Real Wealth Show: Real Estate Investing Podcast

Successful Investor Describes the Kind of Real Estate Market You Want Today!

There are three important metrics to consider when you make a decision to buy investment property - job growth, population growth, and affordability. And with more than 400 metros across the U.S., you have lots to choose from but those metrics will vary greatly from metro to metro so it’s important to consider them carefully. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from an experienced investor who talks about those metrics in general, and also specifically for the market that she focuses on, in North Texas. She’ll talk about why the Dallas/Fort Worth area is a strong market for investors right now, how she makes the numbers work, what she looks for in property management, and how she funds her deals. Leah was born and raised in Dallas, and has been a licensed real estate agent/realtor since 2006. She owns a full-service real estate investment and property management company, and has worked with RealWealth for years helping members find rental properties. She and her husband personally own about $35 million in real estate. You can get in touch with Leah by joining RealWealth at realwealthshow.com, and logging in to the investor portal. You can also hear more about the Dallas market in a recent webinar with Leah which you’ll find under the Learn tab. Please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review! Thank you!

Industrial Real Estate Just Adds up for this Math Professor

They created a very simple five-year plan that focused on industrial real estate, and some family planning. It went something like this: "property, baby, property, property, baby". And it worked! They were able to ditch their jobs as UCLA professors, and have enough money and time to enjoy their growing family. In this episode, Kim Hopkins joins Kathy Fettke for an animated conversation about a life-changing decision to get into real estate after spending years earning a PhD. But there are no regrets. Kim and her husband, Ben, have now met their five-year goal for “properties and babies” and are working on a plan for the next five years. You’ll hear about what they’ve done with real estate, the kind of lifestyle they’ve created for themselves, and how they are trying to figure out what comes next. You’ll be inspired by Kim’s exuberant personality, and how she has learned to elevate her lifestyle by delegating to other people what she herself would prefer not to do. Kim co-founded an investment company in 2014 called Iron Peak Properties. Kim is in charge of strategic planning and asset acquisitions. Just four year before, she had earned her PhD in Mathematics at the University of Texas in Austin. Although she quit her professorship, she makes use of her math skills for algorithmic number theory and analysis at her company. Iron Peak owns and manages more than 350,000 square feet of real estate in Oregon, Washington, Utah, Texas and Arizona and focuses on multi-tenant industrial properties. A big part of any investment plan is deciding what kind of real estate you want to buy. At RealWealth, we focus on single-family rentals, both rent-ready and build-for-rent. You can find out more about how we can help you by joining RealWealth for free. Qualified members can also speak with our investment counselors. The consultation is free and without obligation. Please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave us a review! Thank you!

How to Stay Out of Jail as a Real Estate Investor & Syndicator

It’s amazing what one person can accomplish in real estate with the right opportunities, knowledge and funding. But there are also a lot of rules to follow, and mistakes can have serious consequences. In the case of a real estate syndicator in charge of other people’s money, a mistake can land you in jail. That’s what happened to the guest in this episode. Mike Morawski is a multi-family syndicator who had a thriving business before the market crashed in 2008. The market turned and he was trying to save his business, but he didn’t let his investors know what he was doing. He ended up going to prison for his lack of transparency. It was a rough lesson, but he spent his time wisely in prison, educating himself, and sharing what he learned with others. He has an amazing story of personal resilience, and a deep desire to help other people live extraordinary lives… and stay out of jail. Mike is an entrepreneur, author, real estate trainer, public speaker and personal coach. He has 30 years of real estate investing experience with more than $285,000,000 in transactions. He created the coaching platform My Core Intentions to help train and coach new multi-family investors. He’s also the host of the “Insider Secrets” podcast and the author of “Exit Plan: Your Complete Guide to Multi-Family Investing and Why You Need an Exit Plan Before You Buy!” Here at RealWealth, transparency is one of our Core Values. It’s something we review each quarter with our employees, and something we go to great lengths to provide to our investors. We do syndicated deals with more of a focus on single-family rentals. We also help investors find individual single-family rental properties. New and experienced investors are welcome. Please join RealWealth. It’s free and will give you access to our investor portal and our network of real estate professionals, including our investment counselors. Qualified members can speak with them for free. There’s no obligation. Also, please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!

She’s an Immigrant, An Engineer, and a Successful Real Estate Investor!

