Episode 35: Wholesaling to Acquisitions Wizard with John Okocha

John Okocha has been in the real estate industry for the last 6 years. He is the Vice President for Acquisitions for Elevate Commercial Investment Group based out of Dallas, TX. John is an integral part of the Elevate team and the growth of over 1700 Multifamily Real Estate units in 2019. John is a master at assessing and analyzing property and market fundamentals for new property acquisitions as well as creating, maintaining, and updating financial models of existing and potential new investments. John is an amazing listener and therefore builds strong relationships with brokers, property owners and passive investors. He works relentlessly to make sure Elevate can acquire properties at a good price so that we can deliver higher than average returns to our investors.  Takeaways: For multifamily side, know the numbers and know the market and be able to recognize.Relationship with a broker is the most important thing.“Attach yourself to someone who has a good track record”.The important thing to do when it comes to achieving your goals, is taking action, collect some information. If you're going in the wrong direction, you can always pivot and move in a different direction. Snapshot Round: What is your number one fail in real estate? I would say my number one failure in real estate is not getting started earlier.What is the number one thing that's contributed to your success? I think passion, I think energy having the energy to do it and just getting doing something that excites you.What is one nugget of investing knowledge you want to give us? I think I've mentioned earlier, take action.What is your dream? I dream would be to manage a fund, a fund that invests in multiple asset classes, real estate, companies.  John’s Contact: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/john.okochaLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-okocha-0132a55a/