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PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing Show
Welcome to PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing Show– your go-to podcast for building and protecting wealth through smart, passive real estate investments. Hosted by Chris Lopez - this podcast is designed for investors who want to grow without the grind. Each episode features expert interviews with seasoned LPs (Limited Partners) and GPs (General Partners) who share their insights, experiences, and practical advice.
Episodes
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowMcFarlane GP Fund 3 Deal Review: Senior Housing, GP Promote, and a 25% Target IRR
In this episode of our LP Deal Review Series, Matt Johnson of McFarlin Group presents the McFarlin Longevity GP Fund III to our LP panel of Chris Lopez and…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowSenior Housing’s Supply Crunch: Demographics, Fixed-Rate Debt, and the Next Decade | Matt Johnson
This Episode The oldest baby boomers are turning 80 just as senior housing construction reaches its lowest level in more than a decade. Matt Johnson of…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowSponsor Trust, Fixed Debt, and the Shift to Passive Investing | Jonathan Greene
This Episode For lifelong active investors, the hardest part of going passive may be giving up control. Jonathan Greene grew up evaluating properties alongside…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowAspen Legacy Fund Deal Review: Evergreen Multifamily, Compounding, and Tax Efficiency
This Episode Can an evergreen fund deliver the benefits of long-term real estate ownership without forcing investors to start over with every new deal? Ellis…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowJeremy Roll on Positive Leverage, Market Cycles, and Staying Defensive
After nearly 25 years as an LP, Jeremy Roll is 99% on the sidelines. He joins Chris Lopez to explain why he believes real estate still has more pain ahead…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowSelf-Storage in a Bear Market: Big-Box Conversions, Distress, and Buying Below Replacement Cost | Neil Henderson
Self-storage has long been considered recession resilient, but what happens when high interest rates freeze the housing market and fewer people move? Neil…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowLP Roundtable: Self-Lending Funds, Capital Calls, Securitization, and Fund Risk
Episode #293 This Episode Would you invest in an income fund created primarily to lend money back to its own sponsor? Chris Lopez, Adam Cranmer, Pascal Wagner…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowInside Performing Second Mortgages: Junior Liens, Private Credit, and Cash Flow | Shawn Muneio
This Episode What if you could earn real estate-backed income without owning or operating the property? Shawn Muneio joins Chris Lopez to explain how investors…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowLP Deal Review: Red River Development’s 206-Home Waco BTR Project
Check Out The Deal: https://passivepockets.com/directory/deals/trulo-homes-cottonwood-creek/ See What Others Are Saying…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowInside a Private Debt Fund: Underwriting, Leverage, Liquidity, and Capital Preservation | Kevin Amolsch
This Episode Kevin Amolsch returns to PassivePockets to take Chris behind the scenes of private lending and debt funds from how lenders actually make money to…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowPascal Wagner on Cash Flow, Debt Funds, Portfolio Risk, and Building Deal Conviction
Episode #289 This Episode Pascal Wagner joins Chris Lopez for a deeper one-on-one conversation about his investing journey, portfolio strategy, and current…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowQualified Opportunity Zones 2.0: Tax Deferral, Active-to-Passive Investing, and Real Estate Gains | Alicia Miller
Alicia Miller joins PassivePockets to break down Qualified Opportunity Zones, why they matter for real estate investors, and how they can fit into an…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowKeep, Refi, or Sell: Chris Lopez’s Framework for Going Active to Passive
This Episode Chris breaks down one of the biggest questions active real estate investors face as their portfolios mature: should you keep, refinance, or sell…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowLP Roundtable: Return of Capital, Reinvesting Distributions, and Sponsor Due Diligence
In this PassivePockets community roundtable, Chris Lopez sits down with Adam Cranmer, Pascal Wagner, and Christy Burakovsky to talk through real portfolio…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowWhy Red River Is Building 206 Rental Homes in Waco, Texas
This Episode Ryan and Steven Watts of Red River Development join Chris to break down the build-to-rent market, why Red River focuses on secondary markets, and…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowMedical Office Investing: A Recession-Resistant Real Estate Niche | Jeff Axley
Jeff Axley of Ridgeline Capital Partners joins Chris to break down medical office buildings, one of the healthcare real estate niches more LPs are starting to…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowU.S. Multifamily Reset: August Biniaz on Distress, Debt Maturities, and BTR
August Biniaz of CPI Capital joins Chris to unpack why his firm is bringing Canadian capital into U.S. real estate and why he believes the U.S. remains one of…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowBuild-to-Rent in 2026: Where Matt Sinclair Sees Opportunity
This Episode Matthew Sinclair returns to PassivePockets to break down the build-to-rent market, the state of single-family institutional investing, and why he…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowDLP’s Preferred Credit Fund: 10-11% Target Returns, Loan Tape, and Risk Questions
Episode #281 See what others have to say about the deal and join the conversation…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowPat Zingarella on Fraud, Sponsor Reputation, and Verified LP Feedback
This Episode Pat Zingarella joins Chris Lopez to share the story behind Invest Clearly, a platform built to bring more transparency to the private real estate…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowBoth Sides of the Table: Paul Shannon’s Complete LP Playbook
Get Paul Shannon's Book, Both Sides of the Table: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H4W5D288?spcref=PUBLISHED_PREORDER_LIVE This Episode Paul returns to…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowChristine Kwasny’s Risk Radar: A Framework for Smarter LP Deal Reviews
Risk Radar: https://netzeroisawin.substack.com/p/introducing-the-risk-radar?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share In this episode, Chris Lopez…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowCentral Lending Fund Review: Fix-and-Flip Debt, Monthly Cash Flow, and Risk Controls
In this LP Deal Review, Chris Lopez is joined by Adam Cranmer and Christy Burakovsky to evaluate CL Fund III from Central Lending, a private credit fund…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowCommunity Roundtable: Treasuries vs Debt Funds, Office “Bargains,” and How to Deploy Cash Now
In this Community Roundtable, Chris Lopez sits down with PassivePockets members Pascal Wagner, Adam Cranmer, and Christy Burakovsky for a candid…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowCapital Call Case Studies: Fund It or Walk Away?