We love to hear inspiring real wealth stories and we’ve got one from a woman who immigrated from India at the age of 21. She became a respected environmental engineer but ditched that job for a career in real estate. She is now helping clients find properties and buying real estate for her own portfolio. In this episode, you’ll hear how her engineering background helped build her business as an agent, and also helped her with her own due diligence. Ranjani Ravi is the owner of Ranjani Ravi Realty in Seattle. She has helped more than 250 clients buy more than $200 million worth of real estate in the Seattle area. Previously, she worked as an Environmental Engineer at the EPA, and for other consulting firms. As part of her effort to educate her clients, she likes to make videos about real estate called “Sip and Learn.” You’ll find them on YouTube. Ranjani says she learned a lot about investing from our team at RealWealth. We have hundreds of free webinars, articles, podcasts, and other resources on our website. If you join, you also get access to our investor portal and our network of real estate professionals, including our investment counselors. Members can speak with them for free. There’s no obligation. Also, please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!

What Are Homebuyers Doing About Higher Mortgage Rates Channel

Mortgage rates did a big turn-around over the last two weeks. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped a half a percentage point to an average of 5.3%. That’s not as low as it was this time last year, but the two-week difference in rates is saving homebuyers about $100 dollars in monthly mortgage payments. Will these lower rates last? In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Lending Tree’s Senior Economic Analyst, Jacob Channel. He conducts studies on a wide variety of topics related to the U.S housing market and provides general macroeconomic analysis. He earned a BA and an MA in Economics from The New School for Social Research in New York City and joined Lending Tree in 2019. His work has been featured in major publications including the New York Times, Bloomberg, Forbes, and CNBC. He has also appeared as a guest on Cheddar TV and Yahoo Finance. If you’d like to learn more about how investors are dealing with higher rates, you’ll find a recent webinar on our website called “How to Use Leverage Effectively in Today’s Rising Interest Rate Market.” Just go to the Learn tab at the top of the page for our webinar section, or click here. If you haven’t signed up yet as a member, it’s free to join. You’ll get access to the Investor Portal where you’ll find details about single-family rental markets across the country. You’ll also get access to our network of experienced investment counselors, property teams, lenders, attorneys, CPAs, 1031 exchange facilitators, and other real estate professionals. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!

Why This Real Estate Investor Isn’t Waiting for Home Prices to Go Down!

With home prices and interest rates up dramatically over the last year, does it still make sense to buy rental property? Should you invest in a rental when there’s very little cash flow, or even no cash flow at all? Maybe you should wait until home prices come back down a little, to help boost your numbers. Will that happen? Will prices come down? A lot of people think they will but the guest in this episode thinks the opposite will happen. Jimmy Vreeland is not an economist. He’s an investor who believes: “You don’t wait to buy real estate. You buy real estate, and wait.” He’ll explain what that means. Jimmy is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and has served in Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s the founder of Vreeland Capital in St. Louis, an investor who’s owned more than 100 rental properties in the last decade, and the co-host of the “Cashflow Tactics" podcast. He got his start while he was still in the military, and is still investing today. What should “you” do after listening to this podcast? If you haven’t already, please join our RealWealth network at realwealthshow.com. There are investing opportunities in markets across the country, but it’s not always easy to find them. You get the help you need at RealWealth. It’s free to sign up and get access to our network of professionals including our experienced investment counselors who can answer your questions. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you for listening!

Finding Your Real Estate Sweet Spot from a Mobile Home Park Expert

When it comes to real estate investing, there are five basic categories – residential, commercial, industrial, raw land, and special use. You can break those categories down into sub-categories. A few of the more common ones are single-family rentals, apartment buildings, retail properties, and office space but there are many more. In this episode, you’ll hear from serial investor, Kevin Bupp, who’s become an expert on mobile home parks and parking lots. With over $250 million in real estate transactions, his experience also includes single-family rentals, apartment buildings, office buildings, self storage, and build-to-rent homes. He’s the host of a podcast called “Real Estate Investing for Cash Flow” and recently published a book called “The Cash Flow Investor.” My hubby Rich Fettke also just published a book that you might want to check out. It's called "The Wise Investor: A Modern Parable About Creating Financial Freedom and Living Your Best Life." It's an easy-to-read story about a family man who's tired of living paycheck-to-paycheck. He decides to learn more about real estate with the help of a mentor, and eventually becomes wealthy in more ways than one. The kindle book is for sale now on Amazon. The hard cover and audio versions can be pre-ordered. You can also read more about the book here (at realwealth.com/grow). And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you! For a free copy of Kevin's latest book, go to: www.KevinBupp.com/freebook

