The Real Estate Investing Club

Gabe Petersen
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Real estate pros share their stories on how they got started investing in real estate and then grew from their first deal to a portfolio of cash-flowing properties. In each episode you'll learn the strategies our guests used to create generational wealth for themselves and their families, and the steps you can take to do the same in your own back yard. Our goal at The Real Estate Investing Club is to teach you the fastest ways to start and grow your real estate investing career in today's market - from multifamily, to self-storage, to mobile home parks, to mix-use industrial, you'll hear it all! Our guests share their career peaks and valleys and the best advice, greatest stories, and favorite tips they learned along the way. Want to create wealth for yourself using the vehicle of real estate? Getting mentorship is the fastest way to success. Get an REI mentor and check out our REI course at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com.

  1. 2d ago

    The Broker Secret to Real Estate Freedom with Nick Gonzalez

    Join an active community of RE investors here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen  🏢 REAL ESTATE INVESTING CLUB PODCAST: NICK GONZALEZ ON COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, BROKERAGE, AND BUILDING WEALTH  In this episode of The Real Estate Investing Club, I sit down with Nick Gonzalez of Lynnville Team Partners, a commercial real estate broker and investor who built his career starting in the depths of the 2009-2010 housing crash. We dig into why Nick pivoted from small multifamily into industrial, retail, and office real estate, and how he thinks about return on equity, not just cap rate, when deciding whether to hold, refinance, or sell a property. If you are trying to figure out when to trade up your portfolio, this conversation is packed with real estate investing tips you can use today. 💰  🔑 SHOULD YOU GET A REAL ESTATE BROKER LICENSE?  One of the most requested topics from our real estate investor community is whether becoming a licensed broker helps or hurts your investing career. Nick breaks down when getting your broker's license actually makes sense, why alienating other brokers can quietly kill your deal flow, and how deep relationships in your local commercial real estate market unlock off market deals and pocket listings that never hit the MLS. 📈  🏭 INDUSTRIAL, RETAIL, AND OFFICE REAL ESTATE STRATEGY  Nick explains why he shifted away from dozens of rent houses toward fewer, larger commercial tenants paying significantly more in rent. We talk through the tradeoffs of scaling a single family rental portfolio versus stepping into commercial real estate, the mental bandwidth cost of managing too many small assets, and why he sells the bottom 20 percent of his portfolio every year to upgrade. 🧱  📊 MARKET OUTLOOK AND METRO MARKETS TO WATCH  We cover Nick's outlook on the commercial real estate market for the next one to three years, why rising rates and a turbulent debt market are creating value traps for investors chasing high cap rates, and which metro markets he is most excited about, including Columbus Ohio, Charlotte North Carolina, and other fast growing Southeast markets. Essential listening for anyone building a real estate strategy in today's economy. 🌆  🤖 USING AI TO ANALYZE REAL ESTATE DEALS  Nick shares how he uses Claude AI every day as a broker and investor, from reviewing lease abstracts and offering memorandums for red flags to uploading spreadsheets of his LLCs and properties for instant portfolio insights. If you want to see how artificial intelligence is changing commercial real estate investing, this segment alone is worth the watch. 🧠  🎯 LESSONS, MENTORSHIP, AND ADVICE FOR INVESTORS  We close with Nick's quick question round, covering his favorite mentorship and mastermind strategies, a hard money lending deal that went sideways and the communication lesson it taught him, and the one piece of advice he would give his younger self starting out during the Great Recession. Whether you invest in single family rentals, multifamily, industrial, retail, or office real estate, there is something here for every stage of your journey. 🚀  Nick Gonzalez is a commercial real estate broker and investor with Lynnville Team Partners, based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, investing in industrial, retail, and office properties across the Southeast.  #RealEstateInvesting #CommercialRealEstate #RealEstateBroker #PassiveIncome #FinancialFreedom  Want to learn more about our guest? Connect here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-gonzalez-/  Want to learn more about the REI Club Podcast, how to invest with Gabe at Kaizen, or join our community of active real estate investors on Skool? Visit the podcast website at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com or click here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen Send us Fan Mail Join the Online Community here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen. Support the show

