"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Chinese Proverb Go Fish Village was founded by Joshua Mercer, Realtor (Chicago Premiere Real Estate). Through a series of podcast interviews/testimonials, boot camps, forums, meetups, and more, our goal is to educate everyday people who on how to use REAL ESTATE to achieve financial freedom and leave legacy for their loved ones! If this resonates with you, Go Fish wants you to be a part of our growing village! Learn from the successes and failures of everyday people as well as industry professionals and seasoned vets. Topics include mindset, goal setting, sacrifice, negotiation, building a team, finding/analyzing a deal, financing, vetting tenants, exit strategies, tax benefits, scaling, and so much more! Follow us on social media @gofishvillage or email us with questions at gofishvillage@gmail.com. Sign up for our multi family boot camp at www.gofishvillage.com.
EP 13: How Much Should I Pay for Discount Points?
EP 12: How much should I pay a Property Manager?
What is a good Cap Rate?
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Chinese Proverb Go Fish Village was founded by Joshua Mercer, Realtor (Chicago Premiere Real Estate). Through a series of podcast interviews/testimonials, boot camps, forums, meetups, and more, our goal is to educate everyday people who on how to use REAL ESTATE to achieve financial freedom and leave legacy for their loved ones! If this resonates with you, Go Fish wants you to be a part of our growing village! Learn from the successes and failures of everyday people as well as industry professionals and seasoned vets. Topics include mindset, goal setting, sacrifice, negotiation, building a team, finding/analyzing a deal, financing, vetting tenants, exit strategies, tax benefits, scaling, and so much more! Follow us on social media @gofishvillage or email us with questions at gofishvillage@gmail.com. Sign up for our multi family boot camp at www.gofishvillage.com.
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Chinese Proverb Go Fish Village was founded by Joshua Mercer, Realtor (Chicago Premiere Real Estate). Through a series of podcast interviews/testimonials, boot camps, forums, meetups, and more, our goal is to educate everyday people who on how to use REAL ESTATE to achieve financial freedom and leave legacy for their loved ones! If this resonates with you, Go Fish wants you to be a part of our growing village! Learn from the successes and failures of everyday people as well as industry professionals and seasoned vets. Topics include mindset, goal setting, sacrifice, negotiation, building a team, finding/analyzing a deal, financing, vetting tenants, exit strategies, tax benefits, scaling, and so much more! Follow us on social media @gofishvillage or email us with questions at gofishvillage@gmail.com. Sign up for our multi family boot camp at www.gofishvillage.com.
Fair Housing: Blockbusting, Steering, Redlining
SHOW LESS"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Chinese Proverb Go Fish Village was founded by Joshua Mercer, Realtor (Chicago Premiere Real Estate). Through a series of podcast interviews/testimonials, boot camps, forums, meetups, and more, our goal is to educate everyday people who on how to use REAL ESTATE to achieve financial freedom and leave legacy for their loved ones! If this resonates with you, Go Fish wants you to be a part of our growing village! Learn from the successes and failures of everyday people as well as industry professionals and seasoned vets. Topics include mindset, goal setting, sacrifice, negotiation, building a team, finding/analyzing a deal, financing, vetting tenants, exit strategies, tax benefits, scaling, and so much more! Follow us on social media @gofishvillage or email us with questions at gofishvillage@gmail.com. Sign up for our multi family boot camp at www.gofishvillage.com.
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." - Chinese Proverb Go Fish Village was founded by Joshua Mercer, Realtor (Chicago Premiere Real Estate). Through a series of podcast interviews/testimonials, boot camps, forums, meetups, and more, our goal is to educate everyday people who on how to use REAL ESTATE to achieve financial freedom and leave legacy for their loved ones! If this resonates with you, Go Fish wants you to be a part of our growing village! Learn from the successes and failures of everyday people as well as industry professionals and seasoned vets. Topics include mindset, goal setting, sacrifice, negotiation, building a team, finding/analyzing a deal, financing, vetting tenants, exit strategies, tax benefits, scaling, and so much more! Follow us on social media @gofishvillage or email us with questions at gofishvillage@gmail.com. Sign up for our multi family boot camp at www.gofishvillage.com.
