How do you create content that brings value to your audiences? Let’s learn all about what goes into content creation for investors with a former corporate marketer and a good friend of mine, John Casmon. John is another returning guest on the show with us this week to share how far they’ve come since we had them on the podcast. For those who don’t know John from our previous episodes, he is the founder of Casmon Capital Group, a company that helps investors meet their goals through apartment investing. He is also the host of the Multifamily Insights podcast, a co-founder of the Midwest Real Es ..read more

How do you recover from losing everything you’ve built? And what can you do to prevent that from happening in the first place? Don Costa is a seasoned entrepreneur and real estate investor. He is the CEO of Strategic REI, Inc., the founder of The Inner Circle Elite Mastermind, a real estate rehab expert, and the host of the Flip Talk podcast. Today, he runs multiple successful businesses and helps other investors do the same by systematizing structures and building consistency. However, the journey to success was not easy for Don, much like many other investors. He lost everything in 2008 and ..read more

What is non-food franchising and what are the potential opportunities within that space? We have Jon Ostenson, the CEO of FranBridge Consulting, to introduce us to the world of franchising. Jon is a Certified Franchise Consultant, the author of Non-Food Franchising, and the CEO of FranBridge Consulting, where he helps investors understand the ins and outs of non-food franchising and connects them to the best opportunities possible. In black and white, the franchise business model is quite easy to understand; you buy a franchise and manage the business under the guidance of its parent company ..read more

What are wellness real estate and build-to-rent? How do these make life easier for tenants, and how do investors profit from them? The Mad Scientists of Multifamily, Neal Bawa, is on the show with us this week to give us answers. Neal Bawa is the CEO and co-founder of UGro Investments and Grocapitus, two real estate companies that utilize advanced real estate analytics technology to source, acquire, and build large commercial and multifamily properties across the country. Neal treats his whopping $1 billion portfolio as an experiment in efficiency and optimization, earning him the moniker, the ..read more

It’s always interesting to hear how other ex-pats built their empires here in the US. Let’s hear how Prashant Kumar, a fellow ex-pat investor, found success in real estate after leaving his corporate job. Prashant is the CEO and President of MyRealtyGains Management, a real estate investment firm that helps aspiring investors find hassle-free opportunities to achieve financial freedom through passive investing. Before he started managing millions of dollars in assets, Prashant was like so many of us. He worked a day job in the corporate world, clocking in 40 to 60 hours weekly, until he found ..read more

Our guest for this week’s episode is fellow ex-pat Billy Keels. But instead of the US, Billy is operating his business all the way over in Barcelona, Spain. Billy Keels is a seasoned traveler, real estate investor, podcast host (Going Long), and the Strategic Advisor of First Generation Capital Partners, an investment group that helps high-wage earners build their wealth without working more. Like many real estate investors, Billy started out working a 9-5 before getting into the real estate space. Along the way, he learned the value of investing time in a way that produces the most returns. B ..read more

Sunil Saxena was a serial entrepreneur before becoming a full-time real estate investor. He tried so many things before discovering his true passion—including finishing a medical degree! If you’re still trying to figure out who you are, you will definitely relate to Sunil’s story. Sunil Saxena, MD, is a lifelong entrepreneur, having started six successful real estate companies since 2001. To date, he has completed over 100 projects, from minor rehabs to massive multi-unit projects. He is now a Managing Partner at Hyperfast Development, an investment program that makes off-market multifamily de ..read more

Say hello to one of our first live interview guests in Denver—Salem Vanderstel of Naked Capital Group! Salem is the Founder of Naked Capital Group. Coming from a Chemistry and Corporate Strategy background, Salem used his talents for analytics to build ultra-high net worth asset management products at one of the world’s largest investment banks. After discovering significant risk-adjusted returns associated with specific real estate investments, Salem diverted his energy into the real estate space. Today, he helps other investors build and manage their real estate investments through Naked Cap ..read more

This week, we feature one of the most successful real estate investors we’ve had on the show to date. With over 40 years of experience, Joel Friedland of Brit Properties tells us about his humble beginnings and how he built the empire he has today. Joel Friedland is the Founder of Brit Properties, an investment firm that connects investors to Chicago industrial real estate syndications. But before that, Joel co-founded Epic Savage Realty Partners, where he completed hundreds of transactions and led the leadership development team for over 20 years. Today, Joel has numerous multi-million dollar ..read more

What is it really like to invest in stocks? Many of us focus on the rewards that we often forget about the time and effort it takes to get there. Luckily, Patrick Geddes is on the show to educate us on the realities of the stock market. Patrick Geddes is the former Research Director and CFO at Morningstar, the co-founder and former CEO of multi-billion dollar firm Aperio Group, the author of Transparent Investing, and of the industry’s leading experts in after-tax investing. Throughout his long and successful career, Patrick dedicated himself to fighting “self-serving bull dung” in the investm ..read more