The Real Estate Underground Podcast
Real Estate Underground
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B-Class Property, A-Class Management: The Short-Term Rental Edge with Tim Hubbard
Short-term rentals are supposed to be the most hands-on asset class in real estate. Tim Hubbard runs hundreds of them across the U.S. and multiple countries—without ever being on the ground. Tim is the CEO and co-founder of Corzly, the virtual management company he built after
Listen and read the show notes →From X Games Gold to 3,300 Multifamily Units with Dan Brisse
What does it take for a professional snowboarder, six X Games appearances, gold and silver medals, fifteen years on tour, to land in real estate? For Dan Brisse, the answer was watching the guys five and ten years ahead of him lose their houses, their cars, and worse. That was th
Listen and read the show notes →Real Estate Hustle vs. Real Estate Business with JB Thibodeaux
JB Thibodeaux grew up in Acres Homes in Houston and is a third-generation carpenter and concrete specialist who turned that craft into a vertically-integrated real estate development business. His firms, J.B. Thibodeaux Homes & Properties, CCB Construction LLC, and CCB General Co
Listen and read the show notes →400 1031s, Zero Failures: The Senior-Care Niche Hiding in Plain Sight with Dan Ihara
Dan Ihara has sold over $1 billion of real estate, moved 1,600+ units, and completed 400+ 1031 exchanges—without failing a single one. And he built the whole thing around a niche almost no operator talks about: senior-care real estate. In this episode, Dan and Ed get into the dem
Listen and read the show notes →Internet Isn't a Tenant Cost...It's an NOI Lever - with Adam Bell
Most multifamily operators treat internet as a tenant problem or a cost line they grumble about. Adam Bell, Founder and CEO of Internet Subway, says they're leaving real money on the table. Adam runs a modern ISP focused exclusively on apartment communities. His company delivers
Listen and read the show notes →Plan A, B, and C: Buy More Land with Brandon Cobb
Brandon Cobb's business model is simple: take farmland, get it approved for housing, and sell it to national home builders like Lennar and DR Horton. The builders have no choice but to buy. They're publicly traded. Plan A is buy land and build houses. Plan B is buy more land and
Listen and read the show notes →It's Not Gambling, It's Building: A Billion-Dollar CRE Playbook with Ben Reinberg
Ben Reinberg has done over $1 billion in commercial real estate transactions. He didn't get there chasing returns. He got there by treating CRE as what it actually is: a hard asset that produces cash flow, not a bet. Ben is the Founder and CEO of Alliance CGC, where he's built o
Listen and read the show notes →Obscurity is the Enemy: AI, Marketing, and the Operator's Edge with Clay Lehman
Clay Lehman spent 20 years in real estate, starting at Arthur Andersen, running the Ocala controller desk for Pulte Homes, and eventually building Lehman's Strategic Partners to help agents grow their businesses. He runs an AI Facebook group with members in 65 countries and now s
Listen and read the show notes →123% Leverage and the Crash That Changed Everything with Joel Kraut
Joel Kraut co-founded BRRRR Loans after losing $4.2 million in the 2008 crash. He had 144 properties at over 100% leverage when the market turned. Five tenants called the same day to say they couldn't pay rent. Today he runs one of the country's fastest-growing private lending
Listen and read the show notes →No Government Owns Us: Building a Global Real Estate Portfolio with Ladislas Maurice
Ladislas Maurice left a corporate career at Nestle to spend the last nine years investing in real estate across emerging and frontier markets around the world. He buys apartments in Nairobi for $65,000, sits on land in Nicaragua, and flips properties in Montenegro. His approach i
Listen and read the show notes →From Gold Bricks to Gold Coins: Real Estate Tokenization with Tyler Vinson
Tyler Vinson has spent 25 years in investment real estate, from duplexes and flips to multifamily, commercial, and Class A storage. Now he's building the infrastructure to bring real estate into the digital age as the founder of RE Tokens, one of only about 10 companies in the US
Listen and read the show notes →Time, Money, and the $21 Million Leap with Ashley Garner
Ashley Garner grew up swinging a hammer on student rentals near West Virginia University. Decades later, he jumped from a 35-unit portfolio to a $21 million, 196-unit acquisition in North Carolina. In this episode, he breaks down what that leap taught him about conservative under
Listen and read the show notes →Dead Retail, Live Returns with Neil Henderson
Neil Henderson is a general partner and Director of Investor Relations at Nomad Capital, a Wilmington, NC-based private equity firm with a twist on self-storage: they buy vacant big-box retail buildings and convert them into climate-controlled storage facilities. The numbers beh
Listen and read the show notes →The Cincinnati Mistake That Built a $2 Billion Company with Joe Fairless
Joe Fairless built Ashcroft Capital into one of the most recognized multifamily syndicators in the country — $2B+ in assets, properties across the Sunbelt, and a vertically integrated management company. But he started with $30K, student loans, and an apartment in New York where
Listen and read the show notes →Deal Junkie Diaries: Michael Pouliot Talks Strategy for 2026 and Beyond
In this episode, Ed welcomes Michael Pouliot of Carbon Real Estate Investments, a vertically integrated private equity firm operating workforce housing apartments across the Southeast. Pouliot explains Carbon’s buy box: 100–300 unit, older vintage (1970s–1990s) properties in str
Listen and read the show notes →From Prison to Paradise: Fuzzy Jardine and The Pono Way
This week, Ed welcomes Hawaii-based real estate developer and educator Fuzzy Jardine to Real Estate Underground. Fuzzy shares his background growing up in Hawaii, getting into trouble with drugs and alcohol, going to prison, and using that time to educate himself with books like
Listen and read the show notes →The Lazy Investor Who Helped 2,000 People Buy Rental Properties
Melissa Nash spent $10K on a fully renovated $190K property with a tenant already in place. Cash flows $200/month. Sounds boring until you realize: $10K all-in. Someone else is buying her a house. And she never left California. This week on Real Estate Underground: How a self-des
Listen and read the show notes →Riding the Short-Term Lane: Kenny Bedwell’s Data-Driven Journey to STR Riches
Mastering Short-Term Rentals with Data-Driven Real Estate Strategies - Featuring Kenny Bedwell from STR Insights In this insightful episode of the Real Estate Underground podcast, host Ed Mathews welcomes Kenny Bedwell from STR Insights to discuss the intricacies of short-term r
Listen and read the show notes →AI Arbitrage: Why the Next 12 Months Will Separate Real Estate Winners from the Losers
What if you could turn a 10-hour due diligence process into 20 minutes of review? Alberto Rizzoli, CEO of V7 Labs, reveals how AI workflow automation is eliminating the "purgatory" of real estate paperwork, and why operators who master it now will 10x their competition within a y
Listen and read the show notes →From Contractor to Mogul: Joao Macavilca's Real-Estate Adventure
Episode Resources: Website: www.stf-capital.comIG: @Joaomac_stfFB: @STF_Capital LinkedIn: Joao MacavilcaElevista - Speed as a Service™ Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion system built for real estate investors. 🎧 Subscribe to Real Estate Underground for wee
Listen and read the show notes →Patience Is Profit: Finding Great Deals in Today’s Real Estate Market with Mike Zlotnik
Mike Zlotnik moved from technology executive into real estate full time in 2009. Today his shop, Tempo Family, is a capital partner. They marry money to opportunity, write checks behind operators they trust, and stay out of asset classes where they cannot find a deep enough disco
Listen and read the show notes →How to Fund Your Real Estate Empire Without a W-2 with Jimmy Rios
Episode Resources: YouTube: Rios Business FundingInstagram: @riosbusinessadvisorsTikTok: @riosbusinessadvisorsAmazon: Decoding The Mystery of Business Credit Website: riosbusinessfunding.comElevista - Speed as a Service™ Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion
Listen and read the show notes →From Oil Fields to Real Estate Empires with Casey Gregersen
Casey Gregersen worked twelve years as a petroleum engineer at Shell. The job had an unusual rhythm: two weeks on a drilling rig, two weeks completely off with zero work responsibility. He used the off weeks to start buying houses. In October 2022, with three companies running, h
