Investing in Real Estate

He has focused the past 9 years of his professional life on real estate investment. This started locally in Canada, and moved quickly into the US markets as the opportunities for great investments presented themselves. This was a right hand turn his my career. He spent the first 25 years of his career in the high tech industry. His past roles include, Vice President of Engineering at Wavesat, a developer of chips for wireless networks, and Chief Technical Officer at Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, a Silicon Valley based public company that develops processors for use in numerous consumer products including televisions and gaming. He was founder and Chief Operating Officer at Somerset Technologies. He also held several senior roles in marketing and engineering with Tundra Semiconductor. He started his career at Bell Northern Research and Nortel where he designed chips that were used to control the telephone network. For approximately a decade, 54% of the phone calls in North America were routed by a chip that he designed.

After 12 years as a Licensed Professional (PE) Civil/Industrial Engineer, He fired the boss and began to focus 100% of my time on my investing and helping others in my Passive Investor Accelerator & Mastermind. He began investing in 2009 in rainy Seattle, being a ramen eating cheapo he was able to buy a property early right after college. After discovering the difference between ‘Cashflow Investing' and ‘appreciation investing (gambling/speculating)'… He moved his portfolio into 11 single family rentals in Birmingham, Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Pennsylvania. Today, he is investing in syndications which invest in Class C & B Multi-Family Apartment, RV Parks, mobile homes, and assisted living facilities because of this Nation's demand for affordable housing – not rich people Class-A assets. His mission is to help regular people into good deals that were once only accessible to the rich. The passive income from investing in stabilized rental properties made it possible for him to move back home to Hawaii where the cost of paradise is 10%+ cost of living and -30% less pay for comparable jobs in the US mainland. There he was able to live a lifestyle where I was able to bike to work. It did not take him long however to finally quit the day job and ditch the e-bike for a Mercedes.

He started out in the United States. He was born in India, so he came here at the age of 22. He went to the University of Alabama and got his Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He couldn’t land a job in electrical engineering, so he settled for IT. He worked for companies like ADP, T-Mobile, Pepsi Co. His last employment was with the Bank of America. He was with them for six years. For fourteen years, He worked in corporate IT. July 16th, 2018 was when he resigned from his IT job and started doing this full-time. He did start my real estate career back in 2007 with single-family homes. He bought about twenty single-family homes, all with his own money, over a period of three, four years. He still has about half of them and in the process of selling them as the tenants move out because his focus is 110% on multifamily. He’s no longer on single-family. He started single-families in 2007 all the way into 2015. 2016 was when he started multifamily. He is doing this all alongside his day job. 2016 is when he syndicated his first property along with my business partner, Ramana, and after that they did nine more. It finally brought them where they are now.

David Lindahl, who also goes by Dave, is a real estate coach who started out with no real estate experience and became a multi-millionaire in real estate within three years. Dave and his team from Creative Success Alliance offers coaching for those who are ready and impatient enough to make their own real estate business explode. Dave was born in Abington, Massachusetts in 1963. Surprisingly he started out as a rock-band singer and struggling landscaper with no experience in construction. During a winter in Boston, when there was no landscaping work to do, Dave accepted an opportunity to renovate a foreclosed house for a local bank. After completing one, he did another and soon enough he started to buy and hold commercial properties and other types of real estate for himself. Over the next 21 years, he has owned or been a partner of 11 businesses in both the “bricks and mortar” and the information-marketing variety and his info-products business quickly became a seven-figure second income. He also teaches people on how to grow a successful online business. David has been featured in different magazines and media such as Reader’s Digest, Creative Real Estate Lifestyles, AOL and Kiplinger Magazine. He has written two #1 bestselling books, Emerging Real Estate Markets, and Multi-Family Millions. He also has an E-book PDF called Real Estate Investing.

Chris Grenzig focuses on managing, sourcing, evaluating, and acquiring new assets for Toro’s Multifamily Portfolio. Also, he contributes substantially to capital raising, negotiating joint ventures, financings, and dispositions. Chris has been with Toro since 2016 and has contributed to over 2600 units acquired worth over $155 mil. Before joining Toro Real Estate Partners, Chris worked in finance at a small boutique firm in Rockville Centre, NY. Chris graduated Hofstra University where he earned his Bachelor’s in Business Management, and played Division 1 soccer for 4 years on scholarship.

Jerome Myers (a/k/a “J”) is a developer of people and places. He is the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of Dream Catchers and The Myers Development Group. Through these entities he gets to live out his childhood dreams of helping people manifest the things they imagine and create social proof that dreams should be real. Since leaving corporate America after building a 20MM division, J has become one of the most sought after thought leaders in the multifamily development space. His company, The Myers Development Group, built a multi-million-dollar portfolio following the principles of Myers Methods. This success has led to him being featured on top podcasts such as Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever with Joe Fairless, Apartment Investing with Michael Blank, Multifamily Investor Nation with Dan Hanford, Target Market Insights with John Casmon, and at least two dozen others. Although he’s often told that he makes investing look easy, the people closest to him know the road wasn’t without challenges. So, he created Myers Methods, a real estate education company, to dispel many of the myths related to the industry and educate investors on his 4-step process to owning and operating apartments.

Mauricio Ramos and Adrian Salazar are from Texas and both have a background with de’ Medici Group and Optimum Buyers respectively. Adrian Salazar started in real estate when he was just 17 years old and Mauricio Ramos, Adrian’s partner who had worked as Civil Engineer in construction for 10 years before getting introduced into real estate by Adrian. Their team purchases apartment buildings in emerging markets that have value-add potential in order to maximize their investor’s returns and are focused over Syndications and Multi-Family Investments.

Raj Tekchandani is the founder of Smart Capital (smartcapitalmgmt.com), a real estate investment firm that helps you diversify your investment portfolio through investing in recession-resilient commercial real estate. Leveraging his expertise in both technology and real estate, Smart Capital curates an exclusive collection of investment opportunities that allow you to passively build wealth for your families while also making an impact on communities and the environment. He has now over 1200 units in his General Partnership portfolio. Prior to starting Smart Capital, he spent over 3 decades with tech companies in the field of Business Intelligence and Data Analytics. He started investing in real estate in 2012 with purchase of single condo in Orlando, FL. Bought his first small Multifamily in 2016. In 2018 he left his W2 after 5 years with a firm in Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to pursue his interests in real estate. After an year of more learning it was clear that he’d focus on large multifamily (aka Apartment) Investing and started building the processes and systems for his company, Smart Capital, with a vision of helping other busy professionals diversify their investment portfolio by passively investing in real estate syndication.

Lee was practicing as a physical therapist when he realized his true passion was building his own business and investing in real estate. He has taken this passion and considerable action to quickly build a portfolio with several small apartment buildings. Lee is the founder and visionary behind Threefold Real Estate Investing, and he’s committed to forging a path that will generate incredible wealth and opportunity for all involved. His focus is driving the business forward by forging new relationships with top-notch professionals in the real estate world and bringing on more partners to invest alongside Threefold. Lee also hosts an exciting new podcast, Threefold Real Estate Investing, which focuses on multifamily real estate investing while also focusing on pursuing better relationships with family and a better walk with Christ.

Leo HornBuckle is co-founder at GoodHorn Capital, an equity firm focused on private placements in recession resistant real assets. He is also CEO at Sage Oak Assisted Living and Memory Care. Leo is Experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the real estate industry. He is skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Coaching, Retail, Sales. He is a Strong business development professional graduated from The University of Texas at Austin.

Vanessa Peters, founder of VMD Investing has been investing in real estate for 10 years in single-family homes, commercial retail, apartment communities, self-storage and manufactured home parks. She has invested in over 2500 units across 5 properties and 3 funds. She earned her medical degree at the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She also has a thriving full-time family practice in Escondido, California, and is Chief Physician Officer for her medical group. She is involved in her community and volunteers at Interfaith Community Services. She lives in Escondido with her husband and son. She enjoys travel, nature, aviation, and cooking.

Whitney help women buy investment houses and apartments FAST... without a license or a bank. She went from no passive income to $25k per month in less than 3 years. Now she on a mission to help as many women as possible achieve financial freedom through real estate investing. Whitney teaches hundreds of women how they can use no money down, no credit and no banks to finance real estate deals. In less than three years, she’s negotiated nearly 60 real estate deals and generated more than $25,000 in passive income each month. In less than three years, she’s negotiated nearly 60 real estate deals and generated more than $25,000 in passive income each month.

Reed Goossens started his career as a civil and structural engineer, working on projects around the world. In addition to assisting in infrastructure development in the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, he has also lent his expertise on jobs in Australia, Fiji, Europe, New York City and Los Angeles. When he picked up Rich Dad, Poor Dad back in 2009, Reed know things were about to change for him, launching his career as a successful investor, real estate guru and entrepreneur. In 2012 Reed quit his job in Australia and Moved to the US in pursuit of a dream. With limit funds, no credit, no established network Reed went from buying small duplexes to now controlling over $120mill in commercial real estate here in the US. In 7 short years Reed has achieved financial freedom and he now writes, speaks and teaches about U.S. investment. If Reed can move half way across the globe in order to achieve financial freedom then so can the average American!

