Real Estate (Un)Success Stories

When Desperation Hits with Dave Dubeau

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and his guest, Dave Dubeau. Lots of times we hear the real estate ‘promises’ but if the ways to achieve those do not work for you, do not give in to false hope. Dave shares his unfiltered thoughts about realizing this throughout his real estate journey and witness how he found the silver lining despite the harsh realizations.

 

Dave Dubeau is the creator of the Money Partner Formula, and he works with mom ‘n pop real estate investors and helps them to get started with raising 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. 

 

 

Main Takeaways

 

• Recognizing the Grind of Getting into Real Estate
• Finding the Silver Lining Despite the Downfall

 

 

Connect with Dave

https://moneypartnerformula.com/

 

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Done with Due Diligence with Johnny Nelson

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he discusses the virtue of due diligence with Johnny Nelson. Much of the steps we take in real estate have the same target, which is ultimately, of course, profitability. However, how do we make sure that we are vigilant enough?

 

Johnny is the Co-Founder and Asset manager of ArctosCapital, with investments as an LP and GP in ND, OK, and MN. He oversees strategy, deal sourcing,  and relationship management with owners. Leveraging his strong technical and construction background, he also oversees forward looking entrepreneurial investments in developments using modular and additive construction techniques.  Prior to the Real Estate Investment business activities, Mr. Nelson has worked as a Mechanical Engineer in the medical, additive, and power industries and as a General Contractor. He received his undergraduate and graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of North Dakota.

 

Main Takeaways

 

• Discovering Real Estate Investing through the “Purple Book”
• Applying Due Diligence in Alignment with the Vision

 

 

Connect with Johnny

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

arctoscapital@gmail.com

http://arctosmultifamily.com/

 

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Don‘t Get Thirsty in Closing Deals with Nicole Pendergrass

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and our guest, Nicole Pendergrass. She shares her one-of-a-kind experience in her first solo deal, which seemed superb at first glance until she discovered heaps of issues. From this misstep, she shares how to move forward and take calculated actions with financial adeptness.

 

Nicole Pendergrass started her real estate journey with no money, no credit and no connections. She bootstrapped a couple of unsuccessful ventures while building her credit and savings to finally purchase a 3 family house-hack. A few years after, she refi'd her equity and diversified that capital into several wealth building buckets, two of those being joining coaching and mastermind groups. She then closed on her first commercial apartment building as a JV after maximizing connections in her new networks. She currently is Founder and CEO of Noirvest Holdings, a REI firm with the mission to close the gap by bringing 'privileged' investment opportunities to overlooked investors and helping minorities build generational wealth.  She is passionate about marginalized communities having equal opportunity to live financially free. 

 

Main Takeaways

 

• Debunking the Misconceptions of the Real Estate Realm
• Caveat to Going Solo and Moving Too Fast

 

 

Connect with Nicole

https://www.instagram.com/nvestornikki/

https://www.instagram.com/officialnoirvest/

https://www.facebook.com/nvestornikki/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicole-pendergrass/

 

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Delegate and Don‘t Abdicate with Paul Thompson

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and his guest, Paul Thompson. He shares his story of stepping out of the corporate world and engaging in the realm of entrepreneurship. Despite the terrible failures he encountered, he carried on to fulfil his dream. Paul shares the virtue of effective communication and how pivotal it is to properly delegate.

 

In 2015, Paul Thompson wanted out. His corporate office had become a suffocating cell. Paul decided to start buying rental houses, build passive income and break the chains of Corporate America. He was so successful, he secured 20 deals in his first 18 months of investing. Over the years, Paul has continued to transform his family's life with real estate investing. He currently does over 100 deals per year and he's helped hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors transform their lives through real estate. He is a father, husband, online mentor, and in-person program leader who creates opportunities for others to learn about the power of real estate investing part or full-time. He helps them turn their investing strategy into something that matters most to them and feels authentic to who they are without sleazy sales tactics and without overwhelm. Paul's teaching provides you with a real-life, here-and-now approach to what's currently working. Throughout his real estate investing journey, he has experienced failures, loss of money, successes, and growth in many ways. Paul's focus is not solely on high-level tactics, as that leads to temporary or fleeting results. Instead, he focuses on an internal approach with working through mindset, goals, fears, and identifying what could be potential roadblocks. Once this is mastered, he provides you with tactics and steps to secure your first or next deal.