Listen and read the show notes →Solving Affordable Housing Through Co-Living with Sam Wegert
Sam Wegert built a chain of martial arts schools for 15 years before pivoting full time into real estate. Today he and his wife own around 250 rooms in Charlotte and manage several hundred more, all under one strategy: co-living. Single-family home, single-family debt, multifamil
Listen and read the show notes →Non-Correlated Investments: Protecting Your Wealth When Markets Crash with Patrick Grimes
Patrick Grimes lost everything in 2009 and 2010. He was a snot-nosed engineer out of college, indexed all-in on a pre-development real estate deal with a personal guarantee. The market turned. The advice he had ignored, from the founder of his old machine design firm, kept coming
Listen and read the show notes →Two Billion in Tax Savings: Shauna 'The Tax Goddess' Wekherlien on the OBBB
Shauna Wekherlien is a CPA, a Master's in Tax, and a Certified Tax Strategist. Her firm, Tax Goddess, has saved clients over two billion dollars in taxes. She works mostly with executives and operators taking home a million-plus a year and paying $150,000-plus in federal tax, tho
Listen and read the show notes →Building Wealth Without Feeding the Tax Monster with Jason Melillo
Jason Melillo runs KBKG, a firm that does not prepare tax returns. KBKG works with real estate investors and their CPAs on the specialty tax strategies most tax preparers do not run themselves. Cost segregation is the headline service, and the One Big Beautiful Bill just made it
Listen and read the show notes →Why Self-Storage Outperforms other Real Estate Assets Even in the Worst Market Cycles with Joe Downs
Joe Downs spent seven years as a financial advisor before 9/11 made him stop and reassess. He moved into real estate. The 2008 mortgage collapse forced a second reinvention. That second pivot landed him in distressed real estate, which eventually landed him in self-storage. Today
Listen and read the show notes →From Active Investor to Private Equity Fund Manager: Lon Welsh's Evolution
Lon Welsh spent eight years as a strategy consultant before going into real estate full time in 2002. He started a brokerage called Your Castle Real Estate in 2004, grew it to 750 agents (the largest independent in Colorado), and sold it to private equity about three and a half y
Listen and read the show notes →Car Washes, Flex Industrial, and the Alpha Strategy with John Azar
Jon Azar runs Peak 15 Capital out of Charlotte. Peak 15 is his third firm. Before this one, he and his brother transacted a few thousand multifamily units across the Southeast between 2013 and 2020. They started sunsetting that portfolio mid-pandemic, and Jon launched Peak 15 the
Listen and read the show notes →SPECIAL Beyond the Bank: Why Smart Investors Choose Real Estate Debt Funds
We explore how real estate debt funds work for passive investors and why becoming a limited partner might be the smart solution for steady income without property management headaches. • Investing as a limited partner means putting your money into a professionally managed fund t
Listen and read the show notes →Flex Space: The Hidden Gem in Commercial Real Estate with Alec McElhinny
Alec McElhinney runs LandPlay, a flex space development shop in central Texas. He started in industrial value-add. When cap rates compressed and interest rates climbed, he met someone at a conference doing flex space and ran the numbers. The margins held up at higher rates. He pi
Listen and read the show notes →From Active to Passive: The 1031 Exchange Revolution with Ben Carmona
Ben Carmona started his career in 2006 and 2007 selling real estate syndications. The biggest operational problem he and his team had was keeping paper in the fax machine because the new business was coming through so fast. Then 2008 and 2009 happened, the syndications cratered,
Listen and read the show notes →Beyond Blueprints: An Architect's Journey into Real Estate Investment with Mark Shuler
Mark Schuler has been a practicing architect for over 40 years, licensed in 1992, and has designed and built close to 500 structures across his career. By his own count, the permit set he produces today is 1,000 times more complex than the one he produced when he started. He has
Listen and read the show notes →Building Success One Deal at a Time with Daniel Angel Mejia
Daniel Angel Mejia grew up in Colombia, built a corporate finance career inside the Bogotá funds world, and moved to the US roughly ten years ago for a corporate role at a cement and ready-mix company. He started flipping houses on the side, applying what he had learned from the
Listen and read the show notes →You Don't Need To Be Special To Succeed in Real Estate Syndications with Chad Ackerman
Chad Ackerman spent his career in human resources at Cardinal Health — the spreadsheet side of HR, not the people side. A coworker mentioned multiple income streams one day. He started reading. Three years later he liquidated his 401k, ate the 10% early-withdrawal penalty, and we
Listen and read the show notes →The Ladder Against the Wrong Wall: Finding Purpose in Real Estate with Vincent Gethings
Episode Resources: Social Media: www.facebook.com/vince.gethingswww.linkedin.com/in/vincent-gethings-50420a137www.instagram.com/vince.gethings Email: vince@wheelbarrowprofits.com tricityequitygroup.com Elevista - Speed as a Service™ Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead
Listen and read the show notes →From SWAT Team Raids to Financial Freedom: A Real Estate Journey with Jessie Lang
Episode Resources: Book: https://a.co/d/hAegcXIFacebook Group: https://urlgeni.us/facebook/unlockedguideMini Course: https://www.unlockedrentals.com/minicourseoptin Elevista - Speed as a Service™ Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead conversion system built for real esta
Listen and read the show notes →The Engineer Who Traded Rockets for Real Estate with Chris Lento
Chris Lento spent 17 years as an aerospace engineer before deciding the defense industry wasn't the right runway. He spent that same 17 years buying small multifamily in Boston as a side project. In 2017 he flipped which one was the side project. Today Chris and EM Capital run
Listen and read the show notes →Solar Income: The Untapped Revenue Stream for Multifamily with Owen Barrett
Owen Barrett spent eight years buying multifamily in the Midwest, accumulated 650 units of his own portfolio, and used it as a guinea pig for one specific question: what is the actual way to put solar on existing apartment buildings? Two years of building later, the answer became
Listen and read the show notes →Carfax for Houses: Inside Property Lens with Bob Frady
Bob Frady built and sold Hazard Hub, a natural hazard prediction company. After the exit he tried to retire. Played nine holes, sat in a Best Buy parking lot, got bored. About six months later he bought a house in Minnesota and immediately spotted things about the property that h
Listen and read the show notes →Buy Dirt While Others Run: Wisdom from a Florida Real Estate Veteran with Carl Christian
Carl Christian came to the United States from Haiti in August 2000. He went to FIU. A friend pointed him at a brother-in-law who taught real estate. Carl was hesitant — "I don't like to sell things and wait for commission." The brother-in-law refused to let him say no. Twenty yea
Listen and read the show notes →From Tech Sales to Texas Properties: How Matt Buchalski Found Balance in Business and Life
Matt Buchalski has been in technology sales for almost 30 years. Today he's Head of Sales at Ownwell, scaling the commercial real estate and institutional investor side of the AI-driven property tax appeal business. He's also an active multifamily operator concentrated in North T
Listen and read the show notes →The Art of Building Relationships Through Strategic Podcasting with Dave Dubeau
Dave Dubeau is in British Columbia, the great white North. Born and raised. He spent almost 14 years in Latin America (ten of them in San Jose, Costa Rica running a language training company) before dragging his Costa Rican family kicking and screaming back to Canada in 2003. He
Listen and read the show notes →How Dr. Jacopo Iasiello Turned Crisis into a Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Portfolio
Dr. Jacopo Iasiello grew up in Napoli, Italy. From age seven to seventeen he had one dream: become a professional soccer player. A serious injury at 17 ended that life. His mother told him not to worry, that he would succeed wherever he turned next, and he believed her. By his ea
Listen and read the show notes →What Banks Won't Tell You About Mortgage Notes with Nathan Turner
