10,000 roads to financial independence by EZ FI University

Zasha Smith went from overworked full time civil engineer to house flipper, General Partner in syndications, and rental property owner, generating over $10K/month from her 10 rental properties alone while living in beautiful Maui, Hawaii!

If you've been listening to advice about buying your first rental property and getting into real estate investing, then you've probably heard the advice to buy, renovate, and then rent the property. But what if that advice was WRONG?

If you've been listening to advice about buying your first rental  property and getting into real estate investing, then you've probably  heard the advice to buy, renovate, and then rent the property. But what  if that advice was WRONG?  

In this episode, Managing Partners at Blue Oak Investing. Cody & Brian team up to share how they identified the unique skills they could each bring to a partnership, how to decide what role each partner should play based on not just skills but personality as well, and what data, trends, and insights they used to create their strategy for their company’s real estate investments.

Billy is a long-distance investor originally from Ohio but has lived in Europe for the last 20 years investing in industries like oil, gas, and real estate in the U.S. He recently left the corporate world to build his own business.

In this episode, Stefan Tsvetkov shares examples of how you can use publicly available data sources to analyze the past impact of economic trends on real estate and make predictions about what might happen to the real estate market going forward. 

Rob oversees acquisition and capital markets for Lonestar and has acquired capital $300M in multifamily real estate. He’s an expert in underwriting and has published a #1 book on underwriting multifamily acquisitions.

M.C. Laubscher shares insights on how to use your home, stock/crypto portfolios, life insurance, and business assets as collateral to get loans for investing, the benefit of doing this, and why finding tax savings through these vehicles can turbocharge your path to wealth. 

Axel Ragnarsson has built a successful multifamily real estate investing business by targeting a niche that many active investors overlook: 20 - 80 unit properties in smaller "less popular" tier 3 markets. What's the secret to doing what others don't? Knowing what to look for and working with the right people.

In this episode, Dustin Miles shares how he went from being a passive investor in multifamily real estate to taking the leap into active investing through building strategic partnerships, how coaching has helped him grow his business, and what he looks for when selecting his future real estate investment properties.

In this episode, Brett Swarts explains what alternative methods exist for deferring capital gains taxes that many investors haven't heard about and how to capitalize on them. 

Chelsea Brennan teaches us how to find your niche audience online, learn what they need, and launch a digital product and community to support those needs in the financial education space. Chelsea is an ex hedge fund manager and the Founder of Smart Money Mamas, helping the current and next generation of women create healthy money habits that allow them to achieve their goals.

In this episode, Tracy Royce shares her experience moving into the distressed real estate market and flipping business full time from being behind the scenes. Tracy is a full time flipper, landlord, and rehabber with an expertise in distressed real estate. She is passionate about sharing her story on how she has built her own business and brand in real estate to further her path to financial independence. 

Deborah is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, Tony Robbins Trainer and founder of WREN (Women’s Real Estate Investing Network). 

Agostino is a former corporate IT Leader who transitioned into real estate full time after going through a period of what he calls “spectacular failure” and “10 dark years.” He demonstrates how learning to pivot in your life and your business can help you find great success. 

Juan is both an accredited passive investor in over 1,000 units and an active investor in over 1,600 units of multifamily real estate. He started off in single family investing like many of us do and eventually transitioned into larger apartments after experiencing a vacancy that costed more than expected.

Jenny and Steven are both managing partners at Vertical Street Ventures which has a portfolio of 1,650 units. They both had extremely successful corporate careers before pivoting to help individuals help achieve their goals through passive investing in multifamily real estate.

Tim Bratz is the CEO and Founder of Legacy Wealth Holdings, a real estate investment company. He went from buying his first investment property on a credit card during the 2008 recession to building  a portfolio of over 4,500 units and $400M in assets under management. He now focuses on empowering others to become financially free through commercial real estate.

Candace is a fellow active female real estate investor and asset management powerhouse at Astra Equity. She has spent her real estate career learning how to build the right teams and partnerships to make strong returns for everyone involved in the deal. She also works side by side with other top women in the RE industry as the Co-Founder of the Multifamily Women’s Mastermind. 

Think you can't leverage your current career and skillset to pivot into a new one? 

Work in Tech? Watch this to learn why you should be working for equity and not a salary.

Scott Scantlin is a professional speaker, author, consultant, sales trainer, and business coach with two decades of experience in direct sales and leadership.  He specializes in working with companies, entrepreneurs, and direct sellers both individually and corporately to identify hidden potential and reach for their very best.

Michael Elefante is a retired technology sales rep, turned entrepreneur and became financially free at 27. He retired from corporate America at 28. He is a full time real estate investor and content creator. Michael loves to educate on how to invest in short term vacation rentals, the fast path to financial freedom.

John Okocha is the Managing Principal of Okocha Equity Partners and a full time real estate investor. He started his real estate investing career in 2013. He is a General Partner in over 1,600 multifamily doors. John is a master at assessing and analyzing property and market fundamentals for new acquisitions as well as financial modeling for new investments. 

This Webinar will help you make a massive shift in your investing approach by simply focusing on your mindset and changing your strategy.

Madelaine Claire Weiss is an LICSW, MBA, BCC (Board Certified Executive, Career, Life Coach), blogger, podcast guest expert, co-author in Handbook of Stressful Transition Across the Lifespan, and bestselling author of "Getting to G.R.E.A.T: 5-Step Strategy for Work and Life…Based on Science and True Stories"—a lively, practical guidebook for living with a proven method that has changed many lives. Her work experience includes mental health practice Administrative Director/Psychotherapist, corporate Chief Organizational Development Officer, and Associate Director of the Anatomical Gift Program at Harvard Medical School. 

On this episode, Elisa Zhang interviews Andrea Johnson, Certified Life Coach and DISC Consultant. Andrea helps women transform into an amazing connector, communicator, and leader. 

On this episode, Elisa Zhang interviews the best-selling author Bob Burg. The American Management Association named Bob one of the 30 Most Influential Leaders and he was named one of the Top 200 Most Influential Authors in the World by Richtopia.

On this episode, Elisa Zhang interviews Rocky Lalvani, Founding Partner in RADFRC a real estate company that specializes in revitalizing properties in the greater Harrisburg area.

On this episode, Elisa talks with Esteban Andrade. Esteban is the founder of Hesel Media, a premier real estate marketing agency based in Florida and serving clients across the country.

Veena Jetti has 10+ years of real estate experience including overseeing management of $1B+ in real estate assets. Her expertise includes driving corporate growth strategy, asset management, and business development derived from working for multiple Fortune 500 companies. Her background includes acquisition, syndication, and growth strategy for multifamily assets. She is often a panelist and speaker at various global conferences and radio shows.

On this episode, Elisa Zhang interview Jennifer Joyce. Jennifer is a Fund Manager with JJ Capital Investments overseeing 1,500 units and currently has a Multifamily portfolio with over $120MM of Assets Under Management. She has experience as a KP on Freddie Mae, Fannie Mae, as well as having substantial bridge loan experience. Her time is mainly spent in oversight and financial review to Asset Managers in the Multifamily Industry.

On this episode, Elisa interviews Arron Renfrew. This is the first episode of the 'League of Extraordinary Doers' series under the 10,000 Roads To Financial Independence, covering the success stories of the Multifamily real estate investors.

On this episode, Elisa interviews Amanda Han. Amanda specializes in creating tax-saving strategies for real estate investors. She is certified by the CA State Board of Accountancy and is a member of the prestigious American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

On this episode, Elisa interviews Nic Espanet. Nic is the Principal at Thrive Multifamily LLC. He has been passively investing in multifamily assets since 2016. Moreover, Nic has been a multifamily Syndicator & Asset Manager since 2018. He is currently an Asset Manager in 4 multifamily syndications totaling 580 units and is a Passive Investor in an additional 1780 units at seven properties. A licensed Physical Therapist with 25+ years of experience, Nic runs his private practice since 2012.

