383: Finding Your Perfect Partner and the Top 6 Factors When Choosing a Market with Ben Leybovich & Sam Grooms

Interested in someday making the leap to bigger investments? Don't miss this one! Ben Leybovich and Sam Grooms join us for a high-level conversation about how they transitioned from flips and smaller assets to 100-plus-unit, value-add multifamily deals. Since the first part of this show was recorded pre-coronavirus, we brought the guys back on to hear their thoughts on today's market and get an update on how their business is doing amid the volatility (spoiler: pretty well!). In This Episode We Cover: Finding the perfect partner for you The 6 factors they look at when analyzing a market Why Sam & Ben keep such a large reserve fund Why investors sometimes overvalue cash flow Why they like the Phoenix market How to establish a competitive edge in real estate investing How they look at multifamily syndication as "a long flip" Why equity protects you Buying insurance against interest rate increases Hiring their own construction team How they're adjusting to COVID-19 And SO much more! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Forums BiggerPockets Bookstore BiggerPockets Podcast BiggerPockets Calculators BiggerPockets Podcast 382: No Money Down BRRRR Investing with Josiah Smelser (Part 1, Recorded Pre-Coronavirus) BiggerPockets Podcast 382.5: Surviving When the BRRRR Hits the Fan with Josiah Smelser (Part 2, Post-Coronavirus) Deloitte BiggerPockets Conference 2020 BiggerPockets Podcast 356: 30+ Rentals (in a Pricy Market) Through BRRRR and Section 8 with Joe Asamoah Open Door Capital BiggerPockets Podcast 313: How to Be Happy AND Grow a Massive Business with Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler (and Josh!) Check the full show notes here: http://biggerpockets.com/show383 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices