Real Estate (Un)Success Stories

Investing in Real Estate is Like Online Dating

Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.

 

 

Sarah Weaver is a coach, speaker, real estate investor, entrepreneur, and business owner. Nothing thrills Sarah more than helping real estate agents and investors design the life of their dreams whether that is making more money or working fewer hours (or both!).

 

 

Sarah travels the country teaching real estate agents how to invest in real estate. She is a hiring and real estate investing expert. Sarah’s Real Estate Agent Coaching Business is focused on helping agents build wealth through real estate investing and hiring the right staff along the way. She teaches agents how to build an Investor-Focused Real Estate Sales Business. In addition to one-on-one coaching, she also offers group coaching to teams and brokerages.

 

 

Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast.  Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.

 

 

 

Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.

Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze with Jay Helms

Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.

 

 

Jay Helms is an Amazon #1 Best Selling Author, has been featured twice on BusinessInsider.com, and is the Founder of The W2 Capitalist, a mastermind community for aspiring and experienced real estate investors. Timid, apprehensive, and fearful about purchasing his first single- family rental, Jay now owns over a million dollars in real estate assets and escaped the rat race after just 6 years of side hustling in real estate investing. Knowing that closing on the first deal is the biggest hurdle and mental roadblock for new investors, Jay has a goal to help one million people create multiple streams of income, achieve financial freedom, or build legacy wealth through real estate investing.

 

 

In this episode, Jay shares his mobile phone number with you and encourages you to call or text him. Listen through the entire episode and get ready to take down his digits.

 

 

 

Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast.  Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.

 

 

 

Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.

Don’t Run Out of Time or Money with Chris Miles

Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.

 

 

You’ll certainly find yourself going back and listening to this week’s show more than once and maybe, more than twice.

 

 

Chris Miles, the Cash Flow Expert and Anti-Financial Advisor, is a leading authority teaching entrepreneurs and professionals how to get their money working for them TODAY! He’s an author, podcast host of the Money Ripples Podcast, has been featured in US News, CNN Money, Entrepreneurs on Fire, Bigger Pockets, and has a proven reputation with his company, Money Ripples (Cash Flow Experts | Money & Passive Income Mentor) getting his clients fast, financial results. In fact, his personal clients have increased their cash flow by $300 Million in the last 12 years!

 

 

Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast.  Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.

 

 

 

Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.

An Entrepreneur’s Most Expensive Phrase with Ash Patel

Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.

 

 

Ash Patel left a 15 year long corporate career and has been a full time Commercial Real Estate Investor for over 10 years. He is a value add investor and has purchased retail, warehouse, office, industrial, land, mixed use, medical and restaurants. From vacant buildings to fully leased NNN properties, the consistent theme is extraordinary returns. He is a hands on property manager and also teaches others how to invest in non-residential commercial property.

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

• You need a mentor or coach.
• You’ll likely make less mistakes with having someone as a mentor to help guide you along the way.
• Are you the value of your company?
• As an entrepreneur, one of the most expensive phrases you can say is, “I can do it myself.”

 

 

 

 

 

Ash would love to engage with you on social media channels like Facebook or LinkedIn.

 

 

Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast.  Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.

 

 

 

 

Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.

Aligning Your Goals and Opportunities with Eric Martel

Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.

 

 

Eric purchased his first apartment building at just 18 years of age while still at university. After graduation, in his position as an actuary, he was dismayed to see hundreds of company pension plans being rolled over into 401(k)s shifting the retirement risk to employees. This made him reconsider traditional beliefs about retirement saving. It also made him question his role as an actuary so he joined the lucrative technology industry.

 

A few years later, he lost a fortune during the Dotcom crash of 2001 and he started looking for ways to earn passive income and stop trading time for money. He started various businesses, including a gourmet sauce company, but eventually came back to his first love real estate investing and formed MartelTurnkey.

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

• Are the opportunities your looking for in line with your goals?
• Review the strategies you’ve adopted and how they’ll help you achieve your goals.
• Do you have the necessary resources available to achieve your goals?
• Don’t fall victim to the “shiny object syndrome”.

 

 

 

 

 

Eric is available to engage with you on several social media channels like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. His book, Stop Trading Your Time for Money is available on Amazon.

 

 

Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast.  Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.

 

 

 

 

Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.

Which comes first, the deal or the capital? - with Dave Dubeau

Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.

 

 

Dave Dubeau (pronounced “Doo – Bow”) is a podcast host and creator of the Money Partner Formula. He and his team work with mom ‘n pop real estate investors providing done-for-you marketing services to help them raise capital. He’s a best-selling author and speaker based in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. He began his real estate investing career in 2003 doing 18 deals in 18 months and nowadays, he invests passively in multi-family properties.

