However, because people dont know anything about it, they dont invest in it. You had so much energy running around the room and doing all this stuff. Were rolling now. You know what I mean? He said. Im gonna stage in my life where I am ready to tattoo Ah, heart where my heart goes on my chest Because above it is going to go The words with every beat underneath it will say I move forward because for May, its been Its just been a theme in my life, man. As Dave himself states, hes big picture thinker and not overly interested in details. But if I reach out and vice versa, theres always a connection man for that. Just get motion, get motion. Hes like, Why? Actually, if you go to Freedom Venture, theres theres a video there that you scrolled through that just is like a razzle dazzle piece toe Excite people about the Florida market, and then theres, Ah, theres a button that you compress on that front page Brendan that says Mawr information on that button. I dont know which one, but Im so headed him. But, did you know Dave started out as a Firefighter of all things? She became my, uh she became my first private private investor of private lender is kind of the way I looked at her on, I went at it with I just went at it with a vengeance. Now Thats me. I could go forever. Thats thats, you know, wrapping that up. And with that came a lot of failures, right? When everybody else goes rushing out, we go running in. I just cant there on any more hours in the day. Thats Thats the commodity. Thats so insightful? They called everybody Youngs and yall. If you enjoyed this episode, please hit. Nobody wants to talk about flipping houses. Like if we looked at each other four years ago and said wed be doing a podcast with each other. For many years, my income was from both training and educating as well as my own real estate businesses. Send 15 minutes, Brandon, the phone rings 212 Area code New York. So Im learning a lot from them because, you know, Im humble, man. And and But this is one of those things that just because the past says that it happened doesnt mean that they know the future. But what that does do, though, is is it limits the amount of non accredited investors into a certain investment fund on thats up for the fund managers Thio determine that. It ended. I used the Fitbit scale because it automatically logs it and upload it. I mean, I was styling, man. The pieces that are missing for me was accountability. And it zannex, citing time. Look backs, right. Exactly. You know him from the hit show Flipping Boston, one of the first real estate flipping houses shows on TV. And theres a gentleman there, a ton of experience. Love an opportunity to dio doing interview, kind of like were doing friend, right? What does Tony Robbins cell he sells? Okay. An expert to expert interview. A lot of investors are contributing and committing their retirement funds, so you allow him to come in through self direction. American. The link is in the bio and comments for the full episode of The A Game Podcast. I know youre gonna be busy, but my time, please. Latest News See All. So I go back to my records and I was like, Holy mackerel, you know, I gained 5 and it wasnt that I gave up the exercise. They I like that question, because what youre referring to is whats called a wreg A or Regulation A for Alfa Fund, or its called a reggae fund. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. So be careful before you try it on your own. So it takes a little little bit longer. Youve got people interested. But theres this thing that humans do, which they romanticize that that person could gnome or and and its one of these things. david seymour (born dawid szymin; november 20, 1911 - november 10, 1956), or chim (pronounced shim, an abbreviation of the surname "szymin"), was a polish photographer and photojournalist known for his images from the spanish civil war, for co-founding magnum photos with henri cartier-bresson, robert capa, george rodger and william vandivert, and Alright, nice try. And Im kind of like pounding on the steering wheel. You bet, Brother. Then if youre okay with that, then understand this, he said. As soon as I stand still, if I parallel if I over think Ive lost so I just make a commitment to always be in forward motion and and that my friend, is maybe what the differentiator. And I never I never did all of one thing rather than anything else on as I alluded to earlier, the actual making of a show didnt create income for May. And then, Yeah, Ill just say, like, if anybodys listening to their new to that sort of investment, I mean, the 100 page, thank ppm. But the goal is to have that 55 million is the no no going back scenario. He was the vice vice president to the Federal Reserve. I remember I watched a clip of that particular moment and you stole my body language. Yeah, definitely, Definitely. Hes like, Brandon, you prepared your whole life for this. Only for this fun, However, I wouldnt I wouldnt deter anybody from exploring any education they could get from us and that company. Serial entrepreneur, internet pioneer, tech geek with two exits under his belt so far. And look, man, its not. And remember, you cannot exercise a bad diet. And when I start talking about our preferred rate to return and targeted capital targeted returns on quarterly distributions and lifetime, its like it. I gotta go, You know, on now is that its not always hard. Dave Seymour is a famous