Our $20,000 Mistake: The 12-Unit Trap

Our $20,000 Mistake: The 12-Unit Trap

What happens when you buy a 12-unit apartment building, only to find out it has the exact same water line infrastructure as a standard single-family home? In this episode of Get Diversified, hosts Melvin and Jacqueline Landry take you behind the curtain of a recent, heavy-lift acquisition in a Metropolitan Pittsburgh opportunity zone. They reveal the hidden utility disasters—from a $20,000 water line upgrade to a missing main gas connection—that standard property inspections completely miss. If you want to protect your capital and learn how to navigate the complex jigsaw puzzle of commercial HVAC, plumbing loads, and municipal compliance, this episode is a masterclass in commercial real estate reality. What We Discuss: * Why standard property inspections are a dangerous safety blanket for commercial buyers. * The math behind water pressure: Moving from a 3/4-inch pipe to a 2-inch line. * How to pivot your business plan mid-renovation to achieve substantial cost savings (and why we permanently eliminated gas stoves). * Balancing gas vs. electric baseboards based on internal building layouts and electrical loads. * The ultimate checklist item every investor must add to their utility due diligence. Connect with Us: * Website: More-Land Equity Capital www.morelandequity.com [http://www.morelandequity.com] * LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/more-land-equity-capital/?viewAsMember=true * Facebook: www.facebook.com/morelandequity * Instagram: www.instagram.com/morelandequity/ * Subscribe & Review: If you enjoyed our real talk, hit that follow button and drop us a 5-star review!

Real Estate Peaks and Valleys: Navigating the Lending Market

Navigating Real Estate Cycles with Julie Ann Peterson: Opportunities in Turbulent Times In this episode, Julie Ann Peterson, a seasoned real estate lender and operator, shares her insights on current market downturns, the cyclical nature of real estate, and opportunities for investors. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced syndicator, Julie provides actionable advice on financing, navigating distressed deals, and capitalizing on market lows. Main Topics Covered: * Julie Ann Peterson’s journey from banking to multifamily real estate and her early challenges in Los Angeles * The impact of recent delivery surpluses on absorption rates and future prospects * How to identify distressed assets and the role of banks and lenders amidst declining valuations * Strategies for small investors: leveraging agency financing and building experience * The importance of team strength, net worth, and experience for agency loan qualification * Managing occupancy and operational challenges in today’s uncertain environment * Practical tips on capital raising and forming relationships with family offices and high-net-worth individuals * The evolving landscape of small multifamily deals and their transition into agency financing eligibility * How to assess risk, due diligence, and avoid common pitfalls in distressed asset investments * Resources for ongoing education and networking: Zoom at 8 and social media presence Timestamps: 01:13 - Julie Ann’s background and entry into real estate 02:10 - Personal story of market crash during Rodney King riots 03:37 - Lessons learned from peaks and valleys in real estate cycles 07:45 - Signs of distress: operator challenges and keys drop 09:38 - Bank negotiations and distressed deal resolutions 10:23 - Factors leading to default and distressed asset sale opportunities 11:16 - Importance of experience and past deal performance 12:11 - The effect of rising interest rates on property values and capitalization 13:08 - Lessons learned from losses and strategic adjustments 14:01 - The role of bank distress and foreclosure waves 15:00 - The opportunity for investor capital during distressed sales 17:15 - How small investors can position themselves for opportunity 22:30 - Understanding agency financing and eligibility criteria 23:10 - The process of qualifying for government-backed multifamily loans 24:49 - Transitioning from small multifamily to agency deals 26:43 - Combining multiple properties for agency financing 27:47 - Practical tips for small multifamily investors 28:45 - The importance of experience and sponsorship for agency deals 30:42 - Challenges for smaller deals in the current environment Resources & Links: * Zoom at 8 [https://zoomat8.com/] – Weekly Thursday night investor and operator meetups * Julie Ann Peterson on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieannpeterson] * Old Capital Lending [https://www.oldcapitallending.com/] Connect with Julie Ann Peterson: * LinkedIn - Julie Ann Peterson [https://www.linkedin.com/in/julieannpeterson] * Instagram - @julieannpeterson [https://www.instagram.com/julieannpeterson] * Facebook - Julie Ann Peterson [https://facebook.com/julieannpeterson] CONNECT WITH MORE-LAND:  Website: www.morelandequity.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/more-land-equity-capital/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: www.facebook.com/morelandequity Instagram: www.instagram.com/morelandequity/ SUBSCRIBE TO GET DIVERSIFIED PODCAST:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@getdiversifiedpodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@getdiversifiedpodcast] Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3T9pkYD9u09vhUQEr4JdxC Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/get-diversified-podcast/id1673834219 DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as investment advice. Please consult with qualified financial, legal, and tax professionals before making any investment decisions. #RealEstate #InvestmentOpportunities #MarketTrends #MultifamilyInvesting #RealEstateCycles #JulieAnnPeterson #LendingMarket #FinancialFreedom #InvestmentStrategy #RealEstateInvesting