Did you know approximately 90% of the world’s millionaires invest in real estate?

In this episode, Elisa talks with Kent Ritter. Kent is a former management consultant, start-up owner, and corporate executive turned full-time real estate investor and operator. Kent has achieved financial freedom, and he is now on a mission to empower others to do the same through multifamily investing.

In this episode, Elisa interviews Jerome Myers. Jerome is a developer of people and places. He is the founder and Chief Inspiration Officer of DreamCatchers and The Myers Development Group.

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Fletcher Wheaton is an international real estate investor and educator. He is based in Cabo San Lucas, but has helped people find property all over Mexico. He is the host of “Real Estate Without Borders” podcast.

Gino Barbaro is an investor, business owner, author and serial entrepreneur. He has grown his real estate portfolio to over 1,500 multifamily units. Gino is a Certified Professional Coach.

Deepika Sharma is an experienced commercial Real Estate investor with vast knowledge in commercial real estate transactions, negotiations, and processes. She and husband are principal and owner of over 900 units in TX among 4 properties.

As a Principal and Co-founder of REEP Equity, Arleen oversees the operational aspects of their multifamily portfolio along with serving as a decision maker on acquisitions and company growth strategy. In overseeing the management company, REEP Management, her goal is to maximize investor returns by increasing revenue, while controlling expenses for the properties under their ownership umbrella.

Frank and Sherri Candelario are the founders of Kate's House Foundation and Shared Housing Solutions. Sherri is an experienced patent counsel and strategist. She develops in-house intellectual property practices and strategy. Sherri brings the essentials of successful IP management from investment stage to growth stages of a company.

For the last 8 years, Brent Kesler has lectured thousands of people around the country on the dynamics of the Money Multiplier Method, helping individuals break the bonds of financial slavery and taking control of their own financial life. He has a passionate belief that whether someone makes $10/hour or $10,000/hour everyone should have this powerful information and keep control of their own money.

Hungry for more of the How in real estate investing? Visit www.ezfiuniversity.com for in-depth articles and webinar recordings to start down your own road to Financial Independence.

Dan Brisse is a snowboarding X Games Gold Medalist and Principal at Granite Towers Equity Group. Dan oversees asset management, acquisitions and investor relations of over 1,500 units. Granite Towers has acquired apartment buildings across the country in markets such as the DFW area of North Texas, St. Cloud, Minnesota, New Mexico, and Birmingham, Alabama to name a few.

Gemma Lumicisi is the powerhouse Lady Boss behind Contently Driven, an online copywriting service out of Australia. She is also the creator, coach and teacher for students of her Working Words copywriting course for those ready to learn more about being a successful copywriting.

Darin Batchelder is a successful loan trader and multifamily investor, owning more than 4,000 units across the country. He takes us through his experience in accounting to starting his own loan trading business to investing passively in multifamily real estate.

David is the COO of Canis Major Incubator, A Commercial Real Estate Investment group focusing on Multifamily value-add assets. Launched in 2017 and has acquired $200M in assets since then. David is also the CEO of Merlion Investments working with residential and commercial real estate with an emphasis on new construction and rehabilitation of existing properties.

Nikolai Ray is the Founder and CEO of MREX, he is a professor at MREX College and is a leading apartment investing expert with over $10B in multifamily analysis, underwriting, and transactions to date. Nikolai speaks at multiple multifamily conferences and events. In this powerful interview, Nikolai takes us through his exciting and multi-faceted experience as a self-made entrepreneur, teaching us how to grow our own businesses along the way.

Watch how an entrepreneurial drive and powerful partnerships led to building a self-contained equity and acquisitions firm. Candace Pilgrim is the asset manager for Astra Equity. Candace is also the co-founder of Multifamily Women’s Mastermind where she works side-by-side with many of the top women in the industry.

