Episodes

MB 013: Crowdfunding to Raise Capital for your Commercial Real Estate Deals - Part 2
Aug. 5, 2014

MB 013: Crowdfunding to Raise Capital for your Commercial Real Estate Deals - Part 2

http://www.TheMichaelBlank/session13: In part 2 of this series, Dan Miller of Fundrise describes in detail how to raise capital for your next commercial real estate deal using equity crowdfunding.
MB 012: Crowdfunding to Raise Capital for your Commercial Real Estate Deals - Part 1
Aug. 5, 2014

MB 012: Crowdfunding to Raise Capital for your Commercial Real Estate Deals - Part 1

http://www.TheMichaelBlank/session12: In part 1 Dan Miller of Fundrise gives us an overview of how equity crowdfunding works and why it's great for commercial real estate. We also talk about what it's like to invest in a crowdfunding project.
MB 011: Learn from Your Mistakes To Become a Successful Commercial Real Estate Investor - With Spencer Cullor
Aug. 5, 2014

MB 011: Learn from Your Mistakes To Become a Successful Commercial Real Estate Investor - With Spencer Cullor

http://www.TheMichaelBlank.com/session11: In this episode I talk with Spencer Cullor who chronicles how he got started with commercial real estate investing. After educating himself, he got into his first commercial real estate deal which didn't pan...
MB 010: How to Go From a Few Rentals to a 168 Unit Apartment Building Deal With Joe Fairless
July 11, 2014

MB 010: How to Go From a Few Rentals to a 168 Unit Apartment Building Deal With Joe Fairless

In this episode I interview real estate investor Joe Fairless as he describes his journey from just a few rental properties to his first apartment building deal, a whopping 168-unit property -- what an awesome story I know you'll enjoy and learn tons...
MB 009: From College Straight To Commercial Real Estate with Kaveh Shirazi
June 2, 2014

MB 009: From College Straight To Commercial Real Estate with Kaveh Shirazi

Join me as I talk with Kaveh Shirazi about how he launched his commercial real estate investing career right out of college and on someone else's dime. So we much we can learn from this young investor!
MB 008: Raising your first $100,000 for your next Apartment Building Deal
May 28, 2014

MB 008: Raising your first $100,000 for your next Apartment Building Deal

In this episode I jam with aspiring commercial real estate investor Scott Isley as we discuss techniques for raising money and structuring the deal.
MB 007: How To Find Your First (Out-of-Area) Multi-Family Property Deal
May 23, 2014

MB 007: How To Find Your First (Out-of-Area) Multi-Family Property Deal

In this episode I cover how to go about getting your first deal in an area you've never been in. We'll talk about cold-calling brokers, building trust, analyzing deals, scheduling the first trip to the area, conducting the meetings, and follow-up.
MB 006: Creating Value with Apartment Buildings with Tommy Bateman
May 18, 2014

MB 006: Creating Value with Apartment Buildings with Tommy Bateman

I'm excited to be able to welcome Tommy Bateman to the show this week. Tommy started his career with a single town  house in SE Washington DC that he bought with the help of his grandmother. His focus as been to find problem properties and add...
MB 005 - From Full Time Job to Apartment Empire with Brian Burke
May 2, 2014

MB 005 - From Full Time Job to Apartment Empire with Brian Burke

Brian Burke started flipping houses on the side while still employed full time. Over the years, he's not only built the house flipping business but amassed several hundred apartment building units. Let's listen to his story.
MB 004 - How to Find Apartment Building Deals (Even Out of Area)
May 1, 2014

MB 004 - How to Find Apartment Building Deals (Even Out of Area)

Having trouble finding good apartment building deals? In this episode we'll talk about the SINGLE best way to find deals. We'll also talk about how to look for deals and build your team outside your own area. Get out your pen and paper and let’s...
MB 003: How to Analyze Apartment Building Deals
April 4, 2014

MB 003: How to Analyze Apartment Building Deals

In this episode, my good friend Jonathan Mickles asks me a 101 questions about analyzing apartment building investing deals, and how to do so as quickly as possible. We talk about investment criteria, returns, the 50% rule, how to value commercial...
MB 002: How I Got Started with Apartment Building Investing
March 26, 2014

MB 002: How I Got Started with Apartment Building Investing

MB 001: Introduction | About Michael | What to Expect
March 26, 2014

MB 001: Introduction | About Michael | What to Expect

Hi everyone, and welcome to my first Podcast! You can download the podcast to your computer or listen to it here on the blog. It'll also be available on iTunes soon. In this first episode, I introduce myself and talk about some of my entrepreneurial...