Kevin's overall understanding of business needs is unique. He spent nearly 20 years with Comcast and was responsible for managing the team that negotiated telecommunications access agreements with multifamily property owners. This understanding of businesses of all sizes enables Kevin to identify the right solution to any business challenge. In 2007, Kevin started Telecom Marketing Strategies (Parent company of Multifamily Utility Solutions). In 2017, Multifamily Utility Solutions became its own entity to better serve the needs of Multifamily Property Owners. For Multifamily Property Owners, Kevin’s experience has resulted in favorable contract terms related to their telecommunications agreements which are important even if Owners do not pay for their residents’ cable. At the request of clients, MUS expanded their services to include electric and gas utilities. Now MUS clients can benefit from improved Net Operating Income in multiple utility services. MUS serves clients across the country with as few units as a hundred to ones with thousands.

John Cohen is a Managing Partner at Toro REP. He co-Founded Toro Real Estate Partners in 2015. John focus is the strategic direction of the company, formulation of investment strategy, investor development, and acquisition & dispositions. He has been investing in real estate since 2010. John’s understanding of deep value investing in the real estate space started by buying tax deeds and tax liens. Since starting in real estate, he has been involved in over $250 million in various real estate transactions, spanning tax liens, rental/sale transactions in Manhattan, and his own personal investments. John worked at Marcus & Millichap and focused on the multifamily investment sales in the Brooklyn and Queens market. When John left Marcus & Millichap, it was to focus 100% of his time on the growth of his real estate investment company. John played baseball at Queens College where he graduated with a degree in Economics.

Zach Haptonstall is a Multifamily Sponsor and Syndicator in Phoenix, Arizona. He is a Commercial Real Estate Agent in Arizona, specializing in Commercial Medical space in real estate transactions. He is a former live television news anchor and sports reporter for Arizona PBS and Fox Sports Network Arizona. From 2013-2018, Mr. Haptonstall worked as Director of Business Development and Public Relations for Sage Hospice and Palliative Care in Scottsdale, Arizona. He became a Partner in Sage Palliative Care in 2015. During this time, he managed a team of marketers and clinicians, analyzed financial projections and market trends, coordinated partnerships with various physicians and healthcare organizations, and personally generated several millions of dollars in sales. Zach and his partners sold Sage Palliative Care in 2018. He graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. He holds a Master of Business Administration, MBA from the Colangelo College of Business at Grand Canyon University.

Dave Spooner is a co-founder of Innago, a free property management platform designed to simplify life for small to mid-sized landlords. He has been involved in the real estate technology space for the last six years, working to enhance the way landlords and tenants communicate. In addition to his expertise in content marketing, Dave utilizes his experience with entrepreneurship and management to help landlords achieve sustained success.

Chris Prefontaine is a 3-time best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms, The New Rules of Real Estate Investing, and Moneeka Sawyer’s Real Estate Investing for Women. He’s also the Founder and CEO of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and host of the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. Chris has been in real estate for almost 30 years. His experience ranges from constructing new homes in the ’90s and owning a Realty Executive Franchise to running his own investments (commercial & residential) and coaching clients throughout North America. Today, Chris runs his own buying and selling businesses with his family team, which purchases 2-5 properties monthly. They also help their Associates and students do the exact same thing all across North America, working together on another 10-15 properties every month.

Danny Randazzo is head of acquisitions at Randazzo Capital and controls over $8,000,000 in commercial and residential real estate. In the summer of 2016, Danny and his wife sold everything they owned and moved to Charleston, South Carolina to build a real estate portfolio. Randazzo Capital made its first investment purchase in the winter of 2016, buying two commercial buildings for $1,000,000. Since then, the firm has utilized strong investor and lender relationships to purchase another $1,000,000 commercial building, a short sale renovation project, a four-unit residential rental, a two-unit residential rental, and two beachfront foreclosures. Danny has been a speaker at The Best Ever Real Estate Conference in Denver, and a guest on many real estate podcasts released worldwide. He is the host of a local real estate meet-up in Charleston that helps local investors build networks and improve their business. Danny also volunteers with The First Tee of Greater Charleston, where he teaches kids about honesty, integrity, respect, and life on and off the golf course.

