Real Estate Investing Exposure Podcast

“We can overcome the challenges for a variety of reasons, the main one is having a really deep connections with your partners”

 -Mataan Lis

Mataan Lis is the investor relations manager at GSH. He includes the ongoing reporting for active GSH contributors and fundraising and communication for new acquisitions. But Mataan also oversees GSH, his corporate marketing strategy, and additionally, Asset Management primarily as it relates to property management, and renovation project oversight. But Mataan earned a BA in international relations and Media Studies at the University of Michigan. Prior to GSH, he worked at a security consulting firm managing corporate and private clients and traveled extensively throughout Africa, Europe and Asia.

In this episode, Trevor and Mataan discuss:

-What is workforce housing and what asset class has the highest demand.

-Workforce housing strategies and market to look at in the US.

-The process of getting investors into deals.

-The challenges of an investor during COVID.

-The challenges in finding the deals  during COVID and how to overcome them.

“We can overcome the challenges for a variety of reasons, the main one is having a really deep connections with your partners”

 -Mataan Lis

Mataan Lis is the investor relations manager at GSH. He includes the ongoing reporting for active GSH contributors and fundraising and communication for new acquisitions. But Mataan also oversees GSH, his corporate marketing strategy, and additionally, Asset Management primarily as it relates to property management, and renovation project oversight. But Mataan earned a BA in international relations and Media Studies at the University of Michigan. Prior to GSH, he worked at a security consulting firm managing corporate and private clients and traveled extensively throughout Africa, Europe and Asia.

In this episode, Trevor and Mataan discuss:

-What is workforce housing and what asset class has the highest demand.

-Workforce housing strategies and market to look at in the US.

-The process of getting investors into deals.

-The challenges of an investor during COVID.

-The challenges in finding the deals  during COVID and how to overcome them.

“If I look back at what I was doing wrong, and here's what I was doing wrong in a nutshell, I won't spend tons of time on it. I'll spend a little more time on what I did to fix it.”

-Mike Simmons

Mike Simmons  is an entrepreneur, a business coach / mentor since 2013 and has helped several entrepreneurs start, build and scale their businesses to 7 figures. As a master of taking strategic risks, he coaches others to do the same to love and become unstoppable with this program called convincing me. Mike has personally worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs to take strategic risks that have paid off. He has shared the stage with Gary Vaynerchuk, Ryan Serhant, Russell Brunson and among others. He's also been featured in Business Insider magazine, and produces and hosts the podcast, Just Start Real Estate where he interviews successful entrepreneurs. Mike is also the author of Level Jumping and this book is about generating a profit of $1 million and his business in just 12 months.

In this episode, Trevor and Mike discuss:

-Mike’s real estate background and why he started this business.

-What made Mike leave his corporate job.

-How his mistakes made him reach a million dollars within 12 months.

-A few key points about Mike's path to a million dollars.

-How podcasting can help you connect with others and expand your network.

-The importance of creating a system and process in a business.

-What the deal looks like in the new market.

-Excellent advice when fixing and flipping.

-The benefits of joining a coaching program.

“If I look back at what I was doing wrong, and here's what I was doing wrong in a nutshell, I won't spend tons of time on it. I'll spend a little more time on what I did to fix it.”

-Mike Simmons

Mike Simmons  is an entrepreneur, a business coach / mentor since 2013 and has helped several entrepreneurs start, build and scale their businesses to 7 figures. As a master of taking strategic risks, he coaches others to do the same to love and become unstoppable with this program called convincing me. Mike has personally worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs to take strategic risks that have paid off. He has shared the stage with Gary Vaynerchuk, Ryan Serhant, Russell Brunson and among others. He's also been featured in Business Insider magazine, and produces and hosts the podcast, Just Start Real Estate where he interviews successful entrepreneurs. Mike is also the author of Level Jumping and this book is about generating a profit of $1 million and his business in just 12 months.

In this episode, Trevor and Mike discuss:

-Mike’s real estate background and why he started this business.

-What made Mike leave his corporate job.

-How his mistakes made him reach a million dollars within 12 months.

-A few key points about Mike's path to a million dollars.

-How podcasting can help you connect with others and expand your network.

-The importance of creating a system and process in a business.

-What the deal looks like in the new market.

-Excellent advice when fixing and flipping.

-The benefits of joining a coaching program.

“Just make sure you're geared up and ready to go whatever you do because it will help you keep going if you experience that much hardship.”

-Johnny Wolff

Johnny Wolff is the CEO and founder of Homeroom Coliving, one of the fastest growing Coliving companies in the United States. After starting his career as a financial analyst in Silicon Valley, working for EA sand desk and Guide Spark. He relocated to Austin, Texas to pursue real estate investing full time. His love for real estate investing as he's also been investing since 2008 and living with roommates, which has done since 2002 motivated him to start homeroom in 2017 after an unusually terrible Craigslist roommate experience.

In this episode, Trevor and Johnny discuss:

-What sparked Johnny's interest in real estate investing.
-How Johnny managed to overcome his fears, despite the fact that he didn't know how to run figures at first, he still continued to focus on real estate investing.
-How the idea of homeroom started.
-The two important criteria to consider when looking for a potential property.
-The benefits of homeroom rentals.
-The experiences they had in the first few months of the pandemic given that they were going through the process of building the company and how they managed them.
-How they switched to fully remote leasing.
-The process when bringing in a new roommate.
-The unusual roommate search experience Johnny had that led and motivated him to start Homeroom in 2017.

“Just make sure you're geared up and ready to go whatever you do because it will help you keep going if you experience that much hardship.”

-Johnny Wolff

Johnny Wolff is the CEO and founder of Homeroom Coliving, one of the fastest growing Coliving companies in the United States. After starting his career as a financial analyst in Silicon Valley, working for EA sand desk and Guide Spark. He relocated to Austin, Texas to pursue real estate investing full time. His love for real estate investing as he's also been investing since 2008 and living with roommates, which has done since 2002 motivated him to start homeroom in 2017 after an unusually terrible Craigslist roommate experience.

In this episode, Trevor and Johnny discuss:

-What sparked Johnny's interest in real estate investing.
-How Johnny managed to overcome his fears, despite the fact that he didn't know how to run figures at first, he still continued to focus on real estate investing.
-How the idea of homeroom started.
-The two important criteria to consider when looking for a potential property.
-The benefits of homeroom rentals.
-The experiences they had in the first few months of the pandemic given that they were going through the process of building the company and how they managed them.
-How they switched to fully remote leasing.
-The process when bringing in a new roommate.
-The unusual roommate search experience Johnny had that led and motivated him to start Homeroom in 2017.

“Learn and tweak as you go to become more successful, and then learn from your failures so you don't repeat them.”

-Fernando Angelucci

Fernando O. Angelucci is Founder and President of Titan Wealth Group. He also leads the firm’s finance and acquisitions departments. Fernando Angelucci and Steven Wear founded Titan Wealth Group in 2015, and under his leadership, the firm’s revenue has grown over 100% year over year. Today, Titan Wealth Group operates nationwide sourcing off market investment properties for Titan Wealth Group’s acquisition as well as servicing a network of thousands of active real estate investors world wide. Prior to founding Titan Wealth Group, Fernando worked for Dow Chemical, a Fortune 50 company, rolling out a flagship product estimated to gross $1B in global revenues. With an engineering background, Fernando is able to approach real estate investing with a keen analytical mindset that allows Titan Wealth Group to identify opportunities and project accurate pictures of future performance. Fernando graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.A. degree in Technical Systems Management.

In this episode, Trevor and Fernando discuss:

-What does a value add in the self-storage industry look like?

-The overview of the Self-storage industry.

-The strategies of building a new self-storage facility.

-Purchasing buildings that are no longer in use as stores and converting them into self-storage facilities.

-Mistakes and challenges experienced in self-storage space as an investor.

-How to finance properties in the self-storage industry.

“Learn and tweak as you go to become more successful, and then learn from your failures so you don't repeat them.”

-Fernando Angelucci

Fernando O. Angelucci is Founder and President of Titan Wealth Group. He also leads the firm’s finance and acquisitions departments. Fernando Angelucci and Steven Wear founded Titan Wealth Group in 2015, and under his leadership, the firm’s revenue has grown over 100% year over year. Today, Titan Wealth Group operates nationwide sourcing off market investment properties for Titan Wealth Group’s acquisition as well as servicing a network of thousands of active real estate investors world wide. Prior to founding Titan Wealth Group, Fernando worked for Dow Chemical, a Fortune 50 company, rolling out a flagship product estimated to gross $1B in global revenues. With an engineering background, Fernando is able to approach real estate investing with a keen analytical mindset that allows Titan Wealth Group to identify opportunities and project accurate pictures of future performance. Fernando graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a B.A. degree in Technical Systems Management.

In this episode, Trevor and Fernando discuss:

-What does a value add in the self-storage industry look like?

-The overview of the Self-storage industry.

-The strategies of building a new self-storage facility.

-Purchasing buildings that are no longer in use as stores and converting them into self-storage facilities.

-Mistakes and challenges experienced in self-storage space as an investor.

-How to finance properties in the self-storage industry.

“Go and develop those relationships early on, because they're going to be the ones that are going to help you.”

-Michael Wayne

Michael Wayne is a co-founder of Detroit Riverside Capital. He serves as the head of project  management and is responsible for construction management, capital management, and  investor relations for DRC  projects. Prior to co-founding DRC, he served as an associate at Grant Thornton, LLP in their Transaction  Services Group. Michael has a passion for innovating and creating through his love for entrepreneurship. He has  created, funded, grown, hired-for, and sold multiple businesses in industries ranging from healthy  vending to photography. Michael holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation from Indiana  University Kelley School of Business.

In this episode, Trevor and Michael discuss:

•   What got Michael into real estate investing and how he got started.
•   Ground up development and what it looks like.
•   What made him decide to do a ground up project.
•   The status of the construction industry and the price during the pandemic.
•   What does the financing aspect for ground development look like?

“Go and develop those relationships early on, because they're going to be the ones that are going to help you.”

-Michael Wayne

Michael Wayne is a co-founder of Detroit Riverside Capital. He serves as the head of project  management and is responsible for construction management, capital management, and  investor relations for DRC  projects. Prior to co-founding DRC, he served as an associate at Grant Thornton, LLP in their Transaction  Services Group. Michael has a passion for innovating and creating through his love for entrepreneurship. He has  created, funded, grown, hired-for, and sold multiple businesses in industries ranging from healthy  vending to photography. Michael holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Entrepreneurship & Corporate Innovation from Indiana  University Kelley School of Business.

In this episode, Trevor and Michael discuss:

•   What got Michael into real estate investing and how he got started.
•   Ground up development and what it looks like.
•   What made him decide to do a ground up project.
•   The status of the construction industry and the price during the pandemic.
•   What does the financing aspect for ground development look like?