I then look to grow my fund into a $100M fund within 10 years to parlay the growth into the banking industry.In my self storage business, I am focusing on acquiring an additional 40 self storage facilities in the next 10 years with the goal of either taking Social Self Storage public or being acquired by a self storage REIT.In my real estate investment business, I will be growing my portfolio to include an additional 500+ units in the next 5 years to hedge against inflation and to balance my lending business.In my wholesale business, I am currently working on automating the Chicago and Indianapolis markets to completely remove myself from the business within the next 18 months and will be scaling up to 10 properties sold per month per market.I am always looking for solid long-term business relationships, be it with experienced real estate investors who are in need of capital, equity partners looking to get a solid return on their money, strategic joint venture partners who are growth oriented, or foreign investors looking to hedge their U.S. currency holdings against inflation through the acquisition of U.S. cash flowing assets.Shoot me a line and lets start making some money together!

When I go to networking events, I dress in clean, comfortable clothing—usually a pair of joggers and a clean t-shirt—bonus points if your shirt has your branding on it.

I just bought my mom a $1,200 pair of earrings for mothers day.

So when you pair the fact that there are no standards of ethical conduct that wholesalers must abide by, they have no oversight and the fact that it's pretty much the wild west with these people going out and trying to rip as much equity as they can from a deal and it's not hard to see why people are against brokering without a license.

If it’s okay I’d like to invite another pair of friends that also just started in the investing locally, and are also contractors if that’s okay.

If they don't have one, you can buy used in our market for under $150 a pair, so not a deal breaker for qualified tenants. 

@Will F.For 8 units one set or a pair of each would more than suffice.

But governments lack creativity, instead favoring quantifiable and uniformly applied standards, and given our affinity to currency it's no surprise that the default yardstick to measure how much you know would be how much money you have. 

Think globally: There are overseas investors who would be happy just to not lose value on their investments, due to local currency instability and inflation. 

Hi Chris, we manage properties in Albany for clients living all over the country, and we find the biggest challenge for many owners is just the psychological challenge of turning the reigns over to a property manager, since many feel obligated to stay involved in day to day operations even at a distance, which generally doesn't pair well with professional PM.