Posts by Daray Olaleye
BTM127: 8,000 Apartment Units and $640 Million Dollars Later with Michael Becker
Michael Becker is a banker turned seasoned apartment syndicator with 8000+ units acquired. He currently has $650 Million assets under management. Michael is an expert in commercial financing, including underwriting, due diligence, financial analysis and preparation of marketing materials.
On today’s episode, Michael and I discuss the current state of the real estate market and what a new investor needs to know to get started with apartments. It’s not always about what you know, in fact it’s almost never about what you know. We’ll discuss the power of leverage and taking notice of the resources in your circumference.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Why Michael made the move from single family to multifamily
- Different ways to raise capital for deals
- How to create a consistent pipeline of opportunities in any market
- How to avoid taxes legally
- Michaels advice for getting started in real estate
- How to work with brokers on apartment deals
- The difference between an active and passive apartment investor
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Recommended Book:
Tax Free Wealth
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BTM126: Tech Giant Money Partner For Flippers & Landlords with Ross Hamilton
Ross Hamilton started investing in real estate in 2001 at 19 years of age and has personally owned or partnered in hundreds of real estate investments around the US. In his early 20’s, using the profits earned from his real estate investing business, Ross founded ConnectedInvestors online platform. The Connected Investors platform has grown into a real estate investment marketplace and the premier social network of over half a million real estate investors.
His platform is the first company to build a private money marketplace that allows real estate investors to easily get loan offers from multiple private money lenders by simply tapping a few buttons. The tech company facilitates over $3B in fix and flip and buy and hold funding requests each month.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Ross’s transition from BMX to Real Estate
- The emergence of Facebook for Real Estate Investors
- How Ross linked up with the CEO of LendingTree
- How Connected Investors grew to hundreds of thousands of users
- Where to find the best/cheapest private money
- What else to look for in a private money partner
- How to become a private money lender
- How to get private money lenders to fight for your deal
- If you should find funding 1st or the deal 1st
- As a brand new lender, how you should price yourself
- Amazon and Real Estate
- How to find deals in todays market
- Hyper Targeting deals (cheatcode)
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Recommended Book:
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
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BTM125: Why It’s Not Working? (Information vs. Transformation)
Why isn’t your real estate business where you want it to be?
Why are you struggling in your journey to full-time self employment?
Why is it that you’ve learned so much yet have taken so little action?
On today’s episode, I breakdown exactly what’s keeping most of us from the transformation that we truly desire.
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BTM 124: Pay Off Debt Or Invest In Real Estate with Sam Kwak
Immigrated from South Korea in 1999, the Kwak family only had $2000 cash in hand and a small 1 bedroom apartment in Albany Park area in Chicago. Today, Sam and Daniel have scaled to 75 units and are helping others to get involved in the industry!
On today’s show Sam and I discuss the thought process surrounding debt and real estate. Most people believe that it proper to pay off debt before they consider investing in real estate, but is this true? Find out on today’s show.
Key Points From This Episode:
- What phantom appreciation is
- Should you invest or pay debt?
- The coming recession and what to do about it
- Do banks have the power to call your loan due?
- Sam’s first 3 years getting 0 deals done
- How to be worth 1 million dollars
- What the debt acceleration method is
- Sam’s vision for North Korea
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Recommended Book:
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
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BTM 123: The Corporate Lie
Daray Olaleye and Matthew Baltzell discuss why “the Corporate American Dream” doesn’t lead to happiness or freedom. Daray explains “it was ALL a big lie!”
Key Points From This Episode:
- Building a Real Estate Empire – Monopoly Style
- The single day that changed Daray’s life
- How to get the real estate ball rolling
- Why the fear of success is more prominent that we know
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Recommended Book:
4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris