The Educated Investor

This episode's guest is Pasha Esfandiary.  Pasha has been a Professional Poker Player, Emotional intelligence Coach, and over the past 10 years a successful Real Estate Developer and investor.  In Real Estate, Pasha's experience spans the breadth of buying properties at Auction, Hillside development, and now Mobile Home Park acquisition and management. Pasha's drive and focus were extremely inspiring as well as his commitment to the development of the character traits and discpline necessary to become successful at all aspects of entrepreneurship. Pasha's offerings can be found at https://www.evokecapital.net/ and his social media is @pashaesfandiary You can follow us IG @educatedinvest https://www.educatedinvest.com/ Philip@educatedinvest.com

This episode's guest is Richard Mercado who went from 0 to 14 doors in 4 years after starting his investing journey at age 50.  Richard has done everything from house hacking, full gut rehabs, long distance investing and is now doing ground up construction in South Pasadena.  Richard shares the lessons that he learned from:investing in a flood zone where a property that he purchased was destroyed 4 months after purchasing it, dealing with contractors during covid, and how he has been able to problem solve his way to a thriving portfolio of over 14 doors that he owns without any partners. Richard is not only my guest this month, but also my accountability partner!  Richard and I speak weekly and keep each other motivated and on track towards our investing goals.  I highly reccommend finding the right partner for this kind of relationship and can attest to the fact that having an accountability partner like Richard has been a huge asset for my own investing journey! https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/happyman2210 https://www.educatedinvest.com/ rich@happyinvestorsllc.com ig: happy_investors_llc

Joe Ramos describes himself as a financially free beach bum, and is the host of the Land Shark Financial Freedom Podcast. He has a Real Estate portfolio with properties in southern California, Georgia, Ohio, and Florida. Joe has done everything from commercial deals, to starting a fix and flip fund with private money for short term rentals in Florida.

Jason Malabute is a Real estate investor and former CPA. He shares his journey investing in real estate long distance, pursuing real estate full time in the multifamily syndication world, and how he has navigated these worlds also born with Cerebral Palsy.  Jason has not let his cerebral palsy limit his vision for his life, and continues to lead the multifamily masters meetup in Pasadena every month.

Sarah Weaver has been relentless on her journey to financial freedom.  To list the number of successful business that Sarah has developed all with her living as a digital nomad is beyond impressive.  She has a successful business that furnishes medium term rentals for real estate investors, she leads real estate investors on international trips, self manages her portfolio using systems and processes that allow her to operate them remotely, and is an incredible real estate coach and author.  Sarah's new book is entitled 30 day stay "A real estate investor's guide to mastering the medium term rental" Join us as we go on the journey to find out how Sarah does it, and continues to provide value to her clients and tenants. https://www.sarahdweaver.com/ https://www.educatedinvest.com/ https://linktr.ee/educatedinvestor    

Joe Hara is proud to say that over 40 years in business, he has never been issued a W2.  Joe Hara had done everything from selling hair care products in Africa, Lingerie throughout the U.S. and industrial warehouse space in Los Angeles.  He nearly lost everything through different booms and busts, and now owns over 60 multifamily units in Los Angeles by himself.  Joe shares the highs and lows of a lifetime as a serial entrepreneur. joe.hara@yahoo.com https://www.educatedinvest.com/ https://linktr.ee/educatedinvestor   #realestate #realestatelife #realestateinvesting #investment #investmentproperty #financialliteracy #financialfreedom #realestateinvestor #vacationrentals #property #investment #investments #airbnb #vrbo#shorttermrental #realestatetips #theremoteinvestors #invest #investing #wealthbuilding #goals #wealth #motivation #airbnbhost #vrbohost

From a young age Jaden Sterling knew that his path would involve empowering other to take control of their life through financial education.  As a financial advisor he consistently helped his clients achieve outsized returns, and learned from his wealthiest clients the focus necessary to achieve financial freedom.  Jaden has done everything from affordable housing development to developing an app for selecting the stocks aligned with his clients vision for the future.    https://sterlingstockpicker.com/ https://jadensterling.com/ https://www.educatedinvest.com/ https://linktr.ee/educatedinvestor  

Ross Szabo has built a thriving business career as an author, speaker and the founder of a school that puts mental health advocacy and mental health education first.  After experiencing traumatic events in his youth Ross struggled openly with Bipolar disorder and depression.  His own journey towards healing and sharing his challenges publicly led to a speaking career at age 17 and eventually to the launch of Books, wellness curriculum  developed for use on College Universities, and today the founding of a school that teaches student's the skills necessary to develop their Mental Health and wellness.  Come on the journey with us as we explore how Ross turned a personal passion into a business journey improving the lives of youth. https://rossszabo.com/ https://www.geffenacademy.ucla.edu/ https://lnk.bio/rossszabo  

Aaron Bernbach was waiting tables and touring as a musician when he caught the real estate bug and decided to go all in.  He shares his story of what it takes to build a thriving business as a real estate agent doing everything from cold calls to door knocking to get his first leads, to building strategic partnerships to take down apartments through syndications. https://www.mbpropertyla.com/ Ig: @realestatebyaaron IG: @Mcnicholbernbachgroup

Cole Shephard is the founding partner of Legacy Group and the Green Coffee company.  Cole started his journey working with Price WaterHouse Cooper coordinating large capital transactions of everything from purchasing Gold Mines, and skyscrapers to international Banks.  After feeling constrained in his position, he chose to start his own investment firm, and in 5 years went from flipping houses in Colombia to founding and expanding his company the Green Coffee Company into the largest Coffee producer in Colombia.  Listen as we take on the journey of how he did it. Website - https://legacy-group.co/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/cole-shephard-67b1a51a/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/legacygroupinvestments/