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In this inspiring episode of "The Capital Raising Show," host Tim Mai sits down with Josh Cantwell, a seasoned real estate entrepreneur and survivor of a life-altering encounter with pancreatic cancer. Josh shares his invaluable insights into the world of real estate investment, stressing the critical lesson that 'funding equals freedom.' He recounts his journey from dealing with single-family homes to mastering the multi-family sector, managing over $40 million in private money, and building a formidable portfolio of over 3,000 cash-flowing apartments. His experience is a testament to resilience and strategic foresight, especially in the face of personal challenges. Join us for an episode brimming with authentic stories, hard-earned wisdom, and practical advice for anyone looking to thrive in the realm of real estate investment.Key Takeaways to Listen ForSecuring Funding First: Josh Cantwell emphasizes the importance of raising capital before seeking real estate deals for greater investment freedom.Shift to Multi-Family Investments: Transitioning from single-family homes to managing a significant portfolio in the multi-family sector.Overcoming Personal Challenges: Josh's fight against pancreatic cancer influenced his professional resilience and strategic adaptability.Value of Authentic Connections: The importance of genuine relationships in building a successful real estate network.Learning from Mistakes: Josh reflects on past business errors, leading to a focus on sustainable, long-term investment strategies.About Tim MaiTim Mai is a real estate investor, fund manager, mentor, and founder of HERO Mastermind for REI coaches. He has helped many real estate investors and coaches become millionaires. Tim continues to help busy professionals earn income and build wealth through passive investing. He is also a creative marketer and promoter with incredible knowledge and experience, which he freely shares. He has lifted himself from the aftermath of war, achieving technical expertise in computers, followed by investment success in real estate, management skills, and a lofty position among real estate educators and internet marketers. Tim is an industry leader who has acquired and exited well over $50 million worth of real estate and is currently an investor in over 2700 units of multifamily apartments.Connect with TimWebsite: Capital Raising PartyFacebook: Tim Mai | Capital Raising Nation Instagram: @timmaicomTwitter: @timmaiLinkedin: Tim MaiYouTube: Tim MaiConnect with UsTo learn more about partnering with us, visit our website at https://javierhinojo.com/ and www.allstatescapitalgroup.com, or send an email to admin@allstateseg.com. Sign up to get our Free Apartment Due Diligence Checklist Template and Multifamily Calculator by visiting https://javierhinojo.com/free-tools/.To join Javier's Mastermind, go to https://javierhinojo.com/mastermind/ and to apply to his BDB Mastermind, see https://javierhinojo.com/mastermind/#apply_form and answer the form.
Josh: A seasoned multifamily real estate investor and the host of the Forever Passive Income Maverick Mastermind, Partnering, and Coaching Program and Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast. With decades of experience in the industry, Josh has successfully invested in numerous multifamily properties and has a deep understanding of the ins and outs of the market. Episode Summary:In this episode, Josh Cantwell discusses the importance of building a strong network of professionals in the real estate industry. He emphasizes the need to connect with commercial real estate brokers, CPAs, property management companies, contractors, and other key players in order to succeed in the business. Josh shares his own experiences and provides valuable insights on how to find and network with these professionals. He also highlights the significance of scale and the importance of raising capital to expand one's real estate portfolio. Key Takeaways:Building a network of real estate professionals, including brokers, CPAs, property management companies, and contractors, is crucial for success in the industry.Commercial real estate brokers are key players in finding deals and analyzing markets. Networking with them can provide valuable insights and opportunities.CPAs and accountants specializing in real estate accounting are essential for tax planning and managing finances in the industry.Property management companies play a vital role in managing properties, handling tenant issues, and providing valuable insights on market trends.Contractors are necessary for property renovations and maintenance. Finding reliable and skilled contractors is essential for successful real estate projects. Notable Quotes: "The real estate brokers all know each other. And you know what? In the commercial world, because there's a lot less deals and the deals are so much bigger. The real estate brokers all know each." - Josh Cantwell "Your CPA should do tax planning. So as you get into Q four right now, it's September. So when you get into October, your CPA better be calling you and suggesting that you have a year-end tax planning meeting." - Josh Cantwell "The property management companies are already aligned with the real estate attorneys that can do all the notices that can do all the evictions." - Josh Cantwell Resources: Apply for coaching here https://bit.ly/2N7ivRm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/SRECvideo?sub_confirmation=1
Episode Summary: In this episode, Josh discusses the nine commandments of multifamily investing and the eight ways to get paid from multifamily deals. He emphasizes the importance of investing for immediate cash flow and highlights the concept of the "promote" in syndication deals. Josh also shares insights on securing long-term debt, having adequate cash reserves, and the significance of location in real estate investments. He concludes by stressing the need for multiple exit strategies and always getting paid when buying a property. Key Takeaways: Invest for immediate cash flow, focusing on generating income in the present rather than relying solely on long-term appreciation. Be all in for 70% of the future value of the property to ensure a favorable return on investment. Secure long-term debt with minimal prepayment penalties to avoid potential financial risks. Maintain adequate cash reserves to cover expenses and unforeseen circumstances. Partner with experienced operators to increase the chances of success and navigate complex deals. Choose locations in the Midwest, South, and Southeast for stable and landlord-friendly markets. Have multiple exit strategies to adapt to changing market conditions and maximize returns. Always negotiate an acquisition fee to compensate for the time and effort spent on finding and analyzing deals. Notable Quotes: "Invest for immediate cash flow. Make sure you know when your deal will cash flow." "Be all in for 70% of the future value. That's the sweet spot." "Secure long-term debt with minimal prepayment penalties. You want to keep that loan on your books." "Have adequate cash reserves. You want to have six months' worth of expenses in reserve." "Partner with experienced operators. They can help you win deals and navigate complex transactions." "Choose locations wisely. The Midwest, South, and Southeast offer stable and landlord-friendly markets." "Have multiple exit strategies. Don't rely on just one plan." "Always negotiate an acquisition fee. You deserve to be compensated for finding a good deal." Resources: Maverick Multifamily Mastermind Forever Passive Income Podcast
About the Guest(s): Marcos Martinez is a real estate investor and co-founder of Westiron Capital. With over eight years of experience in the industry, Marcos has successfully transitioned from wholesaling to apartment building syndication. He is passionate about creating passive income and helping others achieve financial freedom through real estate investing. Marcos is also the head of Westiron Construction, where he oversees the capex side of projects in the Denver metro area. He is known for his strong work ethic, attention to detail, and commitment to building meaningful relationships within the industry. Episode Summary: In this episode, Marcos Martinez shares his real estate journey and how he transitioned from wholesaling to apartment building syndication. He discusses the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people and the impact of joining a mastermind group. Marcos also highlights the key qualities that attracted him to Josh Cantwell's leadership team and the value he has gained from being a part of the Forever Passive Income Maverick Mastermind. He provides insights into his current projects and partnerships, including his role as the Director of Acquisitions for CPI Capital. Marcos emphasizes the significance of patience, grace, and building passive income for long-term success in real estate investing. Key Takeaways: Marcos Martinez's real estate journey began with the intention of opening a restaurant, but a conversation with a childhood friend led him to discover wholesaling real estate. He joined Josh Cantwell's Forever Passive Income Maverick Mastermind in 2020 and has formed valuable relationships within the group. Marcos emphasizes the importance of patience, grace, and trust in the real estate investing journey, especially during challenging times. He is currently focused on acquiring apartment buildings in Florida, Colorado, and other Sunbelt states through Westiron Capital and CPI Capital. Marcos encourages investors to read books that promote personal growth and mindset development, such as "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle and "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey. Notable Quotes: "Patience and grace are essential in real estate investing. Don't give up right away, but stay within it and be around the right people." - Marcos Martinez "Surround yourself with the right people, whether it's through a mastermind group or finding one person who is living the life you want to live." - Marcos Martinez "Josh Cantwell is 100% real and down to earth. He shares his testimony and has high values, making him a great leader in the industry." - Marcos Martinez Resources: Westiron Capital: westironcapital.com Westiron Construction: westironconstruction.com Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/SRECvideo?sub_confirmation=1 Subscribe to our Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/strategic-real-estate-investor/id570750792?mt=2 Like our page on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/srecnow Visit our blog: http://www.strategicrealestatecoach.com
In this episode, Josh discusses the different types of apartment syndications, focusing on value-add properties. He explains that value-add deals involve buildings that are not fully stabilized and have rents below market value. These properties require cosmetic updates, such as painting and flooring, but do not require major structural work. Josh emphasizes that value-add properties are typically located in B and C class markets, which offer great potential for growth. He also briefly touches on turnkey cash flow deals, which are properties that are already at market value and do not require significant renovations. Lastly, he mentions deep construction or distressed properties, which are not recommended for newer investors due to the high level of renovation and the need for bridge financing. Value-add properties are buildings that are not fully stabilized and have rents below market value. These properties require cosmetic updates, such as painting and flooring, but do not require major structural work. Notable Quotes: Value-add properties are typically located in B and C class markets, which offer great potential for growth. Turnkey cash flow deals are properties that are already at market value and do not require significant renovations. Deep construction or distressed properties require extensive renovations and are not recommended for newer investors. "Value add means the building is not stabilized, the rents are below market value, and it needs just cosmetic updates." - Josh "Turnkey cash flow deals are great if you have a 1031 exchange or limited partners with a longer time horizon." - Josh "Deep construction or distressed properties require a highly capable contractor and bridge financing." - Josh Josh's Website Fannie Mae Freddie Mac HUD Key Takeaways:Notable Quotes:Resources:
Tony Gillingham is a seasoned real estate investor with over 35 years of experience in the industry. He started his journey in 1986 when he obtained his real estate license and began buying duplexes and single-family homes. Over the years, Tony built a portfolio of properties, including a 14-unit townhouse complex in Mylan, Ohio. He is also the owner of a trailer park and several duplexes and single-family homes. Tony joined Josh Cantwell's mastermind program in 2021, which has helped him expand his real estate knowledge and achieve even greater success in the industry. Episode Summary: In this episode, Tony Gillingham shares his real estate journey and how he found success in the industry. He discusses his early experiences buying duplexes and single-family homes, as well as his transition to larger multifamily properties. Tony explains how he came across Josh Cantwell and joined his mastermind program, which has been instrumental in his growth as a real estate investor. He highlights the importance of mentorship and the support he has received from Josh and the program's community. Tony also talks about his current projects, including a 38-unit townhouse complex and a trailer park, and shares his plans for the future. Key Takeaways: Tony Gillingham started his real estate journey in 1986 by buying duplexes and single-family homes. He transitioned to larger multifamily properties after attending a meeting where Josh Cantwell was a keynote speaker. Joining Josh Cantwell's mastermind program has provided Tony with valuable mentorship and a supportive community of like-minded investors. Tony emphasizes the importance of having a can-do attitude and believing in oneself when pursuing real estate investments. He recommends reading "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki and listening to podcasts like Jake and Gino and BiggerPockets for additional real estate education. Notable Quotes: "You try to figure this out on your own, you make one mistake, and your whole life savings is gone. Anyways, since being there, I bought a 38-unit townhouse complex right here in my hometown of Huron, Ohio, and I am in the process of turning that right now." - Tony Gillingham "He teaches you everything, and it's raw. I mean, he will give you information you will not get anywhere else. He'll hold you to it. He wants accountability because you are him, not just Josh all. It's the whole group." - Tony Gillingham Subscribe to our Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/strategic-real-estate-investor/id570750792?mt=2 Like our page on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/srecnow Visit our blog: http://www.strategicrealestatecoach.com ************************************ STRATEGIC REAL ESTATE COACH is dedicated to giving real estate investors and agents the best, most up to date resources, training, tools, techniques, tips, videos, news, interviews and insider information on today's best strategies and techniques for real estate investing in today's troubled market. This includes marketing for motivated seller leads, wholesaling, rehabs, rentals, foreclosures, pre-foreclosures, REO's, short sales, raising funding and financing, asset protection, internet marketing, real estate investing for beginners, and much much more, including teaching how to make money in real estate and how to become a real estate investor.
About the Guest(s):Bruce is a seasoned real estate investor with over 13 years of experience in the industry. He is the co-founder of Cypress Venture Group, a real estate investment company based in Akron, Ohio. Bruce started his real estate journey in 2009 during the housing market crash and has since built a portfolio of rental properties. He partnered with his business partner, Cos Vasillatos, in 2018 to expand their real estate ventures. Bruce and Cos have diversified their investments by venturing into multifamily properties and storage facilities. With a focus on the northeast Ohio region, Bruce and his team are constantly looking for new opportunities to grow their portfolio. Episode Summary:In this episode of the Accelerated Real Estate Investment podcast, Bruce shares his real estate journey and how he transitioned from single-family properties to multifamily and storage facilities. He discusses the importance of having a business partner and the value of joining a mastermind program like the one led by Josh Cantwell. Bruce emphasizes the need for networking, creating a website, and utilizing social media platforms to expand one's reach in the real estate industry. He also highlights the significance of continuous learning and staying up-to-date with market trends. Key Takeaways:- Partnering with someone who complements your skills and expertise is crucial in real estate investing.- Joining a mastermind program can provide valuable education, networking opportunities, and accountability.- Building a strong online presence through a website and social media platforms is essential for attracting investors and expanding one's network.- Networking and attending meetups can lead to valuable connections and potential investment opportunities.- Continuous learning and staying informed about market trends are key to success in the real estate industry. Notable Quotes:- "You need a partner. This is not a solo operation. I could never do a 66-unit apartment building on my own without Kaz. I know Kaz couldn't do it without me. So you need partners." - Bruce- "Listen to your partners, and if you join the group, listen to what Josh is saying. We've been with Josh for two and a half years, and I think we're always learning something new." - Bruce- "Get a website, join a meetup group, or start your own meetup group. That's super important. Network, network, network. Call all your friends." - Resources:- Cypress Venture Group - [Website](https://www.cypressventuregroup.com/)-
Josh Cantwell, the CEO, and Founder, is a true pioneer in real estate investment, managing over $100 million in private funds. His investments primarily focus on multifamily properties in key regions like Northeast Ohio, Houston, Atlanta, and Oklahoma.Josh's extensive experience spans over 1,000 transactions in wholesaling, rehabbing, rentals, private lending, foreclosures, and apartments since 2004. With a portfolio of 3,000+ cash-flowing apartments, he's a recognized leader in the field.In this episode, we explore the profound intersection of cancer and career with Josh Cantwell. Whether you're navigating a similar path or simply looking for inspiration in your professional journey, this discussion offers a wealth of insights.Website: https://joshcantwell.page/Follow us on social media@redseacapitalgroup'Give us a rating on Apple Podcasts here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Visit our website: www.redseacapitalgroup.com
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #95! In today's episode, we have a special guest, Josh Cantwell from Freeland Ventures! Josh is a highly successful multifamily syndicator who has completed 19 apartment syndications, including a massive 730-unit property. Currently, his portfolio consists of 3000 units. Josh takes immense pride in his ability to identify value add properties and focuses on construction to maximize returns. His journey in real estate began back in 2001 when he caught the "real estate bug" and purchased his first duplex. As a former financial advisor, he learned the art of raising money, which proved to be invaluable in his real estate endeavors. In this episode, Josh shares his regrets about not diving into multifamily investing earlier. He discusses three pivotal phases of his life that led him to where he is today, experiencing both personal and financial freedom through real estate. Josh opens up about his battle with pancreatic cancer, which served as a turning point in his life, making him a more mature business owner and person. Moreover, Josh admits to making a significant mistake by not prioritizing cash flow investments and instead focusing on short-term gains. He also reveals insights into how he runs his business, creates awareness, and grows their capital stack, outlining six steps to success. If you're eager to learn more about Josh, his coaching program, or Freeland Ventures, visit their website at https://freelandventures.com/. They also host live events three times a year, where individuals can acquire valuable knowledge about multifamily investing systems. Whether you're looking to be a passive investor or explore other opportunities, freelandventures.com is the place to go. Don't miss out! Resources: Website: https://freelandventures.com/ Additional Resources: Website: https://www.clarkst.com Phone: (860)675-5800 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@clarkstcapital Podcast: https://bit.ly/3LzZdDx LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/clark-st-capital Twitter: https://twitter.com/clarkstcapital1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClarkStCapital Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clarkstcapital
About The Guest: Darren Blumquist is the VP of Market Economics at auction.com. He is an expert in real estate market trends and provides valuable insights into the state of the economy and real estate investing. Summary: Darren Blumquist joins host Josh Cantwell to discuss the current state of the economy and real estate investing. They highlight some key statistics, including the lowest affordability for single-family home purchases since 1985, the lowest inventory ever recorded, and rising home prices. They also discuss the challenges faced by home builders due to the high cost of construction materials. Darren emphasizes the need for a correction in home prices to address the affordability issue. They also touch on the potential risks of a recession and the impact of buyer behavior on the auction.com platform. Key Takeaways: • Affordability for single-family home purchases is at its lowest level since 1985. • Inventory is at its lowest point ever, with a 40% decline since 2017. • Home prices have been rising due to the lack of supply. • The cost of construction materials is making it difficult for builders to deliver new homes and apartments. • The Federal Reserve's policies are pushing the market towards a breaking point. • Home prices may need to drop, interest rates may need to decrease, or incomes may need to rise to address the affordability issue. • The risk of a recession is high, with the yield curve inverted and other potential triggers. • Buyer behavior on the auction.com platform has become more conservative, with a focus on adding value through renovations. Quotes: • "We're in a market where something needs to break." - Darren Blumquist • "The most obvious path out of this is for prices to correct." - Darren Blumquist • "The distressed market is a little bit more insulated from the retail market." - Darren Blumquist
Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting your journey, this event is tailored to empower you. Josh Cantwell, a renowned expert, will reveal the seven crucial commandments that can define your real estate investments, offering invaluable insights and strategies for risk reduction and return maximization. Gain expert guidance and knowledge that can transform your real estate journey. You can conveniently access this event from anywhere, as we'll be live on multiple platforms. Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your rental property investment game. See you there!
Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have a compilation of previous episodes with Dan Kuschell, Chandler Bolt, Josh Cantwell, Calvin Wayman, Mark Winters, Sean Stephenson and Hal Elrod and in this episode you will hear tips and tricks from top entrepreneurs about the guide to success. (2:26) Dan Kuschell Your company will only grow to the extent you'll take it. In business, it is very important to have the ability to sell, to do marketing, increase your productivity, having emotional mastery over your mindset, leadership and lastly ability to recruit or hire. You need not necessarily master all of these but having a team that has all of these is the most effective way to success. (5:58) Chandler Bolt Routines are your biggest helpers. If your strongest skill is work ethics then your second strongest skill should be discipline. If you want to be successful you have to work for it. It won't happen by accident. You need to have a regular healthy routine that will help you. You don't need to necessarily follow someone's routine to the mark. Just find one that works for you and stay disciplined. (8:06) Josh Cantwell Being able to understand what you can say no to is very crucial. Your rate of success does not depend on the number of opportunities that come to your desk. It's the number of opportunities you say yes to and what you say no to. Identify what opportunities to say yes to and what to say no to. Don't spread yourself too thin and try not to be too excited about all the opportunities that come your way. (13:24) Calvin Wayman We tend to think that all things should only be done perfectly. As a result we stop ourselves if we feel like it is not up to the mark. This is very wrong thinking. Sloppy work is better than no work. Just remember to make it consistent. Being consistent about the work you do, especially uncomfortable work will really help you in making yourself better and overcoming difficulties along the way. (17:52) Mark Winters You can't do it all by yourself. Having a team that is good at the things that you are not good at is the best way to become successful. This however is one of the biggest challenges that you will face in your journey as an entrepreneur. You will need to figure out a way to attract these individuals to help you in your work. It is also very important to have a working system that will run your business smoothly. (22:53) Sean Stephenson Insecurity makes you feel like you are not enough. It lives in all of us. Many times when we look at someone who is already successful, we tend to feel insecure about ourselves. When you do this, it'll make you miserable. Remember everyone has their challenges and their own difficulties. What you see may not be the entire picture. So stop comparing yourself with others and just keep taking your career one day at a time and in your own timing you will succeed if you work hard. (32:27) Hal Elrod The two greatest principles that will lead to success are enthusiasm and work ethics. Work very hard and at the same time be super excited at the things you do. However, remember that being enthusiastic just to win over some customers will only get you so far. You have to be authentic. It has to be real because when it is authentic, nothing you do will seem like a chore and you'll love every bit of it. Link: @dankuschell @josh.cantwell @calvinwayman @markcwinters @3footgiant @hal_elrod
Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have a compilation of previous episodes with Dan Kuschell, Chandler Bolt, Josh Cantwell, Calvin Wayman, Mark Winters, Sean Stephenson and Hal Elrod and in this episode you will hear tips and tricks from top entrepreneurs about the guide to success. (2:26) Dan Kuschell Your company will only grow to the extent you'll take it. In business, it is very important to have the ability to sell, to do marketing, increase your productivity, having emotional mastery over your mindset, leadership and lastly ability to recruit or hire. You need not necessarily master all of these but having a team that has all of these is the most effective way to success. (5:58) Chandler Bolt Routines are your biggest helpers. If your strongest skill is work ethics then your second strongest skill should be discipline. If you want to be successful you have to work for it. It won't happen by accident. You need to have a regular healthy routine that will help you. You don't need to necessarily follow someone's routine to the mark. Just find one that works for you and stay disciplined. (8:06) Josh Cantwell Being able to understand what you can say no to is very crucial. Your rate of success does not depend on the number of opportunities that come to your desk. It's the number of opportunities you say yes to and what you say no to. Identify what opportunities to say yes to and what to say no to. Don't spread yourself too thin and try not to be too excited about all the opportunities that come your way. (13:24) Calvin Wayman We tend to think that all things should only be done perfectly. As a result we stop ourselves if we feel like it is not up to the mark. This is very wrong thinking. Sloppy work is better than no work. Just remember to make it consistent. Being consistent about the work you do, especially uncomfortable work will really help you in making yourself better and overcoming difficulties along the way. (17:52) Mark Winters You can't do it all by yourself. Having a team that is good at the things that you are not good at is the best way to become successful. This however is one of the biggest challenges that you will face in your journey as an entrepreneur. You will need to figure out a way to attract these individuals to help you in your work. It is also very important to have a working system that will run your business smoothly. (22:53) Sean Stephenson Insecurity makes you feel like you are not enough. It lives in all of us. Many times when we look at someone who is already successful, we tend to feel insecure about ourselves. When you do this, it'll make you miserable. Remember everyone has their challenges and their own difficulties. What you see may not be the entire picture. So stop comparing yourself with others and just keep taking your career one day at a time and in your own timing you will succeed if you work hard. (32:27) Hal Elrod The two greatest principles that will lead to success are enthusiasm and work ethics. Work very hard and at the same time be super excited at the things you do. However, remember that being enthusiastic just to win over some customers will only get you so far. You have to be authentic. It has to be real because when it is authentic, nothing you do will seem like a chore and you'll love every bit of it. Link: @dankuschell @josh.cantwell @calvinwayman @markcwinters @3footgiant @hal_elrod
Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have a compilation of previous episodes with Dan Kuschell, Chandler Bolt, Josh Cantwell, Calvin Wayman, Mark Winters, Sean Stephenson and Hal Elrod and in this episode you will hear tips and tricks from top entrepreneurs about the guide to success. (2:26) Dan Kuschell Your company will only grow to the extent you'll take it. In business, it is very important to have the ability to sell, to do marketing, increase your productivity, having emotional mastery over your mindset, leadership and lastly ability to recruit or hire. You need not necessarily master all of these but having a team that has all of these is the most effective way to success. (5:58) Chandler Bolt Routines are your biggest helpers. If your strongest skill is work ethics then your second strongest skill should be discipline. If you want to be successful you have to work for it. It won't happen by accident. You need to have a regular healthy routine that will help you. You don't need to necessarily follow someone's routine to the mark. Just find one that works for you and stay disciplined. (8:06) Josh Cantwell Being able to understand what you can say no to is very crucial. Your rate of success does not depend on the number of opportunities that come to your desk. It's the number of opportunities you say yes to and what you say no to. Identify what opportunities to say yes to and what to say no to. Don't spread yourself too thin and try not to be too excited about all the opportunities that come your way. (13:24) Calvin Wayman We tend to think that all things should only be done perfectly. As a result we stop ourselves if we feel like it is not up to the mark. This is very wrong thinking. Sloppy work is better than no work. Just remember to make it consistent. Being consistent about the work you do, especially uncomfortable work will really help you in making yourself better and overcoming difficulties along the way. (17:52) Mark Winters You can't do it all by yourself. Having a team that is good at the things that you are not good at is the best way to become successful. This however is one of the biggest challenges that you will face in your journey as an entrepreneur. You will need to figure out a way to attract these individuals to help you in your work. It is also very important to have a working system that will run your business smoothly. (22:53) Sean Stephenson Insecurity makes you feel like you are not enough. It lives in all of us. Many times when we look at someone who is already successful, we tend to feel insecure about ourselves. When you do this, it'll make you miserable. Remember everyone has their challenges and their own difficulties. What you see may not be the entire picture. So stop comparing yourself with others and just keep taking your career one day at a time and in your own timing you will succeed if you work hard. (32:27) Hal Elrod The two greatest principles that will lead to success are enthusiasm and work ethics. Work very hard and at the same time be super excited at the things you do. However, remember that being enthusiastic just to win over some customers will only get you so far. You have to be authentic. It has to be real because when it is authentic, nothing you do will seem like a chore and you'll love every bit of it. Link: @dankuschell @josh.cantwell @calvinwayman @markcwinters @3footgiant @hal_elrod
Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have a compilation of previous episodes with Dan Kuschell, Chandler Bolt, Josh Cantwell, Calvin Wayman, Mark Winters, Sean Stephenson and Hal Elrod and in this episode you will hear tips and tricks from top entrepreneurs about the guide to success. (2:26) Dan Kuschell Your company will only grow to the extent you'll take it. In business, it is very important to have the ability to sell, to do marketing, increase your productivity, having emotional mastery over your mindset, leadership and lastly ability to recruit or hire. You need not necessarily master all of these but having a team that has all of these is the most effective way to success. (5:58) Chandler Bolt Routines are your biggest helpers. If your strongest skill is work ethics then your second strongest skill should be discipline. If you want to be successful you have to work for it. It won't happen by accident. You need to have a regular healthy routine that will help you. You don't need to necessarily follow someone's routine to the mark. Just find one that works for you and stay disciplined. (8:06) Josh Cantwell Being able to understand what you can say no to is very crucial. Your rate of success does not depend on the number of opportunities that come to your desk. It's the number of opportunities you say yes to and what you say no to. Identify what opportunities to say yes to and what to say no to. Don't spread yourself too thin and try not to be too excited about all the opportunities that come your way. (13:24) Calvin Wayman We tend to think that all things should only be done perfectly. As a result we stop ourselves if we feel like it is not up to the mark. This is very wrong thinking. Sloppy work is better than no work. Just remember to make it consistent. Being consistent about the work you do, especially uncomfortable work will really help you in making yourself better and overcoming difficulties along the way. (17:52) Mark Winters You can't do it all by yourself. Having a team that is good at the things that you are not good at is the best way to become successful. This however is one of the biggest challenges that you will face in your journey as an entrepreneur. You will need to figure out a way to attract these individuals to help you in your work. It is also very important to have a working system that will run your business smoothly. (22:53) Sean Stephenson Insecurity makes you feel like you are not enough. It lives in all of us. Many times when we look at someone who is already successful, we tend to feel insecure about ourselves. When you do this, it'll make you miserable. Remember everyone has their challenges and their own difficulties. What you see may not be the entire picture. So stop comparing yourself with others and just keep taking your career one day at a time and in your own timing you will succeed if you work hard. (32:27) Hal Elrod The two greatest principles that will lead to success are enthusiasm and work ethics. Work very hard and at the same time be super excited at the things you do. However, remember that being enthusiastic just to win over some customers will only get you so far. You have to be authentic. It has to be real because when it is authentic, nothing you do will seem like a chore and you'll love every bit of it. Link: @dankuschell @josh.cantwell @calvinwayman @markcwinters @3footgiant @hal_elrod
Josh Cantwell shares a powerful story about Lloyd Ball, a former Olympic volleyball player, and the lessons he learned from his journey. - Lloyd Ball faced multiple failures and setbacks before finally winning a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The key takeaways from this story are the importance of getting uncomfortable, dedicating time and effort to become an expert, and understanding that the impossible just takes a little longer. Key Takeaways: Get uncomfortable and do things that challenge you. Dedicate 4 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year to become an expert. The impossible just takes a little longer. Quotes: "The impossible just takes a little longer." "Get uncomfortable and do things that make you uncomfortable." "Dedicate 4 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year to achieve your goals." Get the full show notes by visiting https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.co...#calebjohnson #trialtotriumph #realestate Apply for coaching here https://bit.ly/2N7ivRm Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/SRECvideo... Subscribe to our Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/s... Like our page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/srecnow Visit our blog: http://www.strategicrealestatecoach.com ************************************ STRATEGIC REAL ESTATE COACH is dedicated to giving real estate investors and agents the best, most up to date resources, training, tools, techniques, tips, videos, news, interviews and insider information on today's best strategies and techniques for real estate investing in today's troubled market. This includes marketing for motivated seller leads, wholesaling, rehabs, rentals, foreclosures, pre-foreclosures, REO's, short sales, raising funding and financing, asset protection, internet marketing, real estate investing for beginners, and much much more, including teaching how to make money in real estate and how to become a real estate investor.
In this episode, we sit down with Josh Cantwell, a seasoned commercial real estate investor, and discuss his journey in the industry, his strategies for success, and the secrets to raising capital effectively. Whether you're a novice or an experienced commercial real estate investor, you're sure to find valuable insights in this conversation. Key Takeaways: The Power of Raising Capital: Josh emphasizes the importance of having a dedicated team member focused on raising capital. Building relationships and a strong online presence through various media channels, like podcasts and social media, can help attract investors. His advice: "Funding equals freedom." Lessons from Co-Syndication: Josh shares a valuable lesson learned from co-syndicating deals. He stresses the importance of thoroughly vetting boots-on-the-ground operators when partnering on syndications. Failing to do so can lead to operational challenges and missed opportunities for profit. Investing in Stable Markets: Josh's strategy revolves around investing in stable markets like the Midwest, focusing on C-class buildings in B-class areas. He believes in holding properties long-term for cash flow stability, often targeting a 42 to 48-month refinance period. His experience and insight into market stability are evident in his approach to real estate investing. Josh Cantwell | Real Estate Background CEO of Freeland Ventures Portfolio: 3,000+ units Based in: Cleveland OH Say hi to him at: www.freelandventures.com Facebook YouTube Best Ever Book: The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek Greatest Lesson: Funding equals freedom. Someone on your team needs to be 100% dedicated to raising capital. Click here to learn more about our sponsors: Delete Me BAM Capital
Today we have a true real estate titan: Josh Cantwell. He's not just a real estate investor; he's a maestro of multifamily transactions, a mentor to countless aspiring investors, and the host of the illustrious Accelerated Investor Podcast, where he's chatted with some of the biggest names in the business world, from Kevin O'Leary to Barbara Corcoran and even Donald Trump Jr. Now that's a lineup that's hard to beat! Josh is the CEO of Freeland Ventures and founded Strategic Real Estate Coach in 2007, a platform that allowed him to share his wisdom and guide countless apprentice partners and students toward their own real estate triumphs. In this captivating conversation, Josh peeled back the layers on his transition from financial markets to real estate, sharing how his expertise in capital raising became a potent tool in his real estate endeavors. He shared how he turned the corner from traditional investing to multifamily deals, offering invaluable advice on locating and seizing the most lucrative opportunities. Josh walked us through his systematic approach to structuring multifamily transactions, sharing tactical insights on negotiation strategies that have consistently secured him profitable deals. This episode is a masterclass in real estate entrepreneurship, imparting lessons that extend far beyond property transactions and into the realm of true wealth mastery. In this episode, we discuss: Tactical insights into multifamily deals The importance of community and building relationships Structuring and syndication of multifamily transactions in the current market The success formula of Peak Performance Connect with Josh Cantwell Podcast: https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshcantwell/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/srecnow/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/josh.cantwell/ Strategic Real Estate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/srecnow Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@SRECvideo Email: acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com Connect with Pantheon Investments: Join the Pantheon Investor Club: https://pantheoninvest.com/investor-signup/ Website: www.pantheoninvest.com Podcast: www.pantheoninvest.com/podcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PantheonInvest Instagram: www.instagram.com/pantheoninvest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pantheon-invest Twitter: https://twitter.com/Pantheon_Invest Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8EsPFlwQUpMXgRMvrmbAfQ Holistic Wealth Strategy Book: https://www.amazon.com/Holistic-Wealth-Strategy-Framework-Extraordinary-ebook/dp/B0BX4SDMS7/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=holistic+wealth+strategy&qid=1681472301&sprefix=holistic+wealth%2Caps%2C99&sr=8-1 Email: info@pantheoninvest.com Get you FREE copy of the book here: https://holisticwealthstrategy.com/
How can you protect your business and investments in an uncertain world? Join me in this insightful chat with Josh Cantwell, CEO of Freeland Ventures and a Strategic Real Estate Coach. With over 40 million managed in private money and owning more than 3,000 apartment units, Josh shares his wisdom on de-risking our real estate investments and finding balance in life.We discuss nine strategic ways to safeguard your business, including growing at your own pace and assembling a team capable of handling day-to-day operations. Furthermore, Josh highlights the importance of setting up real estate partnerships correctly and having multiple swim lanes for a smooth-sailing team structure. Packed with valuable information and strategies, this episode is a must-listen for anyone seeking to de-risk their business and enjoy life to the fullest. Don't miss out!Full Interviews:1662https://lifebridgecapital.com/2023/05/10/ws1662-9-ways-to-de-risk-your-investment-part-i/1663https://lifebridgecapital.com/2023/05/11/ws1663-9-ways-to-de-risk-your-investment-part-2/VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow
Raising capital is a must for multi-family investments. Cash is the bloodline of every deal. And when you need it the most, it's impossible to find anyone to fund your deals. But when you try raising Real estate investors approach raising capital out of desperation, lenders can smell it a mile away. Some even “blacklist” you from future money (even when you're not as desperate). But… [enter opposite of what we set up in the beginning, instead of the “leaving it to chance line] In this episode, Josh Cantwell, joins again to show us how to raise any amount of money you want without seeming like a panhandler. Listen Now! The rule of thumb for raising capital to fund 100M plus deals with multi-family property (3:24) The “backwards” way of getting all the money you want in the world (without even having a deal in front of you) (4:29) How to get 20-25% annualized return without doing any of the work (6:40) Why financial advisors give you bad advice on where to put your money (8:14) How to overcome SEC's requirements for funding (so that they don't kill your deal) (8:44) The “Infinite” gains strategy for pitching your investment deal (so you win every time) (10:14) How to use this “minor scarcity” method to market yourself as the authority to other money investors (12:34) The “one to many” content creation strategy for building relationships with money investors (16:34) To connect with Josh Cantell , please visit: Josh Cantwell jpennington@srecnow.com | websites: freelandventures.com | https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/ To get the latest updates directly from Dan and discuss business with other real estate investors, join the REI marketing nerds Facebook group here: http://adwordsnerds.com/group Need help with your online marketing? Jump on a FREE strategy session with our team. We'll dive deep into your market and help you build a custom strategy for finding motivated seller leads online. Schedule for free here: http://adwordsnerds.com/strategy
You know what sucks about single-family real estate? Lots of moving parts. The little things eat up your time, leaving you with a poorly paid, full-time job managing these properties. What do savvy investors do?But it doesn't have to be this way… Jumping into multi-family investing can maximize your returns with the least amount of effort. It's the only type of investing that creates this level of time freedom. And you know what? It's probably simpler (and even more profitable) than you think. In this episode, Josh Cantwell, a savvy multi-family investor joins us to discuss ways to maximize your return in a short amount of time. Listen Now! The “elimination” technique for keeping the money-making activities in your business (2:50) X Ways to divide the “swim lanes” of your investing company for guaranteed profits (3:32) The real estate trends that started in COVID and continue today (get on it now if you want to make great ROIs) (3:57) Why the government can't keep up with these current trends (and how you can be in front of it) (4:16) The “Class B” multi-family strategy that advanced investors are using right now (4:23) A software to use to keep your whole company as organized as a bank (16:39) Use this single system “peak” strategy to make your team trained up for maximum performance (18:15) To connect with Josh Cantell , please visit: Josh Cantwell jpennington@srecnow.com websites: freelandventures.com | https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/ To get the latest updates directly from Dan and discuss business with other real estate investors, join the REI marketing nerds Facebook group here: http://adwordsnerds.com/group Need help with your online marketing? Jump on a FREE strategy session with our team. We'll dive deep into your market and help you build a custom strategy for finding motivated seller leads online. Schedule for free here: http://adwordsnerds.com/strategy
