Sam Markin, Associate at Breneman Capital (formerly Rise Invest), joins Drew on the podcast this week as they break down a recent off-market acquisition in Phoenix, AZ. They go over: 1. The process of finding the deal. 2. Going through due diligence. 3. Our strategy for the property. 4. What about the property we liked. 5. Key deal details. 6. & more! -- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted by Drew Breneman, real estate investor and founder of Breneman Capital. Drew began his real estate ca...
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 20
Evan Dillon, VP at Breneman Capital (formerly Rise Invest) and Drew continue their conversation about the firm's underwriting processes and tools, discussing: 1. How and why we use a deal database 2. The benefits of our deal database 3. How we gather & analyze rent comp data, including an explanation of our in-house Yardi Rent Regression tool 4. How we use third party data providers 5. + more! -- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted by Drew Breneman, real estate investor and founder of Bren...
Apr 11, 2022•22 min•Ep. 19
Evan Dillon, Vice President and head of our acquisitions team sits down with Drew to discuss our processes and tools for underwriting investment opportunities for our target asset class—multifamily real estate. We cover: 1. How our underwriting model works 2. Tools we developed in house to streamline our underwriting 3. What investors in multifamily real estate look for in deals 4. How we use and clean data to increase efficiency. 5. + more! -- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted by Drew Brene...
Apr 06, 2022•44 min•Ep. 18
Tom Panos is a Commercial Insurance Broker with BKS, and an expert in multifamily property insurance. He joins Drew on the podcast to discuss: 1. Red flags you should look for in potential properties. 2. How insuring your properties works. 3. The value between market value and replacement cost. 4. Making life easy for your clients. 5. and more... -- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted by Drew Breneman, real estate investor and founder of Breneman Capital. Drew began his real estate career at j...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 17
Evan Dillon, VP at Breneman Capital (formerly Rise Invest), joins the show to talk about his predictive model for March Madness, the yearly college basketball tournament. Drew and Evan go over: 1. How Evan’s NCAA bracket optimization model works 2. The best way to fill out your NCAA March Madness bracket 3. Strategies you can implement to improve your odds of winning your March Madness pool 4. Where to obtain advanced probability data on what teams the public is picking in their brackets 5. The ...
Mar 14, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 16
Jim Vozza is a Senior Vice President at CBRE, specializing in originating loans for CBRE’s Fannie Mae Small Mortgage Loan (SML) and Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan (SBL) programs. He joins Drew as they do a deep-dive on Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac’s small loan programs where they cover: 1. Fannie SML and Freddie Mac SBL program overviews 2. Property and loan size requirements 3. Fixed rate term, interest only, and prepayment penalty options 4. Approval requirements and processes 5. Origination f...
Mar 07, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 15
Kyle Stengle is Senior Managing Director at Marcus and Millichap, with a wealth of multifamily brokerage experience. Join Drew and Kyle on the podcast as they discuss: 1. How to get into brokerage 2. How to succeed at the beginning of your brokerage career 3. Bringing people into the business 4. How to make deals happen 5. Building a career in multifamily brokerage 6. Knowing your market 7. Working with repeat buyers 8. Growing a brokerage business 9. Forming relationships with buyers 10. And mo...
Feb 28, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 14
Mike Hansen is a professional real estate owner and manager operating in the Chicago area. A friend of Drew’s, he joins the podcast to discuss how he entered the real estate world, how he has found success, tips for new owners and self-managers, and much more. This is the most comprehensive episode yet on getting started investing in real estate. In this episode, you will learn about: -Buying your first rental property -Living rent-free -Pivoting from a corporate job to full-time real estate inv...
Feb 21, 2022•50 min•Ep. 13
Javi Mendez, Associate at Breneman Capital (formerly Rise Invest), joins Drew on the podcast this week to talk about how our firm uses technology to find the best deals & markets to invest in. They go over our machine learning models, how technology sets us apart, insights from our machine learning models, Phoenix as a market, and much more. -- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted by Drew Breneman, real estate investor and founder of Breneman Capital. Drew began his real estate career at ju...
