Real Life Real Equity Podcast
By Justin and Keisha Brooks
Real Life Real Equity PodcastMay 19, 2020
Episode 85 Fail Fast, Fail Forward, Fail Frequently with Special Guest J. Massey
J. Massey is the CEO and Founder of Cashflow Diary, a training and development brand for building short-term rental entrepreneurs. Before Cashflow Diary, J. raised capital and invested in traditional real estate (single-family homes, note brokering and holding, cell phone towers, commercial real estate, and apartment buildings). Eventually, he built his real estate investing training program to share what he learns continuously through his years of successful, real-world experience owning hundreds of traditional long-term housing units. When one of his students asked him what he knew about the world of short-term rentals, the answer was not very much.
Once J. started learning about short-term rental strategies, he saw a world of opportunity in front of him. He built his very own 34-unit(46 bedrooms)-and-counting short-term rental business from scratch — which he still owns, grows, and operates — and has shifted his Cashflow Diary brand to focus exclusively on building and training short-term rental entrepreneurs. Now he’s built a community of thousands of like-minded people from 16 countries that he learns from every day and shares his knowledge through his Cashflow Diary podcast, YouTube channel, Facebook groups, and annual Short-Term Rental Summit training events.
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Episode 84 Surviving COVID-19 A Recap of How Our Guests are Responding to the Global Pandemic
If you don't think you can fail you have a lot to learn. Often times we see people flashing their success, but they never show you behind the curtain or the mask. Think of OZ in the Wizard of OZ. Before your eyes everything seemed too good to be true until Dorthy discovered the honest truth on how OZ actually because stuck or trapped in his own fairy tale. Many entrepreneurs are trapped with no escape route. It is up to us to share our stories, provide transparency and be the beacon of hope. In this unforeseen time, leaders will rise and helping hands will extend, it is up to you to grab on and fight. Planning is so so important RIGHT NOW to be prepared for now so that tomorrow doesn't catch you by surprise. We want to continue to pour into our audience from around the globe a cure for success. If you haven't been tuning in, I highly encourage you to TUNE into the last 10 episodes as our guests share their perspective of the global pandemic of COVID-19 and what they are doing differently to survive. Let us rescue you while we are all in this mission together!
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Episode 83 If James Bond, Tony Robbins, and his University Professor was one you would get our Special Guest Marco Robert
Marco Robert is an international business consultant and inspirational speaker. Whether he’s shining on stage in front of thousands of people in Florida, advising members of a board of directors in South Africa, or coaching the CEO of a company in Malaysia, he can be described as a result-driven-disrupter. Equipped with the BOSS, his proprietary business framework, he challenges the status quo and finds solutions to the toughest business challenges.
His entrepreneurial spirit was seeded at a young age as an apprentice in his family’s business. Later it sprouted on the benches of academia and finally blossomed through nearly three decades of business experiences.
A cross between James Bond, Tony Robbins, and my favorite University professor. He lives the high-octane life of a jet setter. At any given time, you could run into him on a flight from San Francisco to Singapore or a train from Zurich to Paris. He speaks several languages. His suits are tailor-made in Asia and South Africa. And he is an adept of single malts whiskeys and an erudite wine connoisseur.
He’s a socialite who loves the company of others, but for a few months every year, he isolates himself at his lake house, hidden somewhere in Northern Canada, to research and write.
An unequaled business master, he understands all the different facets of business better than any of his contemporaries. Whether talking finance, leadership, customer service, re-organization, sales & marketing, operations, or any of dozens of business topics, Marco holds himself with confidence.
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Episode 82 Real Life Real Equity Shorts with Director of Media and Marketing at Concordia Realty and Special Guest Adam Carswell
Adam J. Carswell is a real estate entrepreneur, new media marketer, and podcaster. Adam committed his career to real estate in 2015. Within his first year-and-a-half in real estate, he closed over 25 transactions with RE/MAX in Washington, D.C. Adam currently resides in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada and has previously resided in the Bay Area of California, Northern Virginia, Cleveland area, and Belize. He serves as Director of Media and Marketing for Concordia Realty, and Business Development Manager for Asym Capital. Combined, both firms have syndicated, redeveloped, repositioned, and revitalized more than $430mm worth of real estate across the US.
Adam creates educational content for both firms, and is responsible for the management of investor relations. Additionally, Adam plays a major role as a senior acquisitions analyst researching market data and fine-tuning financial models. In his spare time, Adam produces the Cash Flow Connections podcast along with producing and hosting both the Dream Chasers and Liberland Show podcasts. Adam has been a featured guest on numerous podcasts for his expertise on social marketing and LinkedIn network management.
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Episode 81 Real Life Real Equity Shorts with founder of Blue Elm Investments Todd Sulzinger
Todd Sulzinger is a former corporate finance executive turned mobile home park investor and the founder of Blue Elm Investments, a mobile home park operator specializing in adding value to and transforming distressed mobile home parks across the U.S. They have built the expertise to turn neglected mobile home parks into vibrant communities, increasing the availability of safe, clean, and affordable housing to their residents, while offering their investors above-market returns. Todd is a firm believer that investing in real, tangible assets like real estate is the most effective way to build long-term wealth.