When I first got started in real estate, back in my house flipping days, I would worry about a lot of things. I'd worry about the interest rates, turning a profit, getting into the deal at the right price, and how I would exit the deal. Sound familiar? Eventually, I got tired of doing flips and the sleepless nights that came with it and found a way to build a nine-figure portfolio of forever passive income. Fast forward to today, I'm sleeping much better and not worrying about how I'm going to pay my bills. In today's episode, I want to tell you how I did it. You'll learn why I gave up on residential investing, what I needed to know to break into multifamily, and how I use these techniques to create more income and equity in one year than I could ever get out of ten years of residential investing. The Forever Passive Income Live Virtual Event The next FPI Live Virtual Event is coming up on May 19-21, 2023 where I'll be sharing the step-by-step blueprint on how we raised tens of millions in capital and acquired over 4,300 units. Buy your FPI tickets today by visiting ForeverPassiveIncome.com Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell Why commercial multifamily is much easier to scale than residential investing. How I learned to underwrite commercial multifamily deals, read T12s and T3s, and raise the capital to make our deals work. Why commercial multifamily protects you from rising interest rates, needing to find buyers, and allows you to achieve so much more in so much less time. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/364 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign up for the Forever Passive Income Partnering, Mastermind and Coaching Program with Josh Cantwell To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
One thing that many real estate investors have in common is they have multiple income streams. Whether it's W-2 income, businesses they own, stock, or real estate, however you're making money, you need to understand the two types of taxes. Here's the thing: our tax code is set up to benefit the elite. It punishes employees and employers alike–and is designed to work this way. In today's episode, I'll explain why people like Bill Gates and Elon Musk would choose to take home a salary of $1 (spoiler alert: it's not because they're feeling charitable or selfless!), why the elite are playing a completely different game when it comes to taxes, and why true passive income gives you the power to turn a profit while reporting a loss. The Forever Passive Income Live Virtual Event The next FPI Live Virtual Event is coming up on May 19-21, 2023 where I'll be sharing the step-by-step blueprint on how we raised tens of millions in capital and acquired over 4,300 units. Buy your FPI tickets today by visiting ForeverPassiveIncome.com Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell Why business owners, the wealthy, and the super-rich never want to take a W-2. The key difference between W-2 and capital gains income–and what makes capital gains better. Why true passive income comes to you tax-free and can even help you achieve a negative K-1 on positive cash flow. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/363 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign up for the Forever Passive Income Partnering, Mastermind and Coaching Program with Josh Cantwell To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow
VISIT OUR WEBSITEhttps://lifebridgecapital.com/Here are ways you can work with us here at Life Bridge Capital:⚡️START INVESTING TODAY: If you think that real estate syndication may be right for you, contact us today to learn more about our current investment opportunities: https://lifebridgecapital.com/investwithlbc⚡️Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRealEstateSyndicationShow
Josh Cantwell, Dany Roizman, and DJ Van Keuren joined moderator Andy Hagans at Alts Expo in May 2023 for a discussion about capital preservation strategies in the current environment. Show notes: https://wealthchannel.com/2023/05/capital-preservation/
On this episode of REI Mastermind Network, the focus is on investing for cash flow and achieving financial freedom. Josh Cantwell shares his personal experience of growing his real estate portfolio to $100 million in the past year, and also discusses 9 traits shared by elite entrepreneurs who have succeeded in building their portfolios. The importance of using technology efficiently, taking responsibility for one's life, and prioritizing service over price are also highlighted. The episode concludes with a discussion on funding and the importance of private investors in achieving permanent financial freedom.
With multi-family investment prices down as much as 7% in the last year, even in markets with expected growth and stable rents, you may be asking yourself, “What can I do to de-risk my deals?” We're navigating a looming recession, economic conflict with China, and nonstop inflation, and the last thing you need right now is to have to refinance or sell at a loss. Today's episode is all about how to prevent that worst-case scenario. I'm excited to share with you nine things we've done (or learned the hard way) through our deals that have made a tremendous difference when it comes to our performance in tough economic times. I'll show you how you can use these strategies with your own investments to de-risk your deals and portfolio. The Forever Passive Income Live Virtual Event The next FPI Live Virtual Event is coming up on May 19-21, 2023 where I'll be sharing the step-by-step blueprint on how we raised tens of millions in capital and acquired over 4,300 units. Buy your FPI tickets today by visiting ForeverPassiveIncome.com Key Takeaways Why it's so important to invest for the long term–and why I won't do any deal unless we can get long-term, fixed-rate financing. How knocking out CapEx in months instead of years protects you from dropping property values. The power of having secret shopper asset managers on the ground. Why you need to review your financials every month, without exception, to be a good operator (and share this information with your partners, good or bad). The benefit of underwriting deals at 70-75% occupancy to account for cash bleed. The value of long-term vendor relationships. Why you should keep your investments in one or two submarkets–or very close to home. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/357 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign up for the Forever Passive Income Partnering, Mastermind and Coaching Program with Josh Cantwell To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
In today's episode, I wanted to present a case study on successfully forcing capital improvements and increasing rents to generate real appreciation in your properties in 12 months. Now, there's one thing that you have to prepare for on a project like this: an increase in vacancies. And short-term vacancy means you're bringing in less income. But this is a short-term pain for long-term gain approach. In this case study, I'll show you how our 10-step process helped us turn over 140 units in less than a year, adding $6 million in real appreciation while keeping our investors happy with their quarterly payments. The Forever Passive Income Live Virtual Event The next FPI Live Virtual Event is coming up on May 19-21, 2023 where I'll be sharing the step-by-step blueprint on how we raised tens of millions in capital and acquired over 4,300 units. Buy your FPI tickets today by visiting ForeverPassiveIncome.com Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell How we spent $2 million and turned 145 out of 296 units in 12 months. How these improvements created $6 million in real appreciation. The full 10-step process to complete the capital improvements efficiently. Things to be aware of like the increase in vacancy rates and how to keep payments flowing to your investors. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/355 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign up for the Forever Passive Income Partnering, Mastermind and Coaching Program with Josh Cantwell To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
If you've watched successful entrepreneurs, founders, or investors on YouTube, TED Talks, or social media, you've likely heard one piece of advice a million times: follow your passion. People who've “made it” love to tell those who haven't that all they need to do is follow their passion, and the pieces will fall into place. Not only do I think it's terrible advice, I think it's a total crock if I'm being honest. So today, I wanted to share a very candid solocast about why my career hasn't just been about “following my passion.” I'll also share what I think is a much more valuable piece of advice–and one that can help you find true happiness and joy in whatever you do as you achieve greater success. Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell Why it's so much more important to find out what you're good at than to follow your passion. Why using our superpowers makes us happier and helps us find joy in our work. The difference between joy and happiness. The importance of being able to say “I'm not good at that”–and the value of having great people around you to help fill in those gaps. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/353 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign up for the Forever Passive Income Partnering, Mastermind and Coaching Program with Josh Cantwell To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
CEO of Freeland Ventures, Pancreatic Cancer Survivor, and Strategic Real Estate Coach - Josh Cantwell shares his multifamily investing strategies on how to get started, where to find investors, and a mindset every real estate investor should have when in this business. Learn How to Get Your First Deal in 60 Days or Less!http://linktr.ee/ElitestrategistDUSTIN HEINER'S SOCIALSINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thedustinheinerWEBSITE: https://rewbcon.com/Start your real estate investing journey with Premier Ridge Capital! Our highly skilled team is here to assist you during the hassle-free process.Contact Us Now!EMAIL: team@premierridgecapital.comWEBSITE: https://www.premierridgecapital.com/ We're interested in buying your apartment building from you! Our highly skilled team is here to assist you during the hassle-free process.Contact Us Now!EMAIL: team@premierridgecapital.comWEBSITE: https://www.premierridgecapital.com/
We're all looking for ways to broaden our investments in a down market. We'd all like to keep profits trending upward despite a pending recession, so what are the options if adding new properties or more fix-and-flips opportunities are harder to find? In this episode of Accelerated Real Estate Investor with Josh Cantwell, he's being joined by the Founder of Labrador Lending, Jamie Bateman. Jamie became an active real estate investor in 2010 and specializes in buying and selling mortgage notes. In fact, he created a portfolio of forever passive income by acquiring over 75 mortgage notes with an excess balance of $5 million across 20 states. He's also the host of the From Adversity to Abundance Podcast in which Josh Cantwell also graced the show a while back. In this conversation, Jamie walks us through how he broke into this unique field, creates structures to share his profits (and risks) with passive investors, and what makes his strategy so different and allows him to scale and de-risk his portfolio. If you're curious about mortgage note investing, this episode is for you. And if you'd like to learn more from Jamie, simply head over to https://labradorlending.com/ebook to get a free copy of his e-book, The Power of Mortgage Note Investing! Key Takeaways from Jamie Bateman:- What a mortgage note is and how to invest in them for yield?- Why investing in defaulted notes for value-add yield is a lot like doing a fix-and-flip?- How Jamie finds mortgage notes?- What makes investing in mortgage notes different from multifamily syndications?- How Jamie uses partial and hypothecated notes to scale and de-risk his investments?Connect with Josh:LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshcantwell/INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/josh.cantwell/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/JoshCantwellFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jcantwell1YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/SRECvideoConnect with Jamie:LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-bateman-5359a811/TWITTER: https://twitter.com/batemanjamesINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/batemanjames11/WEBSITE: https://labradorlending.com/Follow Labrador LendingWEBSITE: https://labradorlending.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/71512077/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/labradorlendingINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/labradorlendingllc/YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChYrpCUlqFYLy4HngRrmU9Q Investment OpportunityAre you an accredited investor interested in monthly cash flow from an investment backed by physical real estate?Our income fund--which is uncorrelated to publicly traded stocks and bonds--invests in first-lien mortgage notes diversified by geography, property value and borrower type. The fund aims to pay its investors monthly distributions at a preferred rate of return of 8% annually. And possibly the best part? The fund showcases a short, 12-month commitment.Check it out today! https://investors.appfolioim.com/labradorlending/investor/public_opportunities/5
There are a lot of ways to build wealth. Real estate is one of the paths some entrepreneurs choose to track. Are there any secrets to building wealth in real estate? In this episode, Josh Cantwell, CEO of Strategic Real Estate Coach, shares his insights on building wealth when you're just starting real estate. The backbone of his journey in real estate is raising capital. If you want to hear more of Josh's insightful talk on real estate, tune in to this conversation now!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! https://7einvestments.com/podcast/
Cancer is one of the most brutal battles any person can face. Yet, the perseverance and determination to survive this battle can be channeled into developing skills that can help one become a successful entrepreneur. And as dreadful as this disease is, it also teaches us how to have the grit to overcome physical, emotional, and spiritual setbacks so that we can focus on the goal and reach elite levels in our business. Brian Charlesworth joins Josh Cantwell, CEO of Freeland Ventures and Strategic Real Estate Coach, as he shares his story as a pancreatic cancer survivor and how the lessons he learned from the experience made him realize the qualities of an elite entrepreneur. Top Takeaways: (04:46) One of the best decisions Josh has ever made (08:23) The first lesson Josh learned from having pancreatic cancer (13:48) What cancer taught him about loading up on responsibilities (14:11) What it takes to be really successful in business (19:08) Why blaming others is one of the biggest mistakes any of us can make (21:56) What is a servant-leader? (28:46) The 9 traits of an elite entrepreneur Connect with Josh Cantwell Website: https://freelandventures.com/ Podcast: https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVNm-95W5LkaFU2RPezl3xQ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AcceleratedInvestor/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshcantwell About the guest: Josh Cantwell grew up in a family of entrepreneurs. So when he graduated from college in 1998, he chose to be his own boss and get into financial services instead of starting as an employee in the real world. In 2004, Josh took his knowledge of raising capital and the financial markets and started investing in real estate full-time. He combined his knowledge of financial investing with real estate to create a very successful business, quickly closing over 100+ wholesale and short sale deals per year. In turn, he began training and teaching apprentice partners and students. He founded Strategic Real Estate Coach in 2007 and has taught thousands of investors how to replicate his success. Josh has vast knowledge and experience in helping to coach clients and mentor students and borrowers from across the US in finding, structuring, negotiating, and closing various types of transactions for a profit. Today, Josh is the CEO of Strategic Real Estate Coach Freeland Ventures and Yellowjacket Properties. He's a real estate investor and owns 4300 units. Josh is also the host of the Accelerated Investor Podcast, which has hosted past guests like Kevin O'Leary, Barbara Corcoran, Donald Trump Jr, Jack Canfield, Rod Khleif, and JV Crum III.
