#299 - Artem Tepler - Co-Founder @ SCHON | TEPLER Partners - Developing Real Estate and Living the American Dream

Born in Siberia, Artem immigrated to the United States at the age of nine. In 2009 he formed SCHON | TEPLER Partners to capitalize on the unprecedented opportunities in distressed residential real estate during the GFC and has evolved into a full-service, vertically integrated, multi-family real estate development firm. Since his first purchase of a single-family house as an investment for $300k at the age of 23, Artem has been involved as a principal in the development/redevelopment of more than $400m of real estate. On this episode, Chris and Artem discuss: ➡️ life in Siberia under Communism ➡️ immigrating to the United States ➡️ the thread between Jiu Jitsu and Career success ➡️ a walkthrough of putting together a Los Angeles Multifamily project We'd appreciate you filling out our audience survey, so we can continuously work on providing relevant content to our listeners.  https://www.thefortpod.com/survey Additional Resources 👉Artem on Twitter 👉Schon Tepler Partners Timestamps (00:04:02) Discovering Zyn (00:05:41) Life in Siberia under Communism (00:13:14) Immigrating to America (00:19:14) Thoughts on Russia/Ukraine (00:27:21) Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (00:32:58) Artem’s early RE career (00:48:56) Buying a home from a murderer (00:51:10) Artem’s business today (00:54:10) Self-performing construction vs. outsourcing (01:03:54) Measuring success in construction (01:14:19) How an LA project comes together (01:25:10) Covid’s Impact on Multifamily (01:31:26) Affordable housing (01:34:00) Thoughts on the near-term market Links ➡️ Better Pitch: https://bit.ly/42d9L0I ➡️ Fort Capital: https://bit.ly/FortCapital ➡️ Follow Fort Capital on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fort-capital/ 🐦 Follow Chris on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3BYIjcH 💡 Follow Chris on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/chrispowersjr/ ➡️ Sign Up for our Newsletter: https://newsletter.thefortpod.com/ 📹 Subscribe to The FORT on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3oynxNX -- The FORT Podcast with Chris Powers is a place where you can find meaningful conversations about entrepreneurship, real estate, investing, and more. Be sure to follow the podcast, so you never miss an episode! The FORT is produced by Johnny Podcasts