Dr. Jeff Anzalone is a periodontist in Louisiana, and the founder of DebtFreeDr.com. He used to work those long hours not knowing that there was a better way out there. That’s when he discovered passive investing through real estate syndications (group investments), which has allowed him to stop trading his time for money and start focusing on the things and the people he loves most. He started his blog after paying off close to $300K in student loan debt in order to share his investing strategies to other doctors and high-income professionals to achieve their financial freedom by building multiple streams of passive income through real estate.

David Toupin, a Top Millennial real estate investor, speaker, and entrepreneur. David is the co-founder, and CFO of Obsidian Capital, an Austin Texas based real estate investment firm. David started investing at the age of 19 in Michigan—where he bought his first property in college, a 12 unit apartment complex. Prior to graduating with a Finance degree at the University of Detroit Mercy, David had acquired $7M in multifamily real estate holdings. By the age of 24 years old, David has acted as a key principal with over $50M in real estate holdings and has raised north of $10M in capital. Utilizing David's best selling multifamily deal analyzer, he has ventured into the tech industry through the founding of his new software company, Real Estate Lab. David has a background working in corporate auditing and investment banking, and has been a serial entrepreneur since the age of 13. David is a member of a high level real estate group – The Multifamily Boardroom – composed of over 30 high level multifamily owners and operators.

Anthony Chara is a seasoned Real Estate agent. After 16 years working for a fortune 500 company and traveling extensively, Mr. Chara gave up his lucrative Area Manager and started selling several service oriented companies until turning to Real Estate investing full time in 2001. Presently, he’s managing partner of Apartment Mentors, LLC and founder of Success Classes, LLC. He has owned or managed several successful multi-million dollar companies during the last 20+ years. He has mentored several thousand aspiring RE investors. Mr. Chara turned to Apartments full time in 2004. He owns and/or has syndicated approximately 1600 apartment units around the country. These units range from 14 units in 1 complex in Oklahoma to 179 units in Indianapolis. His most recent acquisitions include a 4-complex package totaling 410 units in Indianapolis, IN (December, 2012), 3 complexes totaling 120 units in Dayton, OH (August, 2013), a 100 unit complex in Longview, TX (April, 2015) and a 31 unit complex outside of Philadelphia, PA (January, 2016). In 2005, Mr. Chara decided to capitalize on recent RE market trends to offer superior technical training to RE Investors specifically targeting commercial investing with an emphasis on Apartment complexes. He also has created several investment groups and raised over 11 million dollars used to fund the acquisition of many of the aforementioned properties. He has subsequently hired professional management companies to oversee all of his holdings. His focus is to manage the property managers that oversee these properties while continuing to teach more students.

Sanjeev Silla is a multi-family investor and IT professional. He has worked for top global IT consultancy and servicing firms – Accenture and Dell. Sanjeev is highly experienced in executing large transformation programs — multimillion-dollar programs spanning multiple years — and has also managed global teams. Sanjeev started his consultancy services in Sep 2016 and provides management consultancy solutions to health plans in North America, especially in implementing large packaged systems. Sanjeev earned a Master's degree from REC, Rourkela – India. Sanjeev has focused on multi-family investing and been part of multiple deals as a co-sponsor, KP and LP. He is also a personal student of Brad Sumrok’s nationally acclaimed multi-family mentoring program. Along with his friends, Vasu, Balu and Sashi, Sanjeev started Infinity Investments and co-sponsored two deals worth approximately $20 million dollars last year. He also looks to continue to grow his multi-family portfolio in the United States.

Randy Langenderfer has been investing in real estate since his first primary residence purchase of a duplex. He owns and leases vacation property in Myrtle Beach, SC. Previously, he was a private money lender in the remodeling of single-family homes in Florida, Ohio and Texas with a combined market value in excess of $2.5M. His recent focus has been exclusively in multi-family properties. Randy has 30+ years of various corporate leadership experiences in multiple industries, primarily in the risk and governance areas. He currently serves as the Chief Compliance and Audit Officer for a large academic institution in Houston, TX.

Dan and his wife, Dennae, along with their 4 children (3 girls and a boy), reside and work in Columbia, SC. Dan has an extensive successful background in starting multiple seven-figure businesses from scratch including a large group of non-surgical orthopedic medical clinics located in South Carolina. His family of companies has annual budgets in excess of $10MM. He is the founder of the Multifamily Investor Nation where he educates a nationwide group (9,000+ members) of multifamily investors on how to properly invest in multifamily assets. He is the co-host, along with his wife, Dennae, of the Tough Decisions for Entrepreneurs podcast which can be found on iTunes and Google Podcasts.

