REI INK

Podcast

Redefining Real Estate Insights & The Importance of Customer Service

Robert Rakowski is the founder and publisher of REI INK magazine – one of the industry’s most reliable sources of data today. Robert is an industry expert with years of experience in different magazine companies and today, he is on the show to shed some light on the purpose of REI INK and how it is changing the real estate investing industry. Listen now to learn more about the story behind REI INK, the work that is put into each issue, how it impacts the real estate industry, and what the future looks like for the magazine! Quotables “We founded the magazine on customer service and it’s amazing how far customer service goes.” “Be careful who you listen to, find the experts in the field, and go with the data.” “There’s never a good time to start anything, so if you’re presented with an opportunity, do it and figure out the details later. That’s the way I look at it.” Links Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/ Email: Robert Rakowski Robert@rei-ink.com

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Redefining Rehab Standards 

Clint Lien is the Executive Vice President of The Bluebook International, a company that provides solutions for real estate investors to help them estimate rehab costs efficiently and accurately. He has been in the industry for years, helping provide reliable resources for real estate investors, and he is on the show to help us better understand the work that goes into rehabbing properties and how we can be more efficient with them. Listen now to learn more about rehabbing properties and how you can be efficient with estimating and planning for the expenses that come with it! Quotables “Build relationships with contractors. Build relationships with realtors. Whoever is going to be interacting with you in that middle sphere, on that middle lever, build those relationships before you pull the trigger.” “There’s a risk, right? If there was no risk, everybody would do it, that’s what they say. There’s a risk, but you can limit that risk by educating yourself in multiple different ways.” “Ignorance is usually based on a conscious decision, so if you think about what happened, if you think about what went wrong, you can look back and say “oh, that’s where I made that ignorant decision that got me there.” Links Website: The Bluebook International https://www.bluebook.net/ Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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Decoding Real Estate Investment Trends

John Beacham is the founder and CEO of Toorak Capital Partners, a company that works with lenders across the US and UK to originate business-purpose loans. He has decades of experience in leading financial institutions and building successful businesses and he is with us on the show to talk about things that we need to be focused on in today’s market if we want to succeed as investors. Listen now to learn more from an expert in financing and real estate investing, so you can be prepared to make better decisions for your business! Quotables “Don’t think about necessarily what it is, but think about what it could be.” “Single-family is unique as an asset class because you really have two different and somewhat independent sets of buyers.” “You don’t necessarily need to have a college education, but you need to have a good work ethic and a good business sense in order to buy and renovate properties.” Links Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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Navigating Affordability Issues in the Real Estate Market 

Mike Tedesco is the CEO of Appraisal Nation with decades of experience in lending, banking, credit, title, closing, appraisals, and real estate investing. He has been around through different economic cycles and he is with us today to help us understand what’s going on behind the scenes in the real estate space. Listen now to learn more about the truth behind today’s real estate market and how you can remain profitable through these challenging market conditions! Quotables “The biggest thing that’s being overlooked right now is what’s happening in the affordability sector. As homes continue to rise, the median income is not catching up.” “More and more people want to be in a home and if they can’t afford to buy that home, then investors are gonna buy that home and they’re gonna rent those homes, and it’s limiting the market.” “Buying real estate today is always better than buying real estate tomorrow and there are so many programs out there for everybody.” Links Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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Digitizing Data to Put in the Property Owner’s Back Pocket

Chuck Hattemer is the co-founder and CMO of Poplar Homes, a nationwide property management company based in California. Chuck and his team are focused on helping mom-and-pop investors across the country better manage their properties by giving them access to institutional power. He is with us today to talk about the importance of effective property management systems and how Poplar Homes is helping solve issues in property management today! Listen now to learn more about Poplar Homes, what’s going on in property management, and how you can better manage your rentals as a real estate investor today! Quotables “We kind of approached it from the consumer, the renter perspective first and it was a problem that all of our peers were talking about.” “That was all about this philosophy of don’t over-optimize and don’t build before you know exactly what the customer wants and what the pain points are.” “So many opportunities that come up in my experience, in our business, have come up because we’ve knocked on that extra door. We’ve asked the tough question when the time has run out to a mentor or to someone we want to make a deal with.” Links Website: Poplar Homes https://www.poplarhomes.com/ Website: RCN Capital https://www.rcncapital.com/podcast Website: REI INK https://rei-ink.com/

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Safeguarding Pet Owners and Unleashing FIDO Scores

Victoria Cowart is the Director of Education and Outreach at PetScreening, a company that aids in helping residential and commercial spaces become more pet-friendly. Aside from that, Victoria also has decades of experience in property management and she is with us on the show to talk about property management and how investors can make their properties more pet-friendly while mitigating as many risks as possible. Listen now to learn more about the current rental market conditions, how the tenant bill of rights may affect landlords, and how you can make your rentals more pet-friendly with PetScreening! Quotables “It just seems our industry is unreasonably attacked as being predatory and it’s not. We are providing affordable housing.” “What we’re doing for the industry is we’re building a fence around the liability and the risk management of pets and animals like you would want around a swimming pool.” “Pet rent should always be required, you just have a range. $45-$65 to start off, you just create a $20 window for our 5 paws.” Links Email: Victoria Cowart Victoria@petscreening.com Website: PetScreening https://www.petscreening.com/ Email: PetScreening marketing@petscreening.com

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