Want to Do It Yourself?
For the "teach me to run my own deals" crowd. House hack to first syndication, the honest version.
Doing it yourself is noble until debt, vendors, tenants, and timelines all want a meeting.
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Future operators who need the honest version before buying a course or a problem.
You learn what the job actually requires before the job owns you.
Read this like a job description with unpaid overtime. The upside is real. So is the work.
This is a business, not a weekend identity.
If you want to operate, learn the job before buying the problem. The debt, vendors, tenants, and reporting do not care about your enthusiasm.
- Find deal flow
- Line up debt
- Build the team
- Manage the bad month
Know the work before the work owns you.
Start with the honest version, then move through debt, deal flow, management, and mistakes.
The active path, without the course-sales glow.
This is the job description people usually discover after they buy the problem.
Decide if you want the job
House hacking, rentals, flips, BRRRR, wholesaling, and the fantasy tax.
Climb toward bigger deals
Small multifamily, first syndication, capital raising, LOIs, and debt.
- 10 How to become a syndicator/sponsor Plan
- 11 Raising capital legally (GP compliance crash course) Inspect
- 12 Finding deals (deal flow & broker relationships) Run
- 13 The LOI (letter of intent) Verify
- 14 Due diligence — the property Practice
- 15 Due diligence — the financials Study
- 16 Lining up your debt Plan
Operate after closing
Diligence, team, management, reporting, investor list, and mistakes that invoice you.
- 17 Building your GP team Inspect
- 18 Roles: KP, asset manager, capital raiser Run
- 19 The closing process Verify
- 20 Asset management 101 (running it after you buy) Practice
- 21 Working with property management Study
- 22 Building an investor list — compliantly Plan
- 23 Your first investor presentation Inspect
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