Vinney Chopra, the CEO of Moneil Investment Group, Moneil Management Group, and Moneil Multifamily Fund, has acquired over $250,000,000 plus in transactions on over 3500 units throughout the United States. He’s been doing multifamily syndication for about fourteen years now. Vinney Chopra came to the United States from India more than 40 years ago. With a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, he entered The George Washington University to seek a master of business administration degree in marketing and advertising. He has been a passionate motivational speaker and teacher for over three decades. After getting a taste of sales and marketing while pursuing his MBA, Vinney decided to leave engineering altogether and become a motivational speaker and fundraiser. Vinney Chopra manages four successful companies that include Moneil Investment Group, Moneil Management Group, Multifamily Academy and Youth Academy. His diverse experience has allowed him to gain sharp insight into acquisition, syndication and property management of multifamily properties. He has successfully completed 26 syndications and has over $200 Million in his Multifamily Portfolio. He has his own Property Management Company with 60+ personnel and has over 3100 units under management. He is the actual dealmaker who walks his talk.

Kelly Stinson known as “The Potty Princess” is National Sales Manager at SASCONSERVE. She is passionate about water & energy conservation and the influence to improve the environment. “Potty Princess” nickname caught traction 2 years ago through her continued commitment of bringing awareness, education, & support across the country to multifamily property owners relative to the financial and environmental impact of old toilets on their properties. 2019 YTD she has saved multifamily property owners over $2 MILLION on their water/sewer bills coupled with reducing water consumption by just over 200 million gallons (that will fill 303 Olympic size swimming pools).

Prior to becoming an Attorney, he was a real estate syndicator. He developed numerous mini-storage facilities using money from private investors. In addition to his law practice, Gene is a pre-eminent educator in the world of real estate and syndication. Gene has served as a senior CCIM instructor for a number of years and he has written a comprehensive book on real estate syndication entitled “It’s a Whole New Business,” which has sold over 10,000 copies. Gene has conducted a number of highly regarded intensive workshops for real estate Syndicators, teaching them how to legally raise money from private investors. His Ultimate Crowdfunding Workshops teach investors, both new and seasoned, how to structure their investment companies, how to split money with investors, and how to legally solicit investors for private and Crowdfunding offerings. Gene also has expertise in Tenant-In-Common or “TIC” offerings that allow investors to participate in 1031 exchanges and has written articles on this subject as well as numerous others on how to start and run a real estate syndication company. Gene and his partners provide securities offering documents and advice for seeking to do Regulation D Rule 506 Offerings, Crowdfunding Offerings, Regulation A Offerings, and Public Offerings.

Dylan Borland leads Borland Capital Partners and serves as CEO and Chairman. Since 2006 Dylan has completed over 2,700 real estate investment transactions and placed over $180M in real estate private equity. Dylan has become a sought after real expert and consultant specializing in single family, multi family and real estate private equity. Dylan also enjoys giving back through coaching and teaching through his over 150+ YouTube videos and growing and his course “The Ultimate Real Estate Investing course (™)” with now over 1,600 students nationwide.

Dan Schoenbaechler has held various sales positions before getting into commercial real estate in 2008. Having focused on residential sales since 2013, he has closed over $65 million of transactions during that time, ranging from renters and first-time home buyers to experienced investor sales. His knowledge and experience in the brokerage side of the business is what helps identify & close good opportunities for his investors. In the past couple of years, Dan has also paired his multifamily investment experience with his network of investors to launch Schoen Capital. He has been a General Partner on 5 separate acquisitions totaling 892 units for $116.4 million within the first 12 months of being in business. Schoen Capital continues to focus on value-add multi-family as well as a couple other asset classes to help grow their investor’s wealth.

Jered Sturm is the co-founder of SNS Capital Group LLC. Starting in the industry 15 years ago as a maintenance technician for residential rental properties, Jered built on that experience to start a construction company that over a decade ago led him to begin purchasing investment property. Since his humble beginnings in the industry, Jered has quickly scaled his investments and now focuses on purchasing large apartment communities in the Cincinnati, Ohio market. While Jered's company has grown to own and manage over $30M in assets, they still focus on the core competency of buying, renovating, and maintaining investment rental property. Jered has been a featured guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast twice and has been contributing to the BiggerPockets blog since 2015.