2002 - Real Estate Roots The official story is that Odis started his real estate career in 2002 as a Multifamily leasing consultant. The truth, however, is that he was fluent in the language of real estate from an early age. His father, Odis Jr., had been a real estate broker since 1971 and took young Odis with him to the office and client meetings. It did not take long for Odis to pick up his father’s work ethic and love of real estate. In 2003, Odis and his father opened their first office in San Jose, CA, and by 2005 they had added a mortgage brokerage to their list of services. Together they weathered the 2008 housing crisis until, in 2010, they had to close their doors for good. Odis returned to the Multifamily industry as a leasing consultant. From there, he was promoted to Assistant Manager, Community Manager, Senior Community Manager, and finally to Regional Manager, where he oversees $400 million in Multifamily real estate. 2008 - Drive to Help Others In 2008, Odis established the nonprofit organization Inside the Truth Ministries, Inc., which shared the message of love through the teachings of Jesus Christ. He financed this community outreach from his own pocket for three years until, after careful consideration, he closed the doors and turned his focus toward personal development. Soon Odis began using biblical principles in practical application to mentor new and would-be entrepreneurs. This remains his coaching style with professionals who are going through challenging times in their business. 2020 - Community Outreach through Real Estate While starting a small business—which would grow to reach seven figures in revenue—Odis found real estate investing to be far more rewarding than being a real estate broker. Through a real estate investing educational program, he learned several investment strategies that required little or no out-of-pocket capital. Odis began buying real estate to create opportunities for potential buyers who faced obstacles to homeownership and freely shared his investment strategies through social media and various websites. He is regarded as an expert in single-family home flipping and now draws on his regional manager experience in his Multifamily acquisitions and development. Odis’s passion is to advance the economic position of African Americans through education, strategic investing, and relationship-building. He employs his unique background and skillset to concentrate on pre-gentrified neighborhoods of color, promoting ownership, commerce, and prosperity. Odis believes so strongly in the “never stop learning” mindset that he gives away his secrets to success.
Rashauna Scott is a millennial thought leader who strategically uses her influence to raise awareness about wealth building through investing in real estate. Rashauna is the founder of Flippin' In Heels, a community for women real estate investors which hosts conferences, property tours, online summits, and much more. Flippin' In Heels not only aims to educate women on the many avenues of investing but it also highlights women who are decision makers within the industry. As an Illinois licensed real estate broker, she’s attracted many clients who have an interest in investing; whether they are first-time home buyers or seasoned investors. Rashauna's decade of investing experience includes private investing, tax liens, wholesaling, buy & holds, and fix & flips. While she serves her clients in all capacities of real estate; her niche is helping them acquire multi-family investment properties. In addition to her above accolades, she also developed a specific investment strategy for raising and managing hundreds of thousands in private capital. Now, her greatest accomplishment is the opportunity to lead, educate, and inspire other agents like herself toward success.
Brooke Lang graduated from the University of Illinois with a Masters of Architecture degree. After working for some of Chicago’s top architecture firms, she founded Brooke Lang Design in 2012. A Chicago based interior design firm, BLD provides both residential and boutique commercial interior design services and project management across the country.
Brooke’s approach to interiors is to blend style and function effortlessly, while always adding a touch of soulfulness. Her style is influenced by a long love affair with Parisian architecture, which she has always adored. Brooke brings her Millennial Modern® aesthetic to both residential and commercial design projects around the country. She is a lover of velvet sofas in saturated colors, antique gold mirrors and sculptural chairs. Brooke especially loves designing in contemporary and eclectic styles by combining soft lines, rich wood, luxurious fabrics and pop of unexpected flair to every room! Brooke loves mixing modern living with vintage vibes, and the end result are stunning interiors that are both liveable and luxurious.
Brooke is involved in a number of non profit organizations including The Youth Peace Center of Roseland, Interior Design Peer Alliance, and the National Organization of Minority Architects.
Byron & Sharnice have earned 7-figures buying and selling mobile homes. When they started, they didn’t have the capital or the credit to invest in real estate. Mobile Home investing is the best entryway to the mobile home investing game. They’ve been helping hundreds of students across the country to get a jump start in this industry while closing on hundreds of mobile homes and even acquiring four mobile home parks.
At the beginning of their investment jounrney, they purchased 2 mobile homes that they found for under $5,000 (one for $3,700 and one for $500). Less than a month later they flipped the homes for a profit of $19,500. Sharnice’s salary at her old job was $39,000 a year.
Once she realized that she just made half of her previous annual salary in a month she was convinced that they were on the right path. Her and Byron have been full steam ahead in the mobile home industry ever since. Together they’ve built a mobile home portfolio and developed the top educational platform online to educate investors on the industry.
