Emma Powell - Layoff Insurance Through Passive Investing

Emma Powell - Layoff Insurance Through Passive Investing Emma Powell is the owner/operator of Highrise Group and has partnered on nearly 500 units since relocating to Salt Lake City in 2018 after 20 years in Austin TX, as either a general manager, capital raiser, or loan guarantor. She and her husband of 25 years, Troy Powell, are parents of six homeschooled children ages 24 to 10. Troy has an IT background with a passion for details and serving others to help reach financial independence and give back. Emma manages the Rise Commercial Real Estate Investing Club, a place for new and experienced investors alike to pool funds to purchase large properties together for a lower barrier of entry and less work. With extensive property and construction management experience, Emma specializes in small businesses and holds a BS in Business Administration and Entrepreneurial Management with a certificate in Marketing Graphic Design. Emma's favorite part of investing, other than passive cash flow, is building teams to creatively get transactions to the finish line. Emma has been featured on Business Insider and The Bigger Pockets Podcast, as well as many other programs and stages. She loves to talk and guest on real estate-related podcasts or events with a talkative, easy-to-interview style. With experience speaking about getting started in real estate by learning to network and learning to analyze deals, thinking bigger, scaling quickly, and a positive mindset with a down-to-earth attitude, Emma accepts with humor the imperfect balance of business success and personal life. HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 - Intro 01:30 - Emma’s Background 07:11 - Commercial Real Estate 14:45 - Layoff Insurance 16:06 - Cashflow Investing vs Growth Investing 18:59 - The F.I.R.E. Process  21:47 - The Vetting Process 23:57 - Investment Club 25:22 - Tribe Vest 25:56 - For the NEW investor 27:56 - Highrise Group (highrise.group) 29:29 - Emma Recommends 32:57 - Bucket List and Visualization 35:12 - Final Thoughts CONNECT WITH OUR GUEST: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmapowell28/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/passiverealestate https://www.instagram.com/passiveincomeadventures/ https://www.youtube.com/@emmapowell28 https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/emmapowell28 https://www.highrise.group/contact CONNECT WITH OUR HOST: Connect with our host, Randy Smith, for more educational content or to discuss investment opportunities in the real estate syndication space at www.impactequity.net, https://www.linkedin.com/in/randallsmith or on Instagram at @randysmithinvestor --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on social media @the.gentle.art.of.crushing.itListen, like, subscribe, comment: http://thegentleartofcrushingit.com/