Creative Capital Podcast 39: How To Manage Out-Of-State Investments With Ekaterina Stepanova

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our guest for today’s episode is a Russian immigrant who started from scratch. She literally knew nothing about the real estate industry, worked her way up the ladder, and is now crushing it with Mobile Home Parks and manages out-of-state investments.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ekaterina was born and raised in Moscow, Russia and immigrated to the United States 13 years ago and now lives in New York. She is a partner at M2K Partners, which owns several mobile home park communities throughout the country. Ekaterina is also the co-founder of Equity Tree, a software platform dedicated to helping commercial real estate investors manage their deals and investor relations at an affordable price, with educational support throughout the entire investment process. She is also a host of a virtual meetup for mobile home park investors called MHP Tribe. </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ekaterina’s background and what got her interested in investing in real estate</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why she chooses Mobile Home Parks & why she invest out of state</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ekaterina bares her involvement in handling the project management of their assets</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ekaterina shares her secret in managing contractors/property managers remotely </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to build partnerships and a team out of state. How to know if they are trustworthy or not?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The pros and cons of investing out of state. Should more people invest out of state?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Future plans for 202