Christopher Saylor is the founder and Managing Partner at Pikes Peak Capital, which manages high-return distressed real estate funds. Pikes Peak Capital buys and sells single-family residential real estate across the nation and provides a path to homeownership for low-to-moderate-income individuals. They typically look for opportunities others dismiss as too difficult or too different and have managed 4 funds with over $10M in transactions in 36 states. In this episode, Christopher discusses how...
Aug 29, 2021•46 min•Ep. 27
Lane Kawaoka owns over 4,500 rental units and is the leader of “Hui Deal Pipeline Club” which has acquired over $600 Million dollars of real estate by syndicating over $70 Million Dollars of private equity since 2016. Lane partners with investors who want to build their passive portfolio but are too busy to invest actively. He is also the host the Simple Passive Cash Flow Podcast. In this episode, Lane talks about his unique way to screen sponsors, the metrics he uses to evaluate deals and his t...
Aug 22, 2021•47 min•Ep. 26
Bob Fraser is the Co-Founder & Principal at Aspen Funds, a residential mortgage fund. He worked in tech and in the stock market before starting his notes investing fund eight years ago. In this episode, he talks about investing in notes, his outlook for the economy, why he is not concerned about inflation and ends with a discussion on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Bob explains that buying notes is just buying mortgages on real estate. He talks about Aspen funds and how they focus on notes on sin...
Aug 15, 2021•53 min•Ep. 25
Paul Moore is the Founder & Managing Partner of Wellings Capital, a real estate private equity firm focused on mobile home parks and self-storage facilities. He is an author, podcaster, a regular contributor to Bigger Pockets and an experienced real estate investor. In this episode, Paul talks about forcing appreciation, speculating versus investing, and some of the metrics he looks at for mobile home parks and self-storage facilities. Paul talks about forcing appreciation and compressing cap ra...
Aug 08, 2021•44 min•Ep. 24
Gino Barbaro is one of the founders of Jake & Gino, LLC – a real estate education company. He is a principal at Rand Partners, a multi-family syndication company and a certified professional coach as well as an author and podcast host. In this episode, Gino talks about the importance of mindset, how to evaluate a sponsor and some of the metrics he uses when evaluating a deal. Gino talks about the importance of educating yourself and having the right investing mindset – if you think you can do it...
Aug 01, 2021•48 min•Ep. 23
Buck Joffrey is a surgeon turned real estate professional with nearly $1 billion in real estate transactions including $400M in current real estate assets under management. He is also a financial educator focused on alternative assets. He runs a fantastic Community called the Wealth Formula Network and is host of the Wealth Formula Podcast as well. In this episode, Buck talks about the keys to forcing equity, investing in multifamily, self-storage and ATMs, and how to vet a sponsor. Buck talks a...
Jul 25, 2021•45 min•Ep. 22
Eric is a Founding Partner of Clear Capital, LLC and an Adjunct Professor with UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management. He is the host of Focus on Facts Podcast and was a guest at the May 24th Left Field Investors monthly meeting. In this episode, Eric talks about sourcing deals, abundance of liquidity in almost all markets, inflation now and in the future, wealth inequality and how all of these things effect real estate. Eric discusses how he got his start in real estate investing in vari...
Jul 18, 2021•48 min•Ep. 21
Steve Suh is one of the Founders of Left Field Investors. He is an ophthalmologist and the host of the Healthy Eyes 101 Podcast. Steve has invested in a broad range of passive syndications including multifamily and self-storage as well as some more unique assets like underperforming resorts, coffee farms and a Broadway show. In this episode, Steve talks about how he got started in real estate and syndications, what metrics are important to him when analyzing a deal and some of the unique asset c...
Jul 11, 2021•55 min•Ep. 20
Alex Breshears is a private money lender, syndication investor, community builder, military spouse and much more. She started a private lending company, Infinite Road Investments, funding first and second position loans on residential property and runs a Facebook Group called Private Lending Lessons. She is also the Fund Investor Relations Manager for Mission First Capital – a company dedicated to providing real estate investment opportunities to active duty and veteran military personnel. In th...
