The Real Estate Syndication Show Creators & Guests

Kenneth is a CPA (Isr) and an Enrolled Agent specializing in US tax for foreign investors in US real estate. He founded Kastner Tax Solution, a web-based tax firm for global clients. He is also Partner and head of the US tax department at VBIR, an established accounting firm located in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Joel’s a futurist and longtime venture capitalist / hedge fund manager (gobbledygook for professional investor) who lives in a Shark Tank world like on TV. Since selling his publishing company to a Fortune 500, Joel’s cage-rattling keynotes expose Wall Street insights and the inside track on high-velocity innovation - empowering business executives and their teams to “Disrupt Their Competitors’ Future”.

Joel Friedland is the Principal at Brit Properties.

Shannon Robnett is the Founder at Shannon Robnett Industries.

Neal Bawa is CEO / Founder at Grocapitus and Mission 10K, two commercial real estate investment companies. Neal’s companies use cutting-edge real estate analytics technology to source and acquire OR build large Commercial properties across the U.S., for over 1,000 investors. Current portfolio over 4,400 units, with an AUM value of $660M.Neal shares his team’s unique and cutting-edge real estate data methodologies to connect with geeky and nerdy (or just data driven) investors who share his vision - that data beats gut feel by a million miles. Over 10,000 real estate investors have taken his free Real Estate Data Analytics course on udemy.com and the course has over 1,000 five-star reviews.Neal speaks at dozens of real estate conferences across the country and virtually online. Over 5,000 investors attend his multifamily webinar series each year and hundreds have attended his Magic of Multifamily bootcamps. His facebook and meetup groups have tens of thousands of investors.Neal believes that we are at a turning point, where traditional commercial real estate will combine with Proptech and Fintech technology disruptors, and will truly reach it’s potential as a tradable, highly liquid asset class that will rival and eventually beat the stock market in its size and scope.

Pancham is the host and founder of The Gold Collar Investor podcast, a professional real estate fund manager and a co-founder of Mesos Capital which controls over $43M in assets. He earned a Masters from Carnegie Mellon University. He is passionate about teaching personal finance. He is a co-founder of the popular Multifamily Mastermind NYC group and has been featured on investment panels, conferences and podcasts.

Aleksey Chernobelskiy advises Limited Partners ("LP's") on existing and future investments. He writes weekly to over 1,800 investors on his substack, and prior to his current vocation, he ran STORE Capital's $10 billion real estate portfolio.

Brad Shepherd is a virtual healthcare advocate, commercial RE investor, health food evangelist, and Vice President of Business Development at Oshi Health.

With 20 years of real estate investing, Dave Foster has helped thousands of investors keep their equity working for them and legally avoid paying taxes with 1031 Exchanges and other tax strategies. In addition, through a combination of 1031 Exchanges and Section 121 exemptions, Dave achieved his dream of living aboard a sailboat with my young family.

Obie is the leading platform real estate investors use to get insurance. By leveraging data and advanced tech, Obie delivers a modern experience for today’s real estate investor in all 50 states and has bound more than $5 Billion in property value. Obie has gained significant market penetration by way of strategic partner integrations with lenders and other popular rental management platforms. Since 2017 Obie has raised nearly $14M, employs 70+ employees, and has two central office locations in IL and FL.Matthew Sutika is an award-winning entrepreneur and business owner in the insuretech sector. Following a 5-year tenure as a top ranked State Farm agent, Matt founded Skylight Insurance and within two years, he grew it to be a $5M+ brokerage through unique partnerships and technology within the multi-family community, a staff of less than five, and zero marketing budget. Bridging tried and true insurance principals with tech, Skylight merged with Obie, an insurance distribution platform for real estate investors that employs more than 70 and has raised nearly $14M. Today, he serves as their Chief Insurance Officer.

Neal Schaffer is a leading authority on helping businesses through their digital transformation of sales and marketing through consulting, training, and helping companies develop and execute on social media marketing strategy, influencer marketing, and social selling initiatives. President of the social media agency PDCA Social, Neal also teaches digital media to executives at Rutgers University, the Irish Management Institute (Ireland), and the University of Jyvaskyla (Finland). Fluent in Japanese and Mandarin Chinese, Neal is a popular keynote speaker and has been invited to speak about digital media on four continents in more than a dozen countries. He is also the author of 4 books on social media, including Maximize Your Social (Wiley) and the recently published The Age of Influence (HarperCollins Leadership), on educating the market on the why and how every business should leverage the potential of influencer marketing. Neal resides in Irvine, California but also frequently travels to Japan. Check out his Maximize Your Social Influence podcast for weekly inspiration.

Dave Zook is the founder of The Real Asset Investor, and partner in Zook Cabins and Horizon Structures.

Yonah Weiss is a sought after resource in the Commercial Real Estate industry. He has been a guest speaker on hundreds of podcasts and webinars to speak about Cost Segregation, as well as his experience with Social Media.He is the host of the Weiss Advice Podcast.

Brian Wagers is a Real Estate Investor, and President & CEO of Wagers Capital.

Vanessa Alfaro is an entrepreneur, founder of five 7 figure companies in 3 countries, a real estate investor, and a multifamily syndicator who was recently profiled in the Real Estate book “10 Paths” as one of the ten most successful Real Estate Investor stories in 2022. Vanessa is the Founder of Venus Capital Partners. Venus Capital is a women and minority own Real Estate Investment firm focused on technology and innovation dedicated to providing investors with the best opportunities in Multifamily investing, acquiring assets in emerging markets in the US, and providing highly profitable opportunities. With Vanessa’s extensive background in finance, capital raising, team leadership, and property underwriting, she led the company to $50 AUM in only three years. Vanessa plays a lead role as a Visionary in the company.Born in Venezuela, South America, Vanessa started as an entrepreneur at 22; she founded a boutique marketing agency focused on luxury brands. Absot Marketing became, after only five years, one of the biggest BTL marketing companies in the country. At that time, Vanessa (27 years old) was named one of the youngest and most successful entrepreneurs of the year. By then, Absot Marketing managed more than 2,500 employees in 17 offices.” After six years, Absot Marketing expanded to Panama, Central America as Absot Panama, where Vanessa resided for seven years. She also served as co-founder of Octametro Panama. Octametro offered Trade show stands, booths, event exhibits, and retail store fixture Design, Rental & manufacturing. Vanessa led Octametro Panama to a 7-figure business in her first year. In 2009, She was named “Women of the Year” by the magazine Social World, the most significant business and socialite magazine in Panama.After the acquisition of Absot marketing and Octametro in 2010, Vanessa moved to Los Angeles, California. She co-founded, along with her husband, Autoproyecto and Autoproyecto Productions, the #1 Hispanic content provider and publishing company in the US.

Julia Barbaro is a mother of 6 and wife to Gino Barbaro, an entrepreneur and cofounder of Jake and Gino, together they host the Julia and Gino podcast where they focus on raising a family and running a business. Julia is the author of "The cannolis exploded" and "A Gelato Blast" books for all ages encouraging responsibility, creativity and decision making. Julia and her family live in St. Augustine, Florida where they enjoy the old city and the simple beach life.

Lane Kawaoka is a real estate investor mentor, podcaster, and founder of Simple Passive Cashflow.