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JF1546: From State Employee To Home Building & Commercial Investing with Anthony Griffin Nov 26, 2018

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Anthony was an employee of the state for 19 years before becoming an investor and entrepreneur. As an employee, for some of the time, he was a property manager for the state of Mississippi. He moved on to create his own business and now he enjoys investing in commercial properties and building homes, and left the W-2 income behind! If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“Learn everything you can because that knowledge will become invaluable” - Anthony Griffin

Anthony Griffin Real Estate Background:

Founder of Griffin Group, LLC, a commercial property investment firm
He is a licensed home builder and has been involved in real estate for over 13 years
Focuses on acquiring complexes with 100 or greater units located in U.S.
Based in Jackson, MS
Say hi to him at anthony.griffingroup@gmail.com anthonygriffinblog.com
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Do you need debt, equity, or a loan guarantor for your deals?

Eastern Union Funding and Arbor Realty Trust are the companies to talk to, specifically Marc Belsky.

I have used him for both agency debt, help with the equity raise, and my consulting clients have successfully closed deals with Marc’s help. See how Marc can help you by calling him at 212-897-9875 or emailing him mbelsky@easterneq.com

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JF1545: 7 Due Diligence Items For Passive Investors & Passive Investing Opportunities #SkillSetSunday with Hunter Thompson Nov 25, 2018

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Hunter is back on the show today to share a valuable skill set for almost everyone listening. If you’re a passive investor, you can use this information to vet all the deals that come your way. For active investors, putting together deals and looking for money from investors, you can use this information to bring the best package to your investors possible. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“If they say they have a contractor that has completed $100 million of assets with them, call the contractor and see if that matches up” - Hunter Thompson

Hunter Thompson Real Estate Background:

Founder of Cash Flow Connections, a real estate syndication company
Has helped investors allocate capital to over 100 properties, which have a combined asset value of $350MM.
Host of the Cash Flow Connections podcast, which helps investors learn from intricacies of commercial real estate
Based in Los Angeles, California
Listen to his previous episode here: JF1220: He Took His Money Out Of The Stock Market To Syndicate Self Storage & Mobile Home Parks with Hunter Thompson
Say hi to him at: https://cashflowconnections.com/

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Do you need debt, equity, or a loan guarantor for your deals?

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JF1544: Sometimes We Just Need A Mindset Shift Or Reset #SituationSaturday with Mark Podolsky Nov 24, 2018

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Mark is a well known investor and he’s back to add more value to us again on the podcast. We’ll touch on a lot of different mindset tricks and tips and hear how and why some people have more of a “drive” towards investing or working more to create future success, even if it causes short term pain. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“I think the #1 trait for people who have had success is grit” - Mark Podolsky

Mark Podolsky Real Estate Background:

Owner of Frontier Properties, a land investing company
Has been buying and selling land full time since 2001
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Based in Scottsdale, AZ
Say hi to him at https://www.thelandgeek.com/dirtrich

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JF1543: Five Step Apartment Syndication Underwriting Training #FollowAlongFriday with Joe and Theo Nov 23, 2018

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Joe and Theo are back with updates on their apartment syndication businesses. Learn the five step process Theo is putting interested underwriters through in order to train them to become expert apartment underwriters. Joe closed on a deal and has one (and maybe two) new deal under contract. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“Underwriting for apartments is pretty complicated”

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JF1542: The Power Of Your Apartment Syndication Brand Part 4 of 4 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks Nov 22, 2018

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If you haven’t listened to the first three parts of this series, I highly recommend you do so before listening to this episode. Those episodes were 1534,1535, and 1541. This episode is all about choosing and creating your thought leadership platform. How do you know which is best for you? How do you actually create it? Theo will cover those questions and many more in this episode. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“The purpose of a thought leadership platform is to stay top of mind with your 2000 true fans”

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JF1541: The Power Of Your Apartment Syndication Brand Part 3 of 4 | Syndication School with Theo Hicks Nov 21, 2018

