Episode 87 - Paul Grimme bought a FRACTURED condo. Yikes!

Paul Grimme is originally from Nebraska. After 28 years in the hi-tech industry he retired in 2016. Paul explains what lead him to investing and buying apartments. Paul had not gone the typical route of investing in single family homes but he did passively invested in five multifamily partnership opportunities with over 1000 doors. On his first large real estate transaction, Paul bought a fractured condo. Paul and his wife, Julie, bought 76 out of 108 units in the Village Condominiums in Waco, Texas. He bought 70% of the total. One seller was selling a block of units that they owned. The remaining 32 units were owned by individuals and were not available for sale. A fractured condo can be an unusual investment. Unlike apartments, where you buy ALL the units at one time; a fractured condo acquisition is when you are buying a specific number of units in a condominium complex. Investing in a fractured condo comes with some unique challenges like “who controls the management of the homeowners association and where and how those dues going to be spent?” Paul reflects on the history of the condominiums and how it became a fractured condo. The investment strategy, over a period of time, is to purchase all the remaining condo units, crush the condo association and then operate the property like an apartment property.

Here is Paul’s contact info: paul@cherokeecreekinvestments.com
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ASK MIKE MONDAYS - When you ask “for the money” from your investors, what is important for your presentation ?

Typically on a capital raise you want to have a pre-existing relationship with your potential investor. The number one question that you must answer for the investor is A) How are they going to get their money back; B) What is the timeline going to be. Also, make sure that your debt lines up with a similar maturity as your investment strategy. Originating a new short term loan on a long term investment strategy is probably not going to work. Make sure that you contact a qualified attorney that can help you build a Private Placement Memorandum that discloses all potential risks an investor needs to know.

Episode 86 - This Buyer is a ‘Hands On & Bottom Line’ type of guy

Mike Spotts just closed on a stabilized 94 unit apartment building. Mike grew up in Plano and attended Texas State University. He was in the high technology business and wanted to transition into real estate. Mike started buying duplexes and single family homes. Mike was equity rich with a 13 homes, but was liquidity poor. He decided to sell his homes and raise liquidity to buy apartments. 
Mike is a big fan of multifamily education and mentoring. That was his first investment. He invested in himself with apartment education. Mike had passively invested in 3 separate apartment partnerships before he felt ready to ‘lead’ his own transaction. His first transaction is a property called Agave Villas Apartments in Irving, Texas. Mike liked the submarket and condition of the asset. The property is near a high school. During due diligence, Mike and his team found a huge water leak. Hundreds of gallons were flowing down the drain every day. When fixed, that one line expense item saved them thousands. Additionally, Mike explains the bottom line on getting higher rents after doing some moderate rehab on his asset. Amazing. 
Mike decided that he wanted to know more about repairs and maintenance to his property so went back to school to learn air conditioning and heating repair. He does not work on his own systems, BUT having 94 individual HVAC systems, he wanted to make sure he knew what the real costs were. It probably was a good investment. Ricardo explains how he was able to provide Fannie Mae financing for a first time apartment buyer. 
Here is Mike’s contact info: MSpotts@greystoneprop.com
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Episode 85 - Kenny Wolfe owns 2100 units in four states. How can YOU do this?

Kenny purchased his first out-of-state property in 2014. Kenny initially started buying apartments in Texas and then he bought in Colorado, Oklahoma and Ohio. Kenny’s philosophy is have “real estate and will travel.” He likes to buy in landlord friendly states that contain diverse economic drivers for growth, low unemployment, and historical population growth. Kenny explains the challenges of living in Dallas, but owning apartments in different states. He actually visits his properties out of state more frequently than the ones he owns in his immediate area. Everyone believes that proformas and partnerships work in straight lines, but Kenny believes in being flexible to handle ‘operational curve balls’ as one of his keys to his success. 
Kenny chats about his latest acquisition in Waco, Texas. Kenny bought this property because of its location near Baylor University. It was 50% occupied and needed lots of rehab…but its spectacular location made it a great opportunity. The seller could not provide historical financials to the property. Typical bank financing was not available because of lack of financials and low occupancy on the asset. Kenny had to be creative on how he was going to finance the acquisition and rehab of the property. He discusses the strategy of using ‘hard money’ as a tool. Hard money can be an option when an ‘’all cash” purchase is not available. It’s a short term solution and can help you acquire more assets. 

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Are you interested in learning more about how Multifamily Syndications work? Please visit www.spiadvisory.com to learn about Michael's Real Estate Syndication business with SPI Advisory LLC. 


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