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Michael Emory is a graduate of Queen’s University (BA, Hons., 1977) and the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto (JD, 1982). Prior to entering the real estate business in 1988, Michael was a partner with the law firm of Aird & Berlis, specializing in corporate and real estate finance. Michael is the founder, a Trustee and the President & CEO of Allied, a leading owner, manager and developer of (i) distinctive urban workspace in Canada’s major cities and (ii) network-dense urban data centres in Toronto that form Canada’s hub for global connectivity. Allied’s business is providing knowledge-based organizations with distinctive urban environments for creativity and connectivity. Allied went public in February of 2003 with assets of $120 million, a market capitalization of $62 million and a local urban-office portfolio of 820,000 square feet. Allied now has assets of $9 billion, a market capitalization of $5 billion and a national urban-office platform of 14 million square feet. Michael is also a Director of Equitable Group Inc. and Equitable Bank.   In this episode, we talked about:     How Michael transitioned from law to real estate Living through the real estate collapse in the 90s How Michael approached his first capital raise The recovery of office space after the COVID-19 pandemic. What was difficult about Allied’s IPO. The importance of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Relevant Links: https://www.alliedreit.com/  

Ian Formigle is a real estate professional and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in real estate private equity, equity options trading, and start-ups. Ian is Chief Investment Officer at CrowdStreet, overseeing its marketplace, an online commercial real estate investment platform that has completed over 500 offerings totaling over $16 billion of commercial real estate. Ian is the author of “The Comprehensive Guide to Commercial Real Estate Investing” and he is a contributing author at Forbes.com. Prior to joining CrowdStreet, Ian was VP of Business Development for ScanlanKemperBard Companies, where he managed the firm’s alternative investment platform and served as a senior acquisitions officer. Previously, Ian cofounded and served as CEO of Clarus Property Ventures, a regional real estate private equity firm that focused on multifamily acquisitions. Ian began his career as an equity options market maker and member of the Pacific Exchange. Ian holds a BA in Economics and a BA in Political Science from the University of California at Berkeley as well as Series 7 and 63 licenses.   In this episode, we talked about: Ian’s real estate journey Commercial Real Estate’s various asset classes Crowdfunding in real estate Covid’s impact on real estate Co-working space And MUCH MORE! Resources and Links: Connect with Ian https://www.crowdstreet.com/

David Toupin is a Top Millennial real estate investor, speaker, and entrepreneur. David is the co-founder, and CFO of Obsidian Capital, an Austin Texas based real estate investment firm. David started investing at the age of 19 in Michigan where he bought his first property in college, a 12 unit apartment complex. Prior to graduating with a Finance degree at the University of Detroit Mercy, David had acquired $7M in multifamily real estate holdings. By the age of 24 years old, David has acted as a key principle with over $50M in real estate holdings and has raised north of $10M in capital. Utilizing David's best-selling multifamily deal analyzer, he has ventured into the tech industry through the founding of his new software company, Real Estate Lab. David has a background working in corporate auditing and investment banking, and has been a serial entrepreneur since the age of 13. David is a member of a high level real estate group – The Multifamily Boardroom – composed of over 30 high level multifamily owners and operators. In this episode, we talked about: How did David started in real estate Kind of deals and investment journey How did he achieved financial freedom in his early 20s Wholesaling Raising capital David’s investment philosophy Views in property debts and how they handle it And MUCH MORE! Resources and Links @realestatejedi Connect with David https://www.obsidiancapitalco.com/ 

For the second time, we have Michael Blank on the show.  Michael is a full-time entrepreneur, investor and coach and he is passionate about helping others become financially free. Through his company Nighthawk Equity, he controls over $75 million in performing multifamily assets all over the United States. In addition to investing nationwide, he teaches others how to do their first apartment building deal through tons of free content on TheMichaelBlank.com as well as additional training programs. He helped students acquire over 750 units valued in excess of $27M and they’re on track to do 1,000 units in the next 12 months through their unique coaching and “Deal Desk” program. He is the host of the popular podcast “Apartment Building Investing with Michael Blank” and he writes regularly for the Bigger Pockets and Flipnerd’s REI Classroom. In this episode, we talked about:   Asset class Raising capital Educating people in investment Building a real estate platform Apartment syndication deals How to reach the right people and how to get their information Gathering the right investor info Strategies in attracting investors and building relationships  And MUCH MORE!   Resources and Links:   https://themichaelblank.com/ The Apartment Building Podcast