Kenny has been investing in multi-family real estate since 2010. Soon after, he co-founded Wolfe Investments (originally Wolfe RE Mgmt) in 2012. He has been involved in over $130MM+ worth of commercial real estate transactions throughout Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Ohio. Kenny is passionate about ensuring the success of every investment for his loyal investors. Prior to co-founding Wolfe Investments, he served as CFO for Twin Cities Development, LP. Kenny has a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. When he's not scouting for new deals, he enjoys discovering new vegan restaurants, rooting on the Broncos, and spending time with his wife and kids.

Alina Trigub is the founder and managing partner of SAMO Financial. SAMO Financial is a boutique private equity firm that specializes in helping a select group of people with various wealth preservation and tax strategies. For the past few years Alina has worked tirelessly to help her investors participate in the offerings of over 1200 apartment units, $10MM storage fund, and $5M mobile home park fund. Alina is proud to work closely with several successful syndicators. She deeply enjoys learning about the goals of potential investors, exploring venues for improving their portfolios and preserving their wealth, such as demonstrating the benefits of investing using IRA funds in real estate. She offers investors education through articles and presentations, and is a sought after speaker at various real estate events.

Antoine Martel is a real estate entrepreneur and owner of MartelTurnkey, a real estate investment company based in California. MartelTurnkey provides real estate investors with an inventory of fully rehabbed, cash flow positive turnkey rentals in markets across the U.S. With Antoine Martel at the helm, MartelTurnkey has bought and sold in excess of $12 million worth of cash flowing real estate since its founding in 2015. Mr. Martel is also the owner of over $11 million worth of multi-family and single-family real estate. While still a student at Loyola Marymount University, Antoine immersed himself in learning about investing in real estate. Before he’d even graduated with a degree in Entrepreneurship, Antoine had already secured multiple cash flowing properties for the new family business, Martel Family Realty, which evolved into what is now MartelTurnkey. Antoine Martel is author of the popular real estate investing book, “A Millennial’s Guide to Investing in Cash Flowing Rental Properties" and host of a podcast, “A Millennial’s Guide to Real Estate Investing.

Ben has been an entrepreneur for 15 years, first starting his career in IT sales and business development then into management. His background in management and sales has helped him propel into commercial real estate, first starting in 2013. Over the last 7 years he has been involved in the acquisition & asset management of ten multifamily properties, through partnerships and Disrupt Equity, totaling over $100MM in AUM and the purchase and sale of over 1650+ units.

Rich is the past-president of the Professional & Personal Coaches Association and is a former vice president of the International Coach Federation (ICF). In 2003, Rich co-founded Real Wealth Network with his wife, Kathy. He provides education and resources, and cash flowing investment properties for real estate investors under the Real Wealth Network umbrella. He also produces The Real Wealth Show on KABC radio in Los Angeles and is one of the top 10 real estate podcasts on iTunes. Real Wealth Network now has over 49,000 members and has been on the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest Growing Companies for the past three years in a row. As the author of Extreme Success (Simon & Schuster, 2002) Rich has appeared on every major television network for his work on how to take action and stay focused on what really matters. He has also been featured in USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and Entrepreneur Magazine. His diverse clientele includes IBM, the American Management Association, Century 21, Morgan Stanley and the United States Army. Maybe a little bit of an adrenaline addict -- Rich was a competitor in ESPN's X-Games, he's a licensed skydiver, an experienced rock climber, and has even bungee jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and Yosemite's Half Dome. In his keynote speeches he relates these adventures to dealing with fear and staying focused in challenging situations.

Sterling Chapman is a proud father, husband, barbecue enthusiast, triathlete, podcast host and real estate investor. He has a degree in finance from Louisiana State University and an MBA from LSU Shreveport where he graduated with honors. He started his finance career right out of college spending five years in the financial services’ industry focusing on insurance, investments and retirement planning. He then transitions to the telecom industry where he has had extraordinary success shooting up the corporate ladder being promoted an impressive seven times in six years. Through his corporate career he has mastered the art and science of sales, funnel management, marketing, account management, strategic business planning and financial forecasting. Sterling turned his attention to real estate investing two years ago and has since built up a multimillion-dollar personal rental portfolio consisting of two four plexes, eight duplexes and six single-family houses (41 units total). He is also the host of a successful real estate investing podcast called The Rent Roll Radio Show where he interviews different highly successful real estate investors each week. Sterling is considered a thought leader in the industry and has been interviewed on six other podcasts to date. He is currently continuing to expand his real estate investing footprint through two avenues; growing his personal portfolio through buying distressed houses in the Baton Rouge market to renovate, refinance and rent out and through raising capital to syndicate large multifamily properties in growth markets across the Southeast.

Mauricio Rauld is the founder and CEO of Premier Law group, a firm that specializes in educating investors and representing them from legal matters relating to Asset Protection. He is known across the nation as an asset protection attorney, operation strategist and contributes as the legal advisor to The Real Estate Guys™ Radio show and is Robert Helms’ personal advisor. He is devoted to what he does not only delivering exceptional service to his clients but also aims his best to educate and help them become knowledgeable investors.

Glen is the owner and director of NuView Trust, a leading custodian of self-directed IRA plans. He also operates NuView IRA, Inc. a Third-Party Administrator for self-directed IRAs and Retirement plans. His companies provides custody and recordkeeping for over 1 $Billion in IRA assets. His background as a business strategy consultant, combined with a long history of personal retirement self-direction, provides his audiences and clients with solid advice and practical solutions to their IRA investment questions. Glen holds a BS in Business Administration from Southern College and a Masters Degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. Glen has also earned the prestigious Certified IRA Services Professional designation through the Institute of Certified Bankers. Glen speaks across the country, and provides continuing education seminars to Attorneys, CPAs, real estate and mortgage professionals about the power and possibilities of IRA self-direction. He has also appeared as a guest speaker on local and national investment radio shows and at local and national conferences including Coldwell Banker Commercial’s National Conference. Over the past nine years, Glen has taught eight hour sessions on self-directed IRAs for the Lorman Institute (CLE), many two hour sessions on 401(k) plans, Health Savings Accounts and non-traditional investments in IRAs. He is looked to as a subject matter expert on IRS rules and regulations on initiating, holding and disposing of investments outside of the stock market.

Dmitriy Fomichenko is the founder and president of Sense Financial Services LLC, a boutique financial firm specializing in self-directed retirement accounts with checkbook control. He began his career in financial planning and real estate investing in 2000. He owns multiple investment properties in various states and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker. Over the years, he has taught hundreds of investment and financial planning seminars and has mentored thousands of investors. Dmitriy resides in Southern California with his wife and 9-year old daughter. In his spare time, he enjoys studying systematic theology, spending time with his family and visiting new places.

Christopher Winkler is a President, and COO of Silverwood Capital Fund I LLC, and President of Silverwood Capital LLC. Christopher Winkler started real estate in 2013 through the back door of learning how to buy and sell mortgages and notes. This led him to learning the mechanics of foreclosures, rehabbing properties, and dealing with contractors, getting homeowners to start paying their mortgages again, and ultimately selling the property. Because of this he has been able to accurately estimate rehab costs, and after repair value (ARV). As a licensed REALTOR, he brings over 35 years of accumulated sales experience, knowledge of building rapport, negotiating buying and selling agreements, buying, selling, and repairing real estate.

Edna Keep is the co-founder of 3D Real Estate, Profit in the Prairie Real Estate Investor Group and Multiple Ways to Wealth, a training, education and membership organization for real estate investors. Over the last twelve, she has built a real estate portfolio to over 520 doors with a value of $60 million. All except the first two properties were bought with the help of other people’s money (joint venture partners).

Holly Williams, principal of MQ Ventures, is the founder of KeepMore.com and General Partner in over $100M in multifamily apartment communities. In addition to multifamily holdings, Holly has been a real estate investor for over 20 years. Her active real estate portfolio includes rental apartments in Brooklyn, NY, single-homes and land holdings in the New Orleans, LA Region and Upstate New York. She holds a BA and a MA in Advertising Communications from Texas Tech University and was named Outstanding Alumni of the College of Media and Communications in 2011.

Neal Bawa is CEO / Founder at Grocapitus, a commercial real estate investment company. Neal sources, negotiates and acquires Commercial properties across the U.S., for nearly 500 investors. Current portfolio over 2000 units, projected to be at 3000 units in 12 months. Neal also serves as CEO at MultifamilyU, an apartment investing Education Company. He speaks at events & meet-ups across the country. Nearly 5,000 students attend his multifamily webinar series each year and hundreds attend his Magic of Multifamily boot camps. Neal is the co-founder of the MultifamilyU Investing Meetup network, a group of investors that has over 4000 members.

