#294: How to Leverage Commercial Real Estate Investments to Get You Out of Your Dreaded W2 Job – with Brian Hamrick

This week's episode of the Real Estate Investing for Cashflow Podcast features Brian Hamrick.& Brian Hamrick is the owner of Hamrick Investment Group, which controls over $32 Million in assets, including Multifamily and apartments, Self-Storage, Office, and performing and Non-Performing Notes. Brian currently asset manages 370 apartment units in Grand Rapids Michigan and successfully transitioned from his W-2 job to full-time real estate investing in 2014. In addition to his real estate endeavors, Brian also hosts a popular real estate investing podcast which can be found on iTunes and all other listening platforms. Quotes: "So, I had all this money that was sitting in a bank account and I realized; I don't know what to do with this. I didn't even know what a Mutual Fund was at the time and I was 30 years old. So, I just starting learning and investigating."   So, automating it really just made things so much easier, streamlined everything, and now we don't need to have anyone on site except maybe a couple times a week to make sure it's clean and sweep out empty units.   Highlights:   :40- Brian's background 9:28- Brian tells us what his favorite market is 15:27- Brian talks about if his new model is scalable and replicable   22:11- Brian gives his opinion on foreclosures and non-performing notes skyrocketing as a result of the pandemic   26:15- Brian tells us what asset classes he thinks will thrive in the pandemic    30:53- Brian tells us about a bad deal he had and how he got through it       www.higinvestor.com   Learn About Investment and Partnership Opportunities with Kevin and His Team