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Episode 80 Real Life Real Equity Shorts with Co-Founder of G&L Capital Lee Fjord
TODAY WE HAVE ANOTHER REAL LIFE REAL EQUITY SHORT!! WE GIVE YOU THE SAME REAL CONTENT, IN A SHORTER TIME. WE HAVE SO MANY ENTREPRENEURS OUT THERE, THAT ARE LIVING THE DREAM OF BRINGING MONEY FROM WALL STREET TO MAIN STREET. HOW ARE THEY DOING IT?
Today on Real life Real Equity Shorts, we have a guy that is all about due diligence. After 5 years of property management experience and relocating to St. Louis, MO, Lee Fjord began investing in smaller properties and within 2.5 years of investing, scaled up to buying a 38 unit apartment complex in his own backyard and continues to build his portfolio. The power of partnerships and team building has helped Lee scale and allow him to focus on the most important parts of the business and what he does best.
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Episode 79 Introducing Real Life Real Equity Shorts with the Insurance Sales Princess Erika Cobb
INTRODUCING REAL LIFE REAL EQUITY SHORTS!! WE GIVE YOU THE SAME REAL CONTENT, IN A SHORTER TIME. WE HAVE SO MANY ENTREPRENEURS OUT THERE, THAT ARE LIVING THE DREAM OF BRINGING MONEY FROM WALL STREET TO MAIN STREET. HOW ARE THEY DOING IT?
Today on Real life Real Equity Shorts, we have a lady that doesn't need a full introduction, because she has been a mover and a shaker in her industry for quite some time. She graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Manufacturing Engineering Technology and is a sales marketer for Eaton. Besides being the intrepreneur, she is also a licensed insurance broker for PHP Agency as one of the leading sales reps. From wall street to main street she is not only impacting lives by creating alternatives for retirement but also creating more entrepreneurs to have a better and prosperous life.
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Episode 78 The Queen of Capital Special Guest Tammy Thrasher
She is one of the World’s Greatest Mom, a Real Estate Investor Broker with a focus on Relational Capital. Through years of transactions, coaching and being a catalyst for others, Tammy has made connecting with people the center of her business. Her reputation as a connector sets her apart in the industry. She helps others build wealth not only in their business but most importantly in how to connect beyond networking and to create lasting, quality relationships. Her vast experience in all aspects of real estate, including brokering and raising capital for multi-million dollar properties, has given her the opportunity to apply her relationship strategies in negotiations and getting to closings. Her WHY centers around her family and Tammy is quick to seek adventures around the globe with her children, Marissa and Dre. When she’s not cooking, traveling, being soccer mom, or connecting, Tammy enjoys the opportunity to serve others by speaking about the power of Relational Capital and Intentional Parenting.
Ladies and Gentleman Tammy Thrasher.
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Episode 77 Alumni of Georgetown and CEO of Erupt Sales Special Guest Alvin Tucker
High-level real estate investors come to Alvin when they want a consistent and predictable flow of conversations with qualified motivated sellers from Facebook ads and automated follow up systems.
His team uses empathy as the basis for shaping the impact that not only Erupt Sales LLC has but their client's businesses have on the people they serve as well. A lot of business owners focus on the surface level benefits that result from their services not knowing and understanding the deeper and more significant impact of the transformations we can help others achieve. As a result, this helps us feel fulfilled through living in our purposes and feeling apart of something greater than ourselves. Conveying this message represents the essence of marketing.
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Episode 76 Disrupt Equity with Special Guest Ben Suttles
Our guest this week has been an entrepreneur for 15 years, first starting his career in IT sales and business development then onto management. His background in management and sales has helped him propel into commercial real estate, first starting in 2013. Over the last 7 years he has been involved in the acquisition & asset management of nine multifamily properties, through partnerships and Disrupt Equity, totaling over $80MM in current AUM and the purchase and sale of over 1600+ units.
He is more than an entrepreneur but a man of great endurance. Hear his story RIGHT NOW how he survived one of the biggest Hurricanes, Harvey, surviving loss and gaining wealth and peace.
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Episode 75 Our Guests always add VALUE
Real Life Real Equity Podcast, is about the transparency of entrepreneurship. It isn't always sexy. It is just downright ugly and dirty at times. We don't present fancy cars but we talk about REAL life as an entrepreneur. Over time we have had some amazing guests. They have not only shared their stories, and sage wisdom but they always provide ACTION steps and tools that you can implement right now in your business and life. This episode highlights our last several guests. We encourage you to stay tuned as we have new guests and content coming to you REAL soon.
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Episode 74 1031 Exchange with Special Guests Michael Brady and Alex Shandrovsky
We are back with our Vendor Series and this week we have two great guests to share with us the ins and outs of 1031 Exchange.
A §1031 Exchange is a valuable tax strategy for those selling and buying real estate for investment. Whenever a business or investment property is sold and there is a gain, generally the person selling the property has to pay taxes on the gain at the time of sale. IRC §1031 provides an exception and allows payment of the tax on the gain to be deferred if the seller reinvests the proceeds in a like-kind property as part of a qualifying §1031 Exchange.