How to Pay for a Multi-Million Dollar Vacation Home: The Power of Co-Ownership

There are 10-million second homes in the US, yet, on average, they’re only occupied 8 weeks a year. That’s 440 million weeks that vacation homes sit unoccupied, unused, and unloved. But there's a new tech-driven co-ownership option that matches your vacation time with the cost to own that home. And it’s nothing like a timeshare or tenants in common. In this episode, you’ll hear from Jeff Lyman about co-ownership vacation homes as the Chief Experience Officer and Co-Founder of Ember Homes. He explains how you can own a fractional portion of a home and still reap the benefits of homeownership. That includes lower costs to maintain the home, easy transactions to buy or sell into the deal, and the capture of appreciation when it does come time to sell. Prior to Ember, Jeff worked as Chief Product Officer at Weave Communications, CPO & Chief Marketing Officer at Vivint Smart Home, and Senior Director for Mobile and Web Design at Nike+. He has an MBA from the University of Oregon. Ember Homes makes the ownership of vacation homes simple. But is it right for you? Is it something that improves your finances while also contributing to your personal growth? Having a personal vacation retreat might get you to your happy place, but If you’re unsure about your next steps in real estate, you might want to check out Rich Fettke’s new book, “The Wise Investor.” It’s an easy-to-read modern parable about creating financial freedom and living your best life. And it could help you decide if a co-owned vacation home is your best next step. The kindle book is for sale on Amazon. The hard cover and audio versions are coming out in August but you can pre-order them now. You can also read more about the book here. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!

Why 2022 Is a GREAT Year for Real Estate Investors

As real estate prices continue to climb, you may be wondering whether it’s still a good place to put your money. Are we teetering at the top of the market or Is there further to climb? What about inflation, the inverted yield curve on bond yields, and numerous predictions for a recession next year? What do all these factors tell us about real estate? In this episode, we’ll hear from someone who’s feeling bullish about real estate in the current environment. And, he feels that 2022 might be one of the best years ever to invest. Our guest, Hunter Thompson, is the founder of Asym Capital. He has helped hundreds of investors acquire more than $150,000,000 in assets like mobile home parks, self-storage, retail, office, ATM machines, and cryptocurrency. He’s also the author of Raising Capital for Real Estate, and the host of the Cash Flow Connections Real Estate Podcast. Single-family rentals are a great asset class for real estate investors. You can learn more about that at realwealthshow.com. Please take a moment to sign up. It’s free to join and get access to our network of 62,000 members and real estate resources. As a member, you can visit the Investor Portal where you'll find sample properties. You can also easily connect with experienced investment counselor, property teams, lenders, and more. That's at realwealthshow.com. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!

Are Mortgage Rates Too High for Real Estate Investors?

It’s not easy watching mortgage rates move higher when you’re in the market for a loan, but the rates we’re seeing right now are still low compared to what they’ve been historically. And you can’t beat real estate when it comes to building wealth for your retirement. In this episode, you’ll hear from real estate investor and mortgage lender Richard Advani on the lending environment for investors, including life after 10 loans, getting a loan if you are retired or self-employed, where interest rates are going from here, and how to make money despite higher costs and lower ROI’s. Richard is based out of Southern California and has worked in the mortgage industry for more than 16 years. He’s spent most of that time working with real estate investors including RealWealth members. He offers more insights in a recent RealWealth webinar. You’ll find this webinar under the Learn tab on our website. As an investor, he has more than 20 properties in markets across the country. When he’s not making loans or monitoring his own properties, he’s competing in the 2022 Formula Drift Championship at locations around the country as a professional race car driver. If you’re not yet a member of RealWealth, please take a moment to sign up at realwealthshow.com. RealWealth helps educate people on the creation of passive income with single-family rentals in desirable markets around the country. It’s free to join and get access to the Investor Portal where you can see sample properties and connect with our network of resources. That includes experienced investment counselors, property teams, lenders, 1031 exchange facilitators, attorneys, CPAs and more. And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thank you!