How real estate investing can help you fuel your goal to serve people? Let’s hear it from Burnie Lund, who’s syndicating and investing in real estate while fulfilling his life’s calling as a pastor. Learn more about how mentorship programs impacted his success in the multifamily space, the value of having a good property management team, and the generational wealth real estate can provide to people.

Key Points & Relevant Topics

• Burnie’s transition from single-family to apartment investing and syndication
• Getting into mentorship programs and their benefits for new syndicators
• The importance of property managers’ proactiveness in solving issues
• How to deal with the rising interest rates effectively
• Real estate investing’s power to achieve financial freedom, serve people, and fulfill your mission

Resources & Links
Apartment Syndication Due Diligence Checklist for Passive Investor

About Burnie Lund

Burnie Lund is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 2003. Transitioning out of the Navy, he found his life’s calling in ministry and has been a pastor at Canyon Ridge Baptist Church in San Diego, California, for over fourteen years. His dream is to simultaneously fund worldwide Missions and create generational wealth for his family. 

Beginning with four single-family home purchases in 2019, Burnie and his wife, Leslie, launched into real estate investment. In late 2019, they joined a mentoring program that began their journey into multifamily syndication with other investors through their own company, Forge Equity Group. 

In 2020, they raised $850K and closed on a 29-unit apartment syndication in Augusta, Georgia. In 2022, they raised $1.5M and closed on a 75-unit property in Augusta, GA. Forge Equity Group continues to grow its investment base and is actively pursuing multifamily assets in Georgia and the Southeast with a goal to eventually expand into New Mexico and their hometown of San Diego. 

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