  2. 4d ago

    The BRRRR Upgrade That Replaced Her 6-Figure Salary with Palak Shah

    Join an active community of RE investors here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen  On this episode of The Real Estate Investing Club Podcast 🎙️, host Gabe Petersen sits down with Palak Shah, former mechanical engineer turned real estate investor and co-founder of Open Spaces, to break down the exact system she and her husband used to walk away from 17 years of corporate life and build a $10 million real estate portfolio in just five years. If you are searching for real estate investing for beginners, BRRRR method real estate, or how to achieve financial freedom through rental property investing, this conversation is packed with actionable insight. 🏡💰  THE SCALE FRAMEWORK EXPLAINED 📈 Palak walks through the SCALE Framework, a system she and her husband built on top of the traditional BRRRR strategy (buy, rehab, rent, refinance, repeat) after realizing the classic model still felt like creating another job. SCALE stands for Scalable acquisitions and deal analysis, Construction without the DIY, Adding cash flow, Leverage and commercial finance, and Exponential growth. She explains how predictable deal analysis, a consistent deal pipeline, and moving from conventional to commercial financing allow real estate investors to scale a rental property portfolio without burning out or micromanaging every renovation and tenant call themselves.  OVERCOMING THE FEAR OF FINDING DEALS AND RAISING CAPITAL 😨➡️💪 One of the biggest topics in this episode is real estate investing for beginners who feel stuck by fear. Palak shares her framework for breaking down the fear of buying investment property into individual, manageable risks, from bad deal analysis to unreliable contractors, and explains why every risk can be paired with a specific mitigation strategy. Gabe and Palak also discuss why the fear of investing never fully disappears, even for experienced investors, and why trusting your underwriting and due diligence process matters more than trying to eliminate every risk.  USING AI TO AUTOMATE YOUR REAL ESTATE BUSINESS 🤖 Palak and her husband run five businesses together and have built AI employees directly into their org chart, including a fully AI-powered asset manager. She shares a real world example of using Claude to automatically generate tenant disposition forms, and talks about why every real estate investing team should be training on AI tools weekly to stay competitive in property management and real estate investment automation.  LESSONS LEARNED, PHILADELPHIA REAL ESTATE, AND BUILDING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS 🏙️🤝 Palak opens up about a costly lesson from an estate sale acquisition where the locks were not changed immediately, and why that simple step should never be skipped on any vacant property. She also shares why Philadelphia real estate investing has her attention right now, how she builds an off market and MLS deal pipeline through long term relationships with wholesalers and agents, and why treating every relationship as long term rather than transactional has led to real deals many years later. This episode is a must listen for anyone interested in BRRRR real estate investing, multifamily investing, value add real estate, women in real estate investing, or building generational wealth through real estate outside of a traditional corporate career. 🔑🏠  #RealEstateInvesting #BRRRRMethod #FinancialFreedom #PassiveIncome #WomenInRealEstate  Want to learn more about our guest? Connect here: https://www.instagram.com/openspaceswomen/  Want to learn more about the REI Club Podcast, how to invest with Gabe at Kaizen, or join our community of active real estate investors on Skool? Visit the podcast website at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com or click here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen Send us Fan Mail Join the Online Community here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen. Support the show

