Real Estate Investing School Podcast

305. Why Focusing on Your Backyard Market Can Beat Chasing Shiny Objects - Bob Lachance

May 18, 2026

Joe Jensen sits down with real estate investor and REVA Global founder Bob Lachance to unpack Bob's path from professional hockey into building a high-volume real estate business. Bob shares how he built his portfolio primarily through wholesales and flips, why he's refocusing on his "backyard" market in Connecticut, and how market shifts are pushing him to adjust strategies and stay flexible. He also breaks down the reality of buy-and-hold ownership in tougher landlord environments and why, ...

304. House Hacking to Self Storage and STR Scale with Systems and Boundaries with Niyi Adewole

May 11, 2026

Niyi Adewole joins host Joe Jensen to share how obsession level focus and simplicity helped him go from learning real estate through podcasts and books to landing his first 3 unit house hack in Louisville, then scaling to 30 small multifamily units, and later pivoting into ground up self storage development. Niyi breaks down why real estate finally clicked for him compared to stocks because he wanted more control, and he emphasizes narrowing your strategy, focusing on the next deal only, and ...

303. USDA and SBA Loans Explained: How to Get 80 to 90% Leverage for Rural Deals with Jordan Blanchard

May 04, 2026

Jordan Blanchard joins host Joe Jensen to break down government guaranteed lending and why programs like SBA and USDA can be major leverage tools in today's market. Jordan explains the core advantages: higher leverage than conventional loans (often 80 to 90%), the ability to lend on projected income (not just historical cash flow), and fully amortizing terms that can stretch to 25 years for USDA deals. He also clarifies a key distinction: SBA is generally owner occupied (51% occupancy rules),...