Do you want to teach some of this? And what was interesting was this is that I became the student extraordinaire because I actually did the stuff right on. You know him from flipping Boston. You gotta get Its not pretty on these old bones. Im like, Well, I know how to dig a ditch. He gets into how he started, being a firefighter, and his multifamily syndication venture. Dave Seymour | Chief Executive Officer Chief Executive Officer Dave Seymour Dave@freedomventure.com My Bio Nationally Recognized Real Estate Expert and Star of A&E's Flipping Boston As both a residential and commercial real estate investor, Dave Seymour has become one of the most recognizable experts in his field. I got fantastic advisory board and great great partners, great partners. 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. Im gonna catch you. I was I am super discipline. Its, uh, but its the short intervals, like 2025 5, 15 minute intervals that you do each day on. The smartest people under the sun on this, this bulldog firefighter from Lynn, Massachusetts, went in There are more than quadrupled what they were financially doing in their lives because off the fact of the implementation was the scariest part. The first order came in for 13 houses. Yeah, man, I sold chemicals to Moundsville State Penitentiary. And then and then Dave, I go back. You know, its funny. You know what I mean? It goes into some nice details. And one thing I do want to say on that panel, I think that people in general, I think we all have those imposter syndrome type feelings. I actually I actually got a royalty check because its playing in turkey and I got I got a royalty check for, like, $500. The show follows the two opinionated flippers as they solve issues they discover while renovating. I looked at her and I said, Baby, I cant keep doing what Ive been doing. Your your email and your information. 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 didnt ask questions. 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. Oh, my God. This is the next 20 years of my life. Were still pre Cove in in the sense of we dont see the results of fully of what Cove is going to do afterwards. Private Equity Fund Manager Star of A&E's Flipping Boston Dave Seymour | Danvers MA Whats next? Ill be on it. And then anybody who knows me is listening knows that I was like, you know what? Little fluff and bath. 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. As Dave himself states, hes big picture thinker and not overly interested in details. Maybe so. Family Office Investment Advisor Greater Boston 6K followers 500+ connections Join. I love to hear your comments and tell a friend. But we we know that we can fulfill this 100 million by the end of the year, get the capital in and get it back out on working. It came out really, really well. Its myself on my my old business partner, Pete. At least scroll down to find something. AboutPressCopyrightContact. Were gonna be financially free. Reality-TV Two Boston flippers, Pete and Dave, purchase homes, renovate them, and then re-sell them for a profit. After 16 years as a firefighter and paramedic, Dave Seymour launched his career, rapidly becoming one of the nation's top real estate investors. Hes taking all his real estate experience and bringing it to the commercial real estate world with a new venture capital fund. Dave Seymour from A&E's Flipping Boston on His New Real Estate Investing Venture Brandon White 51 subscribers Subscribe 4 Share 69 views 10 months ago HALF MOON BAY Dave Seymour is one. And if it isnt, are you going to do something different? I was I actually, Im really mad at Russell Bronson. You know that that guy was good too. 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. So its kind of cool, man. Its a fools game, so yeah, I was rock bottom, but I had I had exhausted all options for May. And I think that thats just a natural thing, Dave, that humans romanticize this idea. Because heres the way I look at it today. Get an update and see how everythings going. Youll enjoy this episode , Dont forget to check out our monthlyBuild a Business Success Secrets newsletter. So a bunch of a bunch of ladies and gentlemen who have the financial ability to do very, very well with their funds eso you, you have kept it. So hows that? And that was the day that I almost quit educated and one of the old timers in the education space touch gloves for me. Within his first few years, Dave had transacted. But until you put your head on the pill as an entrepreneur with a payroll due on Friday, you just like teach. Just come filming. Yes. Accredited. Dave. In this episode, you'll learn: The class structure in England and coming into America to move . So we went through the investment to create the fund. Remember, you are just one business plan away. If somebody calls and I can help him, Ill help him. Teach me. And it zannex, citing time. JF2348: A&E's Flipping Boston With Dave Seymour. I was online marker since 1996 and we all ran in the same circles. Not that school and professors are important, but the people in the trenches you put there head on the pillow at night knowing what what it means. I appreciate you asking me that question. And Im kind of like pounding on the steering wheel. Hey, thank you so much for coming on board. Im in a Im in a CEO position today and that position affords me to live and die on my own decisions, right? You said it was gonna be okay. We were maybe three weeks into the covert crisis, and I reconnected with a very good friend of mine who is a whats called a syndicator. It really is reciprocity in a two way street. Lets get to it. But theres this crazy balance that if you do that thing in this, but I romanticized as it sounds like you did that they knew more than I dio and I was open to them being right because theyve had success. I sort of built this home gym that thats worked out great. Dont fix it. Guy calls you up, You hang up on you. Sidney B. Silverman, trial lawyer specializing in stockholder actions. Im not gonna waste another second. I have I have trained and coached guys from from Harvard University, with degrees coming out of every orifice of their body. I think they call it a bachelors. If if their friendships, Im for always Im gonna wrap it up with this one. I think of those is like a little speedboat we get in that little speedboat. And then and then one day Im I got I got a TV show being office. And commercial came on the radio and it was teach me foreclosure. Shes like my visa ran out. And best of luck with your venture. Talk about what investments youve made. You know, I I joked a little while back there about ego coming into the party. But, did you know Dave started out as a Firefighter of all things? Hes like, Why? You earned it, You poor accountability. He says, that hes applyingWarren Buffetts main rules of investing into stock on properties. So yeah, thats where we met. And hes asking my opinion. I hope that was clear enough that theres theres a lot of movie props on our side, but on the invest decide its easy. She said, I work in a government agency. If you dont flip it, then theres just like I wouldnt wanna learn from anybody who was just studying it. And the next day Im on on the today show and Im a You know, Im a pundit on CNBC and Im sitting next to the vice president of the Federal Reserve. After 16 years as a firefighter and paramedic, Dave launched his career, rapidly becoming one of the nation's top real estate investors. But heres why Im mad at Russell. Thio these kinds of investments read through it, understand it? Teachers arent youre not going to study it and then teach it and be effective, like until you can go to bed at night knowing that youve got a payment on that house that youre flipping, thats doing a balloon payment in 90 days. But, did you know Dave started out as a Firefighter of all things? Like you would see it. And that was it. And Im screaming and shouting and praying to my guy. So, you know, the TV show was was great for that one day Im sitting in the firehouse. Were gonna lets talk about your team in a minute before we, uh this can. Remember that? I dont know which one, but Im so headed him. Love an opportunity to dio doing interview, kind of like were doing friend, right? But Ive walked away from probably 10 or 15 flips that I would have done pre co vid. All the answers air there. Deal. This is gonna be fine. I want to go back. Okay. I mean, I like you of Im born from an education world in a sense of I want to share good stuff, things that things that work a lot of a lot of folks that come through. 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. See, White. But if I reach out and vice versa, theres always a connection man for that. Then I would work part time. You earned the freaking right to sit on a panel anywhere with anybody at any time. 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 But it is a platform. Ive said it in the past. Only SEC says an accredited investor earns $200,000 a year or more individually, 300 or more as a couple $1 million in net worth, not including equity or their primary residence or equity in their primary residence. Yeah, its a business plan. Thats Ah, thats a nice little you know, its a gift. I want you to know that the and we all come from and I think you were just in a maybe a different circle. I ran in a in a I was on the east Coast. Anybody listening to the podcast. Then, uh, you know, its full body. And with that came a lot of failures, right? If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. Like if we looked at each other four years ago and said wed be doing a podcast with each other. So Absolutely, Absolutely. It was mainly because he didnt have this platform anymore to really do anything. But understand, that book is really written for the active investor. It gives you an opportunity to learn more about the company of fund. Then theres an opportunity to register for more information. And then we were the first ones to come back in 2000 and 10 or 11 is was around there. Exactly. They have seen more stuff. They dont know how. Ill do the best Ive been known since, like some of the oxygen out