557: Raising Millions of Dollars (and 8 Kids!) After Dumping Her Day Job w/ Esther Reizes-Lowenbein

<p><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/raising-capital-passive-investors" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Raising capital</strong></a> for real estate investing is a far more useful skill than most people realize. If you have a strong<strong> knack for </strong><a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/network-better" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>networking</strong></a><strong> and the social skills</strong> to connect with many different individuals, you could be the exact piece that almost every investor is looking for. As more investors get into the hot <a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/commercial-real-estate-fundamentals" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>commercial real estate market</strong></a>, they’ll need private capital to fund their deals. So who better than you to <strong>connect the investor and the deal finder </strong>for a piece of the cash flow pie?</p><p>If you’re worried about the time commitment of raising capital, let us introduce you to <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/esther-reizes-lowenbein-34992096/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Esther Reizes-Lowenbein</strong></a>, who not only worked as a <strong>broker</strong>, <strong>capital raiser</strong>, and <strong>investor </strong>but also is <strong>raising her eight children while doing it</strong>. Fortunately for Esther, raising capital is something she loves to do, as she has a <a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/disc-profilecommunicate-effectively-meetin-prog" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">strong communication</a> background with her former training in speech pathology.</p><p>If you’re getting the itch to <a href="https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/biggerpockets-podcast-497-brian-murray" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>start investing in bigger deals</strong></a>, but don’t know how to get started, Esther can help. She walks through the <strong>different roles in commercial real estate</stro