Jul 04, 2021•58 min•Ep. 19
Chris Odegard is The Prolific Investor. Chris worked in corporate America for over 30 years before going full time in alternative investments. His goal to help improve the financial lives of Americans one blog article at a time through his Prolific Investor blog. In this episode, Chris talks about how alternative investments allowed him to recover quickly from a massive “illiquidity event”, his Hierarchy of Investors and how alternative investments outperform traditional investments. Chris talks...
Jun 27, 2021•46 min•Ep. 18
Paul Shannon is a real estate entrepreneur specializing in the acquisition of value-add, single-family homes and apartment buildings with a focus on conservative underwriting and cash flow. He is the Principal and Owner of Redhawk Real Estate focusing on providing high quality, affordable rental properties to Central and Southern Indiana communities, while providing stable and predictable long-term income to his investors. He is also a passive investor and a member of the Infielders Community of...
Jun 20, 2021•44 min•Ep. 17
Travis Smith is the Founder & CEO of Tribevest, a platform to launch an investor entity, pool capital, and experience wealth-building with friends, family, and people you trust. In this episode, Travis talks about why he started Tribevest and how the platform helps group invest together while solving for lack of capital, experience and community. Travis discusses how group investing gets you into more deals which helps with portfolio diversification. He also talks about some of the challenges of...
Jun 13, 2021•40 min•Ep. 16
David Shirkey is an investor focused on operating companies in the manufacturing space, mobile home parks, high cash value life insurance and more! He is also the leader of the Michigan Investor Group, a community dedicated to sharing investment knowledge and experience with others. In this episode, David talks about the high demand and low supply for affordable housing like mobile home parks, how networking has helped his investing and the importance of vetting the sponsor and being patient bef...
Jun 06, 2021•50 min•Ep. 15
Kenny Wolfe is the President of Wolfe Investments and has been investing in multifamily since 2010. He currently owns over $250M of commercial real estate with 4500 units in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Ohio. He also owns commercial retail properties in three states and some ground up development as well. In this episode, Kenny talks about alignment of interest between the syndicator and the investor, investing in downtown metro areas and investing for cash flow, appreciation or both. Kenny di...
May 30, 2021•38 min•Ep. 14
Ryan Stieg is a passive investor and a Co-Founder of Left Field. He owns a portfolio of 1-3 unit properties in five different markets and more than 20 syndication investments in notes, mobile homes, life settlements, crypto, self-storage, multi-family and more. In this episode, Ryan talks about how he realized single family homes are great investments, but difficult to scale which led him to develop a network to help him get into real estate syndications. Ryan talks about using mentors and netwo...
May 23, 2021•45 min•Ep. 13
Dan Handford is the Managing Partner of PassiveInvesting.com. Dan is a business owner involved in specialty medical clinics, anatomical model sales, and chiropractic supply companies who got into real estate syndication to help take advantage of the tax advantages to real estate investors. His company has a multifamily real estate portfolio of over 2700 doors worth $380M and is currently closing on their first self-storage deal. In this episode, Dan talks about how to pick a sponsor, debunks the...
May 16, 2021•53 min•Ep. 12
Josh Satin is the Director of Acquisitions at Gelt, Inc. He is an experienced multifamily and mobile home investor involved in the acquisition of over 3300 units valued at over $300 million. He is a former Major League Baseball player for the NY Mets and Cincinnati Reds and started his investing journey while still playing baseball by working with a mentor who exposed him to passive syndication investing. In this episode, Josh talks about the importance of an experienced sponsor, understanding t...
May 09, 2021•42 min•Ep. 11
Jeff Cook is the CEO of Cook Properties, a family owned and operated company that invests in commercial, retail, office, self-storage and mobile home parks. He began his real estate investing with single family homes in 1997 and bought his first mobile home park in 2008. In this episode, Jeff talks about the importance of focusing on what you are good at – which for his group is mobile home parks located in New York. Jeff discusses his transition from buying single and small multi-family homes t...
May 02, 2021•41 min•Ep. 10
Cherry Chen is a full time internal medicine physician. She is the founder of The Real Estate Physician – a community of physician investors focused on working toward financial independence. In this episode, Cherry talks about the importance of networking when passively investing and how her community helps investors become informed, vet sponsors and find deals. Cherry started her community to share with other doctors what she learned about syndications and to create a platform to share what she...