We had over 40 book recommendations in our 40 episodes of 2022. Host Jamie Bateman recaps all the guests we had on the show this year, the adversities they overcame, and the books that helped them become the people they are today despite all the odds stacked against them. Tune in to start curating the game-changing 2023 reading list that will help you find and create abundance in your life. Tune in to discover the book recommendations that helped our guests overcome these adversities:(00:00) Rewind of 2022 and 2023 plans for the show(09:06) From homelessness to financial freedom (Mark Owens) or A book that took him from prison to financial independence (Mark Owens)(11:20) Mindset you need to win the Superbowl (Ryan Harris)(12:42) Going from average to remarkable (Chris Seveney) or Managing your energy through the day (Chris Seveney)(14:50) Overcoming a massive financial struggle (Matt Fore)(15:53) Getting to relationship wealth (Fuquan Bilal)(18:06) Suddenly becoming a parent (Shante Duffy)(18:43) Overcoming hidden trauma in 40 days (Dr. Terrence Johnson)(19:41) Becoming an investor after divorce debt (Brent Bowers)(21:17) Escaping extreme poverty (Luis Miranda)(22:49) Unexpected pregnancy and financial adversity (Beth Boisseau-Coots)(24:25) Losing 75 pounds (Matt Izzo)(26:33) Losing friends and parents early in life (Chris Larsen)(27:41) Job insecurity (Emma Powell)(28:44) Men's divorce experience (Marcus Ross) or Divorce challenges men go through (Marcus Ross)(30:22) Drugs and crime to real estate investor (David Dodge)(31:30) Leaving scarcity mindset behind (Dan Haberkost)(32:57) Coming to the US with $0 and no connections (Maricela Soberanes)(35:01) Starting a business from a wheelchair (AJ Osborne)(36:28) Walking away from a 7-figure job (Kevin Dahlstrom)(37:38) Playing for the US Amputee Hockey Team (Brian Davies)(38:23) Buying an island (Britnie Turner)(39:12) Near-death experience in Iraq (John Kriesel)(40:06) Losing eyesight and hearing in Afghanistan (Aaron Hale)(41:15) Crushing end to baseball career and losing your identity (Joshua Kalinowski)(43:01) Surviving pancreatic cancer (Josh Cantwell)(44:06) Untangling your identity from your net worth (Mark Podolsky)(45:05) From selling candy to consulting (CEO Matty J)(45:39) Financial freedom in 3 years (Bryce Robertson)(46:04) Overcoming liver cancer (Nate Costa)(46:22) Clarity and purpose after a brain tumor (Bryan Chavis)(46:43) Surviving a plane crash (Clint Fiore)(47:27) Million-dollar exit after bankruptcy (Brecht Palombo)(48:49) Motorcycle accident and business crash (Aaron Chapman)(49:55) Getting fired from the NHL (Justin Roethlingshoefer)(50:55) From $30K per year to a 7-figure exit (Bry Shields)(51:58) Becoming an Ironman Athlete (Matt Izzo)(52:59) From a shed in Mississippi to generational wealth (James Webb)Links Podcasts I mentionedGood Deeds Note Investing PodcastIce Cream With Investors Podcast Book Recommendations You Can If You Think You Can by Dr. Norman Vincent PealeWill by Will SmithMindset for Mastery: An NFL Champion's Guide to Reaching Your Greatness by Ryan HarrisThe Power of When: Discover Your Chronotype - and the Best Time to Eat Lunch, Ask for a Raise, Have Sex, Write a Novel, Take Your Meds, and More by Michael Breus Next-Level Income: How to Make, Keep, and Grow Your Money Using the "Holy Grail of Real Estate" to Achieve Financial Independence by Chris LarsenLast Lecture by Randy PauschHow to Invest in the Stock Market: The Complete Guide for Beginners (Books on Investing in Stocks) by Tim Morris The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph by Ryan HolidayClaim Your Power: A 40-Day Journey to Dissolve the Hidden Trauma That's Kept You Stuck and Finally Thrive in Your Life's Unique Purpose by Mastin Kipp The Wealthy Gardener: Lessons on Prosperity Between Father and Son by John Soforic The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. CoveyRich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki The Lost Secret by Monica Main The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillNonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships (Nonviolent Communication Guides) by Marshall B. Rosenberg Ph.D. and Deepak ChopraThe High-Performance Planner by Brendon BurchardBusiness for Life - Grow Your Business for a Fulfilling Life by Matt AldertonDeep Simplicity: Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity by John GribbinSapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariThe Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas J. StanleyAnna: The Biography by Amy OdellBrothers Forever: The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that Transcended Their Ulmate Sacrifice by Tom Sileo and Tom ManionI am Young by M. DeanPlay the Man by Mark PattersonCapital Crusaders - Long Term Planning To Legally Reduce Your Taxes Every Year by Todd Mardis Dan Sullivan Atomic Habits by James Clear The Second Mountain by David Brooks Derek Sivers Howard MarksThe Pocket Guide to High Ticket Selling by Dan Henry Secrets of a Millionaire Mind by T. Harv Eker Good to Great by Jim Collins Traction by Gino Wickman The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto MusashiBuy it, rent it, profit! By Bryan Chavis The Richest Man in Babylon by George Samuel ClasonThe 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferris Outwing the Devil by Napoleon Hill The Master Key System by Charles F. Haanel In Your Purpose is Calling: Your Difference is Your Destiny by Dharius DanielsCan't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds by David GogginsFrom Scarcity to Abundance: The Story of an Entrepreneur Who Used Family Wisdom to Break the Chains of Scarcity to Create a Life of Abundance by Maricela SoberanesStill Standing: The Story of SSG John Kriesel by John KrieselRedneck Resilience: A Country Boy's Journey To Prosperity by James Harold Webb Follow Labrador LendingWEBSITE: https://labradorlending.com/LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/71512077/admin/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/labradorlendingTWITTER: https://twitter.com/LabLendLLCINSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/labradorlendingllc/YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChYrpCUlqFYLy4HngRrmU9QTIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@labradorlendingllc?lang=enConnect with JamieLINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-bateman-5359a811/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/batemanjames INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/batemanjames11/ WEBSITE: https://labradorlending.com/ Investment OpportunityAre you an accredited investor interested in monthly cash flow from an investment backed by physical real estate?Our income fund--which is uncorrelated to publicly traded stocks and bonds--invests in first-lien mortgage notes diversified by geography, property value and borrower type. The fund aims to pay its investors monthly distributions at a preferred rate of return of 8% annually. And possibly the best part? The fund showcases a short, 12-month commitment.Check it out today! https://investors.appfolioim.com/labradorlending/investor/public_opportunities/5
In the 4th installment of this series, I wanted to talk about how critically important regional managers are in your business. These folks are your decision makers and ultimately responsible for charting a course for improvements and optimizations, making sure that things are getting done. They should be in constant communication with you and your partners about literally everything. Your property managers, leasing agents, and maintenance techs are the people who keep the lights on in your buildings–and they all report to a regional manager. They wear a lot of hats and are often overseeing hundreds or thousands of units, and when they underperform, it hurts your bottom line. So today, I'm going to talk about why great regional managers are a key part of your business–and the red flags to look out for when working with one. You'll learn how badly things can go wrong when working with regional managers, as well as an easy and very effective way to eliminate this threat from your operations once and for all. One last thing: I'll be hosting a 3 Day Live Virtual Event from January 23-26, 2023. This event is free for members of our Mastermind Group but tickets can be purchased by non-members as well. Book your spot today by visiting: ForeverPassiveIncome.com Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell Why great regional managers are experienced, hard headed, and not simply yes men or women. How regional managers can fail to properly monetize your buildings by undercharging, overspending, and not planning adequately. How to secret shop your buildings to asset manage your regional managers. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/332 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign up for the Forever Passive Income Partnering, Mastermind and Coaching Program with Josh Cantwell To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
A bad property manager isn't just a bad investment. They have the power to threaten your deal, take it down, or even directly create negative cash flow. If they don't do what you need them to, they can turn your investment on its head in record time–and do serious damage to your portfolio along the way. With that in mind, today's installment of the Operational Risks series is all about property management failures. Based on my own experiences, as well as those of several people I know, I'm sharing the common mistakes investors make when it comes to property management. You'll learn how to avoid bleeding money, how to turn bad situations into cash flow positives, and the critical differences between a bad property manager and a good one. Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell Key questions to ask any property manager you're interviewing. Why you should NEVER let your property manager do your capital improvements. Why property managers are generally terrible at marketing. How to determine if you're spending too much on utilities, staffing, or other operational expenses. Why some property managers will rent to tenants below your guidelines–and how this can become a serious problem 4-6 months later. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/328 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign up for the Forever Passive Income Partnering, Mastermind and Coaching Program with Josh Cantwell To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
Between unfathomable rate hikes, yield curve inversions, and what's happening in the stock market, it's clear that a severe recession is on the horizon. If you're a smart investor, you're using this calm before the storm to find the best investing vehicle and putting your financial ducks in a row while you still can. We know that real estate is the greatest path to wealth but asset classes aren't created equal, especially in a recession. In today's episode, I'm joined by the CEO of Freeland Ventures, Josh Cantwell. Josh's company has 3000 apartment units under his management, and he's going to lay out the exact path to get through the recession and come out truly wealthy on the other side. Three Things You'll Learn In This Episode Why Josh chose to build wealth by helping others What did Josh learn from surviving pancreatic cancer? The best markets to buy a multifamily property Instead of waiting for the market to appreciate (which isn't guaranteed) how can we force appreciation on our assets? Why B-class properties are the crown jewel of real estate The stock market is the last place you want to put your money right now, what's the safest path to get through the recession? Guest Bio Josh is a real estate investor, pancreatic cancer survivor, and CEO of Freeland Ventures, a company with 3000 apartment units. Freeland Ventures was founded in 2015 by Josh and Glenn Lytle, with a focus on high-quality, turn-key real estate investing and lending solutions. The company has expanded into multi-family as the core growth strategy, continuing to provide reliable passive investment options for investors as well as a significant focus on managing 100% of the acquisition, property management, and construction process under Freeland Ventures. In 2018, experienced real estate investor Tyler Brummett joined the Freeland team, managing Freeland Properties with a specific focus on acquisition and property management. Josh, Glenn, and Tyler have extensive real estate investing and private lending experience dating back to 2001 and collectively have been involved in over 1,500 real estate transactions as owner/operator, investor, private lender, loan originator, debt financier, or equity capital partner. Freeland is headquartered in Cleveland, OH, and is backed by a team of industry-leading professionals that bring bold authenticity, integrity, and commitment to excellence as one of Northeast Ohio's leading real estate investment firms. For more information, head to https://freelandventures.com and listen to Josh's podcast here. Get Your FREE Copy Of ‘The Private Money Guide' and ‘Mapping Out The Millionaire Mystery'. Keep up with us every week on our FREE Live webinars for more conversations like this, and as a BONUS get our newest mini ebook instantly upon signing up! https://moneyschoolrei.com/wednesday-webinar (digital download). Dive into money, mindset, and motivation videos on my YouTube Channel, and be sure to subscribe so you can be notified of our weekly LIVE streams. Find out about our next weekend workshop, and see what others are saying: https://www.moneyschooltraining.com/registration.