  3. Aug 27

    How a 72-Year-Old Turns Dead Retail Into Millions with David Pelusio

    Join an active community of RE investors here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen Welcome back to the Real Estate Investing Club 🎙️ In this episode I sit down with David Pelusio Sr., a self storage developer and commercial real estate investor who bought his very first house at sixteen years old and has spent the decades since building shopping centers, hotels, and now a thriving self storage empire. If you are looking for real estate investing strategies, self storage investing tips, or a real blueprint for financial freedom through commercial real estate, this conversation is packed with numbers, mistakes, and hard won wisdom you will not want to miss 🔑 THE SELF STORAGE STRATEGY THAT TURNS DEAD RETAIL INTO GOLD 🏚️➡️💰 David explains exactly how his team hunts for oversized big box stores like old JCPenney, Sears, Big Lots, and Joann Fabrics locations and converts them into climate controlled drive thru mini storage facilities. We dig into the net rentable square footage per capita metric he swears by, why he never chases a market above five percent when the national average sits near nine, and why buying right is the only thing that actually protects a real estate deal. THE NUMBERS BEHIND A SELF STORAGE DEVELOPMENT DEAL 📊 This episode gets refreshingly specific about the money. David walks through how outparcels lower his true basis on an eight figure purchase, how a property bought for around ten million can sell for thirteen to seventeen million the same year it stabilizes, and why he would rather flip a self storage facility in ninety days than hold it for three years. We also talk about 1031 exchanges, investor returns, and why rolling equity into the next deal beats sitting on a paid off asset. FINDING OFF MARKET SELF STORAGE AND COMMERCIAL DEALS 🚗 Forget relying on a single lead source. David shares his blended approach to sourcing deals, from realtors and a full time site selection analyst to the old school habit of driving every block and looking left and right instead of straight ahead. He also explains why word of mouth from podcast listeners across the country keeps his phone ringing with off market opportunities in self storage, warehouse, and retail real estate. MENTORSHIP, MASTERMINDS, AND THE BEST MARKETS TO INVEST IN TODAY 🌎 At seventy two years old David still credits his real estate education to peer groups and masterminds rather than a classroom, and he shares why finding a mentor early can accelerate your real estate investing career faster than almost anything else. We also cover the metro areas he is most excited about right now, including upstate New York, the Midwest, and the Carolinas, for anyone hunting the next great real estate investment market. THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR LESSON 💸 Every investor has a deal that goes sideways, and David is refreshingly honest about the office building purchase in his twenties that nearly wiped him out. He breaks down exactly what went wrong, why having options is the single most important tool in a real estate investor's toolkit, and how that expensive lesson shaped every self storage deal he has done since. If you are serious about real estate investing, self storage development, commercial real estate strategy, or building long term wealth and financial freedom through real estate, hit subscribe and join us every week for more conversations with investors who are actually doing the deals 🏆 0:00 Welcome back and introducing self storage developer David Pelusio Sr. 1:02 David's real estate origin story, buying his first house at sixteen 2:38 From general contractor to self storage and shopping center developer 4:27 The net rentable per capita rule for choosing self storage markets 9:41 Converting big box retail into drive thru climate controlled storage 10:50 Deal economics: outparcels, 1031 exchanges, and profit margins 14:19 Buy and hold versus selling and rolling the equity forward 16:35 Why national buyers want eight hundred to a thousand unit facilities 18:11 Finding off market self storage and commercial real estate deals 20:36 Quick fire round: mentors, masterminds, and real estate education 27:24 The three hundred thousand dollar lesson David never forgot #SelfStorageInvesting #RealEstateInvesting #CommercialRealEstate #RealEstateDevelopment #FinancialFreedom Want to learn more about our guest? Connect here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-pelusio-sr/ Want to learn more about the REI Club Podcast, how to invest with Gabe at Kaizen, or join our community of active real estate investors on Skool? Visit the podcast website at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com or click here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen Send us Fan Mail Join the Online Community here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen. Support the show