Feb 14, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 12
Drew breaks down how he set up and executed two highly-successful investment properties he just sold with guest Jordan Multack of Greenstone Partners. The two investments generated returns of: 1846 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60647: IRR: 45% Equity Multiple: 2.3x Cash Invested: $400,000 Cash Distributed: $924,780 Purchase Price: $1,650,000 Sale Price: $2,150,000 Hold Period: 6 Years Refinance Loan Amount in Month 20: $1,912,000 % of Initial Investment Returned By Month 20: 165% 1701-03 N Kedzi...
Feb 07, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 11
Mary Gibala is the Chief Revenue Officer at 33 Realty, a company specializing in multifamily property management. She joins Drew on the podcast to discuss lessons she learned running the property management division at 33 Realty, thinking like an owner, advice for individuals who self-manage their properties, and much more. -- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted by Drew Breneman, real estate investor and founder of Breneman Capital. Drew began his real estate career at just 19 years old when h...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 10
Kurt Bender is Founder of the Bender Companies, specializing in multifamily workforce housing in the Midwest. He joins Drew on the podcast to discuss his beginnings in real estate, how he transitioned from a family funded business to raising capital from outside investors, developing a network as a GP, maintaining relationships with partners, what he's learned going from 300 units to 2500 units of owned multifamily in only 3 years, and more. -- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted by Drew Brene...
Jan 24, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 9
Eric Weber is a Principal at Cubed Construction, a company he co-founded that provides essential services in the multifamily construction industry. Join Drew and Eric to learn how to: 1. Find, vet, and maintain relationships with contractors. 2. The best strategies to avoid surprises in construction. 3. Manage relationships and handle disputes with general contractors. 4. Value Engineering. 5. Risk Management 6. Optimizing project scope. And much more... -- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted ...
Jan 17, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 8
Gabe Horstick, the founder of Base 3, is a multifamily expert—having acquired, developed, or renovated over $100M in real estate. He joins Drew on the podcast to discuss why multifamily is a great way to invest, dictating your own success, leaving his job to pursue real estate full time, and the lessons they learned over the years as principals doing deals. -- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted by Drew Breneman, real estate investor and founder of Breneman Capital. Drew began his real estate ...
Jan 10, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 7
On this episode, Drew brings on Breneman Capital's debt intermediary, Steve Kundert. Steve is a Senior Vice President at CBRE who has placed over $12 Billion of financing on over 600 individual transactions across all product types. They cover the multi-family lending industry from top to bottom. Listen to learn about every type of loan product available (Bank, CMBS, Life Co, Freddie, Fannie, Debt Funds, A B loans, and more), tailoring your financing to your business plan, interest reserves, and...
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 6
Mike Mazur is a former futures trader who turned into a niche commercial real estate investor that focuses exclusively on post offices. In this episode, we discuss the finer points of honing in on a particular industry to provide value for a specific type of tenant. -- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted by Drew Breneman, real estate investor and founder of Breneman Capital. Drew began his real estate career at just 19 years old when he bought his first two rental properties. At that early age...
Dec 23, 2021•55 min•Ep. 4
Drew sits down with Tyler Hague, a successful broker focused on multifamily who leads a team that has sold over a billion dollars worth of real estate together in 2021. They discuss why they enjoy working in real estate, the trends they are seeing across the country, how brokerage operates as a business, what sets Colliers and Tyler's team apart from other brokerages, and more. Contact Tyler Hague: https://www.colliers.com/en/experts/tyler-hague --- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted by Drew ...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 3
On this episode of the Rise and Invest Podcast, prior guest Joe Smazal flips the script on Drew and interviews him. They talk about Drew's origin story in real estate, and how he turned a duplex he purchased as a teenager to $200+ million worth of property over the past 15 years. Contact/Follow Drew Breneman: Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewbreneman LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewbreneman --- The Rise and Invest Podcast is hosted by Drew Breneman, real estate investor and founder of ...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 2
Joe Smazal, broker at Interra Realty, joins us on our first episode. He is one of the top multifamily brokers in Chicago with $500 million in total career sales. In this episode, we get into Joe's start in brokerage, his mentality and approach that lead to his success, maintaining relationships with buyers/sellers, how to win competitive deals as a buyer, personal branding, and more. Contact/Follow Joe Smazal: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joesmazal Interra: https://interrarealty.com/tea...
Dec 15, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 1
