Diary of an Apartment Investor

Today, Arn Cenedella is back with us to talk about his projects he has been working on, lessons he has learned in real estate and advantages of "boots on the ground" mentality. ---- Continue the conversation with Brian on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a/] Join our multifamily investing community with like-minded apartment investors at the Tribe of Titans [https://bit.ly/3rAD6D5] This episode originally aired on June 6, 2025 ---- Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsYmSLMxQCA9hgt_PciN3g?sub_confirmation=1 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsYmSLMxQCA9hgt_PciN3g?sub_confirmation=1]  Listen to us on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/AppleDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/AppleDiaryPodcast]  Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/SpotDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/SpotDiaryPodcast]  Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/GoogleDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/GoogleDiaryPodcast]  Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diary_of_an_apartment_investor [https://www.instagram.com/diary_of_an_apartment_investor]  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiaryAptInv/ [https://www.facebook.com/DiaryAptInv/]  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Diary_Apt_Inv [https://twitter.com/Diary_Apt_Inv]  ---- Your host, Brian Briscoe, has owned over twenty apartment complexes worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is dedicated to helping aspiring apartment investors learn how to do the same.  He founded the Tribe of Titans as his platform to educate aspiring apartment investors and is continually creating new content for the subscribers and coaching clients. He is the founder of Streamline Capital based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is probably working on closing another apartment complex in the greater SLC area.  He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps in 2021 after 20 years of service. Connect with him on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a/]---- Arn Cenedella Arn Cenedella 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 the Bay Area and across the US. Over this period, Arn assisted many other investors build their rental portfolios and is well-versed in all aspects of real estate investment including acquisition, market analysis, financing, management, and 1031 exchange. 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://www.linkedin.com/in/arncenedella/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/arncenedella/], or investwithspark.com [http://investwithspark.com]

Returning guest Clive Davis joins us to discuss preparing for the future, challenges he faced, and ways to avoid some challenges altogether.     First Episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1115735/episodes/9751971 [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1115735/episodes/9751971] ---- Continue the conversation with Brian on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a/] Join our multifamily investing community with like-minded apartment investors at the Tribe of Titans [https://bit.ly/3rAD6D5] This episode originally aired on May 23, 2025 ---- Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsYmSLMxQCA9hgt_PciN3g?sub_confirmation=1 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsYmSLMxQCA9hgt_PciN3g?sub_confirmation=1]  Listen to us on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/AppleDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/AppleDiaryPodcast]  Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/SpotDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/SpotDiaryPodcast]  Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/GoogleDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/GoogleDiaryPodcast]  Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diary_of_an_apartment_investor [https://www.instagram.com/diary_of_an_apartment_investor]  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiaryAptInv/ [https://www.facebook.com/DiaryAptInv/]  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Diary_Apt_Inv [https://twitter.com/Diary_Apt_Inv]  ---- Your host, Brian Briscoe, has owned over twenty apartment complexes worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is dedicated to helping aspiring apartment investors learn how to do the same.  He founded the Tribe of Titans as his platform to educate aspiring apartment investors and is continually creating new content for the subscribers and coaching clients. He is the founder of Streamline Capital based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is probably working on closing another apartment complex in the greater SLC area.  He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps in 2021 after 20 years of service. Connect with him on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a/]---- Clive Davis After graduating from Columbia Law School, Clive’s corporate career took him from a Wall Street law firm where he began as a transactional lawyer, to a variety of in-house legal and compliance roles in the pharmaceutical industry, including nine years serving as a Chief Compliance Officer. Throughout the entirety of this twenty-year career, he remained actively invested in real estate with a small portfolio of holdings. In answering this self-posed question, Clive decided 2017 was the time and walked away from corporate life in pursuit of his interests and passion as a full-time real estate investment entrepreneur. Since founding Park Royal Capital in 2017 Clive Davis has personally invested in more than 2,500 multifamily rental units, as well as a portfolio of hotels based in Atlanta where he has resided since 2005. Most recently Park Royal Capital acquired two Atlanta multifamily properties totaling 444 units with a combined value of over $70M. Learn more about him at: https://parkroyalcapital.com/ [https://parkroyalcapital.com/], or https://www.linkedin.com/in/clivedavisesq/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/clivedavisesq/]

Jim Pfeifer joins today to talk about the importance of interacting with your multifamily community, the Passive Pockets podcast, and what advice he would give to those just starting out. ---- Continue the conversation with Brian on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a/] Join our multifamily investing community with like-minded apartment investors at the Tribe of Titans [https://bit.ly/3rAD6D5] This episode originally aired on May 16, 2025 ---- Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsYmSLMxQCA9hgt_PciN3g?sub_confirmation=1 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsYmSLMxQCA9hgt_PciN3g?sub_confirmation=1]  Listen to us on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/AppleDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/AppleDiaryPodcast]  Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/SpotDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/SpotDiaryPodcast]  Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/GoogleDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/GoogleDiaryPodcast]  Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diary_of_an_apartment_investor [https://www.instagram.com/diary_of_an_apartment_investor]  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiaryAptInv/ [https://www.facebook.com/DiaryAptInv/]  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Diary_Apt_Inv [https://twitter.com/Diary_Apt_Inv]  ---- Your host, Brian Briscoe, has owned over twenty apartment complexes worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is dedicated to helping aspiring apartment investors learn how to do the same.  He founded the Tribe of Titans as his platform to educate aspiring apartment investors and is continually creating new content for the subscribers and coaching clients. He is the founder of Streamline Capital based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is probably working on closing another apartment complex in the greater SLC area.  He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps in 2021 after 20 years of service. Connect with him on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a/]---- Jim Pfeifer Jim Pfeifer has dedicated his career to helping educate and advise people on personal finance and investing. As a full-time passive investor, founder and former President of Left Field Investors, and co-host of the PassivePockets podcast, Jim is passionate about empowering investors with accessible education and community networking opportunities. He holds a degree in Finance & Marketing from the University of Oregon and a Masters in Business Education from The Ohio State University. In his free time, Jim enjoys skiing, playing Ultimate frisbee, and cheering on the Buckeyes. He lives in Columbus, OH with his wife and kids. Learn more about him at: https://passivepockets.com/ [https://passivepockets.com/], or jimpfeifer@Biggerpockets.com [jimpfeifer@Biggerpockets.com]

