Dr. Patty Ann Tublin is an internationally acclaimed relationship, emotional intelligence and communication expert. She is that rare individual who seamlessly moves among  corporations, entrepreneurs and individuals creating business and personal success through her consulting, coaching and professional speaking. Michael tells the story of his past business partner and his partner’s struggles with his relationship with his wife. The stress she created ultimately ended the partnership. Our conscious and unconscious attitude towards money is formed by the age of 12. It’s formed from the co ..read more

Scott Zarret is a CPA who went to school at the University of Maryland and is the founder of CPAacademy.org. They are the largest provider of free continuing education to the accounting profession and have over 365,000 members. Scott comes from a family of accountants/educators so what he’s doing now is not a far cry from what he grew up with. He started out in public accounting but quickly realized that it wasn’t his cup of tea. He worked several jobs since that first foray into the business until he was introduced to the idea of selling cost segregation studies. He put on his entrepreneuria ..read more

Chris Rivera is the director of client relations and business development at Entigrity, a leading offshore solutions provider to the tax and accounting space. Chris’s background had always been in client relations. He came from the corporate world and worked in a number of industries but he wasn’t particularly happy with the work. It wasn’t until he saw a job posting for a remote worker did Chris learn about a new way of doing things. Chris began working for his future founding partner who was an accountant and got a crash course in accounting over the next six months. He began working with c ..read more

Jaime Buchwald is the Co-founder and CEO of Pitbull Tax Software, which is the premier software used by tax resolution professionals and the industry in general. Jaime originally created his software company because he originally had the same problem that most successful tax resolution firms had, specifically he was able to bring in a ton of work but getting it all done became a massive hurdle. That’s why he created a full automation software package which allows tax resolution firms to run their business more efficiently. He’s also currently a practicing tax resolution professional in additi ..read more

Justin Miller’s agency runs a marketing company that does both online and print marketing. Before the agency, Justin was a disc jockey and he grew that business for 20 years. Around the 15th year, Justin decided that he really wanted to focus on the marketing specifically. He dabbled with consulting and after a few more years sold the disc jockey business and opened his current consulting business. Direct mail is taking over the marketing world in 2021. The reason that it works is that it’s unpopular. Not many businesses are doing it, and surveys have shown that people feel more connection to ..read more

Jim Dew specializes in working with owner/founder entrepreneurs. Most financial advisors and wealth management people will work with anyone who has money, but there are unique problems and opportunities facing entrepreneurs. His ideal client is a business owner or entrepreneur who is doing more than $1 million EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization). A company that has revenue and profits is where Jim can really add value. Jim builds virtual family offices for entrepreneurs, which is the wealth management solution that the billionaire club uses to manage their ..read more

Tech led the markets in 2020, and without that sector, the S&P and DOW would likely have been flat or down. Roland sees tech as continuing to be strong in 2021, in particular areas like software as a service, the internet of things, augmented and virtual reality, as well as tech enablement. There will also be several lasting changes as a result of Covid because of the increased rate of adoption of technologies that became a requirement to conduct business. We are going to see less of a budget for fulfillment, content delivery, and meetings. We’ll also see a reduction in travel expenses as ..read more

Raised in poverty and surrounded by dysfunction, Andre Norman gravitated towards his neighborhood gang and eventually found himself facing over 100 years in a maximum security prison. Andre had an epiphany in prison, chose to seek success through education and achieved what everyone thought was impossible. [2:00] As the Ambassador of Hope, Andre was instrumental in ending the protests in Ferguson, MO and is now a highly sought after motivational speaker and consultant. [3:10] Mentors were the one thing that changed the direction of Andre’s life. Andre found a mentor in prison who challenged hi ..read more

The Tax Resolution Success Summit Virtual 2020 is the country’s only direct response marketing, sales, and business mastery event that’s 100% devoted to starting or scaling a lucrative tax resolution business. This is a full-on live studio production where we’ll do everything we planned to do in-person. Many of our expert speakers will be in studio with me to deliver high-value, actionable content that you can implement immediately. We will have a vibrant, FUN, educational, and interactive networking event including a Virtual Exhibit Hall with all our great sponsors too. You’ll get your questi ..read more

Paul Colligan has switched seats with Michael for this episode of the podcast to ask some very important questions about the future of the tax resolution industry. [1:15] How do tax resolution practitioners get ready when we don’t have an idea what’s going to happen in the world of taxes over the next 12 months? Michael has experienced three major downturns during his 22 years in the business, and in his experience the years following a downturn are major opportunities for tax resolution. [2:40] Pre Covid-19, there were 13.2 million people already identified by the IRS as owing taxes. There wi ..read more