Street Smart Success

Roger Becker
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Street Smart Success

Street Smart Success is a show for accredited investors. Whether you’re investing in Real Estate, Private Equity, Private credit, Debt, or other alternative assets, or you’re just starting out, this is the show for you. Street Smart Success interviews successful entrepreneurs about their backgrounds, careers, and lessons learned.

  1. 2 DAYS AGO

    547: Beware Of Operators With No Skin In The Game

    The multifamily industry has made a lot of people a lot of money, but the tides have turned over the last couple years. The rise in interest rates and inexperienced operators drawn to potential riches including exorbitant acquisition fees have taken its toll with a lot of properties upside down and investors losing money. Sandhya Seshadri, Founder of Engineered Capital, is a Dallas-based multifamily operator who works tirelessly to preserve her investor’s hard-earned money. Instead of perpetually trying to raise money for the next deal, Sandhya focuses on optimizing her existing portfolio.

    41 min

  2. 4 DAYS AGO

    546: A Little Know Asset Class

    Finding under the radar Real Estate niches is extremely difficult, especially with the amount of information readily available online. One exception in today’s market is RV Parks. There are 1.2 million people that live full-time in RVs but there are only 600,000 pads for them to occupy when traveling.  In addition, 85% of RV parks are owned by owners who only own one park, and 50% don’t even have websites and 70% don’t take online reservations.  This is an asset class rife with opportunity. Ben Spiegel, Founder and CEO of Redwood Capital, is building a portfolio of RV parks in the south. Ben is implementing professional management and positioning them for sale to an institutional buyer.

    41 min

  3. 6 DAYS AGO

    545: A Real Estate Category That Can Generate 20% Or Higher Returns

    Getting higher than 10% cash-on-cash returns is close to impossible with most real estate investments. One exception to this is short term rentals. Short term rentals are a hybrid between owning typical residential housing and the hospitality business. Short term rentals require more management but can yield higher returns. Avery Carl, CEO of The Short-Term Shop, the country's top short-term rental and Airbnb real estate agency, and host of the Short Term Show podcast, helps investors find short term rental properties and educates them on how to manage them.

    47 min

  4. DEC 13

    544: Great Opportunities In Affordable Housing Tax Credits

    As market rate apartments have become cost prohibitive to acquire over the past several years, ground up construction has become a more economically feasible option, especially with various federal, state, and local government tax credit programs. Lee Harris, President and CEO of Cohen Esrey, specializes in the development of 100-300 unit subsidized multifamily properties in the Midwest and Sunbelt markets, often with complex funding strategies. Cohen Esrey has managed more than 82,000 multifamily units since its formation.

    43 min

  5. DEC 11

    543: The Global Economy Has Been Turbocharged By The U.S.

    Trade globalization has created immense prosperity for the U.S. and the global economy. It’s literally lifted millions of people out of poverty over the past several decades. The Chinese economy, in particular, has transformed dramatically as a result of its trade with the U.S. Other of our trading partners have benefitted as well. As our partners have accumulated U.S. currency, they’ve invested this money into U.S. bonds, which has helped us subsidize our budget deficit and national debt. The decisions we make concerning tariffs over the next couple years may have dramatic impacts on our domestic economy. Richard Duncan, author of “The Money Revolution, How to Finance the next American Century,” has a prescription for future growth and prosperity that entails investing in industries and technologies that will cement U.S. geopolitical preeminence. Richard is also the publisher of Macro Watch, a video-newsletter that analyzes the forces driving the economy and the financial markets in the 21st Century.

    36 min

  6. DEC 9

    542: Invest In A Stable Asset Class With Historically Predictable Appreciation

    The U.S. single family home market is worth $43.5 trillion. Much of the country's wealth is concentrated in homes, making it the biggest asset class in the world. Over the years, investors have compiled portfolios of homes in markets all over the country that have generated strong monthly cash flow and huge appreciation. It’s nearly impossible to go wrong investing in single family homes in the right neighborhoods over the long-term. Marco Santarelli is an investor and founder of Norada Real Estate, a nationwide provider of turnkey cash-flow investment properties.

    38 min

  7. DEC 6

    541: Multifamily-Cash Flowing Properties In The Midwest

    Despite the escalation of asset prices over the past several years, there’s still great value In Midwestern tertiary markets. In multifamily, you can still buy properties for under $100,000 per unit that generates strong cash flow. Although these are small markets, many of them have strong and stable employment fundamentals, and therefore consistently high occupancy levels. Ross McArthur, Partner at Follow the Deal Investments, has accumulated a portfolio of over 600 units over the past few years within two hours of Indianapolis. Ross also flips 20 properties per year which helps feed his multifamily acquisitions.

    41 min

  8. DEC 4

    540: How To Maximize Profitability Through Cost Segregation

    Amongst the many benefits of owning real estate, the ability to depreciate the assets and show a loss for tax purposes, is unique. With depreciation, and the option to further defer taxes through tax-efficient exchanges, you can compound your money dramatically over time with Real Estate. Erik Oliver, Vice President of Business Development at Cost Segregation Authority, works with tax professionals and Real Estate operators to maximize tax savings through depreciation and cost segregation.

    23 min
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Street Smart Success is a show for accredited investors. Whether you’re investing in Real Estate, Private Equity, Private credit, Debt, or other alternative assets, or you’re just starting out, this is the show for you. Street Smart Success interviews successful entrepreneurs about their backgrounds, careers, and lessons learned.

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  • Creator
    Roger Becker
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2024
  • Episodes
    542
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Roger Becker
  • Show Website
    Street Smart Success

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