  4. Aug 25

    How a $70K House Became His Path to Financial Freedom with Sid Shamim

    Join an active community of RE investors here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen  🏢 In this episode of The Real Estate Investing Club, I sit down with Sid Shamim, a multifamily and medical real estate investor who oversees more than $500 million in assets under management across Texas and Arizona. Sid's story starts as a young immigrant renting a small apartment unit — and today he owns that very same apartment complex. If you are searching for real estate investing strategies, passive income ideas, or a real path toward financial freedom, this conversation is packed with real world lessons on scaling from single family rentals to large multifamily and medical office real estate.  THE ORIGIN STORY 🏠  Sid walks us through his journey from working an oil and gas job in Houston to buying and flipping single family rental houses on the side. He explains why he eventually sold off more than 30 rental houses to focus on bigger multifamily deals, and shares the surreal moment he purchased the very apartment complex he once lived in as a tenant. This is a must listen segment for anyone interested in passive income, rental property investing, or the mindset shift needed to scale a real estate portfolio.  WHY BIGGER MULTIFAMILY DEALS WIN 📈  We dig into why smaller real estate deals often carry more risk than larger ones, since small properties frequently cannot support the maintenance, property management, and staffing a business really needs. Sid breaks down how he scaled to over 35 active projects and a team of 150 plus employees across Texas and Arizona, and why building the right company culture mattered more than the real estate itself.  MEDICAL REAL ESTATE INVESTING EXPLAINED 🏥  Sid shares why he expanded beyond apartment investing into medical office buildings, urgent care facilities, and specialty clinics. He explains cap rates, triple net leases, and why medical real estate is considered a recession resistant and mission critical asset class. If you are curious about commercial real estate investing outside of multifamily, this section covers medical office real estate from acquisition to leasing in detail.  MARKET SELECTION AND FINDING DEALS 🗺️  We talk about which metro areas and secondary markets Sid is most excited about right now for both multifamily and medical real estate, including why overbuilt cities like Austin and Phoenix carry more risk than steady Midwest markets. Sid also breaks down how he builds broker relationships to access off market multifamily deals, and why smaller investors should lean into cold calling, mailers, and direct outreach.  LESSONS LEARNED AND AI IN REAL ESTATE 🤖  Sid opens up about a deal that went sideways after the pandemic hit a restaurant heavy submarket, and how he handled property crime, squatters, and investor communication during that period. We close out the episode talking about how Sid used AI and automation to cut his portfolio wide marketing costs from four hundred thousand dollars a year down to about one hundred twenty thousand dollars, including building an in house CRM and AI powered leasing calls.  Whether you are a beginner researching how to get into real estate investing or an experienced multifamily or medical real estate operator, this episode of The Real Estate Investing Club delivers actionable insight on scaling a real estate business, raising capital, and building long term financial freedom through smart property investing.    #RealEstateInvesting #MultifamilyInvesting #MedicalRealEstate #PassiveIncome #FinancialFreedom  Want to learn more about our guest? Connect here: www.linkedin.com/in/sid-shamim  Want to learn more about the REI Club Podcast, how to invest with Gabe at Kaizen, or join our community of active real estate investors on Skool? Visit the podcast website at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com or click here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen  Send us Fan Mail Join the Online Community here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen. Support the show

  5. Aug 20

    The Secret to Real Estate Wealth Without Quitting Your Job with Buck Joffrey

    Join an active community of RE investors here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen 🏢 In this episode of The Real Estate Investing Club, Gabe Petersen sits down with Buck Joffrey, a value-add multifamily investor who has closed over $2 billion in real estate transactions and hosts the long-running Wealth Formula Podcast. Buck shares how he went from surgeon to multifamily investor, why passive real estate investing wins for busy professionals, and how AI is reshaping real estate. FROM SURGEON TO MULTIFAMILY INVESTOR 🩺➡️🏘️ Buck shares how growing up in a real estate family and reading Robert Kiyosaki's Cash Flow Quadrant pushed him into deploying capital into apartment complexes instead of chasing a traditional career. He explains why he launched Wealth Formula Podcast in 2014 and how 12 years of podcasting reshaped his investing career. WHY PASSIVE MULTIFAMILY INVESTING WINS 💼 Gabe and Buck discuss why running real estate like a full-time business is not for everyone. Investing passively alongside experienced multifamily operators lets busy professionals diversify capital across multiple deals, reduce risk, and capture real estate returns without becoming a landlord. TODAY'S MULTIFAMILY MARKET OPPORTUNITY 📉📈 Buck breaks down where the real opportunity is hiding in value-add multifamily right now. With liquidity tight and owners facing expiring bridge debt, distressed sellers are offering properties at 30-40% discounts compared to 2022 pricing, making this a rare window to buy. WILL INTEREST RATES GO DOWN? 📊 Buck shares his contrarian thesis tying falling inflation directly to the deflationary impact of artificial intelligence. He explains why AI could be the biggest macro force driving rates lower and what that means for cap rates over the next few years. HOW AI WILL CHANGE REAL ESTATE INVESTING 🤖🏠 The conversation shifts to how AI and robotics could transform construction costs, migration patterns, and the labor market tied to workforce housing. Buck gives his honest take on how close robots really are to impacting real estate development. LESSONS FROM RISING INTEREST RATES 📚 Buck reflects on the pain multifamily investors felt when rates skyrocketed and explains why cap rate insurance became critical on floating rate bridge debt deals, along with keeping leverage modest and raising strong capital reserves. BEST U.S. MARKETS FOR MULTIFAMILY INVESTING 🌆 Buck names the Southeast, specifically Charlotte, North Carolina, as his top pick right now, citing strong job growth, consistent migration from the Northeast, and improving supply and demand fundamentals. FINDING OFF-MARKET REAL ESTATE DEALS 🔍 Buck explains how building relationships and credibility in the multifamily space allows deals to come find you before they hit the open market, and why consistent networking with brokers is one of the most underrated deal-sourcing strategies. DUE DILIGENCE LESSONS FROM A DEAL GONE WRONG ⚠️ Buck opens up about his first solo real estate deal in Chicago and the due diligence mistakes he made trusting rent rolls without verifying tenants in person, a must-listen for anyone learning to underwrite a real estate deal. USING AI IN REAL ESTATE TODAY 💡 From automating underwriting and accounting to researching podcast guests in minutes, Buck shares exactly how he uses AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude across his real estate business, and where he sees AI voice tech heading next for leasing. This episode is packed with insight for anyone interested in multifamily real estate investing, passive investing strategies, real estate market trends, and how AI is transforming real estate. Whether you're a busy professional or an active operator, Buck Joffrey's experience offers a real-world blueprint for building wealth through real estate. #MultifamilyInvesting #RealEstateInvesting #PassiveIncome #ValueAddRealEstate #RealEstateMarket2026 Want to learn more about our guest? Connect here: https://www.instagram.com/wealth.formula/ Want to learn more about the REI Club Podcast, how to invest with Gabe at Kaizen, or join our community of active real estate investors on Skool? Visit the podcast website at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com or click here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen Send us Fan Mail Join the Online Community here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen. Support the show

