How To Do Your First Apartment Deal Without Your Own Money
So here’s the shocking truth about getting started with apartment buildings: you don’t need to be rich. In fact, you don’t even need hundreds of thousands of dollars to get started with apartment building investing, because you’re going to raise it from private individuals. And here’s the other truth: These individuals are going to be happy to hear from you!
How I Bought an Apartment Building Without My Own Money
This is my story about how I bought a 12-unit apartment building with money raised from private individuals. Lessons Learned from a Deal Against all Odds and a Nightmarish First Year. Don’t make the same mistakes as I did and learn how to raise money to buy your first apartment building.
MB 191: Raising Millions for Multifamily Deals—In Minutes! – With Josh Cantwell
If you want to raise money, I mean REALLY raise money, you need a thought leadership platform. Today, Josh Cantwell joins me to share his four steps to building an online community of investors and explain how he leverages digital marketing tactics to raise millions in capital for multifamily deals—in a matter of minutes!
MB 161: Break into the Multifamily Business with Joint Ventures – With Jens Nielsen
What’s the best way to break into multifamily? Active or passive investing? Go it alone or partner with a team? Raise capital or syndicate deals? Today, Jens Nielsen joins me to share the benefits of each strategy and explain how to leverage the power of joint ventures to invest in bigger deals early on!
3 Ways to Handle Requests for Proof of Funds When You Don’t Have Any
You submit an offer, but the seller requests proof of funds before they'll sign. You don’t have the funds. What do you do? Learn 3 strategies here!
MB 138: Syndication vs. Creative Financing for Multifamily Capital – With Jake Stenziano & Gino Barbaro
While syndication is the most popular way to raise money to fund a multifamily deal, it is not the only option. Today, Jake Stenziano and Gino Barbaro explain how they built an impressive portfolio by way of creative financing—and why they are adding syndication to their repertoire now!
How to Find Investors To Fund Your Real Estate Deals
I’ve been writing about buying apartment buildings with money from private individuals. Someone had asked me “How do you find local investors that are interested in discussing deals?”. Great question, let’s talk about it! For several years before getting involved with investing in apartment buildings, I was renovating houses, fixing them up and reselling them. […]
The Best-Kept Secret to Raising Money for Apartment Building Investing
Newbie investors tell me they’ll start their apartment building investing career when they have money. But who knows when that will happen? And so they wait. Or they’ll say they can’t see themselves putting a building under contract if they don’t already have the funds in the bank – who will take them seriously? Or […]
MB 130: Raising Private Capital to Grow Your Multifamily Portfolio – With Matt Faircloth
Are you still skeptical that you can build a real estate business using other people’s money? Or, maybe you don’t think your sphere of influence has access to that kind of capital. Matt Faircloth joins me to explain where to look for money within your network and how to grow a multifamily portfolio using private capital.
MB 126: The BEST EVER Advanced Multifamily Strategies for Raising Money at Scale – With Joe Fairless
If you’re early in your career as a multifamily syndicator, aligning your interests with a qualified team is essential in overcoming your lack of experience to go after larger, more lucrative deals. Joe Fairless joins me to discuss his new book, Best Ever Apartment Syndication Book, and share his approach to money raising at scale.