Omar Khan’s global experience has been leveraged across commercial real estate and capital markets. He has advised on over $3.7 billion of capital financing and M&A transactions. Being a seasoned professional in capital markets (capital financing, M&A, sell-side equity research), strategic planning and operations has provided him with a unique perspective. He has helped senior leadership in implementing global data-driven decision-making practices by focusing on relationship development, mentorship and talent management. In this episode, we talked about: Omar’s transition from finance career to real estate Investing in real estate internationally Types of deals he had Raising capital and investing strategies Multifamily investments philosophy His firm, Boardwalk Wealth which is a private equity firm located in Dallas, Texas. And MORE! Resources and Links: https://www.boardwalkwealth.com/ Connect with Omar

Hunny Gawri, he is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner for “RE/MAX Real Estate Centre, My Investment Brokers”, has been involved with real estate investments since the age of 23. With an extensive background in preconstruction real estate investments, cash flow properties, student condos, commercial properties as well as flips & renovations – Hunny has first-hand knowledge of a wide scope of investment options through his personal experiences. The knowledge and experience he has been able to share with his clients is instrumental. In this episode. We talked about: His successful journey into real estate The idea and how he started “The Hunny Pot Cannabis Co.” How he successfully owned and managed multiple cellular phone & repair retail businesses for over 11 years His knowledge and experience that he has been able to share with his clients  How he created and grew a number of different businesses over a fast few years And MUCH MORE! Resources and Links:  Connect with Hunny https://myinvestmentbrokers.com/

Jeff Hull is the president of Hullmark Developments Ltd. The company invests in commercial buildings in neighbourhoods like Parkdale, West Queen West and Riverside; their latest project is a new timber office building in Liberty Village that will house Universal Music Canada. Hullmark has grown rapidly over the past 7 years, changing offices three times and growing from five to more than 40 employees. In this episode, we talked about: Their family’s business history – Hullmark, a real estate investment and development team, as it started with his grandfather, now Jeff is carrying their business legacy Jeff’s passion about real estate and how he started Hullmark’s real estate strategy – hyper urban-focused Asset management, development, private equity, tenant experience And MUCH MORE! Resources and LInks: https://www.hullmark.ca/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-hull-4503773/  

  Investors Mel and Dave Dupuis are Speakers and Mentors across North America. They are BEST SELLING AUTHORS and share their secrets on how they solely purchased 12 properties in less than 12 months with none of their own money and now own over 170 units. In this episode. We talked about: Their journey how they become both successful in being seller/owner financing Real estate investing secrets Their mentality to creative financing, repositioning and renovating the asset Helping others to sell their property quickly compare in a buyer’s market How they started in 12 properties to over 170 units now with no partners and none of their own money How to become your own boss and MUCH MORE! Resources and Links: Connect with Mel and Dave https://www.facebook.com/InvestorMelDave https://twitter.com/investormeldave https://investormeldave.com/  Real Estate Investing Secrets (book)

Ellie Perlman is a multifamily real estate investor and a syndicator, who owns over 2,000 units across the US, worth over $200MM. Ellie is the Founder and CEO of Blue Lake Capital, a real estate investment firm specializing in multifamily investments, where she helps investors grow their wealth and get double returns by joining her investments. She is also the host of "REady2Scale Real Estate Investing" podcast, as well as a coach and mentor to up and coming multifamily syndicators through her personal 1-on-1 mentoring program. In this episode, we talked about: Her journey on how she started in real estate investing from being a commercial real estate lawyer Her investment philosophy Her multifamily properties and passive income Advice on building and scaling a real estate syndication business Ellie’s vision and future plans And much MORE   Connect with Ellie Perlman Ellie’s Website Email ellie@ellieperlman.com REady2Scale Podcast REady2Scale Mentoring Program Blue Lake Capital

Over the past 33 years. Art Sobczak has helped hundreds of thousands of sales pros--and those who didn't consider themselves to be salespeople but needed to place calls-- to get more of what they wanted by phone. His processes and techniques are known as conversational, real-world, non-salesy, non-cheesy, and get results. He has delivered over 1700 training programs in almost all industries and types of sales applications, and he will research your business to address your type of calls. He has authored five books, including "Smart Calling-Eliminate the Fear, Failure, and Rejection from Cold Calling," which is on amazon's list of the 20 Most Highly-Rated Sales Books of All Time. In this episode we talked about: Proven sales and cold calling techniques The evolution of Smart Calling The anatomy and steps of Smart Calling Why phone cold calling is still in demand Social Engineering for sales and Smart calling approach And much MORE!   Resources and Links: Smart Calling (book) Connect with Art http://ArtSobczak.Training