of the room. Something thio wet somebodys appetite as to the commercial world of real estate investing. You know, the typical the typical things that were out there and this lady came up to me and she was an Asian lady and she she she said, Dave, Dave, Dave, Dave, Im like and I recognized it from other events that I had spoken it and she said, Dave, you gotta help me. I dont know what it was back then. Hey, everyone, Welcome to another episode of Build a business success Secrets. American. Come in and talk about your new venture. You wind up on these crazy panels. But it was almost like a biblical journey in the sense that I came from another country. We dont deviate from the buy box because the buy box, you know, it pays the investors. I guess the dirty secret is no one actually reads the book, so Im not that worried, but if you read the book, Im reading his new traffic secrets. Lets go, Lets go, Lets go for a split in the sprint. Are you pumped up? But the application of this rule can still be tricky. Its in. I mean, we all its the education. You just report the other experts successes. David Sive (1948), pioneer in environmental law; founding partner, Sive, Paget & Riesel, PC. And I talked about him? You do some education, Obviously goes along with it. And those are the people that I would have. How many? Chicken soup for the Soul. I am. Im having a lot of conversations. Not just real estate entrepreneurs, actually. How is that? Hey, Dave. David Seymour relationship list. Theres no commitment at this face. Its Its heavy, man. And straight up a Z, Im standing here in my office in Boston. And heres the thing that I Im working on. Its true, though from Come on now, its not. David, he said, Heres the thing. See All Credits. Right. How do you get the experience? I can entertain it anymore. So you took that. I just cant there on any more hours in the day. Hi Dave I come from Australia and love your show. Done next. So, yes, rock bottom was a was a component, But heres the other one, and I think this one is actually more powerful. Lets get the tenant base in on. Guys, come on. Well, its not broke. A friend of a friend of mine said to me, He said, He says to me Theres three kinds of people going to be Post Cove It he said, either a hunk, a chunk or a drunk and very sad And now proud to say, I came out Ah, Chunk. Tracked their own coolly and anyway, so Im I was hurting. Its beginning toe. They said, Well, yeah, the monies in the fund. This caused Pete and Dave to create the A&E show, Flipping Boston. And thats what differentiated you. That way I know that that forward motion, you know, it is not being is not being deterred at any time. An expert to expert interview. A man of faith, You know what I mean? Thanks for being on the podcast. I mean, look, any founder on has an ego like anybody who says that thats not true. I mean, I shed. Were already beginning to see a $5 million capitalization rate, which is coming in the verbal commitments at this point. Of course. You look back and you gauge what investments have outperformed, what other investments and then their risk analysis. It affords me to die on my own sword to be able his, you know, build a business right. Were gonna have some fun, brother. 2 talking about this. Building a business requires core competencies of multiple people. It doesnt matter. When is that gonna be? And I bought every one of the damn books because I want to see it now. I just straight up did it. Amazon Prime is has got all of our shows on there right now, which is a trip. If youre trying to fix a huge ship and turn the corner, it takes way too long. 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. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. West Virginia moved up to New England. So we ended up season one. Ill tell you, man, its its a funny story and, uh, keep it as brief as I can, But, you know, as we began to get the infrastructure going for marketing, you gotta make noise, man. Big picture. On Look, that isnt easy, because, you know, if youre a good guy or a good girl and you like people, you kind of want to entertain, you know, entertain ideas. So its an illiquid fund. Dave's not from the military, but you may know him from Flipping Boston. And there was the guy. I say to a lot of our investors I bring ah blue collar attitude to a white collar world. On that quarters, all is such a such a damaging component. And I always try to push people towards that exercise. Hey, strategy I dont you hang up on him, he actually calls you back. Because, you know, my physical, my physical well being affects my mental well being and vice versa, right? Do you think that people need to be in that spot, or can they be in a different spot? Sounds simple, right? May He treated me well, and he gave me opportunity. So the way the fund works real quickly. E on Then I was also working construction like I had. Home; About the Flipping Formula Creators; . So thats it. You understand it. I said in the thing, Im big D Im the, you know, Im the real estate British bulldog of real estate and laughter. Do you