entrepreneur that became known thanks to real estate series Flipping Boston that focuses on house flipping in Boston area. Its like I love watching. Chicken soup for the Soul. End of the day, Just watching a little bit of mindless TV on my my oldest one. And I always try to push people towards that exercise. Im having a lot of conversations. Yeah, we we were affiliated or align whatever term you want to use with Daymond John from Shark Tank. And I think that thats just a natural thing, Dave, that humans romanticize this idea. Its just sort of standard operating procedures. I try and put my finger in the pot and add my genius expertise in a specific area marketing, for example, where I have none, right? See, White. And theres maybe 400 people up there and Im doing an hour and a half presentation and they could invest in a, you know, in a home study course with some CDs and stuff. I sort of built this home gym that thats worked out great. Its also a challenging time. So I guess theres a double edged sword. Yeah, Im excited. And do I just offer this? Check this one out, part time retail security in a grocery chain nights and weekends trying not to get stabbed by shoplifters and wearing the uniforms. And those are the how do you get? Kevin offers just that business acumen, man. And if I, you know, if I was brutally honest, I allowed influences to I dont want I dont know what the right word to use Brandon, but I allowed influences to lessen or soften the impact I could have had. But anyway, no, I dont have an American passport and a British. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. I had to split that with my old business partner, Pete. My relationship You cant be be, ah, husband to a wife or a father to a son. Right? Okay, good. My my marriage. They have seen more stuff. But I think its an important lesson for people to lessons there is learn from people who are actually doing it. Hope. Hey, Dave. I didnt lie. Seriously? I was listening to you. Theres always one of these five of these guys or women in the gym that I always Im not going to the gym right now, obviously, because its closed. You know, I I joked a little while back there about ego coming into the party. Probably wont work for me because Im a immigrant to the United States. Theres plenty of guys out there were chasing those right now, and theyre paying too close to retail forum. Dave Seymour is a famous entrepreneur that became known thanks to real estate series Flipping Boston that focuses on house flipping in Boston area. I thought I was doing the right thing. We already did one press release. Or let me learn some, or Im gonna learn some more and some or Im gonna analyze some more numbers. Im like, What do you mean, teach it? Come for Boston. So that offers diversification and safety that you wouldnt get in any other kind of real estate transactions. Jefferson. We dont just put piping cop it in and say, Oh, look at this fantastic food, you know, like they do in Las Vegas or some of these other markets. Its multi family complex is in the right market under the right conditions, but we buy the right price now. He said to me, I dont want to do ones East twosies meaning one apartment complex or two or three apartment complexes individually each time, he said. If we raised $100 million we do it under the securities and Exchange Commission rules and regulations, which is a red defiling a 506 c. So if we do that, what we can do is not by just one of them, we could buy them all. When I got sober, Guy said to me, He said, I got the gift of desperation on We think desperation is is bad. Big picture. It just is a natural progression that you would raise a fund and take your expertise and knowledge and all of these other great team members that you have put together and and put together a fund and just do it on a larger scale. Just Oh, I just got a TV show. Hope that your business is gonna be better. Is this specific thing going toe add or detract from our core vision. Learn some things. Talk about that. When everybody else was running out, I went running in. E on Then I was also working construction like I had. Im from the other side of the world. Four years later, we went, I dont know. I paid for five specific classes and to this day, I only ever attended to I think, Good Lord. Youre in this bad place, I guess 30 years sober now. Yeah. So I got myself recognized by filling out my application with the most horrendous profanity I could think of. Last, I could go on like I love this stuff. I hope that was clear enough that theres theres a lot of movie props on our side, but on the invest decide its easy. So Ive got an eight year old and its a 10 year old boy at home and we were sitting on the couch last night. More than the passive investor. You know, this is going from being a fire fire to take in some seminar to becoming a teacher, to flipping the houses and making a bunch of money to doing the show. Look, probably, Yeah, it was a commission basis. Look, man, I I went, I just looked at her and I said, I cant I dont know what to tell you, darling. And again, No, no, no morality, no right or wrong or good or bad Black White. Whitney North Seymour (1923), president of the ABA; chairman of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. And so Im with you, baby. I just identify the very best people that I can in the core competencies that I need fulfilled. His story is crazy and goes to