E165 – Leaving the Corporate World and Scaling Through Multifamily

Real estate is one of the best vehicles that can be utilized in order to leave the corporate world. The chance of success in real estate is much higher than can be found in other entrepreneurial endeavors. There are fewer unknowns and many advantages specific to real estate that makes it a great way to make the leap.

Our guest for today is Ellie Perlman, who is the Founder and CEO of Blue Lake Capital, which is a real estate investment firm that specializes in multifamily investments. Ellie holds a Masters in Law and an MBA from MIT. She started her career as a commercial real estate lawyer and transitioned to a property manager role where she oversaw properties worth over $100MM. She is also the host of the podcast “Ready to Scale” and a writer of a weekly blog.

Today we are going to discuss…

  • What other operators are doing incorrectly
  • Questions you can ask property managers
  • Our guest’s capital raising system
  • Mistakes that our guest has made in their career, and the lessons learned

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