All Forum Posts by: Brad Stegall

Welcome to the November Midwest Real Estate Investor Meetup in Peoria. For those of you returning, we're so glad you enjoyed the previous meetups and we look forward to seeing you again.

For those of you that are new around here... Mike Gudat and Brad Stegall of Acceleration Ventures welcome you! They both started investing in their early 20's by house hacking duplexes. Mike has been involved with the acquisition or sale of over 1,000 units. Brad and Mike are currently business partners on 144 units in and around Peoria. Outside of their partnership, Brad owns 49 units in the Peoria area.

For our November meetup, we have the pleasure of learning from a group of incredible gentlemen: Chris Hartman, Will Thompson, and Jason Barickman. These three men are the principals of a private equity firm, Fairlawn Capital out of Champaign, IL. Fairlawn Capital was founded in 2017 to be a premier real estate investment and asset management firm. Since its inception, Fairlawn has acquired and developed over 40 multi-family and commercial projects (including over 3,900 apartment units) and totaling over $285M in gross asset value. They will be discussing: how they find/structure deals and how they manage their investor relations.

We will still allow plenty of time for networking at the beginning and the end of the meetup. Remember our mission: to help investors get started, to help connect people to find deals, to teach people about creative financing, to help everyone win big with real estate investing.

Lunch will be served during the meeting and you will pay Warehouse on State directly.

Please RSVP at this link.  https://forms.gle/9PcZpKtyw4zK...

Event Date/Time: Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 from 11:45am to 1:00pm (lunch served)

Event Address: Warehouse on State | 736 SW Washington St., Peoria IL 61602

Contact Brad at 309.208.8669 or [email protected]

I live in Peoria, IL and we have really strong cash flow numbers.  The 1% rule is easy to hit here as well.  

Way to go.  Love it when people have home runs like that!!

The RSVP deadline for this meetup in Peoria, IL is Friday June 4th.  We are expecting around 70 people.  If you plan to come please let us know.  Blake and Amy will not disappoint!

The Peoria area has been great for me.  I try to stay away from the south side of Peoria.  I also know people who invest there and are successful.   Since you are out of market, I would say it is going to depend on your property manager and what areas they are comfortable with.  You can’t go wrong with areas outside of Peoria like Dunlap, Bartonville, Washington, and Metamora.  Finding a local agent that you trust will be very important too.  Hope this helps.  

Welcome to the fourth Midwest Real Estate Investor Meetup in Peoria. For those of you returning, we're so glad you enjoyed the previous meetups and we look forward to seeing you again.

For those of you that are new around here... Mike Gudat and Brad Stegall of Acceleration Ventures welcome you! We both started investing in our early 20's by house hacking duplexes. Mike has been involved with the acquisition or sale of over 978 units. He recently sold a 162-unit complex earlier this year that was a part of a syndication he put together. Brad and Mike are currently business partners on three multifamily projects and two single family homes in Peoria. Outside of their partnership, Brad also owns 49 units in the Peoria area.

Our presenters in June will be Blake and Amy Barnard. You will be able to learn how a married couple used $20K to BRRRR (Buy - Rehab - Rent - Refinance - Repeat) their way to 6 high end properties in 4 years and are now in stage 1 financial freedom. They will talk about how they got started, how they work together as a couple through deals and in between deals, and where they are headed. We will even do a deal deep dive on one of their projects.

We will still allow plenty of time for networking at the beginning and the end of the meetup. Remember our mission: We want to help investors get started. We want to help connect people to find deals. We want to teach people about creative financing. We want to help everyone win big with real estate investing. We will plan to meet on the second Tuesday of every month.

Lunch will be served during the meeting and you will pay Warehouse on State directly. Warehouse on State requires people to wear masks while not eating at the event.

Please RSVP at this link.  https://forms.gle/sPyF3UkV5Zu3qVtW6

Event Date/Time: Tuesday, June 8th, 2021 from 11:45am to 1:00pm (lunch served)
Event Address: Warehouse on State | 736 SW Washington St., Peoria IL 61602
Contact Brad at 309.208.8669 or [email protected]

Thank you for sharing.  It was pretty simple to start the process!

The next one will be on Monday, June 8th.  We will post the details next week.  Hope you can make the next one!!

I know someone who is looking to sell an 8 unit in Chillicothe if any of you would be interested.  He hasn’t listed it yet.  Shoot me a message and I can connect you.  

Welcome to the third Midwest Real Estate Investor Meetup in Peoria. For those of you returning, we're so glad you enjoyed the previous meetups and we look forward to seeing you again.

For those of you that are new around here... Mike Gudat and Brad Stegall of Acceleration Ventures welcome you! We both started investing in our early 20's by house hacking duplexes. Mike has been involved with the acquisition or sale of over 978 units. He recently sold a 162-unit complex earlier this year that was a part of a syndication he put together. Brad and Mike are currently business partners on three multifamily projects and two single family homes in Peoria. Outside of their partnership, Brad also owns 49 units in the Peoria area.

The focus of the May Meetup will be on creative financing. Specific scenarios will be shared on how to execute deals with no or little-to-no money down. We will cover different ways to bring investors into deals and use other people's money on a project. We will round out our time together discussing traditional financing options as well. Lastly, do you have an amazing example of creative financing? Let us know and we can share your story, too!

We will still allow plenty of time for networking at the beginning and the end of the meetup. Remember our mission: We want to help investors get started. We want to help connect people to find deals. We want to teach people about creative financing. We want to help everyone win big with real estate investing. We will plan to meet on the second Tuesday of every month.

Lunch will be served during the meeting and you will pay Warehouse on State directly. Warehouse on State requires people to wear masks while not eating at the event.

Event Date/Time: Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 from 11:45am to 1:00pm (lunch served)
Event Address: Warehouse on State | 736 SW Washington St., Peoria IL 61602
Contact Brad at 309.208.8669 or [email protected]

If you would like to RSVP please go to this link.  https://forms.gle/4AtQ3xzytwVepM9G8