Episode 127: Mike Zlotnik

Intelligent Accredited Investor Podcast

What can you do with your investment portfolio in the current market? Where can you invest your fresh money? Should you wait for the right time or pull the trigger when good deals come your way? How long will you wait before the market returns to normal?

Mike Zlotnik says that it depends. The market obviously matters before investing, but if you sit on your capital and wait for perfect timing, how will you know it is perfect? You should deploy some of your capital in deals, even during a recession. Though Q3 and Q4 2023 are expected to be formally recession quarters, you must always be ready because you will start seeing good deals coming to you.

Mike Zlotnik has been a debt and equity investor in real estate since 2000. He started his career and has spent nearly 15 years in the information technology field managing Risk, Business Intelligence, and Quality of complex systems, software, and processes.

While building a successful career in IT, Mike’s passion has always been real estate investing because of its predictability of outcomes and well-understood risks. In 2009, Mike joined Tempo Funding, LLC (Mortgage Pool Fund) as a managing partner and Vice President of funding operations.

Highlights from the Interview

• Mike Zlotnik’s journey into real estate and becoming a fund manager
• Mike’s advice to people with idle cash who are missing great opportunities in the current market
• What can you do with the existing investment portfolio
• Plans and strategies you need to put in place in the next 24 months of the recession
• The expected timeline for the recession to last and what you can do
• Differences we will see in this depression compared to the 2008 market crash
• Investor mindsets when the ROI does not match the expectations
• Mike’s takeaway tips and how you can reach out and connect