What No One Tells You About Rehabbing Houses | Ryan 'Rotty' Garcilazo
In today's episode, we dive deep into the world of virtual real estate investing and the critical role of construction management with our expert guest, the KING of rehabbing, Rotty Garcilazo. Known formally as Ryan but affectionately called Rotty, he oversees all construction for my extensive portfolio of 28 single-family homes and multiple apartment complexes, all managed virtually. This episode sheds light on the unique challenges and solutions in virtual real estate investing, the complexities of construction management, and the art of working with contractors to achieve success in the flipping and rehabbing market. Rotty is the CEO of The Rehab Depot Inc. He is an author, speaker and consultant. He started in this business without any formal training or experience in this niche field of Real Estate Redevelopment. He owned one of the largest General Contracting Redevelopment Companies in Chicago (The Garcilazo Group). Rotty has walked thousands of properties on behalf of investors. His company has flipped over 1000 properties over the last 15 years. They have flipped millions of dollars in real estate. Ryan has worked with the “who’s who” of the industry and is respected amongst the elite. Ryan has consulted over $250mm in real estate redevelopment. He has trained over 1,000 investors with the largest rehab academy in the world. His bread and butter have always been both single family and multi family properties. The construction projects that Ryan general contracted were as high as $500k, consulted others on million-dollar projects and he has managed portfolios in the tens of millions for other organizations.