Nathan Turner is the Canadian Note Guy. He started in real estate the way most operators do: he flipped a house, couldn't sell one of them, accidentally became a landlord. In 2009 someone introduced him to the world of buying the mortgage instead of the house, and he never looked
Listen and read the show notes →Finding the Funding: How Private Lenders Support Real Estate Investors with Sal Suleymanov
Sal Suleymanov's parents came to the United States from the former Soviet Union with $100 in their pocket. He was born here. He still considers himself an immigrant. That framing shows up in everything about how he runs WeLend, the New York City private lending firm he started in
Listen and read the show notes →Building Wealth Through Turnkey Real Estate with Michael Drew
When Michael Drew was teaching the stock market for a living, his strategies of choice were covered calls and iron condors. The math worked, but the model did not scale. Even with a million dollars of capital, only about $100,000 could be productively deployed in a premium-sellin
Listen and read the show notes →The Secret Investment Power of Timberland Properties with John Brenard and Terry Myers
Ed sits down with John Bernard and Terry Myers of Southview Timberland Investments, a Georgia-based fund buying mid-sized Southeastern pine timberland with a four-plus revenue strategy on every acre. John spent 15-plus years at JP Morgan, Smith Barney, and Wells Fargo Advisors, s
Listen and read the show notes →The Landlord's Guide to Smarter Tenants: No More Crazy Stories with Joel Miller
Joel Miller has owned rental property for 47 years. Last month, by his count when this episode was recorded, he celebrated the anniversary. He has flipped over 100 houses since 1991. He has been hard-money lending to local investors since 2018. Before any of that, he was a pionee
Listen and read the show notes →Is This the Future of Storage? A Look at Chris Long's Innovative Approach
Chris Long is a Canadian carpenter who got tired of trying to find a place to park his work trucks and store his materials. There was no good answer in the market. Industrial outside storage was being sold in one-to-three acre triple-net leases on raw dirt with no fencing and no
Listen and read the show notes →From Silicon Valley Data Scientist to Real Estate Mogul: Neal Bawa's Journey and Strategic Insights
Episode Resources: Grocapitus Website – https://www.grocapitus.comFree eBook: Location Magic – https://multifamilyu.com/lp/location-magic-ebook/Join Our Investor Club – https://multifamilyu.com/club Elevista - Speed as a Service™ Elevista Connect is the first AI-powered lead con
Listen and read the show notes →Crafting Wealth Preservation in Southern California Real Estate with Zihao Wang
Zihao Wang is the CEO of Motiva Holdings, the real estate arm of a second-generation family office that he took over in 2016. His parents started the family business in fashion in the early 2000s and used the deposit relationships from that operation to make the family office unu
Listen and read the show notes →Building Wealth through Creative Real Estate Solutions with Christian Osgood
Christian Osgood is the YouTube guy Ed admits to stealing from on a regular basis. He started investing in Washington State on the Dave Ramsey method while everyone else was reading Kiyosaki, save up, buy a duplex, save up again. Eight years in, his rentals were paying his mortga
Listen and read the show notes →Real Estate Meets Franchising for Diversified Success with Cliff Nonnenmacher
Cliff Nonnenmacher spent his earliest career years as an investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney managing about $250 million, then left in 2003 because the buy ratings on Enron, WorldCom, and Williams Co had broken the firm's credibility in his head. He needed to be on his own.
Listen and read the show notes →Peter Neill's Blueprint for Affordable and Workforce Housing Success
Peter Neill is co-founder and partner at GSPREI, a vertically integrated real estate investment firm focused on single-family redevelopment in the workforce-affordable housing space. The team is operating primarily in Baltimore and Philadelphia, buying dilapidated and blighted ho
Listen and read the show notes →Exploring Unconventional Investments with Kevin Bupp
Kevin Bupp is CEO and founder of Sunrise Capital Investors, a boutique private equity firm that does exactly two things and nothing else: mobile home parks and parking facilities. He bought his first property at age 20 and has been a full-time investor his entire adult life. By 2
Listen and read the show notes →Beyond Investment: Building Real Estate Success through Mindset with CJ Ledy
Join Ed Mathews from Real Estate Underground as he dives into an enlightening conversation with CJ Ledy, a mindset coach and real estate investor. In this episode, CJ shares his inspiring journey from real estate sales to owning RV parks, and how a mindset shift transformed his
Listen and read the show notes →Unlocking Property Management Success: Prop Tech and Strategic Management with Krista Reuther
In this episode of Real Estate Underground, host Ed Mathews interviews Krista Reuther from TurboTenant to explore the pivotal role of technology in real estate management. They discuss how TurboTenant's all-in-one property management solution benefits landlords and property man
Listen and read the show notes →From The NFL to Wall Street to Main Street: Steve Schull's Playbook for Broker Success
Join Ed Mathews on this episode of Real Estate Underground for an exclusive interview with Steve Schull, a renowned performance coach. Steve shares his inspiring journey from playing in the NFL to becoming a top Wall Street professional and ultimately a premier real estate coach.
Listen and read the show notes →Decoding the Mortgage Note Industry: Insider Secrets with Eddie Speed
In this insightful episode of The Real Estate Underground, host Ed Mathews sits down with industry expert Eddie Speed to delve into the fascinating world of mortgage notes. Eddie, with over four decades of experience and 50,000 notes bought, shares his journey from starting in
Listen and read the show notes →Harnessing Public-Private Partnerships and Relationship Capital with Marcus Thomas
Marcus Thomas from Christopher Alexander Holdings joins us to unravel the complexities of real estate development with a special spotlight on public-private partnerships and workforce housing. Delve into the nuances between affordable housing and workforce housing, and discover h
Listen and read the show notes →Building Communities and Changing Lives with Heart and Purpose - Andrew Reichert
What if you could transform overlooked properties into thriving communities while also transforming your own life? Join us as we chat with Andrew Reichert from Burgo Capital, who shares his journey from a rebellious young man to a trailblazer in real estate inspired by "Rich Dad,
Listen and read the show notes →From 30 to 300 Units: The Power Of Systems To Buy Back Your Time and Prosper, with Andrew Freed
Unlock the secrets of real estate success with Andrew Freed of Freedom Management as he shares his transformative journey from a traditional career to becoming a thriving real estate investor. Inspired by "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and the turbulence of the COVID-19 pandemic, Andrew ch
Listen and read the show notes →Empowering Teams and Communities through Home Ownership Opportunities, with Dale Wills
Unlock the secrets of successful real estate development and investment as we sit down with Dale Wills from Centra Companies. Discover how Dale transitioned from banking and construction to shaping entire communities like Saratoga Springs, Utah. Learn how Centra Companies thrived
Listen and read the show notes →Unlocking Financial Freedom: Mark Willis's Whole Life Insurance & 'Buy, Borrow, Die' Strategy
Unlock the secrets to financial freedom with our special guest, Mark Willis, a certified financial planner and best-selling author. Discover how Mark transformed his life from being overwhelmed with debt to mastering innovative financial strategies that can empower you too. In th
Listen and read the show notes →Unlocking Real Estate Syndications: Legal Insights with Richard Crouch
Discover the secrets of real estate syndications with Richard Crouch, a distinguished attorney whose legal expertise spans 19 states. Richard sheds light on the intricate world of real estate law, offering insights into topics like historic tax credits and opportunity zones that
Listen and read the show notes →How Pete Neubig Balances Business Success With Well-Being
How does a journey from real estate investor to CEO inspire a quest for financial freedom and purpose? Join us as Pete Neubig, the visionary behind VPM Solutions, shares his incredible path from managing Class D properties to pioneering a new model in remote property management.
