On today's episode of Ritter On Real Estate, we chat with Franco Perez. Franco is the founder of Franco Mobile Homes which has Established an innovative housing option and opportunity for families through mobile homes. Franco oversees the staff, the finances, and the leadership while evaluating the business's performance to see whether it is on track and reaching its objectives.

Welcome to the show, Franco! 

Key Points From The Episode:
- Franco's early life, migrating to the US.
- Working as a real estate agent but not fulfilling his purpose of helping people. 
- Discovering mobile homes and how they can become a great track to home ownership.
- Breaking the stigma surrounding mobile homes. 

Books Mentioned: 
The Lean Startup By Eric Ries

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On today's episode or Ritter On Real Estate, We chat with Niti Jamdar. 

Niti Jamdar is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Open Spaces Capital based in Philadelphia. He brings 15 years of experience in Strategy, Finance and Audit. He focuses on value-add investing for residential homes and multi-family dwellings in and around Philadelphia. Along with his wife and partner Palak Shah, he manages the end to end life cycle starting from sourcing properties, renovation and rentals along with financing and investor relationships. Welcome To The Show Niti!

Key Points From The Episode: 
- Niti's background, coming to America and working a corporate job but still not achieving time and financial freedom.
- Niti's investment strategy, how he started vs now.
- Niti's perspective for new investors in today's tough real estate market.
- Why invest during an economic downturn.  
- Understanding the disconnect. Why people are afraid to invest in real estate.
- The importance of Knowlegde and how it creates confidence when investing.
- What Niti learned during his first investment. 

Books Mentioned: 
- The One Thing By Gary Keller

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On today's episode of Ritter On Real Estate, We chat with Paul Shannon and Jim Pfeifer.  

Jim Pfeifer, the maverick behind Left Field Investors, who is rewriting investment rules and blazing a trail in passive investing and syndications. Formerly a financial advisor, Jim has transformed into a cash flow expert, breaking free from the standard playbook. His commitment lies in sharing his knowledge with others who are eager to explore alternative ways to grow their wealth. It is with this understanding that he founded The Left Field Investors, an organization dedicated to passive investment, thriving on principles of knowledge sharing, networking, and continuous learning. 

Since transitioning to real estate investing full-time in 2019, Paul has acquired over 200 residential units, many deep value-add properties, starting with single-family and transitioning to multifamily, by recycling his equity and/or joint venturing. Paul is also an experienced limited partner, investing in over 1,500 multifamily units nationwide.  These experiences have led to the formation of InvestWise Collective, a customizable fund aimed at helping investors diversify out of traditional markets into passive real estate opportunities. Welcome to the show Paul and Jim!

Key Points From The Episode: 

• Jim's and Paul's background, Working in other careers, discovering Real Estate, and becoming investors.
• How Left Field Investors formed during the pandemic.
• Paul's background in sales, using the BRRRR strategy to start investing full-time
• How the mindset of investors has changed in just a few years.
• Why Debt is important in today's real estate syndication landscape.
• The competitive nature of investing in today's market.
• What Jim and Paul say to those who want to just leave their money in a savings account.
• The partnership between Left Field Investors and InvestWise Collective.

Books Mentioned: 
- Avoiding Rookie Errors As A Left Fielder By Steve Su (Not out yet)
- The Creature From Jekyll Island by Edward Griffin

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Welcome to today's episode of Ritter On Real Estate! Today we chat with Tom Zeeb. Tom is the founder of Traction Real Estate Mentors. He works with real estate investors of all levels teaching them how to build their business correctly so that their personal goals and lifestyle stays at the center of everything they do! He is world-renowned for his negotiation techniques. Welcome to the show, Tom!

Key Points From The Episode:
- What makes a good negotiator.
- Why negotiation should be a win/win for all parties involved.
- Tom's three methods of negotiation.
- Practical stories of how Tom's training works.
- How to fight internal intuition when negotiating.
- Reacting not off of feel, but off training.
- Using the seller's problem as a solution.

