Everett “Stony” Stonebraker and Lennon Lee of Passivo Real Estate Investments discuss their backgrounds in real estate and how they came together to become successful in passive commercial real estate. Stony has over 47 years of experience in the real estate industry and is a CCIM designated commercial real estate professional. Lennon is a full-time investor and real estate professional with other 2,000 units of multifamily real estate.

How they met: Lennon was looking for something in commercial real estate that was really passive and simple, and became involved in syndication/pooling investments. Lennon and Stony met after Lennon had already started investing. He was working with a sponsor in New York on his first project. Stony was at a CCIM lunch and Lennon met him there. Stony became Lennon’s first investor outside of his family and friends.

On today’s show, you will learn the easiest way to start building capital:

• With your family and friends who know you and trust you
• With effective social media marketing that helps other learn to know and trust you

The goal is to help investors find financial freedom through passive investing investing in commercial real estate. You need to understand their investment goals and they need to understand the risks. Sponsors in a deal should focus on what the investors are seeking, and might seek an acquisition fee, or a percentage of ongoing revenue, or a disposition fee at the end when it is sold. There are many variations to help investors and sponsors make the right investment.

To connect with Lennon and Stony, visit them at their website passivorei.com, on LinkedIn at @passivorei, on Instragram @passivorei, or on Facebook @passivorei.

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