By exchanging one property for another, the property owner can defer federal and state* capital gains taxes, leaving greater net profits for reinvestment. In addition to improving cash flow, §1031 Exchanges also allow investors to shift an investment from one geographic region to another, trade older properties for newer ones, leverage existing equity, and diversify, improve and/or increase a real estate portfolio.
Tune in NOW from our 1031 Exchange Experts as they break it down!!
Episode 73 It's Tax Season, Are you Prepared to File...Tax Expert Allen Woodward Esq
Allen A. Woodward, Esq. has been a tax consultant for over a decade. His experience includes working with small to mid-sized companies as well as international conglomerates with multi-billion-dollar average annual gross receipts. Allen has worked for the leading research and development tax firm Alliant Group LP of Houston, where he was recognized as a top-performing associate in 2015, and for Big 4 accounting firm: KPMG LLP, as a member of the Accounting Methods and Credits Services Tax Practice. Currently, Allen works for Engineered Tax Services as a tax consultant. Allen has represented the interests of companies such as Toyota, Konami, Consolidated Edison, and Allergan Pharmaceuticals; and identified tens of
millions of dollars in tax incentives and benefits.
Aside from his credentials as an Attorney, Allen earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Entrepreneurship from Hampton University, an MBA from Dowling College, and held leadership positions in Fortune 100 Companies such as The Disney Company and Target Corporation. Prior to joining Alliant Group LP, Attorney Woodward served as a Judicial Law Clerk at the United States District Court for the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Episode 72 US Olympian, Real Estate Investor, and Podcaster Hans Struzyna
Our amazing guest for this week is a US Olympian. He is a Realtor Partner with the Wall Street Journal Top 100 nationally ranked team, The Gunderman Group. He focuses on advocacy, risk management and exceeding client’s personal definitions of success. By staying true to those core values, he has been part of the top team in the East Bay area and sells over $180M per year (with over $1.5B sold in total) with an average price point of $1.2M. He became so fascinated with real estate investing that he completed his first flip during his first year in the business, and his wife also invests in out-of-state multifamily properties.
Most recently Hans created a podcast called "Another Way to Play," so he could share the value of creating your own path and building a life of freedom. He believes that if you trade hours for dollars, you will never achieve true freedom in your life. He brings inspirational and practical content to listeners at their own personal crossroads by interviewing entrepreneurs, thought leaders and industry experts to learn how they achieved freedom in their lives.
"In my 30 years on this planet, I've learned a few lessons that I apply to everything I do. The first is that all goals must be written down and visible on a daily basis. The second is that there’s no such thing as overnight success and consistent work is the only path to success. Finally, everything is the way it is because someone made it that way. So to understand people is to understand the world." -Hans Struzyna
Episode 71 The Man behind an eCommerce Business, Johann Nogueira
Our featured guest has spent his entire career solving problems and fixing businesses. He discovered the power of systematization and leverage in his early 20’s, where he built an eCommerce business. This knowledge allowed him to grow not only his business but his clients as well.
Johann has significantly increased the bottom lines of over 1,000 clients in more than 40 industries, worldwide. He thrives on challenges and opportunities that are presented to him by focusing on technology and utilizing the systems he has built over the last two decades.
Johann’s clients range from top tier banks to private business owners with one thing in common – all of them have profited significantly from Johann’s expertise. Many clients acknowledge that Johann’s efforts and ideas have led to millions of dollars of profit increase and that he is their secret weapon in their war chest.
Episode 70 LIVE New Years Eve Podcast with your Hosts
Hello Entrepreneurs. This weeks episode is our live show, where we talk about 2019, our goals for 2020 and beyond. We were very fortunate this year to be able to focus solely on our Entrepreneurial goals, and we wanted to share some measures of our success with you this episode and to talk about a very important aspect of growth, how do you view yourself? In case you missed it, this was the episode from December 31st, as we counted down the New Year with our live episode! Great content, take a listen!
Episode 69 Our Success and Failure, Lets RECAP 2019
Alright, we are a week away from the NEW YEAR, and we have so much that we have learned from our success and our failures throughout 2019. We have also had some pretty AMAZING guests, from Dave Dee to G. Edward Griffin to Michael Zuber (One Rental At a Time) to Greg and Heather Self. There are so so many more, and it is hard to pick a favorite. Each one brought something different and unique to the table, but many of them had similar golden nuggets, such as build your brand and build your network. So we give it to you straight in this episode. We talk about current projects that have excelled and well others that went south. Our question for you, can you handle our Truths?
Episode 68 "The Comfort Zone" with your hosts Justin and Keisha Brooks
This week's new episode we discuss “The Comfort Zone.” While we share with you the 4 main areas of the comfort zone we also share with you our own transparency of where we are within the comfort zone...
The 4 main areas of The Comfort Zone are...
- Comfort zone
- Fear zone
- Learning zone
- Growth Zone
The comfort zone model is meant to be put on repeat. Once goals are achieved, as an entrepreneur we make room to grow and level up. We are always lingering in a comfort zone, even once a goal has been achieved. For example, many will set a goal to become healthier as we approach the New Year. In doing so a person must get out of their "comfort zone" to become disciplined and establish daily routines and practices. Once the healthy change is established and the goal is achieved, this is where most people fail by getting comfortable at where they are. Then they fail to set new goals to maintain all the effort and work they put into getting where they are in the present, which is "the comfort zone."
