In this episode, host Jessie Warner sits down with Jeremy Dyer, CEO of Rise 48 Equity, to unpack his journey from W-2 professional and hands-on landlord to full-time real estate investor and leader of a vertically integrated multifamily platform. Together they explore what it takes to protect and grow passive investor capital, navigate the 2025 real estate cycle, and leverage systems and AI to uncover opportunities in a volatile market.
What You’ll Learn
- How Jeremy transitioned from active single-family and small multifamily ownership into passive real estate investing, and eventually into his role leading Rise 48 Equity.
- Why he believes passive multifamily investments can offer many of the benefits of direct ownership without the day-to-day “toilets, termites, and trash” that come with being a landlord.
- How a reset in valuations and interest rates has created a unique window in late 2025 for disciplined buyers to acquire quality assets at a discount.
- Why building a vertically integrated, in-house operations team is a key turning point for executing business plans on time and on budget and driving forced net operating income growth.
- The central role of trust and fiduciary responsibility when raising capital, and how Jeremy thinks about stewarding investors’ hard-earned money through headwinds and black-swan events.
- How global factors like tariffs, supply chain constraints, and material and labor costs shape multifamily economics and what it looks like to actively manage those risks through sourcing and strategy.
- Practical ways Rise 48 Equity is using AI tools in underwriting and due diligence to process large amounts of data, model scenarios, and forecast performance over a 3–5 year investment horizon.
- Jeremy’s advice for entrepreneurs on overcoming analysis paralysis, embracing failure as part of the process, and committing to becoming a better version of yourself every single day.
Across the conversation, Jeremy offers a clear look at what it takes to scale a modern multifamily investment business: disciplined acquisition in a dislocated market, deep operational control, a genuine commitment to investor trust, and a willingness to adopt new tools like AI without abandoning fundamentals. His story underscores that meaningful growth for investors, for a team, and for founders themselves comes from pairing thoughtful risk-taking with consistent daily improvement.
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