About Steve Buzogany: Steve is the Founder and CEO of The Appreciation Advocate. Their company uses the practice of gift-giving and appreciation to generate referrals for other small businesses.  In this episode Adam and Steve discuss: The three major problems with gift giving The 80-20 rule Promotions vs gifts Key Takeaways:  Essentially, gift-giving has three problems: you only make one first impression, it's usually neutral or negative, and the feedback loop on gifting is one big, massive, complete lie. The 20% of factors responsible for 80% of the results must be prioritized ..read more

About Jorge Contreras: Jorge is a coach and real estate investor who's on a mission of helping people create time, location, and financial freedom with Airbnb and Real Estate Investing. Through Airbnb, he was able to retire at age 29, became a millionaire by 30, and now earns multiple 6 Figures with his Airbnb business. In this episode Adam and Jorge discuss: What is Airbnb? How Airbnb works Increasing your cashflow The best place to put your Airbnb Key Takeaways:  Airbnb stands for "Air Bed and Breakfast," a name derived from Airbnb's early origins - its co-founders rented out air m ..read more

In this episode Adam discuss: The uncertainties in the market Living in the suburbs vs. New York City What’s on the horizon for real estate inflation Pre-holiday layoffs by companies Key Takeaways:  Nobody knows what's going on with the real estate market, and the people deserve an administration that can reassure us of how they handle things and are capable of dealing with them.  There's a greater chance of getting healthier and living a better life if you move to the suburbs. The inflation rate is a constant fight and will continue to change. In general, government tends to ge ..read more

Welcome to the Real Estate Insider Podcast with Adam J. Weber, MAI, SRA, AI-GR, where you will hear unique perspectives from real estate, and non-real estate professionals and share their experience, expertise, and their knowledge with real estate.  As soon as the pandemic hit in 2020, the world was thrown into chaos, financial markets fell and the economy was affected globally, putting the real estate industry in dire straits. As your host, Adam Weber, who has more than 25 years of experience in the real estate industry and has appraised and surveyed thousands of properties in a variety ..read more

About Stephanie Casper: Chief Revenue Officer Stephanie leads the Sales and Marketing teams at Kiavi. She has been a lender to residential investors since 2015 when she joined CoreVest Finance as Head of Bridge Lending. In that role, Stephanie worked directly with customers to develop additional loan products to meet the changing needs of the residential investor.  She has a B.S. from The Hotel School at Cornell University, and an MBA from UNC Chapel Hill. Stephanie is a fellow investor in the SFR space with a small portfolio of rentals. She caught the residential investment bug from watc ..read more

About Darin Garman: Darin is an author with seven books on real estate investing published, a former bank owner and board of director member, an owner and asset manager of over $50M+ in Heartland Investment Real Estate and known as one of America’s top “Go To Guys” for all things multi-family. Darin operates five real estate related companies in Cedar Rapids, IA and is frequently guests on radio talk shows, podcasts, and TV news related to multi-family investment real estate as well as physical and mental self-improvement. In this episode Adam and Darin discuss: Investing in multi-family rea ..read more

About Dr. Rashmi Schramm: Dr. Rashmi Schramm is a board-certified physician (MD) and a national board-certified wellness coach. She is certified in several types of meditation and is passionate about making mindfulness and meditation simple and accessible to everyone. She works with high-achieving women who are feeling overwhelmed and overworked to let go of guilt and reconnect with their inner peace and joy so they can live the energetic and purposeful lives they deserve. In this episode Adam and Dr. Rashmi discuss: Getting back into balance Reconnect with nature.  What is stress and h ..read more

About Dr. Eric J. Holsapple: Founder of Living in the Gap, has realized the value of mindfulness as not only a path to personal success but as a sound business strategy.  He has a unique perspective on how merging business and mindfulness can be a catalyst for changing lives, which inspired him to write Profit with Presence: The 12 Pillars of Mindful Leadership. In addition to providing leadership at Living in the Gap, Eric has been a successful developer, entrepreneur, CEO, university lecturer, yoga and meditation practitioner and teacher, and philanthropist. He holds an MBA and a Ph.D ..read more

About Jan Freitag: Jan Freitag is the National Director for Hospitality Market Analytics at CoStar and is Senior Vice President of Lodging Insights for STR. He is a sought-after public speaker and is frequently quoted in trade publications and the general news media such as The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Associated Press, Reuters, Forbes, etc.  Jan holds a bachelor’s degree, with distinction, from the School of Hotel Administration, Cornell University, and received his Executive MBA, with honors, from Vanderbilt University. In this episode Adam and Jan discuss: The state of th ..read more

About Vance Morris: Vance Morris is a former Leader at Walt Disney World. He now shows companies how to increase profits, client/patient retention, and employee engagement by adapting the strategies he learned in over a decade at Walt Disney World. He reveals the exact strategies and tactics he used to create and operate, Chef Mickey’s, Disney’s #1 Character Dining Destination, and he shows you how to adapt them to your business. In this episode Adam and Vance discuss: Creating experiences out of the mundane How to stand out and get your clients’ attention Paying attention to detail The powe ..read more