So take the opportunity to learn and grow, and...
Tune in as we break down each area and give you our real-life scenarios and how to get out of your comfort zone for 2020!!
Episode 67 Good Deal VS Bad Deal with your Hosts
It’s just the two of “Us”. This week we’re going to talk about a Good Deal VS Bad Deal, and not in the way you are thinking. We will talk on how to restructure a deal so that it is beneficial for everyone involved. There are a couple of key components that we want to highlight, and that has an established mission, vision, goals and core values. Most of the time it isn't a bad business deal it is the mission, vision, goals, and core values that didn't line up from the start which caused the deal to go south.
Interviewing your prospect is so important to figure out if you can add value to one another. Going off another person's review or experience isn't enough, because again if your mission, vision, goals, and core values don't align then the deal may not be a good deal. Relationships are important, but every good relationship may not mean a good business deal, separate the two.
Episode 66 International Special Guest Tristan Wright
All the way from Melbourne Australia our featured guest this week is a business sherpa with a background in leadership coaching and applied business. Unlike many coaches and consultants, Tristan actually built a business – from an ad-hoc startup in his 3 square-meter kitchen to a 7-figure operation with staff and suppliers around the globe.
In doing so, Tristan acquired first-hand experience in everything from product design and procurement, to team management, financial reporting, vendor negotiations, and social-media marketing.
Tristan Wright has survived the personal aspects of entrepreneurship as well. He let the allure of success (and fear of failure) consume every waking minute and learned the hard lessons seldom taught by anyone. He can offer you more than just buzzwords and vague advice. He’ll show you how to grow your business while reducing your workload, and keep you focused and accountable along the way.
Episode 65 Special Guests Greg and Heather Self
"Don't Compare Your Chapter 1 with someone else's Chapter 20" -Heather
"Don't compare relationships, stay focused, build the team, and find a mentor" -Greg
Our guest for today is a dynamic couple, and serial entrepreneurs focusing on creating significance in every aspect of their lives. They have a combined experience of 23 years of full-time real estate investing, with significant expertise in wholesales, fix & flips, buy and holds, vacation rentals, residential assisted living, private lending, and syndication. They are passionate about main street investing and spreading financial knowledge. They are the Founders of New Hope Senior Living, Private Money Authority of TN and the Backpacks for the Homeless Program. They are parents of 4, world travelers and philanthropists.
Episode 64 Special Guest Rod Khleif
Our guest for today is another passionate real estate investor who has personally owned and managed over 2000 properties. As one of the country’s top real estate, business, and peak performance luminaries, Rod has also built over 23 businesses in his 40-year business career.
A compelling rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story, Rod Khleif soared from humble beginnings as a young, impoverished Dutch immigrant to incredible success. Rod’s experience involves both remarkable triumphs, and spectacular failures, which he affectionately calls “seminars.” Rod brings incredible authenticity and insight to his approach to business, success, and life. Rod loves training and coaching the “psychology of success” to aspiring real estate investors and entrepreneurs.
Rod Khleif has combined his passion for real estate investing with his personal philosophy of goal setting, envisioning, and manifesting success to become one of America’s top real estate investment and high-performance life coaches. out by police officers to comfort children in distress. Over the past 14 years, Rod’s work has benefited more than 60,000 underprivileged community children.
Episode 63 Special Guest Gabriel Hamel
Episode 62 What is Real Life Real Equity??
Today is just the two of “Us”. We’re going to take the time to answer a few questions, like what exactly is Real Life Real Equity? This is the time of year that we also start to set our goals for the coming year. We have done a lot of great things in the present year, and we want to share some of our achievements. Team building, marketing, and branding are a few key elements to our business and success. Understanding the mission of your business and being able to relay that to a team is important, and is something we have done successfully. So this is how we do it...
Episode 61 Special Guest Yonah Weiss
Our guest for this week is a Cost Segregation Expert. Yonah Weiss is a powerhouse with property owners’ tax savings. As the Business Director at Madison SPECS, a national Cost Segregation leader, he has assisted clients in saving tens of millions of dollars on taxes through cost segregation. Yonah has a background in teaching and a passion for real estate and helping others.
Episode 60 Special Guest Glen Dakan Part 2
The Second Act
As promised our episode this week is a continuation of our discussion with a great friend of ours, and Part 2 of his interview. Glen Dakan previously discussed with us his military background, going from serving in the Navy to becoming a student and graduating, and then being all in as an entrepreneur. He highlights his marketing experiences and startups.
This week we go a little deeper. How does an entrepreneur recover from embezzlement? Being away and serving his country, while all three of his businesses take a deep dive. To now...well you have to take a listen. Hear more of Glen Dakan and Part 2 of his inspiring story and journey.
