Best Cody Laughlin Podcasts (2025)

For today’s episode we talked to Michael Fordham. Michael has over 20 years of real estate and banking experience. Michael practiced corporate and securities law for 18 years with investment banks JPMorgan Chase & Co. (New York City) and Credit Suisse, A.G. (Zurich, Switzerland). Michael founded Silverado Lending as a part of his passion for real e…

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There's No 'Security' in Corporate America with Saket Jain with Saket Jain Part 2 25:07

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Episode 131: In today’s episode we are excited to give you the second installment of our conversation with guest Saket Jain. He goes deep into his experience with syndication, the lessons he learned and the kind of investor you want to be. Saket is a #1 bestselling author, investor, syndicator, tech enthusiast, and philanthropist Saket Jain is the …

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There's No 'Security' in Corporate America with Saket Jain 33:35

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Episode 130: The road to successful investing is a winding one so today we will learn from our guest Saket Jain about his journey from corporate America, being laid off, deciding he has to take control of his life, and what it takes to be an investor. #1 bestselling author, investor, syndicator, tech enthusiast, and philanthropist Saket Jain is the…

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Why You Should Stay Active with Cody & Brian 28:41

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Episode 129: In this episode, Cody and Brian share a conversation about what they've been seeing in the market. It's a completely different landscape and people are fearful but it's not as bad as it seems. They also share why it's important to stay active and why being a hyper selective investor in this market cycle can be beneficial. Tune in to fi…

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Remember, You Serve the People with Cody Laughlin and Brian Alfaro 33:56

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Today we share an episode of The Real Estate Breakthrough Show with Christina Suter where Cody and Brian are guests. Listen in as they share key insights about Blue Oak investments, the secrets to their success, and why it's important to always remember that in this industry, it’s all about serving the people. Cody Laughlin Cody Laughlin is a co-fo…

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Supply Chain Economics, Inflation, & Black Swan Events with Jeff Davis 32:12

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Episode 127: We are excited to have as guest a good friend Jeff Davis. Jeff is a global logistics sales executive for a Fortune 100 company based in Houston, Texas. He's a global supply chain and logistics professional. Since 2005, Jeff began investing in real estate in 2015 as a single family landlord and in 2021 divested all of his single family …

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Setting up a company while working in healthcare full-time with Cody Laughlin 28:23

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Episode 126: For today’s episode we have Cody as guest on The Gold Collar Investor Podcast and we get to find out his beginning as an accidental landlord and where he is now in the real estate space. He talks about how he was able to pay two mortgages by putting a tenant on his first, his transition from single family to multifamily real estate, an…

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Passive Income Lifestyle Design with Becca Hindergardt 38:30

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Episode 125: Becca Hintergardt is the Owner of Hint Investments and a Multifamily Investor. She specializes in helping others craft a plan to live a passive income lifestyle through commercial real estate investing. She currently lives in Nosara, Costa Rica. Her life in the tropics is largely supported by passive income from her multifamily real es…

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Getting Yourself Exposed To Multifamily To Grow Massively with Cody Laughlin 26:46

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Episode 124: In this episode, Cody is a guest on the “How Did They Do It Podcast” and he shares his real estate journey. He goes deep into why and what it took for him to transition from single family to multifamily real estate and why he thinks we shouldn’t be overwhelmed with going bigger faster. Cody Laughlin is a real estate entrepreneur and th…

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Mindset Cannot Be Taken For Granted with Rod Khleif 41:46

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Episode 123: Rod Khleif is a multiple business owner and philanthropist who is passionate about business, high performance, real estate, and giving back. As one of the country’s top real estate and peak performance luminaries. He has also owned over 2000 properties. Rod soared from humble beginnings as a young, impoverished Dutch immigrant to incre…

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Reg A Funds vs Traditional Syndication with Kevin Brenner 43:14

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Episode 122: There are countless ways to get into real estate. Our guest for this episode Kevin Brenner, talks to us about getting started in real estate investing through real estate investment funds. Kevin began his real estate investing journey in late 2018 after using his Veteran Affairs (VA) loan entitlement to house hack a Quadplex in Savanna…

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Multifamily Investing in This Market Cycle with Ryan Webster and Warren Dresner 42:32

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Episode 121: In today's episode we have the founders of the Equity Yield Group, a real estate investment firm specializing in institutional grade multifamily assets, in great markets, sourced, qualified, and managed by an experienced team. Ryan Webster is Managing Partner, and Founder of Equity Yield Group. He is an NHBA award winning home builder,…

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Leveraging Authentic Relationships To Further Your Business with Andrew Cushman 41:12

