E248 Derek Clifford - The Power of Partnering with Your Spouse, Locating Emerging Markets, and Tips for Systematizing Your Real Estate Investing Business

Derek Clifford is a successful single and multifamily real estate investor, adding 13 out-of-state units to his portfolio in his first year of acquisitions while working a full-time job. He has since retired himself from his 9-to-5 job and today he is a multifamily investor controlling 200+ apartment units with over $25M AUM. He is also an author, and podcast host of the "Elevate Your Equity" show. Derek is also the founder and CEO of Elevate Equity, a firm that partners with individuals and companies to purchase, improve, and operate cash flowing multifamily apartment real estate.Tyler and Derek discussed why you should consider partnering with your spouse to grow your real estate investing business, how to find emerging markets, and several ways to systematize your daily operations.Highlights include:

• Integrators versus visionaries
• The benefits of leveraging your spouse to create a mini-mastermind 
• Derek’s advice on how to get started creating a partnership with your spouse 
• How to partner with a spouse that works in a different field
• Derek’s experience of building a single family portfolio and expanding into multifamily
• What an emerging market is
• Derek’s tips for how you can find emerging markets, and specific sources Derek leverages
• Mindset, comparison traps and lessons from the book The Gap and the Gain 
• The power of systems and processes and how Derek leverages them for his business
• Tips for hiring virtual assistants
• Abundance mindset

Connect with Derek:Website: https://elevateequity.orgInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/dereklovesequity/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/dereklovesequityPodcast: Elevate Your Equity PodcastThe following books were mentioned in the show:Part-Time Real Estate Investing for Full-Time Professionals by Derek CliffordThe Gap and The Gain by Dan SullivanBecoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza

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