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 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,...
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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
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EP 23: Real Estate Became My Addiction with Bri...
“It became obsessive to find the deal. It’s like crack to some people. To me, it’s my crack. I like the hunt, the negotiating...it’s where I find my joy in real estate.” Brie Schmidt felt bogged down in...
20 min
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EP 22: From a Market Mover to a Catastrophe wit...
“If you’ve got a $2 million-dollar loan and go into default, you’ve got a big problem. If you have a half-million-dollar loan and go into default, you have a friend.” Hunter Thompson has an AMAZING story...and...
22 min
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EP 21: Real Estate Took Over My Life with Tamar...
“I don’t want to be the CEO of someone else’s dreams. I know I can grow my own dreams if I really put my mind to it.” At 19, Tamar Mar was not your typical college student. A full-time employee for a corporate company and...
26 min
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EP 20: Getting to $250k in Passive Income Witho...
“The pain of staying where you are has to be greater than the fear of you taking the step and doing it.” In the late 1980s, Linda McKissack and her husband suddenly found themselves swallowed in $600k worth of debt! ...
26 min
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Bonus Track: Cannabis Real Estate with Leslie P...
“Real estate is the underpinning of the cannabis market.” In the past few years, the cannabis industry has skyrocketed! What does the anticipated continued growth in the industry mean for real estate?...
31 min
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EP 19: Using Real Estate Profits to Fight Human...
“I really believed that if we started giving generously it would come back.” When the Great Recession began, Paul Moore was one of the millions who realized he was in trouble. A couple of years prior, he had read an...
34 min
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Bonus Track: Self Storage As An Investment Vehi...
Self-storage has been a hot topic in the investment industry lately, and for good reason! Hunter Thompson, an investor and founder of Cash Flow Connections, shares why this form of investing is so popular right now. He explains the benefits of...
25 min
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EP 18: Real Estate Development Is Hard. Or Is I...
“A flexible tree bends in the wind, an inflexible tree breaks.” Scott Lewis has been in developing for 25 years...he knows how the industry works. When he and his co-workers recognized the need for a self-storage unit to be built in Black Diamond,...
27 min
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Bonus Track: Be An Early Mover In Opportunity Z...
Many investors still have unanswered questions about Opportunity Zones, such as what they are, the risks involved, and if they are worth investing in. Look no further for answers than Steve Glickman, an expert on Opportunity Zones who recently created...
28 min
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EP 17: Ex-Soccer Player Gave It His All And Is ...
At 19 years-old, Engelo Rumora had been out of school for 5 years and was a successful soccer player...but his future was anything but certain. Contemplating what was next, Engelo came to the conclusion that being a...
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Bonus Track: Blockchain & Real Estate with DJ S...
Does the future of real estate involve blockchain? In this episode, Ellie interviews DJ Scruggs, as he shares with us his knowledge of the subject and answers all our buzzing questions: What is blockchain? How does it...
22 min
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EP 16: When Your Mom Calls You "Unemployable" w...
When Meghan McCallum’s mom first called her “unemployable,” little did she know how that one term would mold her life and career. Meghan went searching for a niche in life, with this “unemployable” tag hanging over her head. Then, she...
36 min