Podcasts about Ian Ippolito

Private Investor Club has an extensive due diligence library of over 1000+ sponsors and deals.  In this episode,  Adam Torres and Ian Ippolito, Founder & CEO at Private Investor Club, explore the evolution of Private Investor Club.  Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. Apply to be a guest on our podcast: https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/ Visit our website: https://missionmatters.com/ More FREE content from Mission Matters here: https://linktr.ee/missionmattersmedia

Private Investor Club has an extensive due diligence library of over 1000+ sponsors and deals.  In this episode,  Adam Torres and Ian Ippolito, Founder & CEO at Private Investor Club, explore the evolution of Private Investor Club.  Follow Adam on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/ for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. Apply to be a guest on our podcast: https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/ Visit our website: https://missionmatters.com/ More FREE content from Mission Matters here: https://linktr.ee/missionmattersmedia

Today's guest Ian Ippolito, a seasoned investor known for his conservative investment strategies, discusses his take on the real estate market's first significant recession since the advent of real estate crowdfunding. Ian draws parallels between the initial impact of COVID-19 on multifamily properties and the current challenges facing the office sector. He discusses the office market's decline as a direct result of the remote work revolution leaving a surplus of vacant office space and a swatch of struggling deals, and talks about the impact on multifamily of the end of the rent increase era and the ensuing strain on investment models that failed to anticipate the current trends. You'll hear about the importance of taking a conservative investment approach and how fixed vs. floating rate debt and leverage levels measured against value (LTV) are used to protect principal as a priority to the lure of exponential but risky returns. In light of the recent troubles CrowdStreet has had, Ian talks about the critical role of due diligence for investors even (or especially) when investing via a platform. He reflects on the recent incidents of fraud within the industry, stressing the need for investor vigilance and the responsibility platforms bear in maintaining transparency and integrity. Offering advice to sponsors, Ian encourages a conservative approach, focusing on long-term survival and stability rather than short-term gains. His message is clear: in a market bracing for a potential massive repricing of assets and grappling with the implications of a high-interest rate environment, prudence is key. **** In this brand new podcast series at GowerCrowd, The Real Estate Reality Show, we take a realistic view of commercial real estate investing, providing pragmatic insights for passive investors who are looking for sponsors they can trust and distressed opportunities they can invest in. You'll find no quick fixes or easy money ideas here, no sales pitches, big egos or hype. You'll learn how to build your wealth while protecting your capital investing as a limited partner in commercial real estate investments, even and especially during an economic downturn. Subscribe to our free newsletter here.   

