Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode is all about the power of group economics. Investing in real estate for the first time can be daunting especially if you don't have enough money. Partnership can help you to get started and scale your real estate portfolio. Danny Carter (Episode 50) and Eugene Marshall (Episode 82) share their experiences with partnership. You don't want to miss this episode! We will...
Feb 02, 2022•22 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Darius & Courtney Pettway are returning guests to the Black Real Estate Dialogue, appearing in episode 26 over a year ago. They are real estate investors, developers and now they are even their own general contractors. In addition to their work in real estate, they also teach others how to invest in real estate and become their own boss. Plus, they have created KidVestors, a ...
Jan 31, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 103
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. These clips will be released every Friday at 5pm PST/8pm EST! In this session, John Lewis goes over several creative financing strategies to acquire your next property. Coming up with the mo...
Jan 29, 2022•17 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode is all about completing your first rehab as a new investor. Completing your first rehab as a new investor can be very intimidating, especially if you don't have the right information. Gabby Williams (Episode 42) and Rashidah Green-Sherman (Episode 83) share their experiences working with contractors, reaching milestones and more. You don't want to miss this episode! ...
Jan 27, 2022•20 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode with Tarik McAllister was inspiring! Tarik got his early exposure to real estate as a kid while working with his dad, who was a general contractor. At a young age, he knew that he wanted to be a real estate investor. He worked and saved as much as he could during college which enabled him to buy his first property in cash. He continued buying in cash for his first fe...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 102
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. These clips will be released every Friday at 5pm PST/8pm EST! In this session, Mark Jones II goes over what is negotiable and how to successfully approach negotiating with sellers.. This is ...
Jan 22, 2022•15 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode is about how to invest in mobile homes. Mobile homes are unique for many reasons and one of them is the low cost of entry compared to traditional homes. Byron Sellers and Sharnice Williams of Mobile Home Elite Investors (Episode 35) and Casey Robinson (Episode 66) share strategies they've used to buy mobile homes. Byron and Sharnice purchased their first mobile home ...
Jan 20, 2022•19 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode with Malik Carter was inspiring! Malik is a realtor, developer, investor and coach. The farm his mother was raised on and land his father's family has owned since the civil war are still in his family. At an early age he was able to understand the power of ownership. After starting over in 2008, he purchased a property, put 8 bedrooms in it and rented it by room. Thi...
Jan 17, 2022•55 min•Ep. 101
Today is another session of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the B.R.E.D Investing Community. These clips will be released every Friday at 5pm PST/8pm EST! In this session, I cover some strategies that you can use to place your first tenant. I covered how to determine the right price for rent and where to advertise your listing. I placed my first tenant from 2,000 miles away by using methods that yo...
Jan 15, 2022•13 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! This episode is all about the power or ownership in our communities. Odest Riley Jr (Episode 11) and Jeremy Young (Episode 13) discuss their view of ownership and various ways we can use real estate to build generational wealth. Odest shared his thoughts about forward thinking and investing together in our communities. Jeremy shared his thoughts about choosing a market and the im...
Jan 13, 2022•22 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is Episode 100! Thank you to everyone who has been supporting the show over the years. This would not be possible with you. Shoutout to our guests as well for sharing your stories with us. When I started this podcast in 2019, I didn't know if anyone would listen or if any guests would want to be on the show. All I knew is that I wanted to be a resource for my community. Thi...
Jan 11, 2022•23 min•Ep. 100
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! Today is the debut of our latest series of the podcast, the B.R.E.D Investing Community Highlight. This will consist of clips from our master classes in the community. These clips will be released every Friday at 5pm PST/8pm EST! In this session, Dé Ewetusa explained how she used multiple down payment assistance programs. So many people want to invest in real estate, but the cost...
Jan 08, 2022•12 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! So many people are concerned about the amount of debt they have preventing them from investing in real estate. The truth is, you can still invest in real estate while paying off debt. If you're really ambitious you can aggressively pay off debt to lower your debt to income ratio before investing. In this special episode we take a look back at clips from two guests who share strat...
Jan 06, 2022•25 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and a 5-star review. I will be shouting out all 5-star reviews on the show! In this solo episode, I discuss 2021 real estate trends, 2022 real estate predictions, milestones that the podcast has reached and my personal investing. None of this would be possible without all of your support, so it's only right that we kick off the year with this episode. Access all of our resources on our website- https://www.blackrealestatedialogue.com/links Join the B.R.E...
Jan 04, 2022•10 min
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a 5 star rating and review! This episode with George Pitts was inspiring! George is mostly known for helping entrepreneurs increase their income through The Monetize Academy and he is also a big land investor. George had a conversation with his barber who owned 10 properties at the time. After being inspired by this conversation he collaborated with this sister to buy his first properly. He returned his brand new car in order to come up with the funds to buy the ...
Dec 20, 2021•54 min•Ep. 99
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a 5 star rating and review! I will be shouting out all 5 star reviews on the show. This episode with Justin Green was powerful! Justin started his career as a teacher and moved up the ranks within education. There came a point where he was facing a layoff and he also eventually felt like he hit a ceiling at work. He had heard about some church members who invested in real estate and decided to connect with them to learn how he could do the same. Eventually, Justi...
Dec 13, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 98
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a rating and review! I'm shouting out all 5 star reviews on the show. This episode with Jimmy Woodard was inspiring! Jimmy thought that he wanted to go to law school and soon after enrolling, he realized it wasn't what he wanted to do and left. After working in the tech industry, Jimmy connected with a friend from college and together they created Cloud Castles. Cloud Castles is a platform that helps people build their wealth through snackable shares of short-...
