Episodes

Understanding the real returns of your real estate properties is a critical part of assessing your investments. Today, Lon Welsh is sitting down with us to talk about four common ways we can look at returns for passive investments, three ways to look at passive investment returns, and the most overlooked metric everyone needs to understand. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#399: 4 Metrics of Measuring Real Estate Returns: Which One Is the Best?” Denver Real Estate Investing Podca...

Our Commercial Market Roundtable is back to bring you updates from Q2. We’re talking about what’s going on in the market and looking at some interesting data on what happens to cap rates when interest rates rise and fall. Joining me in the studio are: Tom Konkel of First Integrity Title Travis Sperr of Renovo Financial Kevin Woolsey and Will Scherman of Kaufman Hagan Commercial Real Estate Although William Foy and Marcus Davis of Spearhead Commercial Capital couldn’t join us, they sent us som...

It seems more and more likely that we’re heading into a recession. So today, I want to talk about an important metric that investors should keep in mind with the current state of the market: Debt Coverage Ratio (DCR). Joining me to explain this concept is Lon Welsh. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#397: Protect Yourself in a Recession by Understanding the Debt Coverage Ratio of Your Properties” Denver Real Estate Investing Podcast Watch the YouTube video (at the bottom). Read t...

Today, we’re focusing on advanced investors. After growing a sizable portfolio over a number of years, some investors will want to branch out into different types of investments. We’re going to talk about how to protect your assets—and yourself—in more complicated deals. Helping explain these concepts is our panel of experts: Pam Maass Garrett of Law Mother Bill McIntosh of Complete Protection Insurance Byron Elliott of 3 Pillars Law Our experts have great information, but it’s important to...

In our first episode, we focused on a beginner investor who’s just starting to grow their portfolio. Today, we’re going to look at what an intermediate investor should understand as their portfolio grows and their life changes. To walk us through these concepts, we have our panel of experts: Pam Maass Garrett of Law Mother Bill McIntosh of Complete Protection Insurance Byron Elliott of 3 Pillars Law Remember: our panelists have great information, but it’s important to speak your own advisor...

To explain how these concepts are applied differently over time, we’re going to focus on three different avatars: a beginner investor, intermediate investor, and advanced investor. Helping us walk through these stages of life is our panel of experts: Pam Maass Garrett of Law Mother Bill McIntosh of Complete Protection Insurance Byron Elliott of 3 Pillars Law While our panelists have great information, it’s important to talk to your own team or reach out to them for guidance specific to you....

The June 2022 MLS market stats for Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo are now out, and our roundtable is back to talk about what it all means. Joining me in the studio are Envision Advisors agent Preston Newberry, lenders Joe Massey of Castle & Cooke Mortgage, and Travis Sperr of Renovo Financial. Make sure to listen to the podcast or check out the YouTube video for the full discussion. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#393: Should Investors Prepare for a Crisis? June 2022 Mar...

Today, we’re examining a deal for an industrial building with value-add opportunity. The investors are a group based in Denver who are buying in Indianapolis. Strategic Partners William Foy and Marcus Davis of Spearhead Commercial Capital did the debt financing on this transaction and joined me to talk about why this was a great move for their clients. I found this deal fascinating and learned some new concepts, too! Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#392: Why Denver Investors Are...

Strategic Partner and lender Joe Massey of Castle & Cooke Mortgage joins me to look at an investor who did a cash out refinance this April. This refinance happened in the midst of the higher interest rate environment and shows that there is still an opportunity to redeploy equity in this environment for long term gains. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#391: Boosting Returns $10K by Investing Denver Equity in Pueblo ” Denver Real Estate Investing Podcast Watch the YouTube video ...

In today’s episode of our passive investing series with Lon Welsh, we’re diving deeper into the Investor Decision Tree we introduced in Episode 3. Hundreds of, if not a thousand, people have gone through Lon’s investing classes and read his books on investing. Some take the advice he gives only to be disappointed because they didn’t fully understand what they were getting into. To clear up the confusion, we’re focusing on which types of investments are appropriate for you and which are not. Now...

A lot of people want to invest in real estate but don’t know what to invest in or how to start. So today, we’re continuing our passive investing series with Lon Welsh by zooming out to look at different investing strategies and how to select the right one. We’re going to do this by walking through the Investor Decision Tree that Lon made. This is a great flowchart that helps investors decide where to start based on their time, experience, capital, and other unique factors. We’re going to explai...

There are two main options for investing in real estate: active and passive. Lon Welsh is back to break down the differences, give us examples of both types, and lay out some of the pros and cons of each. Check out Episode 1 in our series to learn more about Lon, and why he’s a great guide to understanding real estate investing. For more information on passive investing with Ironton Capital, check out the webinar here. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#388: Active or Passive Inv...