Apr 25, 2021•40 min•Ep. 9
Sean Donnelly is Managing Director at a reinsurance company and is one of the founders of Left Field Investors. Sean has been a “right fielder” for most of his investing career, but found passive investing and is solidly in center field now through his new investments in passive syndications combined with his continued investments in the stock market and paper assets. In this episode, Sean talks about how he got into passive investing, the importance of a network in helping build your investing ...
Apr 18, 2021•50 min•Ep. 8
Drew Wahlgren is the Director of Capital Markets at MAG Capital Partners, a private investment firm focusing on single-tenant, net lease development and sale leaseback structured transactions. In this episode, Drew talks about how he got started in real estate and explained what an industrial single tenant triple net sale leaseback is and why it’s a great asset class for consistent cash flow with appreciation upside. Drew talks about the consistent cashflow that starts from day one for the passi...
Apr 11, 2021•41 min•Ep. 7
Jeremy Roll is the President of Roll Investment Group and Co-Founder of For Investors by Investors – a Community started in 2007 with the goal of facilitating networking and education for real estate investors. In this episode Jeremy talks about giving up control in an investment in order to gain diversification and leverage the time and experience of others. Jeremy discusses how he is currently focusing on short term investments such as hard money loans on flips and assets that do not rely on a...
Apr 04, 2021•55 min•Ep. 6
Whitney Sewell is the Director of Life Bridge Capital and host of the Real Estate Syndication Show. He began investing in real estate to supplement his income from working in law enforcement. His company invests with a mission as they donate 50% of profits from the business to support orphans worldwide. In this episode Whitney talks about the value of mentors, sharing your passion while networking and creating value by problem solving. Whitney discusses how he got started in real estate after le...
Mar 28, 2021•47 min•Ep. 5
Jim Pfeifer is one of the founders of Left Field Investors and the host of this podcast. He is a full-time passive investor and concentrates on investing in real assets that produce cash flow. Jim is committed to sharing his knowledge with others who are interested in learning a different way to grow wealth. This episode is a replay of The DJE Podcast hosted by Devin Elder. Jim shares his journey from being a traditional stock market investor to active real estate investor until he found his cur...
Mar 21, 2021•36 min•Ep. 4
Brian Burke is the President & CEO of Praxis Capital and the author of The Hands-Off Investor. He has been investing in real estate for 30 years and has been a multi-family syndicator for 19 years. Brian has purchased over $500 million in real estate and raised over $200 million from investors and has never lost a penny of investor capital. In this episode Brian talks about funds versus single asset investing, how to evaluate a sponsor and market and some red flags to look for when evaluating a ...
Mar 14, 2021•44 min•Ep. 3
Josh McCallen is the Co-Founder of Accountable Equity and a nationally recognized capital syndicator, hospitality investor, turnaround specialist, conference speaker, innovator, builder & developer with a track record for the development of exceptional resort properties and growing world-class operational teams. In this episode Josh talks about forcing equity through resort investing and service that revives the soul! Josh discusses the importance of building a Community of people you know, like...
Mar 07, 2021•41 min•Ep. 2
Dave Zook is the Real Asset Investor and excels at finding and vetting asset class specific experts. He uses his vast network to find and vet new asset classes and sponsors and then uses their expertise to syndicate these assets for his investors. He is currently a top 5 ATM operator in the U.S., a self-storage syndicator, has a debt validation fund and invests personally in more than eight different asset classes. In this episode, Dave talks about these asset classes and more! Dave talks about ...
Feb 28, 2021•42 min•Ep. 1
This is a preview of the Passive Investing from Left Field Podcast. You will hear clips from episodes where we interview Josh McCallen from Accountable Equity, passive investor Sean Donnelly, Drew Wahlgren from MAG Capital Partners & Whitney Sewell from Life Bridge Capital. Our first full episode will launch February 28, 2021. If you would like to contact Jim Pfeifer, you can email him at [email protected] or if you would like to find out more about Left Field Investors go to www.leftfi...
Feb 15, 2021•4 min