Listen and read the show notes →Decoding Real Estate Success with Jim Remley: From Brokerage Building to TikTok Tales
Unlock the secrets of real estate success with Jim Remley, a seasoned professional whose career spans over three decades. From a remarkable start listing 150 properties in just his second year to building and selling a 17-office company before the 2006 crash, Jim brings invaluabl
Listen and read the show notes →Mastering Market Selection for Real Estate Investors with John Casmon
Ever wondered how to transform a corporate career into a thriving real estate investment empire? Join us as we chat with John Casmon of Casmon Capital Group, who shares his remarkable journey from navigating the 2008 economic downturn to managing a portfolio of over $100 million
Listen and read the show notes →Breaking Barriers for First-Time Buyers: Insights from Frank Rhodes, CEO of Ownify
Discover the future of homeownership with Frank Rode, CEO of Ownify, as we uncover innovative solutions for first-time homebuyers. Learn how Frank's unique equity-based approach is revolutionizing the traditional home buying model. With the support of investors, aspiring homeowne
Listen and read the show notes →Navigating Challenges through Strategy & Faith with Randy Langenderfer
Discover how Randy Langenderfer made the bold leap from the corporate world to thriving in the realm of real estate investment, focusing on multifamily properties in the Sunbelt region of the U.S. Randy, from InvestArk, shares his unique strategies for achieving impressive cash-o
Listen and read the show notes →From Pushing Tin to 345 Units: Shawn DeMartile's Multifamily Real Estate Adventure
What happens when you trade a high-stress career in air traffic control for the unpredictable world of real estate investing? Sean Demartel from Takeoff Capital shares his compelling journey with us, revealing how a quest for a different lifestyle led him to multifamily real esta
Listen and read the show notes →The Real Estate Master: Gino Barbaro's Journey to Financial Freedom
Ever wondered how a pizzeria owner could transition into a successful real estate investor? Join us as we sit down with Gino Barbaro, co-founder of Jake and Gino, who shares his remarkable journey from the kitchen to managing a portfolio of over 1,200 real estate units. Gino op
Listen and read the show notes →From Zero to 270 Units: Zack Gray’s Blueprint for Real Estate Success
What if you could transform your financial future through real estate in just three years? Join us as we unpack the extraordinary journey of Zack Gray from Freedom Management, who skyrocketed from owning zero to 270 units in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and a suburb market outsid
Listen and read the show notes →Fail Forward and Flourish: Dani Hampton's Real Estate Success Secrets
Leadership, Real Estate, and Balancing Life: A Candid Talk with Dani Hampton In this episode, Ed Mathews from Real Estate Underground welcomes Dani Hampton from the Dani Hampton Group based in Roanoke, Texas. Ever wondered how to navigate the tumultuous waters of real estate inv
Listen and read the show notes →Unlocking Real Estate Wealth Building Innovation - Damian Lupo's EQRP and Frametech
Unlock the secrets to optimizing your retirement investments with our latest episode featuring Damian Lupo, founder of the EQRP company. Are you ready to take control of your financial future? Damian breaks down how Enhanced Qualified Retirement Plans (EQRP) outshine traditional
Listen and read the show notes →Mastering Short-Term Rentals and Affordable Housing with Denis Shapiro
What would it take to transform your career from a federal government employee to a successful real estate entrepreneur? Meet Dennis Shapiro, the managing partner of SIH Capital Group, who unveils his journey and the strategies that led to his remarkable success. Inspired by "Ric
Listen and read the show notes →Revolutionizing Real Estate Operations: Jennifer Statz's Guide to Success
Is working from home really as easy as it seems, or does it require a whole new level of discipline and structure? Join us as we uncover the secrets behind successful remote work from Jennifer Statz of Statz Solutions. Jennifer shares her groundbreaking approach to managing real
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Dirt to Dollars: Justin Bosak's Blueprint for Land Development
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #118! Join us on The Real Estate Underground Show as we welcome Justin Bosak of RE/MAX Revolution for an insightful exploration of land development and real estate investment strategies! In this episode, you'll learn: Unearthing h
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New Investor Roadblocks? Smash Them with Private Lending - Jay Conner Reveals How
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #117! In this episode, we're joined by the one and only Jay Conner, The Private Money Authority. Buckle up for a transformative journey as Jay cracks the code on real estate success, equipping you with the knowledge and strategies to th
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Can You Build Wealth from Broken Buildings? Ben Fraser Reveals the Answer
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #116! In this episode, we sit down with the insightful Ben Fraser, Chief Investment Officer of Aspen Funds. Join us as Ben dives deep into the world of real estate investing, sharing strategies and knowledge to empower you to navigate t
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Real Estate Alchemy Turning Empty Retail to Profitable Storage with Clint Harris
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #115! In this episode, we take a journey with Clint Harris, a former high-pressure medical salesman turned real estate investor. This isn't your typical get-rich-quick scheme. Clint dives deep into his personal transformation, reveali
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Social Media Sells Warehouses? Phil Brooks Reveals His Shocking Strategy
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #114! Today, we're excited to feature Phil Brooks from Raw Funds, offering insights into his remarkable journey from warehouse supervisor to real estate tycoon. In this enlightening episode, we'll explore: From Logistics to Real Estate:
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Crush Cold Calling & Close Deals Like a Boss: Jen & Stacey Conkey's Fear-Busting Secrets
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #113! This episode of The Real Estate Underground Show is not your typical investment story. It's a roadmap to success for anyone looking to break into the exciting world of multifamily real estate. Join us as we welcome Jenn and Stacy
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Don't Pay Taxes on Your Profits! Discover Dave Foster's Real Estate Tax Hacks
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #112! In this episode, we chat with Dave Foster, a successful 1031 exchange investor. Dave's story, from his first property purchase to his current financially free lifestyle built on smart property swaps, is both inspiring and informa
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Is The Triple Net Lease the Holy Grail? We Chat With The Expert.
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #111! Today, we're thrilled to feature Dan Lewkowicz from Encore Real Estate Investment Services. Join us as we delve into the world of net lease investment sales and uncover the secrets to success in this specialized niche. In this
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Tax Advantages in Real Estate You NEED to Know
Tax Advantages in Real Estate You NEED to Know Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #110! Today, we're honored to host Shannon Robnett, a true industry veteran born into a real estate family. Shannon's journey began with hands-on experience in building houses alongside h
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Creating Financial Independence Through Strategic Land Deals, with Brent Bowers
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #109! Today, we're honored to host Brent Bowers from The Land Sharks. Brent's journey into real estate began in 2007 when he acquired his real estate license and purchased his first rental property, only to face adversity and homeles
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From The Courtroom To A Rehab Empire: The Birth of the Link Sales System with Kevin Link
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #108! Today, we're excited to feature Kevin Link from 4 Brothers Buy Houses. Kevin's journey began in securities law and litigation, but after seven years, he felt the urge to pivot toward real estate. Teaming up with his college fr
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Solving Problems & Creating Real Estate Opportunities in A Post-COVID World
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #107! In today’s episode, we're thrilled to feature special guests from Prefore Profits: Matthew Merenoff, William Bonnell, and Rick Hamrick. They share their journey from adversity to success, offering invaluable insights for those lo
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Engineer to Real Estate Tycoon: Reed Goossens' Tale of Entrepreneurial Triumph
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #106! In today's episode, we're joined by Reed Goossens, a successful syndicator and the author of "10,000 Miles to the American Dream." As an engineer turned real estate investor, Reed brings a unique perspective to the industry. With
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Crafting a Flight Plan for Real Estate Success, with Christopher Finlay
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #105! Today, we're privileged to have Christopher Finlay, a seasoned expert from Lloyd Jones, a diverse real estate firm specializing in multifamily, senior homes, and hotels, with additional expertise in development and construction.
