The Twin Cities Real Estate Investing Show

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Sponsored by UpsidePropertySales.com ”Real Stories, Real Success in Twin Cities Real Estate.” Join your hosts, Adam Tafel and Tim Swierczek, as they dive into the world of Twin Cities real estate investing. Together, they share valuable insights and practical tips to help both new and seasoned investors navigate the Minneapolis/St Paul market. With a focus on relatable stories from real people, this show will empower you with the knowledge and confidence to thrive in your investing journey.

  1. 4d ago

    #94 - Foreclosures, Liens & Land Development w/ Yuri Souder

    🎙️ Sponsors This episode is brought to you by Shuk Rentals. Built by landlords, for landlords, Shuk Rentals is simple, affordable property management software at just $5 per unit per month. Collect rent online, manage maintenance requests, communicate with tenants, and keep your rentals organized—all in one place. Use discount code TCREI20 for 20% off. This episode is also brought to you by RPM Viking Property Management. Whether you own one rental or an entire portfolio, RPM Viking can help you maximize your investment. Mention the podcast and receive a $300 maintenance credit when you sign up for management services. A big thank you to Network Title, our trusted title partner. Whether you're buying, selling, or refinancing, Network Title provides fast, reliable closings backed by an experienced local team. 🎙️ About the TCREI Hosts Adam Tafel is a Realtor, investor, and co-host of Twin Cities Real Estate Investing. Adam specializes in helping clients buy, sell, and analyze investment properties throughout the Twin Cities while building his own rental portfolio. 📩 adam@UpsidePropertySales.com Tim Swierczek is a mortgage lender, real estate investor, and co-host of Twin Cities Real Estate Investing. Tim helps investors structure financing that supports long-term wealth building and better investment returns. 📩 tim@timswierczek.com 💡 Want to talk real estate investing? Schedule a free strategy call with Adam and Tim: https://TwinCitiesRealEstateInvesting.com/schedule This week we talk with Yuri Souder about his very unique path through a career in real estate. Yuri spent years working in the foreclosure world, where he became an expert in buying lien positions, understanding the foreclosure process, navigating redemption periods, distressed debt, and finding opportunities in deals that most investors don't know how to touch. Today, Yuri works part-time for a prominent local home buyer, closing on distressed properties, while also recently partnering with Rush Creek Development. On the development side, he's working directly with cities on entitlements, navigating zoning and approvals, raising capital, analyzing development opportunities, and helping take projects from an idea through the early stages of actually getting them built. Yuri is a really bright guy, and this is probably one of the most densely packed episodes we've ever done when it comes to technical real estate investing information. We get pretty deep into foreclosures, liens, distressed properties, development, raising money, working with cities, and a bunch of corners of the real estate business that we don't normally get to talk about. Really great conversation with a great guy. We're looking forward to having Yuri back. For more information on Yuri's project, check out  Rushcreekdevelopment.com or message him on LinkedIn   If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave us a review, and share it with another investor. It helps us continue growing the Twin Cities real estate investing community.

  2. Aug 10

    #93 - Tyler Nash's 100k Mistake + Moving Forward

    🎙️ Sponsors This episode is brought to you by Shuk Rentals. Built by landlords, for landlords, Shuk Rentals is simple, affordable property management software at just $5 per unit per month. Collect rent online, manage maintenance requests, communicate with tenants, and keep your rentals organized—all in one place. Use discount code TCREI20 for 20% off. This episode is also brought to you by RPM Viking Property Management. Whether you own one rental or an entire portfolio, RPM Viking can help you maximize your investment. Mention the podcast and receive a $300 maintenance credit when you sign up for management services. A big thank you to Network Title, our trusted title partner. Whether you're buying, selling, or refinancing, Network Title provides fast, reliable closings backed by an experienced local team. 🎙️ About the TCREI Hosts Adam Tafel is a Realtor, investor, and co-host of Twin Cities Real Estate Investing. Adam specializes in helping clients buy, sell, and analyze investment properties throughout the Twin Cities while building his own rental portfolio. 📩 adam@UpsidePropertySales.com Tim Swierczek is a mortgage lender, real estate investor, and co-host of Twin Cities Real Estate Investing. Tim helps investors structure financing that supports long-term wealth building and better investment returns. 📩 tim@timswierczek.com 💡 Want to talk real estate investing? Schedule a free strategy call with Adam and Tim: https://TwinCitiesRealEstateInvesting.com/schedule This is our third time having Tyler Nash on the podcast, and if you caught his last episode, The 11 Unit From Hell, you know exactly where we left off. At the time, seemingly everything that could go wrong with Tyler's 11-unit deal in South Minneapolis was going wrong. Today, Tyler is back to close the book on the property. He reveals how much money he actually lost when he finally sold it, what he learned from the experience, what he'd do differently next time, and why—despite taking a pretty painful loss—he isn't completely heartbroken about the deal. We also catch up on what's next for Tyler. After balancing his day job with real estate for years, he has officially quit his job and gone full-time into real estate sales. It's an honest conversation about taking a loss, learning from a bad deal, and moving forward. Follow Tyler Nash LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-nash-081a381b Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tnash481 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BeGF8mkkp/?mibextid=wwXIfr If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave us a review, and share it with another investor. It helps us continue growing the Twin Cities real estate investing community.

