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Knolly Williams, who calls himself The Business Healer, has an interesting story marked by early rapping aspirations and outstanding academic prowess. Despite being a "scared kid" who faced numerous challenges, Knolly's entrepreneurial spirit emerged when he was 12 years old, selling hand-crafted jewelry at flea markets. Leaving home at 16, he started a gospel music magazine and record label by 22 that was bringing in $150,000 per month within six years. But the industry changed on him, and Knolly and his wife found themselves having to start from rock bottom.

Turning to real estate, Knolly rapidly became a top 7 agent in Austin, TX and sold over 1,000 homes in the first ten years. He runs three six-figure businesses and spends only three hours a day doing it. A "3 Hours A Day" author, he teaches others to systemize, organize, automate, and delegate their businesses toward focusing on what's most important for freedom with finances, time, and locatio...

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Financial freedom, to many people, is this huge and very complicated goal, but for Investor Mama Jen Narciso, it was achieved through smart real estate investing. It all started in 2013 when she bought a duplex for $200k. Jen did a simple but effective strategy: live in one half, rent out the other, fix it up, cash out refinance, and repeat. Along the way, she and her husband had a couple of kids, bought another single-family home in 2020, and let real estate appreciation work its magic. This approach has helped them build up a $2M portfolio, and Jen can now spend her days fully dedicating herself to raising her children without the stress of having to work full-time.

Today, Jen is a real estate agent; her husband still works. Helping others, especially moms, is her passion, and the Investor Mama website and podcast showcase just that. In this episode, Jen shares her journey, bringing practical advice for those looking to start or take their real e...

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In the real estate investment business, access to creative and flexible financing can be the difference between success and failure. Meet Malcolm Turner, a veteran executive with a reputation for structuring deals that conventional banks refuse to touch. With the founding of Castle Commercial Capital in 2007, Malcolm has established a niche in commercial lending and capital markets, offering creative solutions to investors.

Malcolm's book, "Financing The Unbankable Deal," is a reflection of his in-depth knowledge and strategic thinking in overcoming financial challenges in property. His wisdom has given more investors the power to secure funding for hard-to-finance projects, converting potential obstacles into avenues for development.
Aside from his success in his profession, Malcolm is also deeply rooted in his community. For the last 15 years, he has been a deacon at his church, reflecting his service and leadership commitment. He is also a committe...

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Are you looking to add a short-term rental to your portfolio of real estate investments? Follow along with us as we go behind the scenes of our initial short-term rental purchase, scheduled to close within the next week in the scenic Finger Lakes region of New York!
Take a behind-the-scenes look at our thinking, planning, and the thrilling steps we're taking to launch this new business. Whether you're a seasoned investor or a newcomer, our experience has lessons and tips to share with anyone interested in the short-term rental space.

In this episode hosted by Mike Swenson, we discussed:

• The balance between cash flow and appreciation on their apartment complex and how it led to looking at short-term rentals
• How we explored short-term rental markets to invest in
• What we liked about this particular short-term rental deal
• The two things to figure out your monthly cash flow on an apartment
• The side benefit of the STR cashflow is building value on
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Jim Sheils has a stunning real estate career, beginning with his initial purchase of a property in California for $152k to now living in Florida, where he has finished more than 2,000 rehabs. Jim's concentration now is in the Build To Rent niche, where he constructs Single Family Homes, Duplexes, and Quads all across Florida in his firm, Southern Impression Homes.
In addition to his real estate achievement, Jim is most enthusiastic about his family. Together with his wife, they started 18 Summers, a firm that specializes in offering family education services to business owners and professionals who wish to improve their relationships with their family while being successful in business. Jim is also the best-selling author of "The Family Board Meeting," which is a #1 Wall Street Journal Best Seller.

In this episode hosted by Mike Swenson, we discussed:

• How Jim started to fix up houses and resell them to first-time homebuyers and then hold them as
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Jerry Miller is a real estate investor with almost 20 years of experience doing a wide variety of strategies ranging from single-family homes, BRRRR's, rent-to-own and utilizing Section 8 through his company Largo Group. A couple of years ago he was introduced to real estate syndications as a limited partner investing in value-add projects as well as new development. Because of the success he's sustained, he's begun raising capital as a general partner. He continues to do all of this while still maintaining his full-time role as a consultant in the IT industry. Jerry loves working with IT professionals that are looking to get started investing in real estate and provide them with passive options to invest in.

In this episode hosted by Mike Swenson, we discussed:

• Jim's start investing into single-family homes
  
• How 5+ multifamily apartment complexes should be valued of their cash flow & income instead of based on comps for smaller properties
  
• A...

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From graduating at 16 to buying her first property at 18 to growing up in a family that works in the real estate investment and syndication space, Staci Gray has seen and experienced a lot. She understands how entrepreneurs get trapped by operational chaos and don't know how to properly grow their real estate businesses. She founded Organize To Scale to align with mission-driven leaders to develop strategic initiatives, provide operational disciplines and streamline day-to-day execution for quickly maximizing results. This allows people to build businesses they own and that don't own them. Staci shares the importance of understanding yourself and your sliks, putting the right people on the right problems, and the 3 steps she takes to help scale and grow the companies she works with on a daily basis.

In this episode hosted by Mike Swenson, we discussed:

• How Staci has been in real estate since 16 by working for her father who's an investor, and
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Having worked as teachers for years, Ken and Rachael Wick first purchased a triplex and a duplex 20 years ago as a way to supplement their education salaries. Being educators, they understood the value of growing and educating themselves on their real estate investing journey, essentially getting their "2nd Master's Degrees". They have also focused on partnering with others further down the road to learn from them until they felt comfortable doing larger deals themselves. Fast forward to today, and Ken and Rachael own over 225 units in 3 states. They have also leveraged the power of cost segregation studies to bring additional cashflow into their properties through accelerated depreciation. What is equally important to their success is their desire to provide great quality housing to their tenants, their hearts to give back through their partnership with World Vision and their Doors2Donate Program, and spending time with their 6 children.

In thi...

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What makes every REL Freedom story exciting and interesting is that everyone is taking a different approach to building their income and wealth. For Jack Duffley, he's using a few different techniques and combinations on his journey to financial independence. By day, Jack is an attorney who recently opened his own practice after spending time previously working for a large law firm doing commercial real estate work. Outside of that, he's worked at a few different real estate investing projects, having done a house hack and had various rentals in Chicago, Houston, and Indianapolis. Understanding the need to diversify and grow his income, he also acquired a steam cleaning business doing $300k/yr in revenue and recently hired a manager to run most of that so that he can remain hands off. Jack is also the author of "The One Property Retirement: A Simple Strategy for Building Your Nest Egg" in addition to documenting his journey to grow his Net Worth on ...

Are you looking for a way to invest in real estate much more passively without all the hassle of managing a property and executing on the strategy? A real estate syndication might be the perfect investment option for you. Let's discuss what real estate syndications are and why they're a great choice for passive investors.

What is a Syndication?

In simple terms, a syndication is a group investment in a real estate property. It allows a group of investors to pool their money together to invest in a property (known as limited partners), while one or more real estate professionals manage the property and execute a strategy (known as general partners). Investors who join syndication get to enjoy the benefits of investing in real estate without having to be actively involved in the management of the property.

Types Of Syndications

Because a syndication is a selling of a security, the IRS wants to make sure that things are set-up property. Without going too deep into the weeds, a...