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About the guest: Chutima Barrios is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Rent Roll Capital. She is an investor and entrepreneur with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from Thammasat University and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. In this interview, she describes her first real estate deal, how to find potential investors, and offers advice on capital raising and acquisitions. Book Recommendation: https://www.amazon.com/Who-Not-How-Accelerating-Teamwork-ebook/dp/B0867ZJ151 Relevant Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chutima-barrios/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/rent-roll-capital/ About Ray Hightower: Ray Hightower is a tech company founder and commercial real estate investor based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He serves as CEO of Bridgetown Partners, the creator of ROIClear. https://ROIClear.com https://BridgetownPartners.com https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship​ #Business #realestate "ROI Clear" is written without spaces as in ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com.

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One test of business leadership: How does the team handle unexpected events? One of our properties in Nashville, Tennessee caught fire on Saturday night. This is a 145-unit property with multiple buildings spread over a large plot of land. One building is completely gone. Fortunately, no people were hurt. Property and buildings can always be replaced. But human life is precious. Our team is grateful for many things regarding this incident, including: * Zero loss of life. * Excellent third-party management. They were on the scene immediately, and they made temporary living arrangements for the displaced residents. * Smart systems and plans. Shout out to Rod Khleif and Scott Holmes of CREE Capital for their mentorship and systems. Insurance and safety systems on the property are solid thanks to their leadership. Unexpected events are never easy. But when we prepare well, we can respond well. I am beyond grateful for a proactive team! ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

It was great touring multifamily properties with the Adams Twins in Tennessee earlier this month. We also made it a point to explore the retail services nearby. Motivation: It is important to look at our properties through the eyes of our residents. What services do they want to see nearby? Do they want to travel by highway to the grocery store, or would they prefer to buy groceries just a few blocks away? Etcetera... ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Our team sifts through scores of deals before making one offer. It is our mission to find the best balance between risk and ROI for our investors. If a deal falls short, we say NO. Over time, we say NO to a lot of potential offerings. When we finally say YES, our investors enjoy: * Capital preservation. * Tax advantages. * Solid ROI. We take our mission seriously. And we are forever grateful for the trust that our investors place in us. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

We can find business lessons everywhere if we look for them. Even while jumping out of an airplane! Key lesson: You can do almost anything if you (1) create a thoughtful plan and (2) build a great team. Check out the 2-minute video. Relevant Link: https://SkydiveBuckeye.com About Ray Hightower: Ray Hightower is a tech company founder and commercial real estate investor based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He serves as CEO of Bridgetown Partners, the creator of ROIClear. https://ROIClear.com/ https://BridgetownPartners.com https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship​ #Business #realestate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

It feels good to make improvements that contribute to the safety of our residents. In this 1-minute video, we talk about the improved electrical panels that we installed at one of our properties. Everyone wins when we make an improvement like this: * Residents win, because they now have a safer place to live. * Investors win, because improved safety drives lower insurance premiums. And lower expenses yield higher ROI. * My partners and I win, because it's always good to make changes that benefit residents and investors. Thanks for watching this brief 1-minute clip. About Ray Hightower: Ray Hightower is a tech company founder and commercial real estate investor based in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. He serves as CEO of Bridgetown Partners, the creator of ROIClear. * https://ROIClear.com * https://BridgetownPartners.com (Click "Current Offering" to learn about our latest investment opportunity.) * https://RayHightower.com ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear​ #Entrepreneurship​ #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Chutima Barrios came to the USA from Thailand to earn her MBA at Wharton. Her skills include underwriting, capital raising, and asset management. Learn more about her CRE investment journey in a future episode of ROIClear. ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Jorge Moscoso is a real estate investor based in Nashville, Tennessee. He collaborates with the Adams Twins of InvestSmartTN. Looking forward to doing more with these amazing Tennessee investors! ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

The Family Office Club is hosting its annual Super Summit this week in Florida. Great things happen when family offices join forces with investors and capital raisers to make business happen! https://BridgetownPartners.com ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Our team is engaged in an extensive roof repair at one of our Phoenix assets. We're replacing the entire roofing system, beyond the shingles, down to the plywood. And we're getting rid of those satellite dishes on the roof. No more holes! End result: A solid roof that provides dry & safe protection for our residents. bridgetownpartners.com ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) originally planned to put $12 billion into their new facility in Phoenix, Arizona. Last week, TSMC announced that they are upping their investment to $40 billion, more than 3x the original amount. TSMC's electronic chips are in every device manufactured in the modern world: automobiles, refrigerators, musical instruments, security devices... the list goes on. Having them here in Phoenix is a big boost for the local economy and a big plus for multifamily investors. The biggest driver of success in multifamily investing: Jobs. Can you benefit from this information? Perhaps. Visit https://BridgetownPartners.com to learn more. ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #realestate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Gino Wickman's book _Traction_ tells how to implement the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) within a company. EOS divides organizations into six key components. * Vision: Shared by all. * People: The right people in the right seats. * Data: Food for the metrics. Everyone must have at least one number. * Issues: Identified in the clearest possible terms, attacked through IDS. * Process: Standard, repeatable methods for getting things done. * Traction: Forward momentum. Getting the right things done. The book is summarized here. https://rayhightower.com/blog/2021/02/15/traction-entrepreneurial-operating-system-eos/ ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Polly Cheng is a multifamily real estate investor and serial entrepreneur based in Southern California. She recently returned to the USA from Taiwan. When Polly visited Arizona this weekend, we took the time to visit the construction site for the new TSMC factory in Phoenix, AZ. Why are we so excited about a chip fabrication facility? One word, jobs. Job growth is a leading indicator for multifamily return on investment. What an exciting time to invest in Arizona! ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

