71. Why You Should Invest Out of State with Christopher Levarek

ABOUT CHRISTOPHER LEVAREK

Christopher is the Operations Manager for Valkere Investment Group. He is a former firefighter in the United States Airforce, a graduate of Arizona State University, holds an Information Technology leadership role in the Banking industry, and is a full-time real estate investor as well as co-founder of Valkere Investment Group. His experience includes single-family residential acquisitions, private lender loans, joint ventures, and multifamily real estate syndications. He lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his wife, Jamie, and two sons Christopher and Julien, where he enjoys playing the guitar, spending time with family, and reading in his spare time.              THIS TOPIC IN A NUTSHELL: [01:33] Chris’s background and Valkere’s investment portfolio[03:48] Transition from SFH to large multifamily [04:52] First few deals[05:30] What they bring to the partnership[09:50] Process of vetting partners  [11:51] Communication with partners[12:23] Structure of partnerships and documentation[13:58] Why do they prefer to invest out-of-state?[17:50] Learning curve on managing the managers[19:35] Project management tools they use[23:47] How they manage Property managers from out of state [25:07] Working with Lloyd jones Property Management [27:56] Advice to his 25-year-old self[28:38] First Entrepreneurial endeavor [30:00] Formal and Informal training that shaped his journey [31:12] Biggest mistake and what he learned from it- [34:08] How to reach out to Christopher Levarek   KEY QUOTE: [15:09] "If you take away that option you actually become a better investor because you’re forcing yourself to create a system and process and more importantly, you’re depending on partners. So, you get really good at evaluating partnerships." [15:23] "Most of us started in real estate because we want to be passive, we want financial freedom and more time, it does not make sense for me to create another job, so I force myself to outsource all these pieces of investment. When you do that in another state, you’re forced to. There’s really no option, you can’t just fly out there every weekend. We wanted to ensure that we are building a business and systems around it."   

 

 

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