Meet The Team
Megan Lamke
CEO & Managing Partner
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Megan started in the real estate industry working for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage in 2008. Despite the huge recession and housing crisis Megan achieved the coveted President's Club award 8 months for her sales closed. While at Wells Fargo Megan built a network of real estate investors and learned some best practices for real estate investing during a recession. While working full-time Megan began house hacking her primary residence while also convincing her tenants to help her implementing the Buy, Renovate, Rent, Refinance, and Repeat (BRRRR) strategy. Megan, and her husband Darik, were gazelle intense about getting out of debt so they worked overtime, had 3-4 side hustles and were able to pay off $535,000 of personal debt, including their mortgage and $188,000 in student loans in under 5 years. One of Megan's side hustles was using her sales and marketing skills to rapidly grow a local property management company which required Megan to get her real estate license. Megan and Darik realized that by BRRRR, house hacking their home had doubled in value and that becoming debt free they had the opportunity to sell their primary residence and use the profits to passively invest in multifamily syndications to replace Megan's corporate salary. So they sold their home, started passively investing in multifamily syndications all throughout the United States.
Megan was able to resign from all of her side hustles and corporate job to pursue real estate investing full time. Shortly after becoming a passive investor, Megan became a General Partner in her first real estate syndication. Today, Megan (35) & Darik (37) have a rapidly growing portfolio of over 2,225 units valued at over $531 million dollars. They both work from home and have the time freedom and financial freedom to spend quality time with their 3 year old daughter. Now, Megan and Darik get to go sailing, play rugby and travel as much as they want. Megan volunteers to teach aspiring investors how to get out of debt quickly and build wealth. Megan helps DIY landlords sell their real estate portfolios and scale up into multifamily syndication, just like she did. Megan loves helping the accredited and sophisticated investors transform their checkbooks into true wealth and financial freedom. In our business Megan focuses on building relationships, investor relations, asset procurement.
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When Megan isn't working, you can find her sailing on Lake Minnetonka, volunteering at local non-profit organizations, or traveling with her family to a State Park.
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MEGAN'S ACHIEVEMENTS
- Eight-time President's Club Achiever for Wells Fargo Home Mortgage during the height of the 2008 – 2009 recession
- Leader of the Real Estate InvestHER Chapter of Minneapolis – over 3,000 members
- Seamless AI Seven & Eight Figure President's Club Award Winner
- Board of Directors of Venture.org Business For Good
- Host of Business For Good Podcast
- Published Author of LeadHER's Guide to Investing
- Annually invested over quarter million of her own money in multifamily syndications
- Co-syndicated over 2,225 units with a combined valuation of over $531 million
- Personally paid off over $535,000 in student loans and personal debt (including her home) to put our family in a position to invest significantly
- Megan was able to leave her corporate marketing career because of the passive income she received from multifamily syndications.
- Gives away half of her personal net income to non-profits that impact children locally and globally.
- Resiliency breeds grit. Recognize that life has ups and downs, on the personal side, and professional. Megan is full of grit.
- Highly involved in community (Substance Church volunteer, Financial Peace University Volunteer Instructor, Feed My Starving Children Volunteer, Jeremiah Program Volunteer, Venture.org Volunteer, Wayzata Yacht Club volunteer, Minnetonka Yacht Club volunteer)
Darik Lamke
CFO & Managing Partner
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Darik graduated from the University of Minnesota Duluth with several engineering degrees and a math minor. He has worked as an Engineer since 2008. Darik's passion for number crunching proved useful when the Lamkes embarked on their first Financial Peace University class in 2014. Since then, Darik and Megan have paid off over $535,000 including their mortgage, and are completely debt-free! Darik's true passion is engineering and loves his current 9-5 job as the Director of Systems Engineering Kannegiesser Etech. With in our company Darik focuses on asset management and all things financial.
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Darik is grateful that together they prioritized getting completely out of debt and fully funding an emergency fund before investing in real estate. There is so much more peace and stability when investing with cash. Darik highly recommends that individuals get their "Four Walls" and a personal budget in order before scaling up to multifamily real estate.
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When Darik isn't working, he can be found in his workshop woodworking, reading a good book or playing board games.
Lyra Joy Lamke
Our Legacy
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Lyra is adorable and the driving force behind what we do , why we do it, and who we choose to impact. We love making the world better so that she will reap the benefits. Lyra loves building things like her dad and delights in connecting with people like her mom does.
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When Lyra isn't attending real estate closings and conferences with her parents, she can be found playing with something musical, dancing around, creating art or building with Magnatiles.
Megan Lamke Real Estate services
Passive Investments in Multifamily Real Estate
At Megan Lamke Real Estate we are driven to help our clients achieve long-term financial freedom through real estate investments that can successfully be passed from generation to generation. We do this not only by issuing sound real estate investments, but by creating an atmosphere of trust, dedication, communication, and integrity. Our values drive us to operate our real estate investments with honesty, integrity and a heart for the common good in the communities we serve. Our values mean we treat our limited partner investors and tenant with the utmost respect.
In every project we provide equal housing opportunities and collaborate with we work local faith-based non-for-profit organizations to teach life skills, like Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University and Ramsey+ financial management classes, to our tenants as free amenities.
OBJECTIVES
Quadruple bottom line: prioritize people, the planet, profits and nonprofit organizations on purpose.
- PEOPLE: Provide safe, affordable, quality housing that provides like new condition, state-of-the-art amenities in apartment buildings, storage facilities and mobile home parks we acquire.
- PLANET: Reduce carbon footprint in every apartment buildings, storage facilities and mobile home parks we acquire. Provide community gardens, solar panels and green energy from every project.
- PROFITS: To continue to expand the number of properties purchased, re-positioned, rented and/or sold, while also increasing the level of profits for all limited partner and general partner investors. Achieving this by utilizing world class technology, marketing automation and property management software.
- NON PROFITS: Maintaining open communication between limited partner investors in order to ensure the highest level of satisfaction and long lasting relationship within the management team and communities they have invested in.
Making A Difference Through Impact Investing
CHARITIES
Giving back to the communities in which we live and invest is an integral part of our mission. Having the ability, courage and dedication to building financial freedom is important, but in our humble opinion, it is how one uses that blessing that is truly important. By serving faith-based organizations and neighborhoods we can help strengthen communities.
Main areas Megan Lamke Real Estate gives to:
1. Local faith-based organizations in the communities we serve
2. Neighborhood stabilization programs
3. Multi-generational education
4. Micro-financing for empowering women, especially moms
5. Female entrepreneurship, investment, and development
After providing providing projected double digital returns for investors and covering real estate expenses, Megan Lamke personally gives a large percentage of her net income from every real estate transaction to four local charities in order to make a difference in the lives of children locally and globally.
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Meet Megan Lamke
Hi there! I'm Megan Lamke and apartment buildings investing has changed my life and my family's lifestyle. My apartment building investments have allowed me to step away from my corporate career, build generational wealth and positively impact sex trafficking survivors. Our Impact Investing Club inspires thousands to make a difference in their lives and in the lives of others every month.
Together we 'Find Freedom, Give Freedom.'