Rashidah Green-Sherman is our latest B.R.E.D Resident. In this special segment of the show, we will spend several episodes with a new investor to document their journey. Check out her past episodes to get caught up! In this episode we discuss meeting her neighbors, updates on various parts of her rehab and more. We will release an episode with Rashidah at the beginning of each month documenting various parts of her journey including the complete rehab of the home. Stay tuned for more! How to f...
Aug 02, 2021•36 min•Ep. 83
This episode with Eugene Marshall was powerful! When Eugene was in college, he was inspired by his peers and books he read to invest in real estate. When he purchased his first property, he used the FHA 203K loan. Everything that could go wrong went wrong. He ended up losing over 50,000 on this deal, but he didn't quit! During this first investment, he learned about the construction side of real estate. After completing the rehab on his first deal, he began coaching people on credit and real est...
Jul 26, 2021•49 min•Ep. 82
This episode with Henry Washington was legendary! Henry was an early guest on the show (Episode 8). At the time, he had 40 or so doors and since then he's been making major moves. He started his investing career without a lot of capital. He took a loan out against his wife's 401k to fund his first investment and the rest was history. Henry currently has 65 doors and counting! Henry recently left his 9-5 to pursue real estate, ecommerce and coaching full-time. His wife also recently left her job ...
Jul 20, 2021•49 min•Ep. 81
Rashidah Green-Sherman is our latest B.R.E.D Resident. In this special segment of the show, we will spend several episodes with a new investor to document their journey. Check out her previous interviews if you haven't already (Episode 72 and 75). In this episode we discuss how her rehab is going, investing in a historic district, challenges she's faced so far and more. We will release an episode with Rashidah at the beginning of each month documenting various parts of her journey including the ...
Jul 05, 2021•35 min•Ep. 79
This episode with Olamide (De) Ewetusa was inspiring! She is a CPA and a graduate of Howard University and Wake Forest University. After realizing how much she was paying in rent, she calculated what her mortgage could be. She knew that she could rent rooms out to cover her mortgage expense. De's first purchase was a single family home in Southeast Washington D.C. The seller paid the closing costs and she also took advantage of a $5,000 first time home buyer grant. She ran into some challenges r...
Jun 29, 2021•51 min•Ep. 78
This year we've added a new element to the show. In addition to interviewing real estate investors, we've interviewed people who are professionals in various areas of real estate. The purpose of this segment is to show our community what's possible, especially in areas where we are underrepresented. This episode with Natahcia Scott was powerful! Natahcia has an extensive background in residential and commercial property management. She started her career in real estate working part-time at a pro...
Jun 22, 2021•42 min•Ep. 77
This episode with Stephanie Assi was inspiring! Stephanie moved to the United States from the Ivory Coast on her own at 18 years old. Before she started college, she had to take one year of English classes to improve her proficiency. The turning point for her came during college when she was working as a server and overheard guests having conversations about real estate and business. When she graduated, she saved up and purchased a duplex that she used as student housing. She soon discovered tha...
Jun 14, 2021•48 min•Ep. 76
This episode was epic! Rashidah Green-Sherman is our latest B.R.E.D Resident. In this special segment of the show, we will spend several episodes with a new investor to document their journey. Check out her first interview on episode 72. Rashidah purchased her first property in Newburgh, NY in January 2021. In this episode, we discuss gentrification, her 4 month closing process, the first few days as an owner and more. We will release an episode with Rashidah at the beginning of each month docum...
Jun 07, 2021•31 min
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May 31, 2021•1 hr 5 min
This episode was epic! We brought back multiple guests from past episodes for a group interview. Lamon Woods (Episode 10), Jeremy Taylor (Episode 22), Emmanuel Baker (Episode 15), Derrick Johnson (Episode 40) and a new guest Pierce Cooper. All of these brothers are great friends and collectively have over 100 doors in Louisiana. In this episode, we discuss how their businesses have grown since their first interviews, how the pandemic impacted their businesses, improvements they've made, future p...
