The Lessons in Real Estate Show

Welcome back to another episode. Today’s guest, Tyler Goble, is an active duty Marine Corps officer who uses proprietary code to analyze investment opportunities and mitigate risk. He is also the owner of LTG investments, a company dedicated to fighting human trafficking through the power of real estate.

For today's episode, we have an awesome guest Myles Spetsios. A founding member of The Joint Chiefs of Real Estate also known as JCORE. He is an active duty space force officer and a general partner on over 250 units. Tune in as he shares what he has done to make investing in real estate work even while on active duty.

Very excited to have Patrick Menefee on the show. He is the founder and CEO of Invest DGP. He created the Invest DGP platform to give back to the community and help others the way he’s been helped!

Patrick grew up in Minnesota. He graduated from Ranger School in 2012 and spent time in Africa and Southwest Asia over his 6-year career as an Infantry Officer before joining corporate America. He started with small multifamily properties and quickly scaled from 8 properties and 20 units within 10 months of getting started. He was able to do this while working full time in the banking industry as a consultant with one of the Big Four, spending every week traveling and living out of a hotel. In August 2020 He shifted his primary focus to house flipping, and on October 30, 2020, decided to quit his well-paying full-time job to go into real estate full time. He currently runs and is scaling a house flipping business in the Charlotte, NC MSA.

You can do real estate as an investor or as a full-time business. Patrick loves real estate and the business side of it so today, He shares the key lessons he learned about the business side of real estate, taking massive action, how he transitioned from real estate as a side hustle to a full-time business, learning from past mistakes, and how to go about finding the right people once you’ve made this decision. Tune in!

Welcome to the Greg Schowe!

Greg Schowe is an advanced real estate specialist with over 20 years of experience. His expertise is real estate transfer tax planning, specializing in the not-so-well-known tax code that is Section 1031. Greg combines his knowledge of real estate and tax laws to help individuals plan the most advantageous way to execute exchanged property dispositions under Section 1031 Exchanges in order to minimize taxes, reduce liabilities and plan for future investment success. He has coached over 5,000 real estate professionals all over the state of Missouri.

The best part about a 1031 exchange is that it is structured as a deferral of capital gains tax. This allows investors to receive the proceeds from their exchange, eventually deferring their taxes on any gains until the sale of their new property. That makes it one of the most powerful and valuable financial tools available to real estate investors. Greg Schowe will provide you with a vast overview of his knowledge base of 1031 exchanges and the various strategies he uses for his clients. Watch Greg get ‘show-y’ as he goes on a deep dive with us in this episode.

Josh Baker has been a diver all his life. Once at Navy boot camp, he almost went in the cryptography direction but the call of the dive was far too strong. He built a storied military diving career, from secondary command, climbing the ranks to first-class, making chief his first year on the mobile diving and salvage unit, and running the diving robotics division. He’s also been on multiple deployments in South America and Bahrain. Now, he’s reached his 20th year and intends to retire very soon. The cherry on top to all of that? He dived into real estate in the middle of his active military duty stint.  

Being the avid diver he is, Josh has made it his life to explore deep unknown trenches. He bought his first house soon as he realized apartments are black holes for your cash flow. It wasn’t perfect of course but he put his handyman skills to work and made sure his properties are renter-proof. He shares his in-depth method on how he achieved that. You certainly will not want to miss that one. Most of all, Josh goes on to shed some honesty and genuineness when dealing with tenants, and how it all ties with his goals to help and teach others about real estate. Watch the episode and dive in with Josh himself!

Greg was born into a military career family. His father and every man in their house all served in the military. Early on, he was instilled with an entrepreneur mindset and realized that life was all about providing value and scaling. He built multiple businesses and lived a long storied life that many business owners dream of. Greg went from doing every job available to scaling a small handyman business, which he sold off for $30 Million, a deal that got him started in real estate. That time alone took 17 years of preparation but Greg is the epitome of focus and action plan.

You cannot help but appreciate the cerebral approach of Greg. He’s figured everything down to a tee, from scaling in real estate, professionalism, and credibility, and automation, from leads to marketing, and scheduling. The key is to become exclusive and make your time as valuable as possible. He carries himself with such expertise and shares so much value that made this episode such a pleasure. And that’s what Greg is all about: providing value where there is a problem, having a plan, execute and start now. He has used his lifetime of sharp experience to educate and impact as many lives as possible. Watch the episode and meet the great Greg!

We all need a roof above our heads. The first and most crucial in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. When you meet your basic housing need, time and opportunities become abundant. Not to mention the mental benefits of getting to live properly. It is a tragedy how many families and veterans in the military can’t even meet this basic necessity. James offers a solution. In fact, he manages a fund that directly helps house military families and service members. In this episode, James takes us through his passionate journey and the colossal financial world of single-family offices.

