Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Join us as we dive into the inspiring journey of Lupei Chou, a Naval Officer turned real estate enthusiast, who discovered the untapped potential within the world of real estate investing. In 2018, Lupei’s sole exposure to real estate was being a homeowner. She never envisioned a career in this industry until she sold her family home and experienced firsthand the incredible possibilities that awaited her. This pivotal moment sparked her curiosity and ignited a passion that would shape her and her family’s future. With 20 years of leadership, logistics, government contracting, and project management experience…
Author: Bill Bymel
Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify With the recent closures of First Republic Bank, Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank – three of the top twenty largest banks in the country, it’s timely to have a discussion about this topic, share my perspective on the opportunity to acquire assets from these unfortunate situations, and bust some myths and false narratives. Bank failure occurs when a bank becomes unable to meet its financial obligations and is unable to repay depositors and creditors. When a bank’s assets, such as loans and investments, significantly decrease in value or become illiquid, while its liabilities, such…
Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Maria Zondervan, Founder and CEO of Blue Vikings Capital LLC, is both driven to build wealth for her family legacy and others’ and devoted to serving her community through purpose driven real estate investing, by purchasing value-add apartments, affordable housing complexes, and 100+ room hotels that are well-positioned to be converted to workforce housing. With over 25+ years in the real estate industry and building her own investment portfolio of real estate, Maria has turned her attention to helping others build their wealth through real estate, with strong recession-resistant assets that function as a safe place…
Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify The core of any real estate transaction begins with marketable title and the title insurance premium you pay at closing will secure that knowing for all parties involved. Talking about title insurance may seem mundane, but this episode gives you plenty of reasons why it’s anything but that. Spencer Mobley, Title Lawyer by day… official BBQ competitor by night and weekends joins me to talk about if there are instances where you can actually self-insure, a potential new initiative by Fannie Mae that proposes title insurance not be required and the negative implications of this for…
Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Title insurance is a standard practice that’s been around for decades and a required insurance you must purchase in order to close a real estate transaction. There are valid reasons why title insurance is important and very helpful, and in my opinion there are also reasons why we are due for disruption in this particular aspect of the real estate industry. It’s a form on indemnity insurance that protects home buyers and lenders from financial loss sustained from defects in title of property or real estate, because the title insurance company does their research before they…
Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify David Brooke, Founder and Team Leader of Brooke Group Real Estate, has an interesting story to tell – one that is rooted in discovering oneself during times of hardship. A mentor dedicated to inspiring and empowering his team to be leaders in the real estate industry… he’s either giving the best real estate advice or offering a dose of enthusiasm in the spirit of helping others. From the beaches of South Africa, David was questioning what he was meant to be doing and felt he received the message. He tried his hand at construction then…
Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify We’re doing a deep dive, TidBit style, into the National Credit Union Administration. One of the most important government organizations that most Americans don’t really even know about, but I expect will become a household name in the coming years. Who is the NCUA? What do they actually do? And I’ll tell you the crucial role they play in the strength of credit unions, why we should care and how it impacts our communities. To learn more, visit: https://billbymel.com/ Listen to more episodes on Mission Matters: https://missionmatters.com/author/bill-bymel/
Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify How does a disappointing triathlete in summer, a skier in winter and a former world record holder of building the largest holiday card become instrumental in saving more than 2,000 families from foreclosure? Paul Birkett was disappointed with the low returns from his traditional investments, and when he realized that you don’t have to be a bank to own real estate in the US, Paul began to accumulate a portfolio of 40 rental properties. Soon after Paul left a safe secure corporate career of twenty years to launch a distressed debt investment fund. He sold everything…
Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify With nearly two decades of experience in real estate, construction, and investment management, Jake Harris, Founder & Managing Partner at Harris Bay, has built an established, successful commercial real estate investing business. As a sought-after expert and speaker, Jake inspires those around him with his contagious energy. You’ll hear the passion in his voice whether he’s talking about understanding your investing model and objective, choosing under the radar markets and how to always be one step ahead by identifying market specific trends, or teaching others how to navigate the red flags, minimize mistakes and create…
Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify A technique that Brad Salzer, President of Redstone Funding LLC, acquiring and restructuring sub-performing commercial mortgage debt, has definitely mastered over the course of three decades successfully developing real property, resolving distressed mortgage debt and repositioning and selling foreclosed assets in the commercial real estate arena. Brad started in what he calls the underbelly of real estate finance more than thirty years ago, using private equity to get assets off the books in an efficient stealth mode while intentionally structuring win-win-win scenarios for the lender, the borrower and the selling institution. His position is that…
Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify Kevin Kim, Partner at Geraci Law Firm LLP the nation’s largest law firm dedicated to the private lending industry, is a seasoned corporate and securities law attorney specializing in structuring strategic partnerships and creating innovative solutions in private placements and other alternative investments for private lenders, real estate developers and real estate entrepreneurs. Because he has such an extensive background in complex corporate transactions, Kevin is able to provide a very unique high touch approach consulting relationship to his clients while giving them business strategy from a legal perspective. Kevin doesn’t mind at all being…
Subscribe: iTunes / Spotify My friend, Rob Hytha, went from mowing lawns and shoveling snow for his dad’s rental properties to handling multi-million dollar note deals for US Mortgage Resolution. And Rob has since mastered the art of creating his own unique path as a successful real estate investor, educator and highly sought after advisor while maintaining his desired quality of life and caring greatly how his work impacts people’s lives. If you are new to the note investing arena, Rob Hytha is your go to guy. Rob will generously teach you How to Invest in Mortgage Notes the…