Nov 30, 2021•48 min•Ep. 97
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a 5 star rating and review! Welcome to another episode of our mashup series! This episode is all about buying back the block. The first guests featured on this episode are Khalil and Kyara aka Charm City Buyers who were our guests on episode 19. This couple has accumulated dozens of doors in Baltimore and through their Next Gen Accelerator program, they’ve helped many others do the same. The second guest featured is Tim K. White from Episode 12. Tim purchased his...
Nov 23, 2021•34 min•Ep. 96
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a rating and review! So many people have asked me how to invest out of state because where they live is too expensive. In this special episode, you will learn how to do it from Episode 2 Guest Charles Oglesby II and Episode 6 guest Gabrielle Martin. Both of these investors live in California and invested in the mid west, specifically in Detroit and Cleveland. This is the debut of our mashup series, where we'll take a look back at the most informative clips fro...
Nov 16, 2021•28 min•Ep. 95
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and review! This episode with Edward Brown and Myosha Porterie-Brown was powerful! Edward came from a family of entrepreneurs who had various businesses to make ends meet, which planted a seed in him. Myosha had multiple businesses when they met and that encouraged him to work towards real estate investing. After getting over some fears and becoming disillusioned at his job, they made their first investment 5 years later. They purchased their first prope...
Nov 02, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 94
Don't forget to subscribe, leave us a 5 star rating and review! This episode with Jude Bernard was legendary. Jude's investing journey began when he used his student loan refund for the down payment on a multi-unit property in Queens, New York. His goal was to simply make $500 extra per month. 20 years ago, he realized that Brooklyn would be the next up and coming area to invest in. He chose to make his first Brooklyn investment in Clinton Hill due to its proximity to downtown Brooklyn and vario...
Oct 26, 2021•43 min•Ep. 93
Bruce's Beach was a beach resort in the city of Manhattan Beach (in Los Angeles County, California), that was owned by and operated for African Americans. It provided the African American community with opportunities unavailable at other beach areas because of racial segregation. In 1912, Willa Bruce purchased for $1,225 the first of two lots in Manhattan Beach, and with her husband would eventually build the first west coast resort for black people. The property was acquired by the city via emi...
Oct 19, 2021•12 min•Ep. 92
Don't forget to subscribe, leave a rating and review! This episode with Jhanel Wilson was powerful! Jhanel's investing career started at 22 when she purchased her father's home to save it. Although she was new to investing, she creatively financed this first deal. She used her student loan to pay the back taxes and credit cards to pay for the violations. After this first investment, she continued to grow her portfolio and gain experience with various financing strategies and larger scale rehab p...
Oct 11, 2021•46 min•Ep. 91
On this week's episode, we interview episode 24 guest, Marion Lee for an update episode. Marion Lee decided to invest out of state from California because the cost was so much lower. Since this last episode he has increased his portfolio to 20 doors. Marion has helped me tremendously in my own personal investing and he helped me save thousands of dollars on rehab costs this past summer. During this episode, we discuss working with tenants during the pandemic, growing his portfolio, plans to leav...
Oct 04, 2021•40 min•Ep. 90
On this week's episode, we had our episode 14 guest Deandra McDonald back for an update interview. Last time we interviewed her, she had 16 doors and has almost doubled her portfolio to 30 doors since then. She started investing by house hacking and eventually started to invest in larger apartment complexes. Deandra was able to retire from her job as a Science Teacher to invest full time and to grow her real estate coaching and membership group. She currently self manages all of her units and he...
Sep 20, 2021•49 min•Ep. 89
This episode with Welby Accely was an inspiration! Welby purchased a 4-unit property in Georgia in 2004 while living in New York. He purchased this property with 106% financing because this was when there were fewer regulations on mortgages. The challenge Welbly ran into is that he didn't understand how to properly buy properties. He eventually lost the house to foreclosure. From that time forward, Welby got into various business ventures that didn't work out and made his way back to real estate...
Sep 13, 2021•52 min•Ep. 88
This episode with Jessica Myers was powerful! The turning point for Jessica was when she got her 5-year plaque to recognize her years of service at her job. She also noticed someone receiving a 20 year plaque at the same job. At that moment, she decided that chasing a 20-year plaque was not the path she wanted to pursue. It was perfect timing because she attended a real estate conference shortly after where she learned about wholesaling. Starting out as a wholesaler allowed her to develop her ab...
Aug 30, 2021•49 min•Ep. 87
This episode with Mark Higgins was inspiring! The turning point for Mark came in 2020 when he realized that day trading so much was taking time away from his family. He wanted to find an investment that would take less of his time. After doing some research, he decided he wanted to invest out of state. He found roofstock.com and discovered that they would provide an all inclusive service to help him as a new investor. He purchased 4 properties in St. Louis on Roofstock within 6 months. After buy...
Aug 23, 2021•43 min•Ep. 86
This episode with Alex Kamunyo was powerful! The turning point for Alex came during his first job after college. He observed older co-workers working late everyday and he was determined to reach financial freedom at a young age to avoid that same destiny. His first investment was a single family home with a garage apartment. He decided to rent out the larger space, renovate the garage and live there. From that point he decided to flip houses in order to build up capital to go towards his larger ...
Aug 16, 2021•52 min•Ep. 85
This episode with Andre Harris was inspiring! His story is a great example of how you can bounce back in real estate even when things don't go as planned. When Andre started to invest, he didn't have much capital to get started. A friend of his told him about the Shelby County Land Bank, where he could get properties for a low price. He found out a family member's home was going to be sold due to delinquent property taxes. He negotiated with the family member to pay the taxes in exchange for sig...
Aug 09, 2021•53 min•Ep. 84
