From the insurance industry to syndication
Monday, March 30
Interview Series - March 2020 - Albert Shi Before real estate investing, what did you study? I studied both Finance and Electrical Engineering in McMaster University, then got a master degree of Actuarial Science in University of Waterloo in 2012. Where did you work? After graduation, I joined a ...
Syndication with Kyle Mitchell: From a $1.65M to a $15.15M Property
Wednesday, January 29
Your life before real estate - I was a Regional Manager for a golf management company, I had 250+ employees and managed over $20M in revenue. Up until 2015, I was happy at that job, I didn’t plan on leaving, there was a path of growth in my life with the company. Then they started shrinking and o...
Michael Ealy: from broke to 1,000 units
Friday, October 18
Journey Where did you grow up?I grew up in Cincinnati, uptown, then to College Hill, public schools, apprenticeship in electrical engineering. What was your first job? Out of school I worked as a project manager for an electrical construction company, doing concerts and parties on the side, this...
Jim Randel: Commercial Real Estate Investing
Wednesday, September 04
Can you give us an overview of your real estate investment career? Highlights? Difficult moments? Greatest successes? I started as an attorney, went to law school and practiced law but, even as a lawyer, I was looking to do deals, I read every book I could find. I had no money, I needed to be ver...
Syndication Series: Interview with Josh Cooper
Monday, July 22
How long have you been working for Michael Blank? I started listening to his podcast in 2016, I read his ebook in the summer 2016, I purchased the syndicated deal analyser in July 2017, I bought the course in October 2017. I went to the second conference he put on in April 2018. I found a deal in...
Syndication Series: Interview with Jack Martin
Tuesday, July 16
How did you get started? In my 20’s I was a general contractor buying large parcels, subdividing and building spec homes. A friend approached me to start building a rental portfolio. I accepted and began acquiring a handful of rentals. After the first year, our ability to source a high volume of...