Episode 59 Special Guest Glen Dakan Part 1
Our guest this week is a great friend of ours and has such an inspiring story that we had to make a Part 1 and Part 2 of his interview. Glen Dakan is a serial entrepreneur, whose ventures have been featured in Inc., Business Insider, and the KC Business Journal. Dakan served 11 years active duty as a US Navy pilot, then spent 7 years
building ventures in automotive and technology, having bootstrapped to $9 million in sales and raised $1 million from investors. He is now building Liquify Group, which is helping business owners sell assets when they are moving or going out of business using eCommerce and digital marketing. He holds a Neuroscience & Pre-Med BS from Vanderbilt, and MBA and an MS Finance from the Kelley School of Business, IU Bloomington. Glen continues to make great strides in his journey, and as demonstrated will power.
Episode 58 Special Guest Amy Novotny
Our guest for this week is a woman with a big heart, she is the founder of the PABR Institute™ and has a mission to provide pain, stress and anxiety relief to those who seek a naturalistic form of treatment when other treatment methods have fallen short. Her unique approach comes from her experience treating in a variety of settings and with a wide range of patient populations over the past 10 years.
Her background in orthopedics, sports, geriatrics, balance disorders, nerve injuries, and most recently, chronic pain; and influences from coursework at the Postural Restoration Institute have helped her develop this treatment method to address a wide variety of painful and restrictive conditions. She customizes all treatment plans to the individual to help them achieve their goals, whether it is to pick up a child, get through a workday pain-free or play a sport.
Her ability to speak French and Spanish has allowed her to communicate with and help various clients from all over the world, including France, Mexico, Central America, and South America. She has a variety of interests including running 40 marathons, running 10 ultra-marathons (including two 100 milers), photographing wildlife and landscapes all over the world that has led to several of her images being chosen as Photos of the Day, most notably National Geographic Your Shot World Top Photo of the Day.
Episode 57 with Special Guest Gene Guarino
Don't waste time
Invest time
Time you cannot spend twice.
Our guest for today has over 30 years’ experience in real investing and business, he is the founder of the Residential Assisted Living Academy.
The RALAcademy is the premier source for education in owning, operating and investing in Residential Assisted Living and senior housing. He has trained thousands of people from across the country how to turn single-family homes into cash flow machines.
RALAcademy’s motto is Do Good and Do Well. He has written 4 books and hosted 3 radio shows and has spoken in 5 countries and over 50 cities in the last year alone.
Have you ever thought about investing, operating, or developing a residential assisted living home?
Be part of the convention and got to RALNATCON.com
Episode 56 Special Guest Gary Lipsky
Ever wonder why as entrepreneurs we put in 100 hours a week compared to your average working employee that only puts in 40 and calls that a loooonnnng week?
Passion, drive, and knowing WHY keeps us apart from Corporate America. This week we have an amazing individual that has been an entrepreneur a majority of his life. He has been a real estate investor since 2002. He’s active in various real estate meet-up groups and attends conferences regularly. He’s a personal student of Brad Sumrok, who’s group closed $513 million in real estate in 2018. He is also Real Estate Financial Modeling Certified.
He is an experienced and successful business operator. He founded Arc in 2001 and grew the company to over $12 million in revenue and over 700 employees while positively affecting over 9,000 students daily throughout Southern California. He established a constant improvement model in an ever-changing environment.
He is also a founding and active board member of CORE Educational Services, a Los Angeles based non-profit benefiting under-served youth. Before that, Gary produced three feature films.
He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, and is an alumnus of the Southern California Leadership Network and joined Vistage in 2013, an executive coaching organization.
To get additional information of Gary's projects go to www.breakofdaycapital.com
Episode 55 Special Guest Shannon McKain
Our Guest for this week is a good friend of ours. She is a motivational speaker and workplace culture expert from Kansas City, Missouri. She seeks to help companies and employees create dramatic mindset shifts that help drive positive culture transformations within an organization.
For more than a decade, workplace culture expert, Shannon McKain, has motivated audiences to make changes for the better in their professional and personal lives. A gifted speaker, McKain’s authenticity and her ability to intimately connect with an auditorium filled with employees and executives aren’t performance art — she’s the real deal.
Before traveling the country to influence others, McKain was in her audience’s shoes, working in the corporate world where she saw, and even experienced herself, how The Great Divide impacted growth and success among her peers. Calling on that past, she openly shares personal stories and her own encounters with culture issues in ways that not only build trust and empathy with her audience, they result in dramatic mindset shifts that help drive dynamic transformations within an organization.
Those fortunate enough to experience a Shannon McKain presentation gain a wealth of skills to respect individual differences and use them to build a stronger company culture that promotes retention, fulfillment and shared success goals. This is what it takes to bridge The Great Divide. This is her mission.
Episode 54 Special Guest A.M. Williams
We have a powerful individual this week.
Coach A.M. Williams is a Transformation Professional who specializes in helping Entrepreneurs get the clarity they need to turn their internal success into personal achievements. He is the owner of A.M. Williams Coaching, Co., LLC and has personally coached and trained numerous executives, lawyers, doctors, recording artists, and other coaches and consultants over the past 10 years from a bed-bound state. Having been diagnosed with incomplete paraplegia (extreme weakness in legs), Coach A.M. has discovered the gift of challenges, and has mastered the art of transforming adversity into one’s greatest advantage. He also is number one best-selling author of the book “Resilience: Turning Setbacks into Comebacks”. His Yes,Go! radio show on BSRNradio.com is syndicated across 300 radio stations and reaches international listeners across the UK and North America each month. Coach A.M.’s magnificent obsession is helping high performing professionals and entrepreneurs to play at a higher level.