Anna is a seasoned real estate investor, actively renovating, selling & renting: single family & vacation rentals, small multifamily & commercial properties, and large apartment complexes. Through her own holdings and as a General Partner, Anna has ownership in and asset manages a portfolio of rental real estate valued over $160 Million.

Kenny has been investing in multi-family real estate since 2010. He owns more than 4,000 apartments and has been involved in over $130MM+ worth of commercial real estate transactions throughout Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Ohio.

From Spanish Teacher to Apartment Syndicator: Nico Salgado takes us through his story of realizing that a teacher's salary and retirement benefits were truly not going to be what he wanted in the golden years of his life. He joined the Jake & Gino Investing Community and utilized the Money Mindset he had from a young age. He is still teaching full time and managing his growing MF Portfolio with systems, processes and efficiency.

Andrew Postell is the VP of Mortgage Lending at Guaranteed Rate in the DFW area of Texas.  He is a single-family home investing and lending expert and always dedicates time to educating his clients and future clients in the strategies of BRRR and BLRRR methods of investing.

Prashant takes us through his journey of investing in real estate from single family to multifamily. He shares insights into hiring virtual assistants and maintaining valuable relationships to propel business forward.

Will Coleman, Director - Finance at Rand Capital, decodes Multifamily Real Estate financing, which is probably one of the most significant aspects for anyone who is interested in starting with real estate investing.

Leka talks us through her Leap of Faith in to Real Estate Investing and the power of networking.

Bill Ham is the Chief Operating Officer and the driving force behind Broadwell Property Group. He has upwards of 20 years’ experience in Real Estate with a proven track record of identifying, acquiring, operating, and divesting of large footprint Multifamily Housing. 

In this episode, Elisa interviews Darren Light. Darren is a mechanical engineer by trade and started investing in real estate in 2016. In 2017 he left his corporate job to pursue real estate full time. His portfolio consists of single family rentals in Knoxville, TN, as well as over 100 units in central and eastern Tennessee with a combined market value of over three $3,000,000. Darren has successfully completed eight flips and has multiple active projects in Knoxville and the Tri-Cities area.

Kavitha shares her insights on creating multiple streams of income for cash and investing.

Hadar unveils the strategies behind his success in remote, international real estate investing.

Prof. Pete Alexander shares his experience with negative stress and positive manifestations.

Steve Sims is an entrepreneur and coach who likes to push clients to think bigger than big!

In this episode, Elisa talks with Vikram Jethwani, a Kuwait-based digital marketing entrepreneur helping real estate businesses in the US, Middle-East and APAC regions with branding and growth marketing.

Julia tells us about her journey from Employee to Entrepreneur and how coaching got her there.

From college life, to W2 career, to flipping and commercial investing, mindset rules them all.

In the second part of this episode, Abraham shares how he scaled up his mobile home park investing business, set-up systems and processes, hired professionals and made decisions that helped him focus on the most significant aspects of his journey.  

On this episode, Abraham reveals his entrepreneurial success secrets and major influences that shaped his personality and mindset. Abraham, 25, is the 100th largest owner of mobile home parks in the U.S. with 11 parks totaling 632 lots.    

Dive deep into creating and analyzing small income streams that feed the river of business. Hungry for more of the How in real estate investing?  Visit https://www.ezfiuniversity.com/ for in-depth articles and webinar recordings to start down your own road to Financial Independence.  

With sales as a superpower, Chad tells us about his start in wholesaling and where he is now. Hungry for more of the How in real estate investing?  Visit https://www.ezfiuniversity.com/ for in-depth articles and webinar recordings to start down your own road to Financial Independence.  

A Heroine story of love, loss and learning how to take control of her own financial independence. 

Joe takes us deeper into his transition from wholesale hustling to living on the road. Hungry for more of the How in real estate investing?  Visit www.ezfiuniversity.com for in-depth articles and webinar recordings to start down your own road to Financial Independence.  

Joe Bauer tells us about his early days of entrepreneurial life in school to his start in real estate. Hungry for more of the How in real estate investing?  Visit https://www.ezfiuniversity.com/ for in-depth articles and webinar recordings to start down your own road to Financial Independence.  