May 24, 2021•1 hr 12 min
This episode with Ogechi Igbokwe was powerful! She was inspired to get into real estate when she saw her mother sacrifice to save for a property back home in Nigeria. For her 21st birthday, she decided that she needed to do something big. She decided that she would buy a property. This was back in 2007, when it was very easy for most people to get a mortgage. She invested in Atlanta from New York before investing out of state became popular on the internet and before this information was accessi...
May 17, 2021•56 min•Ep. 73
This episode with Rashidah Green Sherman was powerful. After starting a career in film, she decided to pursue Architecture. She had plans to design and built a house initially, but her manager inspired her to purchase a house instead. She purchased her first home in Newburgh, NY and she heard about the area through her professor who invests there. In this episode, we discuss getting pre-approved, searching for a property, the importance of second opinions and more. We will release an episode wit...
May 10, 2021•32 min
This episode with Ibrahim Badmus was inspiring! After playing college basketball at Bucknell and playing professionally, he got his first job managing a sports complex. The turning point in his career was when he got connected to an entrepreneur who wanted to develop a sports facility. He was brand new, but after being trained, he planned out the entire development project. His first project was in Pennsylvania and he leveraged that opportunity for his next one, which was a sports complex in Dal...
Apr 26, 2021•51 min
This episode with Jeanine Smith was inspiring! Jeanine Smith is the Founder of Black Girls in Real Estate and Co-Founder of The B Mogul Group LLC, Real Estate Investment firm with her fiancé Nick Searcy. She launched her real estate business three years ago as a single mom by renovating the home she was living in with her daughter and selling it for above asking price in just 10 days. Realizing the power of this investment, she used the $70,000 profit and paid off half of her personal debt and t...
Apr 20, 2021•56 min
This episode with Marcus Williams was powerful! Marcus played professional basketball in the NBA and China before retiring to spend more time with his children. His turning point came when he told his financial advisor that he planned to use the money he invested with her to invest in real estate. She didn't agree with this move, but it changed his life! Initially, he tried to buy a home for himself and lost $80,000 in earnest money. He didn't give up after this experience and he purchased a mul...
Apr 12, 2021•55 min
Maurice Philogene has been investing in real estate for almost 20 years. He started with condos and single family homes, then transitioned into large apartment complexes in 2015. He is also a real estate developer working on a large project in the Mediterranean. A turning point in his life was when he did an exchange student program that gave him the opportunity to spend a summer in France. From this moment, he knew that he wanted to achieve financial freedom and travel the world. He purchased 1...
Apr 06, 2021•46 min
This interview with Noa Lawton was powerful! Noa got his entrepreneurial start with dropshipping and it took him 20 stores to become profitable. After achieving success with store 21, he took his profits and started trading stock options. Noa took his profits from trading to buy his first investment property, a 3 unit property near the college that he currently attends. He spoke to 100 lenders before finding one that could provide him with financing. The prevailing theme of this episode was pers...
Mar 29, 2021•37 min
This interview with Casey Robinson was inspirational! She learned about investing in mobile homes and started researching the possibilities with a group. She purchased her first mobile home for $7,500, did a light rehab and seller-financed it to a tenant. From there she went on to purchase three more mobile homes. Casey currently invests in Atlanta and South Carolina. She purchased her first four mobile homes in 90 days! In this episode we discuss networking, buying and rehabbing mobile homes, f...
Mar 23, 2021•47 min
This interview with Storm Leroy was powerful! Storm is a fellow Brooklynite has been a real estate investor for over 20 years. His first property was a brownstone in the Bed Stuy neighborhood of Brooklyn. Overtime, he sold one of his Brooklyn properties, started networking and decided to start investing out of state. His first out of state investments were in Indianapolis and he's also invested in Milwaukee, Alabama, Georgia, Cleveland and Memphis. He's owned over 20 units with more on the way. ...
Mar 16, 2021•1 hr 5 min
This interview with Torrence Reed was inspirational! Torrence started HBCU Wall Street with a goal of teaching college students about financial literacy and turning their ideas into reality. Shortly after that, the next movement, HBCU Realty began with the idea to crowd fund the rehabilitation of homes near HBCUs. They purchased their first investment property near Tuskegee University and they are partnering with Rebuild Tuskegee on the rehab. In this interview we discuss the growth of HBCU Wall...
