FBF #462: Turning vacant and abandoned buildings into Multi-Million Dollar Profits - with Jay Several
Real Estate Investing for Cash Flow with Kevin Bupp
Kevin Bupp
4.8 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2022
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Today's Flash Back Friday Episode is from Episode #90, which originally aired on October 12. 2015.
Our guest for this week's show is Real Estate redevelopment expert, Jay Several. Jay has a very interesting story because his real estate investment career started off as more of a hobby which he dabbled in in his spare time while running his software consulting company.
The exciting part about Jay's journey is that not only did he start investing full-time just a short 10 years ago, but he started just before the biggest real estate crash in history was about to happen. And if that wasn't already challenging enough, the projects that he was acquiring weren't simple deals like stabilized apartment buildings or fully leased NNN shopping center deals. No, he started off by redeveloping vacant buildings and repurposing them for entirely different uses. This, my friends, is not a business for the faint of heart or for the beginner investor. Listen in to hear how Jay makes the magic happen
In this show with Jay you're going to learn:
- How jay got involved in Real Estate after selling his software consulting firm
- Why he decided to take the path of redeveloping infill properties instead of purchasing already occupied and cash flowing investments.
- How he was able to profit $1 million on his first deal and how he's been able to duplicate this success over and over again.
- What qualities he looks for when determining whether or not a property makes for a good redevelopment opportunity.
- Why he never gives exclusive listings to commercial brokers.
- The process he takes to proactively seek out tenants to fill his centers before he's even finished with the project.
- Why he feels that everything you own should be for sale….at the right price.
- The reasons he prefers the retail sector due to its ease of management.
- The $250,000 mistake he made and how he overcame it and became a smarter investor because of it.
- Why he feels that persistence is one of the most important qualities needed in becoming a successful real estate investor.
- And much more
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to this week's edition of Flashback Friday. |
| 0:05.0 | It's your opportunity to get some good review by listening to episodes from the past that Kevin is handpicked to help you along your investment journey. |
| 0:13.0 | If you like to partner with Kevin and join his team at Sunrise Capital Investors, head to Invest with Sunrise.com to learn more. |
| 0:20.0 | That's Invest with Sunrise.com to learn more that's invest with sunrise.com enjoy the show |
| 0:24.2 | our guest for this week's show is real estate redevelopment expert j several and jay has a very |
| 0:34.1 | interesting story because his real estate investment career started off as more |
| 0:38.5 | of a hobby in which he dabbled in his spare time while running his successful software consulting |
| 0:43.0 | company. And the exciting part about Jay's journey is that not only did he start investing |
| 0:48.7 | full time just a short 10 years ago, but it's that he started just before the biggest real estate crash in history. |
| 0:56.5 | And if that wasn't enough, the projects that he was acquiring and taking on weren't simple |
| 1:01.6 | deals like purchasing a stabilized apartment building or a fully leased triple net shopping center. |
| 1:07.5 | No, not that simple at all. |
| 1:09.6 | In fact, he started off by redeveloping vacant buildings and |
| 1:13.5 | repurposing them for entirely different uses. And this, my friends, is not a business for the |
| 1:20.0 | faint of heart or for the beginner investor. And in this show with Jay, you're going to learn the |
| 1:24.5 | following. You're going to learn how Jay got involved in real estate after selling a software consulting firm. Why he decided to take the path of redeveloping |
| 1:32.7 | infill properties instead of purchasing already occupied in cash flowing investments. How he was able to |
| 1:38.6 | profit more than $1 million on his very first deal and how he's being able to duplicate the success over |
| 1:44.8 | and over again. What qualities he looks for when determining whether or not a property makes |
| 1:49.7 | for a good redevelopment opportunity? Why he never gives exclusive listings to commercial |
| 1:54.9 | real estate brokers? The process he takes to proactively seek out tenants to fill his centers |
| 2:00.5 | before he's even finished with the project. |
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