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.
*𝘉𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘊𝘗𝘈, 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘣𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
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EP 49: The Spirit of the Immigrant Entrepreneur...
In this week’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 week’s guest is Melanie Bajrovic, also known as “The Wealthy Barmaid”. 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 you’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, 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 “you’re not experienced enough” 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. While enrolled in college, along with two classmates, Matt created a real estate investment group that...
31 min
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EP 42: Crowdfunding & Farmland. Who knew?!
Carter Malloy is the 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 ‘Freedom Fighter’ who has built up a $100 million portfolio in real estate. It wasn’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! It’s Time.
We’re all familiar with John Lennon’s famous quote “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Jonathan Twombly encountered just this when faced with the decision to SELL off his ENTIRE portfolio. In today’s ever...
24 min
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EP 39: Think Bigger. Sooner.
Jason Pero started off as a “hobby landlord”, like many do, while still maintaining his day job. In this episode, hear how the impact of just the right Mentor transformed Jason from “hobbyist” to a serious BUSINESS OWNER! Scaling from 23 units...
16 min
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EP 38: Becoming Your Own Star
“I 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.” Listen to Reed Goossens’ 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 knows… 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 Stevie’s story begins with this thought, “If you’re ever going to buy a building, I recommend you see it with the lights on.” 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 “The American Dream” 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, “You’ve made enough money. I’m not doing the deal." Greg Dickerson had to respond. “Well, you can’t do that. We have an agreement. We have a contract." This is how our weekly podcast “Seizing...
27 min
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EP 33: Radical Determination in Closing that Fi...
“It 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 there’s no other option than doing...
21 min
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EP 32: Capital Raising Push Ups
Have you ever wondered how it’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 ...
“Everything in real estate investing is a mindset. It’s a choice. I could have curled into a ball and died. I didn’t.” Paige Panzarello was THRUST into real estate after inheriting properties from her...
31 min
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EP 29: Losing a Deal Just to Win it Back with D...
“We were very, very frustrated because we felt like we really had a strong offer and there was no way anybody could outbid us.” Dan Handford and his partner were on the hunt for the RIGHT property in the Southeast. They...
25 min
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EP 28: From 2 Units to 1,000 Doors in One Year ...
“Live where you want to live, invest where the numbers make sense.” Monick Halm thought her career as a lawyer in L.A. was going VERY well... until it came time to buy a house. She realized that BUYING would not make sense...
28 min
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EP 27: From Worst to First Property in Town wit...
“All of these deals I’ve described are sort of like a check mark, you have to do down before you go up.” Michael Becker knew when he and his partner purchased an apartment complex in North Texas that there were going to be SOME...
23 min
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EP 26: Pilot Saves Deal with Not a Minute to Sp...
“It’s all about the reputation and doing what you say you can do.” As an experienced pilot, Bill Zahller has maneuvered MANY obstacles. But few experiences could have prepared him for what happened as he and...
21 min
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EP 25: From Being Crushed in the Recession to O...
“However bad you think you have it, it’s really not bad in the grand scheme of things.” Kevin Bupp began building his real estate investing portfolio when he was just 19! He was riding high as a successful...
36 min
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EP 24: How A Traumatic Brain Injury Shaped My R...
“I was given a second chance to live this life and there was a reason why I was given a second chance...I’m not entirely sure what that reason is yet, but I can tell you that I am headed that way.” Scott Bower was just your...
27 min