What to focus on in finding your first deal, and how to balance investing, a W2 job, and family as told by Drew to inspiring investor Joe.
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Released 11/6/2021
Drew Whitson
Drew began his real estate career working for a boutique investment banking firm in St. Paul, Minnesota, which specialized in syndication of Public and Private Limited Partnership real estate funds, focusing on net lease single tenant properties. Drew began purchasing single family homes in St. Paul, Minnesota and later expanded to apartment syndications. Over the past decade, Drew's expanded his portfolio to over 2200 units by acquiring multifamily properties in Minnesota, Huntsville, Alabama, Little Rock, Arkansas, Atlanta, and the Memphis markets. In addition to being a full time real estate investor, syndicator and coach, he's a professor of finance at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and lives with his wife and his four tax deductions in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Email Drew at drew.withson@gmail.com
or find him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/drew-whitson/
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Joe Balayti
Joe is born and raised outside of Chicago. He graduated from the University of Illinois and worked as a project engineering construction for a while, and then served as an active duty infantry officer in the Marine Corps from 2011-2017. A little while later, he graduated with an MBA, and is now working in Atlanta. He's purchased two duplexes, a block away from each other house, hacking one of them, and the other one that he's turned into an Airbnb. And now he's currently working with a local team to get his first commercial deal in the Atlanta Georgia market.
Check out his website https://www.opcapllc.com/
or find him on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joebalayti/
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Your host, Brian Briscoe, is a co-founder and principal in the real estate investing firm Four Oaks Capital. He and his team currently have 168 units worth $7.5 million in assets under management and are continuing to grow. He will retire as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps in 2021. Learn more about him and the Four Oaks team at www.fouroakscapital.com or contact him at brianbriscoe@fouroakscapital.com - be sure to let him know where you found him.
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