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Four investors sat down at our monthly 4-Doors to More Doors meetup and walked through exactly how they built their portfolios. Not theory. First deals, real street corners, real numbers, and the mistakes they'd tell you to avoid.

Brad went from zero to more than 400 doors and left his corporate job. Mark has built 24 ADUs and started in the late 1970s when banks simply weren't lending. Brian owns multifamily across Long Beach plus self-storage and has never chased a cheaper market out of state. Victor came into real estate by accident and now operates more than 20 Jersey Mike's locations alongside his apartment portfolio.

None of them were handed a building. That's the whole point of this panel.

RSVP for the next one: https://www.sageregroup.com/meetup/

Juan is a Licensed California Real Estate Broker that has acquired his Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation and a Real Estate Investor who is dedicated to helping people build wealth and financial independence through real estate investing.

Website: www.SageREGroup.com

Phone: 562-307-0838

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Investors chase the highest cap rate. Investors also want the building that doesn't need work. You almost never get both in the same deal, because renovated product trades at a compressed cap rate and the high-cap deals are the ones that need a contractor on speed dial.

This one breaks that rule.

Cody and I are walking through our newest listing at 5529 Dairy Ave in North Long Beach. It's 10 units, taken down to the studs and rebuilt: new roof, new plumbing, new electrical, new windows, tankless water heaters, high-end finishes in every unit. Asking price is $3.35M, which prices it at a 10.87 gross rent multiplier and a 7% cap rate on current rents.

For context, the Long Beach average over the last 12 months on 5+ unit properties is an 11 GRM and a 6.4% cap. This building beats the market on both, and normally the only properties that beat the market are the ones that still need a lot of work.

Juan Huizar
📞 (562) 307-0838
https://sageregroup.com/team/juan-huizar/
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Cody Charnell
📞 (562) 896-3851
https://sageregroup.com/team/cody-charnell/
DRE #01950585

Juan is a Licensed California Real Estate Broker that has acquired his Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation and a Real Estate Investor who is dedicated to helping people build wealth and financial independence through real estate investing.

Website: www.SageREGroup.com

Phone: 562-307-0838

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/multifamilylongbeach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SageRegroup/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanhuizar-sagerealestate/

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've spoken with hundreds of apartment owners across California, and in 2026 the same four reasons keep coming up for why they're selling. Rent control, insurance, evictions, and values. In this episode I break down each one honestly, including what it's costing owners right now and why I'm still buying anyway.

📞 Own an apartment building and want to know where you stand? Get in touch: https://www.sageregroup.com/contact/

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/k_fNQh7KJIM

Juan is a Licensed California Real Estate Broker that has acquired his Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation and a Real Estate Investor who is dedicated to helping people build wealth and financial independence through real estate investing.

Website: www.SageREGroup.com

Phone: 562-307-0838

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/multifamilylongbeach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SageRegroup/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanhuizar-sagerealestate/

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If you think you need wealthy parents or generational wealth to build a real estate portfolio — this video is proof that you don't.

Juan Huizar, President of Sage Real Estate, immigrated from La Victorina, Zacatecas, Mexico at age four. His family walked through the desert for a better life, settled in California's Central Valley, and by nine years old Juan was working the garlic fields for $10 a day. Today he owns apartment buildings, commercial property, and a business in one of the most expensive zip codes in the U.S.

In this video, Juan shares the full story — the village with a dirt floor and no running water, the years of field work that gave him his hunger, the mentor (Mark Malan) who taught him that real estate is how you build lasting wealth, and the exact first steps he took: a fix-and-flip condo at 23 that turned into $35,000, then a triplex, and 20+ years later an 8-unit building, a 10-unit building, and two laundromats bought in a single 12-month stretch.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/gc7xdEc224Q

Juan is a Licensed California Real Estate Broker that has acquired his Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation and a Real Estate Investor who is dedicated to helping people build wealth and financial independence through real estate investing.