I’m excited to kick off a new series today that focuses on passive real estate investing as a strategy for strengthening and diversifying your portfolio. Last year, I made my first passive investment: I wrote a check, and that was it. With that simple action, I added diversification to my portfolio and realized that this is a key concept for other real estate investors to understand. To help me explain this topic in-depth and discuss other investing strategies, I’m joined by Lon Welsh. Lon is t...

We’re wrapping up our three-part State of the Market series with a look at Portfolio Opportunities. Joining me to discuss this is Joe Massey, Strategic Partner and lender with Castle & Cooke Mortgage. This topic is geared toward more advanced investors who have portfolios ranging from 1-15 properties . We’re talking about not just optimizing your portfolio, but how to find the opportunities in it, too. To do this, we’re going over the four steps to identifying opportunities, four common types o...

Today, Strategic Partner Travis Sperr of Renovo Financial joins me to talk about the financial aspects of a Fix and Flip in Aurora. Travis is a hard money lender who’s also an investor. He has a lot of experience doing his own fix and flips and has been a lender on thousands of these types of transactions. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#385: When Hard Money Lending Can Help You Profit on Your Fix and Flip” Denver Real Estate Investing Podcast Watch the YouTube video (at the bo...

Welcome back to our three-part State of the Market series. Today in part two, we’re discussing where and how to invest in rental properties. Jenny Bayless joins me to discuss strategies in Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. We’re looking at six examples of where to invest: $50K, $100K, $115K, $150K, and $250K. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#384: State of the Market: 6 Cash Flowing Colorado Rental Properties You Can Invest in Today” Denver Real Estate Investing Podcast Watch...

Usually, our deal analyses focus on an investor who is midstream or just beginning their investing cycle. Today, though, we’re looking at a deal for an investor who’s at the end of his cycle. Strategic Partners Marcus Davis and William Foy of Spearhead Commercial Capital joined me to talk about how they refinanced an investor’s office space, and why it’s a win for him and his goals. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#383: Getting $250k Cash to Replace Lightbulbs? A Creative Method...

Welcome to the first of our three-part State of the Market series. In this episode, we’re looking at house hacking in the Denver metro area. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#382: State of the Market: Should I Still House Hack in Denver?” Denver Real Estate Investing Podcast Watch the YouTube video (at the bottom). Read the blog post. Note, the blog is an executive summary. Get the in-depth breakdown from the podcast or video. The market has shifted in the past 100 days, thanks...

The May market stats are out, and our roundtable panel is back to discuss what they mean. We’re finally seeing some relief in the market, with inventory in the Denver metro area up 76% over this time last year. Granted, that’s still 24% down from where we should be historically, but the extra inventory is giving buyers more opportunity. While we’re expecting to see things slow down, it’s still a seller’s market and we aren’t anticipating price drops. To hear the full discussion with Envision Ad...

It’s no news flash, but the real estate market is shifting. In fact, I would say it’s already shifted some and is going to shift some more. I don’t have a crystal ball to tell you the best move or type of investment for you, but I do have a 4-step framework I use any time there’s a major change. This framework allows me to take stock of what’s going on in the market and gives me clarity to form a strategy. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#380: 4 Factors That Will Help You Thriv...

I recently sat down with Strategic Partner Joe Massey of Castle & Cooke Mortgage to do a deal analysis on a property he helped close. His clients are part time real estate investors who were looking for a solid property to hold onto. They decided to invest in Pueblo in order to find a single family home that cash flowed and had a lower cost of entry than Denver or Colorado Springs. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#379: Where Should You Invest $50k in Colorado?” on the Denver Rea...

We’ve previously mentioned that we see a lot of opportunity in Pueblo and want to expand our business down there. Now that we’re regularly helping clients complete transactions there, we’re looking for a talented agent to add to our team in Pueblo. Three Learning Options! Listen to the podcast “#86: We’re Hiring! Pueblo Investor Friendly Agent” on the Colorado Springs Real Estate Investing Podcast Watch the YouTube video (at the bottom.) Read the blog post. Note, the blog is an executive summ...

How can real estate change your life? Our guests today are Derek Marlin, founder of ELEVATION and co-host of our Elevate Your Flip house flipping series, along with Jesse and Rachel, who teamed up with Derek on his most profitable Partnership Flip ever, a $1 million house in Littleton, Colorado. Jesse and Rachel are a married couple who were both working engineering jobs right out of college. They realized they wanted more out of life and started learning about real estate investing. Thanks to ...

In order to bring you the most in-depth and up to date information on the commercial real estate market around Denver, we’re starting a quarterly roundtable with local experts. Joining me on the first episode of the new series are: Tom Konkel of First Integrity Title William Foy of Spearhead Commercial Capital Kevin Woosley and Will Scherman of Kaufman Hagan Commercial Real Estate Travis Sperr of Renovo Financial We talked about what we’re seeing across the market, and what it means for invest...