Unplanned capital calls are one of the most stressful moments in passive investing, and Chris breaks down exactly how he thinks through the decision to fund or…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowHow Operators Win When Rent Growth Stalls: Gary Lipski's Playbook
This Episode Gary Lipsky joins the show for a real operator’s view of what it’s actually like to run B-class multifamily in Tucson right now; flat-to-negative…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowIs Multifamily Bottoming? 3 Signals to Watch + Tax Moves (Dwight Dunton)
This Episode Chris sits down with Dwight Dunton, Founder of Bonaventure (launched in 1999), to talk market cycles, risk resilience, and the real-world tax…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowPost-Summit Pulse Check: How Our Thesis Changed + What We’re Buying Next
This Episode The Pulse Check is back with the full crew. Chris Lopez, Jim Pfeifer, and Paul Shannon reconvene just days after the PassivePockets Summit to…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowDebt Fund Due Diligence: The “People, Process, Protections” Framework (Whitney Elkins-Hutten)
Debt funds are having a moment but most LPs still don’t have a clean framework for where private credit fits inside a real estate portfolio, or how to…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowOperators vs Allocators: A Cash-Flow Blueprint for CRE with Daniel Trevino
Connect with Altruis Capital Partners: https://reports.alturascapitalpartners.com/quarterly-reports/2025-q4 https://alturascapital.com/ This Episode Alturas…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowHow to Get Better Deal Terms with SPVs | AAA Storage
PassivePockets members have asked for two things over and over: better terms and access to more deal options without writing huge checks. In this special…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowHow Aspen Funds Is Winning Industrial | Deal Review
Link to Deal: https://passivepockets.com/directory/deals/aspen-industrial-growth-fund/ This Episode Aspen Funds’ Ben Fraser and Ellis Hammond return to…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowMichael Episcope’s Investing Playbook: Cycles, Credit, and Multifamily
This Episode Michael returns to the show after a standout LP Deal Review Q&A, and Chris digs into the full backstory: how Michael went from the Chicago…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowMultifamily 2026 Pulse Check: Supply, Distress, and Where We’re Investing
Chris Lopez is back with Paul Shannon for this month’s PassivePockets Pulse Check, catching up on why Paul stepped back from co-hosting, what he’s focused on…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowHotel-to-Multifamily Conversions 101 with Alex Cartwright
Hotel-to-multifamily conversions are one of the most interesting “free market” solutions to the affordable housing crunch, and Alex Cartwright is building his…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowBoots-on-the-Ground Due Diligence with Adam Cranmer
Track Record Assets Deal Page: https://passivepockets.com/directory/deals/morgan-bay-apartments/ A few weeks after an LP Deal Review with Track Record Assets…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowScott Trench's 2026 Office Thesis with J Scott & Ash Patel
Scott Trench brings a contrarian 2026 office thesis to the table, starting with the idea first, then stress-testing it with three expert investors: Ash Patel…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowLP Deal Review: Origin Investments Select Asset Fund | Michael Episcope
In this LP Deal Review, Chris Lopez and LP panelist Christy Burakovsky sit down with Michael Episcope, Co-CEO of Origin Investments, for a deep dive into…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowMarket’s “Rolling Recession”: 18-Year Cycle 2026 Update | Logan Freeman
Logan Freeman is back for his 2026 update on the 18.6-year real estate cycle: breaking down where he believes we are right now (still in the “Winner’s Curse,”…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowThe “Market Metronome” for Deal Stress Tests | Christine Kwasny
Today’s show is part of our Community Spotlight Series, where we feature PassivePockets members who share hard-won lessons to help other LPs invest smarter…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowMastering Capital Protection and Cash Flow in a Volatile Macro Environment through Real Estate Private Lending
FOR MORE - Debt Fund Due Diligence Hub: www.passivepockets.com/debtdd Next Steps Join the discussion + access links/resources: www.passivepockets.com/debtdd…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowHotels for LPs: Cash Flow & Playbook feat. Jai Desai & Suraj Reddy
Attend the 2026 Summit Conference: https://get.biggerpockets.com/passivepocketssummit2026/ This Episode Hotels for passive investors: what actually matters and…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowState of PassivePockets 2026: Survey & Initiatives
