MB 248: Grow Your Investor Base & Raise Millions in Days – With Jeff Anzalone

<p>So, you’ve done a multifamily deal or two, and your friends and family are maxed out in the money department. You’re ready to take on bigger and bigger deals, but you’re struggling to raise capital. What is the best way to grow your investor base?</p> <p>Dr. Jeff Anzalone is a full-time practicing periodontist and the creator of <a href="https://www.debtfreedr.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Debt-Free Doctor</a>, a platform designed to help doctors and other high-income professionals generate passive income from real estate so they can STOP trading time for money. Jeff started his blog to share how he paid off $300K in student loan debt. But once he was debt-free, Jeff shifted his focus to investing and acquiring streams of passive income through multifamily syndications. Today, he is raising millions in days for real estate deals.</p> <p>On this episode of Apartment Building Investing, Jeff joins cohost Patricia Sweeney and I to discuss how the Debt-Free Doctor has evolved, explaining how he creates content consistently and what he does to promote the platform and grow his investor base. Jeff walks us through the benefit of joining his <a href= "https://www.debtfreedr.com/passive-investors-circle/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Passive Investors Circle</a>, describing how he gives doctors and other overworked professionals options for earning passive income. Listen in to understand how serving his audience inspires Jeff to keep going and learn how he raised $2.7M in five days for his latest multifamily deal!</p> <h3>Key Takeaways</h3> <p>What inspired Jeff’s interest in real estate investing</p> <ul> <li>Wrist injury on ski trip inspired interest in passive income</li> <li>Successful people had real estate, 3 to 9 income streams</li> </ul> <p>Jeff’s first experience with real estate investing</p> <ul> <li>Discovered crowdfunding with Realty Shares</li> <li>Relied on website and lost $50K</li> </ul> <p>How Jeff’s website has evolved over the years</p> <ul> <li>Began as diary on getting out of student lo