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Bill Jones has over thirty years of experience as the CEO or a senior executive in public and private real estate development organizations. He formed Bill Jones & Associates LLC, a Real Estate Development and Consulting Firm in 2001. The firm assists Not-for-profit and for-profit developers in the analysis, financing and implementation of their residential and commercial real estate projects. Prior to organizing his firm, he served simultaneously as Executive Director of the Fund for Community Redevelopment and Revitalization (the Fund) and the Woodlawn Preservation and Investment Corporation (WPIC), two community development corporations serving the Woodlawn and North Kenwood/Oakland on Chicago’s south side. One of his key accomplishments was the level of minority participation on his shopping center project. The 10M project achieved 67% minority participation and 62% minority workforce as certified by by the City of Chicago. Bill has developed over 1000 units of tax credit rental housing; 150 units of for sale affordable housing; 50 units of market rate for sale houses and a 4.7-acre shopping center. The initial tenants included: COOP Markets, a sixty year old cooperatively owned community grocery store, Walgreens, South Shore Decorating; a minority owned HomeImprovementCenter, Foot Locker, Citibank and other retail facilities. Six of the tenants are minority owned businesses and the center provides jobs to over three hundred community residents. Certified minority participation in the construction of the center was sixty-seven per cent of the construction contracts went to minority contractors and sixty-one percent of the payroll went to minorities. Mr. Jones played a leadership role in the planning and startup of Columbia Pointe; a seven block 140 home Planned Community’ on 63rd Street in Woodlawn. The project is a joint venture between WPIC and The Woodlawn Organization (TWO), and the Davis Group. This mixed income development was designed to transform a vacant commercial corridor and accelerate the transition of Woodlawn into an economically and socially integrated community. The first phase (28 Homes) was sold completely out the first weekend the sales center opened. Bill served as a Regional Program Vice President for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a National Non-Profit Intermediary. LISC provides debt and equity funding to Community Development Corporations in select communities across the country. In this role Bill served as Senior Credit officer for the Midwest and was responsible for the investment of over $75 million annually in real estate projects in Chicago, Kansas City, Houston, Kalamazoo, Detroit, Michigan Multi Cities, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Duluth MN. Sites reporting to him represented 28% of the portfolio, they consistently represented over 40% of LISC output during six of Bill’s seven-year tenure. From 1981 to 1990 Bill was President of the Codman Square Housing Development Corporation, a leading community-based developer in Boston, Massachusetts. During his eight-year tenure, the HDC completed the development and construction/rehab of over 575 units of affordable rental and for- sale housing; and 30,000 square feet of commercial space. The total value of projects developed exceeded 55 million dollars.
Bill Jones has over thirty years of experience as the CEO or a senior executive in public and private real estate development organizations. He formed Bill Jones & Associates LLC, a Real Estate Development and Consulting Firm in 2001. The firm assists Not-for-profit and for-profit developers in the analysis, financing and implementation of their residential and commercial real estate projects. Prior to organizing his firm, he served simultaneously as Executive Director of the Fund for Community Redevelopment and Revitalization (the Fund) and the Woodlawn Preservation and Investment Corporation (WPIC), two community development corporations serving the Woodlawn and North Kenwood/Oakland on Chicago’s south side. One of his key accomplishments was the level of minority participation on his shopping center project. The 10M project achieved 67% minority participation and 62% minority workforce as certified by by the City of Chicago. Bill has developed over 1000 units of tax credit rental housing; 150 units of for sale affordable housing; 50 units of market rate for sale houses and a 4.7-acre shopping center. The initial tenants included: COOP Markets, a sixty year old cooperatively owned community grocery store, Walgreens, South Shore Decorating; a minority owned HomeImprovementCenter, Foot Locker, Citibank and other retail facilities. Six of the tenants are minority owned businesses and the center provides jobs to over three hundred community residents. Certified minority participation in the construction of the center was sixty-seven per cent of the construction contracts went to minority contractors and sixty-one percent of the payroll went to minorities. Mr. Jones played a leadership role in the planning and startup of Columbia Pointe; a seven block 140 home Planned Community’ on 63rd Street in Woodlawn. The project is a joint venture between WPIC and The Woodlawn Organization (TWO), and the Davis Group. This mixed income development was designed to transform a vacant commercial corridor and accelerate the transition of Woodlawn into an economically and socially integrated community. The first phase (28 Homes) was sold completely out the first weekend the sales center opened. Bill served as a Regional Program Vice President for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), a National Non-Profit Intermediary. LISC provides debt and equity funding to Community Development Corporations in select communities across the country. In this role Bill served as Senior Credit officer for the Midwest and was responsible for the investment of over $75 million annually in real estate projects in Chicago, Kansas City, Houston, Kalamazoo, Detroit, Michigan Multi Cities, Milwaukee, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Duluth MN. Sites reporting to him represented 28% of the portfolio, they consistently represented over 40% of LISC output during six of Bill’s seven-year tenure. From 1981 to 1990 Bill was President of the Codman Square Housing Development Corporation, a leading community-based developer in Boston, Massachusetts. During his eight-year tenure, the HDC completed the development and construction/rehab of over 575 units of affordable rental and for- sale housing; and 30,000 square feet of commercial space. The total value of projects developed exceeded 55 million dollars.
