Dipesh Sitaram is not looking for a five or ten year real estate hold. His goal is to buy quality healthcare real estate with all equity, plan the exit before the purchase, and recycle the capital in under three years.
After 20 years practicing oral surgery, Dipesh says real estate investing helped him retire from clinical practice. Looking back at his investments across different real estate sectors, healthcare stood out as what he calls the Steady Eddie.
He now focuses on healthcare assets such as specialty surgery centers, medical office buildings, and ambulatory surgery centers.
One major part of his strategy is the Delaware Statutory Trust, or DST. Dipesh explains how an asset can be acquired through a fund, contributed into a DST, and then made available to 1031 investors looking for a passive replacement property.
He also walks through a 15 million dollar specialty surgery center example and explains why his value comes from the structure, legal work, and packaging instead of renovations or appreciation.
Key topics and takeaways:
Why Dipesh prefers investment periods under three years
Why he avoids leverage and purchases with all equity
Why healthcare became his Steady Eddie after investing in other sectors
How a Delaware Statutory Trust can fit into a 1031 exchange
The 15 million dollar specialty surgery center example
Why he targets assets in the 15 million to 25 million dollar range
Why his planned exit matters before he buys an asset
His goal to positively impact 20,000 investors over the next 20 years
Guest information:
Dipesh Sitaram practiced oral surgery and TMJ oral surgery for 20 years in the Midwest. He says his real estate investing and investments allowed him to retire from clinical practice three years ago.
He now helps people invest in real estate deals through Acure Capital.
Website:
acurecapital.com
Call to action:
Dipesh says accredited investors are the main group he targets. He also welcomes people who want to ask questions about real estate, discuss deals, seek mentorship, or talk about wealth strategies.
Visit:
acurecapital.com

A 98 unit property with about $15,000 in annual debt service caught Denis Shapiro’s attention for one simple reason. The debt was backed by a zero percent state loan that his team could assume.
Denis and his partners focus on Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties. Their strategy is to buy properties during the second 15 year affordability period, when the original credits have already phased off but income and rent restrictions remain.
Denis explains why these properties can trade far below replacement cost, why his team likes secondary markets, and why high occupancy can make the model attractive even with all the compliance work.
He also shares the story of a North Carolina transaction that became even more interesting when his team asked the seller to include another 41 unit property in Lynchburg, Virginia. The seller agreed.
Key Topics
How Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties work
Why Denis buys during the second 15 year affordability period
Buying some properties for about $25,000 per unit
The 98 unit Kinston deal with zero percent debt
Adding a 41 unit Lynchburg property to the transaction
Why bureaucracy creates both frustration and a barrier to entry
Working with funds, individual offerings, and selected joint ventures
Why Denis wants his company to depend less on outside investor capital over time
Guest Information
Denis Shapiro is an investor and operator with SIH Capital Group.
Website: sihcapitalgroup.com
Email: denis@sihcapitalgroup.com
LinkedIn: Search for Denis Shapiro
Call to Action
Denis says the easiest way to connect is to email him directly.
You can also visit sihcapitalgroup.com to review past deals or connect with him on LinkedIn.

RV parks are not always about travelers stopping for one night. Nathan Jameson is investing in RV sites that function much more like housing.
Nathan’s company manages about 2,000 manufactured home and RV sites across roughly 17 communities, with three more communities in escrow at the time of the conversation. His current fund is expected to be about 90 percent manufactured housing and 10 percent RV.
Nathan explains the difference between transient RV parks and the housing focused model he prefers. That includes seasonal sites where people return throughout the summer and workforce housing where residents may sign annual leases while working on construction projects or major developments.
He also explains why he sees manufactured housing as an unusual investment. Demand for affordable housing is growing while the supply of manufactured housing is shrinking. At the same time, operators have to deal with rising acquisition prices, property upkeep, regulation, and the possibility of rent control.
Key topics and takeaways:
Why Nathan separates transient RV parks from RV sites used as housing
How workforce housing can support growing local economies
Why he views some RV properties as a covered land play
Why manufactured housing faces increasing demand and decreasing supply
How low rents can leave owners without enough cash flow to maintain a community
Why institutional capital can push property prices and rents higher
How zoning limits tiny homes, ADUs, and other smaller housing options
Guest information:
Nathan Jameson is a real estate investor and operator whose company manages manufactured housing and RV communities across several states.
Email: nathan@arcsventures.com
Website: arcsventures.com
Call to action:
Nathan says he enjoys talking with investors and believes people should get to know someone before writing a check. Investors who want to begin a conversation can email him at nathan@arcsventures.com or visit arcsventures.com.

