has built and acquired over 10 million square feet of shopping centers throughout the United States. Before founding RockStep Capital, he served as Vice President of Operations for [...]
SS236: How To Raise Rents Without Losing Tenants
Raising rent doesn’t have to mean losing good tenants. In this Strategy Saturday episode, Charles Carillo shares how landlords can increase rent strategically—by addressing maintenance, using local comps, offering concessions, and communicating early. Avoid costly turnover and boost cash flow by raising rent the right way. Watch The Episode Here: Listen To The Podcast Here: [...]
GI313: Structuring Smarter Real Estate Deals with Morgan Keim
Morgan Keim has over 10 years of experience as a real estate investor, capital raiser, and flipper. Morgan began his journey by investing in and syndicating multifamily value-added projects while advancing his career in high-growth food-tech startups, where he helped raise over $500 million in venture capital. After spotting the potential in real estate, he [...]
SS235: Renovations That Don’t Add Value
Many landlords assume that any renovation will boost their property’s value but that’s often a costly mistake. In this Strategy Saturday episode, Charles Carillo breaks down six common rental property upgrades that fail to increase rent, resale value, or ROI. He explains why features like pools, solar panels, luxury appliances, and over-customized layouts can actually [...]
GI312: The Engineer’s Blueprint: Building a $100M+ Portfolio with Chris Lento
Christopher Lento has over 20 years of experience in multifamily ownership, management, and investing. Chris’s background is in Mechanical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon, and he has also received professional development training at Boston University and MIT. His firm, EM Capital, focuses on acquiring and repositioning multifamily assets throughout the Southeast United States. Watch The Episode [...]