Mar 08, 2021•37 min
Don't for get to subscribe, leave a rating and a review! This interview with Rocale Timmons was inspiring! Minorities represent less than 2% of management in the commercial real estate industry, so this episode is monumental. Rocale started her career working for a luxury single family home developer, then transitioned to an Urban Planning role. She is now the Sr. Vice President of Planning and Development at a development firm in Washington. In this episode we discuss how she got into the indus...
Mar 01, 2021•59 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a rating and a review! This interview with KAYR was powerful! From a young age, he was determined to have a better life and achieve financial freedom. He told himself that when he was an adult he would come and buy back the block in Philadelphia. He retired from his 9-5 last year at 37 because of his real estate investments. He purchased his first property in 2009 at an auction when the market crashed. Everyone around him said he was crazy for buying at that t...
Feb 22, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 62
Dont for get to subscribe, leave us a rating and a review! This episode with Ashley Scott was powerful! Ashley is part of the group of 19 black families who purchased over 90 acres of land in Toomsboro, Georgia last year. They've since acquired over 400 acres of land! This episode is a great example of group economics and the amazing things we can work towards if we pool our resources. In this episode we discuss buying raw land, the different components of building a city, creating a safe haven ...
Feb 15, 2021•43 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a rating and a review! This episode with Tyron McDaniel was inspiring! Tyron is an Affordable Housing Developer & Home Builder. A seed was planted as a teenager when he volunteered to help his sister during the building process for her Habitat for Humanity home. His introduction to real estate was working in the mortgage business. He went on to partner with his wife since he had her real estate license, they eventually started flipping properties, building...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a rating and a review! This episode with Chris Senegal was legendary. After having a corporate job as an engineer, he realized that he wanted more out of life. He borrowed from his 401k to put a down payment on a hard money loan to flip his first house. From there he began flipping homes and keeping some as rentals for five years. At that time, he decided he decided that he wanted to do larger projects and control blocks. His first big deal was buying a block ...
Feb 01, 2021•41 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a rating and a review! This episode with Kasondra Milton was powerful! Kassondra is currently a Software Engineer in Northern Virginia. She purchased her first property shortly after college using FHA, with a plan to stay there for 12 months, rent it out then do it all over again. The real estate market crashed shortly after she purchased her second property. When the market crashed, she immediately started looking at her hometown of Rochester, NY for investme...
Jan 25, 2021•51 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a rating and a review! This episode with Dan Wynn was epic! Dan is currently a Finance Officer in the Army. He founded the Military CashFlow education platform to help other servicemembers build wealth and create passive cash flow through real estate. Dan started his investing journey working on fix and flip projects for free in college to learn about rehabbing properties. When he read Automatic Millionaire, his mindset on money and investing changed instantly...
Jan 18, 2021•57 min
Don't for get to subscribe, leave us a rating and a review! This episode with Anthony and Anton Downing aka The Downing Brothers was jam packed with transparency and inspiration. They are known for their show "Double Down" on HGTV and both work as firefighters, in addition to other business ventures. Anthony was the first to invest in real estate, followed by Anton and eventually, they started flipping properties together. In this episode we discuss the FHA 203K loan, flipping properties, workin...
Jan 11, 2021•57 min
Dont for get to subscribe, leave us a rating and a review! Happy New Year Fam, we're back! In this episode, I discuss my recent trip to see my property in Ohio, firing my property manager and the journey to self managing from long distance. Access all of our resources on our website- https://www.blackrealestatedialogue.com/ Join the B.R.E.D Real Estate Investment Community- https://gum.co/LPizu Become an Official Patron and get access to exclusive content and discounts! https://www.patreon.com/b...
Jan 04, 2021•21 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a rating and a review! This episode with Andre C. Hatchett was inspiring! Andre is Mobile Notary Business Owner, Real Estate Investor, Author and Founder of The Black Real Estate School. He purchased his first property at 22 while and now owns properties across multiple states. After working as a teacher's aide, he eventually left his 9-5 to run his Mobile Notary Business full-time. He teachers others how to do the same to earn income on the side, or to eventu...
Dec 01, 2020•58 min
