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031: Tapping into Emerging Real Estate Markets with David Lindahl Real Estate Runway
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If you really want to scale, you need to be the operator who can handle it before it arrives! Dave Lindahl, the author of Multifamily Millions and Emerging Real Estate Markets, is the Founder and CEO of RE Mentor™. Starting with very little money and a desire to change his and his family's lives for the better, Dave began his real estate investing journey. Fast forward almost twenty years and Dave has bought and sold over 8,200 real estate units from foreclosures, short sales, wholesale deals, lease options, and rehabs with single-family, multi-family, and commercial properties! In an effort to help anyone who has an interest in changing their lives through real estate, Dave created RE Mentor™. Today, it is recognized worldwide as one of the leaders in real estate investing education.
What a treat today folks, a true leader in the space and personal mentor of mine. Let’s dive in and learn more about
Getting to know David Lindahl - [00:01 – 03:44]
I introduce David Lindahl to the show Bio David shares a bit of his background His early motivation to get into business Buying his first property, no money down From David’s first deal to getting 40 Learning to tap into emerging markets Scaling up to over 9,000 units Tapping into Emerging Real Estate Markets - [03:45 – 12:40]
David’s tips on how he learned about emerging markets Following job growth and household formations Communicating with the chamber of commerce What is attracting people? How strong is the leadership? Go downstream, don’t travel against the current Move with the markets The biggest takeaways from David’s experience scaling as an operator Build your infrastructure ahead of yourself Assume business success from the beginning Change the infrastructure as you scale Get a good accountant Grab your ticket to the MFIN Summit at mfinsummit.com Use promo code QUATTRO How to Upscale Your Skills as an Operator - [12:42 – 19:31]
David talks about his biggest lessons as an operator Prepare to fire the management company the day you hire Build up your real estate gut David’s insights on the future of the rental housing market A major correction will most likely come soon The markets will equalize again Be aware of GenZ coming into the market Continue to follow the market cycles The Quattro Trio - [19:32 - 24:35]
What is your superpower? The ability to look 3 to 5 steps ahead What was your biggest failure? Buying a 400 unit in Alabama Having to pay off investors after 6 years How do you give back? Summer Camp for the Handicapped What you can get out of the RE Mentor Event Final words
Tweetable Quotes:
“I started following job growth and I started following household formation. Those are the two big things that move markets.” - David Lindahl
“You need to build your infrastructure ahead of yourself… The businesses that are the most successful are the ones who set up their business systems and assume success at the beginning.” - David Lindahl
Resources Mentioned:
Multifamily Millions Emerging Real Estate Markets RE Mentor Events
Want to connect with David? You can follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter. Go check out rementor.com - the best in real estate education.
Have you heard about the Multifamily Investor Nation Summit, coming up on January 20th? If you've never been, it's a three-day information-packed event for multifamily investors, with over 1,000 attendees and over 50 speakers! Not only will hear from experts about finding deals, raising capital, underwriting strategies, selecting markets, and so much more...But this year our partners here at Quattro Capital are excited to be participating with three speakers at the event. Our amazing Kim Wendland will be speaking on the often neglected subject of asset management, how to make the machine hum, while our most-interesting-man-in-real-estate Maurice Philogene will be spe
If you really want to scale, you need to be the operator who can handle it before it arrives! Dave Lindahl, the author of Multifamily Millions and Emerging Real Estate Markets, is the Founder and CEO of RE Mentor™. Starting with very little money and a desire to change his and his family's lives for the better, Dave began his real estate investing journey. Fast forward almost twenty years and Dave has bought and sold over 8,200 real estate units from foreclosures, short sales, wholesale deals, lease options, and rehabs with single-family, multi-family, and commercial properties! In an effort to help anyone who has an interest in changing their lives through real estate, Dave created RE Mentor™. Today, it is recognized worldwide as one of the leaders in real estate investing education.
What a treat today folks, a true leader in the space and personal mentor of mine. Let’s dive in and learn more about
Getting to know David Lindahl - [00:01 – 03:44]
I introduce David Lindahl to the show Bio David shares a bit of his background His early motivation to get into business Buying his first property, no money down From David’s first deal to getting 40 Learning to tap into emerging markets Scaling up to over 9,000 units Tapping into Emerging Real Estate Markets - [03:45 – 12:40]
David’s tips on how he learned about emerging markets Following job growth and household formations Communicating with the chamber of commerce What is attracting people? How strong is the leadership? Go downstream, don’t travel against the current Move with the markets The biggest takeaways from David’s experience scaling as an operator Build your infrastructure ahead of yourself Assume business success from the beginning Change the infrastructure as you scale Get a good accountant Grab your ticket to the MFIN Summit at mfinsummit.com Use promo code QUATTRO How to Upscale Your Skills as an Operator - [12:42 – 19:31]
David talks about his biggest lessons as an operator Prepare to fire the management company the day you hire Build up your real estate gut David’s insights on the future of the rental housing market A major correction will most likely come soon The markets will equalize again Be aware of GenZ coming into the market Continue to follow the market cycles The Quattro Trio - [19:32 - 24:35]
What is your superpower? The ability to look 3 to 5 steps ahead What was your biggest failure? Buying a 400 unit in Alabama Having to pay off investors after 6 years How do you give back? Summer Camp for the Handicapped What you can get out of the RE Mentor Event Final words
Tweetable Quotes:
“I started following job growth and I started following household formation. Those are the two big things that move markets.” - David Lindahl
“You need to build your infrastructure ahead of yourself… The businesses that are the most successful are the ones who set up their business systems and assume success at the beginning.” - David Lindahl
Resources Mentioned:
Multifamily Millions Emerging Real Estate Markets RE Mentor Events
Want to connect with David? You can follow him on LinkedIn and Twitter. Go check out rementor.com - the best in real estate education.
Have you heard about the Multifamily Investor Nation Summit, coming up on January 20th? If you've never been, it's a three-day information-packed event for multifamily investors, with over 1,000 attendees and over 50 speakers! Not only will hear from experts about finding deals, raising capital, underwriting strategies, selecting markets, and so much more...But this year our partners here at Quattro Capital are excited to be participating with three speakers at the event. Our amazing Kim Wendland will be speaking on the often neglected subject of asset management, how to make the machine hum, while our most-interesting-man-in-real-estate Maurice Philogene will be spe
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