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For part 3 of this 4 part series, Theo will be focusing on your company presentation. If you haven’t listened to Part One or Part Two we highly recommend you do so before listening to this episode. Those were episodes 1534 and 1535. Once you’re caught up, or if you already are, hit play and learn why the company presentation is so important and how to put together a really good presentation to present to your investors and other potential team members. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“This will attract their interest to invest with you”

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JF1540: Grow Your International Portfolio By Passively Investing In Another Country with Eric Berman & Sam Miller Nov 20, 2018

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Sam and Eric are partners and working together to grow their own real estate investing business - by helping other investors also grow theirs. If you’re trying to grow your own portfolio, they have an opportunity for you. You can passively invest in vacation rentals in Columbia with their company. They also chronicle their adventures on their popular YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/samaza. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“Providing new opportunities for our investors, but also providing new locations for our travelers and guests to experience” - Eric Berman

Eric Berman & Sam Miller Real Estate Backgrounds:

Both work to scale and grow their company Lifeafar, which is a collective of visionaries, business experts, and adventurers
They are using their success to show how a new lifestyle and investment abroad can work
Eric serves as the CIO, he has advised a wide array of lenders and developers on over $2B USD of mixed-use real estate and hotel transactions
Sam fled the 9-5 in 2009 when he took off on motorcycle across the Americas
Currently Sam is chronicling travel, lifestyle, real estate and investing in Colombia for Lifeafar
Based in Columbia
Say hi to them at https://www.lifeafar.com/
Their YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/samaza
Best Ever Books: War of Art

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JF1539: Navy Pilot ‘Flies’ Through The Real Estate Ranks with Stuart Grazier Nov 19, 2018

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As a full time service member, Stuart can only commit so much time to his real estate investing ventures. Even with that, he has been able to grow and scale his business through partnerships and raising money with private investors. To make this even more difficult,neither Stuart or his partner live in their main investing market. Hear how they grow their business with full time jobs and from another state. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“There are not many tax advantages with having paper assets, that’s why I buy more properties now” - Stuart Grazier

Stuart Grazier Real Estate Background:

Active duty Navy pilot who has served 16 years in the military
Stuart has built a $600k portfolio of performing mortgage notes, a portfolio of 5 rental properties, is a passive investor in two separate multi-family syndications, and recently started a turnkey rental property company
Based in Aurora, CO
Say hi to him at http://www.militaryinvestornetwork.com/
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JF1538: Return Massive Portions of Investor Equity After Just 13 Months #SkillSetSunday with Jason Yarusi Nov 18, 2018

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Jason is back on the show to tell us about the execution of an apartment syndication deal in which he was able to return 75% of his investors’ capital in just 13 months. We have actually heard about this deal before, about 400 episodes ago when Jason purchased the property he came on and told us about how he was able to obtain the deal Now we’ll hear about his business plan execution on that same deal. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!

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“We don’t want to push our rents and have an occupancy problem” - Jason Yarusi

Jason Yarusi Real Estate Background:

Managing Partner of Yarusi Holdings a full service real estate and construction company
His companies Flip and wholesale properties in Northern Jersey while controlling over 100 units in the midwest
Listen to his previous episode: JF1157: Case Study Of A First Time Apartment Syndication with Jason Yarusi
Based in Greater NYC area
Say hi to him at https://www.yarusiholdings.com/

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JF1537: Grow A Huge Real Estate Business By Helping Others Get What They Want with Aaron Chapman Nov 17, 2018

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Aaron has been in the finance space for over 20 years, and has been in real estate for a long time too. One of Aaron’s goals and visions is to help as money other real estate investors grow a business that can allow them to live more comfortably, retire, take more vacations, or whatever it is they want to do. Hear how he has been helping others achieve that while also growing his own business.

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“They need 11 people to build a burrito successfully yet I only had two people building an intricate financial instrument” - Aaron Chapman

Aaron Chapman Real Estate Background:

21 year veteran of finance industry

Rated as part of the top 1% nationally and ranked #12 in 2017 by Scotsman Guide for units closed in Real Estate Finance industry wide
Specializes in financing for the real estate investor, aiding in the analysis and structure of multiple financed properties
Based in Mesa, AZ
Say hi to him at www.aaronbchapman.com
Best Ever Book: Master Key System

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