  6. Aug 19

    The Section 8 Cash Flow Secret Nobody Talks About with DJ Carroll

    Join an active community of RE investors here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen  🏠 SECTION 8 REAL ESTATE INVESTING WITH COACH DJ CARROLL  In this episode of The Real Estate Investing Club, host Gabe Petersen sits down with DJ "Coach" Carroll, a Section 8 real estate investor and business coach out of Louisville, Kentucky. DJ breaks down how he built a portfolio of single family homes, duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes using the Section 8 rental strategy, and why he believes government backed rent checks are one of the most underrated real estate investing niches available today. If you are chasing financial freedom through real estate investing and want a strategy with built in tenant demand, this conversation is packed with real estate investing tips you can use immediately. 💰  📈 MACROECONOMICS, INFLATION, AND THE HOUSING MARKET  Before diving into Section 8, Gabe and DJ talk about what is happening in the real estate market right now, from days on market climbing in Seattle and Louisville to why currency devaluation, not just rising home values, is quietly eating into your purchasing power. They also unpack how oil supply issues and Federal Reserve decisions could ripple into inflation, interest rates, and real estate investing strategy over the next 24 to 36 months. Any investor building long term wealth through real estate needs to understand these macro forces.  🏢 HOW SECTION 8 INVESTING ACTUALLY WORKS  DJ explains how he syndicated a real estate deal, raising about a million dollars to acquire a multifamily and single family rental portfolio now worth roughly four and a half million dollars. He breaks the myth that Section 8 tenants mean low quality properties, describing how his units are renovated with new flooring, roofing, and HVAC, and how strict inspection standards actually raise the bar for landlords and tenants alike. DJ also shares why Section 8 rents in Louisville often outperform market rent, thanks to long waiting lists and guaranteed government payments that never missed during COVID.  🎓 FINANCIAL LITERACY AND GIVING BACK  Beyond cash flow, DJ shares his financial literacy program for tenants, designed to help Section 8 renters understand credit, generational wealth, and how to eventually become real estate investors themselves rather than lifelong renters. It is a powerful look at real estate investing as a tool for community impact, not just personal profit.  🤖 USING AI TO SCALE A REAL ESTATE BUSINESS  DJ also introduces Alley, a custom AI platform his team built and trained on thousands of client meetings, now used to optimize websites, manage email marketing, answer phone calls, and even update CRMs automatically for real estate agents and property managers. Gabe and DJ discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping operations for real estate investors and agents heading into an increasingly automated future. 🚀  🔥 QUICK FIRE ROUND  The episode wraps with a rapid fire round covering DJ's favorite books, his advice to his younger self, how he generates real estate leads through agent relationships, and where listeners can connect with him for coaching, courses, and free content at coachcarroll.com. Whether you are a new investor exploring your first rental property or a seasoned landlord looking to add Section 8 units to your portfolio, this episode is loaded with actionable real estate investing strategy and financial freedom insights.  #RealEstateInvesting #Section8Investing #PassiveIncome #FinancialFreedom #RealEstatePodcast  Want to learn more about our guest? Connect here: https://www.instagram.com/dj_carroll/  Want to learn more about the REI Club Podcast, how to invest with Gabe at Kaizen, or join our community of active real estate investors on Skool? Visit the podcast website at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com or click here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen  Send us Fan Mail Join the Online Community here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen. Support the show

