Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund talk about why it is such a pivotal time to invest in Commercial Real Estate, as well as the importance of diversifying your assets to prepare for market corrections.

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund talk about their most recent CRE acquisition in Wichita, Kansas and how to effectively evaluate deals in Commercial Real Estate.

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund talk about the power and importance of negotiating your own lease renewals.

Topics discussed:

1. The benefits of handling your own lease renewals.

2. The Triple Nets of the deal (maintenance, insurance, and property taxes).

3. The financial benefits of implementing Annual Compounding Increases for your tenants.

4. The power of exchanging tenant improvement dollars for increases in rent.

5. WARNING: Make sure that your rent price isn't based on high TI (tenant improvement) contributions.

6. Creating leases with options holds NO REAL VALUE to the landlord. Because of the nature of rising interest rates, the best move is to negotiate lease options based on FAIR MARKET VALUE.

7. The power of negotiating SHORTER leases.

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund talk about how to leverage your debt by buying assets that produce a positive cash flow.

“Ninety percent of all millionaires become so through owning real estate.”

-Andrew Carnegie

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund talk about the best ways to reduce your taxes and increase your leverage by properly investing in Commercial Real Estate.

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step." — Lao Tzu

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund talk about the best ways to start your journey in Commercial Real Estate as a beginner investor.

Topics discussed:

1. How would you spend your money if you only had $15,000 starting out?

2. Book recommendations when it comes to getting your Commercial Real Estate career started.

3. Connecting yourself to people and communities that are in your current situation.

4. How resources like CrowdStreet, FundRise, & DiversiFund allow you to invest smaller amounts of money to get in the game.

5. Using RealtyTrack to track foreclosures that could be beneficial to getting your foot in the door.

6. AdventuresInCRE.com and its benefits for tracking cash flow in Commercial Real Estate

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"The richest people in the world look for and build networks, everyone else looks for work. Marinate on that for a minute." —Robert Kiyosaki

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund talk about the best ways to supercharge your network to take your Commercial Real Estate game to the next level!

Topics discussed:

1. How to get in the right rooms via conferences & networking events.

2. How to develop both local and national exposure as a Commercial Real Estate agent.

3. What does it take to get on the right broker's list?

4. How to network with local lenders!

5. What is the best way to network when looking for investors? What behaviors do you need to avoid?

6. The most helpful organizations in the nation when it comes to fulfilling your networking needs in Commercial Real Estate.

"Millionaires are trying to make more money, & billionaires are trying to save money on taxes." - Warren Buffet

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund dive into everything related to getting your money to work for you by creating & investing your passive cash flow.

"Never take your eyes off the cash flow because it's the life blood of business." - Richard Branson

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund review why cash flow is one of the most powerful benefits of investing in commercial real estate.

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund review some of the most creative ways to make money in Commercial Real Estate.

What The F*CK IS HOLDING YOU BACK? Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund review how you can set goals that excite you. and what it takes to work your way through any and every obstacle in order to attain them. Step #1 - Decide what you want in this life. Step #2 - Go and DO IT!

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund review why you should create an investment criteria and learn to stick to it! To find the deals that you will actually buy you will need to look at a TON OF DEALS! You will have to learn quick and dirty underwriting in order to efficiently evaluate deals and decide which ones to spend more time on!

Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund review the most Frequently Asked Questions we receive from people getting started investing in commercial real estate.

Have you ever wondered how you can legally setup a company to raise money from investors and then use that money to invest in commercial real estate? Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund along with Tom Hutchison from GableGotwals in Tulsa, OK explain how easy it can be to set up these companies and stay compliant with the SEC.

If I told you that every 1 out of 10 commercial real estate developments actually gets built would you believe me? Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund along with Josh Chesney from Cyntergy in Tulsa, OK explain how to keep your development alive and actually make it to construction and ultimately completion!

Have you ever wondered how to make an easy $1,000,000 in commercial real estate? Today our hosts Brian Duck, Braden Cheek & Joel Thompson from The Criterion Fund how you can make millions of dollars in commercial real estate from the compounding nature of Rent Growth.