Author Archives: Sam Wilson

Hybrid Investor: 5 Ways to Maximize Lead to Deal Conversion

Ricky Grand is the co-founder of Grand Real Estate Investments, an Oregon-based company that invests in single-family and multifamily. He joins us today to explain what a hybrid investor is and what strategies they utilized to scale their business in 4 years. He also shares his journey and his passion for real estate, and what […]

How To Best Position Your Capital for a Recession

Mark Khuri brings over 17 years of real estate investing experience to the organization. His career started in 2005 when he began investing in residential real estate in California and Florida. Throughout his career Mark has been involved in sourcing, underwriting, acquiring, raising capital, rehabilitating, managing, and selling both residential and commercial investments throughout multiple […]

Prioritizing Brainpower and Relationships Over Technology in Commercial Real Estate

David Schwalb is a real estate entrepreneur based in the Chicago area. He is President of Schwalb Realty Group, Inc. a firm specializing in privately-brokered commercial real estate and finance transactions nationwide. He joins us today to give valuable advice on how to win over people, make meaningful connections, and get access to off-market deals. […]

All About The People: Relationship Driven Business

Justin Mullen is President and Principal of the Reliable Group, Hyatt Commercial. He has more than 10 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry. Justin supports the sales, leasing, and acquisition strategies of the company’s growing portfolio.   [00:01] – [04:38] How a Former Third Party Brokerage Services Provider Found Success in Merging […]

Shifting Leaders For Excellence From Hard Work To Heart Work

Heinz Kaegi lives his passion as an international speaker, executive visionary, and bestselling author. researched the laws of leadership and developed the globally unique LEX Leadershift Excellence Program. His book Wanted: Leader has been translated into English and will soon be available in its 3rd extended edition. He has designed and conducted over 1000 development […]

The Build-For-Rent Business Plan

Paul Pettinelli has 20 years of experience in investment real estate and development, including SFR portfolio growth, commercial real estate, multi-family, & hotels. His experience and achievements have been in corporate leadership, real estate capital markets, business development, financial modeling, asset management, operations, & investment strategies designed to maximize values & returns. Paul’s primary focus […]

Repositioning Distressed Properties

Welcome back to the How To Scale Commercial Real Estate Podcast today we have Brendan Chisholm, Brendan is the founding member of BKC Holding, LLC. A private equity real estate firm focused on acquiring distressed and value-add multifamily and mixed-use communities with asymmetric risk-return profiles.    [00:00] – [05:56] Brendan Chisholm on the Importance of […]

Using Money to Make a Difference

Samuel Sells is an experienced Chief Executive Officer, combat veteran, and serial entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of success in developing and building sustainable and repeatable systems overcoming many of the key drivers of financial and social poverty.  He is skilled in Innovative Business Planning, Operations Management, International Relations, Management, Entrepreneurship, and Policy Analysis. Strong […]