James is another Lean advocate. He believes the 2 seconds improvements we make will snowball into more time and more money. He dreams of building an empire and giving back to the veteran community, teaching financial independence. Now on his way to creating business #3, James also dreams of a roof above every head. A true family man. In this episode, James shares how you don’t have to sell something and what a single-family office is, the grand empire he dreams of building one day. Check out his passionate plans, watch the episode now!

Hugh rocks a mustache like it’s nobody’s business. But it is his business to make sure your organization is just as suave. Hugh went from working for a W2 in what felt like forever then jumping ship into the family manufacturing business without any prior experience. What he had instead was military training and an extensive education in financial IT. This combination meant he had a knack for spotting problems and solving them efficiently. He leaned into this hard as he did with his 80s mustache fashion choice. This week’s episode can’t get any more eccentric.

If you think jumping from tech to manufacturing without experience is crazy, talk about blindly jumping into real estate with little prior knowledge. But soon enough, Hugh came packin’. All it took was two seconds. He preaches a lean process structure that identifies wasted steps while empowering teams to proactively and creatively solve them. A principle that builds a vibrant culture of critical ownership and efficient growth. Hugh has used this to help others create that extra mind space to profit exponentially, proven by his own real estate success. A true zero to (mustached) hero story.

Dane is a good friend and an even better storyteller. You can tell by the way he connects using language, talking about psychology, relationships, and development. His story starts at the Silicon Slopes, the rising tech mecha in Utah. While his high-level tech career was in an upward swing, he came to a crossroads. He chose Love and took the road less traveled. A path that ultimately led him to real estate.

Dane lives his life like he tells his stories, with contagious pleasure. First off, he is the military spouse supporting his wife Kim, whose military career took them to the Land of the Rising Sun. Dane went from title running in a car dealership, to a director in tech speech and AI, to almost buying that same dealership, to a rebirth meditation that changed his life! All while living in Japan. He is every bit of the passionate storytelling character you could imagine with stories of Love and adventure that will fill your days. It is a pleasure to connect again with Dane in this episode. Listen to his storied path that goes from auto red lights to a green light Hugh.

In this episode, we explore:

• From Tech to Real Estate
• Being a military spouse
• Love and Relationship
• Life in Japan
• Meeting Anthony
• The Power of Storytelling
• Connecting through Meaningful Language
• Golden buzzers are because of great stories
  

About Dane: 

Over the past 6 years, Dane has been fortunate enough to work with some of the most amazing teams and some of the world's largest and most innovative brands, whilst supporting a navy spouse whose career has taken him across the globe. During that time, his strategic thinking and unyielding desire to provide value landed him in the center of executive sales roles, marketing and brand recognition, strategy, business development, artificial intelligence and machine learning, tech consulting, and personal coaching and mentoring.

Living abroad in Japan, he had to completely reinvent himself, learn a new language, and develop a working knowledge of a complex culture that plays a major role in the world’s global economy. It was one of the most challenging experiences of his life, yet one of the most rewarding both personally and professionally. At the beginning of 2021, he took the biggest chance of his life and moved to Missouri and partnered with a real estate investor named Hugh Carnahan as his chief operations and strategic officer where they are committed to building a 2-second lean company and buy and hold single family, commercial, and retail properties.

His goal is to build strong communities through conscious real estate investing and use technology to enhance the human experience, whether that’s in real estate or mentoring up and coming entrepreneurs, which lends to his overall mission of helping individuals and organizations tell their personal stories and share their unique visions with the world. The philosophy he lives by is: Action This Day!

Snapshot Timestamp: 39:04

1. What is your number one failure in real estate?

• I didn’t invest sooner

2. What advice do you have for other military investors to be successful?

• Get involved and do your research

3. What is your dream?

• To sit in a room and help amazing people tell stories
  

Connecting with the Guest (Provided by client)

Kris Reid greets us with a sunny morning episode all the way from Vietnam! Originally from Brisbane, he studied software engineering during his time as an Army cadet with the Australian military. A path that led him to software in finance and the banks of London. He then rode that high all the way to the 2008 crash. He goes home beat down and works on his idea to build an online game, a path that also leads him to SEO. So from “cub scout with a gun” to the “coolest guy in SEO”. You don’t want to miss this episode packed with good knowledge. Be sure to check out ardordseo.com/content

We are joined today by Ashton [in Afghanistan], the other half of the Levarek brother duo that runs Valkere group. They went from bouncing off each other’s ideas to finding their complementing. Ashton was a helicopter rescue for the Coast Guard for 6 years and then retired as an Air Force Pararescue. All Ashton ever wanted was to be deployed as much as he could. Today he is a visionary leader for their fund group. Join us and find out how Ashton went from jumping off helicopters to jumping in real estate.