  7. Aug 14

    The Multifamily Mistake Costing You Financial Freedom with Sam Morris

    Join an active community of RE investors here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen  🎙️ In this episode, host Gabe Petersen sits down with Sam Morris, Partner at Lone Star Capital Real Estate (LSCRE), a Texas multifamily firm managing nearly 6,000 apartment units. If you're ready to move from single family into large scale apartment investing, this episode is packed with actionable strategies.  🏦 FROM COMMERCIAL LENDER TO MULTIFAMILY OPERATOR  Sam started his real estate career in 2001 underwriting commercial loans as a bank analyst, racking up 10,000 hours of underwriting reps before he ever bought a property. He explains how that lending background became the foundation for evaluating multifamily deals and why reading a rent roll is a lot like reading words once you know what to look for.  🌀 THE HURRICANE THAT BECAME HIS BEST EDUCATION  Sam's first big multifamily deal, a 100 unit complex purchased in 2007, went from nearly full occupancy to just 12% leased after a hurricane hit a month after closing. He shares the real world lessons on insurance, contractors, and landlord obligations that no underwriting model can teach, and why every investor eventually gets "punched in the mouth" by a deal that doesn't go as planned.  📊 UNDERWRITING MULTIFAMILY DEALS THE RIGHT WAY  Gabe and Sam dig into the mistakes most new apartment investors make, including underwriting aggressive rent growth in a market where supply is still outpacing demand. Sam shares why Lone Star Capital underwrites conservative rent growth in 2026 and instead focuses on NOI growth through ancillary income and expense optimization.  🔧 EXPENSE OPTIMIZATION SECRETS FOR APARTMENT INVESTORS  Learn how Sam's team saved over $100,000 a year on a recent 376 unit Houston acquisition by auditing vendor contracts, cutting an overpriced valet trash agreement, and bringing bulk Wi-Fi and parcel lockers in house. This is a masterclass in finding hidden NOI and forced appreciation without spending a fortune on renovations.  🏙️ WHY HOUSTON IS ONE OF THE BEST REAL ESTATE MARKETS IN 2026  Sam explains why Houston, soon to be the third largest city in America, remains his top pick for multifamily investing thanks to population growth, job growth, and in migration outpacing new apartment supply. He also shares Lone Star Capital's buy box, their $250 million acquisition goal for the year, and why they only buy in Texas.  🤝 HOW TO FIND OFF MARKET MULTIFAMILY DEALS  Discover why nearly every institutional multifamily deal flows through broker relationships, how being a reliable closer earns you first access to future deals, and why the highest bid does not always win a property.  📚 BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADVICE FOR NEW INVESTORS  Sam shares his favorite books for real estate investors, including Atomic Habits, Rich Dad Poor Dad, and Nobody's Coming to Save You, plus the one piece of advice he would give his younger self starting out as a lender in 2007: go bigger, sooner.  Whether you're scaling from a duplex into your first apartment syndication or refining your underwriting process on a large multifamily acquisition, this episode of The Real Estate Investing Club gives you a real look at how experienced operators drive value, manage risk, and build long term wealth through multifamily real estate investing. 🚀  #MultifamilyInvesting #RealEstateInvesting #ApartmentInvesting #HoustonRealEstate #PassiveIncome  Want to learn more about our guest? Connect here:  YouTube: https://youtube.com/@sunsetcapital?si=FjrdtKsdNZFCSeSa LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sunset-capital-tx?trk=blended-typeahead Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/S54M39sokxEcEJLt/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunset_capital?igsh=MWtkZmRzcmlyOHlkbw== Website: https://www.sunset-capital.com/  Want to learn more about the REI Club Podcast, how to invest with Gabe at Kaizen, or join our community of active real estate investors on Skool? Visit the podcast website at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com or click here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen  Send us Fan Mail Join the Online Community here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen. Support the show

