Real Estate (Un)Success Stories

Get in the Game and Stop Sitting on the Sidelines with Tim Bratz

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he discusses with Tim Bratz about what can truly teach us in the real estate business, what it takes to get in the game, and the factors to ponder on in growing your portfolio.

 

Tim began his career in the competitive New York City real estate market working as a broker leasing ground floor retail units. Here, he saw the true potential of real estate to transform lives. Although Tim was limited in means, he spent his time reading, attending workshops, and networking with accomplished entrepreneurs learning that being resourceful was the ultimate path to becoming successful.

 

With this knowledge, Tim embarked on building his real estate company in Charleston, South Carolina, where he had relocated in search of a better quality of life. Arriving in 2008, after the real estate bubble burst, Tim quickly adapted and using a credit card, increased his limit and then wrote himself a balance transfer check to acquire the cheapest property he could find. Armed with his personal investment and plenty of sweat equity, Tim transformed a rundown duplex and turned a profit on his first deal. He then took those proceeds and reinvested them, while seeking private capital to expand his growing company. Today, Tim still uses this formula for success, which all starts with being resourceful and having the right mindset.

 

Main Takeaways

 

• Who are the Real Teachers in Real Estate?
• Stop Staying in the Sidelines

 

 

Connect with Tim

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEdNsWbAOtPrOHDUXHkedeA

https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbratz/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbratz/

https://www.facebook.com/tlbratz

 

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Upgrading the property class you invest in with Kory Dieter

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Kory Dieter about upgrading the property class you invest in and the things you should know about before acquiring properties in a particular area. Kory talks about the challenges she faced investing in low-class properties and how upgrading property classes was beneficial to her real estate investing long-term. 

 

Kory is a Chicago-based professional house hacker and out of state real estate investor with a portfolio mix that includes Single Family Rentals and small multi-families across 6 markets. While she achieved LeanFIRE at 35, her goal is to achieve FatFIRE by age 40 in order to spend more quality time with family, live overseas, and learn new languages. By day, she works for a health tech startup as a business operations leader. Her evenings and weekends involve optimizing her real estate portfolio, cooking, and spoiling her dog, Zoey.

 

 

Main Takeaways

 

• Why It’s Important to Be a Bit Picky in Acquiring Properties
• What You Should Know Before You Acquire Properties in an Area

 

 

Connect with Kory

https://www.instagram.com/kor_rei/

 

 

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Not having a short term mindset with Chuck Littell

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Chuck Littell about achieving the proper mindset and habits during challenging times so that we can execute more effectively in the industry.

 

Chuck Littell is a Tenant/Buyer rep specialist based in LA. He had been an Industrial Broker for 25 years and working alongside Colliers for 22 years. He helps clients improve their supply chains and his deals are national and usually multiple deals for a single client. Now, he is happily married for 18 years with 3 kids.

 

Main Takeaways

 

• The Power of Narrowing Down One’s Focus
• Learn About the Cards You’re Playing With

 

 

Connect with Chuck

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chucklittell/

 

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Pivoting versus panicking with Suzy Sevier and Michael Barnhart

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Suzy Sevier and Michael Barnhart about the importance of pivoting instead of panicking when the going gets tough in real estate investing. They will talk about how they come up with creative solutions to the challenges that arise on a regular basis as real estate investors.

 

Suzy and Michael are the founders of Adventurous Real Estate Investors. They specialize in Return on Impact. Through real estate investing, Suzy and Michael create immeasurable impacts on their family, friends, community, the residents they serve, and in the spaces where they want to be generous – everywhere and anywhere!

 

 

Main Takeaways

 

• Long-Distance Real Estate Investing Made Possible
• Don’t Panic, Pivot!

 

 

Connect with Suzy and Michael

https://www.linkedin.com/in/suzysevier/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbarnhartrei/

https://www.facebook.com/adventurousREI

https://www.instagram.com/adventurous.rei/

 

 

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The Value of Partnerships with Randy Langenderfer

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Randy Langenderfer about good property managers vs. bad ones, what it takes to successfully invest passively in real estate and how to play an active role in your investments.

 

Randy is President of InvestArk Properties, LLC focusing on creating investor value and passive income returns for the busy professional.  He has been in multi-family real estate since 2014 as both a general partner/key principal in 250 doors and a limited partner in over 4,000 doors.  InvestArk offers the busy professional, who wants to include multi-family in their portfolio, an opportunity to partner with experts who are aligned with their investment goals. 

 

Main Takeaways

 

• You Won’t Know a Good Property Manager Until You’ve Had a Bad One
• Passive Investing Lessons Learned

 

 

Connect with Randy

https://www.invest-ark.com

randy.langenderfer@invest-ark.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/randy-langenderfer/

 

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Dealing with lenders and the car wash asset class with Steffany Boldrini

Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Steffany Boldrini. Steffany talks about the importance of having a good relationship with a lender and being able to pitch you business plan. Steffany also goes into the challenges that car washes can be but how they could be the next great asset class.

