Ep #67: Apartment, Student Housing, and SFR Investing all while working a Full-Time Job - with Mark Gagner
Real Estate Investing for Cash Flow with Kevin Bupp
Kevin Bupp
4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 27 April 2015
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
This week we're going to speaking with Mark Gagner who is founder of Bridge Equity Group, a multi-faceted real estate investment firm who specializes in medium and large size multi-family & student housing investments as well as high-end residential fix & flips.
Mark just started his real estate investing career 5 short years ago in 2010 and has since completed millions of dollars of flips as well as a few larger commercial acquisitions including a 172 unit apartment building as well as a 42 bed student housing property. He's also learned the private capital game and was successful at raising a large chuck of the equity for the 172 unit apartment acquisition and this was all while still working a full-time job.
Here are a few things you’ll learn in our interview with Mark today:
- How Mark was able to build a multi-million dollar real estate investment firm all while working a full-time job
- How he is using fixing and flipping single family homes to fund his commercial real estate activities
- The positive impact that a mentor/coach had on him during the beginning of his investing career and why he feels everyone should have a coach or mentor.
- Why he feels that relationships are everything in this business
- What excites him about the multi-family and student housing space
- How he identifies emerging markets
- How to gain credibility by partnering with other successful investors
- The lessons he learned from cutting corners on a rehab
- Why he suggests rewarding those who help you in your business (contractors, brokers, birddogs, etc)
- And much more
Recommended Resources:
- Download my free success guide, “7 habits of highly successful multi-family investors” by going to www.KevinBupp.com/guide
- Schedule your free 30 minute "no obligation" call directly with Kevin by clicking this link https://www.timetrade.com/book/KV2D2
- Looking to invest in Mobile Home Parks? Want to JV with me on deals? If so, schedule a call with me and let’s talk. Click here https://www.timetrade.com/book/FGF7S
- Learn more about Mark and his company, please visit www.BridgeEquityGroup.com
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| 0:00.0 | You've been searching for the best way to generate passive income in your life and heard that real estate is a great way to do it. |
| 0:09.4 | But you're tired of all the so-called gurus who are all talk and no substance. |
| 0:15.2 | Get ready to celebrate because Kevin Bup has spent 14 years successfully making it happen. |
| 0:21.7 | This is the Real Estate Investing for Cash Flow podcast. |
| 0:25.2 | Now, here's Kevin Bup. |
| 0:30.0 | Hey guys, Kevin Bup here with episode number 67 on the Real Estate Investing for Cashflow |
| 0:35.2 | Podcast. |
| 0:36.1 | We're mission is to help you build and maintain massive amounts of cash flow through |
| 0:39.9 | income producing real estate investments. |
| 0:42.4 | This week we're going to be speaking with Mark Gagnier, who is the founder of Bridge |
| 0:46.0 | Equity Group, an investment firm specializing in single family, multi-family, and student |
| 0:50.7 | housing properties. |
| 0:52.2 | So I'm going to tell you that the conversation that I had with |
| 0:54.7 | Mark was quite inspirational and I believe that you're going to feel the same way after hearing |
| 0:59.2 | our interview together. Because you see, Mark just started his real estate investing career |
| 1:03.7 | five short years ago back in 2010 and has since completed millions of dollars of flips as well as a |
| 1:10.4 | few larger commercial acquisitions, including 172 unit of flips as well as a few larger commercial acquisitions, |
| 1:12.1 | including 172 unit apartment building, as well as a 42-bed student housing property. |
| 1:17.5 | He's also learned a private capital game and was successful at raising a large chunk of equity |
| 1:21.9 | for the 172 unit apartment acquisition, and this is all while still working a full-time job. |
| 1:27.6 | So any of you out there that feel you don't have enough time to start investing or not |
| 1:32.1 | enough time to learn the business, well, I'm sorry, but Mark's going to prove you wrong there |
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