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

• Quick transactional deals are okay to pay the bills but aren’t a wise investment.
• Just because you find a good deal, doesn’t mean the capital will start rolling in.
• The Universe just isn’t going to deliver money to you.
• What are you doing to drive investors to you, instead of you chasing them?

 

 

 

 

After you finish this episode, make sure to sear for Dave’s new podcast, the Raise Capital 101 Show.

 

 

Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast.  Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.

 

 

 

 

Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.

Systems, Processes & Mental Hurdles with Brandon Cobb

Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.

 

 

Brandon is the owner and partner of HBG Capital, a vertically integrated real estate firm providing investors with superior risk adjusted returns and downside principal protection backed by real assets in the residential single family construction sector in Nashville, TN & Commercial Multifamily Acquisitions in Southeast United States. HBG Capital’s construction arm - HBG Construction, executes ground up new developments, land development, and residential property rehabilitation in Nashville, TN. He was featured on the cover of REI Wealth magazine, Realty 411 Magazine, and has been quoted and published in Forbes magazine.

 

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

• You don’t know you can do something until you see other people doing it.
• Hire the role you’re best at, last.
• Learn to let go.
• Ask to sit in on a Masterclass before you invest. Make sure it’s right for you.
• You have to be creative.

 

 

 

Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast.  Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.

 

 

 

 

Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.

Price Doesn’t Equal Value with Shannon Robnett

Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.

 

 

 

Shannon Robnett is a second-generation builder-developer, a third-generation real estate agent and a fourth-generation pilot. He jokingly says that it usually takes his family multiple generations to get something right!

 

 

With over 25 years of experience, Shannon has been involved from start to finish on over $350MM in construction projects such as multi-family, professional office buildings to city halls, fire and police stations, schools, industrial and mini storage.

 

 

Along with his knowledgeable team at Shannon Robnett Industries (SRI), Shannon is dedicated to sharing his expertise and delivering top quality projects that bring in numerous passive income streams to his syndicate partners.

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

• Price does not equal value
• You can’t determine what you goal is without a good cost breakdown
• Know what you’re good at. Know what you’re really not good at. Don’t be dumb enough to convince yourself that you can do both.
• Don’t succumb to FOMO or, the fear of missing out. Because someone else takes a high-wager, calculated risk, doesn’t mean you’re meant to, or you’ll have a similar outcome.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast.  Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.

 

 

 

 

Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.

Be Ready To Pivot with Jennifer Joyce

Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.

 

 

 

Jennifer Joyce is an experienced real estate professional specializing in Texas. She started with single-family investments and then transitioned to commercial real estate in 2007 with an emphasis on large value-add opportunities. Jennifer has an excellent reputation for building relationships with brokers, professional services, investors, and vendors. Puts a great amount of focus into building a team to acquire and operate properties.

 

 

 

Installment of the REUS podcast, Jennifer reinforces the need for investors and real estate professional the importance of flexibility and being ready to pivot.

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

• Be prepared if the unexpected happens just before closing
• Have a business plan flexible enough for the unforeseen
• Are you ready to pivot, if you need to?

 

 

 Connect with Jennifer on the web or via social media channels like Facebook and LinkedIn.

 

 

Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast.  Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.

 

 

 

 

Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.Be Re

It All Begins With One Deal with Time Vitale

Welcome to the Real Estate (Un) Success podcast where our host, Cody Lewis talks to people from the real estate community, sharing real stories about their struggles, pains, and even losses during their own real estate journey.

 

 

Tim Vitale is the Managing Partner of Upside Capital based out of Wilmington, NC. He spent 10 years in the corporate finance world and achieved the ranking AVP of Finance for a F500 Insurance Company prior to leaving his W2 life to pursue real estate full time. He specializes in underwriting, analysis, and budgeting. Tim was born into a real estate family and owns rental property in the Charlotte area and syndicates apartments throughout the Southeast USA Markets.

 

 

 

Key Takeaways

 

• You didn’t con this far to only come this far.
• Keep pushing and don’t stop.
• IN the grand scheme of real estate, thirty days is a short amount of time.
• It feels like you’re working for free . . . until you get something on the hook

 

 

 

Connect with Tim on social media platforms like Facebook and LinkedIn

 

 

Thanks for listening to The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast.  Help someone hear the challenges we went through so they can avoid the same mistake by sharing this episode or listen to our previous episodes. Please don’t forget to leave a review and 5-star rating on your favorite podcasting platform.

 

 

 

 

Vendue Capital is on the Web and, you can connect with our host, Cody Lewis on LinkedIn.

 

 

 

Production services for The Real Estate (Un)Success Stories podcast are provided by Downtown Podcasting. To start a conversation on how you can have a podcast, simply send an email to info@downtownpodcasting.com.