 

About Steffany:

Steffany is the principal of Monte Carlo Real Estate Investing, originally from Brazil and moved to Silicon Valley nearly 20 years ago, where she had a successful career in tech sales, and for the past three years, Steffany has decided to focus in commercial real estate investing, she has invested in three different asset classes since then and has achieved 36% cash on cash returns. To give back to the community, she also hosts the Commercial Real Estate Investing From A-Z Podcast.

 

Connect with Steffany:

https://montecarlorei.com/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/commercial-real-estate-investing-from-a-z/id1451874700

Avoiding distractions in Real Estate with Scott Bower

Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Scott Bower. They discuss how Scott went through "shiny object" syndrome early in his career. Scott tells the audience how this hurt the scale and speed he could grow his real estate business. He goes on to talk about importance of hiring people to help you grow and scale!

 

About Scott:

Scott Bower is a transplant from the state of Iowa who caught the entrepreneur bug at the early age of 17 when he started his first company, a vehicle detailing company. He went on to study at the University of Iowa with degrees in Business Communication and Entrepreneurial Management while also studying health and nutrition. With his entrepreneurial spirit and his degrees in hand, he moved to Arizona to begin a dominating career in his real estate that continues to thrive.
 

Starting his real estate career as an agent in residential retail sales at Keller Williams Realty, he closed $2.2M in volume his first 12 months but quickly realized being an agent was not for him. Since then, Scott has become a successful real estate investor, completing over 400 transactions with over $60,000,000 in closed volume to date while also building a portfolio of rental properties and apartment syndications. He is also the host of the INVESTTHIS Podcast, an interview-based podcast providing maximum value for his listeners on how to capitalize on the best investments and business practices. Scott is an avid learner and self-educator always looking to up his game and now moving into more substantial investment opportunities in creative finance, multifamily, and commercial real estate. He focuses on building strong relationships with his investors, capital preservation with strong returns, creating passive income streams and building wealth for his family.

 

 

Connect with Scott:

https://www.hbsbholdings.com/
https://www.investthispodcast.com/author/scottbower/ https://www.phxinvestmentproperties.com/
https://www.facebook.com/thescottbower1
https://www.instagram.com/thescottbower/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottboweraz/

Dealing with a bad asset manager with Sandhya Seshadri

Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Sandhya Seshadri. They discuss how Sandhya did not have a great experience with an asset manager. She tells our listeners some good ways to avoid the same situation! Sandhya 

 

About Sandyha:

Sandhya Seshadri has invested as a Limited Partner, Key Principal or General Partner in 3000+ doors totaling $200M in assets throughout the United States.

 

Sandhya has been a leader in the equities markets for over 20 years, and had moved into commercial real estate due to the tax advantages and the ability to uniquely “force appreciate” each asset. It’s become her mission to help other people capitalize on all of the benefits of real estate investing. 

 

Sandhya is active in the Dallas-Fort Worth Multifamily real estate community, and has a network of investors throughout the United States. She has shared her inspiring story, knowledge and investment criteria on multiple real estate investing events and podcasts. Sandhya is passionate about personal and professional growth. She is active in multiple mastermind groups focused on apartment investing to continuously stay abreast of these changing times, and their impact on multifamily. Sandhya has lived in Dallas-Fort Worth for over 30 years and this is her primary market for investments. Her knowledge of the local market and neighborhoods makes her the ideal “boots on the ground” asset manager for properties in Dallas.

 

Sandhya has a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering as well as
an MBA.

 

Connect with Sandyha:
https://multifamily4you.com
https://www.facebook.com/sandhya.sseshadri.9

 

Overcoming perceptions with Lennon Lee

Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Lennon Lee. They discuss how Lennon felt that moving to real estate would be wasting his degree and career as an engineer. Hear how Lennon drew on the support of his family to help him push through and find his way to a real estate career.

 

About Lennon:
Lennon came to the United States with his family in 2009 due to unrest in his home country of Venezuela. While he had visited the States many times growing up, he knew this move could be permanent.

He took responsibility for investing his family’s life savings in real estate to build a solid future for his parents and siblings.

Alongside his investment partners, he has been involved in the acquisition of over 2000 units of multifamily real estate with an approximate market value of $200 million.

A full-time investor and real estate professional based in Miami, FL, Lennon is also the founder of The Passivo Investor Meetup (formerly The Multifamily Investor Club), a knowledge-sharing and networking community, focusing on providing an educational and relationship building platform for local passive real estate investors.

Connect with Lennon:
https://www.instagram.com/lennonld/?hl=en
https://passivorei.com
Free Ebook: passivorei.com/dream

The school of hard knocks with Jerome Myers

Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with fellow multifamily investor and podcaster, Jerome Myers. They discuss how Jerome spent much of his early multifamily career learning and gaining experience the hard way. Jerome goes onto explain why investing in a mentor can save you time, money and headaches. 

 

About Jerome:

Jerome started his career as a civil engineer building businesses in corporate America. In 2009, he transferred to a consulting firm. As he built a strong reputation in the industry, he had the opportunity to build up a construction company to 175 people and $20M in revenue in 1 year. That is when he got interested in real estate. However, when he had to lay off half of the company’s workforce, he decided to leave the corporate world and focus on his real passion. He started to educate himself in real estate investing and hasn’t looked back ever since.

 

Connect with Jerome: