From Broke Greeting Card Writer to Successful Real Estate Investor
Saturday, September 14
I never started out with the intent of being a real estate investor. I wanted to be a writer. I didn't know if that was a possible career. I had never known anybody in the entertainment business, or anyone had at least who had succeeded out there, but I thought I'd give it a shot. I began pursuin...
From Passive Investing to Becoming a Deal Sponsor
Friday, September 13
I think investing in multifamily as an asset class is a safer investment than just putting it in the stock market mutual fund. Just from an investment standpoint, I think that it has the opportunity to have better returns and also, I think it's a lower risk profile. Secondly, if you want to rais...
Becoming a Better Leader
Thursday, September 12
It really starts with understanding who you are and how you're wired. This can take – I mean, there's lots of different personality tests, or even motivational type of tests, so you understand not just your personality, but what really drives you and energizes you. There are several that you can...
Self-Managing A Property Management Company
Wednesday, September 11
Well, I’ll use the word discipline. We treat our property management company like a third party, as much as we can, it’s tempting to go downstairs where they are on the first floor and we’re on the fourth floor. We’ll walk on property with them and give some directive to the managers and we just...
Conscious Capitalism and Building A Cohesive Team
Tuesday, September 10
We’re very much a conscious capitalism company. We very much focus not just about only profits which a lot is just like capitalism company do. Conscious capitalism, it’s more about also caring about how we’re impacting society. What are we doing for our partners, the developers we work with, our...
Ten Ways to Gain Credibility with Brokers
Monday, September 09
1.Have a track record. If you don't have one, you need to go borrow one, legitimately borrow one from somebody else and it's a different discussion. If I call you, you're a broker and I say, “Yeah, I’m Mark Kenney and I'm new to the multifamily.” You're like, “Okay.” I mean, you’re being nice to ...