Episode 53 Special Guests Latrese and Olivier Kabuya
Our guest for this week is another amazing couple doing great works.
Olivier and Latrese strive to inspire, equip and empower everyday people to fulfill their God-given purpose in life. Their mission in life is simple - reach, touch, and impact lives.
Olivier believes the road to success lies in pursuing your passions because each person was born to be great. As a business leader, with over 20 yrs of corporate leadership experience, Olivier teach leaders and entrepreneurs how rallying around a vision and common purpose helps deliver winning teams and sustainable results. As a licensed minister, he has taken his message of faith, hope and love to many enabling them to unleash their greatness, and is the founder of Globe Reach Media.
Latrese’s primary passion of uplifting and encouraging others is achieved through her empowerment coaching. Her life-changing motivational speaking is frequently sought after and featured on her Monday Motivation radio segment, Men and Women’s Wellness seminars, editorials for The RealKC & SheKC Lifestyle, beauty clinics and more. Through her own Internet Television Series and podcast, “Insights with Latrese,” Latrese passionately empowers individuals to live their best lives through Christ and express their individual gifting. Latrese is also a frequent guest and co-host at CBS and NBC affiliate stations.
Olivier and Latrese are the proud parents of five beautiful daughters, Britney, Morgan, Leah, Naomi, and Amina. They are active members at their local church, Harvest Church, as well as very involved in various community outreaches in the Kansas City Metro area.
Episode 52 with Special Guests Matt Picheny and Erica Lynn Schwartz
What a lovely guest couple we have this week that are both real estate investors and co-producers of several Broadway shows.
Matt Picheny is the Managing Partner at MJP Property Group, a real estate investment company. He has been involved in single family, multifamily & vacation rentals for over 14 years.
Matt has experience in property valuation, acquisition, new construction, rehab projects, property leasing, management, financing and is a Fannie Mae approved buyer. With an investment portfolio of over 1,400 units, he is primarily focused on acquiring and repositioning multifamily communities.
Matt has a degree in Musical Theater and spent several years as a professional performer in NYC and throughout the U.S. He partners with his wife on theatrical investments and they are co-Producers on the Broadway shows Moulin Rouge and American Utopia.
Erica Lynn Schwartz is a Tony-nominated performing arts professional with a wide variety of theatrical development and production experience.
Erica has over 20 years of experience in Live Entertainment including producing Broadway shows. Her Broadway producing debut was Neil LaBute’s Reasons To Be Pretty (TONY, Drama Desk & Outer Critics Circle Nominations for Best Play) and she is currently a co-Producer on Moulin Rouge! and American Utopia. Erica has invested in several shows including the smash-hit Hamilton and an international tour of Wicked.
Erica is a graduate of Northwestern University where she holds the honor of being named a Distinguished Alumnus in 2008. She is currently the General Manager of the Emerson Colonial Theater in Boston, Massachusetts, where she resides with her husband Matt and their two daughters.
Episode 51 Special Guest Logan Freeman
When a person is expected to always shine in one light, and can go through adversity and still give 200% no matter what life may bring on that defines Logan Freeman. He is an EX-NFL player for the Raiders and professional development junkie. Logan is a real estate investor, developer, and agent who has found his niche in the industry acting as an investment property specialist and actually representing buyers instead of sellers in the transactions process. Logan has also completed multiple joint venture projects, equity partnerships and works as a developer. Completing over 120 transactions in less than a year, Logan has found a process, and relies on his most valuable priorities to guide his profit-producing activities. Logan is an avid Christian, husband, and father to a brand new baby girl. Logan is located in Kansas City Missouri and can be found at Live Free Investments.
Logan stands by these 5 key principles within his business:
1. Clear expectations- What will you need to do due diligence/criteria? Let’s qualify the buyer and
the seller to see if there is even an opportunity to collaborate.
2. Track record - What projects have you closed, do you have financing plan setup, what is your
business plan? Exit strategy?
3. Communication – What’s your structure, will you be syndicating?
4. Be willing to pay up Front- Time/underwriting-go through example and spend the time
5. Don’t run through yellow lights - Get everything cleared up front, So you can Perform!
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Episode 50 Special Guest Dave Dee
Dave Dee, the man who now teaches independent service professionals “how to sell more of their products or services in a month than they now do all year” was struggling entertainer, a mentalist to be precise. Then he discovered the power of sales and marketing and is business skyrocketed from 3 shows a month to averaging 25 shows a month in less than 90-days. Other entrepreneurs took notice and started asking Dave for his advice. Because he knew he could make a bigger impact on people’s lives as a coach, consultant, and speaker, his new business was born.
Dave has shared the stage with Barbara Corcoran, Brian Tracy, Emmett Smith, Dan Kennedy, Tom Hopkins, Penn Jillette, Peter Guber, and other luminaries at some of the world’s largest events for entrepreneurs.
Dave divides his time between speaking, conducting his own seminars and workshops, and consulting audiences and individuals on selling their products and services via speaking, webinars, and one-to-one selling.
Episode 49 A Big WHY is Not Enough
You can't say the right thing to the wrong person, and you can't say the wrong thing to the right person...
Who do you TRUST with your big WHY?
There is no one way to do anything. We are all unique and that shows in our finger prints and DNA. If we all had the same problems, we all would all get the same results.
Be weary of the teacher who is not doing at scale what they are teaching you to do.
We highlight 3 things or 3 types of Gurus, and those are...
Philosophy Based
Experienced Based
or
Hybrid of Both
Enjoy this wonderful informational episode.
Episode 48 Part 2 with Special Guest Mauricio Rauld
Last week our Special Guest Mauricio Rauld gave us his story behind the attorney. The father, the husband and how he has become who he is today in spite of the setbacks. This week he breaks it ALL THE WAY DOWN. We have a detailed discussion about syndication, and not like syndication for entertainment or radio this isn't "Seinfeld." We mean syndication of funds to invest in assets.
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Episode 47 Part 1 with Special Guest Mauricio Rauld Esq
Mauricio is the founder and CEO of Premier Law Group, a premier boutique securities law firm. As a nationally recognized expert on private placements, He works with elite entrepreneurs who seek to increase and protect their wealth through syndication. Mauricio specializes in Reg D exempt offerings and educates investors from around the world on how to navigate the complex world of securities laws. Known for taking complex matters and making them simple to understand, He is sometimes, jokingly, referred to as one of the few lawyers who actually speaks English.
Twice a year, He joins Ken McElroy and The Real Estate Guys™ to teach a few hundred students, the ‘Secrets of Successful Syndication’... a comprehensive course on raising capital for entrepreneurs.
Mauricio also shares the stage with the likes of Robert Kiyosaki (Rich Dad, Poor Dad, best selling financial author of all times), Tom Hopkins, Simon Black, Peter Schiff, Chris Martenson, and other prestigious faculty members on the annual ‘Summit at Sea’, a week long high-level summit with elite, like-minded real estate entrepreneurs.
With almost 20 years of experience, He has previously been selected as a “Southern California Rising Star” by the Southern California Super Lawyers Magazine, recognizing him as one of the top 2.5% up-and-coming lawyers in Southern California. He is a graduate of The University of California at Berkeley and a graduate of Loyola Law School in Los Angeles where he obtained his Juris Doctorate degree.
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Episode 46 Special Guest Dr. Eric Tait
He is an Investment Fund Manager with Vernonville Asset Management LLC, a private investment firm that helps investors attain or maintain financial independence through the use of alternative assets. He is also a Physician who is board certified in Internal Medicine and is Founder of The Physician’s Road a Physician Services Firm dedicated to helping physicians and other medical professional create their lives in medicine on their own terms by providing resources in 5 areas:
Wealth Accumulation
Practice Enhancement
Improved Health
Enhanced Relationships
Personal Development
He attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA, and graduated cum laude with a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology. At Morehouse Eric was very involved in the Health Careers Society and mentoring elementary school children in math and science.
After college he relocated to Houston to attend Rice University’s Jesse H. Jones School of Management and Baylor College of Medicine where he received his dual-degree M.D./MBA. Upon graduation from Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Tait attended the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston for his internship and residency in Internal Medicine. He is in private practice and is currently on the medical staff of Saint Joseph Medical Center in Downtown Houston.
He is also President of Pinnacle Physician Management Organization an independent practice association that caters to Medicare recipients. Dr. Tait is a member of Key PAC, a non partisan political action committee and is also involved with numerous community based organizations in the Greater Houston region like The Morehouse College Alumni Association.
Episode 45 Special Guests Peter and Monick Halm
Monick is the best-selling author of numerous books including “The Real Estate Investor Goddess Handbook” and “Wealth for Women - Conversations with the Team That Creates the Dream,” she is also the founder of Real Estate Investor Goddesses, where her mission is to help 1 million women and their families create financial freedom through real estate and the host of the Real Estate Investor Goddesses Podcast, and she is a sought-after keynote speaker.
Peter is the “Deal Hunta,” and the President of Vineyard Investment Partners where he is responsible for finding investment opportunities and strategic partnerships.
Together they have created the Real Estate Soulmates Retreat — a retreat in paradise for couples who want more income and intimacy in their relationships. Throughout the years of trial and error and building a real estate portfolio with over 1200 doors, while raising 3 beautiful kids, they’ve isolated the strategies that ensure the most success when building wealth as a couple and, more importantly, help deepen partnership and love.
Episode 44 Part 2 with Special Guest Michael Zuber
He's back, for Part 2 with Michael Zuber.
The REAL of buying Multifamily with GP (general partners) and LP (limited partners). What can really happen with the cycle of buying apartments verses single family. If you missed Part 1, be sure to go back to Episode 43 and tune in.
