Prosperity Through Multifamily Real Estate Investing

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 multi-earner households through cost-effective housing.

Tune in to learn more about recession-resilient investment opportunities, how to evade seasonal leasing, and the advantages of UTH.

For today’s episode we will cover: 

[ 00:00 - 08:19 ]  Meet Scott Choppin

• Background and experience
• Growing up in development
• Development vs. buying existing

[ 08:19 - 16:12 ] Development of Workforce Housing

• Looking for niche opportunities
• Starting with Urban Infill Environments
• Build-to-rent and Urban Town House Models

[ 16:12 - 23:25 ] Inflation of Construction Costs

• Rental vs. Valuation
• Testing Urban Town House Models
• Evading the seasonality of leasing

[ 23:25 - 34:26] What kind of returns to expect when investing with Scott

• Working with third-party syndicators
• Strategic reflection–thinking about the next recession to sell
• Economic Sharing Concept

[  34:26 - 39:34 ] Making investing much more enjoyable

• Improving lifestyles of multi-earner households
• Making cost-effective standard designs
• Generating opportunities for families to live in good neighborhoods

[ 39:34 - 52:29] Final questions and investor advice

• Exploring competitive learning
• How to create innovations

Tweetable Quotes: 

Connect With Guest:

Website: https://www.urbanpacific.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottchoppin

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottchoppin.business

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottchoppin/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottchoppin

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• John on LinkedIn and Facebook 
• Brian on LinkedIn and Facebook 

#UrbanHousing
#TownHouse
#Investment

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 multi-earner households through cost-effective housing.

Tune in to learn more about recession-resilient investment opportunities, how to evade seasonal leasing, and the advantages of UTH.

For today’s episode we will cover: 

[ 00:00 - 08:19 ]  Meet Scott Choppin

• Background and experience
• Growing up in development
• Development vs. buying existing

[ 08:19 - 16:12 ] Development of Workforce Housing

• Looking for niche opportunities
• Starting with Urban Infill Environments
• Build-to-rent and Urban Town House Models

[ 16:12 - 23:25 ] Inflation of Construction Costs

• Rental vs. Valuation
• Testing Urban Town House Models
• Evading the seasonality of leasing

[ 23:25 - 34:26] What kind of returns to expect when investing with Scott

• Working with third-party syndicators
• Strategic reflection–thinking about the next recession to sell
• Economic Sharing Concept

[  34:26 - 39:34 ] Making investing much more enjoyable

• Improving lifestyles of multi-earner households
• Making cost-effective standard designs
• Generating opportunities for families to live in good neighborhoods

[ 39:34 - 52:29] Final questions and investor advice

• Exploring competitive learning
• How to create innovations

Tweetable Quotes: 

Connect With Guest:

Website: https://www.urbanpacific.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/scottchoppin

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scottchoppin.business

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottchoppin/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottchoppin

SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A 5-START REVIEW as we create a lifetime of wealth and financial freedom through multifamily investing!   

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• John on LinkedIn and Facebook 
• Brian on LinkedIn and Facebook 

#UrbanHousing
#TownHouse
#Investment

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 found his passion in real estate. He has a proven track record of success throughout Bakerson’s nearly 18 years in business with thousands of individual units bought, repositioned and sold. Bruce has overseen all aspects of the business including operations, acquisition, project leadership, equity fund management, property specific syndications, legal, finance and more. 

His focus is finding good deals while his passion is serving the residents by providing them with one of their basic human needs – shelter. Prior to launching Bakerson in 2002, he served on the acquisition team at a Phoenix-based real estate investment company.

For today’s episode we will cover: 

[ 00:00 - 06:16 ]  Opening Segment.

• Getting to know Bruce Wuollet.
• Updates in the last year and a half.

[ 06:16 - 09:51 ] Finding opportunities that align with your investment thesis

• Buying properties without the high execution risk.
• Challenges facing the new construction.
• Classes that are underserved.

[ 09:51 - 15:39 ] Being priced out of today’s marketplace.

• Supply chain issues and price increases.
• What happens when people lose hope.
• Living paycheck to paycheck

[ 15:39 - 24:34] What to consider before expanding

• Seeing the recent migratory patterns.
• Protecting in the downturn.
• Taking care of your investor first.
• Investing in the long term
• Looking at the stability of the market

[  24:34 - 28:16 ] How the European situation is affecting the Real Estate market

• Putting money outside the normal market
• Why Europeans are investing into the US

[ 28:16 - 35:25] More ways to hedge against the downside

• Having good debt
• Never leverage more than 65% of your assets
• The 18 year land cycle

[  35:25 - 44:25 ] Finding investors who align with your ideals

• Different group of investors from all age groups
• Building and preserving wealth
• Understanding that real estate isn’t for the short term gains

[ 44:25 - 48:42 ] Closing Segment

• The 1-1-5-3-1 method to continue your education
• Looking beyond the short term

Tweetable Quotes: 

Connect With Guest:

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• John on LinkedIn and

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 found his passion in real estate. He has a proven track record of success throughout Bakerson’s nearly 18 years in business with thousands of individual units bought, repositioned and sold. Bruce has overseen all aspects of the business including operations, acquisition, project leadership, equity fund management, property specific syndications, legal, finance and more. 

His focus is finding good deals while his passion is serving the residents by providing them with one of their basic human needs – shelter. Prior to launching Bakerson in 2002, he served on the acquisition team at a Phoenix-based real estate investment company.

For today’s episode we will cover: 

[ 00:00 - 06:16 ]  Opening Segment.

• Getting to know Bruce Wuollet.
• Updates in the last year and a half.

[ 06:16 - 09:51 ] Finding opportunities that align with your investment thesis

• Buying properties without the high execution risk.
• Challenges facing the new construction.
• Classes that are underserved.

[ 09:51 - 15:39 ] Being priced out of today’s marketplace.

• Supply chain issues and price increases.
• What happens when people lose hope.
• Living paycheck to paycheck

[ 15:39 - 24:34] What to consider before expanding

• Seeing the recent migratory patterns.
• Protecting in the downturn.
• Taking care of your investor first.
• Investing in the long term
• Looking at the stability of the market

[  24:34 - 28:16 ] How the European situation is affecting the Real Estate market

• Putting money outside the normal market
• Why Europeans are investing into the US

[ 28:16 - 35:25] More ways to hedge against the downside

• Having good debt
• Never leverage more than 65% of your assets
• The 18 year land cycle

[  35:25 - 44:25 ] Finding investors who align with your ideals

• Different group of investors from all age groups
• Building and preserving wealth
• Understanding that real estate isn’t for the short term gains

[ 44:25 - 48:42 ] Closing Segment

• The 1-1-5-3-1 method to continue your education
• Looking beyond the short term

Tweetable Quotes: 

Connect With Guest:

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• John on LinkedIn and

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 webinar host. He holds a Master's degree in Financial Engineering from Columbia University, and during his finance career managed ~$90 billion derivatives portfolio jointly with colleagues.

Featured on multiple Podcast and Webinar events including Elevate, Best Ever Real Estate Show, The Apartment Guys etc. Host of Finance Meets Real Estate webinar series.

For today’s episode we will cover: 

[ 00:00 - 02:20 ]  Opening Segment.

• Getting to know Stefan Tsvetkov.

[ 02:20 - 04:44 ] New York real estate market post-pandemic.

• Temporary relocation to moderate appreciation.

[ 04:44 - 11:22 ] From Finance to Multi-family.

• Lessons learned from the finance world.
• Trading real-estate like trading in finance.
• Being in the commercial real estate

[ 11:22 - 22:18 ] How to evaluate an opportunity through data driven analytics.

• Manually underwriting deals.
• The formula to find the best opportunity in your area
• Manually gauging property values
• Underwriting for off market deals

[  22:18 - 24:52 ] Resources to get the data.

• Hiring other jobs
• Focusing on what you know
• Using information that is publicly available

[ 24:52 - 42:31] Projected data vs current market rates

• Looking at the interest rates
• The spread of cap rates while interest compress
• Recent examples of these concepts
• Paying attention to the fundamentals
• Being aware of your downside risk at the end of a cycle
• Risk Vs Reward
• Rising vs stagnant future pricing

[ 42:31 - 49:48 ] Closing Segment

• Rapid fire questions for Stefan
• How to reach Stefan

Tweetable Quotes: 

Connect With Guest:

SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A 5-START REVIEW as we create a lifetime of wealth and financial freedom through multifamily investing!   

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• John on LinkedIn and Facebook 
• Brian on LinkedIn and Facebook 

#PassiveInvestor
#FutureMarket
#DataAnalytics

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 webinar host. He holds a Master's degree in Financial Engineering from Columbia University, and during his finance career managed ~$90 billion derivatives portfolio jointly with colleagues.

Featured on multiple Podcast and Webinar events including Elevate, Best Ever Real Estate Show, The Apartment Guys etc. Host of Finance Meets Real Estate webinar series.

For today’s episode we will cover: 

[ 00:00 - 02:20 ]  Opening Segment.

• Getting to know Stefan Tsvetkov.

[ 02:20 - 04:44 ] New York real estate market post-pandemic.

• Temporary relocation to moderate appreciation.

[ 04:44 - 11:22 ] From Finance to Multi-family.

• Lessons learned from the finance world.
• Trading real-estate like trading in finance.
• Being in the commercial real estate

[ 11:22 - 22:18 ] How to evaluate an opportunity through data driven analytics.

• Manually underwriting deals.
• The formula to find the best opportunity in your area
• Manually gauging property values
• Underwriting for off market deals

[  22:18 - 24:52 ] Resources to get the data.

• Hiring other jobs
• Focusing on what you know
• Using information that is publicly available

[ 24:52 - 42:31] Projected data vs current market rates

• Looking at the interest rates
• The spread of cap rates while interest compress
• Recent examples of these concepts
• Paying attention to the fundamentals
• Being aware of your downside risk at the end of a cycle
• Risk Vs Reward
• Rising vs stagnant future pricing

[ 42:31 - 49:48 ] Closing Segment

• Rapid fire questions for Stefan
• How to reach Stefan

Tweetable Quotes: 

Connect With Guest:

SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A 5-START REVIEW as we create a lifetime of wealth and financial freedom through multifamily investing!   

 Invest with us! Check out Blue Oak Investments  

• Cody on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram 
• John on LinkedIn and Facebook 
• Brian on LinkedIn and Facebook 

#PassiveInvestor
#FutureMarket
#DataAnalytics

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 manages a group of over 1,500 investors who seek passive/managed cash flowing investments in real estate and businesses. He is also the co-Founder of For Investors By Investors (FIBI), a non-profit organization that was launched in 2007 with the goal of facilitating networking and learning among real estate investors in a strict no sales pitch environment.

FIBI is now the largest group of public real estate investor meetings in California with over 30,000 members. Jeremy has an MBA from The Wharton School and is an Advisor for Realty Mogul, the largest real estate crowdfunding website in the US. 

Jeremy welcomes e-mails ([email protected]) to network with or help other investors and to discuss real estate or business investments of any size.

For today’s episode we will cover: 

[ 00:00 - 04:10] Opening Segment.

• Getting to know Jeremy Roll.

[ 04:10 - 15:06 ] What to look for in asset classes before investing passively.

• Relying on predictability.
• Opportunities in the different classes.
• Being cautious of the current market.
• Why you shouldn’t stop investing.
• Be in line with your investing thesis.
• When you should start investing,

[ 15:06 - 27:35 ] Jeremy’s 3 current buckets in finding assets.

• Unique properties with unique pricing
• Short term opportunities
• Why Jeremy doesn’t invest in cryptocurrency.
• Looking at the asset prices and predictability.
• Investing In ATM’s.

[ 27:35 - 32:45 ] Why there might be a coming economic downturn.