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Episode 120: “I don’t think we’ve ever purchased something that was listed since 2015 or 16” is a testament to how important building relationships can be in this industry so today, we talk to our guest Andrew Cushman, founder and principal at Vantage Point Acquisitions. His passion drives him forward in entrepreneurial endeavors but his easygoing,…

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Passive Investing: How Passive Can it Really Get with Whitney Elkins-Hutten 42:16

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Episode 119: There's two ways to do real estate: active and passive. If you're into real estate because you want financial and location independence, the freedom to make an impact, time and freedom of choice, passive investing should be the path for you. To know more about this, we talk with Whitney Elkins-Hutten. Whitney is the Director of investo…

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Building A Brand, Team and Rolodex to Become A Lead Sponsor with Brian Alfaro 42:08

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Episode 118: Brian’s primary role at Blue Oak Capital is focused on Investor Relations, Marketing & Brand Development. Brian believes in leveraging a brand & scale to add value to both our residents & investing partners. After spending over 14 years focused on Operations in a Franchise business, Brian facilitated the opening & growth of a multi-loc…

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9 Ways to Acquire Multi Family Deals in a Hypercompetitive Market 22:19

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Episode 117: As Director of Acquisition at Blue Oak Capital, Cody Laughlin says this time in the market is challenging, on the same note though, he says we are still in the expansion part of the cycle. In today’s episode, Cody shares being a featured guest of Best Ever’s Ash Patel. He talks to Ash about ways to acquire Mufti Family deals in a hyper…

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Will Our Real Estate Business Be Affected This Year with Anthony Vicino 37:38

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Episode 116: There’s people who invest in real estate and people who build a real estate business. Anthony Vicino will tell us the difference and why you might want one over the other. He is a serial entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author, Investor, and Small Business Owner who successfully managed his own personal portfolio of multifamily assets spread…

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The Impact That Macro Economics Has On Commercial Real Estate with Hunter Thompson 45:05

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Episode 115: Having a background in economics, has allowed Hunter Thompson to achieve a holistic approach to analyzing real estate data and has led him to have a unique perspective on out-of-state investing. The goal of his business is to help clients invest in passive cash flow opportunities that provide a healthy return on investment, without the…

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Should Passive Investors be Concerned About Rising Interest Rates with Brian Alfaro 38:57

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Episode 114: Brian Alfaro is a real estate entrepreneur and local Houston business owner. After spending over 14 years focused on Operations in a Franchise business, Brian facilitated the opening & growth of a multi-location café business in Fort Bend county serving thousands an upscale coffee experience. Brian’s primary role at Blue Oak Capital is…

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Are Urban Townhouses a Solution to the Affordable Housing Crisis with Scott Choppin 47:45

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Episode 113: Growing up in the business of development, innovation in the build-to-rent space came naturally for Scott Choppin. He is the founder, visionary, and CEO of The Urban Pacific Group of Companies which concentrates on workforce housing. His primary focus is on Urban Town Houses (UTH) which has improved the lifestyles of families and other…

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How To Hedge Against the Downside with Bruce Wuollet 42:01

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Episode 112: “Creating Legacy High performing Assets” Bruce is the founder, visionary and owner of Bakerson. Growing up in the bakery business in the Twin Cities in Minnesota, Bruce wanted to pay homage to his now late father; hence the name “Bakerson”. After trying his hands in a few different ventures in Minnesota, Chicago and Phoenix, he finally…

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Data Driven Investing with Stefan Tsvetkov 44:11

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Episode 111: Stefan Tsvetkov is the Founder of RealtyQuant (www.realtyquant.com), a company that brings data-driven and quantitative techniques to the real estate industry. On a mission to add massive industry value through education, investment, technology, and analytics. Financial engineer turned multifamily investor, analytics speaker, and live …

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Understanding Your Investing Thesis and Risk Aversion with Jeremy Roll 49:00

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Episode 110: Jeremy started investing in real estate and businesses in 2002 and left the corporate world in 2007 to become a full-time passive cash flow investor. He is currently an investor in more than 60 opportunities across more than $1 Billion worth of real estate and business assets. As Founder and President of Roll Investment Group, Jeremy m…

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Multifamily Investors Who Dominate - A Recap with Beau Beery 46:12

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Episode 109: Beau Beery helps multifamily investors, from beginners to the most elite in the world, buy and sell more assets. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Marketing and a Master of Science degree in Real Estate from the University of Florida as well as the prestigious Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation. He has been in the…

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Will Rising Interest Rates Slow the Multifamily Market with Cody and Brian 29:14