Kenneth T. Holman founder and president of Overland Group, Inc. provides brokerage, construction, development, financing, property management, and real estate investment consulting to its clients. For more than 30 years, Mr. Holman has had extensive experience in the real estate industry, primarily in the areas of single family and multifamily residential, lodging, industrial, office, and free-standing retail. Mr. Holman also founded the National Association of Real Estate Investment Advisors (NAREIA) in 2012. He holds three licenses: a real estate broker’s license, a general contractor’s license, and a mortgage loan originator’s license through the National Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS). He is affiliated with the following organizations: the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR), the CCIM Institute, and the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM). He holds the REIA (Real Estate Investment Advisor) the CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) and the CPM (Certified Property Manager) designations.

Mike Cowper is an investor focused on building a business that better serves the owner. His business includes finding and aquiring distressed properties, keeping the passive income streams that fit his model and wholesaling the rest. Mike utilizes different strategies, including many in the creative space to find profits where others tend to miss them. He can be found on any social media with the handle: @TheMikeCowper

Scott Lewis is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Spartan Investment Group, LLC (SIG) and has led several successful real estate developments ranging from single-family flips to raw land development. To date, SIG has completed $6M in development projects, has $9M more underway, and rose over $7M in private equity. As the Chief Executive Officer, Scott is responsible for developing business strategies and plans ensuring their alignment with short-term and long-term objectives. He leads the Spartan team by overseeing all operations and business activities to ensure they produce the desired results and are consistent with the overall strategy and mission In addition to Spartan, Scott is also a Major in the US Army Reserves and is an Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran. He has held various positions including Infantry Platoon Leader, Military Police Company Commander, Officer Candidate School Platoon Trainer, amongst others. Scott graduated from Michigan State University with degrees in Chemistry and Marketing, from Catholic University with an MS in Management, from Georgetown University with a Certificate in Project Management, and has his Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification In his free time, Scott enjoys spending time with his wife, Lindsay, mountain biking, skiing, and chasing their two Jack Russell Terriers around the yard.

Mr. Fullaway is the President of FourteenPlus, LLC, a firm that specializes in investing in the growing senior living market. Mr. Fullaway brings a unique set of experience as he was previously the CEO of Vigilan, one of the largest suppliers of software selling to thousands of senior living communities. He knows the leaders in the industry and the superior regional operators which allows him to provide superior deal flow and reduce investor risk. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. He served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He loves fly fishing, skiing and flying.

Michael S. Brady, Esq. is Executive Vice President for Madison 1031 Exchange, a national Qualified Intermediary for tax-deferred Exchanges pursuant to Internal Revenue Code §1031. As a Certified Exchange Specialist and an attorney, his services include consulting with clients and their advisors, as well as giving seminars for attorneys, accountants, and real estate professionals, and publishing articles on tax and legal issues. Prior to joining Madison 1031, Mr. Brady was Vice President of Eastern Operations for Asset Preservation, Inc., the §1031 Exchange qualified intermediary subsidiary of Stewart Title Insurance Company, where he managed sales and operations staff handling several thousand transactions annually. During his career, he has headed up two other §1031 Exchange companies, and has acted as general counsel for a title insurance company. As an attorney, Mr. Brady has over 20 years’ experience representing clients in commercial and residential real estate transactions, as well as a wide variety of business transactions and commercial litigation matters. Mr. Brady received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Binghamton University, and earned his Juris Doctorate from New York Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review and graduated Cum Laude.

John Casmon is a real estate entrepreneur, who controls a portfolio worth over $58 million as a general partner. He started by house-hacking a duplex and now partners with investors to purchase apartment buildings through his firm, Casmon Capital Group. He is the co-creator of the Midwest Real Estate Networking Summit, a no pitch event to connect like-minded investors. John also hosts the weekly real estate podcast, Target Market Insights, where he speaks with specialists across the country to uncover the best emerging markets, marketing tips and investing insights. With a background in marketing, he has overseen campaigns for General Motors, Nike and Coors Light amongst others. John was even recognized by Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the “Top Executives in Advertising and Marketing.

John Brickson is based in Dallas, TX and has more than seven years of experience in commercial real estate financing and investing. In his current role with Old Capital, John is actively involved in financing commercial real estate assets in Texas and across the country for both new and experienced investors. John has experience working with a variety of Commercial Real Estate capital providers, including banks, life companies, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, debt funds, and CMBS conduit lenders. Prior to joining Old Capital in February of 2018, John was based in Dallas and originated new commercial real estate debt investments at two different national real estate funds. John began his career at BMO Harris Bank in Chicago, where he completed the Bank’s formal credit training program and was a member of the commercial real estate financing group. Originally from Kansas City, John earned a B.A in Economics from DePauw University.