Today Dr Kate Gress joins us to talk about overcoming challenges, tips she would give to new syndicators, and her journey into multifamily real-estate. ---- Continue the conversation with Brian on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a/] Join our multifamily investing community with like-minded apartment investors at the Tribe of Titans [https://bit.ly/3rAD6D5] This episode originally aired on May 9, 2025 ---- Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsYmSLMxQCA9hgt_PciN3g?sub_confirmation=1 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsYmSLMxQCA9hgt_PciN3g?sub_confirmation=1]  Listen to us on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/AppleDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/AppleDiaryPodcast]  Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/SpotDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/SpotDiaryPodcast]  Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/GoogleDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/GoogleDiaryPodcast]  Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diary_of_an_apartment_investor [https://www.instagram.com/diary_of_an_apartment_investor]  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiaryAptInv/ [https://www.facebook.com/DiaryAptInv/]  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Diary_Apt_Inv [https://twitter.com/Diary_Apt_Inv]  ---- Your host, Brian Briscoe, has owned over twenty apartment complexes worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is dedicated to helping aspiring apartment investors learn how to do the same.  He founded the Tribe of Titans as his platform to educate aspiring apartment investors and is continually creating new content for the subscribers and coaching clients. He is the founder of Streamline Capital based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is probably working on closing another apartment complex in the greater SLC area.  He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps in 2021 after 20 years of service. Connect with him on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a/]---- Kate Gress Kate Gress is a dynamic professional with over 25 years of experience as a successful business owner, chiropractor, and real estate investor. As the visionary behind multiple thriving chiropractic practices, Kate has led teams of doctors to deliver top-notch care, embodying a commitment to enhancing the well-being of others.  With a keen eye for opportunity and a heart for service, Kate ventured into real estate investing 22 years ago, initially focusing on commercial property before expanding into residential single-family homes and small multifamily units. Her focus now is on commercial multifamily apartments complexes. She is also a passive investor in the real estate sector. This diversification reflects her strategic approach to wealth creation and her dedication to empowering others to achieve financial freedom through passive investing. When not nurturing her businesses, Kate loves spending time with her husband and their five children. She is a traveler, drawn to sun-kissed destinations in the winter, and in the summer is drawn to the water, spending her days at her lake home in beautiful Wisconsin. Kate’s also an avid reader and fitness enthusiast. Kate is a founding member and serves on the board of the Chiropractic Society of Wisconsin, since 2012. She also sits on the executive board for the Merrill Area Chamber of Commerce and served as the Chamber President in 2023.  Learn more about her at: https://ascendequitygrp.com/ [https://ascendequitygrp.com/], or KateGress@gmail.com [KateGress@gmail.com]

Dave Dubeau joins us today to discuss podcasting, creating dialogue with potential investors, and his journey in multifamily investing. ---- Continue the conversation with Brian on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a/] Join our multifamily investing community with like-minded apartment investors at the Tribe of Titans [https://bit.ly/3rAD6D5] This episode originally aired on May 2, 2025 ---- Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsYmSLMxQCA9hgt_PciN3g?sub_confirmation=1 [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcsYmSLMxQCA9hgt_PciN3g?sub_confirmation=1]  Listen to us on your favorite podcast app: Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/AppleDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/AppleDiaryPodcast]  Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/SpotDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/SpotDiaryPodcast]  Google Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/GoogleDiaryPodcast [https://tinyurl.com/GoogleDiaryPodcast]  Follow us on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diary_of_an_apartment_investor [https://www.instagram.com/diary_of_an_apartment_investor]  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DiaryAptInv/ [https://www.facebook.com/DiaryAptInv/]  Twitter: https://twitter.com/Diary_Apt_Inv [https://twitter.com/Diary_Apt_Inv]  ---- Your host, Brian Briscoe, has owned over twenty apartment complexes worth hundreds of millions of dollars and is dedicated to helping aspiring apartment investors learn how to do the same.  He founded the Tribe of Titans as his platform to educate aspiring apartment investors and is continually creating new content for the subscribers and coaching clients. He is the founder of Streamline Capital based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is probably working on closing another apartment complex in the greater SLC area.  He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps in 2021 after 20 years of service. Connect with him on LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-briscoe-445658a/]---- Dave Dubeau Dave Dubeau is a real estate capital raising expert, author, and podcast host. Since 2012. He has helped over 200 real estate investor clients raise over $325M in private capital. Now, through his new Capital Convo Podcast Service, Dave is helping syndicators leverage a podcast to consistently book 20+ accredited investor meetings a month. Learn more about him at: 20AccreditedInvestorsBook.com [http://20accreditedinvestorsbook.com], linkedin.com/in/davedubeau [http://linkedin.com/in/davedubeau]