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Revealing The Missile Secrets To Investing Success, with Bud Evans
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #104! In this episode, we're excited to have Bud Evans back, the president of Aim High Properties and a real estate investor with a diverse background in the military, law enforcement, and public service. He owns properties in New
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Uncovering the Blueprint for Real Estate Success and Living a Richer Life, with Ace Hagerty
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #103! Today, we are thrilled to have a remarkable guest, Matthew "Ace" Hagerty, who embarked on his real estate journey as a fix-and-flipper in California. With an extensive background in structural engineering from the University o
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Breaking Free from the W2 Prison, with Brian O’Neill
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #102! In today’s episode, we delve into the inspiring story of Brian O’Neill, the host of the W2 Prison Break Show. Brian shares his journey of breaking free from the corporate world after 25 years in sales, paving the way for a suc
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Slow Flip Model and the Pursuit of Freedom through Real Estate Investment, with Scott Jelinek
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #101! In today's episode, we have a special guest, Scott Jelinek, author of The Real Estate Investors Guide to Guerilla Marketing. Originally from Long Island, Scott moved to Virginia Beach in 1992. Starting out by mowing lawns, he
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Affordable Home Ownership Through Mobile Homes, with Franco Perez
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #100! In this episode, we have the pleasure of hearing from Franco Perez, the founder of Franco Mobile Homes. Franco's journey began when he and his family immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines. Growing up with a single moth
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Data Science meets Multifamily Real Estate, with George Roberts III, PhD
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #99! Today, we have a special guest, Dr. George Roberts II from Horizon Multifamily. He is not only a data scientist but also a multifamily investor. George's journey started in bioscience, but after his sister suggested getting int
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The Secrets to Becoming #1 in Six Months and Packing Out Real Estate Webinars, with Darryl Davis
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #98! We have a special guest today: Darryl Davis, an award-winning international speaker, real estate and business coach, and bestselling author. Darryl's impressive journey in the real estate industry began at just 19 years old, an
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From Sweaty Start Up to Multi-Million Dollar Self Storage & Service Business Empire, with Nick Huber
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #97! In today's episode, we're joined by Nick Huber, the founder of Sweaty Startup and Bolt Storage. Nick's journey started back in college when he established a pickup and delivery student storage company. Despite the challenges, t
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Turning Finance Skills Into Real Estate Profits, with Trystan McNeill
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #96! Get ready for an exciting episode with our special guest, Trystan McNeill! Trystan is a part of the Heigh Capital Group and also has ties to eXp Commercial. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte i
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From Financial Advisor to Multifamily Investor, with Josh Cantwell
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #95! In today’s episode, we have a special guest, Josh Cantwell from Freeland Ventures! Josh is a highly successful multifamily syndicator who has completed 19 apartment syndications, including a massive 730-unit property. Currentl
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Balancing Health and Wealth Through Real Estate Investing, with Dr. Alex Tam
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #94! In today’s episode, we have a special guest, Dr Alex Tam. Dr. Tam is not only a chiropractor with 14 years of experience, but also a successful real estate investor and owner of Zephyr Equity Group. In this episode, you’ll di
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Generate Cash Flow Through Mobile Home Investing, with Adrian Smude
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #93! Today, we have the pleasure of chatting with Adrian Smude, a mobile home investing expert. But here's a fun fact - Adrian started as a terrible tenant in his younger days, getting evicted multiple times. This led him to venture in
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Capital for a Cause: Unveiling A Unique Real Estate Fund, with Jason Balara
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #92! Today, we have a special guest, Jason Balara, from Lark Capital. I recently had the pleasure of being on his podcast and now he's here to share his expertise with us. Jason is not only an experienced multifamily real estate invest
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The Road To Financial Freedom Through Rental Properties, with Billy Daniel
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #91! In today's episode, we have the pleasure of chatting with Billy Daniel, a successful real estate investor and co-owner of NextHome Premier Realty in Russellville, AR. Starting with just a fifteen thousand dollar single-family home
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Moving from Aerospace to Real Estate Syndication, with Flint Jamison
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #90! Join us in this episode as we chat with Flint Jamison from Vestus Capital. With almost a decade of experience in the aerospace industry, working for Boeing and designing the wing structure of the Boeing 787, Flint made a fascinat
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Conquering Economic Downturns in Real Estate, with Dr. Adam Gower
Welcome to a Special Edition of The Real Estate Underground Show #90! In this informative episode, we are joined by the incredible Dr. Adam Gower, an expert in navigating market distress and capital calls in commercial real estate. With over 10 years of experience in digital mark
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Empowering Women in Real Estate, with Deborah Razo
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #89! In this episode, we are joined by Deborah Razo, the founder of Razd Real Estate and Women's Real Estate Network (WREN). With over 13 years of experience in the real estate industry, Deborah's journey began after a life-altering c
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From Nursing to Nurturing Real Estate Investments, with Alexandra Dotcheva
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #88! In this captivating episode, we follow the inspiring journey of Alexandra Dotcheva - from a violinist to a nurse and now a thriving real estate investor. Her story is a powerful testament to resilience, adaptability, and unwavering
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Escaping the Corporate Rat Race with Real Estate Investing, with Jim Lee
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #87! In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Jim Lee from Formosa Investing. Jim is a real estate expert with an economics degree from UCLA. He has valuable experience working with Loop Net as an inside sales rep, where h
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Unlock the Secret to Making Millions in Real Estate, with Bud Evans
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #86! In this captivating episode, we are joined by Bud Evans, the esteemed president of Aim High Properties. With a remarkable background in the military, law enforcement, and public service, Bud is now a successful real estate investo
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Building a Robust Real Estate Business with Scott Royal Smith
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #85! Ever wondered how you can build a robust real estate business without the proverbial 'silver spoon?' Our esteemed guest, Scott Royal Smith of Royal Legal Solutions, shares valuable insights on how you can grow your business conser
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Discover the World of Title Insurance, with Dorian Lam
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #84! In today's exciting episode, we're joined by Dorian Lam, aka "The Defender of the Deal," and owner of Cornerstone Land Abstract. Born and raised in New York, Dorian's journey to title insurance was unexpected but thrilling. After
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Achieving Your Multifamily Investment Goals, with Vessi Kapoulian
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #83! We’re thrilled to have Vessi Kapoulian, a professional capital raiser and expert in underwriting, with us today from DBA Capital Group. Originally from Bulgaria, Vessi is now based in Los Angeles and has built an impressive real e
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Take Control of Your Future with Real Estate, with Axel Meierhoefer
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #82! In today’s episode, our special guest is Axel Meierhoefer, founder of Ideal Wealth Grower, a consulting company that thrives on helping individuals like you navigate the realm of real estate. Get ready to buckle up as we dive into
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Success in Flipping Single Family Homes, with Casey Franchini
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #81! In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Casey Franchini. Casey is not only the brains behind Brick by Brick Wealth, but she also runs a captivating coaching program called Success with Rental Properties. Her journey be
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Being a Successful Broker and Investor in Multi-family Properties, with Luke Pinto
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #80! In today’s episode, we have Luke Pinto, CEO of Lucas Pinto Real Estate Group. Growing up with wealth around him but experiencing his parents' financial struggles firsthand, Luke was determined to create a better life for himself a
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Discover the Path to Building Wealth with Opportunity Zone Investing, with Mike Hardy