 

Main Takeaways

 

• Step Out of the Corporate World with Courage
• Becoming Proactive: From Abdicating to Delegating

 

 

Connect with Randy

https://www.invest-ark.com

randy.langenderfer@invest-ark.com

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

 

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Focus is Everything with Rod Khleif

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis and our special guest, Rod Khleif, as he shares his story of facing challenges head on and recovering from huge losses in the ‘08. He also shares his goal-setting guide and the rationale behind not fearing failure.

 

Rod Khleif is a multiple business owner and philanthropist who is passionate about business, high performance, real estate and giving back. As one of the country's top business, real estate and peak performance luminaries, Rod has built over 24 businesses in his 40 year business career several which have been worth tens of millions of dollars. He has also owned over 2000 properties. Rod Khleif soared from humble beginnings as a young, impoverished Dutch immigrant to incredible success. Khleif's experience involves both remarkable triumphs, and spectacular failures, which he affectionately calls "seminars:' Rod will explain the mindset required to recover from losing $50 million dollars in the crash of 2008 to the success he enjoys today. Rod brings incredible authenticity and insight to his approach to business, mindset, real estate, success and life. Rod can talk about the psychology of success, and any business or real estate topic in great depth, contributing incredible first-hand, technical, and motivational knowledge and skills to the conversation. Rod also founded The Tiny Hands Foundation, which has benefited more than 95,000 children in need.

 

 

Main Takeaways

 

• Growing Astronomically Then Plummeting to the Ground
• Fueling Your Burning Desire

 

 

Connect with Rod

https://www.youtube.com/rodkhleif

https://www.facebook.com/RodKhleif/

https://www.instagram.com/rod_khleif/

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

https://twitter.com/rodkhleif

info@rodkhleif.com

 

 

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How to Deal With Rejections in Real Estate with Michael Holman

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he discusses with

Michael Holman, Vice President at Overland Group, Inc., about dealing with rejections in real estate. For Michael, he has learned more lessons from those rejections and failures than the successes he had experienced.

 

Overland Group, Inc. is a vertically integrated real estate firm specializing in the development, construction, and management of real estate assets. Michael oversees the development and capital market efforts at Overland. He specializes in the development and financing of multifamily, mixed-use, and storage assets across the western US. He is actively overseeing the development and financing of over $160 million worth of real estate assets and has millions more in the pipeline.

 

 

 

 

Main Takeaways

 

• Don’t make your employees feel you’re rewarding mediocrity
• How to deal with rejections in real estate
• The lessons that real estate investors can learn from failures

 

 

Connect with Michael

http://www.overlandcapitalcorp.com

http://www.executivereishow.com 

 

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Beware of the Low-Hanging Fruit with Stewart Beal

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he discusses with Stewart Beal about the vital role of insurance in real estate, why cutting costs is not the way to go, the value of a proper insurance, and the painful realities when catastrophe strikes.

 

Stewart W. Beal is an aggressive serial entrepreneur who brings extensive management, marketing, and leadership abilities to any project.  Mr. Beal has been actively involved in real estate, construction, acquisition, development, and management since 1997.  Mr. Beal founded Beal Properties, LLC in 2002 at 19 years of age and has founded 20 other companies in the real estate and construction industries. Beal Properties has purchased more than 100 properties in the past 19 years in Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Toledo, and downtown Detroit and currently manages over 3,000 apartments, office spaces, and single family homes.  Beal Properties currently employees more than 50 team members in Michigan and Ohio. Mr. Beal is a founding member of Watermark Partners, a group of real estate funds that have raised more than $100M in equity, conducted more than 150 real estate transactions, and acquired more than 6,000 apartments in the past 5 years. Mr. Beal has a degree in Business Management from Eastern Michigan University and has served on the boards of Ypsilanti’s Chamber of Commerce and Ypsilanti’s Downtown Development Authority.  Mr. Beal is a licensed real estate Broker in the State of Michigan.

 

Under Mr. Beal’s leadership Beal Properties and Beal Incorporated have won numerous awards at local, state, and national levels culminating with Inc. Magazine naming Beal Incorporated the 191st fastest growing privately owned business in America in 2010.  In 2007, Crain’s Detroit Business included Stewart Beal in their “20 in their 20’s” feature, an annual article about rising entrepreneurs in Southeastern, Michigan.  In 2010 the United States Small Business Administration named Stewart Beal their “Michigan Young Entrepreneur of the Year” and their “Midwest Young Entrepreneur of the Year.”  Also in 2010 the Ypsilanti Jaycees named Stewart Beal their “2010 Michigan Rising Star” and both Beal Inc. and Beal Properties were honored with Washtenaw County Fast Track awards, with Stewart Beal being the first entrepreneur in the awards history to be President of two companies on the same list.

