The Real Estate Investing Experience
Join Chris Grenzig & John Cohen every week as they bring you some truly incredible people on the show to cut through the crap around real estate investing and deliver to you truly honest and transparent discussions on everything real estate. John & Chris have been investing in real estate for years and have acquired several thousand units, worth hundreds of millions of dollars with Toro Real Estate Partners. They bring in authentic investors and professionals, large and small, to talk about the experiences and talking points you won’t hear anywhere else. If you’re tired of only hearing the best parts of investing and are ready for the no-nonsense truth, hit the play button and join us every week as we give it to you straight. Also, be sure to head to www.thereiexp.com and check out all our resources and to follow us on social media.
Episodes
159 episodes
Ep 159: From Fund to Syndication with Brian Adams
Most real estate businesses and investment groups follow the trajectory of starting with syndication and transitioning to funds. Our guest today has taken the opposite route, with excellent results. Brian Adams is the President and founder of E...
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Ep 158: Playing to Your Strengths in Order to Excel with Whitney Sewell
The duties of a successful real estate investor are almost too long to list. Instead of trying to find a way to do it all, what if there was a way to achieve even more by allocating tasks to the right team members? Today, we hear from Whitney S...
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Episode 158
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Ep 157: Net Lease Brokerage and Investment Success with Dwaine Clarke
Today’s guest is Dwaine Clarke, net lease brokerage and investment expert. He kicks off our episode with an introduction to his work and his journey with real estate investment and tells us what drew him to this area of real estate: mailbox mon...
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Ep 156: Self Storage Investing with Scott Meyers
Rental properties are not the only way to generate a profit from real estate investment. We speak with Scott Meyers, mentor at Self Storage Investing. Scott believes that real estate is the best possible investment, and self-storage is his pref...
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Ep 155: Accelerated Growth and Hard Work with Ari Rastegar
The growth of the market in Austin, Texas has been steady and strong for many years already, and the projections show no sign of this slowing down any time soon. Here to talk about the area, his business, career path, and much more, is Ari Rast...
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Ep 154: From Syndication To Starting a Fund with Daniel Weisfield
In today’s episode of the Real Estate Investing Experience, we are joined by a very special guest, Daniel Weisfield. Daniel is a manufactured housing innovator and co-founder of Three Pillar Communities, a Top 50 owner of mobile home parks in t...
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Ep 153: Starting with Nothing, Structuring Deals to Your Advantage, and Navigating Risk with Josh Cantwell
Many people dream of leaving their day jobs and entering the world of real estate investment, but few take the plunge and even fewer find success. Today’s guest is a multifamily syndicator and apartment investor who has raised over 80 million d...
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Ep 152: John & Chris on Finding Opportunities in the Current Market
In today’s episode, John and Chris have a solo conversation where they discuss topics they are currently occupied with and their thoughts on the current state of investing and real estate. In their conversation, John and Chris discuss whe...
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Ep 151: Utilizing Technology to Help Syndicators Raise Capital by Increasing Visibility and Transparency to their Investors with Brad St. Onge
Today’s guest is on a mission to transform the way investment firms raise and manage capital. Brad St. Onge is Head of Partnerships at InvestNext, a startup investment management platform founded in 2016 and located in Detroit, Michigan. After ...
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Ep 150: Leasing, Development, and Acquisitions with Aaron Zucker
In today’s episode, we get together with Aaron Zucker to talk about his career in leasing, family office, and acquisitions and development. Aaron is the founder and principal of Zucker Investment Group (ZIG), where he has put together a compete...
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Ep 149: Creating a Business on Your Own Terms with Ryan Narus
Moving into your asset might sound like an extreme thing to do, but it’s a decision that changed Ryan Narus’s life. Ryan is a mobile home park operator, owner, and investor, who was fed up with the lie that so many millennials bought into. He w...