Thomas McPherson learned in the military to plan for things going wrong before they go wrong. He has carried that mindset into private real estate lending, where he focuses on speed, careful lending, and alignment with investors.
Expanded Description
Thomas started his professional career as a Navy Corpsman stationed with the Marine Corps. After leaving the military, he moved to Phoenix in 2009 and entered commercial real estate during a chaotic market.
He worked with short sales, trustee sales, REOs, and distressed loans before moving deeper into loan origination.
Today, his company provides short term private loans, mainly for flippers, ground up construction, and bridge financing in Arizona. Thomas explains why some real estate entrepreneurs choose private lenders over banks, including faster closings and a lending approach that can account for the way real estate tax deductions affect a borrower on paper.
He also shares how his military experience shaped his views on planning and investor protection. Thomas says his company has subordinated its own investment to its clients, meaning investors get paid before the company does.
Key Topics and Takeaways
Why Thomas likes the predictability of lending secured by real estate
How distressed debt in Phoenix helped shape his career
Why his business is roughly 60% flippers, 30% construction, and 10% bridge financing
Why Thomas generally looks for borrowers to put 20% to 30% down
How his team can sometimes close loans in three days or less
Why military planning and redundancy influence his approach to risk
How more than $4.5 million of company invested capital sits ahead of investors when absorbing potential losses
Guest Information
Thomas McPherson is a private lender based in Arizona. His company works with flippers, builders, and borrowers who need short term bridge financing.
Guest website: Lukeroom website as stated in the interview
Call to Action
To learn more about Thomas and his company, visit the website he shared during the interview:
Lukeroom website as stated in the interview

Rent control does not automatically mean a real estate deal should be avoided. For Michelle Jeong, the bigger question is whether you understand the rules, have the right local team, and have underwritten the property conservatively.
Michelle invests in value add multifamily properties and student housing across the United States. Based in San Francisco, she has firsthand experience operating in a heavily regulated market.
She explains why investors need a seasoned local attorney and a property manager who understands the rules at the property level. Michelle also talks about using the local Rent Control Board as an educational resource.
Another major part of her approach is due diligence. Michelle shares the story of discovering a nearby opportunity through a tweet, canceling her morning meetings, and going to see the property herself. For older properties in rent controlled markets, she says both financial and physical due diligence matter because additional CapEx may need to be built into the underwriting.
Key topics and takeaways:
Why rent control does not automatically make a deal unattractive
The importance of a seasoned local real estate attorney
Why hyper local property management matters
How Rent Control Boards can help landlords understand procedures
Why Michelle uses conservative underwriting in regulated markets
The importance of physical due diligence on older properties
Why Michelle sends detailed monthly investor newsletters
How she matches investors with specific types of deals
Guest information:
Michelle Jeong is with Fire Capital and invests in value add multifamily properties and student housing. She said her portfolio includes roughly 1,100 to 1,200 doors and more than $100 million in assets under management.
Connect with Michelle through Investing with Fire.
Michelle also mentioned Fire Metrics, a free AI market metrics tool designed to let users enter a city or area and evaluate the market. She said the tool would be available through her website.
Call to action:
Visit Investing with Fire to connect with Michelle and look for Fire Metrics. Michelle is especially interested in connecting with people who may be interested in student housing opportunities.