  8. Aug 11

    The Marketing Bet That Bought His Freedom with Bobby Suarez

    Join an active community of RE investors here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen  FROM MORTGAGE BROKER TO EIGHT FIGURE WHOLESALER 🏠  On this episode of The Real Estate Investing Club, host Gabriel Petersen sits down with Bobby Suarez, founder of Rezzie.com and SellToBobby.com, to break down how he built one of South Florida's most recognized real estate investing brands. Bobby started in mortgages at 18, helped a hedge fund acquire nearly 1,000 single family rentals a month, then launched his own fix and flip and wholesaling company from scratch. If you are searching for real estate investing strategies, motivated seller marketing, or how to scale a wholesaling business, this conversation is packed with real numbers and real lessons. 💰  WHY BOBBY DITCHED COLD CALLING FOR TV ADS 📺  Most real estate investors rely on cold calling, cold texting, and direct mail to find motivated sellers. Bobby explains why he walked away from outbound marketing entirely and rebuilt his lead generation around TV, radio, and billboard advertising instead. He shares the exact weekly ad spend required to compete in a major metro like Miami, why the first six months of any new marketing channel feel painful, and how repetition on TV builds the kind of trust that turns strangers into referral sources. This episode is a masterclass in real estate marketing and brand building for wholesalers and house flippers who want to generate their own seller leads instead of depending on other people's deals. 🎯  INSIDE REZZIE: FIXING THE WHOLESALE REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY 🤝  Bobby also unpacks Rezzie, the off market marketplace he built to professionalize wholesale real estate and eliminate daisy chaining between wholesalers. He walks through how VIP buyer lists work, how dispositions agents use buyer analytics to move deals faster, and how investors can build a private, spam free buyers list instead of relying on shared spreadsheets. If you are a real estate wholesaler, cash buyer, or dispositions manager looking for better deal flow and buyer management tools, this section breaks down exactly how the platform works and how to get started. 🔑  AI, AGENTS, AND THE FUTURE OF REAL ESTATE LEAD MANAGEMENT 🤖  Later in the episode, Bobby and Gabe dig into how artificial intelligence is already changing real estate investing operations. Bobby shares how his AI phone agent, Sarah, handles after hours and overflow calls, gathers seller information, and pushes notes directly into his CRM, plus why he is still hesitant to let AI handle closing conversations with motivated sellers. This is a must listen for investors curious about AI tools for real estate lead management, seller communication, and scaling an acquisitions team without adding headcount. 🚀  Bobby closes out the episode with the one piece of advice he wishes he had at 19, his favorite metro for real estate investing right now, and the biggest lesson learned from a deal that went sideways. Whether you are brand new to wholesaling or scaling a multi market acquisitions company, this episode of The Real Estate Investing Club gives you a real blueprint for building wealth through real estate. 🏡  Want to learn more about our guest? Connect here: https://www.instagram.com/rezzieoffmarket/  Want to learn more about the REI Club Podcast, how to invest with Gabe at Kaizen, or join our community of active real estate investors on Skool? Visit the podcast website at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com or click here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen  #RealEstateInvesting #Wholesaling #RealEstateMarketing #PassiveIncome #FinancialFreedom  Send us Fan Mail Join the Online Community here: https://linktr.ee/gabepetersen. Support the show

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Real estate pros share their stories on how they got started investing in real estate and then grew from their first deal to a portfolio of cash-flowing properties. In each episode you'll learn the strategies our guests used to create generational wealth for themselves and their families, and the steps you can take to do the same in your own back yard. Our goal at The Real Estate Investing Club is to teach you the fastest ways to start and grow your real estate investing career in today's market - from multifamily, to self-storage, to mobile home parks, to mix-use industrial, you'll hear it all! Our guests share their career peaks and valleys and the best advice, greatest stories, and favorite tips they learned along the way. Want to create wealth for yourself using the vehicle of real estate? Getting mentorship is the fastest way to success. Get an REI mentor and check out our REI course at https://www.therealestateinvestingclub.com.

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  • Creator
    Gabe Petersen
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    663
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Real Estate Investing Club
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