The $10,000 Mistake: Why One Bad Review Can Kill Your Profits

Think hotel investing is "passive real estate"? Think again. In this episode of Get Diversified, host Jacqueline Landry sits down with industry heavyweights Rikesh "Thunder" Patel and Kevin Kohler to expose the brutal operational realities of the hospitality world. Rikesh, a 20-year veteran with brands like Wyndham and IHG, explains why a single negative guest review is more than just a headache—it can represent a $10,000 loss in revenue. We go deep into the "Brand Trap," where companies like Marriott and Hilton can mandate million-dollar renovations (PIPs) on your dime, and the labor crisis where you must hire eight people just to keep one. Whether you are a seasoned investor or looking to diversify, this episode reveals why you must treat hotels as operating businesses first and real estate second. Timestamps * [03:28] – Meet Rikesh "Thunder" Patel: From the family motel business to launching a 2026 fund. * [08:26] – The Biggest Misconception: Why hotels are NOT passive real estate. * [11:01] – The $10,000 Mistake: How guest reviews directly impact your P&L. * [15:42] – The Brand Mandate: How Marriott dictates your renovation budget. * [20:19] – AI in Underwriting: Why you can’t trust the "hallucinating" machine with big deals. * [26:45] – The Labor Crisis: Why you have to hire 6–8 people to find 2 who will show up. * [38:58] – The Dark Side: Protecting your property from human trafficking and crime. * [41:27] – Deal Structuring: Waterfalls, tax advantages (Cost Segregation), and avoiding capital calls. * [47:20] – Thunder’s 5 Rules for hotel investing success.

EP# 109.2 | From Flips to Mobile Homes: A Faster Path to Predictable Profit | Chris Gavre

While flippers are sitting on homes for 6–12 months, Chris Gavre is turning deals every four months, selling brand-new mobile homes at 60% of the local median price in Greenville, SC. In this episode, Chris breaks down his land-home package strategy, why it works in today's tough market, and the mobile home park moves that helped him build wealth from scratch. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ WHAT WE COVER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 00:00 Why flippers and spec builders are struggling right now 01:04 How land-home packages solve the affordability crisis 01:55 Selling brand-new homes at 60% of median price 02:20 The 4-month turn cycle — and homes going under contract in ~2 weeks 04:46 Mobile home park investing: seller financing & recouping your down payment 06:00 Year-one depreciation: the tax strategy most investors miss ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CONNECT WITH CHRIS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Facebook: Chris Gavre Land-home package education: https://thelandsharks.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CONNECT WITH MELVIN LANDRY JR ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CONNECT WITH MORE-LAND:  Website: www.morelandequity.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/more-land-equity-capital/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: www.facebook.com/morelandequity Instagram: www.instagram.com/morelandequity SUBSCRIBE TO GET DIVERSIFIED PODCAST:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@morelandequitycapital Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3T9pkYD9u09vhUQEr4JdxC Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/get-diversified-podcast/id1673834219 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ DISCLAIMER ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Chris is not a CPA or attorney. Nothing in this episode is tax or legal advice. Please consult a qualified professional for your situation. This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as investment advice. Please consult with qualified financial, legal, and tax professionals before making any investment decisions. #realestateinvesting #mobilehomes #landpackages #affordablehousing #realestate

EP # 109.1 | From Pressure Washing to 180 Rentals | Chris Gavre

What does it take to go from washing houses at 21 to owning 180 rental doors at 27? Chris Gavre breaks it all down, the hustle, the mistakes, the licensing board investigation, and the unconventional mobile home strategy that changed everything. Chris is a Charlotte, NC-based real estate investor who started in 2020 with a pressure washing business. Today, he and his partner run a land-home package operation doing 40–50 deals per year in the Greenville, SC market, and he also co-owns an HVAC company along the way. What You'll Learn in This Episode: * How a $900 commission check (vs. a wholesaler's $20K) was Chris's biggest turning point * What a "land-home package" is and why it's more predictable than flipping houses * How to buy a brand-new double-wide mobile home at wholesale and sell it for $220K * Why Chris is intentionally downsizing from 180 doors to 50 — and why it makes financial sense * The truth about door count vs. net wealth in real estate * How a state licensing board investigation accidentally launched his mobile home park career Timestamps: * 00:00 — Intro * 00:49 — Chris's background & how it started * 02:07 — Getting into wholesaling (the $900 vs $20K wake-up call) * 04:35 — First mobile home park deal & finding a business partner * 05:46 — The land-home package strategy explained * 07:28 — Mobile home parks vs. multifamily * 09:47 — Age 27 with 180 doors — and why he's selling most off * 11:06 — The truth about door count * 13:17 — Vision for the next 24–36 months Connect with Chris Gavre: facebook.com/chris.gavre CONNECT WITH MORE-LAND:  Website: www.morelandequity.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/more-land-equity-capital/?viewAsMember=true Facebook: www.facebook.com/morelandequity Instagram: www.instagram.com/morelandequity/ SUBSCRIBE TO GET DIVERSIFIED PODCAST:  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@morelandequitycapital Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3T9pkYD9u09vhUQEr4JdxC Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ru/podcast/get-diversified-podcast/id1673834219 DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational and informational purposes only. It is not intended as investment advice. Please consult with qualified financial, legal, and tax professionals before making any investment decisions.