420: Finding the “Sweet Spot” in Multifamily: Scaling to 150+ Units with David Grabiner

<p><strong>David Grabiner</strong> takes the term “<strong>long distance investor</strong>” to the extreme. While he was a hospital administrator in the <strong>Democratic Republic of Congo</strong>, he was calling real estate agents in Chattanooga, Tennessee trying to scoop up <a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/8266/64085-10-best-ways-to-find-great-multifamily-properties" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>multifamily deals</strong></a>.</p><p>David started out by <strong>partnering up</strong> with his father, buying a <strong>quadplex </strong>that helped him get his initial training in <a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/real-estate-companies/property-management" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>property management</strong></a>. He later scaled up his and his father’s investment portfolio to 24 units, and then, within 3 years, scaled up his own investments to <strong>150+ units</strong>!</p><p>This meant that David had to quit his job and go full-time into real estate investing. He did it, and he isn’t looking back! Now David is a <strong>deal-finding machine</strong>, buying directly from listing agents and becoming one of the go-to multifamily investors in Chattanooga.</p><p>Whether you own one single family home, a dozen duplexes, or hundreds of apartment complexes, you’ll take something away from David’s in depth discussion on<strong> property management, landlording, and </strong><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/2013-01-27-tenant-screening" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>tenant screening</strong></a>.</p><p>In This Episode We Cover:</p><ul><li>Finding your “<strong>unfair advantage</strong>” and how it can help your investing career</li><li>Approaching different investors with <strong>different points of view</strong></li><li>The importance of <strong>networking </strong>for off-market deals</li><li>Why you shouldn’t be scared to be “the owner”, and actually use it to market yourself to others</li><li>How to <stron