  3. Aug 3

    #92 - Twin Cities 2–4 Unit Market Report | St. Paul (Part 1 of 3)

    🎙 The Twin Cities Real Estate Investing Show TCREI Show #30: 2025 St. Paul Multifamily Market Update The data is in. In this episode, Adam and Tim revisit the St. Paul multifamily market with a complete year of 2025 sales data. This is the second installment in our St. Paul market data series and expands on the analysis from our original market update. Using actual MLS sales and rental data, we break down what's happening across St. Paul neighborhood by neighborhood, helping investors understand where values have increased, where rental returns remain strong, and how the market has changed over the past year. Whether you're looking to buy your first duplex or grow an existing portfolio, this episode is packed with practical data you can use to make better investment decisions. In this episode you'll learn: How the 2025 St. Paul multifamily market compares to previous years Which neighborhoods experienced the strongest appreciation Which areas continue to offer the best rent to price ratios Sales volume trends throughout St. Paul How today's market compares with Minneapolis and the surrounding suburbs What the data tells us about opportunities heading into the next year The biggest surprises we found while analyzing the numbers A Preview of What's Coming Good investment decisions start with good data. That's why we've been building a new resource called the Buyer Investing Tool, designed to analyze sold investment properties in bulk using real MLS sales data. The goal is to help investors quickly evaluate neighborhoods, compare properties, and make more informed buying decisions without spending hours building spreadsheets. The Buyer Investing Tool is currently in development and is expected to be released in the coming weeks. We'll update these show notes with additional information once it's available. Download the Data The spreadsheets discussed in this episode are available free at: https://www.TwinCitiesRealEstateInvesting.com- Show 92 📊 Want to follow along with the charts and graphs discussed in this episode? Open the interactive dashboard while you listen: 2-4unitsales2024-present.netlify.app Meet Your Hosts Adam Tafel Realtor and Real Estate Investor 📞 715.456.7205 📧 Adam@UpsidePropertySales.com Tim Swierczek Mortgage Lender and Real Estate Investor 📞 651.772.9000 📧 Tim@TimSwierczek.com Schedule a meeting with Tim: https://calendly.com/timswierczek/30 Enjoying the Show? If you found this episode helpful: Follow the podcast so you never miss an episode. Leave a rating and review to help more Twin Cities investors discover the show. Share this episode with another investor, landlord, Realtor, or anyone interested in multifamily real estate. You can also register for upcoming meetups, download free investing resources, and listen to every episode at:

  4. Jul 27

    #91 - How Dan Manion Scaled to 14 Units in Only 2 Years (while working full time...)

    🎙️ Sponsors This episode is brought to you by Shuk Rentals. At just $5 per unit per month, Shuk makes rental property management simple with online rent collection, maintenance tracking, tenant communication, and more. Check them out at ShukRentals.com or book a live demo using the link in the show notes. Use discount code TCREI20 for 20% off. This episode is also brought to you by RPM Viking Property Management. Looking for professional property management in the Twin Cities? Mention the podcast and receive a $300 maintenance credit when you sign up. We also want to thank Network Title, our trusted title partner. Whether you're buying, selling, or refinancing, visit Network-Title.com for all your title needs. 🎙️ About the TCREI Hosts Adam Tafel – Investor, Realtor, and host of Twin Cities Real Estate Investing. Adam has helped hundreds of clients buy, sell, and analyze investment properties across the metro. He works daily with local investors and is passionate about building wealth through smart real estate strategies. 📩 adam@UpsidePropertySales.com Tim Swierczek – Mortgage lender and experienced investor who helps clients structure financing to maximize returns and long-term wealth. Tim brings a practical, numbers-first approach that makes deals work in the real world. 📩 tim@timswierczek.com 💡 We'd love to meet with you and hear about your investing goals. Book a time with us here: TwinCitiesRealEstateInvesting.com/schedule This week on Twin Cities Real Estate Investing, we sit down with Dan Manion, a local investor who has built an impressive 14-door portfolio in just a few short years—all while working a full-time job. Dan owns a duplex, a triplex, two fourplexes, and still rents out his former single-family home. Like many successful investors, he got his start by turning that first home into a rental and moving into a fourplex, proving that house hacking can be one of the most effective ways to begin building wealth through real estate. In this episode, Dan shares how he has grown his portfolio by focusing on lower-cost properties that produce strong cash flow. He talks about finding deals in more affordable neighborhoods while looking for the best blocks within those areas, why his investment strategy prioritizes returns over flashy properties, and how he's continued to scale despite having a full-time career outside of real estate. Dan has been a familiar face at our monthly meetups, an active member of the Twin Cities Real Estate Investing Facebook group, and a longtime listener of the podcast, so we were excited to finally have him join us for this conversation. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave us a review, and share it with another investor. It helps us reach more people looking to build wealth through smart real estate investing.