show that you can make things happen for yourself and become anything you want.Daves brings you a weeks worth of positive energy and inspiration. I guess when youre in those environments, youre both so intense, right? You know him from flipping Boston. It has its risks if not done properly. They just put money in and get a check every month. Russell Bronson is his name. But you really see an opportunity right now to invest in real estate and then talk a little bit about your approach on how people could be a part of this new thing. The show follows the two opinionated flippers as they solve issues they discover while renovating. Would you all agree that knowledge is and then they all finish the sentence power on then I Ive always said, Is it is it really? Yeah, its a business plan. Opening Up More Opportunities. Within his first few years, Dave had transacted millions of dollars of real estate and had become one of the nation's leading experts in both residential and commercial transactions. Im gonna If you dont, then you have no exposure. There was a trip, you know, Im still drinking back then. Photos provided by City Light Homes. Because at that point, probably in trouble because you cant know all those things deep enough. That way I know that that forward motion, you know, it is not being is not being deterred at any time. Lets stop filming. So once that five millions in that moneys out. I know youre working out because I can see you, but youre making no progress, like, just just to tune the diet. Then you see how your ratings are, and they order more. But I was I was drinking back then. Right now, the CEO is a young gun cool guy. Hes returned it back to the investors Principal Preservation, plus a 20% plus internal rate of return that hes paid back to those investors for the lifetime of the capital. This is really a crux of my question like, Is it that you were that desperate? This is a short bio of the two Flipping Formula Creators, Peter Souhleris and Dave Seymour. But all entrepreneurs in Vegas, right? I dont even know what the call this tactic Cussing pro fan protein application. You know? Carl Ronald Kahn (born January 14, 1944) is an American physician and scientist, best known for his work with insulin receptors and insulin resistance in diabetes and obesity. Try today to take better care of it than I did for the past three or four months. Its an investment, but heres that targeted return on. A free 1.5 hour seminar coming in your neck of the woods. Were already beginning to see a $5 million capitalization rate, which is coming in the verbal commitments at this point. Once youre accredited, the SEC says you could now look at my alternative investments because youre intelligent enough to earn 200. I think either of us would hate for anybody to turn thio the drugs and alcohol. So thats it. You know me well enough over the years to know that. I mean, theres theres a whole group of those thats, you know, Frank Kern. But you do know all this information, because by this time, you had four seasons, which is at least 13 houses a piece or something. Okay. These were the guys who created Click Funnel. Remember, you are just one business plan away. I said, Im in the fact that we live in America and you could file bankruptcy and she started crying and she said I work for the Postal Service, not Postal service. Dave Seymour was a firefighter for 16 years and is now a full-time real estate investor who also was on the A&E's hit TV show "Flipping Boston". His unabridged passion for business and real estate put him on the radar of A&E television network as well as multiple news organizations including CBS, ABC, CNBC, FOX News, and CNN. Its in the basement and its like the peloton right with, like youve got a screen and you can interact with other with other users and growers. Im gonna catch you. Ive done everything I was supposed to. Now, not that I wont believe someone, but this one decision that was made that I fundamentally new was wrong. Yes. Peter Souhleris and Dave Seymour, the squabbling contractors on A&E 's "Flipping . And best of luck with your venture. But the I think you know, the people that I learned the very most Roman are mentors if or coaches or whatever the right word is who were actually doing their business. Its an individual choice, right? Im like, Well, I know how to dig a ditch. Theres no you are targeting close at the end of this year and then e I mean, but youre a soon as you hit that threshold day, youre gonna start investing like thats how the fun starts, right? And to this day, Ill help. Dave Seymour was one of the stars from A&Es hit show Flipping Boston. You know, we we did all of those episodes and and it it just brought a lot of traction with it. Im grateful to be around like minded people. Hi Dave I come from Australia and love your show. Its a great insight. Right? I ran in, sort of, ah, acquire circle, mainly because I had this fishing site and everybody was like, Yeah, youre never gonna make money with that Little did they know that, turning all that traffic into. How do I separate myself from the pack so that I get noticed? I got to go home. I mean, he said to me, If youre okay with that, then stay being an educator and a platform speaker, and I wrap my head around it and and committed to it. He goes, Well, what do you have that I said? Im stand there and say your Ah, gazillionaire when youre not, tell your story and tell