Invest Smarter Podcast

ISP 340: How to Overcome Challenges and Setbacks as a Real Estate Investor

Episode 340: How to Overcome Challenges and Setbacks as a Real Estate Investor 

Host: Simon Castillo 

Guest: Sam Bates



Join our host Simon Castillo and Sam Bates as they discuss:



  • Mistakes made when investing in single family 
  • Working on too many house flips at once 
  • How do you get banks and investors to put trust in you without having done a development deal in your career? 
  • Managing the current fear in the market
  • Biggest challenges when focusing on development 
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Sam Bates is the founder and CEO of Bates Capital Group and is also a principal and advisory board member of Systematic Capital. Sam is a real estate entrepreneur and has held multiple C suite positions in his real estate journey that started in 2009. He has been directly involved in the acquisition or development, asset management, and strategic planning of over $200MM in multifamily assets. His companies currently have another $75MM in new construction multifamily development in process.



Connect with Sam Bates: 


Website: www.batescapitalgroup.com

Email: Sam@batescapitalgroup.com 

Email: Sam@systematiccap.com







Simon Castillo is a real estate investor & business development executive from San Antonio, TX. Simon began investing in real estate in 2004 and is currently invested in more than $39 million of single family and multifamily assets both as a general partner and limited partner. Simon’s experience includes providing safe, stable returns for investors, real estate development, value add investing and investing for long term cash flow.   

Simon is the Principal and Founder of SAS Texas Capital, a real estate firm focused on raising capital for the acquisition of value-add, class B & C multifamily properties. SAS Texas Capital has raised over $1 million in investor capital for the purchase of these assets.   

Simon holds a Master’s Degree in Finance from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. In addition to his extensive professional experience, Simon serves as Chair for the prestigious Alexander Briseno Leadership Development Program (ABLDP) offered through the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, President for the South Texas Chapter for the Risk Management Society, and serves on the St. Mary’s University Greehey School of Business Finance & Risk Management Advisory Board.



Connect with Simon Castillo: 

Website:  www.sastexascapital.com

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Calendly: 15 min call or 45 min podcast - https://calendly.com/sastexascapital