Overleveraging Magnifies Risks, Transparency, and The Myth of Quick Wealth

The Best Ever CRE Show

Best Ever CRE

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Ash and Amanda share their advice on evaluating deals with honesty and integrity, the importance of partnering with experienced operators, and why slowing down might be your smartest move in uncertain times. They reveal the pitfalls of overzealous growth, the dangers of variable-rate loans, and the importance of due diligence, especially when personalities and social media hype are involved. If you're an investor worried about the future of multifamily, or a syndicator navigating the storm, this episode is your wake-up call. Learn how to protect your hard-earned money, spot red flags early, and build a resilient strategy that survives whatever comes next. Book your free demo today at bill.com/bestever and get a $100 Amazon gift card. Visit https://malabarhillcapital.com/ for more info. Podcast production done by⁠ ⁠Outlier Audio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Best ever listeners, welcome back to the Best Ever CRE show. This is Beyond Multifamily. I'm Amanda
0:06.3	Cruz, joined by Ash Patel. And we're at you every Wednesday with the Beyond Multifamily episode.
0:13.4	Today is just the two of us. And if you follow Ash on LinkedIn, you know he loves a good bullshit
0:20.7	week.
0:21.1	And Osh has been on a tear lately with a lot of multifamily syndicators announcing that they're
0:28.9	losing people's money.
0:30.0	And Osh has really been on a role.
0:31.8	What's going on, Osh?
0:33.1	Hey, Amanda, thanks for the intro.
0:35.9	I also try to add value on LinkedIn.
0:38.2	I'm not just all doom and gloom, but look, I grew up in Jersey.
0:41.7	I call it how I see it, and I just speak my mind.
0:45.2	Not everyone agrees with me or likes me, and that's okay.
0:48.3	But I got to say, I love doing these solo podcasts with just you and I, push back on each other. This is just a lot of fun.
0:56.3	So the big story right now is ex-podcaster, social media superstar, who posted that he lost
1:04.0	$15 million of investor capital. And a lot of people are praising him for being transparent, right?
1:13.1	I'm kind of the opposite because also in the comment section, not in the main post,
1:20.5	he wrote that there's other multifamily deals that they're struggling with.
1:24.4	So this is likely the first of many, which is my interpretation.
1:28.3	So look, what are your thoughts just starting out before we get into it? So I did see this.
1:35.1	And he did mention in it he basically can't come out of pocket to pay the soup long. Because
1:40.8	that's what everybody thinks. Oh, you're so rich. You should just pay everybody out of pocket. And he was very transparent that that's not possible. And he has
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