Investing In Real Estate

David Toupin, a Top Millennial real estate investor, speaker, and entrepreneur. David is the co-founder, and CFO of Obsidian Capital, an Austin Texas based real estate investment firm. David started investing at the age of 19 in Michigan—where he bought his first property in college, a 12 unit apartment complex. Prior to graduating with a Finance degree at the University of Detroit Mercy, David had acquired $7M in multifamily real estate holdings. By the age of 24 years old, David has acted as a key principal with over $50M in real estate holdings and has raised north of $10M in capital. Utilizing David's best selling multifamily deal analyzer, he has ventured into the tech industry through the founding of his new software company, Real Estate Lab. David has a background working in corporate auditing and investment banking, and has been a serial entrepreneur since the age of 13. David is a member of a high level real estate group – The Multifamily Boardroom – composed of over 30 high level multifamily owner

Anthony Chara is a seasoned Real Estate agent. After 16 years working for a fortune 500 company and traveling extensively, Mr. Chara gave up his lucrative Area Manager and started selling several service oriented companies until turning to Real Estate investing full time in 2001. Presently, he’s managing partner of Apartment Mentors, LLC and founder of Success Classes, LLC. He has owned or managed several successful multi-million dollar companies during the last 20+ years. He has mentored several thousand aspiring RE investors. Mr. Chara turned to Apartments full time in 2004. He owns and/or has syndicated approximately 1600 apartment units around the country. These units range from 14 units in 1 complex in Oklahoma to 179 units in Indianapolis. His most recent acquisitions include a 4-complex package totaling 410 units in Indianapolis, IN (December, 2012), 3 complexes totaling 120 units in Dayton, OH (August, 2013), a 100 unit complex in Longview, TX (April, 2015) and a 31 unit complex outside of Philadelph

Sanjeev Silla is a multi-family investor and IT professional. He has worked for top global IT consultancy and servicing firms – Accenture and Dell. Sanjeev is highly experienced in executing large transformation programs — multimillion-dollar programs spanning multiple years — and has also managed global teams. Sanjeev started his consultancy services in Sep 2016 and provides management consultancy solutions to health plans in North America, especially in implementing large packaged systems. Sanjeev earned a Master's degree from REC, Rourkela – India. Sanjeev has focused on multi-family investing and been part of multiple deals as a co-sponsor, KP and LP. He is also a personal student of Brad Sumrok’s nationally acclaimed multi-family mentoring program. Along with his friends, Vasu, Balu and Sashi, Sanjeev started Infinity Investments and co-sponsored two deals worth approximately $20 million dollars last year. He also looks to continue to grow his multi-family portfolio in the United States.

Randy Langenderfer has been investing in real estate since his first primary residence purchase of a duplex. He owns and leases vacation property in Myrtle Beach, SC. Previously, he was a private money lender in the remodeling of single-family homes in Florida, Ohio and Texas with a combined market value in excess of $2.5M. His recent focus has been exclusively in multi-family properties. Randy has 30+ years of various corporate leadership experiences in multiple industries, primarily in the risk and governance areas. He currently serves as the Chief Compliance and Audit Officer for a large academic institution in Houston, TX.

Dan and his wife, Dennae, along with their 4 children (3 girls and a boy), reside and work in Columbia, SC. Dan has an extensive successful background in starting multiple seven-figure businesses from scratch including a large group of non-surgical orthopedic medical clinics located in South Carolina. His family of companies has annual budgets in excess of $10MM. He is the founder of the Multifamily Investor Nation where he educates a nationwide group (9,000+ members) of multifamily investors on how to properly invest in multifamily assets. He is the co-host, along with his wife, Dennae, of the Tough Decisions for Entrepreneurs podcast which can be found on iTunes and Google Podcasts.

Vinney Chopra, the CEO of Moneil Investment Group, Moneil Management Group, and Moneil Multifamily Fund, has acquired over $250,000,000 plus in transactions on over 3500 units throughout the United States. He’s been doing multifamily syndication for about fourteen years now. Vinney Chopra came to the United States from India more than 40 years ago. With a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, he entered The George Washington University to seek a master of business administration degree in marketing and advertising. He has been a passionate motivational speaker and teacher for over three decades. After getting a taste of sales and marketing while pursuing his MBA, Vinney decided to leave engineering altogether and become a motivational speaker and fundraiser. Vinney Chopra manages four successful companies that include Moneil Investment Group, Moneil Management Group, Multifamily Academy and Youth Academy. His diverse experience has allowed him to gain sharp insight into acquisition, syndication and pr

Kelly Stinson known as “The Potty Princess” is National Sales Manager at SASCONSERVE. She is passionate about water & energy conservation and the influence to improve the environment. “Potty Princess” nickname caught traction 2 years ago through her continued commitment of bringing awareness, education, & support across the country to multifamily property owners relative to the financial and environmental impact of old toilets on their properties. 2019 YTD she has saved multifamily property owners over $2 MILLION on their water/sewer bills coupled with reducing water consumption by just over 200 million gallons (that will fill 303 Olympic size swimming pools).

