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Charles Seaman

Multifamily real estate executive (Managing Partner, Cash Flow Champs) and co-host of the MPI Multifamily Commercial Real Estate Investing podcast.

Sep 23, 2026

KeithHOST
6:07
What kind of a transaction was it and what lessons were learned from it?
6:12
Yeah.
6:13
So the first one was a 92-unit C-class property in Stone Mountain, Georgia, which is right outside of Atlanta.
6:20
And It was, you know, I probably looked at somewhere between 150 and 200 deals before finding that one.
6:26
And ironically, you know, I would say the biggest lesson learned is that especially when you're starting out, and even though I was used to looking at deals, maybe I was a little bit gun-shy on certain things, just even though I, you know, worked for a guy who had done a lot of deals, I hadn't really done my own.
6:44
And there's always a different mindset and a different, you know, perspective that goes into it when you look at it from that lens.
6:50
So there were probably a lot of things I was too conservative on.

33 MINS LATER

KeithHOST
40:00
Well, that's, uh, and, and did you see anything, uh, you're in, fairly favorable markets i think for um an insurance standpoint uh other than maybe the florida if you're if you did end up buying stuff there but uh yeah did you see it obviously that was another thing you know that uh that changed quite a bit uh you know right along with the rates it seemed like the insurance rates uh they were

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