Podcast

By Mark Ainley

Episode 26: Neal Bawa's Thoughts on Chicago, Opportunity Zones, and Current Economic Conditions

Neal Bawa, the founder of Grocapitus, has built an immense empire of 3,000 units with nearly 40,000 students studying his data driven approach. On today’s episode, Neal dives into the key advantages and disadvantages of investing in Chicago compared to other major metros. H...

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Episode 25: Out of State Investing Mistakes in the Chicago Market and How to Avoid Them with Kathy F...

Today’s episode provides great insights for anyone investing in Chicago, specifically for those unfamiliar with the area. Author, coach, and entrepreneur Kathy Fettke has been featured on The Wall Street Journal, ABC, CNBC, NPR, MarketWatch, among other major media out...

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Episode 24: The In's and Out's of Chicago Real Estate Transactions with Attorney Chance Badertscher

Chance Badertscher from Lavelle Law, specializes in Commercial and Residential real estate as well as business formation in and around Chicagoland. In this episode, Chance provides nuggets on how to properly interview a real estate attorney and how an attorney should quarterback ...

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Episode 23: Breaking Down South Side Neighborhoods with Chicago's Highest Producing Broker, Noah Bir...

Our guest today, Noah Birk, is the highest producing multi-family broker in Chicago since 2014. In this episode, Noah provides great hyper-local insights on MFH investing in neighborhoods like South Shore, Auburn Gresham, Washington Park and Englewood. We discuss the impact that ...

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Episode 22: Investing and Underwriting the Outer Northside with Matt Fritzshall

Matt Fritzshall is the President and Founder of Triton Realty Group with over 200MM in transactions under his belt. Matt was highly successful during the Logan Square boom and in this episode, he'll discuss other Northside markets such as Hermosa and Belmont Gardens that have...

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Episode 21: Leveraging an Architect for Chicago Permits, Building Violations, & Nonconforming and Il...

Prashanth Mahakali is the owner of PMPC Architecture firm here in Chicago and an active contributor to Bigger Pockets. He is also an investor and has built his firm under the notion of smoothly handling all headache permits for his clients. In today’s episode, Prashanth tal...

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Episode 20: Great Areas in Chicago To Purchase 2-4 Units with Jake Fugman

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Episode 19: Top 10 Mistakes We See From Chicago Investors - with Eric Workman of Renovo Financial (P...

Last week we got into the top ten mistakes borrowers make with Renovo Financial. This week, Eric Wo rkman continues counting down the top 10 with numbers 5 all the way down to #1. Eric has a long background in real estate with experience in construction, brokering deals, fl...

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Episode 18: Top 10 Mistakes We See From Chicago Investors - with Brandon Moulton

You've heard their name tossed around on earlier episodes, and now we have Renovo Financial here to address some of the biggest mistakes they see when dealing with Chicagoland investors. Brandon Moulton is the Senior VP of Lending at Renovo Financial and has been featured on ...

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Episode 17: Legal Pitfalls to Avoid As A Chicago Real Estate Investor - With Bibek Das

Local real estate and commercial litigator, Bibek Das, has spent the last 20+ years educating and protecting Chicagoland investors and landlords. In this episode, Bibek drops a ton of knowledge (and NUGGETS!) to ensure you are running your real estate business appropriately.This ...