Our guests today are Daisy Serrano and Luc D’Abreau. This dynamic husband and wife duo is on a mission to help millennials grow generational wealth through multifamily investing. In this action-packed conversation, the couple shares their individual and collective “Why”, how they started investing, and the importance of empowering millennial investors. Tune in and get inspired!

Learn more about Daisy and Luc and their story at: www.growingcareersandcompanies.com.

“Being in a relationship is very different than working together. Being business partners has helped us understand each other on a very different note as well.”

 

02:19

Daisy studied criminology and had a career in international education for about 10 years. She became interested in multifamily real estate when she started dating Luc, who already had a passion for investing. Luc has an engineering background and his family had a few single-family rentals growing up. After he read Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki & Sharon Lechter, he knew he wanted to invest in multifamily.

 

Daisy and Luc opened a private equity multifamily investment firm, Make It Rain Capital. Luc focuses on the numbers and underwriting and Daisy is responsible for networking and building communities.

“You're gonna mess up stuff anyway because you don't know what you're doing, so you might as well “fail forward”...”

 

10:37

Daisy and Luc started a podcast for Make it Rain and their goal is to help millennial investors learn more about real estate investing. Daisy explains that there are still not many opportunities for millennials, let alone women or Latinos in the multifamily world. Their goal is to change that.

 

The couple shares their “Whys” and the reason why they got into investing. Daisy’s family is from Mexico and her parents sacrificed a lot to provide a better life for her. She wants to reach financial freedom to be able to help her parents retire. Luc wants to make an impact and help people.

 

Daisy and Luc moved from Southern California to Austin, Texas in 2020. They’re working on building a community of investors there. Their plan for 2022 is to bring good opportunities to their investors and build a multifamily investing course.

 

 

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The Final 3 Questions

 

 

• What is the lesson that has taken you the longest to learn?

 

For Daisy, it was to gain confidence around their business and her abilities. For Luc, it was taking full responsibility for the business and the time of their employees and investors.

 

 

• What are the 2 principles from the Growing Careers & Companies Framework that resonate the most with you?

 

Purpose and Impact. According to the couple, their purpose is to impact people, so these principles go hand in hand. Their goal is to impact a million lives in their lifetime so they treat every interaction as an opportunity to make an impact.

 

 

• What do you hope others take away from your story?

 

That we are all extremely powerful people. If we weren’t strong as humans, then our ancestors wouldn’t have survived. We can accomplish anything collectively.

Practice self-love, keep your promises to yourself, and do things that are challenging.

About Our Guests, Daisy Serrano and Luc D’Abreau

 

Daisy serves as Managing Partner for Make It Rain Capital, a private equity multifamily investment firm focused on acquiring apartment properties.

 

Daisy is also a limited partner in 445 units in Central Texas (totaling $36.8MM in value). With over 10 years of experience in international education and management, she has worked with clients from over 25 countries and managed international government scholarship accounts totaling more than $10 million.

 

She is a leader with the Women’s Real Estate Network (WREN), Real Estate Association of Latinx Professionals (REAL), and Multifamily Masters Austin. She previously served on the Los Angeles Chapter Board of Prospanica: The Association of Hispanic Professionals.

 

Daisy’s goals are to help more people (especially millennials!) have opportunities to invest in real estate multifamily, uplift and empower her community through mentorship/access, be a positive role model for her family, and retire her parents.

 

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminology from the University of La Verne, a Master of Science in Higher Education from California State University, Fullerton, and a Business Foundations Certificate from Wharton University.

 

Luc is Managing Partner for Make It Rain Capital, a private equity multifamily investment firm focused on acquiring apartment properties.

 

He is a limited partner in 445 units across two assets in Central Texas (totaling $36.8MM in value), has 10 years of industry experience in commercial & residential construction projects valued at over $750MM, is part of the National Black MBA Association, African American Real Estate Professionals, and chapter co-leader for Multifamily Masters Austin. His goal in real estate is to create generational wealth, leave a legacy, and provide a better life for his family and community.

 

A native Californian, he now lives in Austin, TX with his wife and business partner, Daisy. He enjoys brewing specialty coffee, throwing kettlebells around, and cooking delicious meals.

 

He holds a bachelor of science in architectural engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, a master of science in civil engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master of business administration from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

A warm thanks to Daisy Serrano and Luc D’Abreau for taking the time to share their unique insights and experiences with us.

Resources from the show:

 

• https://makeitraincapital.com/

• https://makeitraincapital.com/podcast

• Viktor Frankl - Man's Search for Meaning

• Daisy’s LinkedIn

• Luc’s LinkedIn

• https://www.growingcareersandcompanies.com/

• https://www.crerecruiting.com/

• https://www.creatwork.co/

• The Growing Careers and Companies Framework

• Allison’s LinkedIn

 

 

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