• Why Jeremy sees a coming economic downturn
• Why it is inevitable because of 2020 and the Ukraine-Russia Situation

[  32:45 - 41:15 ] Knowing where you are in an economic cycle.

• The most liquidity is by the end of an economic cycle.
• What to think about before investing.
• Finding the right fit to your personality before investing.

[ 41:15 - 48:50 ] Buying assets with Debt now

• Lower cap rates in the next 2 to 5 years.
• Invest now if the cash flow is good enough.
• Projected timeline of seeing the impact.
• Assuming that real estate will adjust slowly.
• Looking at the yield curve for the next 5 to 10 years.
• The upcoming inflation rate.

[ 48:50 - 51:54 ] Closing Segment

• Rapid fire questions for Jeremy
• How to reach Jeremy

Tweetable Quotes: 

Connect With Guest:

SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A 5-START REVIEW as we create a lifetime of wealth and financial freedom through multifamily investing!   

 Invest with us! Check out Blue Oak Investments  

• Cody on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram 
• J

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 manages a group of over 1,500 investors who seek passive/managed cash flowing investments in real estate and businesses. He is also the co-Founder of For Investors By Investors (FIBI), a non-profit organization that was launched in 2007 with the goal of facilitating networking and learning among real estate investors in a strict no sales pitch environment.

FIBI is now the largest group of public real estate investor meetings in California with over 30,000 members. Jeremy has an MBA from The Wharton School and is an Advisor for Realty Mogul, the largest real estate crowdfunding website in the US. 

Jeremy welcomes e-mails ([email protected]) to network with or help other investors and to discuss real estate or business investments of any size.

For today’s episode we will cover: 

[ 00:00 - 04:10] Opening Segment.

• Getting to know Jeremy Roll.

[ 04:10 - 15:06 ] What to look for in asset classes before investing passively.

• Relying on predictability.
• Opportunities in the different classes.
• Being cautious of the current market.
• Why you shouldn’t stop investing.
• Be in line with your investing thesis.
• When you should start investing,

[ 15:06 - 27:35 ] Jeremy’s 3 current buckets in finding assets.

• Unique properties with unique pricing
• Short term opportunities
• Why Jeremy doesn’t invest in cryptocurrency.
• Looking at the asset prices and predictability.
• Investing In ATM’s.

[ 27:35 - 32:45 ] Why there might be a coming economic downturn.

• Why Jeremy sees a coming economic downturn
• Why it is inevitable because of 2020 and the Ukraine-Russia Situation

[  32:45 - 41:15 ] Knowing where you are in an economic cycle.

• The most liquidity is by the end of an economic cycle.
• What to think about before investing.
• Finding the right fit to your personality before investing.

[ 41:15 - 48:50 ] Buying assets with Debt now

• Lower cap rates in the next 2 to 5 years.
• Invest now if the cash flow is good enough.
• Projected timeline of seeing the impact.
• Assuming that real estate will adjust slowly.
• Looking at the yield curve for the next 5 to 10 years.
• The upcoming inflation rate.

[ 48:50 - 51:54 ] Closing Segment

• Rapid fire questions for Jeremy
• How to reach Jeremy

Tweetable Quotes: 

Connect With Guest:

SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A 5-START REVIEW as we create a lifetime of wealth and financial freedom through multifamily investing!   

 Invest with us! Check out Blue Oak Investments  

• Cody on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram 
• J

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 commercial real estate business in Florida since 1999.

In 2011, he teamed up with Todd Rainsberger, a successful commercial Realtor, to acquire an interest in Coldwell Banker Commercial M.M. Parrish Realtors in partnership with the Parrish family. There he was consistently ranked as the #1 multifamily producer in Florida for the Coldwell Banker Commercial brand and among the Top 5 in the nation every year before starting his own private multifamily brokerage firm in 2021.

He is regularly asked to speak at industry conferences and to private companies. He also has an ever-growing YouTube channel, called BeauKnowsMultifamily, where he guides viewers on how to buy more multifamily assets, how to sell them, and how to conduct market analysis. His tours of new listings are very entertaining and widely subscribed. 