As a successful real estate investor in over 1700 units, Gary Lipsky helps friends invest in C-Class Value-Add Multifamily opportunities. Gary typically finds deals in Phoenix and Tucson. He runs several meetups and is a regular on real estate podcasts and at conferences. You can count on Gary for integrity, strong operations and excellent communication, which have been keys to everything in which he’s been a part of. Gary has always been a self-starter, taking on entrepreneurial endeavors and succeeding in his efforts. At the end of 2016, he sold arc, an after-school program, leadership development and outdoor education company he founded in 2001, which served over 9,000 students daily throughout Southern California. He is a founding board member of the non-profit CORE Educational Service, has been a member of Vistage since 2013 and is an alumnus of the Leadership Southern California program. In this episode, we talked about: Asset management How he raises capital How Gary went from simple single-family rentals to $17M in multifamily properties Multifamily syndication Value Add strategies Handling tenants And much MORE! Resources and Links: https://www.aptcapitalgroup.com/podcast/ Connect with Gary Crucial Conversations (book)

Dave Dubeau is a Real Estate Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author, Speaker and Investor Attraction Expert based in Kamloops, B.C. Canada. He began his real estate investing career in 2003 doing 18 deals in 18 months. He later switched his focus to client-first rent to own deals, and nowadays he invests in multi-family (apartment building) properties. For the last several years Dave has been the World’s #1 Investor Attraction “Imple-Mentor”. Using his proprietary 5 Step Money Partner Formula™, Dave helps his real estate entrepreneur clients to grow their portfolios significantly and in record time by attracting investors (instead of chasing after them). In this episode, we talked about: Rent-to-own strategy Dave’s current deals - Multifamily properties Steps in raising capital Choosing the right investing strategy Managing property  And much MORE   Resources and Links: The Ultimate Sales Machine https://www.daviddubeau.com/ Connect with Dave

Jorge Abreau has been Investing in Real Estate full time for over 14 years. He started in Single Family and small Multifamily properties. He has wholesaled over 200+ Properties, Fixed & Flipped over 100+ properties and developed several new construction projects, over $8M in ground up. For the past 3 years he has been solely focused on large Multifamily properties. Jorge is currently an Active & Passive Full Time Multifamily Real Estate Investor. he has 1,720 Doors on the GP side & over 1,400+ doors on the LP side. He currently has another 850 Doors under contract on the GP side as well. He is the CEO of Elevate Commercial Investment Group. Also, owns a construction company, JNT Construction, that focuses on helping Multifamily Investors with their full renovations. He is based out of Dallas & currently owns properties throughout Texas & Oklahoma but open to other areas as well. His strong points are Locating Deals, Due Diligence, Executing CapEx & Raising Equity. In this episode, we talked about: Jorge’s move from single family to large multifamily deals Portfolio building Raising capital Asset management And more…   Resources and Links: Three Feet from Gold Connect with Jorge https://www.elevatecig.com/

Mauricio is the founder and CEO of Premier Law Group, a premier boutique securities law firm.  As a nationally recognized expert on private placements, Mauricio works with elite entrepreneurs who seek to increase and protect their wealth through syndications. Mauricio specializes in Reg D exempt offerings and educates investors from around the world on how to navigate the complex world of securities laws. Known for taking complex matters and making them simple to understand, Mauricio is sometimes, jokingly, referred to as one of the few lawyers who actually speaks English. With over 18 years of experience, Mauricio has previously been selected as a “Southern California Rising Star” by the Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine, recognizing him as one of the top 2.5% up-and-coming lawyers in Southern California. A graduate of The University of California at Berkeley, Mauricio obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, where he was a member of the Scott Moot Court Honors Board. In this episode, we talked about real estate syndication, importance of SEC securities law to real estate investors, Rule 506(b) Versus 506(c) and much MORE! Resources and Links: Email: CS@PremierLawGroup.net www.PremierLawGroup.net  