Books Mentioned:
To Be or Not to Be Intimidated?: That is the Question, by Robert Ringer

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On today's episode of Ritter On Real Estate, we chat with Mark Khuri. Mark has been an avid real estate investor for over 17 years and throughout his career he has been involved in sourcing, underwriting, acquiring, raising capital, rehabilitating, managing and selling both residential and commercial investments throughout multiple markets in the US. Mark has analyzed thousands of investment opportunities and has successfully bought, renovated, sold and invested in over 120 properties with a combined value over $1 billion and created and managed over 60 real estate partnerships with investors. Welcome to the show, Mark! 

Key Points From The Episode: 
- Mark's background working in corporate America. Getting into real estate. 
-Building SMK Capital Management to the private equity firm it is now.
-Why Diversification is key for SMK Capital Management. 
-An overview of the real estate market over the last 18 months.
-How Interest rates & rent growth have evolved.
-SMK's strategy for underwriting deals.
-Mark's prediction of where cap rates will go.
-Floating rate debt vs fixed rate debt.
-How SMK Capital Management facilitates deals. 

Books Mentioned: 12 Pillars by Jim Rohn

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In today's Ritter On Real Estate episode, we chat with Jindou Lee. Jindou is the CEO and Co-founder of HappyCo, a multifamily prop-tech company that develops software and service solutions to enable real-time property operations. Prior to his current role, Jindou also founded and exited two previous tech companies.  

Jindou spent most of his adult life growing up in Australia and graduated from the University of South Australia with a Bachelor of Visual Communications (Design). Following graduation, he worked at Midway Games where he led the User Interface team to work on classic titles such as Mortal Kombat, Gauntlet, and Dukes of Hazzard.  

Besides his love for technology, Jindou is also an avid real estate investor, ex-semi pro soccer player, and enjoys spending time with his family. Welcome to the show, Jindou!

Key Points From The Episode:
- Jindou's background before getting into real estate investing. Working in the gaming industry and selling his company.
-Leaving Midway Gaming to start investing in single-family real estate.
-How his journey started in real estate.
-What is Happy.co and how it assists investors.
-Technology & AI's impact on multifamily.
-Why property management & management software is super important.
-Use cases for AI in multifamily.

Books Mentioned: The Hard Thing About Hard Things By Ben Horowitz

LinkedIn Profile:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jindou/  

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On today's episode of Ritter On Real Estate, we chat with Ray Heimann. Ray is a real estate investor and co-founder of Terra Capital, an investment firm that focuses on turning small, outdated residential real estate assets into scaled, turnkey portfolios of modern-finish units across the US. He has over a decade of experience working for various investment firms, including JP Morgan, Booz & Company, and Sverica Capital, where he covered US REITs, advised on He is known for his focus on cutting out the noise around what's hot and honing in on strategies that repeatedly drive strong, risk-adjusted returns. Welcome to the show Ray! 

Key Points From The Episode: 
-Ray's background & upbringing working at a few other firms before co-founding Terra Capital.
-What brought Ray back to the Midwest. 
-Ray's investment strategy. What he looks for in a deal.
-Getting around the issue of scaling a firm.
-Why Terra Capital manages all of their assets. 

Books Mentioned: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow

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In today's Ritter On Real Estate episode, we chat with returning guest Julie Holly. Julie is a speaker and founder of Three Keys Investment, and today we talk about Assisted Living Investments and why they are great investments!

Julie has invested in single-family homes, house-hacked before it had a name, managed properties from 1k miles away and passively invested in multifamily assets. Julie is passively invested in nearly 300 doors, strategically partnered in 68 Atlanta based and a general partner in 387 units. 

 Her podcast 'The Conscious Investor' is designed to support investors at every step of their journey. Enjoy over 300 episodes on mindset and how highly successful investors overcome limitations and become an unstoppable force of success.

Welcome to the show, Julie!

Key Points From The Episode:
-How Julie discovered assisted living and how it sparked her interest later in life.
-Why Assisted Living is a great investment right now.
-The exponential need for assisted living, 70% of seniors using it at some point.
-Assisted Living vs Nursing Homes, what's the difference?
-Julie's investment strategy for Assisted Living.
-What Investors need to know before investing in Assisted Living.
-Why good management is ESSENTIAL for investing in Assisted Living Assets.

Books Mentioned: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho & The 4 Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Learn more about Julie and Three Keys: https://www.threekeysinvestments.com/

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