Dan interviews Josh Cantwell where they discuss funding options for all kinds of real estate, how josh got started, advice for people just getting into the industry, and the biggest mistakes that Josh notices beginners make. TIME STAMPS 01:40 How Josh Got Started In Real Estate 09:00 Advice For People Getting Into Real Estate 16:00 Biggest Mistakes From Beginners Want To Get Started? Check out our free Discord: https://landinvestingonline.com/Discord Interested in a free 15-minute consultation: https://landinvestingonline.com/consultation Where to start?: https://landinvestingonline.com/get-started/
Realizing the significance of your life can prompt you to think deeply about your purpose - it goes beyond accumulating riches. In this episode, we have Josh Cantwell sharing his story as a survivor of pancreatic cancer. He also shares practical tips on what it takes to find the right partners and to operate in favorable lanes to set one's real estate business to success. Josh Cantwell is a family man, father of three kids, and school and club volleyball coach. He is the CEO Owner/ GP 3000 Apartment Units. He is also a pancreatic cancer survivor. [00:01 - 07:07] Going Beyond Riches and Living One's Purpose Josh on starting as a financial planner to earning income passively Serving a greater purpose than simply making money Being a pancreatic cancer survivor and realizing one's purpose [07:08 - 25:31] Finding the Right Lane to Boost Profitability Josh shares his story on the motivation to go bigger Creating a competent team with optimized skill sets Tips on setting yourself up on the right posture for private investors [25:32 - 26:48] Closing Segment Reach out to Josh See links below Final words Tweetable Quote “He [Josh Cantwell's father] said, ‘Look, son, in the second half of your life, you have to figure out why you were one of the six that were spared because 94 people out of 100 who are diagnosed the same as you are dead. And so you have an obligation; you have more talent than you need. You were spared for a reason.' ” - Josh Cantwell ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Josh Cantwell on Linkedin. Check out his website and email him at jcantwell@freelandventures.com. Connect with me: I love helping others place money outside of traditional investments that both diversify a strategy and provide solid predictable returns. Facebook LinkedIn Like, subscribe, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, or whatever platform you listen on. Thank you for tuning in! Email me → sam@brickeninvestmentgroup.com Want to read the full show notes of the episode? Check it out below: HTSCRE#709 Josh Cantwell 00:00 You know what I realized, Sam? When I started buying multifamily, is that there were these swim lanes, right? So I think the first thing is identifying as the owner, CEO, or founder. What are the swim lanes that if you grow a big enough portfolio that somebody can just do that one thing. Intro 00:15 Welcome to the How to Scale Commercial Real Estate Show. Whether you are an active or passive investor, we will teach you how to scale your real estate investing business into something big. Sam Wilson 00:28 Josh Cantwell has been an entrepreneur his entire adult life with his partners, who now own and manages over 4400 units of value out apartments. Josh, welcome to the show. Josh Cantwell 00:39 Hey, Sam. Thanks for having me on. Man. I've been looking forward to this one. Let's get it going. Man. Thank you. Sam Wilson 00:45 As have I; there are three questions Josh asked every guest that comes to the show in 90 seconds or less. Can you tell me? Where did you start? Where are you now? And how did you get there? Josh Cantwell 00:54 I started actually, as a financial planner, I learned about real estate because my clients all owned more money and had more money in real estate than the stock market. So I started way back in my early 20s. Where am I at right now I'm happy I am, I probably work about 20 to 25 hours a week. But super balanced life. I'm a volleyball coach, a football coach, a basketball coach, I've got three young kids. And this is the sweet spot for young kids in spending time with them. So I've got to do that. That's where I'm at now. I've got an amazing team. I've got my partner Glenn that handles our CapEx. I've got my partner Tyler who handles all of our operations and asset management. And we've got a CFO that handles our finances. And so I'm very fortunate to be able to focus on the financial the money, raising capital, working with investors, and acquisitions. And where I'm going is all I care about at this point is more passive income, more freedom of time, more freedom of relationships, being able to support my, my single mom, my father passed away a couple years ago. And being able to pass along all the things that we've done, learned and acquired, and use that for the greater good. The key things in the groups and the charities that we care about. That's where I'm going. Sam Wilson 02:13 That's cool. I just from a purely, I guess, I'm going all the way to where to put this, you said you're trying to develop more passive income, to what end? There's always this next level, I think that every entrepreneur wants to get to and it's this insatiable, like, Man, if I can just get the next and then it becomes its own kind of self uncertain goal and in its own right. Why do you want passive income? Josh Cantwell 02:40 So so our company, our HQ is called 950 management. So we don't have a goal of of acquiring 10 million of passive income right now we've got about $13 million a year flowing in and gross income through my apartment complexes. And that's just my Cleveland based portfolio. does not count the stuff we have in Houston does not count the stuff we have in Atlanta. That's just the stuff in Cleveland in my backyard about 13 million bucks. Right? You know, it's interesting, Sam, when I when I meet with like, I met with the president of my old high school paddle a Franciscan High School. And they have all these goals for how to impact young kids, high school kids, right? Their endowment, they need to build tuition that they need to pay for trips, all these different sport functions and Fine Arts. They don't have enough money, you know, so 950 management is important to me, because 950 management represents 950 units, it's our annual goal to buy 950 units. And the reason why 950 Sam is because we make about $1,400 of net free cash flow per year per unit. So that 950 times 1400 represents $1.2 million, it's $100,000 a month. So my goal every year is to add $100,000 a month of net free cash flow not noi, but after all the expenses after all the debt service and after all my investors pref payments and everything. Because that is forever income that can be used to impact those types of organizations that are going to take care. I'm very passionate for kids. I think there's more kids growing up in divorce houses. It's a fact that 70% of African American kids are raised in single parent homes. It's a fact that more parents are disenchanted that are worried about more about their own social media profiles and raising their children. So I think kids are at significant disadvantages, even though the world is more rich and wealthy than it's ever been. And so I think that really is my goal is just, you know, passing that back and taking care of those kids basically ages kind of five, six, all the way up to 18 years old. And so that's where the 950 comes in. That's my annual goal. So there isn't like an end game for me. It's 950 a year. Sam Wilson 04:56 I love that. No, that's great. And the reason I asked that because I knew you had more to it. There was more to the story that man, I just want to add another zero to my bank account like, yeah, it's at some point that becomes meaningless. So I love I love the trajectory of, hey, this is where we're going. And here's why it serves, it serves a greater purpose than just making more money. Josh Cantwell 05:19 The other thing Sam is listen, like I'm a pancreatic cancer survivor. Oh, wow. Pancreatic cancer had just a 6% survival rate. When I was diagnosed. Wow. I was diagnosed in 2011. And shortly after I was diagnosed, Steve Jobs died of pancreatic cancer, he had the same exact diagnosis as me saying the same style of pancreatic cancer, there was almost the same exact diagnosis and he died. I'm 35 years old wife, two small kids, my wife was eight months pregnant. And now I get this diagnosis. And I find out that the world's probably most famous human is dying of the same disease that I was just diagnosed with. And I'm like, Oh, crap, right, my father to his credit, and again, my father died just a couple years ago. But my father was my first great entrepreneurial mentor, he was an entrepreneur. And he said, Look, son, in the second half of your life, you have to figure out why you were one of the six that were spared, because 94 people out of 100, who are diagnosed the same as you are dead. And so you have an obligation, you have more talent than you need. You were spared for a reason. You have a beautiful wife and children that you're given a second chance to, to be with them and help them and grow that family. So now in the second half, I'm still I've been 10 years now since that recovery, that surgery and recovery, but I still feel like I'm trying to figure it out. But multifamily is the avenue the tool that I found to be most successful, I've done residential investing, I've done private lending, I've done commercial investing of all different types, hard money lending, the infinite income, the long-term passive income, equity, all those different types of tax advantages. All of that serves my greater purpose of using the talent and the second chance that I was given. So it has that larger purpose for me. Sam Wilson 07:08 That's awesome. I love that. So that puts you roughly 46 at this point. All right. You bet. Okay. Okay. That's awesome. And one of the things we talked about here before, before kicking off the show was that you had been investing in real estate for 20 plus years, and then it's only been really in the last eight years. It's something that's cooked coincides nicely, right along with, you know, getting over pancreatic cancer. You've been investing in commercial real estate for the last eight years. What What was the transition other than maybe commit pancreatic cancer is that hey, go do something bigger. What was the motivator for moving into commercial? Josh Cantwell 07:47 The transition was painful, Sam, it was awful. No, because I was I was I was realizing in 2010 2011, we had made a lot of good choices. We got into Pre Foreclosure investing, residential, short sales, all that kind of stuff, foreclosure investing before the crisis. So we started in 2004, or five, six, a crisis happens and oh, wait. We're ahead of the game. We become a national speaker, all these kinds of things. But I'm also realizing that resi is very transactional. And if you buy even a single family, a duplex is just not very big. A four Plex not You're not really moving the needle all that much. So I had this desire to get into commercial didn't know how then I was like, then I was really ripped out of the game. When I got diagnosed with cancer. I was pulled away from my business for about nine months, about three months prior to the surgery, preparing all kinds of doctor's appointments, just a bazillion tests. And my wife, you know, it was eight months pregnant. She had an emergency C section. So I had to help her with that even though I knew I was sick. You know, I had my son was born right before my surgery. And then six months after my surgery, no income, no, like zero, my bank accounts dwindling down to nothing. Even though I had success in resi and made a lot of money. It was just it was bleeding. I was hemorrhaging. I had employees, I couldn't pay my personal bank accounts feeding the business that's dwindling down from hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of 1000s down every month, like by 50 grand a month negative going down, down down. So it was painful. But what I realized coming out of that was that I had made this mistake. Okay. I read Rich Dad, Poor Dad like everybody else about passive income, right? Robert Kiyosaki, Robert Allen, multiple streams of income and I thought I was doing it but I really wasn't I was just flipping houses for income. So what I knew, though, what I knew was Razzie. So I decided to stand up a private equity fund, recruit all this private capital into a PPM into a private equity fund, and then lend it out in private money and hard money loans for both resi and small balanced commercial, started creating passive income by being that lender out of the fund and that worked, but it didn't create enough passive income and then every six months to two years, those loans would pay off and I'm like, crap, I gotta, I gotta go make Another loan I hated when loans got paid off, right? Because they were producing passive income, right? And then my investors in the Fund started asking me, Josh, you know what, this is great. But what else do you got? And I had some buddies of mine that started investing in apartments back in 2015 2016 2017. And they needed more equity, they needed somebody with a balance sheet to kind of co sponsor their loan. So I started out doing co sponsorships and raising capital. And then I realized, like, wow, why don't I just do the operations also, and then that evolved into that, so it's very much an evolution. And I kind of feel like, honestly, like the world, God, whatever you believe in, right? I believe in God and follow Jesus Christ. But whatever you believe in, I feel like the world pushed me down this path and taught me these lessons. So I could end up where I'm at today. Because without the lesson of cancer without the lesson of the private equity fund without the lesson of Jvn, on my first couple of multifamily deals, I wouldn't know exactly how to operate the business today. And all that's lined up to where we have a really tight operation today. Sam Wilson 11:03 Yeah, it sounds like you have an incredibly tight operation today. I mean, you named off two or three other seats on the bus that you have put in there, you had your asset manager, you had what was your What were you had four to four people, including yourself? Josh Cantwell 11:18 my partner, Glenn, handles our capital improvement swim lane, because we own the construction company, we do a lot of value add improvements, and we do them all in house. So we own we own we are the GC, Tyler is our partner, and he handles all of our asset management. So he oversees the third party property managers, our third party property managers can't stand us because we asset manage the shit out of them. And then Roberto, is my CFO. And he has a small piece of equity that we've given him in some deals. But he's the CFO that works with our property managers and our capital improvement to kind of do all the financials. And I focus on all those financials, the underwriting acquisitions, and raising all the capital. So I get to sit way above the business, outside the business and above the business. And I get to do things like podcasts and investor relations, investor recruiting. And of course, I get the final say on everything we buy, the final underwriting the final review and the final price. So I really feel like each one of us is sitting in in the right bucket in the right swim lane that optimizes their skill sets. Sam Wilson 12:25 How did you build that team? I mean, was this from just years of being in the business and saying, hey, I want to start something great. You want to come join me? What was that process like? Josh Cantwell 12:36 You know, what I realized, saying when I started buying multifamily is that there were these swimlanes. Right? So I think first