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Here is how a 40 year veteran real estate owner made $3M… Overnight.
The answer: specific knowledge.
But this is what I mean.
He told me how one day he got a call from a broker. The broker saw he owned in the area and called him about a new listing he had near the ocean.…
One of the smartest investors I’ve worked with bought an $80m portfolio in San Francisco last year.
18 buildings.
He just told me he never saw inside. Never looked at a rent roll.
Don’t have any DD docs.
He then told me he just sold 10 of them for $50M and once he sells 4…
It's funny how if vacancy control passes in Los Angeles, all those tenant buyouts will vanish.
"Wait but pay me $50K and I'll leave."
Oops, the government said I can't. Sorry.
Want to know how to misplace $24 BILLION dollars?
Give it to the government.
Last week the state of California was audited on the $24 billion of tax dollars it spent to combat homelessness between 2018 and 2023.
The state could not track where the funds were placed and could…
If I had unlimited money, this is how I would dominate CRE brokerage:
1. Get Data
- Hire VA's to scrape data providers
- Get TLO for mobile and emails
- Have cold caller's verify ownership
- Build Top 150 clients list, cambridge analytica that shit
2. Top of Funnel
- Built…
When in doubt if you need to find who is charge of a property
Look at who signed the loan docs.
They got skin in the game.
To find the docs. I use
1. Costar
2. Title reps.
I can find 99.99% of people's phone numbers.
Here are the tools I use:
1. Truepeoplesearch
2. Bizfile online (LLC search)
3. Costar
4. Lexis Nexis
5. Landivison or Landglide
6. Title Reps
7. Google Search
That's it's. Most are free and the paid ones have cheaper alternatives…
The 12 Stages of Multifamily Syndicators
Stage 1: "Dad's got buildings, people need roofs—seems like a no-brainer. Time to buy multifamily!"
Stage 2: "Where do we find the good deals? Let's hire 25 VA's to cold call"
Stage 3: "This one works if I squint and imagine the rent is…
Who is buying multifamily buildings in LA right now?
I got this question from a client the other day. My answer may catch you off guard:
1. Family Office: Think generational investing.
With deep pockets and a long-term view, they're seizing what they see as…
99% of people on X are "lurkers"
They sit in the background and throw a like or comment every now and again on a post.
Some of you lurkers are happy just being in the background, BUT a few of you want to start sharing your knowledge and joining the 1%.
You just don't know…
I am not a big fan of off market deals but man when they hit, they hit.
Who has the best way to track and send off market deals ?
I need an operations specialist!
Honored to have our article in the LA Times B2B column. I've been writing more so keep an eye out for more content.
I'm taking a page out of @BobKnakal playbook.
The Top 5 Most Costly Mistakes First-Time Investors Make latimes.com/b2bpublishing/…
So you want to build an ADU?
Terrible idea
Unless your property fits this criteria:
1. High PPSF sales price
2. High Rental Income Area
Ex.
Beverly Hills ✅ (Good)
Koreatown ❌ ( Bad)
Beverly Hills: Your ADU construction? Around $350/sq ft.
But, average area value? A…
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