For today’s episode we will cover: 

[ 00:00 - 05:51] Opening Segment.

• Getting to know Beau Beery.
• Being in the investment sales side.
• From investor to seller

[ 05:51 - 10:53 ] Why having empathy is important.

• How to make connections with investors in today’s marketplace.
• Why investors need to be trained.

[ 10:53 - 21:10 ] Increasing your chances to get a deal as a newbie.

• Mentors are a must to be successful in real estate.
• Getting your second deal with the same client.
• Being part of a big team.
• Be the right hand to your mentor.
• Caring for your investors to get repeating deals.

[ 21:10 - 27:00 ] The truth about the off-market deals.

• Where it originates
• How people get off-market listings today.
• The true off-market deal.

[  27:00 - 41:20 ] The current landscape of the multi-family marketplace.

• Keeping up with the current demand.
• Why you should hold on as long as possible.
• Lack of number of sales.
• There are more renters these days.
• When you can be aggressive on your purchases.

[ 41:20 - 49:26 ] Closing Segment

• What will continue to happen to the market in the next 5 years.
• The best way to connect with Beau.
• What is included in the book.

Connect With Guest:
Website: BeauBeery.com/

YouTube: BeauKnowsMultifamily

LinkedIn: BeauKnowsMultifamily

Facebook: BeauKnowsMultifamily

Twitter: BeauBeery

Clubhouse: BeauKnowsMulti

Instagram: BeauBeeryGville

TikTok: BeauKnowsMultifamily

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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 commercial real estate business in Florida since 1999.

In 2011, he teamed up with Todd Rainsberger, a successful commercial Realtor, to acquire an interest in Coldwell Banker Commercial M.M. Parrish Realtors in partnership with the Parrish family. There he was consistently ranked as the #1 multifamily producer in Florida for the Coldwell Banker Commercial brand and among the Top 5 in the nation every year before starting his own private multifamily brokerage firm in 2021.

He is regularly asked to speak at industry conferences and to private companies. He also has an ever-growing YouTube channel, called BeauKnowsMultifamily, where he guides viewers on how to buy more multifamily assets, how to sell them, and how to conduct market analysis. His tours of new listings are very entertaining and widely subscribed. 

For today’s episode we will cover: 

[ 00:00 - 05:51] Opening Segment.

• Getting to know Beau Beery.
• Being in the investment sales side.
• From investor to seller

[ 05:51 - 10:53 ] Why having empathy is important.

• How to make connections with investors in today’s marketplace.
• Why investors need to be trained.

[ 10:53 - 21:10 ] Increasing your chances to get a deal as a newbie.

• Mentors are a must to be successful in real estate.
• Getting your second deal with the same client.
• Being part of a big team.
• Be the right hand to your mentor.
• Caring for your investors to get repeating deals.

[ 21:10 - 27:00 ] The truth about the off-market deals.

• Where it originates
• How people get off-market listings today.
• The true off-market deal.

[  27:00 - 41:20 ] The current landscape of the multi-family marketplace.

• Keeping up with the current demand.
• Why you should hold on as long as possible.
• Lack of number of sales.
• There are more renters these days.
• When you can be aggressive on your purchases.

[ 41:20 - 49:26 ] Closing Segment

• What will continue to happen to the market in the next 5 years.
• The best way to connect with Beau.
• What is included in the book.

Connect With Guest:
Website: BeauBeery.com/

YouTube: BeauKnowsMultifamily

LinkedIn: BeauKnowsMultifamily

Facebook: BeauKnowsMultifamily

Twitter: BeauBeery

Clubhouse: BeauKnowsMulti

Instagram: BeauBeeryGville

TikTok: BeauKnowsMultifamily

SUBSCRIBE & LEAVE A 5-START REVIEW as we create a lifetime of wealth and financial freedom through multifamily investing!   

 Invest with us! Check out Blue Oak Investments  

• Cody on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram </