Real Estate (Un)Success Stories

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We are here to learn about real stories from our guest experience in real estate. Not every property is a great one. Every investment in real estate isn't perfect. Hear the challenges we went through so you can avoid the same mistake!

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Monday Aug 08, 2022

Investing Remotely with Billy Keels

Monday Aug 08, 2022

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.

Billy Keels is a fellow podcaster and host of the weekly, Going Long podcast. In each episode, Billy helps guide you to continue with your W-2 job, while building your education as well as passive income streams.

In this episode of the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast, Cody connects with Billy to learn from his origin story of growing up in a middle-class family in Columbus, OH. Initially, he knew nothing about investing as was too embarrassed to ask. Billy remembers a point in his life where he challenged himself to learn everything he could about all things money and investing.

During the conversation with Billy, Cody and you learn many different “life lessons” and “nuggets” to help you begin the financial and investing process, all of which are intended to guide you towards your own financial freedom.

If you’d like to connect with Billy, he’s available on most social media platforms such as LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Don’t forget to subscribe to his YouTube channel and visit his website.

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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.

Wednesday Aug 03, 2022

Do Not let Perfect Be The Enemy Of Good With Omar Khan

Wednesday Aug 03, 2022

In this episode of the Real Estate (Un) Success Stories podcast, we learn how a lot of people come into real estate at different times in their life at different phases of their life, with different backgrounds and expertise, you don't necessarily have to come from a real estate family. You don't necessarily have to come from a construction or even the single family side. Anybody can get in anytime. As long as you have the work ethic, the dedication and the aptitude to learn and think you can, you can do it.

Omar Khan is responsible for capital raising, strategic planning and investor relations. He has over 10 years of global investment experience. He has participated in capital financing and M&A transactions valued at $3.7 billion. He is a CFA Charterholder and graduated with honors from the University of Toronto with a B.Com in Finance.

Key Takeaways

There are many different aspects to real estate to anticipate.
Always have a daily, weekly and monthly goal
Make a list of items you need to complete, and get them done . . . early

Connect with Omar on LinkedIn or visit him on the Web

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

Monday Aug 01, 2022

Having A Strong Team With Scott Stamps

Monday Aug 01, 2022

Scott is Director of Investment Management at Real Growth Capital and oversees investment analysis, construction operations, and asset management. He believes that real estate provides the best risk-adjusted returns of any investment and that opportunities exist in any growing market.

In this episode, Cody sits down for a casual conversation with Scott and they discuss the importance of having a greater group of ancillary team members, like an attorney, especially a local one who know local law and ordinances.

Key Takeaways

The relationship to your ancillary team members is crucial to your success.
You’ve got to have the right people, in the right place on your team.
Have a local attorney, who knows local laws and ordinances and has local relationships

Scott is active on LinkedIn and encourages you to reach out and connect.

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

Wednesday Jul 20, 2022

Dealing with Lenders with Don Spafford

Wednesday Jul 20, 2022

Don Spafford sits down with Cody for this episode. Don has an educational and professional background in Finance and Securities Investing. He grew up most of his life near Omaha, Nebraska.

He bought his first property, a four plex, in 2017. Then two more 18 months later. After that he quickly moved into commercial real estate and began working with ground up development projects and eventually landed with Happy Camper Capital providing syndication opportunities in RV Campgrounds.

Key Takeaways

Find a lender that fits well with you and develop a relationship with them.
You need a great lender that will fight for you
Once you find a lender to work with, offer them referrals

Connect with Don on social media channels like Facebook and LinkedIn.

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

Wednesday May 18, 2022

What Works for Others May Not Work For You with Taylor Loft

Wednesday May 18, 2022

In this episode, our host, Cody Lewis has a conversation with Taylor Loft. Taylor helps busy professionals passively invest in real estate syndications through his company NT Capital. He started and runs the monthly Richmond Multifamily & Commercial Real Estate Investors Networking Group (now nearly 700 members).

Taylor is on a mission to teach busy professionals how they can invest in real estate without dealing with tenants, toilets, and termites. He highlights and distills the knowledge, experiences, and lessons of expert real estate investors through his podcast The Passive Wealth Strategy Show.

Key Takeaways

If you have a third party property manager, you want them to be a true third party. They really shouldn’t be “blended” with equity.
Always be trying to mitigate risk
Real estate investing is simple at it’s core but can get very complicated. What works for other investors may not be a perfect fit for you.