the truth. So I think thats yeah, it makes it really good sense. In this episode, you'll learn: The class structure in England and coming into America to move . So hows that? And Look, man, Ive made some decisions in my life. Every time I do that, I screw it up. Ive been around enough marketers and entrepreneurs to know that if I was gonna fill out an online app, I was either going to get buried in the stack or I was going to get it recognized. Youre here in the States. It came out really, really well. He said, Oh, you could choose to get off on the fifth floor, the 10th floor. Investing inreal estatecould be a very profitable line of work. You know, I was actually, uh, aside and I want to get to your fund that you that you dealt with all this experience and bringing that actually to the to the I dont know what you call a normal person who wants to buy into an opportunity. She said, I got $110,000 on my credit cards on. Its just factual, created, unprecedented opportunities in business and development and change. I believed in what I was learning. You know, Look, man, Im not a huge religious guy, but Im definitely a man. As soon as we hit five million, were investing. It was my wife for myself. Hey, whos that? It gives you an opportunity to learn more about the company of fund. And Im 100 Im working 120 hours a week for somebody else. It was just a kid. And, you know, there was a lot of there was a lot of that out there, you know, 10, 12 years ago, Thean Internet was not as strong as it is today. Like you are not going in the right direction and just every ounce of me. Im not interested in the, you know, the one eighties to 300 unit apartment complexes. Active Investor . I hit it every day. If youre trying to fix a huge ship and turn the corner, it takes way too long. Sounds simple, right? We lease up the empty units. Were gonna have some fun, brother. And hes done that for probably the past 15, 20 years of his career on what hes done is hes hes raised approximately in his career, $125 million of private funding. Just that business acumen. He has has so much energy and so much positive enthusiasm. Id love to. After 16 years as a firefighter and paramedic, Dave launched his career, rapidly becoming one of the nation's top real estate investors. And then we did a couple of those together. And in those meetings, there needs to be people smarter than you. Ive got assets under management at that moment in time, and its funny. Right. I thought I told you not to call me. I have overeducated, I guess if you call to monsters and $150,000 worth of it, not including my undergraduate and some close masters work in another place nearby my house. We dont deviate from the buy box because the buy box, you know, it pays the investors. Yeah, its, You know, its zits. Get an update and see how everythings going. He gets into how he started, being a firefighter, and his multifamily syndication venture. Then we could turn those faster so that we could meet those quarterly distributions to our investors. Not just real estate entrepreneurs, actually. You know what I mean? Awesome. And those are the people that I would have. Its true, though from Come on now, its not. And hes asking my opinion. I actually I actually got a royalty check because its playing in turkey and I got I got a royalty check for, like, $500. But the truth of the matter is, is that its the experience that really counts. Thats at the top of the Thats at the top of the agenda. Who is David Seymour dating? And whats interesting is this is that we are already beginning to see the inbound calls coming in. Youve got yourself a visa because you married into it all legal, of course, but interesting way to do it. So each episode if I I remember watching you is a project correct into its correct. Lets go, Lets go, Lets go for a split in the sprint. Yeah. It was right as the market was crashing and Im looking for a way out. I just straight up did it. It really is reciprocity in a two way street. You you went the extra mile. Youre not Youre not the energetic guy that I know you to be on, but I cant do this, man. I can answer it with clarity because its coming from two places. But Russell Bronson sent out a blast emails or a few select people saying that there was a company in New York that was looking to bring back the house flipping genre. Awesome scroll all the way down there. For that, it was my relationships, right? Im pivoting out of what Ive been doing with my current investments. The projections were confident that the 100 Milby in the account and out on the street by the end of the year were already fleshing out the the big ideas around Fun too. I just get madder every book I could. But it was almost like a biblical journey in the sense that I came from another country. You know, ego stands for these got out and, you know, in the TV world, theres a sidebar. Dave Seymour A&E "Flipping Boston" Build For Rent Developer Fund Manager at Freedom Venture Investments. Because during this covert time is you know, Dave, entrepreneurs are really just under so much stress and correct. So we look at that as an opportunity to be a great landlord, to be a good business and give great housing to people. You never surrendered. After 16 years as a firefighter and paramedic, Dave Seymour launched his career, rapidly becoming one of the Nation's top real estate investors. . 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