At Bridgetown Partners, we buy multifamily apartment properties so we can fix them up and give people a great place to live. How do we decide where to buy? We look at three key factors: Job growth, income growth, and population growth. Job growth is the most important of the three. Job growth is a leading predictor of investment growth. When we buy in areas of job growth, we find a steady supply of rent-paying residents. Everybody wins when we invest: -Residents get a great place to live. -Our investors get preservation of capital, tax advantages, and a solid return on investment. To learn more, visit BridgetownPartners.com. ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Bridgetown Partners is excited to collaborate with InvestSmart TN, led by the Adams Twins in Nashville, Tennessee. This team has completed over four hundred transactions in the state, and glad to tap into their experience! ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Many industries and many businesses work in concert to make the City of Chicago so robust. ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Nine days ago, surgeons removed my right kidney along with a baseball-sized cancerous mass. Without a blood test, I never would have known about the mass on my kidney. I had zero discomfort and zero physical symptoms right up to the morning of my surgery on Jan 31, 2023. The blood test flagged a problem which caused my kidney specialist to recommend an MRI. And the MRI showed the baseball-sized tumor, clear as day. Bottom line: Get your bloodwork done, and have the results interpreted by specialists in each area of concern. You never know what you might find. If you find problems soon enough, you could live longer and healthier. https://rayhightower.com/blog/2023/02/09/deal-with-cancer-proactively-and-aggressively/ ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

My partners and I are buyers of multifamily apartment properties. How do we decide where to buy? We look at three key factors: Job growth, income growth, and population growth. Job growth is the most important of the three. Job growth is a leading predictor of investment growth. When we buy in areas of job growth, we find a steady supply of rent-paying residents. Everybody wins when we invest: - Residents get a great place to live. - Our investors get preservation of capital, tax advantages, and a solid return on investment. ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Cloud computing is a blend of my two professional passions: Tech and commercial real estate. Of course "cloud" is just a fancy word for "somebody else's computer". Cloud data centers, like this one in Arizona, are a combination of tech, real estate, and high-paying jobs. High-paying jobs are great for local communities and multifamily investors. When my team and I buy properties, job growth is one of the metrics we consider. Investors trust us with their capital, and we diligently prove ourselves trustworthy every day. Want to be first in line for new deal announcements? We invite you to join the Bridgetown Partners investor portal: https://bridgetownpartners.cashflowportal.com/accounts/login?redirect=%2Fapp ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Construction continues at the TSMC Fab21 in Phoenix, AZ. ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Which commercial real estate asset classes are best for investment? My partners and I prefer: Multifamily (including assisted living) Self-storage Industrial Other asset classes can perform well at times. However, for our investors, we choose asset classes that enable us to deliver outstanding results in three areas (ranked by priority): Preservation of capital. Tax advantages, including bonus depreciation. Return on investment. If you’d like to know more about our thought process, check out the video or reach out to me via RayHightower.com. Looking forward to speaking with you! ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Discipline is doing what we need to do even when we don't feel like doing it. Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest athletes of all time. Ali was known to say that he didn't like training, but he loved to win. Therefore he was very disciplined in his training. There are plenty of areas in my life where I could exercise more discipline. How about you? https://rayhightower.com/blog/2015/05/20/muhammad-ali-and-the-hightower-brothers/ ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

Bridgetown Partners is a buyer of large multifamily properties in Arizona, Tennessee, and Texas. We use the syndication model to form pools of money for our acquisitions. Benefits for our investors: * Tax advantages. * Preservation of capital. * Return on investment. Learn more: https://BridgetownPartners.com ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.

"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you..." ~Rudyard Kipling I'm at O'Hare Airport, headed home to Arizona after getting caught by this season's travel chaos. I like to fly Southwest Airlines. Two days ago, the airline cancelled over 75% of its flights due to inclement weather and a glitch in their scheduling system. The lines were long and some tempers got hot. Yet through it all, the Southwest employees who I interacted with kept their heads. They worked on the problem. They shared information as it became available to them. Yes, my departure from Chicago was delayed by two days. But in that delay, I was able to spend more time with my family and friends in Chicago. And since most of my work is remote, there was minimal impact on my business. What a blessing! I do not have a complete picture of the cause of the travel problems this week. Still, I must take my hat off to the Southwest employees for the way they are handling a tough problem. Happy New Year to all of you! ROIClear is the video podcast for business leaders. Created in the USA. Connected with the world. ROIClear celebrates capitalism. When good people conduct business, everybody wins. ROIClear: https://ROIClear.com Bridgetown Partners: https://BridgetownPartners.com Ray Hightower: https://RayHightower.com #ROIClear #Entrepreneurship #Business #RealEstate Note: ROI Clear is written without spaces: ROIClear.