On Path to Passive, a show for tech professionals, we get into why medical office has been my steadiest asset class: dental offices on long triple net leases, with tenants who cover their own maintenance. It starts with how I got into podcasts walking the dog after the kids were asleep.

A long conversation with Dustin covering the whole arc: mechanical engineering at Colorado State, twenty years in aerospace, and the podcasts that led to a duplex in 2018. We also get into what capital raising actually looks like day to day, and why I end up working mostly with engineers.

The short version of how I got from designing aircraft to raising capital. I talk about the duplex that made me do the math on $600 a month, and why that pushed me toward syndications and eventually a nationwide portfolio of dental offices.

Why I moved from multifamily and build-to-rent into dental office buildings. We get into triple net leases, why dental tenants tend to stay put for years, and how we check the health of a tenant's practice before we buy.

A candid one about the fund-of-funds model: how I structure it, how I negotiate terms with operators, and what changed about raising capital once rates went up. I am honest here about what has not worked.

Ginny Bolling asks about the move from multifamily into medical office. I explain the case for dental offices on triple net leases, how an exit to a REIT works, and why I lean on partners who know things I do not.

A wide-ranging one about burnout, buying the first duplex in 2018, and why I started Vestus to help other engineers. We also get into Engineers Without Borders and the seven-continents deal I made with my wife.

A short introduction to my background and why I left aerospace for commercial real estate.

How I went from designing the 787 wing to quitting the day job. We talk about burnout, the pivot into commercial real estate, and getting off the Wall Street rollercoaster.

On Real Estate Hustlers we get into build-to-rent as an asset class: the barrier to entry for ordinary investors, how the deals are structured, and what returns tend to look like. I also talk through a few failures and what they taught me.

Tim Little and I talk through build-to-rent, including the inflation hedge and the tax treatment. I also go back through the aerospace years, including the composite shop that made prosthetic feet.

I talk about a deal that half failed and what it ended up teaching me. We also cover how syndications work, where they get hard, and why hiring a sales coach changed things for me.

Single-family homes are about as unaffordable as they have been in decades. We discuss whether build-to-rent is part of the answer, why the country keeps shifting toward renting, and how institutional money buys these projects before they are finished.

Richard Coyne and Bill Zahller interview people who left successful careers for something else. I talk about reassessing how I earned a living and what it took to go full time in real estate.

A conversation about building commercial properties that look like single-family neighborhoods. We cover why multiple exit strategies matter in a syndication, the plan for selling units, and the systems we use for raising capital.

A conversation about feeling stuck in a job and using real estate to get out of it. More about freedom than mechanics.

Zach White and I get into engineering and money together. It is less about making more of it and more about changing your experience at work, avoiding burnout, and asking better questions about your own finances.

On Going Long I walk through the BRRRR method, how I balanced investing against a day job, and the year I spent in New Zealand working odd jobs. Billy also gets me to admit the mistake of trying to be the expert at everything.

Bud Evans and I talk about partnering with experienced operators around the country and bringing deals to friends, family, and investors. A fair amount of airplane talk too, since we both came out of that world.

Josh Cantwell and I go through the three phases of building a build-to-rent community and where value gets added in each one. I also talk about failing on my first partner syndication and how that pushed me toward capital raising.

On 3 Degrees of Freedom we talk about networking as the actual engine behind the portfolio. I also get into why I kept burning out, how my family factored into the decisions, and what I like about build-to-rent.

Moving between asset classes, and what carries over when you do. We cover turnkey BRRRR deals, the mental side of changing careers, and the biggest risk I watch for in value-add.

From managing a military aircraft modification program to a commercial real estate portfolio. Where an engineering mind helps, and where it gets in the way.

We get into the 94-unit townhome community I was raising for at the time, the three phases of putting a build-to-rent community together, and how to keep a portfolio from turning into a second job.

About taking the leap. Selling everything and flying to New Zealand for a year, what that did for someone who started out introverted, and how burnout in aerospace eventually pushed me into this.

An episode aimed at engineers thinking about the jump. The theme is lining up what you are already good at with how you invest. My one piece of advice: always go visit the property.

The case for commercial real estate as a path to financial independence, including the risks. A good chunk is on why build-to-rent demand kept climbing.

How I got from a 2018 duplex to syndications, fund of funds, and build-to-rent, and the point where I finally left the W-2. We also cover why so much institutional money is chasing build-to-rent, and how investors get in at the development level.

On The Real Estate Mindset we get into whether online advertising actually brings in investors, the pros and cons of the fund-of-funds structure, and what the returns look like. Also mentorship, coaching, and what I think success means.

How you get out of a build-to-rent deal: refinance, sell in bulk, or sell the houses one at a time. We also talk about self-directed IRAs and solo 401(k)s as a way to invest tax-free.

Why build-to-rent kept growing: better financing options, higher yields, and renters who want more space without maintaining it themselves.

An introduction to syndication for people who have never done one. How partnering spreads risk, how other people's money works in practice, and how I got from aerospace to doing this full time.

A short conversation with Chris McCormack about helping busy people earn passive income through commercial real estate.

The path from a rehabbed duplex in 2018 into multifamily syndications and build-to-rent development, and what retiring early actually requires.

Recorded while I was still running an aircraft modification program by day. Axel and I cover the 2018 start in real estate, and we geek out about airplanes for a while.

Julie Holly and I get into why I started investing in the first place, and the patience underneath it. Her framing was that none of it popped overnight.

I walk through the BRRRR on a duplex in Milwaukee while I was living in Denver, which was neither a success nor a failure, and how finding a podcast on multifamily syndication changed the plan.