The Moonlight Real Estate Side Hustles and Syndications Show | Podcast Guru

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We show working professionals and busy people how to invest in real estate as a side hustle or a full-time business. We interview guests who have successfully started real estate businesses part-time and have turned them into full-time enterprises, or have generated passive income for themselves. This show will also demonstrate how to invest in real estate with low or no money. You will learn how to achieve success in various niches within real estate, including wholesaling, fix and flip, BRRR (Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance), and syndicating commercial real estate.

Recent Episodes

How Niyi Adewole Used House Hacking to Build Wealth Beyond His W2

Episode Summary Niyi purchased his first triplex in 2016, lived in one unit, and rented the other two. He continued buying small multifamily properties while earning promotions in medical-device sales and directing much of his commission income into investments. Niyi explains how he transitioned into full-time real estate, built an investor-focused team, expanded into short- and mid-term rentals, managed properties for other owners, and partnered on a self-storage development. He also discuss...

39 MIN

Working Full-Time? How Michella Chiu Builds Multifamily Real Estate After Work Part 2

Episode Summary In Part 2, Michella Chiu and Eric Lindsey bring the conversation up to the current market. Michella acknowledges that multifamily is sensitive to rising interest rates and explains how her team responded with patience, conservative underwriting on cap rates and repairs, assuming lower-rate loans whenever possible, and focusing on deals that have a specific reason to win. She walks through a recent example: a Class A, newly built property of around 200 townhouses in Louisville,...

22 MIN

Working Full-Time? How Michella Chiu Builds Multifamily Real Estate After Work

Episode Summary Michella began investing around 2015–2016 while continuing her professional career. Before focusing on multifamily, she gained experience with smaller acquisitions, fix-and-flip projects, and private lending. In this episode, she explains how she balances real estate with her W2, works with partners whose skills and schedules complement hers, and evaluates opportunities during higher interest rates. She also discusses a Class A multifamily transaction in Louisville, a fund-of-...

10 MIN

Working Full-Time? How Brian Alfaro Built Real Estate on the Side Before Going Full-Time Part 2

Episode Summary Brian Alfaro began investing in real estate in 2017 while working in the restaurant industry and operating coffee shop businesses. He started with single-family rentals, flips, and wholesale deals before realizing that reaching his income goals through individual houses would require managing a large number of properties. That realization led him toward multifamily investing and eventually capital raising. In this episode, Brian explains how he transitioned from active single-...

28 MIN

Working Full-Time? How Brian Alfaro Built Real Estate on the Side Before Going Full-Time

Episode Summary Brian Alfaro began investing in real estate in 2017 while working in the restaurant industry and operating coffee shop businesses. He started with single-family rentals, flips, and wholesale deals before realizing that reaching his income goals through individual houses would require managing a large number of properties. That realization led him toward multifamily investing and eventually capital raising. In this episode, Brian explains how he transitioned from active single-...

17 MIN