Attend the 2026 Summit Conference: https://get.biggerpockets.com/passivepocketssummit2026/ It’s our “2026 State of PassivePockets.” Chris Lopez (now lead host…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowPulse Check 2025: Multifamily, Debt Funds & Liquidity
Chris Lopez, Jim Pfeifer, and Paul Shannon run a year-end Pulse Check on what worked in 2025, what did not, and where they are deploying capital in 2026. The…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowLeka Devatha’s Playbook: Creative Exits, ADUs & Value-Add Deals
Chris Lopez welcomes Seattle-based investor/author Leka Devatha to unpack how she built from flips to a diversified active/passive portfolio—plus what’s…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowScott Trench’s 2026 Playbook: Rates, Rents, and the Office Bet
This Episode Chris Lopez and Jim Pfeifer sit down with Scott Trench for a frank 2025 recap and a practical 2026 game plan. Scott reviews what he got right…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowMaximize 2025, Plan 2026: John Bowens on Solo 401k Deadlines and Roth Conversions
Chris Lopez is joined by Equity Trust’s John Bowens to close out 2025 and prep smart moves for 2026 using self-directed retirement accounts. John walks through…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowResidential Assisted Living: Cash Flow, Risks, and 2026 Opportunity
Chris Lopez welcomes Dr. Alex Schloe and Charlie Cameron to demystify residential assisted living. Alex lays out the macro drivers behind the silver tsunami…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowJ Scott’s 2026 Playbook: Inflation, Rates, and Where Real Estate Wins
Jim Pfeifer and Chris Lopez sit down with investor and author J Scott to recap 2025 and map out what LPs should be watching in 2026. J shares where the year…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowBrian Burke’s 2026 Playbook: Small-Multi Deals & What’s Next for Rates
Chris Lopez and Paul Shannon welcome investor and author Brian Burke to look back at 2025 and set the table for 2026. Brian recaps his “end the dive in 25”…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing Show2026 Game Plan, Debt vs. Equity, Rate Cuts Reality
Give Us Your Ideas For Next The PassivePockets Summit! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vwcvF1z03HYiKmR3a4JN8up0ja4kgKPzG2bCGS6640c/viewform?edit_requested=true…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowLP Lessons From Losses: Julie Holly on Transparency & Recalibration
Chris Lopez and Paul Shannon sit down with investor and educator Julie Holly for a candid conversation about wins, losses, and leadership as an LP and GP…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowMultifamily 2026: Bid-Ask Reality, Distress Signals, and Where Deals Pencil
In this exclusive webinar release, Paul Shannon moderates a market check with brokers Beau Beery, Reid Bennett, and Jakob Andersen. The panel covers where…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowDave Meyer: The 20-Hour Rule & Systems for Busy Real Estate Investors
Dave Meyer joins Chris Lopez and Jim Pfeifer to unpack the shift from hands-on house hacking in Denver to diversified passive investing. Dave walks through…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowPulse Check: Multifamily Momentum, Debt Funds Rising, Q3 Moves
The Passive Pockets Pulse Check returns with Chris Lopez, Jim Pfeifer, and Paul Shannon. They break down what they bought and what they skipped, how they are…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowFrom Pizza Shop to $100M+ Multifamily w/ Gino Barbaro
Host Paul Shannon sits down with Gino (of Jake & Gino) to trace the path from family pizza shop to operating ~1,900 units with no outside equity. Gino breaks…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowLP Protection 101 with Ryan Duff
Paul Shannon sits down with lender-turned-operator Ryan Duff to unpack how lenders really size risk and how LPs can use the same lens. Ryan financed ~$4B+…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowLP Safety 101: Mauricio Rauld on SEC Compliance for LPs
Host Chris Lopez and Paul Shannon talks with securities attorney Mauricio Rauld about the compliance landmines that trip up syndicators and how LPs can protect…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowPeter Kim's Recession Setup: Asset Classes To Watch
Host Chris Lopez sits down with Peter, an anesthesiologist who became an LP and then a GP, to unpack the career jolt that pushed him into real estate and the…
PassivePockets: The Passive Real Estate Investing ShowRate Cuts and LP Accountability: Pulse Check
Chris Lopez is joined by co-hosts Jim Pfeifer and Paul Shannon for the September PassivePockets Pulse Check, our monthly roundup of what’s moving passive real…