Prior to becoming an Attorney, he was a real estate syndicator. He developed numerous mini-storage facilities using money from private investors. In addition to his law practice, Gene is a pre-eminent educator in the world of real estate and syndication. Gene has served as a senior CCIM instructor for a number of years and he has written a comprehensive book on real estate syndication entitled “It’s a Whole New Business,” which has sold over 10,000 copies. Gene has conducted a number of highly regarded intensive workshops for real estate Syndicators, teaching them how to legally raise money from private investors. His Ultimate Crowdfunding Workshops teach investors, both new and seasoned, how to structure their investment companies, how to split money with investors, and how to legally solicit investors for private and Crowdfunding offerings. Gene also has expertise in Tenant-In-Common or “TIC” offerings that allow investors to participate in 1031 exchanges and has written articles on this subject as well as

Dylan Borland leads Borland Capital Partners and serves as CEO and Chairman. Since 2006 Dylan has completed over 2,700 real estate investment transactions and placed over $180M in real estate private equity. Dylan has become a sought after real expert and consultant specializing in single family, multi family and real estate private equity. Dylan also enjoys giving back through coaching and teaching through his over 150+ YouTube videos and growing and his course “The Ultimate Real Estate Investing course (™)” with now over 1,600 students nationwide.

Dan Schoenbaechler has held various sales positions before getting into commercial real estate in 2008. Having focused on residential sales since 2013, he has closed over $65 million of transactions during that time, ranging from renters and first-time home buyers to experienced investor sales. His knowledge and experience in the brokerage side of the business is what helps identify & close good opportunities for his investors. In the past couple of years, Dan has also paired his multifamily investment experience with his network of investors to launch Schoen Capital. He has been a General Partner on 5 separate acquisitions totaling 892 units for $116.4 million within the first 12 months of being in business. Schoen Capital continues to focus on value-add multi-family as well as a couple other asset classes to help grow their investor’s wealth.

Jered Sturm is the co-founder of SNS Capital Group LLC. Starting in the industry 15 years ago as a maintenance technician for residential rental properties, Jered built on that experience to start a construction company that over a decade ago led him to begin purchasing investment property. Since his humble beginnings in the industry, Jered has quickly scaled his investments and now focuses on purchasing large apartment communities in the Cincinnati, Ohio market. While Jered's company has grown to own and manage over $30M in assets, they still focus on the core competency of buying, renovating, and maintaining investment rental property. Jered has been a featured guest on the BiggerPockets Podcast twice and has been contributing to the BiggerPockets blog since 2015.

Kenny has been investing in multi-family real estate since 2010. Soon after, he co-founded Wolfe Investments (originally Wolfe RE Mgmt) in 2012. He has been involved in over $130MM+ worth of commercial real estate transactions throughout Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Ohio. Kenny is passionate about ensuring the success of every investment for his loyal investors. Prior to co-founding Wolfe Investments, he served as CFO for Twin Cities Development, LP. Kenny has a BBA from Baylor University and an MBA from the University of Texas at Arlington. When he's not scouting for new deals, he enjoys discovering new vegan restaurants, rooting on the Broncos, and spending time with his wife and kids.

Alina Trigub is the founder and managing partner of SAMO Financial. SAMO Financial is a boutique private equity firm that specializes in helping a select group of people with various wealth preservation and tax strategies. For the past few years Alina has worked tirelessly to help her investors participate in the offerings of over 1200 apartment units, $10MM storage fund, and $5M mobile home park fund. Alina is proud to work closely with several successful syndicators. She deeply enjoys learning about the goals of potential investors, exploring venues for improving their portfolios and preserving their wealth, such as demonstrating the benefits of investing using IRA funds in real estate. She offers investors education through articles and presentations, and is a sought after speaker at various real estate events.