  5. Jul 20

    #90 - *Live* from INVEST FEST '25

    At just $5 a unit per month, it's worth checking out shukrentals.com or booking a live demo in the show notes. https://calendly.com/oliver-theshuk/s... — Use discount code TCREI20 for 20% off. Get a $300 maintenance credit when you sign up with RPM Viking Property Management. We recommend Network Title for all your title needs. Visit Network-Title.com. 🎙️ About the TCREI Hosts Adam Tafel – Investor, Realtor, and host of Twin Cities Real Estate Investing. Adam has helped hundreds of clients buy, sell, and analyze investment properties across the metro. He works daily with local investors and is passionate about building wealth through smart real estate strategies. 📩 adam@UpsidePropertySales.com Tim Swierczek – Mortgage lender and experienced investor who helps clients structure financing to maximize returns and long-term wealth. Tim brings a practical, numbers-first approach that makes deals work in the real world. 📩 tim@timswierczek.com 💡 We’d love to meet with you and hear about your investing goals. Book a time with us here: TwinCitiesRealEstateInvesting.com/schedule This week is a little different. We took the podcast on the road and recorded live from InvestFest at Boom Island Brewing. Instead of sitting down with one guest, we grabbed investors, landlords, flippers, wholesalers, agents, and other attendees throughout the event for a series of rapid-fire interviews. We asked everyone to share their best landlord stories, craziest flipping experiences, biggest lessons learned, and whatever else came to mind. This episode is a fun snapshot of the Twin Cities real estate investing community and the conversations that happen when you get hundreds of local investors in one room. Whether you're looking for a laugh, a lesson, or just want to hear how other investors are building their businesses, we think you'll enjoy this special InvestFest edition of the podcast. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave us a review, and share it with another investor who would find it helpful. Your support helps us keep bringing on great guests from around the Twin Cities real estate community. If you’re buying, selling, house hacking, or investing in Minnesota real estate, reach out anytime—we’d love to connect.

  6. Jul 13

    #89 - How Jake Weierke's Family Built a 60-Property Portfolio

    At just $5 a unit per month, it's worth checking out shukrentals.com or booking a live demo in the show notes. https://calendly.com/oliver-theshuk/s... — Use discount code TCREI20 for 20% off. Get a $300 maintenance credit when you sign up with RPM Viking Property Management. https://www.rpmviking.com/ We recommend Network Title for all your title needs. Visit Network-Title.com. 🎙️ About the TCREI Hosts Adam Tafel – Investor, Realtor, and host of Twin Cities Real Estate Investing. Adam has helped hundreds of clients buy, sell, and analyze investment properties across the metro. He works daily with local investors and is passionate about building wealth through smart real estate strategies. 📩 adam@UpsidePropertySales.com Tim Swierczek – Mortgage lender and experienced investor who helps clients structure financing to maximize returns and long-term wealth. Tim brings a practical, numbers-first approach that makes deals work in the real world. 📩 tim@timswierczek.com 💡 We’d love to meet with you and hear about your investing goals. Book a time with us here: TwinCitiesRealEstateInvesting.com/schedule This week we sat down with Jake Weierke of AW Properties LLC, a family-owned real estate business built over the last 30 years. Jake shares the story of how his dad slowly grew a portfolio of more than 60 rental properties throughout the south metro and Rochester by sticking to the fundamentals—buying quality properties that cash flow and holding them for the long term. After graduating from college just before the pandemic, Jake started his career managing properties for another established family business before returning home in 2020 to help run AW Properties full time. Today, Jake and his family manage more than 200 rental units, 60 of which they own themselves, all while operating with an incredibly lean team. We talk about why Jake still handles many of the day-to-day tasks himself, how keeping things simple has helped the business grow, and why cash flow and disciplined underwriting continue to be the foundation of everything they buy. We also discuss the balance between Jake's ambition to keep growing and his dad's conservative investing style, creating a partnership that helps them find deals that are exciting enough for Jake while still safe enough for Dad. It's a great reminder that the small decisions and sacrifices you make today can create life-changing opportunities for the next generation. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave us a review, and share it with another investor who would find it helpful. Your support helps us keep bringing on great guests from around the Twin Cities real estate community. If you’re buying, selling, house hacking, or investing in Minnesota real estate, reach out anytime—we’d love to connect.