Some CrowdStreet investors are expressing disbelief, and rage, after learning that millions of dollars of their investment funds have gone missing! Investors pumped more than $60 million into two deals sponsored by Nightingale Properties on that platform, and Poof! The money has mysteriously disappeared!   Hi, I'm Kathy Fettke and this is Real Estate News for Investors. If you like our podcast, please subscribe and leave us a review.   As reported by Bisnow, Nightingale did a great job pitching the deals to CrowdStreet investors. One was Nightingale's purchase of the Atlanta Financial Center for $182 million, which represented a $78 million loss for the seller and instant equity for the buyers. The Real Deals reports that more than 650 investors clamored into that deal with $54 million. The other deal was the renovation of a Miami Beach office building that Nightingale already owned. It raised $9 million for that project.   Slick Marketings Pitch   Nightingale told investors that it has a stellar track record with more than 30 big deals that never lost money. And it enticed investors with what it described as a rare opportunity to invest in trophy-style real estate.   University marketing professor, Zhiyong Yang, invested 50K into Atlanta and told Bisnow that “they did a wonderful marketing job.” Investor, Mike Huber, says the news about the missing funds is mind-boggling. He has 150K in the project, and is now wondering, like other investors, how this could have happened.   Red Flags   Their worries began last August thanks to a Wall Street Journal article. The Journal reported that Nightingale had failed to tell investors about two previous deals that lost money, which would have tarnished the sterling reputation that Nightingale was selling.   Potential investor Ian Ippolito told Bisnow that he was initially interested and was partially sold on the pitch that Nightingale had never lost money. But then Ippolito, who writes a blog called The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review, decided to investigate further, and found that Nightingale's track record is not so sterling – that it had lost money in those two deals. He thought to himself: “There's something shady going on here. I'm not going near this deal.”   What Went Wrong?   Although CrowdStreet is just a platform, there are questions about where it went wrong in vetting Nightingale, and why it didn't do more to safeguard investor funds, which it collected. If you're not familiar with CrowdStreet, it attracts all kinds of independent real estate investors, from all walks of life. It was founded in 2014 but really took off during the pandemic, raising $1.2 billion from retail investors in 2021 alone.   CrowdStreet's CEO, Tore Steen, told Bisnow that he is “shocked and angered” by the Nightingale fiasco. He says: “This is not a crowdfunding issue. This was simple illegal behavior by a real estate developer. There were investors outside of the CrowdStreet platform that were involved here. Whether it's online or offline, fraud exists in this industry.”   Although Steen doesn't believe that the platform exposed investors to a higher risk of fraud, investors want to know why CrowdStreet handed the funds over to Nightingale instead of putting them into escrow.    Investors Blindsided   One investor told Bisnow: “It's surprising that CrowdStreet was not taking a more guardian role when the Wall Street Journal article came out.” The article did prompt some investors to ask for refunds, especially as the deals experienced more delays in closing. And some did get refunds, along with plenty of positive sounding communication from Nightingale, including Christmas cards.   One investor on the West Coast says: “They gave us the option to withdraw the funds. That gave me comfort. They do all those things to make you feel that they are super-legit. I was entirely blindsided.”   Nightingale ended up processing about $9 million in refunds, but Bisnow reports that the refund process wasn't consistent. CrowdStreet became concerned at that point, and requested bank statements and operating agreements for the two deals. Instead of producing those documents, Nightingale started communicating with CrowdStreet through an attorney, and CrowdStreet recommended that shareholders take on an independent manager for these two deals.   With a background in forensic accounting, former Cousins Properties executive, Anna Phillips, was chosen for that position. She told investors that it's not clear what Nightingale did with the funds but she did immediately see some irregularities, such as the transfer of $12 million into an account owned by Nightingale's CEO, Elie Schwartz, instead of an account managed by the company.  But even that policy is being questioned because investors thought that because the deals hadn't closed, the money would have gone into escrow.    Escrow for Unclosed Deals   CEO Steen said in a statement that: “Establishing an escrow process was one of many components of our transition to the broker model and something we have been working on for many months.” CrowdStreet has since incorporated an escrow process into its funding deals.   As to questions about the vetting of Nightingale, Bisnow reports that CrowdStreet had done a background check and received more than a half dozen references from well-known institutions like Citibank. These problems could be attributed to growing pains for CrowdStreet, but it is also a failure in due diligence by investors.   Accidents Waiting to Happen   According to investor Ippolito, some crowdfunding deals are “accidents waiting to happen,” which you could probably say about any kind of investment and that investors need to do more of their own research on sponsors. He says you wouldn't go to buy a car and trust everything the salesperson is going to tell you.    Investor Chris Honcik of Idaho told Bisnow: “I'm a little bit angry at CrowdStreet at not having vetted this a little bit better. I don't think I should be the person vetting Nightingale. But in the end, it all comes down to me. It's kind of my fault.”   At this point, almost all of the money is still missing and both Nightingale and CEO Schwartz have been accused of misappropriating funds. Phillips is hoping to track it down. She put both deals into Chapter 11 bankruptcy because the reorganization process will help her find out what happened.   Who's Responsible?   In the meantime, investors are taking it on the nose, not knowing if or when they'll get a refund, and CrowdStreet will continue to do damage control. CEO Steen said in an interview with Bisnow: “I really don't believe it has anything to do with the fact that it's crowdfunding. It has to do with the type of individual that chose to blatantly disregard the law and ethical behavior, and in this case, fiduciary responsibility.”    Here's my thoughts. Regardless of who's to blame, the funds are missing and may not be recovered. How can investors avoid this type of catastrophe in the future? 1. Verify and then trust. Yes, this is a twist to trust and then verify. Just because the deal was on a large crowdfunding platform like Crowdstreet does not mean the operators could be blindly trusted. Many real estate crowdfunding sites are just platforms for developers and syndicators to post their deals. Crowdstreet may or may not have performed due diligence, and it doesn't matter. If you are investing a few thousand dollars into a deal, maybe you don't need to research it fully as you can may be afford to lose the money. But if you are investing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of dollars, you absolutely must vet the sponsor and the deal. This is why only accredited investors are allowed to invest in these kinds of opportunities - because they can afford to have a CPA, attorney and underwriter review the documents and pro-forma. Someone on your team needs to understand the deal when investing that much money.  2. All investments have inherent risk. That's why they are investments, and not guaranteed. That is why you should diversify and not put too much money in any one deal. Even a well-underwritten deal can go sideways when there are challenges like a global pandemic that shut down the economy and caused supply chain issues, or interest rates tripling in a year. 3. Finally, make sure you know exactly where your money is going. Escrow accounts protect your money - at least in the sense that the escrow company will ensure that the funds go to the closing table.   You can find out more about how to invest responsibly as a RealWealth member. It's free to join, and takes just a few minutes. Keep up with important real estate news at newsforinvestors.com, and please remember to subscribe to this podcast to get new episodes automatically delivered to your phone!    Thanks for listening! Kathy Fettke   Links:   1 - https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/capital-markets/crowdstreet-investors-say-accusations-about-nightingale-mind-boggling-as-they-face-a-possible-total-loss-119896   2 - https://therealdeal.com/national/2023/07/14/fiduciary-to-investors-funds-in-nightingale-projects-misappropriated/   3 - https://www.bisnow.com/new-york/news/capital-markets/nightingale-properties-crowdstreet-scandal-illegal-behavior-119884?utm_source=outbound_pub_58&utm_campaign=outbound_issue_69142&utm_content=link&utm_medium=email

