SK107 - Multifamily Investment Advice from an Experienced Multifamily Investor w/ Anthony Chara

Anthony Chara is a seasoned Real Estate agent. After 16 years working for a fortune 500 company and traveling extensively, Mr. Chara gave up his lucrative Area Manager and started selling several service oriented companies until turning to Real Estate investing full time in 2001.
Presently, he’s managing partner of Apartment Mentors, LLC and founder of Success Classes, LLC. He has owned or managed several successful multi-million dollar companies during the last 20+ years. He has mentored several thousand aspiring RE investors.
Mr. Chara turned to Apartments full time in 2004. He owns and/or has syndicated approximately 1600 apartment units around the country. These units range from 14 units in 1 complex in Oklahoma to 179 units in Indianapolis. His most recent acquisitions include a 4-complex package totaling 410 units in Indianapolis, IN (December, 2012), 3 complexes totaling 120 units in Dayton, OH (August, 2013), a 100 unit complex in Longview, TX (April, 2015) and a 31 unit complex outside of Philadelphia, PA (January, 2016).
In 2005, Mr. Chara decided to capitalize on recent RE market trends to offer superior technical training to RE Investors specifically targeting commercial investing with an emphasis on Apartment complexes. He also has created several investment groups and raised over 11 million dollars used to fund the acquisition of many of the aforementioned properties.
He has subsequently hired professional management companies to oversee all of his holdings. His focus is to manage the property managers that oversee these properties while continuing to teach more students.