The income snowball may be the exciting part, but Tanisha Souza says it can fall apart if the rest of the investing system is missing.
Tanisha and her husband have worked in many parts of real estate, including single family homes, multifamily properties, retail, office space, flips, and mortgage notes. She says real estate helped them become financially free in two years.
In this conversation, Tanisha explains the six parts behind her approach. The system begins with knowing your risk tolerance and setting clear criteria for each asset class. It also includes due diligence, contingency planning, team alignment, and the income snowball.
The income snowball focuses on short term income producing investments that can create larger payments because the money is paid back over a shorter period. The goal is to recycle and stack that income, then use it to help buy longer term assets.
Tanisha also explains why having a reserve alone is not enough of a contingency plan. She prefers having plans A, B, and C because investments do not always perform as expected.
Key Topics and Takeaways
How real estate helped Tanisha and her husband become financially free in two years
Why each type of property needs its own clear buying criteria
The importance of systematic due diligence
Why investors need more than a cash reserve as a backup plan
How team alignment can keep a CPA and other advisers working toward the same goal
How the income snowball is designed to increase buying power
Why some investors later move money into longer term assets
Guest Information
Tanisha Souza is a lawyer and former employment litigator. She and her husband help high income families, small business owners, self employed people, and other high income earners create investing systems through TARDUS.
Tanisha says the company has helped more than 11,000 people and works mainly with clients in the United States, with clients in Canada and some in Australia.
Website: TARDUS.com
Book: Creating Your Income Snowball: The Passive Investing Cheat Code to Mastering Wealth
Tanisha says the book is available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other book sellers.
Event: Money Moves
Dates mentioned: September 17 through 19
Location mentioned: San Diego
Call to Action
To learn more about Tanisha, TARDUS, the Money Moves event, and her work, visit TARDUS.com.
You can also look for Creating Your Income Snowball: The Passive Investing Cheat Code to Mastering Wealth through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other book sellers.

A vacant big box store may look like a problem. David Pelusio sees the shell of a drive through self storage facility.
David and his team buy large former retail properties and convert them into climate controlled storage. Customers can drive into the building, park beside their storage area, and unload without dealing with the weather.
But the storage conversion is only part of the opportunity.
David explains why his team likes shopping centers with separate out parcels. They can subdivide those parcels, creating different choices for selling, holding, or refinancing pieces of the property. Rent from existing tenants can also help with carrying costs while the storage portion moves toward operation.
One idea comes up again and again in the conversation: buy it right. David says his team is buying some big box buildings for about $30 to $70 per square foot. He also points to the value already inside the property, including site work, sprinklers, electrical systems, and plumbing.
Key topics and takeaways:
How vacant big box stores can become drive through self storage
Why David likes properties with out parcels
How subdivision can create more options within one acquisition
Why secondary markets can offer opportunities
Why David focuses heavily on the original purchase price
How his team raises capital for down payments
The choices between selling, refinancing, holding, and moving investor capital into another project
David’s goal of completing about eight or nine projects in 2027
Guest information:
David Pelusio is based in Rochester, New York. He says his team has been doing real estate for 55 years and now focuses on finding large retail properties that fit its criteria for conversion.
David says people can find more information through:
David Real Estate Homes dot com
He says his email address and phone number are available through the website. Interested people can then connect with his team about a data room, pitch deck, and a one on one conversation.
Call to action:
To learn more about David and his projects, visit the website he identified during the interview as David Real Estate Homes dot com. David said he is interested in connecting with investors and banks that want to do business.

A few years ago, Heather Dreves was sitting in rooms where investors were excited about opportunities promising returns above 20 percent. Today, she says she hears something very different: people want boring investments.
Heather has spent more than 20 years around private lending. Today, she works with Central Lending, where her main focus is investor relations and capital raising. She is also an active real estate investor who has borrowed private money herself.
That experience gives Heather a view from several sides of the same deal.
She explains how Central Lending funds mainly residential real estate, with fix and flip loans making up much of its business. She also breaks down why the company sells about 90 percent of the loans it originates and how that allows capital to be used again.
The conversation then turns to investors. Heather talks about how changing interest rates affected some syndication exits and why she now sees more interest in debt funds, regular cash flow, reinvestment, and consistency.
Key topics and takeaways:
Why Heather values seeing a deal as a borrower, investor, and lender
Why Central Lending focuses mainly on short term residential debt
How selling originated loans helps capital get deployed again
Why Heather says investors are asking for more vanilla investments
How reinvesting earnings can compound returns over time
Why self directed IRA money is commonly used with their type of product
Guest Information:
Heather Dreves works with Central Lending and focuses mainly on investor relations and capital raising.
Email: heather@CentralLending.com
Website: centrallending.com
Heather also mentioned that she has a LinkedIn profile.
Call to Action:
Heather welcomes conversations with people learning about alternative investments and people who want to understand how to perform due diligence on an operator.
For real estate operators looking for funding in the United States, Heather can also connect them with someone from the Central Lending account executive team. Central Lending can lend to Canadian residents when the property being financed is in the United States.
Contact Heather at heather@CentralLending.com or visit centrallending.com

