Expanding Beyond Your Personal Network with Jonathan Barr, Ep. 292

Today’s guest is Jonathan Barr started in acquisitions of single-family higher-end flips. Eventually, he got into ground-up developments and repositioning of multifamily buildings. Jonathan has been involved in 400+ projects during that period. When it comes to multifamily, he has been involved in property management, leasing, and construction and has a good grasp of the business as a whole.

Let’s listen to Jonathan to learn more about multifamily and expanding your network.

[00:01 – 07:01] Opening Segment 

• Let’s get to know Jonathan Barr
• Jonathan talks about his background.
• • Grew up in a real estate family.
• Why he did not want to work with his parents in real estate at first. 
• The reason he wanted to join real estate and do it differently than his parent.
• • Scaling in multifamily.

[07:02 – 16:20]  Multifamily Investing in Kansas City

• Advice for investors to scale in multifamily and take the leap of faith.
• • Find a good mentor or coaching program.
• What’s appealing about the MidWest and especially Kansas City
• What is the practical difference between owning the 1920s property vs. owning a 1970s property?
• The considerations and factors that are influencing the decision-making process of investing in the area.
• The essential aspects of long-distance investing.
• The downside of not being close with your investment property.
• If you are interested in multifamily and want to review a sample deal, check out our special download of a sample deal package on casmoncapital.com/sampledeal, and join our mailing list to get tips and exclusive investment opportunities.

[16:21 – 29:50] Expanding Beyond Your Personal Network

• Jonathan shares some tips to identify your market and go through the screening process to find the right team members.
• Jonathan talks about the process of building a multifamily company with his brother and bring it on another investor in Oklahoma City.
• Overcoming the challenge of building a new network.
• Jonathan talks about the future goals of his company.
• The key insight of building rapport to convince other future investors and partners.
• How to connect with Jonathan
• • See links below

[29:51 – 35:49] The Bull’s eye round

• Apparent Failure:
• • “Be disciplined and have the checklist for everything, so you don’t miss anything.”
• Digital Resource:
• • Twitter and CRM
• Most Recommended Book:
• • The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel
• Daily Habit:
• • Walking to clear his mind
• Current Curiosity:
• • Finding a new location to invest
• Wish I Knew When I Was Starting Out:
• • I wish I went larger sooner and not being in fear of that.
• Best Place to Grab a Bite in LA
• • Mariscos 
• How to connect with Jonathan.
• • See links below

Tweetable Quotes:

“The people that are actually working on your property have to be high quality even if you need to pay them a little bit more; it’s worth it.” –  Jonathan Barr.

“To vet team members, you just need to talk to at least 3 PM, contractors. Vendors to get references and connect to a network with other investors that are in the area that not only can they refer people to you but they could also be potential partners..” –  Jonathan Barr.

“Just think outside of the box and see what the opportunities are available for us.” –  Jonathan Barr.

You can connect with Jonathan on Twitter, Linkedin or shoot him an email to JB@JB2investments.com. You can also download his ebook at www.jb2investments.com/lower. 

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