John Casmon explains the details of house hacking process and how he found a unique neighborhood in Chicago to invest.  Elisa and John talk numbers and math for the house hacking model with a 4-plex.    

John Casmon takes us through his early years as an entrepreneur when he learned about the division of money and net earnings after a day's work.  John went on to work a few jobs through school and landing a career in marketing/advertising.  It wasn't what he thought it would be.  

"Humble yourself... because you can't be the best in business if you think you're the best all the time."  - Kyle Marcotte on attitude as a business owner  

"Hard work does NOT equal success."  -Kyle Marcotte on components of success in business.  

This is part two of the podcast interview with Francis Nguyen. Francis will be sharing how she is killing it with her side gigs and investments while exceling at a W2 job that she loves. Francis runs a profitable beauty salon and invests in real estate while generating dependable income at her beloved day job. When a day job is something you choose to do, it takes on a different meaning.

Join me today to visit with Francis Nguyen. Francis will be sharing how she is killing it with her side gigs and investments while exceling at a W2 job that she loves. Francis runs a profitable beauty salon and invests in real estate while generating dependable income at her beloved day job. When a day job is something you choose to do, it takes on a different meaning.

This is second part of the two parts interview. Dusten never worked at a regular corporation day job. To some people, it is a super scary to not have a stable Day Job. To Dusten, it is super scary to have a Day Job. He has tried his hands in a lot of things until he found his talent in design and real estate. He is going to share with us his journey to go from adventure to adventure, and how he figured out his path through trial and errors.

This is first part of the two parts interview. Dusten never worked at a regular corporation day job. To some people, it is a super scary to not have a stable Day Job. To Dusten, it is super scary to have a Day Job. He has tried his hands in a lot of things until he found his talent in design and real estate. He is going to share with us his journey to go from adventure to adventure, and how he figured out his path through trial and errors.  

This is part two of two-part interview. As a quick recap, Ryan Gibson is the owner of Spartan Investment Group. Spartan Investment Group owns storage units, new construction projects and mobile home parks. They are one of the hottest rising stars in the Real Estate world. Ryan shares how he builds his company block by block and implements accountability and system every step of the way.  Ryan  is never shy in explaining everything about running and growing a business on the fast track.

This is part one of two-part interview. Meet Ryan Gibson, the owner of Spartan Investment Group. Spartan Investment Group owns storage units, new construction projects and mobile home parks. They are one of the hottest rising stars in the Real Estate world. Ryan shares how he builds his company block by block and implements accountability and system every step of the way.  Ryan  is never shy in explaining everything about running and growing a business on the fast track.

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Fresh out of college engineer, Lane, saw his co-worker passed away suddenly one day. To his surprise, people at work didn't really talk about it. The vulnerability of human life and how insecure one's financial world could be inspired him to embark on a quest to be financially free as soon as possible. He ate a lot of instant ramen, showered at work to save water and invested all his savings. Fast forward in less than 10 years, he is now financially free and living much comfortably. He is a well-known influencer in the financial independence world and makes it through apartment syndication.

Meet Hoa! Living on instant noodles and working on weekends allows her to accumulate knowledge and wealth to open her own practice. In 10 years, she built a highly systemized practice. Learn from Hoa on how to build a business that you can eventually step away instead of slaving day and night.

Meet Hoa! Living on instant noodles and working on weekends allows her to accumulate knowledge and wealth to open her own practice. In 10 years, she built a highly systemized practice. Learn from Hoa on how to build a business that you can eventually step away instead of slaving day and night.

Did you know that Cost Segregation and Bonus Depreciation can help you save income tax? You might be missing out on paying zero tax! If you are thinking about 1031 exchange or someway to write off your tax income as a real estate professional, this may be just that thing you are looking for.

Welcome to the '10,000 Roads To Financial Independence' Podcast.

This is part 2 of the first podcast with Jennifer Beadles.

Welcome to the first episode of '10,000 Roads To Financial Freedom'.