House of Horrors: The Legal Podcast For Real Estate Investors
Are you a real estate investor who wants to make sure your investments are a blessing not a curse?
The House of Horrors Podcast can help you protect your properties without losing your sanity. Learn from lawyer and landlord, Bonnie Galam, as she breaks down real estate horror stories so you can avoid them and to help you build a solid foundation for your portfolio.
In her straightforward way, Bonnie offers a mix of actionable steps to help you grow and tough love she knows you need to hear to check yourself before you wreck yourself.
Find out more at bonniegalam.com/podcast
Episodes
101 episodes
100. Post-Closing Title Surprise with Justin Eaton
This one’s personal, Justin’s been a client of mine for years, and in this episode, we finally unpack the horror story we’ve been sitting on for two years. What started as a killer commercial deal turned into a sewer line lawsuit with a surpris...
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Episode 100
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40:42
99. BRRRR Gone Bad with Frankie D'Astoli
Frankie Dulli’s first deal with a partner looked like a textbook BRRRR win until the tenant moved in. From a cracked sewer line and a porta-potty in the backyard to unpaid rent, court dates, and an excuse involving kidnapping, this story has it...
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Episode 99
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30:44
98. Lost 6 Figure Deposit with Bob LaChance
This week on House of Horrors, I’m joined by Bob Lachance, a former pro hockey player turned investor who shares how he lost $150K on a knockdown rebuild in Greenwich, CT and what it taught him about trusting partners, doing due diligence, and ...
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Episode 98
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27:25
97. Development Disaster with Katie Neason
A condo fire, stolen plywood, and insurance headaches this episode dives into the real-life horror stories behind small-scale development with Katie Neason. We talk about how she’s building a better Bryan, Texas while dodging disasters most inv...
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Episode 97
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38:00
96. Protection through Property Management with John Todderud
In this episode of the House of Horrors podcast, attorney and host Bonnie Galam talks with John Todderud, a multifamily investor and syndicator, about a terrifying moment in his real estate journey—when he got a call that one of his properties ...
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25:14
95. A Series of Unfortunate Events with Kaydee Smith Myers
In this episode of the House of Horrors podcast, attorney and host Bonnie Galam talks with Kaydee Smith Myers, a former commercial real estate attorney turned part-time investor, about the challenges of real estate investing and how to navigate...
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41:02
94. What Happens When a Tenant Dies? Sarah Weaver’s Horrors Story
(TW: Suicide) In this episode of the House of Horrors podcast, attorney and host Bonnie Galam talks with Sarah Weaver, a real estate investor and coach, about a heartbreaking experience she faced as a landlord: a tenant’s suicide. Sarah shares ...
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35:13
93. First-Time Landlord vs Hoarder Tenants with Grace Gudenkauf
In this episode of House of Horrors, attorney and host Bonnie Galam welcomes Grace Gudenkauf, co-founder of the WIIRE Community (Women Investing in Real Estate). Grace shares her wild first-time landlord experience managing inherited tenants in...
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30:33
92. Someone Stole Your Rental Listing
In this week's horror story, real estate attorney Bonnie Galam dives into the ever-increasing crime of listing fraud. Bonnie also shares an interesting professional dilemma for semi-professional real estate investors. You'll learn:
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16:16
91. Rampant Investor Fraud with Fannie & Freddie Mac
In this episode of the House of Horrors podcast, host and real estate attorney Bonnie Galam dives into the world of mortgage fraud. According to recent studies, a lot of investors and lenders are playing fast and furious with their loan applica...
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20:46
90. The Wolf of West Virginia
In this episode of the House of Horrors podcast, host Bonnie Galam delves into the fraudulent schemes of Theodore 'Teddy' Miller, ...
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16:22
89. The Property Manager Scammer
In this episode, real estate attorney Bonnie Galam recounts the harrowing tale of Herbert 'Herb' Whalen, a fraudulent property manager in Indianapolis. Learn how Whalen's web of deceit led to massive financial losses for investors and discover ...
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15:55
88. 6-Figure Contractor Crime
In this episode of the House of Horrors podcast, host Bonnie Galam, dives into an in-depth discussion on a harrowing case of contractor fraud involving a contractor who defrauded multiple homeowners out of hundreds of thousands of dollars, turn...
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19:01
87. The 30 year residential tenant
Would you buy a property that had a residential tenant with a 30 year lease? I suppose there's a price for everything. To know the price, you have to know what your dealing with. In this episode you'll learn:Listing str...
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23:34
86. A Tenant With An Emotional Support Alligator
In this episode, real estate attorney Bonnie Galam discusses the legal implications of tenants having emotional support animals, specifically focusing on unusual case of an emotional support alligator. She explains the difference between servic...
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16:10
85. The Developer who Developed the Wrong Lot
In this episode, Bonnie Galam discusses a real estate horror story where a developer built a house on the wrong lot. In this episode you'll learn: The absurd reason why the wrong property got a new house on ...
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21:55
84. What's the deal with WY, NV, & DE LLCs?!
You heard the buzz about WY, NY, DE LLCs, but what's the real deal with them? Let's pull back the curtain and reveal the truth about how these "special" LLCs actually work. 👻 Plus, you'll hear a horror story about shootings in AirBnBs.
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29:26
83. Three Metrics Every Landlord Needs to Track
Want to be proactive and not reactive? Then you gotta have a lay of the land! Because if you don't know what you're working with, then it's really hard to make smart investing and management decisions to move forward and scale easier....
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22:56
82. Stop Chasing Passive Income
Passive income as a landlord is a myth and .... you probably shouldn't be chasing it anyway. Whether you still think passive income is the goal or are wondering *what exactly * is passive in real estate after diving into it, this episode is for...
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29:21
81. Finding Opportunity in Bureaucracy
Feel like its gotten a lot harder to be a landlord over the past few years thanks to increasing regulation, oversight, and ? Yeah me too. Let's take a look at where we are, where the political landscape is going and what you can do about it.&nb...
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Episode 81
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30:50
80. 3 Productivity Rules I Swear By
Real estate investing is just part of our lives. Not our whole life. So how do you manage it all? These are the 3 rules I swear by to keep me sane and on track.In this episode you'll learn1. How to stay ahead and on top of eve...
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19:35
79. We can't keep talking about rental financing the same way
With the "perfect BRRRR" getting increasingly harder to find and the fed increasing interest rates multiple times a year, the financing world we've lived in the last decade or so is over. Many landlords have built their portfolio using the powe...
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21:37
78. Why Being a Small Landlord is Risky
You already know that lawsuits are a risk to your assets, but have you ever considered the size of your portfolio? In this episode you'll learn:Why the small landlord stage is so riskyThe unspoken reasons why...
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Season 2
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Episode 78
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20:27