Are you ready to uncover the path to building wealth without sacrificing your precious time? Join us on the Passive Real Estate Strategies Podcast as we dive into the extraordinary journey of Ian Ippolito, a renowned investor featured in prestigious publications like USA Today, Bloomberg News, and the Wall Street Journal. Prepare to be inspired as Ian shares his experiences, from the pitfalls of residential real estate investments due to market cycle ignorance to the ultimate success he achieved through multi-family investments after 12-14 years of perseverance. Discover the game-changing strategies Ian employs, including dollar cost averaging and the vintage year strategy, to effectively manage risk and timing in his investments. Explore the crucial process of vetting sponsors in real estate investing clubs, examining realized and unrealized deals, performance statistics, and audits to ensure a solid track record. But the journey doesn't stop there—unveil a whole new world of alternative investments within private investor clubs, from real estate and music royalties to litigation finance and life settlements. These assets provide diversification and protection against market downturns, untethered from the unpredictable business cycle. And for the adventurers among us, discover the excitement surrounding unique asset classes like mobile home parks and self-storage. This episode is your key to unlocking the secrets of alternative investments. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to unleash your wealth potential!Let's dive in! ​​​​​​​Key Highlights:[00:00 - 06:27] Uncovering the Risk Mitigation Checklist for Real Estate Investing • Ian Ippolito is the head of a 14 billion alternative investing club • His initial investment was in residential real estate before the great recession hit [06:28 - 12:33] Lessons Learned from a Poor Investment• He invested in a deal that taught him lessons• Focus on protecting principal as the main goal • Due diligence checklist has grown and refined since starting investing[12:34 - 18:24] A Look at the Benefits of Auditing• Look for sponsors with a full track record and history • Audits are not common but can be requested as an additional check • Depreciation benefits can be taken all at once or spread out over time[18:25 - 25:41] Investing in Alternative Assets• Real estate is the biggest portion of the private investor club with 60-70% of investable assets• Multi-family investments have done well over the last few years but are now slowing down• Litigation finance, music royalties, and life settlements are all independent of the business cycleKey Quotes:"My goal was like, make it as recession proof as possible." - Ian Ippolito“I believe in multifamily long term.” - Ian IppolitoDownload our FREE ebook, The Definitive Guide To Passive Real Estate Strategies.Check out our Multifamily Syndication Group, and sign up for our NEWSLETTER.Want to invest with us? Schedule a brief call here. Get in touch: Justin@arealminvestor.com and let me know what topics you'd like me to cover or what guests I should have on.If you like our content, please give us a rating on the platform you're listening on!