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Episode 108: In this episode, Brian and Cody discuss how the increasing interest rates could affect the market this year. They also talk about the lessons they’ve learned in their most recent 60 unit deal. For today’s episode we will cover: [ 00:00 - 01:27] Opening Segment. Catching up with Cody and Brian [ 01:27 - 13:31 ] Things are more rigid on …

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Your Backstage Guide to Passive Investing - A Recap with Matt Picheny 45:36

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Matt Picheny is a real estate investor, Tony award winner, and author of the #1 best-selling book: Backstage Guide to Real Estate. He is focused on developing passive income streams that enable investors to write their own story and choose how they want to spend their time. Matt has over 15 years of experience revitalizing and elevating communities…

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Being Weary On The Value-Add Strategy In The Current Market With Cody and Brian 30:46

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Episode 106: In this episode, Cody and Brian discuss the advantages of the value-add play, as well as how you should be wary when buying/selling a value-add deal as a passive investor. For today’s episode we will cover: [ 00:00 - 02:14] Opening Segment. Pleasantries between Cody and Brian. Why the value-add play has been talked about. [ 02:14 - 08:…

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The Development Side Of Real Estate Post-COVID with Venkat Avasarala 49:00

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Episode 105: Venkat Avasarala is a seasoned Real Estate professional. His main focus is Ground Up Development of Market rate Multifamily properties, and acquiring Value-add Workforce housing Multifamily properties in landlord friendly Sun belt states. Venkat is developing 1500 Multifamily units in DFW, Austin, Phoenix and has also acquired 3600 exi…

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Are We In a Market Shift vs Paradigm Shift with Bill Ham 46:55

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Episode 104: Bill Ham is back on this show with his latest book “Real Estate Raw”. Gracing us with knowledge on where the market will most likely go, why real estate will always make money, and more. In this episode, Bill gives us the tools to safely invest in the future of real estate. He is also giving us points to reflect on and situations to av…

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Syndicating is a B_tch - A Recap with Bruce Petersen 50:35

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Episode 103: The Apartment Guy℠, Bruce Petersen, is an educator, best selling author and syndicator of large multi-family properties throughout Central Texas ranging in size from 48-292 units. He was awarded the Austin Apartment Association’s Independent Rental Owner of the Year for 2016 and the National Apartment Association’s Independent Rental O…

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Healthcare Professional Turned Real Estate Investor with Nic Espanet 42:10

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Healthcare Professional Turned Real Estate Investor Episode 102: Nic Espanet has been passively investing in multifamily assets since 2016 and has been a multifamily Syndicator & Asset Manager since 2018. Nic has worked as a licensed Physical Therapist since 1996 and has run his own private practice since 2012. His experience as a small business ow…

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The Balance of Being A W2 Employee and Small Business Owner with Chris Freeman 44:33

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Episode 101: Chris Freeman is an experienced real estate investor with $20M in assets under management. His 20 years of real estate investment has focused exclusively on multifamily apartment buildings that can generate immediate cash flow. Over 26 years, he has been fortunate to experience financial success through high-tech sales and sales leader…

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A Look Back At Some Of The Past 100 Episodes 34:35

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For today’s episode we will cover: [ 00:00 - 4:30] Opening Segment. Damian Lupo Being eaten alive by unknowingly giving freedom Social score in China The time before the hyper-inflation [ 4:30 - 08:10 ] Neal Bawa Highlights Current multifamily cap rates Future multifamily cap rate predictions Why you should by multifamily now [ 08:10 - 11:49 ] Bill…

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Having the Intangibles for Success with Cody and Brian 45:38

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The Importance of Experience in Today's Market with Terry Painter 45:31

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Terry Painter is the author of "The Encyclopedia of Commercial Real Estate Advice" – published by Wiley, and a contributing writer for Forbes.com. He is the founder of Apartment Loan Store and Business Loan Store - commercial mortgage banking and advisory firms that have closed over four billion dollars in commercial loans since 1997. Known as a sy…

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Tapping Into the "Buyer" Psychology to Build Your Brand with Divine Bunch 41:15

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Divine Bunch is a New Jersey native who relocated and fell in love with Elizabethtown, Kentucky. She has loved writing since she could hold a pen. She is a real estate website copywriter, primarily working with service-based business. She writes for groundbreaking entrepreneurs including Miriam Mckisi, a real estate investor and American Ninja Warr…

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Learning From The Mistakes Of Yesterday with Brandon Magierowski 44:18

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A native of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Brandon Magierowski came to Shreveport, Louisiana in 2004 to join the LSU-Shreveport Pilots Baseball Program. After three years with the Pilots, Brandon graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in General Business Administration. In 2008, Brandon returned to the LSUS-Baseball Program in 2010 as the Graduate Assist…

