Escaping the Corporate World - Active or Passive? with Kristina Knight
At Akras, Kristina Knight focuses on Asset Management of their portfolio, strategy, and deal underwriting. She brings over 10 years of experience in the capital markets, having previously worked as a senior investment analyst and portfolio manager. In this role, she ran a $1BN Agency Mortgage Portfolio strategy and managed over 30 separate accounts to ensure the client’s needs and objectives were met.
An avid traveler and certified yoga teacher, Kristina is always looking for new places to explore and push her limits. Additionally, she is passionate about empowering women and in 2019 Founded the Women’s Real Estate Networking Group (WREN) in Boulder, CO to contribute to the community. She also coaches women who are looking to get started investing or scale in Multifamily real estate.
[00:01 – 06:58] Opening Segment
- I talk briefly about great values that await you in this episode
- I welcome our guest, Kristina Knight
- Kristina talks about her background
- Corporate background
- Getting into and committing to real estate investing
[06:59 – 20:49] Escaping the Corporate World
- Finding herself on the entrepreneurship route
- Finding her first real estate deal
- Having a strong well-thought-out business plan
- Specifics of finding their first deal
- Learning experience from their first deal
- Long-distance real estate investing
- Types of deals they’re doing nowadays
[20:50 – 25:19] Closing Segment
- Quick break for our sponsors
- What is the best investment you've ever made other than your education?
- Investing in her network
- What is the worst investment you ever made?
- Investing in the stock market
- What is the most important lesson that you've learned in business and investing?
- Small Persistent actions lead to big results
- Trust your gut and don’t get too attached to your investments
- Connect with our guest. See the links below.
Tweetable Quotes:
“If you find the right partners who believe in you, want to support you, really anything is possible.” - Kristina Knight
“Investing in your network, being a part of a mastermind, or paying for a really good coach, those are really great things to do.” - Kristina Knight
“Small persistent actions lead to big results.” - Kristina Knight
“Trust your gut. If you get a bad feeling about it, or something doesn’t seem right. It’s probably best to just walk away, and don’t get too attached to the investment.” - Kristina Knight
Resources:
Connect with Kristina, send her an email at [email protected] or visit https://www.akrascapital.com/
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