Investment Avenues for Veterans with Phil Capron Episode #169

GUEST SUMMARY This week Phil Capron joins us in the lab as a navy veteran, Founder of Mission First Capital — which provides investment opportunities for veterans. As the author of "Your VA Loan: and How It Can Make You a Millionaire", Phil not only talks the talk, but he walks the walk having been in the same shoes as a veteran's face today. He purchased his first home in 2010 using a VA loan while on active duty. Phil Capron, served as a Naval Special Warfare Combatant Craft Crewman. Upon getting out of the military,  He got his start in the real estate business by flipping properties in coastal Virginia, helping many of his veteran peers as a real estate agent. Upon transitioning out of the military and elevating in his real estate ventures getting into apartment syndication,  Phil quickly realized that there was a limit in the amount of veterans he could include in his deals for the simple fact that they couldn’t afford the traditional investments in the range of 50K as a barrier of entry. It became very clear that he couldn’t include his veteran military brothers and sisters due to regulations surrounding net worth or income. Phil then decided he was going to level the playing field and fix that. Mission First Capital was born. At Mission First Capital, Phil makes it feasible for investors to invest as little as $5,000 which allows him to serve & educate his military community on the advantages and power of being able to invest in real estate assets collectively. 10 years and over 500 apartment units later, Phil's focus is expanding real estate opportunities for military members and veterans. His next mission is to create 1000 veteran-owned small businesses in the next 10 years Ten years and counting in the real estate game,  Phil is a true veteran of experimenting, as he experimented a proof of concept and is bringing it back to his community to build on. If you're a veteran or anyone else who feels that some barriers of entry exist, Phil joins us in the lab to help you break through those beliefs and give you real life solutions to overcome them. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EPISODE: 05:50 - Guest background 08:38 - Definition of Veteran 13:02 - How Mission First Capital created KEEPING IT REAL: 17:56 - How to know if it’s a bad advice 20:54 - Measuring a good investment 22:29 - Syndication 27:49 - Goal for Mission First Capital 30:48 - What should be the best Call to Action 32:45 - Biggest misconception 33:27 - Best Advice Received 35:42 - Favorite Book 36:41 - Best tool 36:53 - Best Habit 37:55 - One 300 Units vs 3 buildings of a 100 unit 39:05 - Cash Flow vs Equity NOTABLE QUOTES (KEY LESSONS): "We only get one go around at this that we know of so you might as well take every opportunity everyday and do what you wanna' do." "When you find something that works, don't keep it a secret." "You need to work to learn before you work to earn." CONNECTING WITH THE GUEST LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-capron-mission-first-capital/ Website: https://missionfirstcapital.com/ Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/missionfirstcapital/?_rdc=1&_rdr Twitter: https://twitter.com/MissionFirstCap Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/missionfirstcapital/