Real estate investing can be highly competitive. But sometimes, the best deals are born when investors work together. Like most entrepreneurs, Ian Ippolito started in the corporate world. After a long time of being a computer programmer, Ian decided to find a better way to use his talents. He created multiple businesses in the software industry, but his endeavors eventually fizzled out when the dot com bubble crashed. Luckily, Ian found his way to the real estate field. Today, Ian is a real estate investor, serial entrepreneur, and the founder and CEO of The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review, a community that helps fellow investors make the most out of crowdfunding ventures. Take the time to learn about Ian's journey from the software world to the real estate industry, how The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review came about, and what goes into creating such an outstanding community of passive investors. KEY TAKEAWAYS 1. You can generate a lot of wealth through active investing, but it will take a lot of time and effort. 2. Every investor is different; each falls somewhere in the spectrum between very conservative and very aggressive. 3. Sometimes, the best deals result from passive investors working hand in hand. 4. The bigger the group of investors, the better the deals get. LINKS https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianippolito/ https://twitter.com/ippodude?lang=en https://www.therealestatecrowdfundingreview.com INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES Want to invest alongside Reed? All investments are 100% PASSIVE. Historical returns to accredited investors have ranged 18-31% annualized! To find out more, head on over to… www.reedgoossens.com

Welcome to the EARN Collective Podcast. Our goal at EARN Collective is to provide you free financial education access to world-class speakers and unique investment opportunities and help you build a network that increases your earning potential. What is Real Estate Crowdfunding?In this episode, we talk with Ian Ippolito from The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review about his journey with the Private Investor Club and all things real estate investing. He shares his investment journey as well as the wealth of knowledge he has gained throughout his career. Join us for this insightful podcast, and let us help you build a network that increases your earning exponentially.To become a member,  visit earncollective.com and join our free group to access our exclusive member content and please share EARN Collective with those in your network who you think would find value. The larger we grow, the more financial leverage we have to force open the doors to opportunity. We hope you enjoy this episode of the EARN Collective podcast. 

Today we welcome Ian Ippolito, he's the founder and head of an alternative asset investing club called the private investor club. Now, what is alternative asset investing? Not only can you invest in real estate, private debt, private equity, venture capital, but did you know that you can invest in litigation finance? and even music royalties, the private investor club is the premier choice if you're looking for a different way to invest. The club has 4500 plus members with over 8.3 billion in investable assets. This place gives investors access to high-quality deal flow, detailed due diligence, and a special deal that they couldn't find on their own. Now, he has been featured in USA Today, Bloomberg News, The Wall Street Journal realtor.com, curved, and more. Find complete show notes and more information at therichergeek.com/podcast

Joe starts off his first interview of 2021 with Ian Ippolito. Ian Ippolito is the founder and head of an alternative-asset investing club called the Private Investor Club, the founder and editor of the investment analysis website called TheRealEstateCrowdfundingReview.com. Which gives investors access to high quality deal flow, detailed due-diligence and special deals that they couldn't on their own. Joe talks with Ian about this private club and how it can help with your deal flow. Going through due diligence with other like minded investors can help with the process. This club can also bring other investment opportunities you may not have found on your own, such as music royalties.... You can reach Ian Ippolito at https://www.privateinvestorclub.com Connect with Joe Robert: http://www.joerobert.com Find him on all social platforms at @JoeMRobert Enjoyed the podcast? Be sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts and leave a review. We love to hear your feedback and please share this with others who would benefit.

Ian is a serial entrepreneur; he has built multiple businesses over the years. In 2013, he exited his latest company and started looking for new ways to invest his money. That’s how he came across the concept of real estate crowdfunding. Many companies were promising the moon, but Ian wasn’t sure how to choose the one to trust. Having to manually vet and interview all these investment companies gave him an idea to start Real Estate Crowdfunding Review so that other people could take advantage of his rankings and research. We chatted about the investors’ readiness to put money into the real estate market during Covid-19. Tune in to learn about the types of investors and the red flags that Ian has been dealing with lately. Ian Ippolito Real Estate Background:  Returning guest from episode Investor and founder of Real Estate Crowdfunding Review Founder of the Private Investor Club with 4,000+ members with over $7.5 billion in investable assets Say hi to him at:     for more info on groundbreaker.co  Best Ever Tweet: “People are now looking at the one or two-year delay as an advantage” -  Ian Ippolito.

