Sean Katona is a full-time real estate investor and landlord who has spearheaded over 75 deals, ranging from value-add renovations to new construction. His focus on simplified properties is revitalizing fixer-upper shopping centers to maximize returns for friends and colleagues who invest alongside him.
His portfolio includes retail, apartments, storage, single family rentals, REIT, and a handful of volatile stocks picked up back in March of 2020 for added excitement. Prior to becoming a strip mall enthusiast, he worked at Microsoft, EA Sports, selling Xbox ads to Hollywood and automakers. Proud Alumni of the Foster School of Business at the University of Washington, with concentrations in Marketing, Technology, and Sales.
[00:01] – [02:46] Opening Segment
- Let’s get to know Sean Katona
- Sean talks about his background
- Where he started, where he is now, and how he got there
- How they do shopping center flips
[02:47] – [18:24] Commercial Real Estate Flipping
- Sean talks about his first deal
- The better risk to reward ratio on commercial real estate
- Sean’s first commercial deal
- Sean’s favorite tenants across their portfolio
- Properties that Sean manages/owns
- Cap rates in their space
- Building momentum and continuing to further your success
- What Turnkey Commercial Real Estate looks like
- Making it easy for people to invest in commercial real estate
[18:25] – [25:15] Closing Segment
- Sean’s advice to aspiring investors
- Don’t be alone
- How He stays on top of his game
- His way to make the world a better place
- How to reach out to Sean– links below
- Final words
Tweetable Quotes:
“I like buying the worst property in a good area, it was that way for houses, it can be the way for buildings. We can turn around any property, Scrape it, and build it if you have to. But it’s hard to fix the whole zip code, corridor, submarket when it comes to real estate.” – Sean Katona
“When you’re dealing with 7 or 8 figure deals, it’s pretty commonplace to have multiple partners coming in, and I always want to have absolute experts, doing what they do in the business.” – Sean Katona
“Don’t be alone, there’s so much we don’t know. So much of my success has been because of the friends and family that supported me, but probably more so the coaches, mentors who’ve been willing to guide me, teach me, and give me an inner look at their playbook.” – Sean Katona
Resources Mentioned:
- LoopNet
- Microsoft
- Who Note How – Dan Sullivan
- Commercial Academy
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Learn more and Connect with Sean at https://seankatona.com/
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