Higher interest rates have made financing more expensive, but Steffany Boldrini believes the discount available on commercial real estate can more than make up for it. With cap rates rising and properties taking longer to sell, she says buyers finally have more time to look at deals.
Steffany focuses mainly on self storage. She has completed storage syndications as well as a condo conversion and an industrial deal with partners.
Her long term preference is simple: buy and hold. She believes flipping can still have a place when it creates cash to fund more properties. Her current goal is to acquire about four self storage facilities each year, holding two and flipping two.
She also talks about the difficult period self storage went through after 2022. Steffany says people across her storage mastermind felt the downturn, and some operators left the business. Her own deals remained intact, and she says rents have slowly started improving.
When looking for value, Steffany pays attention to facilities that may be missing basic revenue and operating tools. Some properties have no website or tenant insurance. Others may have management costs that can be reduced. Extra land can also create an expansion opportunity.
Key Topics and Takeaways
Why Steffany believes higher cap rates are creating buying opportunities
Why she prefers self storage in Sun Belt markets
Why buy and hold remains her main strategy
How selected flips can help fund future acquisitions
Ways underperforming facilities can increase revenue or lower costs
Why she has become cautious about syndications
Her typical focus on facilities around 20,000 to 50,000 square feet
Guest Information
Steffany Boldrini is a real estate investor focused mainly on self storage.
She is interested in connecting with people in the self storage industry and potentially passive investors who like storage.
Email: steff@montecarlorei.com
Steffany explained that the Monte Carlo name comes from the Monte Carlo Ranch in Brazil, where she grew up. She chose the name in honor of her family and her mother, who raised the family largely on her own.
Call to Action
To connect with Steffany about self storage, email:
steff@montecarlorei.com

A vacant Kmart can sit empty for years. Neil Henderson sees something different: a building shell that may already have much of what a self storage project needs.
Neil and his team at Nomad Capital Group have built a portfolio that includes about 12 syndicated self storage properties, with most involving adaptive reuse. They have converted old retail stores, grocery stores, mills, warehouses, and former Kmarts into climate controlled storage.
Neil walks Dave through a 100,000 square foot Kmart conversion in Danville, Virginia. The deal faced permitting delays, lost bank financing after U Haul bought land across the street, and a storage market that weakened just as the property opened. Despite those challenges, Neil says the property was sold after a 37 month hold and gave investors a slightly better return than originally projected, although there were no distributions during the hold.
Neil also shares what has happened across the storage market as higher interest rates slowed home sales and fewer people moved. He explains why this has hurt lease up rates and pushed storage operators to compete harder on price.
Key Topics and Takeaways
Why Nomad Capital Group focuses heavily on adaptive reuse
How an empty Kmart can become climate controlled self storage
Why conversions can open much faster than ground up projects
How slower home sales affected demand for storage
Why some facilities went from roughly 3 percent monthly lease up to about 1 percent
Why Neil says patience matters for investors in development deals
Why Nomad has not bought a facility so far in 2026
Guest Information
Neil Henderson is with Nomad Capital Group and is also the host of Truly Passive Income, a podcast with more than 150 episodes at the time of this conversation.
Neil said he is interested in connecting with people who want to learn about passive investing in commercial real estate.
Website:
nomadcapital.us
LinkedIn:
Search for Neil Henderson with Nomad Capital
Podcast:
Truly Passive Income
Call to Action
To learn more about Neil and Nomad Capital Group, visit nomadcapital.us.
Neil also welcomes connections on LinkedIn from people interested in passive commercial real estate investing, whether or not they eventually invest with him.

