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#283: The Art of Building an Award Winning Company and Creating a Long-Lasting Legacy – with T.W. Lewis
Tom is a seventh-generation Kentuckian who grew up in Lexington. He graduated from the University of Kentucky in 1971 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and went on to receive his MBA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tom began his career in real estate development and after 18 years with four… Go to Episode
#265: Building a World Class Development Firm from Scratch, Creating a Thriving Company Culture, Leveraging Key Relationships, and the Endless Pursuit of Making the World a Better Place for all – with Josh Simon of SimonCRE
Josh began his career in commercial real estate in 2004, and a few short years later ventured out on his own to start SimonCRE. As Founder and CEO, Joshua leads the company’s growth strategy while directing the daily operations. He carries the torch for a team committed to developing projects that benefit clients and the… Go to Episode
Living Legend Francis Greenburger on How He Built a Multi-Billion Dollar International Investment Firm
Time Equities Inc (TEI) currently holds in its own portfolio approximately 31.1 million square feet of residential, industrial, office and retail property – including over 4,000 multi-family apartment units. In addition, TEI is in various stages of development and pre-development of constructing approximately 1.4 million square feet of various property types which includes at least… Go to Episode
Residential Investor Turned Highly Successful CRE Developer – Multifamily, Senior Living, and Student Housing
Our guests for this week’s show is Real Developer and founder of Rooney Properties, Jim Rooney Rooney Properties is a Wisconsin-based development and management firm, specializing in multifamily, senior housing and student housing projects. Over the last 25 years, the team has been responsible for the development of hundreds of millions worth of projects. What… Go to Episode
Transitioning from Duplexes to Large Mulitfamily, Building a Rockstar Team, and Scaling Your RE Business – with Reed Goosens
Reed is originally from Australia and moved to the US in 2011 for the love of two things: Firstly, his wife and secondly the big apple, NYC! Within the first year of living in the US he had purchased my first duplex for $38,000. This experience taught me a lot about the benefits of Investing… Go to Episode
Ep #216: Avid Realty Partners — with Chris Berger
Today’s show features Craig Berger, Founder and CEO of Avid Realty Partners, a commercial realty firm focused on hotel and multi-family apartment assets. Craig speaks about how he scaled up his company, the challenges he faced along the way, and the successes he enjoyed with his business model. Quotes: “It’s a less efficient market. It’s… Go to Episode
Ep #188: Building and Managing a Multi-Million Dollar US Based Real Estate Portfolio While Living Overseas – with Billy Keels
In the last 17 years Billy Keels has had the opportunity to work in 86 countries, learn and fluently speak 5 languages and has lived in 3 European countries. With this personal growth experience, he also had the opportunity to develop professionally by leading multi-disciplined teams and managing businesses of up to €74M in the… Go to Episode
Ep #179: Building a Multi-Million Dollar Portfolio All While Working a Full-Time Job – with Michael Siekerka
Our guests for this week’s show is real estate and historical multifamily expert, Michael Siekerka. Michael is founder and president of Renting502.com, a company that specializes in acquiring and renovating distressed small multifamily properties in the Louisville, KY market. Michael got his start in real estate a short time ago back in 2009 while working… Go to Episode
Ep #178: Learn How This 23-Year-Old Built a $6 Million Dollar Real Estate Portfolio in Just 1 Year and What Valuable Lessons He’s Learned Along His Journey – with Chris Salazar
Chris is a Co-Founder and Partner at Arsenal Properties, a real estate investment firm based in Chicago but whose primary focus is in the Quad City market. Chris started the company right after college at the age of 22 and in the past year, has built it to a $6M portfolio of 85 units of… Go to Episode
Ep #177: From Brain Surgeon to Highly Successful, Opportunistic Real Estate Investor – with Buck Joffrey
Our guest for this week’s show is real estate investment expert, Buck Joffrey Buck is a physician, entrepreneur, asset manager and fellow podcaster who has enjoyed a great deal of success through his multiple businesses and investments. So much so, In order to help his high paid professional colleagues, he even started a financial education… Go to Episode
Ep #162: From Real Estate Broker to Highly Successful Multifamily Syndicator – with John Cohen
Our guest for this week’s show is co-founder and managing partner of Toro Real Estate Partners, John Cohen John is responsible for the day-to-day activities of Toro Real Estate Partners, including strategic direction of the company, formulation of investment strategy, acquisitions, dispositions, asset management, and investor relations. As of this recording, Toro has 1,299 multifamily… Go to Episode
Ep #161: Beating the Recession and Building a High Cash Flow Business in the Student Housing Niche – with Will Gaston
Our guest for this week’s show is real estate investment and student housing expert, Will Gaston Will got his start in the real estate industry back in 2006 and quickly became an expert in the student housing niche. Today he currently owns and manages 50 residential student housing units in Columbia, SC. Find out how… Go to Episode