Diary of an Apartment Investor
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Diary of an Apartment Investor
ATE - Steps For Aspiring Investors With Arn Cenedella & Josh DeBlaay
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Arn Cenedella & Josh DeBlaay talk with us today about ways of learning the current market, ways to mentor new investors and what steps they believe will help you on your journey.
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This episode originally aired on October 20, 2023
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Your host, Brian Briscoe, has been a general partner in 1000+ units worth over $100 million and has been lead sponsor, asset manager, capital raiser, and key principal on these properties. He has developed a multifamily education community called the Tribe of Titans that helps aspiring investors learn the game, network with other like-minded professionals, and get their apartment investing business to the next level. He is founder of Streamline Capital Group, which will continue to acquire multifamily assets well into the future. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps in 2021.
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Brian@Steamlinecapital.com
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Arn Cenedella
Arn is a real estate broker and investor with over four decades in the industry. Starting in 1978, Arn built a thriving Silicon Valley residential brokerage business in Palo Alto and Menlo Park CA while building a sizable portfolio of single family rental properties. In 2014, Arn moved to Greenville SC to start a new life adventure. Arn continued to invest in small residential income properties in the Carolinas. In 2020, Arn transitioned his SFR rental portfolio to multifamily investments and founded Spark Investment Group to help busy professionals and parents reap the benefits of commercial real estate investment without the hassle of operating the properties. Arn currently manages and operates a multifamily portfolio as general partner and sponsor of over 1,100 units with a total value in excess of $138M.
Learn more about him at: https://investwithspark.com/
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Josh DeBlaay
Josh is a data driven supply chain leader with 10+ years of experience in e-commerce (Wayfair) and management consulting (Accenture). After purchasing two single family rentals in South Florida, he was eager to understand how he could scale his real estate investing and came across multifamily. He's hoping to leverage his experience managing large operations and supply chains programs (e.g. mergers & acquisitions, asset & footprint optimization, etc.) to break into the multifamily space and establish himself as an operationally sound investor.
Learn more about him at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-deblaay-790b6619/