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #79! In today's episode, meet Mike Hardy, a serial entrepreneur, a devoted husband, and a father of 4 kids whose success story started with shoveling driveways and mowing lawns. With over 20 years in the mortgage business and 15 years
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Discover the Secrets to Earning Passive Income through Private Money Lending, with Kevin Amolsch
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #78! Today, we are thrilled to have Kevin Amolsch from Pine Financial Group join us. As a high school graduate, Kevin made the wise decision to join the military and save up some money. But he didn't stop there. Once he realized he wan
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Mastering Passive Income: A Deep Dive into Real Estate Investing with Dustin Heiner
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #77! Today's episode is especially exciting as we have a special guest, Dustin Heiner, CEO of Master Passive Income, and the genius behind the coaching program and books. Dustin has been doing real estate since 2006 and thanks to his i
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Making 20x Profit with Commercial Real Estate, with Neil Timmins
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #76! In today's episode, we have Neil Timmins from Legacy Impact Investors in Des Moines, Iowa sharing his journey into the commercial real estate industry. Starting with single-family homes, Neil transitioned to become a successful co
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Learning The Importance of Cash Flow in Real Estate, with Luke Andrews
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #75! In today’s episode, we're joined by Luke Andrews to talk all about cash flow. Based in Kentucky, Luke has built a successful real estate business with three distinct phases. First, he focuses on sales and manages a team of 21 agent
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Discover the World of Land Flipping, with Pete Reese
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #74! Join us for an insightful conversation with Pete Reese, President of Reelvest Properties, as he shares expert strategies on land flipping. Pete's passion for real estate dates back to his childhood, when he tried to convince his pa
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Investing in Real Estate and Stock Market, with Dave and Nick from Buck$ and Brew$
Welcome to Real Estate Underground Show #73! Today, we have special guests Dave and Nick from Buck$ and Brew$. Dave shares his insights on the stock market, where he focuses on stocks, ETFs, and bonds, always finding ways to make more money. With his high honors, he's learned
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An Inspiring Story on How Clarity, Focus, and Intention Led to Success in The World of Mobile Homes and RV parks, With Dylan Stewart
An Inspiring Story on How Clarity, Focus, and Intention Led to Success in The World of Mobile Homes and RV parks, With Dylan Stewart Welcome to Real Estate Underground Show #72! Today, we have an exciting guest with us - Dylan Stewart, the 23-year-old CEO of Relational Capi
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Real Estate Investment Funding in Multifamily Properties, With Chad McMahan
Welcome to Real Estate Underground Show #71! Joining us today is Chad McMahan, CEO of Capital Giants, experienced realtor, and co-owner of The Equity Team. With 25 years of experience and a passion for self-education, Chad built his net worth from small investments and convent
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The Beauty Behind Industrial Real Estate, With Joel Friedland
Welcome to Real Estate Underground Show #70! Our guest, Joel Friedland, is an industrial real estate broker and owner of Brit Properties. Starting his very first business at the age of 14, Joel has always been driven to succeed. After graduating from the University of Michigan,
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Multifamily Investing: Making Small Moves Without Fear, With Ken Gee
Welcome to Real Estate Underground Show #69! Today's guest is Ken Gee, founder of KRI Partners. Ken's real estate journey began when he realized he needed to spend more quality time with his family. He bought three small apartment units and sold them three years later, making h
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Improve Your Mindset with Language and Self-Awareness, with John Keane
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #68! As a seasoned performance mindset coach based in Hong Kong, John Keane understands the power of influence on our way of thinking. According to John, changing our mindset requires changing the source of our thoughts. In this episo
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Purposeful Building, with Tony Torres
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #67! Tony Torres is the founder of COR13 Capital. In this episode, Tony will share his expertise on building purposefully through real estate and making a difference in society. In this episode, you will discover: The most significant d
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Remote Traveling Host: Balancing Business and Adventure, with Lauren Coats
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #66! Lauren Coats harbored a keen interest in traveling since her youth. Inspired by her ventures around the globe, Coats returned to Los Angeles, where she established her own enterprise. At one point, she operated six rental units sim
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Embrace Your Inexperience and Find Success, with Mike Kaeding
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #65! On today's episode of The Real Estate Underground Show, meet Mike Kaeding, the CEO of Norhart Investments, a company specializing in designing, constructing, and renting apartments. Discover the secret to this successful company by
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From Struggles to Success: Navigating the Real Estate Field with Don Spafford
Welcome to The Real Estate Underground Show #64! Don has a finance and securities investing background and has held management and leadership positions in his career. He's also been involved in volunteer service positions. He started investing in real estate in 2017 with a four-p
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From Fortune 500 Sales to International Real Estate Investing: Becca Hintergardt's Journey to Financial Freedom
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #63! Becca Hintergardt is an experienced sales professional with a successful medical device sales career at a Fortune 500 company. She also has valuable multifamily real estate experience and invests in multifamily properties in the
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Kyle Stephenson on Real Estate as the new meta in terms of investments
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #62! In this interview, ClarkSt Capital's guest Kyle Stephenson discusses how to manage assets in real estate and how to manage the properties of your partners/investors. He also talks about portfolio diversification and risk management
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Insights into Real Estate Investing: From Single-Family to Multifamily Properties with Melvin Landry
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #61! Melvin Landry is a Pittsburgh, PA, resident and a co-founder of More-Land Equity Capital LLC. He is a real estate syndicator, procurement executive, and online professor of agricultural economics. Melvin is a multi-talented individ
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The Real Estate Protagonist - A Look into the World of Investing with Matt Kontoff
In this interview, Red Wing Capital's Matt Kontoff discusses his investment philosophy and how he got into real estate. He provides insights on what new investors should consider when starting the market. Matt has invested in passive and active deals for 2 1/2 years with Red Wing
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Learning from Failures and Building Sustainable Cashflow with Anthony Walker
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #59! Anthony Walker is the Chief Investment Officer and Owner of Cornerstone Commercial Investments. What you'll learn about in this episode: Some of the discussion will be the following: It only matters a little where you live. It m
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Learn What Sets Dreamers Apart from Those Who Actually Succeed in Real Estate, with Corwyn Melette
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #58! Corwyn Melette has been giving people the key to unlocking their financial potential for almost two decades. As a real estate broker and owner of Exit Realty Lowcountry Group, he knows what it takes to turn dreams into realities
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How to Change the Program of the Property in Order to Maximize its Value, with Scott Krone
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #57! Scott Krone is the founder of Coda Management Group and a Master of Architecture, who has found success with repositioning commercial buildings into impressive self-storage facilities. In this episode, you will learn: Scott's
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How Setting Goals and Being Consistent Can Bring Confidence to Your Ambition, with Nelson Morris
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #56! Nelson Morris is an inspiring entrepreneur and the host of A True Preneur who, three years ago, decided to boldly quit his 6 figure job at Google in pursuit of financial freedom through real estate. On A True Preneur - his inspir
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Learn How to Create Wealth with Passive Income and Gain financial freedom, with Marco Santarelli
Marco Santarelli is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and founder of Norada Real Estate Investments and Norada Capital. He has 19 years of experience in real estate investing and helps people create wealth with passive income and financial freedom. What you’ll learn about in th
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Letting Go Of The Things That You Don’t Enjoy Using Passive Income, with Travis Watts
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #54! Travis Watts is an investor, passive income advocate, public speaker, and the Director of Investor Education at Ashcroft Capital. He dedicates his time to educating investors who are looking to be "hands-off" when it comes to rea
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How To Save Money By Allotting Social Security Tax Elsewhere And Investing It, with Vicki Bentley