Website: www.SageREGroup.com

Phone: 562-307-0838

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/multifamilylongbeach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SageRegroup/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanhuizar-sagerealestate/

YouTube: www.youtube.com/sagerealestate

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Insurance has quietly become one of the biggest expenses for California apartment owners — and most investors don't realize how much they're overpaying. In this episode, Juan Huizar (President of Sage Real Estate) sits down with Zach of INM Insurance to break down why apartment insurance premiums have DOUBLED since 2023, why carriers like Nationwide and State Farm pulled out of California, and exactly what you can do to protect your cash flow and your building's value.

Whether you own a 4-plex or a 12-unit apartment building, this conversation gives you a real playbook: what to send for a competitive quote, the electrical panels that get policies canceled, admitted vs. non-admitted carriers, habitability claims, the California FAIR Plan, and why letting your coverage lapse can cost you everything.

👉 Get in touch with Juan
(562) 307-0838
https://sageregroup.com/team/juan-huizar/

👉 Get in touch with Zac
(562) 493-3756
https://www.inminsurance.com

Juan is a Licensed California Real Estate Broker that has acquired his Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation and a Real Estate Investor who is dedicated to helping people build wealth and financial independence through real estate investing.

Website: www.SageREGroup.com

Phone: 562-307-0838

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/multifamilylongbeach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SageRegroup/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanhuizar-sagerealestate/

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Most people think you need hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy an investment property. You don't. In this episode of the Own More Doors podcast, Juan Huizar (President of Sage Real Estate) and Ann Te break down exactly what it takes to buy your first duplex in Long Beach — including pockets where you can own a home AND collect rental income for under $800,000.

Ann pulled 12 months of closed duplex sales across Long Beach and mapped out where the value is, where the competition is, and where you have the most room to negotiate. If you feel priced out of a single-family home, this is the entry point most first-time buyers never consider.

👉 Reach Ann Te directly: https://sageregroup.com/team/ann-te/

Juan is a Licensed California Real Estate Broker that has acquired his Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation and a Real Estate Investor who is dedicated to helping people build wealth and financial independence through real estate investing.

Website: www.SageREGroup.com

Phone: 562-307-0838

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/multifamilylongbeach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SageRegroup/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanhuizar-sagerealestate/

YouTube: www.youtube.com/sagerealestate

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Got an apartment building with a unit that's "non-conforming," "grandfathered," or flat-out unpermitted? You're not alone — in Long Beach, a huge share of older buildings have been chopped up over the decades, and most owners are stuck. You can't count that income at the bank, you're carrying liability if a tenant gets hurt, and it quietly drags down your property's value.

In this episode, Juan Huizar and Cody Charnell break down a new statewide California law that finally creates a real, streamlined pathway to legalize an existing unpermitted unit — without the full cost, fees, and energy standards of building a brand-new ADU. We walk through exactly who qualifies, what the city wants to see, and why you should seriously consider doing this before you list your property.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/uX0jOuufkmw

Juan is a Licensed California Real Estate Broker that has acquired his Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation and a Real Estate Investor who is dedicated to helping people build wealth and financial independence through real estate investing.

Website: www.SageREGroup.com

Phone: 562-307-0838

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/multifamilylongbeach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SageRegroup/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanhuizar-sagerealestate/

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For the first time in my 20+ years doing this, I'm telling investors to stop what they're doing and pay attention. Cap rates are up, gross rent multipliers are down, and roughly 30% of 5+ unit buildings in Long Beach are trading for less than they sold five years ago. I just bought an 8-unit and a 10-unit in the last eight months — and in this video I break down exactly why the discounts are showing up on five units and above, not on fourplexes, duplexes, or single-family homes.

Watch the video: https://youtu.be/bYxbrhxuyYU

Juan is a Licensed California Real Estate Broker that has acquired his Certified Commercial Investment Member (CCIM) designation and a Real Estate Investor who is dedicated to helping people build wealth and financial independence through real estate investing.

Website: www.SageREGroup.com

Phone: 562-307-0838

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/multifamilylongbeach/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SageRegroup/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juanhuizar-sagerealestate/

YouTube: www.youtube.com/sagerealestate

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