After close to 600 flips, Brandon Rickman wanted to move beyond a business where every completed deal meant starting over and finding the next one.
Brandon shares how his real estate business expanded from single family flipping into self storage and private lending. His first self storage development started as two houses on four and a half acres that a wholesaler was selling as potential flips. During due diligence, Brandon discovered the county's future land use map showed the land as general commercial. That discovery eventually led to an 865 unit self storage facility.
He also talks about what happened to his flipping business when the Atlanta market changed. Before August 2022, his operation was doing roughly 8 to 10 deals per month. Volume later dropped sharply, and Brandon says the experience reinforced one of his biggest lessons from more than 20 years in real estate: you have to be willing to shift with the market.
Key topics and takeaways:
Why Brandon calls flipping a transactional business
How two residential properties became an 865 unit self storage development
Why his flipping volume fell as the Atlanta market changed
The gap Brandon saw between private lenders and hard money lenders
Why direct mail remains his top outbound channel for off market properties
How he combines direct mail, cold calls, and texts around the same seller data
Guest Information:
Brandon Rickman has been working full time in real estate for more than 20 years. He has completed close to 600 flips and appeared on HGTV's Flip or Flop Atlanta. He is also involved in self storage and is a partner in ProLend Capital.
ProLend Capital: ProLendCapital.com
Email: brandon@ProLendCapital.com
Call to Action:
To learn more about Brandon's private lending business and how ProLend Capital works with investors and borrowers, visit ProLendCapital.com.

Why the Same Real Estate Formula Never Works Forever with Simi Mehta
The strategy that worked yesterday may not be the strategy that makes sense today.
Simi Mehta has stayed focused on real estate for years, but she has not stayed tied to one type of property or one way of investing.
She began with single-family homes, fixing them up, adding value, refinancing, and keeping them as long-term rentals. After seeing how the same amount of capital could be used differently in multifamily real estate, she started educating herself and eventually moved into 8-unit, 20-unit, and 38-unit properties.
More recently, she has become involved with townhouse projects and ground-up development.
One thing has remained consistent. Simi prefers to add value and hold rather than buy, fix, and quickly sell. She says selling one property showed her how much money could go toward commissions, legal fees, and land transfer taxes.
Her approach to evaluating deals is also cautious. Simi looks at where value can be added, what the exit could look like, what programs may be available, and whether the rental market makes sense. If market rent is $1,800, for example, she says she may run her numbers using $1,500 instead.
Simi also shares what she has learned about fear during changing markets. In 2021, she moved forward with a semi-detached property while several people she approached were worried the market would crash. She says she used private money at 11% interest, remained cash flow positive, and made $250,000 on the house within nine months.
In This Conversation
How Simi moved from single-family properties into multifamily real estate
Why she prefers refinancing and holding instead of selling
Why she believes investors must keep up with changing market conditions
How she uses conservative rental numbers when reviewing deals
What a 2021 property taught her about fear and opportunity
Why building a reliable mortgage and renovation team became essential
How she approaches different investor needs and changing timelines
Why she believes investors should understand exactly what they are getting into and their role in a deal
About Simi Mehta
Simi Mehta is a real estate investor, operator, and realtor. Her experience includes single-family properties, multifamily buildings, townhouses, and ground-up development, with her investments to date focused in Ontario.
She says she has built enough of the portfolio she wanted for herself and is now open to opportunities that make sense for both her and the investors she works with.
Connect With Simi
Website: jsswealth.com
LinkedIn: Search for Simi Mehta

