Recently, I had the opportunity to speak at the Apartment Investors Meetup group in Bloomington. This group is run by Joey Pepka and is a sub-group of the Minnesota Real Estate Investor's Association (MNREIA).

Tom Sedlack is the General Manager and Co-Owner of 33rd Company, Inc. which is a CRMC® Certified Property Management Company operating in 4 States. Tom is a graduate of the US Naval Academy and former Navy Pilot. He is an MBA Honor Graduate from the University of...

Janene Christy started her real estate career more than 10+ years ago as a rental consultant for a corporate housing company. After obtaining her real estate license in 2008, she ventured out to start Christy Living in 2009. Since then, her business has grown...

Todd Dexheimer & John Stiles recently finished listening to the audio book: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink & Leif Babin.This book was very powerful and eye opening. It featured engaging and action-packed stories that illustrated the principles being...

David Peters started as an electrical engineer doing military weapons design but soon discovered that the rigid corporate structure wasn’t for him. David has started and re-positioned several businesses. He has especially enjoyed being a real estate entrepreneur....

Scot Pekarek is the real estate broker and team leader at Verde Real Estate Group.

Dan currently has a portfolio of 34 units made up of 4 properties all in the same neighborhood. Dan currently is working on closing his first syndication deal, a 32-Unit property in St. Paul Minnesota. Dan is building a vertically integrated business with property...

Ryan Schroder is the co-founder and owner of VSM Real Estate. VSM does property management and brokering in the Twin Cities, with a specialization in residential investments. Ryan is also the general contractor and owner of Construction Pros, which provides maintenance...

Real estate investing gives us an opportunity to become financially free and even to be come extremely wealthy. But all the riches in world won't matter when we're dead. What matters is how we have impacted the lives of those around us.

Scott Hoefler CO-FOUNDER OF SIDE BY SIDEScott & his twin brother's interest in real estate started as young boys in Chicago. They remember taking walks through their southside neighborhood with their Dad as he pointed out various building styles and architectural...