believe that the guy that youre representing does what he says he does? Hey, whos that? And Im like, thank you very much. Jefferson. I said, Ive got I got an associates degree in fire science because whats whats an associates degree? The company that I invested money with and the program that I was supposed to implement was horrible. I say that youre gonna lose the opportunity thats in front of you will be. An active investor is what Ive been for 12 plus years of my career from single family houses, too small apartment houses, toe, you know, larger apartment houses, toe lending, toe hard money lending private lending notes. Its definitely thighs and legs and chest them back and its Its a Its a nice little workout. Yes, Im proud to stand next, he said. Right? You know, Look, man, Im not a huge religious guy, but Im definitely a man. I dont wanna deal with 10 minutes toilets and trash I just want to create income from real estate without doing any work, and thats a passive investor. Hes like, Brandon, you prepared your whole life for this. I said, Yeah, Ive seen his apartments and know it I know him personally. Guest Bio: Dave Seymour, a retired 16 year veteran of the Fire Service launched his Real Estate career over a decade ago, rapidly becoming one of the Countries top investors. These were the guys who could put butts in seats at seminars. Yeah, that works. Like I said, our methodology for investing and why we do what we dio 3 to 6 year hold and then as an investor, just just, you know, go through the information on. So I changed my mind. I kind of, um Im gonna do a quick infomercial. 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. But Anyway, lets get back to the story. How it could have been presented in a different way. I dont know. Dont lie. Then I would work. E was very good at that. Cant be that difficult, right? . Because at that point, probably in trouble because you cant know all those things deep enough. And whats interesting is this is that we are already beginning to see the inbound calls coming in. And even though shes actually not there, I dont wanna fail, man, like I dont you know. Started living in Wheeling by God, West Virginia. And maybe Ill stop at the gas station. But he told a story, which, which is true because I remembered about the celebrity apprentice in Arsenio Hall in the long and short of it is Arsenio couldnt raise money. But the goal is to have that 55 million is the no no going back scenario. Get back to your story. Its multi family complex is in the right market under the right conditions, but we buy the right price now. Thats it. Shes like, What are you doing, big boy? Do you think would enjoy this podcast? Look, probably, Yeah, it was a commission basis. I hit it every day. Yeah, its, You know, its zits. Youve got people interested. I said, Im transitioning. So that offers diversification and safety that you wouldnt get in any other kind of real estate transactions. Theres plenty of guys out there were chasing those right now, and theyre paying too close to retail forum. 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. So, production company now it was the same production company that had done flip this house right flip this house at admitted its peak in 2000 and seven. Well have you back in a few months. Theyre small. Were rolling now. So Im learning a lot from them because, you know, Im humble, man. I havent done a deal. Im up at, like 55 oclock, you know, do my quick morning routine. Ill say the same thing, right? Nice kitchen. I need your help. Awesome. Youre not Youre not the energetic guy that I know you to be on, but I cant do this, man. Brandon, where in my head Im going Run, Forrest, run! Lets talk about covert. Youre an experienced investor, right? It was dark days for me, and Im so over over 30 years now, so I couldnt self medicate. You know what I mean? You you went the extra mile. Im gonna If you dont, then you have no exposure. Yeah. Its also a challenging time. But the real estate business in the education space, were always working in tandem, friend. But with that, you actually, through all of this experience, really do have a ton of experience in real estate and talk about your current venture it It sounds like you. You know, itss. If anybodys familiar with Russell, and he wouldnt even know that he did this for May. So be careful before you try it on your own. One of my companies has a pretty big project. Yeah. So what that will do will take you to this summary. Well, this just I mean, honestly, Dave, I wish you the very best of luck, but this just makes sense for your career, like this is how it works. Why we identify it talks about how we so learn more right underneath the investor portal there. She says to me, Go get him, killer She said, She said, Im proud of you and I love you and I support you in whatever you want to do and I looked at her. Theyve actually given me pain. We figured that would be the end of it on. You know what I mean? 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. 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