Let’s all learn from Michael Zaransky’s decades of experience in the real estate space in today’s episode!

Michael joins us to share his expertise in multifamily investing, raising, managing, and preserving investors’ capital, his sentiments on what’s happening in the market, and his advice everyone shouldn’t miss!

Key Points & Relevant Topics

• What attracted Michael to multifamily apartments
• The difference between investors now and decades ago
• Michael’s perspectives on selecting the right deals for investors in today’s market
• Advice on raising capital and things investors want to see in an investment opportunity
• The importance of communication and showing transparency to investors
• Strategies for preserving investors’ capital
• Market predictions in the next few years
• Which investment markets are performing and worth investing in
• Fostering a positive and innovative working culture and environment

Resources & Links
Apartment Syndication Due Diligence Checklist for Passive Investor

About Michael Zaransky

Michael H. Zaransky founder and managing principal of the real estate development and investment firm, MZ Capital Partners. MZ Capital Partners has been recognized by INC Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in America by placement on the INC 500 list as well as the Best Place to Work in Multifamily by the National Apartment Association. Michael has a wide range of real estate, banking, and financial experience and has been a licensed Illinois real estate broker since 1979. Michael is a member of the Forbes Real Estate Council, the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO-Gold), the National Apartment Association, and the Urban Land Institute. 

Michael is a past Chair of the Chicago Association of Realtors Commercial Division as well as the Realtor Association’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Zaransky’s firm, MZ Capital Partners multifamily developments have received numerous industry awards and recognition including the NAIOP Multifamily Development of the Year Award. 

He is a James Scholar graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and earned his J.D. at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. Michael has published numerous articles and lectured nationally on the subject of real estate investment. His real estate investment books “Profit by Investing in Student Housing” and “Purchase Rehab, and Reposition Commercial Investment Property,” real estate category best sellers, were published by Kaplan Publishing and are sold in major bookstores and online booksellers. 

Active in numerous trade, civic, and professional associations, Michael serves on the Board of Directors of the Crown Family Foundation and, as a past Chairman of the Board, on the Board of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago/Jewish United Fund, one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the nation. 

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