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #53! Vicki has a strong passion for people and uses her networking abilities to create meaningful and prosperous relationships throughout her work. She has grown exceptionally quickly in the multifamily real estate space. She enjoys wor
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What is Cost Segregation and Bonus Depreciation in Real Estate, with Erik Oliver
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #52! Erik Oliver holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Accounting from Westminster College. Before joining Cost Segregation Authority, Erik was an Operations Manager for a multi-million dollar landscaping and design firm in Long Island
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Value-Add Buildings and Why Finding a Trusted Team is Essential, with Alex Ilchenko
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #51! Alex Ilchenko started Blue Key Property Group in 2019 when he purchased an 8 Unit property off the market. After researching, he needed help finding a suitable property management company that could do it all, and he knew he had
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In Real Estate, Failures Are Opportunities To Learn, with Cody Bjugan
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #50! Cody Bjugan is a seasoned real estate developer and the founder of VestRight. VestRight is an educational and coaching company dedicated to transforming lives by teaching real estate investors, real estate agents, and other entre
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How A Tech Genius Can Dominate The Real Estate Market, with Dan Barrett
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #49! Dan Barrett helps real estate investors get more leads and deals online. Dan is Head Nerd at AdWords Nerds, the world’s largest Google Partner agency working only with real estate investors. He’s managed over 5 million dollars a ye
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How To Incorporate Your Passions In Your Real Estate Business, with Irfan Raza
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #48! Irfan Raza is the founder and president of Raza Homes LLC, a real estate investment management and development firm focused on single-family and small multifamily properties in the greater Philadelphia area. Irfan began building a
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Exploring the Difference Between Active & Passive Real Estate Investing, with Margaret Kozlark
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #47! What you’ll learn about in this episode: In real estate, failures are opportunities to learn.How can we exploit the capital and earn a good amount of money?What is the difference between passive and active investment?Is there a d
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Why Doctors Make Great Entrepreneurs, with Dr. Pranay Parikh
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #46! What you’ll learn about in this episode: In real estate, failures are opportunities to learn. Does real estate that hard that you need to leave your profession?Is there an easy way to earn passive in Real estate?You don’t need
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Leverage The Digital Space For Closing Real Estate Investment Deals, with Bob McIntosh
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #45! What you’ll learn about in this episode: The anatomy of a great real estate business.Advantages of Rental property investment when starting your real estate career.The importance of location in buying a property.How to leverage t
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How To Invest in Real Estate During The Digital Economy Transition, with Joe Robert
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #44! Joe Robert has over 20 years of experience in alternative asset management, including start-ups, seed round funding, real estate, and cryptocurrency. He currently serves as Robert Ventures's CEO, offering clients a 10% fixed-rate
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Learn The Art of Cold Calling For Real Estate Investing, with Zachary Beach
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #43! Zachary went from a bartender to a Real Estate Expert, Coach, and 2x Best-Selling Author of Real Estate On Your Terms & The New Rules of Real Estate Investing. He's the COO of Smart Real Estate Coach, a partner in multiple 7-figu
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Be Savage and Never Average: Real Estate Investing Tips, with Denise Oster Dehn
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #42! Denise Oster is a magnetic force of spirited energy ruled by determination. Her tremendous ambition and drive created a new dimension to her inner truths and beliefs. Life’s mishaps and uncertainties are opportunities to fulfill
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How To Leverage Technology to Increase ROI in Real Estate Investing, with Lucas Hauer
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #41! Lucas Hauer is a Real estate Investor and former Marketing executive for Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi. Through his company Basil Holdings LLC, they help retirees and corporate professionals invest their capital in cash-flowing pr
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The Advantages of Terms Business, with Ron LeGrand
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #40! Ron LeGrand first got involved with real estate; he was a dead-broke auto mechanic trying to make enough money to make ends meet. There was no such thing as disposable income around his house, and it was all disposed of before he g
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From Door Knocking to Profitable Real Estate Deals, with Nick Prefontaine
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #39! Nick Prefontaine is an Amazon Best Selling author of The New Rules of Real Estate. He is also the co-host of the "Not Just a Transaction" podcast. "Not Just a Transaction" is a podcast that explores the many creative options avai
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Exploring the Alternative Investments in Real Estate, with Heather Dreves
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #38! Heather Dreves is the Director of Funding Secured Investment Corp and a fund manager that oversees the management of the Secured Investment High Yield Fund II LLC and the Circle of Wealth Fund III LLC. Secured Investment Corp is
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How to Get a Multi-Million Dollar Real Estate Portfolio, with Sam Eddinger
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #37! Sam Eddinger has been involved in real estate from a young age, helping his mother and father maintain their real estate properties. Sam witnessed firsthand how investing in real estate with a long time horizon can build wealth. Sa
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Getting Started in Real Estate Wholesaling, with Zack Boothe
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #36! Zack Boothe is the Founder of Driving For Dollars Mastery, where he helps people replicate his success through real estate investing. Just a few years ago, Zack was a window cleaner. You can even find his window cleaning tutorial
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Succeeding in Self-Storage Business, with Jacob Vanderslice
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #35! Jacob Vanderslice is a Principal at VanWest Partners, A Denver-based real estate investment firm focusing on acquiring and managing self-storage centers and other opportunistic real estates throughout the United States. VanWest has
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Buying Foreclosures, with John Souza
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #34! John is a long-time Hartford area landlord/investor. Real estate investing is in his blood as some of his earliest memories are working with family around properties fifty years ago. He bought his first property in 1990 and has wor
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The Beauty of Creative Financing, with Lou Brown
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #33! Lou Brown has students in all fifty states, across Canada, and ten foreign countries that have long regarded the training systems and forms created by Lou Brown as the best in the industry. Quoted as an expert by many publication
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How to Invest in Real Estate with NO Money Down, with Mitch Stephen
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #32! Mitch Stephen has been a self-employed RE investor for 25+ years. His real estate investing career started at the age of 23 when he read “Nothing Down” by Robert Allen. Mitch Stephen has purchased a property in or about San Ant
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Upgrade Your Real Estate Investing Game With Virtual Assistants, with Bob Lachance
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #31! Bob Lachance is a nationally recognized speaker, mentor, and trainer specializing in helping customers build their businesses through automation and outsourcing. Bob owns four companies and helped start one of the nation's most e
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How to Succeed in Residential Assisted Living, with Deirdre Virvo
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #30! As a managing member of Just Like Home LLC, Deirdre is passionate about providing a better option for seniors living in her Fairfield County community. She provides a premiere boutique one-level Dementia specific, purpose-built r
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Groundbreaking Strategies for Building a Legacy Through Real Estate Investing, with Brandon Cobb
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #29! Brandon Cobb is the owner and partner of HBG Capital, a vertically integrated real estate firm providing investors with superior risk-adjusted returns and downside principal protection backed by tangible assets in the residential s
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From Being A Teacher To Owning A Multimillion-Dollar Portfolio, with Kris Morin
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #28! Kris Morin brings 12 years of real estate investing experience and has participated in more than 100 transactions in various roles, including buyer, limited partner, and coach to new investors. Once a struggling teacher, Kris is no
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An Expert Guide to Buying On Terms, with Chris Prefontaine
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #27! Chris Prefontaine is a 3-time best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms, The New Rules of Real Estate Investing, and Moneeka Sawyer's Real Estate Investing for Women. He's also the Founder and CEO of SmartRealEstateCoach.com
