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Cody Laughlin and Brian Alfaro, Managing Partners at Blue Oak Capital, focus on helping and connecting with professionals that are too busy to invest in real estate themselves to show them the power of commercial multifamily real estate.

Cody Laughlin is a real estate entrepreneur, podcaster, and meetup host with 10 years of real estate investing experience. His focus is acquisitions of cash-flow producing real estate with a special focus on value-add, multifamily assets. Cody is the founder of the “Prosperity Through Multifamily Real Estate Investing” podcast and the Space City Multifamily Meetup. He works alongside other investors through syndication to acquire multifamily assets and is currently invested in 128 units.

Brian Alfaro is a real estate entrepreneur and local Houston business owner. Starting in foodservice operations, Brian quickly expanded his span of control in a customer-focused Franchise business. Leveraging his expertise, Brian now controls a multi-location business that serves 1000’s offering an upscale coffee experience. In addition to his Commercial Real Estate experience from his retail business, Brian is also a residential real estate investor and currently a licensed agent.

KEY POINTS

  1. The power of partnerships
  2. Scaling with systems and processes
  3. Time management while investing with a full-time job
  4. Leveraging relationships in your network
  5. Common mistakes made by beginning real estate investors
  6. How Blue Oak Capital came to be

 

LIGHTNING QUESTIONS

What was your biggest hurdle getting started in real estate investing, and how did you overcome it?

Do you have a personal habit that contributes to your success?

Do you have an online resource that you find valuable?

What book would you recommend to the listeners and why?