Today, we will get twice the value in lessons! Suzy and Michael are a Real Estate couple, not to mention Suzy is a rare female syndicator in an industry dominated by men. They make this all work while being based overseas 4,000 miles away! Unheard of.

Michael is on active-duty Air Force stationed in England while he completes his Phd in Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge. Suzy works as a program manager in a Biotech company and has gone through every scenario possible as a military spouse. They both worked through juggling careers, dreams and their relationship into a successful Real Estate venture, recently closing 100 units at the end of June. Find out how they made it all possible in this episode.

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In this episode, we explore:

• Active duty tour as a military PhD student
• Extreme long-distance investment
• How we go started in Real Estate
• Being Patient with Online Content
• Working as a Real Estate Couple
• Being a female syndicator
• Creating an Impact in the Community
• Leveraging training and career

About Suzy and Michael:

Suzy and Michael are the Founders of Adventurous Real Estate Investors. They specialize in Return on Impact. Through real estate investing they create immeasurable impacts; in their family, with their friends, in their community, with the families (residents) they serve, in the spaces where they want to be generous.... everywhere and anywhere!

Snapshot Timestamps: 39:04

1. What is your number one failure in real estate?

• Thinking you had to start in single family homes

1. What advice do you have for other military investors to be successful?

• Leveraging whatever military training you have

1. What inspired you to serve your country?

• I wanted to give back and be part of something bigger than myself.. And leverage the opportunity from the military, education-wise.

1. What is your dream?

• Travel, immerse and build schools. Implement education in a way that serves the community.

Quotes:

1. “Be very clear what your end goal is and work towards that every single day” 25:29
2. “Go five levels deep on your Why.. because that will help you propel through those tough times” 33:21
3. “When more women and men think about people first instead of profit first, you get so much more from it all” 43:28

Connecting with the Guest

In today's episode, we are joined by Jesse Futia. Jesse is all about Freedom. At just 25 years old, one of his biggest motivators is financial freedom for his family. Born and raised in Upstate, NY. Jesse is an active-duty Army officer stationed in Fort Benning, GA. He split time between the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, NY and the 75th Ranger Regiment.

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In this episode, we explore:

• Guest Military Background
• CoreLogic company
• Acquisition Process
• Talking with Brokers
• Building Rapport and Credibility Factors with Brokers
• LOI Strategy
• Why choose being a Limited Partner
  

About Stephen:

Stephen began real estate investing in 2013 when he purchased his first Single family house. Since then, he has continued to evolve as an investor including a BRRR (Buy, Rehab, Refinance) SFHR and a Four Plex all in Dallas-Fort Worth. In 2018 he became a limited partner in his first multi-family deal in Dallas, TX and since then has been a limited partner in 4 additional multi-family communities totaling over 950 doors throughout the Southeast.

Snapshot: 44:48

1. What is your number one failure in real estate?

• Not firing my property manager sooner.
  

2. What advice do you have for other military investors to be successful?

• Find partners that have offsetting skill sets from you.
  

3. What inspires you to serve your country

• The opportunity to get challenging life experience early upfront and to give back to the country.
  

4. What is your dream?

• Full time real estate investor
  

Quotes:

1. “At the end of the day, you’re trying to figure out what levers you can tweak to make you the most aggressive as possible to win the deal but also to be conservative at the same time.” 9:23 - 9:34
2. “You’ve got to find partners that bring different skills or values than you do.”
   

Snippet: 14:30-16:25

REELS: 24:15 - 24:37

Connecting with the Guest:

In this episode, we explore:

• Setting appointments through Cold Calling
• Maximizing marketing budget
• Generating Leads through Facebook
• Doing Facebook Ads
• Knowing that the consumer needs
• Residential Real Estate
• Finding the right marketing strategy
  

About Gustavo:

Gustavo "Gus" Munoz Castro, CEO and Founder of PowerISA

-Originally from Mexico, I'm a former Microsoft Senior Engineer turned Real Estate Agent turned Inside Sales guru
-I run one of the largest Inside Sales teams for Real Estate in North America, 100+ Agents strong making about 50K outbound dials a day
-We set about 100 Appointments with Buyers and Sellers every day, mostly from Facebook leads
-I run a 7-figure a year business and have over 600+ active clients
-I'm super passionate about helping business owners be successful through online marketing and lead follow-up

Snapshot: 26:29

1. What is your number one failure in real estate?

• My first flip
  

1. What advice do you have for other investors to be successful?

• Create a team
  

1. What is your dream?

• Location independent entrepreneur and financially independent through real estate investing

Quotes:

1. “Manage the amount of risk that you can take on.”
   
2. “Don’t be afraid to change things.”
   
3. “I would love to dedicate my time, my life and my energy through teaching without the need for the monetary part of it.”
   

Snippet: 11:18 - 12:28

REELS: 8:39 - 8:56

Connecting with the Guest: