REady2Scale - Real Estate Investing

Welcome to Season 7 of REady2Scale, the go-to podcast for real estate investors, with a special emphasis on multifamily investing. In this podcast, we explore the dynamic landscape of various investment strategies, from real estate to farmland and more, offering you insights, strategies, and stories to enhance your agility and foresight in the market.


Each episode is designed to empower you, whether you're a seasoned investor or just starting out. From analyzing market shifts to uncovering investment opportunities, and from risk management to portfolio diversification, we cover a spectrum of topics that resonate with anyone keen on building wealth through smart investing. Tune in to transform your approach to investing and start moving with the market, not against it.


REady2Scale is sponsored by Blue Lake Capital. To learn more and join us in our multifamily investments, visit: www.bluelake-capital.com.


*๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜—๐˜ˆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ/๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ.ย 

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S2 EP 55: Working 1031: Way Better Than 9 to 5!...
Aaron Fragnito shares with us today how he made the uncommon, but often sought after, transition from being an agent to also becoming an investor! Now, as heโ€™s successfully run his own syndication firm for nearly 7 years, he explains how being an...
24 min
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S2 EP 54: Turning to a New Life with Turn-Keys!...
Todayโ€™s guest Ali Boone has a wealth of interesting and inspiring information to share, for advice in life as much as in real estate! She shares a bit about her volunteer work with prison inmates, her passion for snowboarding, and how she created...
29 min
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S2 EP 53: Cash Flow is Queen! with Annie Dickerson
How does one find themselves becoming a syndicator? How does the term โ€œcash flow positiveโ€ become the catalyst to becoming an investor and ultimately transforming to a syndicator, running a full-blown investment firm? Today, Annie will share just...
29 min
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S2 EP 52: AirBnB ABCโ€™s with Anna Kelley
Today on REady2Sclae Anna Kelley, aka REIMom, dives deep into the land of AirBnBโ€™s. If youโ€™ve considered diversifying your portfolio, her insights and advice on this newer emerging trend are extremely valuable. Join us in exploring the APS...
33 min
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S2 EP51: Underperforming Assets & The Art of Re...
S2 EP51: Underperforming Assets & The Art of Repurposing Welcome to REady2Scale, the official 2nd season of "Unbelievable Real Estate Storiesโ€. This season is designed to provide listeners with the opportunity to not only learn from others...
30 min
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EP 50: Dedicated to Succeed: Season Recap of th...
You Guys, we made it to our 50th Episode, the official completion of the first season of โ€œThat REllie Happened?!โ€ Unbelievable Real Estate Stories! Thank you so much for making this podcast a success! This is a special episode highlighting the...
24 min
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EP 49: The Spirit of the Immigrant Entrepreneur...
In this weekโ€™s episode, I had a fascinating discussion with Omar Khan. He shares with us how he was able to scale up his business quickly after coming to the US, with no social network. He will explain how he used a combination of grit and...
28 min
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EP 48: Be the Anomaly. Barmaid to Multimilliona...
This weekโ€™s guest is Melanie Bajrovic, also known as โ€œThe Wealthy Barmaidโ€. Melanie shares her inspiring life story of how she defied all odds to become the incredible success she is today. She began with humble roots, bussing and bartending....
25 min
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EP 46: Family Offices Revealed!
Mark Mascia peels back the mysterious veil of working with Family Offices and shares how he strategically expanded from working with 5 key family offices to over 300 investors in just 2 years! If youโ€™ve ever wondered what the differences are in...
20 min
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EP 45: Getting Creative with Cannabis: The Indu...
Breaking into the industrial sector can be a challenge, especially with the complexities of the market. Listen along today as our guest Dmitriy Chebotarev shares how he became involved in this niche,ย went through a "Hail Mary" capital...
30 min
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EP 44: Capital. Drop the Mic...
Steven Libman shares with us today how he made the jump from flipping single home units to securing his first large commercial property investment. In particular, the age-old challenge of โ€œyouโ€™re not experienced enoughโ€ had to be overcome!...
24 min
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EP 43: Capitalizing on Young Success
Matthew Perry shares with us how he built a business while in college, with some very unique twists from a typical real estate business. ย While enrolled in college, along with two classmates, Matt created a real estate investment group that...
31 min
413
EP 42: Crowdfunding & Farmland. Who knew?!
Carter Malloy is theย Founder and CEO of AcreTrader, a crowdfunded real estate platform that makes it easy for investors to purchase shares of farmland. Today, he shares with us how he managed to create a crowdfunded platform, and the surprising...
22 min
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EP 41: Scalability, Cash Flow, & Coma, Oh My!
AJ is a real estate investor and self-described โ€˜Freedom Fighterโ€™ who has built up a $100 million portfolio in real estate. It wasnโ€™t until AJ became paralyzed from head to toe and placed on life support due to Guillain Barre Syndrome that he...
32 min
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EP 40: Surprise! Itโ€™s Time.
Weโ€™re all familiar with John Lennonโ€™s famous quote โ€œLife is what happens to you while youโ€™re busy making other plans.โ€ Jonathan Twombly encountered just this when faced with the decision to SELL off his ENTIRE portfolio. In todayโ€™s ever...
24 min
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EP 39: Think Bigger. Sooner.
Jason Pero started off as a โ€œhobby landlordโ€, like many do, while still maintaining his day job. In this episode, hear how the impact of just the right Mentor transformed Jason from โ€œhobbyistโ€ to a serious BUSINESS OWNER! Scaling from 23 units...
16 min
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EP 38: Becoming Your Own Star
โ€œI felt like this star athlete sitting on the sidelines and watching the game of my life go by and not being able to take any control.โ€ Listen to Reed Goossensโ€™ journey of realizing he COULD have and be MORE than what life was offering. Growing...
25 min
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EP 37: The Courage of Transparency
UNBELIEVABLE situation Adam Adams found himself in! ONE week before closing, a SERIOUS oversight is identified in the deal. But.. no one technically knowsโ€ฆ he could close it anyway... and some INVESTORS might not have even cared. Listen to this HAIL...
32 min
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EP 36: Diamond in the Rough
Kyle Stevieโ€™s story begins with this thought, โ€œIf youโ€™re ever going to buy a building, I recommend you see it with the lights on.โ€ Listen along to the BOLD adventure Kyle and his Partner took in purchasing and revitalizing two buildings,...
29 min
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EP 35: The True American Dream
Is โ€œThe American Dreamโ€ actually obtainable anymore? Absolutely! Michael Beeman shares with us his incredible story of going from complete financial ruin and bankruptcy in 2016, to presently being a successful full-time multifamily real estate...
22 min
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EP 34: Seizing Opportunity When Partners Go Wrong
When your Partner says to you, โ€œYouโ€™ve made enough money. Iโ€™m not doing the deal." Greg Dickerson had to respond.ย  โ€œWell, you canโ€™t do that. We have an agreement. We have a contract." This is how our weekly podcast โ€œSeizing...
27 min
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EP 33: Radical Determination in Closing that Fi...
โ€œIt goes back to the mindset shift, or the flip of the switch in your mind and in your heart, where you know you have to make a change to better yourself. You have to be accepting of that switch and just know thereโ€™s no other option than doing...
21 min
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EP 32: Capital Raising Push Ups
Have you ever wondered how itโ€™s like to be in the shoes of a someone who raises money for their real estate deals? Then this is a great story for you. Dino Pierce was working on a deal and started raising capital for it. Things started going well,...
35 min
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EP 31: Taking Charge of a Failing Flip and Prot...
John Casmon was already a real estate investor when he decided to partner with a contractor on a flip. His partner was an experienced flipper, and John trusted his expertise. Being an experienced multifamily investor himself, when john saw the rehab...
24 min
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EP 30: Rising from the Ashes: From $4M in Debt ...
โ€œEverything in real estate investing is a mindset. Itโ€™s a choice. I could have curled into a ball and died. I didnโ€™t.โ€ย ย  Paigeย Panzarelloย was THRUST into real estate after inheriting properties from her...
31 min