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Smaller Markets Can Yield High Returns with Tory Sheffer 42:26

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Tory Sheffer is the owner of Sheffer Capital and is responsible for all aspects of real estate acquisition & management, including underwriting, structuring equity, raising capital & asset management. His work involves managing the transaction process from inception to execution, as well as continuous asset management through the life of the asset.…

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Value Add Workforce Housing Investing with Yusef Alexander 40:26

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Yusef Alexander has more than 20 years of working-class, real estate industry experience. He serves as VP & Chief Business Development Officer at Real Estate Asset Partners where he supports the company’s asset expansion and philanthropic growth efforts. Yusef is an active industry thought leader, frequent panelist, speaker and guest lecturer withi…

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Focusing on Climate Resilient Markets with Dina Buchanan 45:41

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Dina is the Director of investor relations at PCRP Group, a firm that provides direct access to tax-advantaged, passive income commercial real estate opportunities. She has been investing in both residential and commercial properties in the United States and Internationally for over 19 years and has acquired or has been responsible for overseeing a…

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Why Having a Reliable Investor Portal is Important with Brad St. Onge 39:55

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Joining us on the show today is Brad St. Onge, Head of Partnership Development with InvestNext. He has been in Real Estate or Investments for almost 20 years. Over the last 5 years he ran a successful investor relations department then made the switch to InvestNext where his focus has been on helping IR departments successfully utilize technology t…

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The Know, Like, and Trust Investor Triangle with Dan Handford 49:13

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Dan and his wife, Dennae, along with their 4 children (3 girls and a boy) and standard poodle, reside and work in Columbia, SC. Dan Handford is one of the managing partners with PassiveInvesting.com which is a national passive apartment investing firm based in the Carolinas. He has led his apartment syndication company to acquire 2,680+ units with …

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Get Motivated Seller Leads Ft. Danny Johnson - REMS Miniseries EP5 51:16

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Manage your leads like it’s 2021. Comes a time when scrapping notebooks and dirty spreadsheets is not enough. You simply can’t do all of the marketing, lead intake, deal analysis, acquisitions, rehab management. It is just too much. For Danny Johnson, that realization happened a long time ago, which is why he built Forefront, a CRM that maximizes t…

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What is Proptech? ft. Gil Sperling - REMS Miniseries EP4 19:19

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Digital marketing spends excelled traditional marketing in 2020 – in the US, $151bn versus $107bn – and over 70% of global digital ad spend is spent on Facebook, Instagram, and Google. Unfortunately, a big portion of the money is dissipated when advertisers don’t accurately target their audiences – which is why Performance Marketing is essential fo…

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Building your Community in Real Estate ft. Nicole Mickle - REMS Miniseries EP3 33:20

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Get ready for some Digital Marketing knowledge! Nicole Mickle has a 23-year career in the Real Estate industry, working in diverse roles like mortgage broker, transaction coordinator, loan officer as well as running a successful mobile notary closing company. A vigorous experience that allowed Nicole to know Real Estate inside and out. Her powerful…

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Advice on Multifamily Investing ft. Cody Laughlin & Brian Alfaro - REMS Miniseries EP2 36:43

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Episode's Page: https://realestatemasterssummit.com/podcast/cody-laughlin-brian-alfaro/ Blue Oak Capital can count on Cody Laughlin and Brian Alfaro as Managing Partners to lead the Houston-based Private Equity Firm with an exclusive focus on the acquisition of workforce B/C multifamily communities across Texas, Tennessee, and Kansas City. They als…

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Next Housing Market Cycles Ft. Harry Dent - REMS Miniseries EP1 38:00

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When Harry started to study baby boomers, he found out how people can be predictable. Overcoming his Harvard studies and the traditional economist profession, Harry is taking the lead on his own exceptional perspective. Not the typical economist but still, Harry Dent establishes himself as an industry leader in predicting markets. Known as a long-t…

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Leveraging Other People's Time, Money, and Knowledge 49:52

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Edna Keep, real estate investment teacher and author of Multiple Ways To Wealth: Creating Your Prosperous Lifestyle, has a deep understanding of what investors want in a deal. As a former financial advisor, she helps connect investors with everyday people who want to create true passive income for the long term. Her team has a portfolio of $75 Mill…

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Tapping Into Your Home's Equity Using Home Equity Agreements 51:42

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Matthew Sullivan is the CEO and founder of QuantumRE, a company that solves a real problem for homeowners by helping them access a portion of their home equity without taking on more debt. This new financing tool is not a HELOC, it's not a loan, and it's not a reverse mortgage. That means homeowners can get cash from their equity with no interest a…