  How are you looking to invest in real estate?  Direct investment? ... Syndicate? ... Partnership? ... crowdfunding site? We interview the guru of real estate crowdfunding... Ian Ippolito. He has researched them all and he talks about the tips and tricks of real estate crowdfunding. For more, go to https://moneytreepodcast.com/real-estate-crowfunding-review-ian-ippolito   Today's Panelists: Kirk Chisholm  |  Innovative Wealth Barbara Friedberg  |  Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance Megan Gorman  |  The Wealth Intersection

From being a serial tech entrepreneur and establishing strong businesses to becoming an investor, Ian Ippolito didn’t settle with the traditional advice of putting percentages in stocks and bonds. In this episode, he shares how he founded The Private Investors Club and RealEstateCrowdFundingReview.com and sheds light on how crowdfunding opens up a sea of asset alternatives and opportunities for its users. With over 3,500 members and over $5.7 billion in investible assets, this club enables the members to access deal flow and detailed due diligence that they couldn’t on their own. Don’t miss this chance to learn more about crowdfunding and how it can assist you in getting the most value out of your investments. Important Points in This Episode • Origin story of Private Investors Club and website RealEstateCrowdfundingReview.com • Ian’s unique and organic way of building the club • Advantages of participating in a real estate crowdfunding • Spectrum of asset investments being discussed in the club • Process of walking the investor through their investment options • Club members’ concerns on Covid-19 • V-shape and U-shape recovery from a downturn • Qualifications for getting into the club • Ian’s investment criteria • Types of sponsors Ian prefers • Member-to-member communication dynamics

Recorded on April 30, 2020Ian Ippolito is an American serial entrepreneur and the founder of numerous tech companies. He is best known as the founder of vWorker (formerly called Rent a Coder), an online portal for outsourcing computer virtual work projects. vWorker was purchased by Freelancer.com in 2013 for an undisclosed price in the millions of dollars. Ippolito is also the founder of the first open-source website (Planet Source Code) and a financial investment site called The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review.[2] As an entrepreneur, he has been featured in and provided commentary for numerous publications and media outlets including Forbes, Entrepreneur, The Wall Street Journal, as well as Fox and CBS News.Find out more about The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review: https://www.therealestatecrowdfundingreview.com Subscribe to our newsletter and receive our underwriting model package:Rob's NewsletterFollow Rob Beardsley:YouTubeFacebookLinkedInLearn more about us at:www.lonestarcapgroup.com

On this episode we talk with Ian Ippolito who runs a real estate crowd funding website which is a valuable resource for those who are interested in this space. We talk about Ian's approach to real estate investing. Evaluate sponsor first (experience through a full business cycle) Lots of sponsors right now have not gone through a downturn Look at the deal itself Leverage (65% leverage or less) Sponsor has invested also (skin in the game) What is the deal structure (how does sponsor make money)? Locked in long term debt (at low rates) Different types of niches in crowdfunded real estate (land, farms, self storage, mobile homes, hotels) We talk about the difference between public crowdfunding deals vs private network deals. Finally we discuss where Ian thinks we are in the cycle (physical and financial and he explains the difference between the two) His blog is at the therealestatecrowdfundingreview.com and is full of useful information you should look at prior to investing with one of the crowd funded companies. More episodes of this podcast are available at www.doctormoneymatters.com and Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, etc. All episodes are also now on YouTube  and Facebook.  You can follow me on twitter @drmoneymatters Instagram @doctormoneymatters Please consider joining the Doctor Money Matters Facebook group. Thanks for listening and please leave us positive reviews and continue to share this podcast with your colleagues.

Kris Benson Kris Benson is the chief investment officer for Reliant Investments, a subsidiary of Reliant Real Estate Management and one of the top 30 commercial self-storage operators in the U.S. in 2018. Kris is part of the investment committee and develops institutional-quality self-storage investment opportunities for accredited investors. Kris's investing goals have always been about changing the paradigm of trading time for money in order to have time for more of the things we love to do. Likewise, investing in real estate has been Kris's steadfast path to passive income and he is passionate about inspiring others to change their mindset around investing for their future. Key Points Continuously pushing yourself out of your comfort zone Finding your strengths and playing to those Finding motivation beyond money Building a portfolio of small multifamily properties, then scaling with syndication Three pillars – returns, protection, opportunity Investing in self-storage Lightning Questions What was your biggest hurdle getting started in real estate investing, and how did you overcome it? Fear and lack of knowledge. By taking advantage of self-education resources like BiggerPockets, and then taking action, Kris was able to get started. Do you have a personal habit that contributes to your success? Kris figures out what needs to be done and then executes. Do you have an online resource that you find valuable? https://www.therealestatecrowdfundingreview.com/ (Ian Ippolito – The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review) https://www.biggerpockets.com (BiggerPockets) What book would you recommend to the listeners and why? https://amzn.to/2yhM2RG (Shoe Dog) – Phil Knight If you were to give advice to your 20-year-old self to get started in real estate investing, what would it be? Do it sooner! The best tool in all of investing is time – take advantage of it. Resources https://www.reliantinvestments.com/ (Reliant Investments) http://krisbenson.com/ (KrisBenson.com) (coming soon) https://www.linkedin.com/in/kris-benson/ (Kris’ LinkedIn Profile ) https://www.reit.com/data-research (National Association of REITs data) Visit https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NB86OYE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=jacob0ee-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00NB86OYE&linkId=100a9d2905599266aa7088bba0a33d55 (Audible) for a free trial, and a free audiobook download

Ian Ippolito is a serial entrepreneur and the creator of the investment analysis website called therealestatecrowdfundingreview.com. The site has over 12,000 visitors per month and has been featured in USA Today, Bloomberg News, Realtor.com, Curbed and more. Ippolito is also the founder of a private investor club for alternative investing, with over 1,300 members and over 1.35 billion in investable assets. In 2001, Ippolito created one of the first remote work websites from an extra bedroom in his house, rentacoder.com, which was later renamed vworker.com. Ippolito grew it to 450,000 users, 15 employees, and 11.1 million in revenue before selling it to freelancer.com for an undisclosed price in the millions. Before that, he created one of the first open-source websites for programmers, planitsourcecode.com. At its peak, the site had 1.5 million visitors per month. Ippolito has been awarded the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Company Award four years in a row, and named to the 100 Most Innovative and Brilliant Companies by Entrepreneur Magazine. Ippolito has been interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes, Time, Fast Company, Tech Crunch, CBS News, Fox News and many more.

Ian Ippolito, serial entrepreneur, creator, The Real Estate Crowdfunding Review, and The Private Investor Club reveals how the power of the collective can allow users to negotiate a better deal for their real estate investments. This show starts off with Ian revealing his background information. Why did Ian pivot towards alternative investments from stocks? And, […]

Hear how Ian Ippolito, former founder of V-Worker (today known as Freelancer.com, and previously known as Rent-a-Coder) stumbled into Internet marketing success not once, but twice. Ian holds a degree in computer science and started out his career company-hopping and consulting before growing frustrated with the roadblocks to innovation and change in being an employee. He decided to launch Planet Source Code for coders and attracted upwards of 4 million new visitors a month before the dot com crash imploded his business. Faced with mounting bills and a flatlining business, he restructured his idea to connect workers with employers who needed coders. That idea became known as vWorker. Click here for show notes and transcript. Leave some feedback: Who should I interview next? Please let me know on Twitter or in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, leave a short review here. Subscribe to Growth Everywhere on iTunes. Get the non-iTunes RSS feed Connect with Eric Siu: Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @ericosiu

Ian wanted to know more about all the different crowdfunding websites. He put together something comparing most of them and eventually made his website because of all the demand he was getting from other people. Now you can visit his website and review multiple platforms to help make an informed decision. If you enjoyed today’s episode remember to subscribe in iTunes and leave us a review!   Best Ever Tweet: “Do they actually have some skin in the game?” - Ian Ippolito   Ian Ippolito Real Estate Background: -Investor and founder of Real Estate Crowdfunding Review -Founder and CEO of vWorker: Entrepreneur Magazine's "100 Smartest, Most Innovative and Brilliant Companies". -Interviewed by Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Forbes, TIME, Fast Company, TechCrunch, CBS & FOX News -Investor tools to cut through the clutter and the hype of real estate crowdfunding. -Say hi to him at -Based in Tampa Bay, Florida -Best Ever Book: Posture Alignment by Paul D’Arezzo     Join us and our online investor community:     Made Possible Because of Our Best Ever Sponsor:   Are you committed to transforming your life through real estate this year?   If so, then go to to apply for his coaching program.   is my real estate, business, and life coach. I’ve been working with him for years. Spots are limited, so be sure to apply today!

Ian Ippolito started Rent a Coder as an online marketplace for hiring technical talent. He quickly expanded to go beyond technical professionals and re-branded as vWorker. Ippolito built vWorker up to $11.5MM in annual revenue before he received an acquisition offer from Australia’s Freelancer.com Freelancer.com had been courting Ippolito for months but their original offer was too low in Ippolito’s view. That’s when Ippolito decided the only way for him to get any real negotiating leverage was to seek out a second bidder. In this episode, you’ll learn: the dangers of a proprietary deal what to do when you get a low-ball offer why a BATNA is critical to every deal how to time your exit strategic stalling and how to do it why 90% of earn-outs fail

Ian Ippolito founded Rent-A-Coder and grew the company to millions of dollars a year in sales. That company became one of the leading websites in the world that connects businesses and entrepreneurs with high quality freelancers, contractors, and virtual assistants. Now Ian is ready to share his most valuable tips and ideas for success when […] The post 56: Starting a Successful Business: Learn from Failures to Succeed as an Entrepreneur appeared first on TCK Publishing.

In this episode of the Bright Ideas podcast, I’m once again joined by Ian Ippolito, founder of vWorker.com, which was recently acquired for an undisclosed sum by Freelancer.com, and during our conversation you are going to hear Ian and I talk about: how he managed to sell his company for almost twice the initial offer the one activity that he intently focused on for the year leading up to the sale the steps of the acquisition process, from letter of intent to closed sale the key components that every letter of intent should contain how to understand what the buyer’s motivation is and how to use that to your advantage how to know when to move into due diligence with a potential buyer the most important things that a buyer is going to look for during due diligence the value of a business broker, tax advisor, and legal counsel why most buyers will want to structure the deal as an asset sale how to create an auction for your company to maximize the sales price why and how terms can play such a large role in negotiations ways to structure the sales contract to keep you out of court if things go wrong and so much more… Thank you so much for listening! Please subscribe rate and review on your favorite podcast listening app. To get to the show notes for today's episode, go to https://brightideas.co/xxx...and if you have any questions for me, you can leave me a voicemail at brightideas.co/asktrent

On this episode my guest is Ian Ippolito is the founder of vWorker.com (recently acquired by Freelancer.com) and is a highly successful serial entrepreneur. Would you like to learn what goes into creating a website that does over $11 million a year? Do you ever wonder how such a business attracts so many customers? To hear the story behind vWorker.com, I interview company founder, Ian Ippolito in this episode of the Bright Ideas podcast..While at the helm of vWorker, the company was called “One of the 100 smartest, most innovative, hands-down brilliant companies on our radar” by Entrepreneur Magazine. vWorker was ranked as an Inc 5000 company for four consecutive years, and has done over $139 million in business. Thank you so much for listening! Please subscribe rate and review on your favorite podcast listening app. To get to the show notes for today's episode, go to https://brightideas.co/xxx...and if you have any questions for me, you can leave me a voicemail at brightideas.co/asktrent

Thinking of starting your own business? Then listen in as Cece and Mark candidly interview self-made multimillionaire entrepreneur and founder of vworker.com, Ian Ippolito. Find out THE biggest mistake Ian ever made (so you don’t have to) and learn how marshmallows can actually predict your entrepreneurial success…This is one jam-packed episode you don’t want to miss…especially if you’re keen … Read more about this episode...

Ian Ippolito started vWorker as a small business out of an extra room in his house. Today it has 15 employees and did $11.1 million in revenue last year. Talks about his views on making money on the web. Here's a little more about vWorker: vWorker connects 178,000 businesses to remote workers in hundreds of fields (such as programmers, designers and writers). It saves them 36%-80% over traditional hiring and also protects them better with monitoring of worker desktops and a money-back guarantee. It also allows over 350,000 people to work from home, choose what they work on and set their own hours. Entrepreneur magazine called vWorker "one of the 100 most brilliant companies on our radar'. It is a four time consecutive winner of the Inc. 5000 "fastest growing private company in the U.S." award. It has also been featured on CBS and FOX news, the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Fast-Company and many other broadcasts, publications and journals. Visit them at http://www.vworker.com/. Join us on Facebook or at www.increasemysmallbusiness.com where we talk about small business issues and tips, from small business mentors, coaches and small business owners.