Michael started work in Silicon Valley after graduating from Santa Clara University over 20 years ago. He realize that there was something better to do with his money after wasting time in his 20’s he found Real Estate Investing and more specifically Buy and Hold Rental Properties and never looked back. He shares his story via his self-published book (available on Amazon) called One Rental at a Time and via his YouTube Channel also called One Rental at a Time. He also takes time to give back to 15-25 year old youth, by showing them they have options and goes by the philosophy “the sooner we can open their eyes the better”.
Episode 43 Part 1 with Special Guest Michael Zuber
Our guest for this week started work in Silicon Valley after graduating from Santa Clara University over 20 years ago. After wasting time and money in his 20’s he found Real Estate Investing and more specifically Buy and Hold Rental Properties and never looked back. He focused on his day job and grew his rental property portfolio from a single rental house to financial freedom in 15 years. Now that he no longer has a day job he shares his story via his self-published book (available on Amazon) called One Rental at a Time and via his YouTube Channel also called One Rental at a Time. He also has a special interest in helping kids ages 15-25 see that they do not have to hold a corporate job for 40 years and pray for a good 401K. He shows them they have options and goes by the philosophy “the sooner we can open their eyes the better”. With that philosophy in mind, he Sponsors a monthly Book Report Challenge for the Youth and Sends out $100 each month to the best Book Report. Here is Part 1 of this amazing and informative interview with Michael Zuber.
Episode 42 Special Guest Victor Menasce
There are 5 key principles to raising capital and that is...
- Relationships
- Trust
- Results
- Compelling Opportunity
- Alignment
Our guest today went from Silicon Valley to Real Estate. His career started as a designer for microprocessors, and raising capital in technology companies. Victor Menasce spent 25 years of his career in the high tech industry. He was, Vice President of Engineering at Wavesat, as a developer of chips for wireless networks, and Chief Technical Officer at Applied Micro Circuits Corporation, a Silicon Valley based public company. From Silicon Valley to Real Estate he is the author of the book Magnetic Capital, and today he builds multi-million dollar apartment buildings as a real estate developer.
Episode 41 A Hero's Journey
The greatest story every told, was a hero's journey. A Hero's Journey is the adventure of your life. Usually tragedy occurs and the journey is presented in the pain. It is in that pain that your story begins to take form. You must be willing to transform your thinking to speak from a scar and not an open wound. Most individuals are not sure how to share their hero's journey or story. They are caught in the feeling of what may have occurred, or they are still in the climax of their story. Both of us have had the opportunity to share our hero's journey. It is usually in the journey where individuals face defeat and victory.
We take you there.
Are you ready?
Episode 40 Special Guest Jay Hartley
He is a seasoned investor and has been a licensed Texas Real Estate Agent specializing in rental investments for nearly two decades. He is also the #1 best selling author for the book Desire, Discipline and Determination.
He is an active and contributing member of the National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM) and has served as the Fort Worth/Mid Cities Chapter’s President, Treasurer and Secretary in recent years. He’s a sought-after speaker for multiple Realtor boards & advisory panels, investment training seminars and several nationally syndicated radio programs focused on single family and Multi-Family real estate investments and property management.
He brings a servant leadership approach to the property management industry and oversees operations for Frontline Property Managements valued customers, clients and team members. His vision for growth is to build upon the well-established foundation of customer satisfaction, sound investments and client ROI’s in addition to providing education and guidance to customers and clients to ensure sound investments.
This week we give you Jay Hartley, ENJOY the show!!
Episode 39 G Edward Griffin
If there are three things you could tell your younger self, what would they be? Take a moment and think about it... When you go through the journey of life there will be times you are meant to fail as a learning curb. There will be times where you learn yet take some of the things you have learned as a grain of salt. You will figure out what you should apply and what you should omit. Mr. Griffin has learned to question authority, respect nature, and follow what your heart tells you to do. Truly is was such an honor to take in the wisdom of G Edward Griffin, and we hope that you can gain something also from this explosive episode including the opportunity to hear Mr. Griffin live at the Red Pill Expo. ENJOY!!
Episode 38 Special Guest Stefan Aarnio
Word of mouth is one of those things that gets around like a California wildfire. Brand building is crucial in EVERYTHING that you do. We are our own walking billboards. If that is the case what would people say about you? What do you want them to say about you? As you build your brand you establish a network. Stefan Aarnio knows a lot about brand building, and it is something he not only teaches but lives by. He is also an author of 5 books because he believed, his investment in knowledge was the most important investment he could make and one that would later be his ticket out of a life of poverty.
Episode 37 Special Guest Billy Keels
Building teams takes time. Having the correct systems in place, can help you save time. Success isn't always about building yourself to an economic status, but success is being able to wake up and go where you want to go, be where you want to be without having to get permission. Billy has been able live abroad, build the relationships that he has established today to build his wealth. He has reminded us that educating yourself consistently and taking action has been a few key factors to his success.
Episode 36 BE...DO...HAVE
In this featured episode we dive into the BE, the DO, and the HAVE. These 3 elements are part of being successful in your life and business. You cannot have one without the other. We also discuss the "sling shot theory." Yes you read that correctly. Ever feel like you are consistently moving towards a moving target? The "sling shot theory" is just that.