E107: Raising Capital and Real Estate Syndication with Ekaterina Stepanova & Dylan Marma

<p>Ekaterina Stepanova &amp; Dylan Marma are co-founders of EquityTree, a software platform dedicated to helping commercial real estate investors manage their deals and Investor relations. They also provide educational support throughout the entire investment process.</p> <p>Coming from different real estate industry events, Ekaterina and Dylan both saw the opportunity to collaborate and bring this platform out to both early investors doing JVs and buying their own deals as well as those investors who are leveraging their networks and scaling with syndications.</p> <p><strong>Here are some power takeaways from today’s conversation:</strong></p> <ul> <li>What is EquityTree and its mission?<br> </li> <li>How investors can benefit from EquityTree<br> </li> <li>Making real estate decisions around raising capital and syndication<br> </li> <li>What to look for when creating your team and finding partners<br> </li> <li>Who are their mentors?<br> </li> <li>Self-care routines they do to keep their “engines” running<br> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Episode Highlights:</strong></p> <p><strong>What is EquityTree?</strong></p> <p>The project was created from a place of passion. Their mission is to be able to create a community around the product and create a platform of people dedicated to serving their investors.</p> <p>One of the issues this tool seeks to address is the lack of transparency around the private investment space. Through this platform, people taking on joint ventures (JV’s) can give investors the best experience possible.</p> <p><strong>Solutions EquityTree Provides</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Keeping things organized: </strong>Eliminates endless email chains and Dropbox folders<br> </li> <li><strong>Community support:</strong> They have a private Facebook group, where they do weekly calls with everyone to discuss different topics related to marketing, social media, presentations, and asset management reporting, among others.<br> </li> <li><strong>Asset management tracking: </strong>Allows you to m