Antoine Martel is a real estate entrepreneur and owner of MartelTurnkey, a real estate investment company based in California. MartelTurnkey provides real estate investors with an inventory of fully rehabbed, cash flow positive turnkey rentals in markets across the U.S. With Antoine Martel at the helm, MartelTurnkey has bought and sold in excess of $12 million worth of cash flowing real estate since its founding in 2015. Mr. Martel is also the owner of over $11 million worth of multi-family and single-family real estate. While still a student at Loyola Marymount University, Antoine immersed himself in learning about investing in real estate. Before he’d even graduated with a degree in Entrepreneurship, Antoine had already secured multiple cash flowing properties for the new family business, Martel Family Realty, which evolved into what is now MartelTurnkey. Antoine Martel is author of the popular real estate investing book, “A Millennial’s Guide to Investing in Cash Flowing Rental Properties" and host of a

Ben has been an entrepreneur for 15 years, first starting his career in IT sales and business development then into management. His background in management and sales has helped him propel into commercial real estate, first starting in 2013. Over the last 7 years he has been involved in the acquisition & asset management of ten multifamily properties, through partnerships and Disrupt Equity, totaling over $100MM in AUM and the purchase and sale of over 1650+ units.

Rich is the past-president of the Professional & Personal Coaches Association and is a former vice president of the International Coach Federation (ICF). In 2003, Rich co-founded Real Wealth Network with his wife, Kathy. He provides education and resources, and cash flowing investment properties for real estate investors under the Real Wealth Network umbrella. He also produces The Real Wealth Show on KABC radio in Los Angeles and is one of the top 10 real estate podcasts on iTunes. Real Wealth Network now has over 49,000 members and has been on the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest Growing Companies for the past three years in a row. As the author of Extreme Success (Simon & Schuster, 2002) Rich has appeared on every major television network for his work on how to take action and stay focused on what really matters. He has also been featured in USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, and Entrepreneur Magazine. His diverse clientele includes IBM, the American Management Association, Century 21, Morgan Stanley a

Sterling Chapman is a proud father, husband, barbecue enthusiast, triathlete, podcast host and real estate investor. He has a degree in finance from Louisiana State University and an MBA from LSU Shreveport where he graduated with honors. He started his finance career right out of college spending five years in the financial services’ industry focusing on insurance, investments and retirement planning. He then transitions to the telecom industry where he has had extraordinary success shooting up the corporate ladder being promoted an impressive seven times in six years. Through his corporate career he has mastered the art and science of sales, funnel management, marketing, account management, strategic business planning and financial forecasting. Sterling turned his attention to real estate investing two years ago and has since built up a multimillion-dollar personal rental portfolio consisting of two four plexes, eight duplexes and six single-family houses (41 units total). He is also the host of a successfu

Mauricio Rauld is the founder and CEO of Premier Law group, a firm that specializes in educating investors and representing them from legal matters relating to Asset Protection. He is known across the nation as an asset protection attorney, operation strategist and contributes as the legal advisor to The Real Estate Guys™ Radio show and is Robert Helms’ personal advisor. He is devoted to what he does not only delivering exceptional service to his clients but also aims his best to educate and help them become knowledgeable investors.

Glen is the owner and director of NuView Trust, a leading custodian of self-directed IRA plans. He also operates NuView IRA, Inc. a Third-Party Administrator for self-directed IRAs and Retirement plans. His companies provides custody and recordkeeping for over 1 $Billion in IRA assets. His background as a business strategy consultant, combined with a long history of personal retirement self-direction, provides his audiences and clients with solid advice and practical solutions to their IRA investment questions. Glen holds a BS in Business Administration from Southern College and a Masters Degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. Glen has also earned the prestigious Certified IRA Services Professional designation through the Institute of Certified Bankers. Glen speaks across the country, and provides continuing education seminars to Attorneys, CPAs, real estate and mortgage professionals about the power and possibilities of IRA self-direction. He has also appeared as a guest s

Dmitriy Fomichenko is the founder and president of Sense Financial Services LLC, a boutique financial firm specializing in self-directed retirement accounts with checkbook control. He began his career in financial planning and real estate investing in 2000. He owns multiple investment properties in various states and is a licensed California Real Estate Broker. Over the years, he has taught hundreds of investment and financial planning seminars and has mentored thousands of investors. Dmitriy resides in Southern California with his wife and 9-year old daughter. In his spare time, he enjoys studying systematic theology, spending time with his family and visiting new places.