thing is identifying as the owner or co founder, what are the swim lanes that if you grow a big enough portfolio, that somebody can just do that one thing, right? So I thought, okay, somebody is going to need to basically look at all the deals and focus on broker relationships and acquisitions, somebody is going to really need to focus on recruiting capital, working with private investors, somebody is going to, if we're going to do the construction, and do it well, and control the process control expenses and budget, someone's gonna have to do that, somebody's going to have to do property management, or sit above the property manager, somebody's got to take care of the financials. So we broke it out into five swimlanes. And then a couple of those were able to kind of come together were like, really Glenn focuses on this capital improvements, but he's also got relationships with some investors, right? Tyler doesn't really have many relationships with any of our investors. But he's a little younger, likes to hustle likes the communication and networking with brokers. So he had about 100 units of single family that he was managing. So he was already kind of good at Property Management knew a lot about the costs of materials and labor. So we first of all paid attention to what the swimlanes could be, we drew out all the job descriptions. And then over time, we realized that there were certain people that were on the team that were already kind of fit those, right. I met Roberto, my CFO 15 years ago, and I actually met him he had moved from New York, New Jersey to the Cleveland area. I hired him through a temp agency. I just needed more finance and accounting help. He had just moved into town. He you know, so we brought him on. And he's just evolved over that he's been in digital marketing with me, he's been in resi, flips the fund. All that's been an evolution. I think the big thing, Sam with the team is that you have to hire the right people. Sure, that's critically important. But I think a lot of small business owners and entrepreneurs have way too short and way too immediate of an expectation of new hires, they expect you to come in and be Superman in the first 30 to 90 days of the new hire. The beautiful thing about commercial investing and multifamily is that it's an infinite game, you're playing the long term, right? And when you do that, you can have a longer term view of your staff. So I tell my team like it's gonna take people a year until they really know all the systems the site Software, the people, the culture, personalities, everything that they need to be successful. So, you know, those are some of the things that went into these. I met Glenn in college, he had moved away, he was in corporate world forever. He was getting a divorce, he called me up and said, Josh, I'm moving back, I knew Glenn had a tremendous amount of fortune 500 experience. And I knew he'd be great at SOPs and defining swimlanes and managing the day to day operation of the business. And then Tyler, we brought on actually as our VP of acquisitions when we had the fund, years and years ago. So he was he was he was the director of Quicken Loans. So he was used to the transactional nature of that he was used to the transactional nature of property management. And when we decided to go into full time and push all of our chips in as an owner operator, I knew he'd be good at property management and acquisition. So some of them I kind of stumbled into, but I think it started Sam with knowing those swim lanes, and we knew what we were trying to find a recruit to. Sam Wilson 15:58 And that's, that's so imperative, I think, is defining, you call it defining your swim lanes. I think it even goes to, you know, the one step even further back, which is, you know, where are we swimming? Like, where are we going, like, what, what do we want and why? And when know that and you can put the people in the lanes, and then you can build your team. But I love Josh Cantwell 16:19 But I love that, like we talked about right? That was that's that's what we knew what we wanted to do 915 or 50 units a year. And then the swim lanes of who do we need to help us do that? Right, right. Sam Wilson 16:28 No, that's absolutely awesome. I love I love that you guys have done you do this number off the top of your head. But you said you just wrapped up I think you're 19th syndication. Right. That's, that's really cool. Other than raising money from private investors, have you guys done anything on the institutional capital side of things? Josh Cantwell 16:47 Not for equity? No. Well, I have one deal, one large 100 million dollar deal we own in Houston. It's a 552 unit. It's actually 600 units. Now, because we did some conversions, which we turned, we turned some big. It's huge. Oh, yeah, I thought you're making a comment. Sam Wilson 17:06 My mic is on mute. That that's massive. But that's a small city, almost 600, or it is 600 units. Josh Cantwell 17:12 Yeah, we converted some of the large three, three and four bedroom units into smaller ones and two ones, because they were the big footprint was too big. And honestly, there's not a lot of demand for a four bedroom, apartment, or even three bedroom apartments. So we converted it but long short, the raising capital is key, right. But that one had some institutional money on it, we had a family office that came in, wrote a check and recruited some capital, and they became a GP. But almost everything else we do is truly, you know, they're mostly accredited investors. But it's guys that put in between 100,000. And let's say a half a million. And I spend a lot of my time talking to those guys warming them off asking questions, creating that prior existing relationship. Because I like the control that that gives us, the more institutional equity we give, the more family office equity we recruit, the less control you have, they want more control, for sure. And I like to have as much control as possible. So that's why we started the construction company, we focus on really true private investors, they're not mom and pops, these guys are usually accredit very credited with you know, millions of dollars, but some people are not, you know, some people are, you know, they're not accredited, we do a 506 b. And they've got, you know, 100, grand, 20 grand, and we'll do some 506 B stuff, because we've got a lot of relationships. But that, to me is key, that that money, that private money, that allows you to control the deal, keep more equity for yourself, and ultimately dictate where you're going to go and not have Big Brother looking over your shoulder. Sam Wilson 18:45 Right. And I've certainly heard it, you heard arguments on both sides of the of the city, or the story here, where it's like, hey, you know what institutional money is the way to go. And I also hear from your side, which is, and I tend to probably fall more into your camp than not, which is like, we want to be in control. We don't, I don't need somebody breathing down my neck. It was it was somebody else I had on the show a while back. And they said that they said, Man, that's all they did was institutional capital. And then one day, they just said, we're out, like not doing that ever again. And all they do and this guy raised, you know, hundreds of millions, if not billions. And he just said, no, no, no, we're only doing private capital from this point forward. So it's always interesting to get the multiple perspectives on why people do what they do. You said you really enjoy the conversations you have with your investors. What what do you feel at least I heard you say that maybe you didn't actually say that, but it seemed like you enjoy it. So maybe put words in your mouth. But what do you feel like are some key questions that you really like to ask investors as you get to know them that maybe are not the standard, just canned questions here? Josh Cantwell 19:48 Here's I think it's I think it starts with posture and here's how I posture with private investors. Whether somebody finds me through a podcast or gets referred to me or follows me online Aner opts into our investor portal, or it's just a friend that refers a friend doesn't matter where they come from, I always start with the same thing, which is if I get on the phone with them, and we have a zoom call or one on one, I'm going to start and lead with this. It's posture 101. It's actually posture 401, in my opinion, which is, look, we do all of this through private placement, memorandums and Federal Securities exemptions. The SEC has certain rules and restrictions. And the SEC requires that I have a prior existing relationship with investors before they invest. So even if I had the best deal ever, and you had a half a million dollars that you wanted to cut a check for today, I cannot take your money. Okay. So the good news is, is that the SEC requires that I have a prior existing relationship with you before you invest. So if it's okay with you, there's no pressure here. I can't take your money anyway. If it's okay with you, I'm just going to ask you a lot of questions about your risk tolerance, about your current assets, your goals, your family who helps you make investment decisions? I'm going to ask you questions like that, because I've got to check the box with the SEC. Now Sam, I've postured up to say, one I'm not desperate for your money to I'm going to follow the rules, it's required. Three, even if you wanted to cut a check, I don't need it. I'm basically telling them psychologically, I'm not desperate for your money, right now. I'm willing to take my time to get to know you. And then finally, Sam, one of the things I'll say is listen, and I bet I've seen this forever, even when I even when I needed money. I would say this anyway, I would say, look, I could use your money, but I don't need it. I can use your money, but I don't need it. Okay. So I am in the fortunate position that investors that want to invest with me have to qualify to work with us, they have to go through an interview process. Now it is sec require it. But I'm fortunate enough to have a lot of investors, and I get to pick and choose who I get to work with. Okay, so I have a very strict policy in my business. It's called the no dipshit policy. So I don't want anybody in my business and it's going to wreak havoc on the business, that's going to ask 42 million questions. It's going to be disrespectful to my staff. So this is all the posturing. Then when they understand that, then I can ask them questions like, okay, have they invested in real estate before? If they've done syndications before they've done stocks, bonds, mutual funds, do they have a financial advisor? Do they have other people that make help them make financial decisions? What are they investing for? How long can they put the money away for what kind of returns they expect? Have they invested in cannabis crypto oil and gas leases, anything that's non traditional, and then that's all the first appointment first meeting. Then typically, the second meeting is I bought a week later, two weeks later, get back on a zoom. And I'll say, look, in the second meeting, I'm going to show you a past deal that we've done. And I'm going to ask you some more questions and verify everything that I learned in the first meeting so we can continue to establish this relationship. And then at the end of that second meeting, I might show them a past deal, some preferred returns, you know, what kind of equity people got. But I say, Let's This is a past deal. You can't invest in this. So this is not an offer. And then I say, Look, you know, the third meeting, we're going to just verify this stuff again. And I still I'm not going to pitch them a deal. And then I'll say posture, I'll say, look, if I found a deal like this, that let's say paid an 8% pref with equity refi and 42 months or 48 months equity in perpetuity 20 to 25% annualized return. If I found a deal like that. Do you or anybody that you know, would be interested in something like this? And they'll say, Yeah, me? What about me? I'm interested, okay. So I'm not asking them directly ever, if they want to invest someone, if you or anybody, you know, interested in something like this, I just want to be the top of mind reference, if you know anybody else that might be interested. So I'm never directly asking them Do you want to invest in this deal? Okay, posture, posture, posture, usually three meetings, I still haven't pitched them a real deal that they can invest in. Oh, they're foaming at the mouth to now get into a deal because I I've slow rolled them. I think the slower you go, the more money you're gonna raise. That's my philosophy. Sam Wilson 24:05 I couldn't agree with you more. I love the idea. You've given us a step by step playbook there. Thank you for unveiling that for us. Because that there's you take more steps to this. And I think even I certainly you have more steps in your process, certainly than I do. And I think that's, that's brilliant. I love the slow play method. And it's not it's not all psychological games. I mean, everything you're saying there is true. And I think the more we let go and the more relax, the more our investors feel relaxed. Josh Cantwell 24:35 Yeah, no question. I think some of the biggest mistake people can make is to say, well, if I find a great deal, the money will come. Right. Like you have to warm up a lot of money in order to posture with brokers who control a lot of the deal flow as we know or even posture up with a seller if you're direct to seller to tell that broker and the seller. I've got all this money warmed up. I'm just looking for the right deal, right versus send me deals Deal, deal deal deal, and then I gotta go hustle to find all the money. I had a friend of mine who just lost 40 and $50,000 of hard earnest money on a deal because they couldn't get it all raised and closed. They went through two extensions and then still couldn't close lost 450 grand, that's a painful ask lesson, right? That's because they thought if I find the deal, I'll get the money to me. It's warm up a lot of money, then posture up with the brokers try to find some off market deal flow, and then say, Hey, I've got three, four or five $10 million, whatever. I'm gonna buy one really good deal. To me. That's a better approach. Sam Wilson 25:32 Josh, I love it. You've given us so much to think through. You've shared with us so many insider insights here into your business how you guys have grown the struggles you guys have had things you've done right? Things you've done wrong. You got us a playbook here for reaching out to investors. This has been just a value packed episode. Want to say thank you for coming on the show today. I certainly appreciate it. If our listeners want to get in touch with you to learn more about you. What is the best way to do that? Josh Cantwell 25:57 Oh, yeah, I'm all over social media to connect with me on Facebook, follow me on Facebook. Or you can go to our main website, Freeland ventures.com. There's everything from our portfolio, a bunch of YouTube videos, training videos, it's all at freelandventures.com. Sam Wilson 26:12 Freelandventures.com We'll make sure we include that there in the show notes. Josh, thank you again for coming on the show today. I do appreciate it. Josh Cantwell 26:19 Sam, thanks so much for the invite, man. had a blast. Sam Wilson 26:21 Hey, thanks for listening to the How to Scale Commercial Real EstatePodcast if you can do me a favor and subscribe and leave us a review on Apple podcasts, Spotify, Google podcasts, whatever platform it is you use to listen If you can do that for us that would be a fantastic help to the show it helps us both attract new listeners as well as rank higher on those directories so appreciate you listening thanks so much and hope to catch you on the next episode.
Josh Cantwell manages over $40M in private money, which is deployed into multifamily real estate and apartments. He currently holds a portfolio of over 3,000+ cash-flowing apartments. He is the founder and CEO of a variety of successful businesses including Freeland.Main Points:Invest for cash flow now No one is coming to your rescue - Accountability to yourself - Pan Can Story - Design and Build your own life, Your 100% responsible for your own LifeSuper Time Mgmt. Skills Individual Management System - Free Focus and BufferPost and Prioritize - Sunday Nights Refuse / Avoid Screen Sucking OCD loop - how can I use Tech and Social Purposely, People, places, things I refuse to be around, Negativity, Toxic LeachesUse Technology as a weapon - Infusionsoft, builder trend, HappyCo, AppFolio, marketing software to recruit and manage investorsSet Goals w/ Acer Exercise - Absolute Clarity of the End Result - House, Car, Land, Team, Business, Passive Income, Dream Scale w/ 1 to Many Concept - how can I teach and speak in front of crowds Service trumps Price - white glove service (property mgmt.) The Business of Business is People: Nothing gets done without people working the systems. Culture Cures EveryConnect With Josh:FreelandVentures.com/Passivejcantwell@srecnow.comwww.linkedin.com/in/joshcantwell/+1 (216) 233-5448
You can go from humble beginnings to managing a large real estate empire. Learn how Josh Cantwell did exactly that in today's episode. Welcome to Pillars of Wealth Creation, where we talk about building financial freedom with a special focus in business and Real Estate. Follow along as Todd Dexheimer interviews top entrepreneurs, investors, advisers and coaches. Josh manages over $40M in private money, which is deployed into multifamily real estate and apartments. He has been involved in 1,000+ wholesale, rehab, rental, foreclosure, and apartment transactions, and currently holds a portfolio of over 3,000+ cash-flowing apartments. He is the founder and CEO of a variety of successful businesses including Freeland Ventures and Strategic Real Estate Coach. 3 Pillars 1. Income stacking 2. Investing in your own self development 3. The best way to learn is to teach Books: The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek, Start with Why by Simon Sinek, Who Not How by Dan Sullivan and Dr. Benjamin Hardy You can connect with Josh at www.freelandventures.com/passive Interested in coaching? Schedule a call with Todd at www.coachwithdex.com Connect with Pillars Of Wealth Creation on Facebook: www.facebook.com/PillarsofWealthCreation/ Subscribe to our email list at www.pillarsofwealthcreation.com Subscribe to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/c/PillarsOfWealthCreation
Josh Cantwell, a successful entrepreneur, real estate investor, and author, joins Jamie to walk through his life-changing adversity of surviving pancreatic cancer, reinventing his business, and how he used his entrepreneurial backstory from his father to overcome the greatest challenge he had faced in life. Josh is a husband, father, cancer survivor, and CEO of both Strategic Real Estate Coach and Freeland Ventures & Yellowjacket Properties. Tune in as Jamie and Josh discuss: Josh's childhood experience of bankruptcy, entrepreneurship, and lessons learned from his dad; how his father's experiences helped him with his own adversity later in life; the incredible wisdom his father shared with him as he prepared for life-changing surgery and recovery; what made him decide to focus on raising capital and relationships; lesson learned when he was a financial planner; how his business suffered massively when he was unable to work; what “superpower” he discovered through this challenging time; investing for cash flow, using the power of technology, prioritizing, and other prevailing traits and habits of elite investors; other practical but powerful lessons he learned from his adversity Connect with Josh: WEBSITE: https://freelandventures.com/ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshcantwell/ INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/josh.cantwell/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/JoshCantwell FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/jcantwell1 YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/SRECvideo Support Labrador Lending: WEBSITE: https://labradorlending.com/ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/71512077/admin/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/labradorlending TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LabLendLLC INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/labradorlendingllc/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChYrpCUlqFYLy4HngRrmU9Q TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@labradorlendingllc?lang=en Connect with Jamie: LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-bateman-5359a811/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/batemanjames INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/batemanjames11/
Today, we will hear about Josh Cantwell's experience in leading capital organizations, investing in real estate, coaching, and masterminding. Josh has been in the business for over a decade and is a pancreatic cancer survivor. Josh believes that the best way to learn is to teach. His mastermind business aims to help others raise their own money and build their business. The good thing about Josh is he encourages his members to do all their deals without him. Listen now to find out why! Key Points from This Episode: Josh Cantwell's backstory. How did he learn to do deals or meet up with other guys in the business without having been to any conferences or training courses? What does Josh love about the Cleveland market? Josh explains how they managed their debt fund. The real reason why Josh started his podcast, Accelerated Real Estate Investor. What were the benefits and drawbacks that he had from doing the podcast? A commitment Josh made when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Why was revenge one of the reasons that pushed him to start a mastermind business? Josh dives into details about Forever Passive Income Mastermind. Who can join their mastermind? How often do they meet? What type of deals do they invest in? Tweetables: “I've made the decision to be extremely authentic, especially as a cancer survivor, and only teach what we do.” [00:24:16] “I like doing coaching with the right purpose of doing deals together. And commercial real estate allows for that.” [00:24:33] “There's nothing better in this business than when you have a deal under contract, and you know that you can already get the money.” [00:32:20] “Funding equals freedom.” [00:32:29] Links Mentioned Josh Cantwell on LinkedIn Josh Cantwell on Twitter Accelerated Investor Podcast Freeland Ventures website Strategic Real Estate Coach website Josh Cantwell Coaching website
Almost everyone who enrolls in my Forever Passive Income mastermind asks me the same question: “Josh, where do I start?” This episode is all about answering that question–and you may be surprised to discover that the answer doesn't just start with buying an apartment building. I'm talking about the building blocks of every deal: underwriting and business plans. You'll learn what you need to do to talk to brokers, network, recruit private money, get a great property manager, and recruit debt–all of which will give you the power to achieve real success and create forever passive income in this industry. Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell Why underwriting and creating business plans are the two most valuable skills in apartment investing. How to put together a value-add program and add income to a potential purchase. Why being a great underwriter opens doors and creates more opportunities than anything else in multifamily real estate. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/285 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign up for the Forever Passive Income Partnering, Mastermind and Coaching Program with Josh Cantwell To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
Last week, I was in Houston to check out the 552-unit and 104-unit buildings that I own with some JV partners. I also attended a mastermind with intermediate to advanced residential investors who are new to multifamily, but have extensive experience flipping and wholesale homes and oversee 200-500 units. One thing that I noticed, as they grow their businesses and start to do larger deals, many of these guys are now trying to sponsor loans–and their questions inspired today's episode. If you're looking to have a better understanding of the differences between loan and deal sponsorships, I hope you'll get a ton of value from this episode. You'll learn what a deal and loan sponsor's roles and responsibilities are, you'll see how these roles play out in my own deals, and how to find someone with the key experience to make your dream deal a reality. Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell Why the deal sponsor is the person who finds the deal and takes the lead on putting together the dream team. How the loan sponsor gets qualified for the loan needed to do the deal–and how much liquid capital they'll need to make it happen. How I became the deal and loan sponsor on a property I'm buying right now. Why it's so important to build out your network to find loan sponsors. How to find key people with the experience you need. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/279 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign up for the Forever Passive Income Partnering, Mastermind and Coaching Program with Josh Cantwell To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
I wanted to jump on here for a quick solo episode and share some great news and how we got it done. We just closed on a fiercely competitive, 296-unit deal. Over the last few weeks, we've been going back and forth with the seller, their attorney, and the brokers to negotiate the fine details and agreements from our letter of intent. Standard stuff, right? In our letter of intent, we agreed on a purchase price of $16.3 million and $350,000 of non-refundable earnest money to get the deal across the finish line within 90 days. We had to settle a number of issues, including the closing duration (and if the purchase price would go up if we failed to close in time), which title company we would use, and how much prorated rent the owner would receive–just to name a few. In this episode, I want to walk you through how our letter of intent (LOI) set the framework for our purchase sales agreement (PSA) and what we did to get the best possible terms under the circumstances. For anyone about to negotiate their first significant deal (or any deal for that matter), I hope these insights will offer some value to you. Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell How we set the closing terms for this deal and why it led to a negotiation with the seller about which title company we were going to use. How we negotiated prorated, past due, and additional rents. Why everything in an apartment building, down to the doorknobs and keys, is negotiable. How we wrapped our negotiations to close on the property by May 1 for $19.5 million–and why it will be worth over $26 million by the time we're done with it. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/277 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign up for the Forever Passive Income Partnering, Mastermind and Coaching Program with Josh Cantwell To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
An investor recently asked me for a ten-year cash flow study of one of our apartment buildings. To be honest, it's not something I'm looking forward to doing. I feel like it's at best an educated guess–and so does the Federal Reserve. None of us can predict interest rates or rent rates, and the work doesn't feel productive to me. So I've been putting this projection off for a few weeks. Not because I'm lazy, but I definitely am procrastinating–primarily because we've already raised all the money we need to do this deal. I'll keep this episode short and sweet. Today is all about overcoming procrastination, not just in writing cash flow studies but in anything you want (or need) to do. I'm sharing the simple trick that helped me finish overdue projects, reduce my body fat to 5% in my early thirties, find deals, and achieve so much more. It's worked for me, and I hope it will help you too. Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell The main reasons why we procrastinate. How accountability partners force us to take action. The importance of being aware of your calendar. Why we're so comfortable letting ourselves down, but not others. Get started right away to find your accountability partner, set a meeting, and get something done. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/274 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign Up For My Coaching Program! To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
Anyone who has ever worked on a renovation project knows that everything doesn't always go according to plan. So, how do you handle the draws when you have a large value-add CapEx program and a loan with a bank or lender with construction draw money? How do you prove to your bank that your draws are accurate, you've done everything right, but your actual plan doesn't exactly align with your original one? We purchased Forest Ridge Apartments in Parma, Ohio, for $11.65 million about a year ago. Our original loan was for $1.1 million in draws and $1.1 million in construction. From the start, the numbers lined up perfectly, but it got much more complicated when we firmed things up. When we submitted our final draw request, our banker needed an explanation as to why things were going the way they were. In this episode, I want to use what happened with our project to show you a real example of pro forma versus reality. When you're ready for the next draw with your banker, I want you to have the insight to be able to explain yourself when things get complicated, get the budget you need, and have the power to add value to your deals when it's within reach. Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell Why we needed to invest additional funds into the commons at Forest Ridge apartments, and how this changed our budget. What happened when we submitted our final draw request, and how I explained what was happening with our lender. How we were able to beef up our budget from $1.1 to $1.41 million. How our improvements left us with a building worth more than it was when we originally underwrote it. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/271 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign Up For My Coaching Program! To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com
Growth isn't easy when you're building a company worth $200 million. It's hard to have a clear hierarchy of what everyone is doing and how they're doing it. For example, our portfolio will soon have about 3,000 units. We have at least 25 in-house staff as property managers and leasing agents. We also have 25 out-of-house to handle repairs and maintenance, 80 people on our CapEx crews, and a small handful of individuals in our corporate office. What makes this arrangement work? Even though I'm usually focused on investor relationships, underwriting acquisitions, and analysis, our so-called C-suite isn't driving Ferraris and eating lobster while everyone else is taking the bus to work and surviving off of hot dogs. That's not how it works. In today's conversation, I want to talk about the difference between having your head in the clouds versus hanging out in the dirt. And more importantly, why having mutual respect between your employees, no matter what their role is in the company, is critical to your success. Key Takeaways with Josh Cantwell Why you need great working teams in order to focus on what you (and your best employees) do best. Why so many construction companies fall apart–and how you can use their failings to your advantage. How new entrepreneurs and investors can get out of the dirt and into the clouds. Why it's so important for you as a leader to put in one-on-one time with your employees. Want the Full Show Notes? To get access to the full show notes, including audio, transcripts, and links to all the resources mentioned, visit https://acceleratedinvestorpodcast.com/269 Rate & Review If you enjoyed today's episode of The Accelerated Real Estate Investor Podcast, hit the subscribe button on Apple Podcasts, so future episodes are automatically downloaded directly to your device. You can also help by providing an honest rating & review over on Apple Podcasts. Reviews go a long way in helping us build awareness so that we can impact even more people. THANK YOU! Connect with Josh Cantwell Facebook YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Twitter Sign Up For My Coaching Program! To unlock your potential and start earning real passive income, visit joshcantwellcoaching.com