Revolutionizing Luxury Real Estate and Short-Term Rentals with Stephen Petasky

Instead of posting an interview on this Holiday Monday, I thought I'd take this opportunity to talk about a key financial ratio that you'll hear a lot from brokers and investors, but may not completely understand.  I'm referring to the Capitalization Rate, or Cap Rate as its commonly called. This won't be a technical discussion that will make your eyes glaze over.  Instead I'll share with you my simple explanation that I teach in my advanced financial analysis course through the RPOA. Happy 4th of July!

4 Juli 201612min

Today I'm excited to sit down and talk with Brandon Krieg, an experienced wholesaler who also does fix & flips.  Brandon is the owner of Honeybee Homes, and has a lot of great knowledge and experience to share with our audience. If you've ever considered wholesaling as an investment strategy, or are looking for better techniques to ensure your success, then you won't want to miss Part One of this interview! Many of our listeners will recognize Brandon as the co-founder of the West Michigan REI Club.  You may have also listened to one of his interviews on other podcasts, including Bigger Pockets. You can contact Brandon through his website at: http://thehoneybeehomes.com/

27 Juni 20161h 4min

Today I'm thrilled to be talking with Rod Khleif, the host of the "Lifetime Cash Flow through Real Estate" Podcast. As one of America's top real estate professionals, Rod has personally owned more than 2,000 single family homes and multiple apartment communities. Rod shares his rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story, from his humble beginnings as a young, impoverished Dutch immigrant to incredible success.  Rod also discusses his remarkable triumphs, and spectacular failures, which he affectionately calls 'seminars'. We'll talk about the 800 Single Family Home Portfolio he lost in 2008, and how he's now rebuilding his fortunes through multi-family investing.  Rod also tells us why he prefers multi-family to single-family and how multi-family can help protect you during the next economic downturn. As a bonus, you can listen to this week's episode of Rod's podcast "Lifetime Cash Flow through Real Estate" to hear Rod interview me, Brian Hamrick, about my career in Real Estate Investing.  Be sure to check out both podcast episodes - they're required listening to podcast fans & real estate investors! And find out more about Rod Khleif at his website:  http://lifetimecashflowpodcast.com/

20 Juni 201645min

If you are a new investor who is looking to buy rental property, or you're a current owner looking for ways to improve your methods, I believe you'll get a lot out of my conversation today with Tina & Wes Emert from City Wide Real Estate Services. Tina & Wes offer services ranging from Real Estate Brokerage, Rehabbing, Property Management and Asset Management.  They take a 'Success-Based' Approach rather than a 'Property-Based' approach, and we'll discuss exactly what that means during our wide-ranging discussion that contains a lot of valuable tips for every level of Rental Property Owner & Real Estate Investor. Find out more: https://citywide.managebuilding.com/Resident/public/custom/22

13 Juni 20161h 25min

If you've ever wondered about investing in Self Storage Facilities, then this is an episode you don't want to miss.  Michael Laragy built a rental property portfolio over 30 years, and then decided to sell it off in order to invest in Self Storage.  Today Michael will walk us through his journey: why he decided self storage was the way to go, how he found his facility, and what he's done to make it successful. We'll also talk about the rental properties he used to own, and how he was able to purchase many of them for 'Nothing Down', using techniques he learned from Real Estate Guru Robert Allen. No matter what type of real estate investing you're interested in, our conversation contains decades of wisdom and experience from someone who's managed to invest successfully, transition from a full-time job to full-time investor/business owner, and has a ton of knowledge to share.

6 Juni 20161h 18min

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly:  Last week successful investor Steve Whitteberry shared his stories of 'The Bad & The Ugly' with us.  Today we get to discuss 'The Good'. Steve will discuss his use of Self Directed IRA's and how they're helping him prepare for retirement.  We'll also discuss 'Alligators' and how they can eat up all your Cash Flow. And we'll also compare our experiences purchasing two separate 4-units, both of which were bought for a great price at the bottom of the market, but had two very different outcomes for each of us.

30 Maj 201637min

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly:  Sometimes we come across deals that are too good to be true but we suspend our better judgement because the person selling those deals is so persuasive and says all the right things. Steve Whitteberry is our guest today.  Steve is a successful real estate investor who will share his stories of making investments and working with certain investors that he later came to regret.  Steve will share the valuable lessons he learned from these experiences that will hopefully prevent you from making the same mistakes. In part one of our interview we will also discuss Robert Allen's 'No Money Down', the value of land, and helping people who are going through the foreclosure process.

23 Maj 201623min

Many experienced investors can share this story: the one about the deal they chased for months or years, spent countless hours and phone calls and emails and money on, invested all their energy and emotion into, and no matter how hard they tried, it just wouldn't close, it couldn't close, and eventually they had to admit defeat and walk away. Dealing with these types of setbacks can be devastating.  But learning to overcome them can be life changing. Today we discuss what happens when 'failure is not an option' turns into 'failure is inevitable' with Keith Littlepage, a successful investor and business owner who is brave enough to share his story of the Florida land deal that almost broke him and the aftermath that no one could have expected. Keith will also discuss his use of private money, and an unlikely funding source he's discovered that has been a 'game changer' for him. To Contact Keith go to blueskiesfunding.com

16 Maj 201641min