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Finding A Mentor That Can Help You Reach Your Real Estate Goals, with Marco Kozlowski
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #26! Marco Kozlowski is a co-founder of Capra Capital, a boutique Real Estate Investing Mentor, and a serial entrepreneur. For more than 22 years he’s been buying real estate, working his way up from single-family homes to, today, ownin
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Unlock Your True Financial Potential with Real Estate Investing, with Brandon Rush
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #25! Brandon Rush has been a real estate investor since 2020. For the past 13 years, he has worked in the information technology industry, specifically K-12 and Higher Education. Brandon left his IT career to pursue a new life as a re
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Quick Tips for Finding The Best Flipping Properties, with Gary Crawford
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #24! Gary has been in the real estate industry for over 5 years. After graduating from the University of New Haven with a double major in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, he moved to Las Vegas to start his real estate ventures. His first
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The Secret to Overcoming Inflation in Multifamily Investing, with Charles Dobens
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #23! Charles Dobens is a multifamily investor, attorney, and mentor to multifamily investors all around the country. Charles founded the Multifamily Investing Academy, where he works with students in his Owner Forum program to train t
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A Beginner's Guide To Buy, Sell & Lease Raw Land For Investment, with Mark Podolsky
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #22! Today's guest is known as "The Land Geek." Mark Podolsky is widely considered to be the country's most trusted and foremost authority on buying and selling raw, undeveloped land. Today, Mark will share his journey into the world of
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How To Invest In Real Estate & Create Multiple Streams of Passive Income, with Heather Douglass
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #21!Heather Douglass has been a Real Estate Investor since 2016. She credits the education provided by the CTREIA coaching program and Alan Cowgill for the ability to grow her $60K holdings to over $1M in roughly five years, all finance
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Learn How To Successfully Raise Money For Your Real Estate Investments, with Alan Cowgill
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #20 If you've ever tried to raise money for your real estate investments, you've probably read one of Alan's books on how to make it happen. If you haven't, this episode is for you! The great Alan Cowgill gives us some of his best idea
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How to Create Generational Wealth in Real Estate, with Jason Courtney
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #19! Think you need to go to a fancy college to be successful in real estate? Nope. Jason Courtney is proof positive you can begin from anywhere in life and still achieve your life's goals. Listen to this amazing story of life transf
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How To Successfully Reduce Vacancy Rates, with Bard Kligerman
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #18! Welcome to the NBA, friends. Bard Kligerman is the CEO of Connecticut Realty Trust. Bard made his bones while buying and rehabbing affordable housing, beginning in Waterbury. Since 2007, Bard and his team have acquired more than
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How To Invest In Real Estate Without Breaking The Bank, with Brendan Chisholm
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #17! Go to college, they said. Get a good job and you'll be all set, they said. Brendan Chisholm was where a lot of us were. He has a good education and a good job. He tried jumping into the stock market gambling machine and didn't enjo
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Getting Into The Self-Storage Space, with Luke Florian
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #16! Luke Florian grew up watching his parents build their real estate business. He then jumped into wholesaling and flipping single-family homes. A graduate of the CTREIA Coaching Program, Luke is growing a multi-family portfolio and,
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Breaking Down the Numbers and Making Real Estate Investing Work for You, with Ahmed Khan
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #15 Ahmed Khan is a residential buy and hold investor, who sprinkled in a little bit of rehabbing on the side. Ahmed is an experienced entrepreneur who uses his experience as a technical Project Manager to accumulate an impressive port
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Escaping the Rat Race and Building a Successful Real Estate Business, with Julie Greco
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #14. The one...the only...Julie Greco! This #ctreia veteran joins the Real Estate Underground crew for an interesting and fun exploration of the real estate investing world. Julie is an entrepreneur, corporate rat trace escapee, and a
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Growing Your Real Estate Empire, with Tom & Kevin Williams
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #13 Tom and Kevin Williams are a father and son team using their extensive legal, accounting, and digital marketing expertise to build a broad portfolio across multiple asset classes. From notes to multifamily to mobile home parks, this
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Building A Thriving and Interconnected Real Estate Juggernaut, with Dave Devito
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #12 Dave Devito is a real estate entrepreneur's entrepreneur. He is an investor, wholesaler, realtor, and mortgage broker. He is a walking one-stop-shop of creative real estate deal-making. Here at the Underground, we're pretty sure th
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Building A Student Housing Maven, with Mark Goux
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #11 Mark Goux is a professional rehabber, student housing maven, and all-around rental property rock star! In this week's episode, Mark joins Ed and Rich from Clark St Holdings' worldwide headquarters! Mark spent more than a decade in t
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Creative Financing Tactics For Real Estate Investing, with Risby Drayton
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #10! Creative financing is in our next guest's DNA. Risby Drayton is rapidly building an impressive portfolio of residential properties throughout Connecticut. Risby has mastered the use of personal and business credit as well as how to
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Learning About Wholesaling, Buying and Selling Multi-Families or Rehabbing Condos, and a Lot More! with Linda Baumgarten
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #9! Linda Baumgarten is back! Linda is the co-founder of the Connecticut Real Estate Investors Association and a successful real estate investor in her own rite. A mentor to so many of us, Linda has generously offered her experience and
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Exploring The Real Estate Landscape, with Adam Bonoff
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #8! Adam Bonoff is a Stock Broker, Trader, and Sales Executive turned real estate investor. He is the Managing Member of Long Hill Partners LLC, a buy and hold and student housing investment firm. Needless to say, with his vast inves
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How To Make Smarter Real Estate Deals, with Atty. Timothy Goetz
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #7 As you build your team, a BIG key to success is working with professionals who speaks "real estate investor". Attorney Timothy Goetz is certainly one of those professionals. Not only does Tim run one of the fastest-growing firms in
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Negotiating Your Way To Success, with Paul Finck
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #6 Negotiation is the foundation of any good real estate deal. Paul Finck, The Maverick Millionaire, is the best of the best. He is bringing his unique Negotiation Mastery strategies to this show, and the upcoming CTREIA meetings in C
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Exploring AirBnB Rentals, with Rob Makas
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #5! Think realtors don't understand how investing works...think again. Rob Makas is a realtor, a flipper, a buy and hold investor, and, now, a vacation rental SuperHost! Rob has been in the Real Estate Industry for over 10 years. Alon
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Making Millions Through Large Multifamily Properties, with Oz Pariser
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #4! On this week's show, we talk with family man, Realtor, wholesaler, multi-family investor, and jujitsu badass, Oz Pariser! Learn how he approaches the Connecticut market from multiple perspectives to create and take down the deals to
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Unlocking the Benefits of Investing in Duplex Properties, with Stephanie Cabral
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #3! Stephanie Cabral is the founder of Sunrise Real Estate, LLC. A native to Connecticut, Stephanie offers a local, personable contact in the cash buyers world. She is a lawyer by trade, so she stands out against other investors by lev
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How to Balance Time & Money in Real Estate, with Melissa Shea
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #2! Don't think you have enough time to invest in real estate? Listen how Melissa Shea, President of the Long Island REIA, as well as CEO at Everyday Funding Services, Everyday Capital LLC, EXiT Realty Long Island/Connecticut/Rhode Isl
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Delegate to Elevate Your Real Estate Business, with David Haberfeld
Welcome To The Real Estate Underground Show #1! David Haberfeld is an entrepreneur's entrepreneur. He is the President of Landlord Solutions LLC. Landlord Solutions is a small business focused on personalizing its clients' search for their next home. They take their time to fi
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