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

Friday May 13, 2022

The Power of Focus with Andrew Shutsky

Friday May 13, 2022

Andrew Shutsky joins Cody this time to have a conversation framed around focusing on what you’re doing and what you’re good at. Andrew is the founder of Redline Equity, LLC, a real estate syndication firm specializing in the acquisition, improvement, and management of large apartment buildings. He also has over 14 years of real estate rental experience, beginning with a “house hack” of his first home in 2007.

In the multifamily investment space, Andrew is currently active as both a GP and LP and has ownership interest in over 1100 units. He likes to move quickly and take massive action - In his first 5 months he closed 2 deals as a GP. Andrew is also the host of the Crushing Cashflow podcast which interviews investors of all stages of their journeys to tell their stories of successes and failures.

Key Takeaways

Build a brand
Join a Mastermind Group
Spend time grooming your investors, especially if they’re new

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

Wednesday May 11, 2022

Don’t Get Lazy or Complacent with Zach Roesinger

Wednesday May 11, 2022

Zach Roesinger, an energetic, experienced real estate advisor joins our host Cody Lewis on this week’s episode. Zach runs CRE PRO Course which shows commercial real estate agents how to get their first listing and first closing in less than 6 months. He worked in commercial real estate brokerage, specializing in warehouse, industrial, land, 1031 exchanges, opportunity zones and works for Galvanized, which is a commercial real estate 506b & 506c syndication.

Key Takeaways

Always be learning
Figure out what works for you
Find a tool that helps you retain information like the app, Drafts

During this episode, Cody mentions a program he used to help him through his journey, Manager Tools.

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

Tuesday May 10, 2022

Why Doing Your Due Diligence is Key with Sanjay Hegde

Tuesday May 10, 2022

Sanjay Hegde is Founder and President of Blue Ring Investors LLC and brings to the company more than 15 years’ experience establishing customer relationships and managing multimillion-dollar corporate accounts for companies in the U.S. and abroad.

Key Takeaways

If you invest the time to do your due diligence, you can avoid costly mistakes.
Owning multifamily units can often be more lucrative than single family.
When you’re raising capital, try to have a good mix. Don’t place all of your eggs in one basket, in the event an investor pulls out.

Blue Ring Investors, LLC is available on multiple social media channels like Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

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

Wednesday Apr 27, 2022

Saving Money Doesn’t Always Save You Money with Marcus Rodgers

Wednesday Apr 27, 2022

Marcus Rodgers joins our Cody in this episode to shed light on taking it back to the fundamentals, especially if you’re new to the realm of real estate. He always was curious on how to get ahead in life financially without the expense of others. One day he stumbled upon a book called “Rich Dad Poor Dad” and it changed his life forever and he never looked back.

Marcus’ curiosity led him to get himself involved in real estate as a real estate investor and started the process of building wealth. Upon his journey, he realized that what our youth and the masses are missing is financial education. He wanted to teach the youth and masses what he has learned to bring awareness to help people realize that they have a choice and they are options to jump start your life by learning and educating them about the financial game. Sharing this information is fulfilling to him to see people grow mentally and see a new side of them that they didn’t know was there all along. Educating the world is an important purpose and this will lead to financial freedom for themselves and their family.

Key Takeaways

All debt is not bad debt, as long as you leverage it correctly.
Invest money in utilizing the services of a professional.
Don’t get so excited that you lose focus on the fundamentals.

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

Friday Apr 22, 2022

Emergency Funds and Lifeboats with Emma Powell

Friday Apr 22, 2022

Cody’s guest this time is Emma Powell, owner and operator of Highrise Group and she share quite a few golden nuggets on the importance of having several forms of liquidity.

Emma has been featured on Business Insider and The Bigger Pockets Podcast, as well as many other programs and stages. She loves to talk and guest on real estate related podcasts or events with a talkative, easy to interview style. Emma has experience speaking about getting started in real estate by learning to network and learning to analyze deals, thinking bigger, scaling quickly, a positive mindset with a down-to-earth attitude, and accepting with humor the imperfect balance of business success and personal life.

Key Takeaways

The person who risks their money can be set back several years in their investment career.
Think about the forms of liquidity and how you’re holding it.
Your only source of liquidity doesn’t have to be cash sitting in a bank somewhere.

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