  7. Jul 6

    #88- Tenant Stories & Other Poor Decisions w/ Nate and Steve

    At just $5 a unit per month, it's worth checking out shukrentals.com or booking a live demo in the show notes. https://calendly.com/oliver-theshuk/s... — Use discount code TCREI20 for 20% off. Get a $300 maintenance credit when you sign up with RPM Viking Property Management. We recommend Network Title for all your title needs. Visit Network-Title.com. 🎙️ About the TCREI Hosts Adam Tafel – Investor, Realtor, and host of Twin Cities Real Estate Investing. Adam has helped hundreds of clients buy, sell, and analyze investment properties across the metro. He works daily with local investors and is passionate about building wealth through smart real estate strategies. 📩 adam@UpsidePropertySales.com Tim Swierczek – Mortgage lender and experienced investor who helps clients structure financing to maximize returns and long-term wealth. Tim brings a practical, numbers-first approach that makes deals work in the real world. 📩 tim@timswierczek.com 💡 We’d love to meet with you and hear about your investing goals. Book a time with us here: TwinCitiesRealEstateInvesting.com/schedule This week, return guest Nate Hood is back on the podcast, joined by his friend Steve Windels, for an episode full of funny landlording stories and plenty of laughs. Nate is a St. Paul landlord, stand-up comedian, and former Planning Commissioner for the City of St. Paul, giving him a unique perspective on real estate, city government, and the challenges of owning rental property in the capital city. We also get Nate to share his honest thoughts on some of St. Paul's most talked-about projects, including the proposed Summit Avenue reconstruction and the I-94 land bridge. As both a landlord and taxpayer—and someone who has served as a Planning Commissioner—Nate offers a perspective you don't often hear. Whether you're interested in local politics, real estate investing, or just want to hear some entertaining landlord stories, this episode has a little bit of everything. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave us a review, and share it with another investor who would find it helpful. Your support helps us keep bringing on great guests from around the Twin Cities real estate community. If you’re buying, selling, house hacking, or investing in Minnesota real estate, reach out anytime—we’d love to connect.

  8. Jun 29

    #87 - INVESTFEST (Oliver Lerner Round 2)

    At just $5 a unit per month, it's worth checking out shukrentals.com or booking a live demo in the show notes. https://calendly.com/oliver-theshuk/s... — Use discount code TCREI20 for 20% off. Get a $300 maintenance credit when you sign up with RPM Viking Property Management. We recommend Network Title for all your title needs. Visit Network-Title.com. 🎙️ About the TCREI Hosts Adam Tafel – Investor, Realtor, and host of Twin Cities Real Estate Investing. Adam has helped hundreds of clients buy, sell, and analyze investment properties across the metro. He works daily with local investors and is passionate about building wealth through smart real estate strategies. 📩 adam@UpsidePropertySales.com Tim Swierczek – Mortgage lender and experienced investor who helps clients structure financing to maximize returns and long-term wealth. Tim brings a practical, numbers-first approach that makes deals work in the real world. 📩 tim@timswierczek.com 💡 We’d love to meet with you and hear about your investing goals. Book a time with us here: TwinCitiesRealEstateInvesting.com/schedule This week we sat down with Oliver Lerner, a landlord in St. Louis Park and the creator of ShukRentals, a property management software built by landlords, for landlords. As a proud sponsor of the podcast, Oliver shares the story behind building ShukRentals, the challenges of balancing life as both a landlord and tech entrepreneur, and the lessons he's learned growing a software company while actively investing in real estate. We also spend a lot of time talking about InvestFest, the Twin Cities real estate networking event we're co-hosting with Oliver and several other well-known local real estate meetup hosts. Join us on July 14th at Boom Island Brewing to network with investors from across the Twin Cities, hear from experienced operators, and connect with others in the local real estate community. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/investfest-tickets-1984804239911?aff=oddtdtcreator If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, leave us a review, and share it with another investor who would find it helpful. Your support helps us keep bringing on great guests from around the Twin Cities real estate community. If you’re buying, selling, house hacking, or investing in Minnesota real estate, reach out anytime—we’d love to connect.

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Sponsored by UpsidePropertySales.com ”Real Stories, Real Success in Twin Cities Real Estate.” Join your hosts, Adam Tafel and Tim Swierczek, as they dive into the world of Twin Cities real estate investing. Together, they share valuable insights and practical tips to help both new and seasoned investors navigate the Minneapolis/St Paul market. With a focus on relatable stories from real people, this show will empower you with the knowledge and confidence to thrive in your investing journey.

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