$75M Multifamily Empire Built with 100% Other People's Money (Attorney Reveals How)

Dropping Bombs

Brad Lea

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This episode was sponsored by Robinson Franzman LLP

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In this must-watch Dropping Bombs episode, real estate attorney and syndicator Todd Robinson reveals how he built a $75M+ multifamily portfolio using 100% other people's money—while advising on over $5B in transactions. From basement startup to closing billions in deals, he exposes syndication pitfalls and true OPM scaling secrets.

Todd breaks down the critical difference between joint ventures and syndications, how to properly structure deals that scale infinitely, and the exact metrics that separate winning investments from catastrophic losses. If you're interested in raising capital or investing in real estate, this conversation is your essential safeguard—watch now before your next move costs you everything.

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Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.

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0:00.0	He's got over 75 million himself and multifamily real estate using 100% of OPM.
0:06.6	Why do you think it's so important to use other people's money?
0:09.2	For me, it's a scaling game.
0:10.3	You've got a finite amount of your own dollars.
0:12.4	But if you're using OPM, then you have infinite scaling possibilities.
0:16.0	You can teach me how to start owning apartment buildings with no money.
0:20.6	100%.
0:21.0	Somebody that's young, not connected from a blue collar family where they're just, they're just not
0:26.5	around people with money.
0:27.7	Where would they go to get money?
0:28.8	I've represented a couple of people that have gotten really bad information and I'm here
0:32.3	trying to unwind it.
0:33.7	How many deals do you think are structured incorrectly and people just aren't aware of it?
0:41.1	What it is, Brad Lee, back again with another episode of dropping bombs today in the studio, folks.
0:46.4	I got a real treat for you, especially if you're in real estate because we've got Todd Robinson, Esquire.
0:54.0	That's right.
0:54.8	Now, this guy is a real estate attorney, right?
0:58.4	Founding, managing partner of Robinson Franzman and Continental Land Title Company.
1:03.7	He's got over 75 million himself and multifamily real estate using 100% of OPM. Why do you think it's so important to use
1:14.4	other people's money? Yeah, we were talking about that before. And for me, it's a scaling game,
1:19.9	right? I mean, learning how to buy real estate using other people's money, it's, you know,
1:24.9	it's how real estate investors scale their portfolio, right? If you've got a finite amount
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