Black Girls Buy Buildings (BGBB) is a Black women-owned real estate investment firm specializing in the acquisition, renovation, and management of residential properties. Our mission is to rebuild and invest in our communities one building at a time. We are committed to investing in properties that will preserve the essence of the Black community and help restore its heritage throughout the Southside of Chicago, Memphis, and Houston.
Meet Robiar Smith, the owner or R.B. Pest Solutions. The fastest growing pest control company owned by a woman in the Midwest! Pest control has allowed her to return home to her grassroots and it’s her calling. She feels like her career and now having her own business has brought her full circle and she is fulfilling her destiny! She received her education and joined corporate America with one purpose in mind, but in reality, she was being prepared to run her own multi-billion dollar company. In a male-dominated field, she is trailblazing her way to the top, servicing her community and educating them along the way. She didn't choose Pest Control. Pest Control choose her! Anyone who talks to her can see the passion she has for this industry and the love she has for her family. The letter "B" in the name R.B. Pest Solutions is in honor of her father, Michael Benton. Since her parents, Michael and Dolores, didn't have any sons, it is important for Robiar to carry on her father's legacy with this company. His work ethic and business strategies will not go in vain. Generations to come will know about the man who taught her so much! He's the best teacher a woman could ask for. Dolores, Robiar's mother, introduced her father to extermination. In return, he showed his daughter, a little black girl from the south side of Chicago, the true meaning of entrepreneurship. She learned to create her own lane and live her dreams while fulfilling her other responsibilities.
R.B. Pest Solutions is a locally owned business that services commercial and residential properties helping them get rid of bedbugs, termites, rodents, and general pests. You got Pests! We'll take care of the rest.
R.B. Pest Solutions. 8243 S Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 312-217-9605
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Mike is a 30 plus year real estate investment veteran. He has controlled over $285,000,000 in real estate transactions. Mike is an entrepreneur, author, real estate trainer, public speaker, and personal coach, with strong personal resilience and a deep desire to help others live an extraordinary life. He has coached hundreds of real estate investors to fulfill their dreams. Michael began as a general contractor in the Northwest Suburbs of Chicago with $5 mm in annual revenue. He sold his company and then took some time off to decide what to do next. Michael entered the real estate industry as a sales agent building a team of agents and support staff that produced over $20 mm per year in sales production. In 2005, Michael started a private equity firm, raising $18 mm in private equity and acquired $60 mm in multi-family apartments including 4,000 units in five different US markets. As part of the company’s growth, Mike built and developed a property management division that managed 7,500 units. Mike has always believed that transparency and honesty are central to any successful business and personal life. As a result of the 2008 world economic crisis, Mike let his guard down and let his transparency slip. The impact that had on his company and its real estate holdings left him scrambling to protect the company and its investors. ormed. This was a devastating loss of life as he knew it and everything he thought was important and came as a harsh wake-up call. Mike used his time in prison to make a difference. He worked to receive his college bachelor's degree. Mike developed and taught bible studies, ethics, real estate, and property management classes. Mike served on a prison suicide cadre and was involved in the community outreach program. He was one of the founding members and president of toastmasters as well as a core member of Alcoholics Anonymous. He and his story made a positive impact in the lives of others both in and outside the prison walls. Mike’s resilient mindset helped him turn things around. Now Mike is focused on helping real estate owner-operators and other industry professionals make wise, responsible decisions while continuing to grow their businesses and create a profit. The positive impact Mike can have on you comes from learning from his experiences, both positive and negative. Mike offers to be what he did not have during that time - someone to help you make tough decisions when challenges come your way. Mike’s comeback story will inspire you and open your eyes. Entrepreneurs are often faced with decisions that impact the rest of their life. As Mike experienced, those choices can either be positive or devastatingly negative. Today Michael’s passion is sharing his knowledge and wisdom with others for their gain. Mike is the host of the Insider Secrets Podcast and the co-host of Multi-family Unplugged Vidcast. Michael has built My Core Intentions training and coaching platform to help real estate investors and industry professionals excel in their field. His Core principle is to teach his clients how to create “short-term cash flow and long-term wealth.” This is delivered through live and virtual training events, and three levels of personal coaching. Two of the things that set My Core Intentions apart is their teaching about developing an exit plan and a deep dive into creating wealth through small multi-family properties. Michael’s clients are completing transactions within 12 weeks, experiencing personal growth and business revenues exceeding rates of 20% growth annually