Brad Sumrok on Investing in
Multifamily Apartments for a
Sustainable, Early Retirement
National award-
winning real estate
investor, and mentor,
Brad Sumrok was
able to walk away
from his six- figure
corporate job in just
3 years after invest-
ing in apartments.
S
o how did he do it? What
advantages can be found
from investing in 5 plus unit
multifamily commercial properties?
What golden rules have helped Brad
scale to owning over 1,400 doors,
and what does a “Full Life” in
retirement mean to one of America’s
leading real estate minds?
Article by Tim Houghten • Photographs of Brad Sumrok on
location at his Multifamily Bootcamp in Dallas, Texas.
family apartment buildings. Brad says
“I teach three guiding rules for success-
fully investing to retire in 3 to 8 years.”
These are:
Why Multifamily?
1. Invest for cash flow.
2. Select investments with upside
potential: i.e. capital gains,
and appreciation.
3. Harness the power of leverage.
With so much buzz and interest in
single family rental properties re-
cently, why invest in multifamily?
Put simply, Brad says, “It works and
just about anyone can do it.”
In an exclusive interview, Brad
Sumrok elaborated that multifamily
income property investing works
in all market cycles, anywhere in
the United States, with the proper
education and strategies.
The mentor’s proven system for
long-term investing enabled him to
retire in just three years with multi-
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Busting the Myths about
Multifamily Commercial
Property Investing
BradSumrok.com, and its related edu-
cation curriculum goes a long way in
busting the myths around commercial
real estate investing.
Many might be scared off by the
term ‘commercial’, or larger properties.
Kicking the misconceptions to the
curb in a single sentence, the Dallas-
based real estate investor says, “In 10
years of acquiring over 1,400 units, I’ve
had one single family rental property.
That one single family residential rental
was more work, and harder to manage
than all of the others put together.”
Some investors have been battling
each other over single family rentals
In particular Brad, and his network
of investor students focus on 5+ unit
multifamily commercial properties, with
individual apartment buildings ranging
up to as many as 300 units.
Sumrok points to this sector, coupled
with his proven acquisition criteria, as
being ideal for delivering “double digit
cash on cash returns, and doubling your
money in 5 years or less.”
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