043: Hans Struzyna | Invest While You're Young

Hans Struzyna grew up in the Seattle area and is one of the nation’s most accomplished rowers. He’s the very definition of a team player: He competed as a Team USA athlete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, earned a spot on the national US Rowing team (representing it at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships), and was a two-time collegiate National Champion with the University of Washington. There he earned a BA in Business and focused on entrepreneurship. Through rowing, he has traveled extensively in Europe and Asia, although now he makes his home in Alameda.

[00:01 – 10:09] Hans’ Journey

• Han’s talks about his background
• Licensed Realtor for The Gunderman Group
• His life before getting his real estate license
• A part of the US Rowing Team from 2011-2016
• The Rowing Experience – Hans shares what rowing is all about from a rower’s perspective
• Transitioning to Real Estate
• Applying the work ethics and leveraging the skills he learned from competitive rowing

[10:10 – 20:48] The Gunderman Group

• Working for one of the very successful real estate teams in Oakland, CA
• Leaning more into Luxury home buyers
• What’s keeping clients in the Bay Area from investing out of state?

[20:49 – 32:42] Invest While You’re Young

• Hans talks about his personal investment goals
• Real estate investment options in the Bay Area
• Hans shares some real estate investing tips and strategies he uses

[32:43 – 40:52] Helping Other People Out

• Sam shares about working on and recording a series about how to analyze a deal. Stay tuned, and don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast for updates!
• Hans shares resources that would be useful to educate yourself about large multifamily properties
• Building your network

[40:53 – 46:05] Closing Segment

• Hans talks about the specific areas he covers. 
• Are you living in the areas he mentioned or interested in investing with him? Contact him now! See the links below for his contact info.
• Current investment opportunities Hans is excited about in the bay area.
• Final thoughts for the listeners

Tweetable Quotes:

“Contacts don’t always equal to contracts.” – Hans Struzyna

“I think building out that network is probably your fastest way to get to the education and get to where you want. Because if that person can’t help you or doesn’t know the answer, then they’re probably gonna point you in the direction of someone else that they know, especially if you came at them at a really positive value-adding way in the first place.” – Hans Struzyna 

“Find out where you’re good at and figure at where [the] intersection of your passion and your unique abilities lie. And use that as a way to leverage yourself into conversations.” – Hans Struzyna

Resources Mentioned:

• Resimercial Agents
• Grant Cardone
• Travis Chappell

Connect with Hans on Instagram, shoot him an email at [email protected], or visit his website