 

 

Main Takeaways

 

• The Biggest Mistake That Will Cost You Everything
• The Detrimental Effect of Cutting Corners

 

 

Connect with Stewart

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

Why You Should Look for Alternative Investments in Real Estate with Denis Shapiro

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with Denis Shapiro, Managing Partner at SIH Capital Group, LLC. Denis began investing in real estate in 2012 when the market was just beginning to recover from the GFC (Global Financial Crisis). He built a cash flowing portfolio including many alternative assets, such as Note and ATM funds, mobile home parks, life insurance policies, tech start-ups, Industrial property, short term rentals, and more. He co-founded an investment club for accredited investors in 2019. Following the success of his investor club he launched SIH Capital Group. SIHCG provides accredited investors with a simplified strategy to invest for passive income.

 

Denis has observed key changes in the alternative asset market in the decade of recovery from the GFC. The JOBS Act of 2012 opened many alternative assets up to everyday investors, but clear expertise and guidance is still hard to find nearly a decade later. 

 

This observation compelled Denis to write The Alternative Investment Almanac: Expert Insights on Building Personal Wealth in Non-Traditional Ways in 2021. His book is based on his own experience becoming a successful alternative asset investor and interviews with some of the best alternative asset investors in business today. 

 

 

Main Takeaways

 

• Alternative investments in real estate
• What to expect in your first real estate deal
• Steps to take before networking in real estate

 

 

Connect with Denis

https://sihcapitalgroup.com

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

https://facebook.com/sihcapitalgroup

 

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Do Not Put Your Eggs into One Basket with Royce King

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he discusses with Royce King about the “free money” frenzy, rising up from the ‘08 market crash, the virtue of understanding risk and risk tolerance, and coming back stronger than ever from real estate missteps.

 

For more than 10 years, Royce has consulted startups and small businesses to help them fine-tune their marketing and get the results they want faster. She has started 12 companies from the ground up and understands the passion, perseverance, and practical steps required to make a business idea profitable. In the words of one coaching client, “Royce took my business planning and marketing from 0 to 60 in one coaching session. I can now create product packages that appeal to my ideal client at my desired price point. Her clear and concise coaching style gets results.” Royce works with startups and other businesses and coaches to help them attract, nurture, and sell their offers and receive bigger paydays for their services. In addition, she works with them to build confidence and understand the true value of their services to convey their value to clients more effectively. She is an SBDC consultant, startup mentor, and Story Brand Guide.

 

Main Takeaways

 

• The Dangers of Placing your Eggs in One Basket
• Establishing a Clear Standpoint in the Business

 

 

Connect with Royce

https://yourstartup.coach

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

 

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Words That Can Save a Real Estate Investor Millions of Dollars With Vinney Chopra

Welcome to Real Estate (Un)Success Stories. Join your host Cody Lewis as he talks with the one and only “Mr. Smiles” of real estate, Vinney Chopra. Since coming to the U.S. more than 40 years ago with only $7 in his pocket, Vinney has achieved success in a number of arenas: marketing, sales, motivational speaking and real estate investing, among them.

 

Despite the trials and tribulations he encountered, he was able to come out the winner. With his passion to help people and his drive to build lasting legacies, Vinney is an example of what positive thinking can do to impact one's life and that of others.

 

Currently, he is a real estate investor, syndicator, best-selling author, host of 4 podcasts, multifamily educator, mentor, dedicated husband of over 40 years and father of 2, Neil and Monica, residing in Danville, California for 40+ years now. He is the founder and principal of 4 main companies: Moneil Investment Group, Moneil Senior Living, Moneil Management Group, and The Multifamily Academy. 

 

Over the past 14 years, Vinney has honed his skills and has done 34 successful syndications. He has achieved enormous success, controlling over $500 million across 5000 doors in this niche market. He uses his proven ideas and techniques for multi-family and senior living syndications that has helped him grow his business exponentially over the years. 

 

 

 

Main Takeaways

 

• How to mitigate risks in real estate investing
• The power of positive mindset
• Why negotiation is a must-have skill for real estate investors

 

 

Connect with Vinney

vinney@vinneychopra.com

www.VinneyChopra.com 

www.Moneilinvest.com 

www.SeniorLivingInvesting.co 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinney-smile-chopra/

https://www.facebook.com/VinneyChopra

https://www.instagram.com/vinneychopra/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_SGeOpnIHvXWqZE9dMUdlw?view_as=subscriber https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/Vchopra

 

 

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