A $500,000 house renting for around $3,000 a month does not meet the old 1 percent rule. Anne Curry is finding another way to make the numbers work.
Anne is a longtime buy and hold investor in Tacoma, Washington. She explains how she is looking for properties with something extra: enough backyard space for DADUs and, when possible, an unfinished basement with a separate entrance.
Anne walks through the numbers she is seeing in Tacoma. She says a 1,000 square foot, three bedroom, two bath DADU can cost around $300,000 to build and rent for roughly $3,000 to $3,200 per month. She also explains why the original house can sometimes be sold while the new backyard rentals are kept.
Her newest approach adds another piece. Anne is buying homes where the basement can become another unit. That can help the main property work as a rental today while she holds the backyard for possible development later.
Key topics and takeaways:
Why Anne still prefers buy and hold investing
Why the old 1 percent rule is harder to reach in Tacoma
Using DADUs to create rental income from backyard space
Anne's example of a $300,000 DADU renting for $3,000 to $3,200
Why unfinished basements with separate entrances are getting Anne's attention
Land banking backyard space for future DADUs
Why Anne starts with an investor's goal before choosing a strategy
Guest information:
Anne Curry is based in Tacoma, Washington. She works with real estate investors and also offers mentorship using an hourly model.
Website: anncurryhomes.com
Anne also mentioned free events in Tacoma, with information available through her website.
Call to action:
To learn more about Anne, her mentorship, and her Tacoma events, visit anncurryhomes.com.

Your brain can form an opinion about someone in about 0.3 seconds. And when you explain what you do, Dr. Thomas Troutman says you have only a few more seconds to speak to the part of the brain that makes decisions.
Thomas works with business owners and high level executives on revenue, reputation, and relationships using ideas based on how the brain makes decisions.
In this conversation, Thomas explains why a natural smile matters during a first meeting and why many websites make the mistake of talking about the company instead of the visitor. He recommends using “you” language so the message stays focused on the person you want to reach.
Thomas also explains his idea of becoming unforgettable in 11 seconds. His own introduction is: “I help business owners to become unforgettable in 11 seconds by speaking with the decision maker's brain.”
Key topics and takeaways:
Why Thomas says first impressions can form in about 0.3 seconds
Why visual information gets processed quickly
How a natural smile can affect an interaction
Why your website should talk about your visitor instead of your company
The difference between rational explanations and primal decisions
How Thomas explains what he does in 11 seconds
The trade show booth that used mirrors instead of displaying products
Guest information:
Dr. Thomas Troutman works primarily with business owners, high level executives, and their teams. He is the author of Make Me Great and has a PhD in artificial intelligence.
Website: happy-brains.com
Thomas said visitors can use his website to contact him, learn more, and access free books.
Call to action:
Visit happy-brains.com to learn more about Thomas and his work. Viewers watching the video can also use the QR code mentioned during the conversation to reach the Make Me Great book page.

Buying land and putting a brand new manufactured home on it may sound simple. Chris Gavre explains why the details before closing on the land can make or break the project.
Chris and his partner buy parcels ranging from small individual lots to larger pieces they can divide into several lots. They prepare the land, order manufactured homes directly from the manufacturing plant, permanently install them, complete the required utility and inspection work, and sell them on the open market.
One important part happens before they ever close. Chris checks zoning, water and sewer access, soil conditions for septic systems, development costs, and private restrictions. He learned the last point through what he calls an expensive lesson. County approval does not necessarily reveal deed restrictions, neighborhood covenants, or HOA rules that could prevent a manufactured home from being placed on the property.
Key topics and takeaways:
How Chris defines a land home package
Why most of his projects are outside city limits
The due diligence Chris completes before buying land
Why deed restrictions must be checked separately from zoning
Why Chris orders homes directly from manufacturing plants
How the homes become eligible for FHA, USDA, and VA financing
Why Chris finds this model more predictable than flipping houses
The financing and county level challenges involved
How Chris and his partner manage 50 to 60 projects without a large staff
Guest information:
Chris Gavre is a real estate investor based in Charlotte, North Carolina. He and his partner Robert develop land home packages and also offer a coaching program for people who want help learning the model.
Chris invited interested listeners to call or text him at:
770 862 0246
Chris said that if he misses a call, send him a text explaining what you are calling about.
Call to action:
If you are interested in learning about land home packages or want help understanding the process, Chris said you can call or text him at 770 862 0246.