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Ep 148: Investing for Financial Independence with Maricela Soberanes
As a first-generation Mexican immigrant in the US, military veteran and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologist (CRNA), Maricela Soberanes started building a rental portfolio in 2005 with the private acquisition of small multifamily. In 201...
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Ep 147: Growing Your Business in Multi-Family Real Estate with Abel Pacheco
On today’s episode of Real Estate Investing Experience, we speak with Abel Pacheco from Texas about his business 5TCRE and the success he’s had with multi-family real estate and investing. Abel shares how he got his start in the tech sector and...
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Ep 146: Looking to the Future with Dovid Preil
While working with single-family residential mortgages, Dovid Preil, our guest on today’s show, witnessed the difficulties that so many people experience when trying to enter the housing market. He believes that there is no bigger driver of wea...
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Ep 145: Return on Impact with Suzy Sevier and Michael Barnhart
Suzy and Michael are real estate investors who have approached their business in a way that differs from the norm. They have chosen to focus on people rather than focusing on money (while of course still making sure the numbers work!), and Retu...
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Ep 144: Data-Driven Investing with Aaron Norris
When your searching is driven by the right datasets you will find better deals, and today on the show we talk data with Aaron Norris, VP of Market Insights at PropertyRadar. Aaron is a multifaceted man whose talents lie in the fields of marketi...
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Ep 143: Don’t Fear the Unexpected with Julie Holly
Unexpected curveballs are inevitable in all facets of life, and learning how to deal with them is one of the most essential keys to success. We are joined on the show today by Julie Holly; self-proclaimed recovering perfectionist, wife, mother,...
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Episode 143
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Ep 142: American Taxes for Foreign Investors Approach with Kenneth Kastner
There are so many reasons for foreigners to invest in the US real estate market. There are also a number of elements that make the process difficult, that investors may not realize they need to consider before they dive in. On today’s show, we ...
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Ep 141: The Role of Architects in Multifamily Deals with Eli Meltzer
Growing up in Manhattan and having a father with vast experience in architecture and design, architect Eli Meltzer gathered a lot of insights into the multifamily sector in the metro, specifically in affordable housing. As a Principal at Meltze...
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Ep 140: Planning for the Future and Executing Your Vision with Seth Ferguson
Our guest today is no stranger to hardship, but his “million-dollar mistake” turned out to be the life experience that he is most grateful for. Seth Ferguson joins us on the show to candidly share the blunders he has made along his real estate ...
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Ep 139: Why Self-Storage is the Ultimate Disruptor Asset Class with Ryan Gibson
The status of self-storage as a recession-resistant asset class has really been put to the test during the coronavirus pandemic, but today’s guest still believes that it is one of the best-performing investments you can make. Ryan Gibson is the...
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Episode 139
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Ep 138: Everything You Need to Know About Mobile Home Parks with Apurva Shah
An engineer by day and a Managing Partner at JAYS Properties the rest of the time, Apurva Shah brings equal parts compassion and mathematical acumen to the real estate space. He joins us on the show today to share his experiences and offer advi...
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Ep 137: Go Bigger, Faster: Scaling from Single-family to Commercial Multifamily with Brian Briscoe
If you’re new to real estate investing, scaling from single-family homes to 100-unit apartment buildings can feel intimidating, but today’s guest shares some practical advice to help you go bigger, faster! Brian Briscoe is a Co-founder and Prin...
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Ep 136: From Engineer to Rent-to-Own Real Estate Specialist with Adam Zach
Many people struggle to buy their first home because they cannot qualify for a bank loan, but today’s guest raises private capital to buy homes for people so that they can finally become homeowners. Adam Zach is an engineer, real estate special...
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Ep 135: Commercial Real Estate in a Post-COVID World with Dan Lewkowicz
While a lot of uncertainty remains around the pandemic and its effects on multifamily, commercial real estate professionals like today’s guest are confident in the industry’s ability to withstand COVID-19 and reach greater heights in 2021. Dan ...
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