Mike Taravella is a CPA, and he graduated from Michigan State University in 2014 with a Master of Science in Accounting. He has worked 5 years professionally in accounting. He started at Ernst & Young in public accounting and then transitioned into Detroit’s startup community at Rock Ventures. He began his real estate investing career in 2016 by owning and self-managing investments in Michigan. He also took an interest in real estate development before joining Rand Partners in 2019. Mike is currently an associate that is responsible for underwriting deals, investor relations, and asset management. In this episode, Mike shares his love for numbers, analysis, single and multifamily deals.  We discuss Ratio Utility Billing Systems (RUBS), Internal Rate of Return (IRR), property management and investment philosophy. Resources and Links: https://randcre.com/ Jake and Gino episode with Mike Connect with Mike

Chris Picciurro has been a CPA for more than 20 years, and spent the last 16 years as founder and executive officer of Integrated CPA Group. Since 2003, Integrated CPA Group has grown from a small, one-office operation to a multi-state firm servicing well over 3,000 clients. He is a member of the ProConnect™ Tax Customer Council. In this episode, we take a deep dive into the tax and liability issues in real estate.  Topics include foreign investors investing in the US, LLC formation, tax planning and growing your real estate assets.  Enjoy.   Resources and Links: http://www.realestatecpa.guru/ Connect with Chris

Darin Batchelder started as a CPA with PriceWaterhouse and PepsiCo. He transitioned into sales selling software applications for several technology companies. He then transitioned to institutional loan trading with ABN AMRO, an international bank based in the Netherlands, with main focus on trading large jumbo residential portfolios and multifamily portfolios bank to bank. He then founded TZK Capital in 2007 focused on trading clean credit performing loans to include residential, multifamily and commercial real estate loans bank to bank. He has traded in excess of $4 billion in loans. In this episode, we talked about his journey on how he got into real estate, multifamily deals, real estate syndications, partnering, raising capitals, how he got invested in over 4,000 multifamily units and much MORE! Resources and Links: https://darinbatchelder.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/darin-batchelder-8855b620

Justin Kivel is a Real estate investor and founder of Break into CRE, an education platform that helps aspiring real estate investment professionals advance their careers and do better deals through real estate financial modeling and analysis training. In this episode, Justin shares how he helps real estate professionals who are trying to break into the commercial real estate market.  We discuss development, brokerage, private equity and more.   Links and Resources: Real Estate Finance and Investments Risks and Opportunities by Peter Linneman Confessions of a Real Estate Entrepreneur by James Randel Connect with Justin Kivel https://breakintocre.com/

With 44 years of real estate industry experience, Glenn Mueller is a professor for the Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management at Denver University, one of the oldest and largest programs in the country. Mueller’s research experience includes real estate market-cycle analysis, real estate securities analysis, real estate capital markets, portfolio and diversification analysis, seniors housing analysis and both public and private market-investment strategies. He is also the real estate investment strategist at Dividend Capital Group, where he provides real estate market-cycle research and investment strategy for Dividend Capital’s Real Estate Securities, Private Real Estate Investment, Private REIT and Real Estate Debt groups. He is also the co-editor of the Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management. In this episode, Glenn shared his knowledge on research, analysis, and development in real estate. We also talked about real estate market cycles, growth statistics, employment growth, retail, how COVID affected different industries, supply and demand in commercial real estate and industrial population growth. Glenn also showed us visual data and graphs to make his presentation more understandable and informative.   Resources and Links: Real Estate Development: Principles and Process https://www.du.edu/ Connect with Glenn Mueller's chart

Michael Blank is a leading authority on apartment building investing in the United States. He’s passionate about helping others become financially free in 3-5 years by investing in apartment building deals with a special focus on raising money. Through his investment company, he controls over $30 million in performing multifamily assets all over the United States and has raised over $8M. In addition to his own investing activities, he’s helped students purchase over 2,000 units valued at over $87M through his unique “Deal Desk” and training programs. He’s the author of the best-selling book “Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing” and the host of the popular “Apartment Building Investing” podcast. In this episode, we talked about his journey in real estate, from house flipping to apartment investing, his thoughts on syndication, he also discussed the process of how to raise money, finding the right properties and eventually achieve financial freedom through real estate investing even if you’re a new investor. Quotes: “In fact, you don't need prior real estate experience, and you don't need your own money. Because it's relatively easy to overcome both of them.” “Even people with money will eventually run out of money. Therefore, the art of raising money is really allows you to be a true entrepreneur, allowing you to create something from nothing.” “I think there's always an opportunity regardless of what's going on, you have to have your eyes open.” Resources and Links: https://themichaelblank.com/ Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing: The Blueprint To Quitting Your Job With Real Estate - Even Without Experience Or Cash The Apartment Building Podcast