MB476: The Capital Raising Playbook: How Marcin Drozdz Raised $100M+ to Scale Multifamily with Other People’s Money in Tough Markets - With Marcin Drozdz

Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing

Michael Blank

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of The Financial Freedom with Real Estate Investing podcast, Marcin Drozdz breaks down the exact playbook he used to raise over $100M for multifamily deals—even in challenging market conditions. He shares why multifamily remains the smartest path to financial freedom, how to raise capital without prior experience, and what new investors must focus on to close their first (or next) deal faster. If you want to scale with other people’s money and build lasting wealth, this episode gives you the blueprint.

Key Takeaways

How Marcin Built a $100M+ Capital Raising Machine

Focused on relationships, trust, and long-term partnerships—not flashy sales pitches.
Built credibility without relying on a massive personal portfolio upfront.
Scaled by consistently delivering value to investors first.

Why Multifamily Beats Other Real Estate Strategies

Offers superior scalability compared to flips, single-family rentals, and STRs.
Combines cash flow, appreciation, and tax advantages into one asset.
Remains resilient through recessions and high-interest rate cycles.

How to Raise Capital Without a Track Record

You don’t need your own cash—you need the right frameworks for raising it.
Start building soft commitments from investors before your first deal.
How to position yourself confidently even as a newer operator.

Avoiding the Biggest Mistakes New Investors Make

Why waiting for the “perfect deal” or “perfect timing” is a recipe for failure.
The danger of trying to figure it out alone without mentorship or a proven system.
How successful investors create momentum by taking imperfect action.

Marcin’s Advice for Scaling a Real Estate Portfolio

Focus on building a strong personal brand and investor network early.
Surround yourself with experienced operators and communities that accelerate your learning.
Play the long game: Reputation and relationships compound faster than anything else.

For full episode show notes visit: https://themichaelblank.com/podcasts/session476/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey, dealmakers, welcome to the show where it's all about financial freedom with real estate.
0:04.0	Let's do this.
0:10.6	See, how do you get started raising capital?
0:12.7	And then how do you raise $100 million?
0:15.4	Especially without a track record, right?
0:17.5	And without a big email, it's without pitching friends and family the wrong way.
0:20.4	And that's what we're going to talk about here with our guest, Marcin Drozd, and he's about to share how to not only get started with capital raising, but also how to scale it to a very high level. So our conversations are really all the way from getting started to actually, what does a mature syndication business look like, private equity company to raise capital? and it's pretty cool. So before we get into it, I want to do a shout out to Philippe Soto, one of our dealmakers. He closed his first deal, 18 units value at $2.5 million in Tampa, Florida. So congrats, Philippe. That is awesome to have your first deal done. And with that, let's bring in our co-host, Garrett Lynch. What's going on? What's going on, Michael? I want to talk to you about your favorite topic, which is Class D real estate. Yeah. Sweet. Now, it's funny. We don't really come across Class D real estate. You don't call up your broker and go, I'd like you to get me some class D real estate.
1:13.3	Like it seems to me everything's kind of bunched into Class C.
1:15.5	So is Class D like a real thing?
1:17.0	Do people call it Class D?
1:19.0	Or is it just kind of bunched in?
1:20.1	It's a good question.
1:26.0	I don't know if people actually pitch that it's Class D.
1:31.8	I don't think that that's like a real thing, especially if you're a broker.
1:33.2	You're not going to be like, oh, it's class D.
1:36.0	It's just you know what it is.
1:36.5	Okay.
1:43.5	So if you own it or you're going after it, it's just the worst stuff you can buy.
1:49.3	There is real estate in bad areas and there are shootings and there are issues.
1:54.8	And you can tell that it changes when you go down there.
1:58.3	So no, no one's ever going to tell you that it's Class C.
2:01.6	That is true, actually, now that we say that. I've never heard anyone say, I got this junker class D. So it's classy. It's all classy. Now,
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