About This Episode:

In this episode, hosted by Lance Edwards, listeners are introduced to ‘Mr. Land Trust®,’ a national educator and expert on land trusts in real estate. Mr. Land Trust® explains the concept and mechanics of using land trusts to ensure privacy and asset protection by separating property ownership from personal names.

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In this episode, host Lance Edwards sits down with Frank Rolfe, co-owner of one of the country’s largest mobile home park businesses and co-founder of Mobile Home University. Rolfe shares his journey from billboard business owner to mobile home park investor, detailing his initial investment in an underperforming mobile home park and the lessons he learned.

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In this episode, Lance Edwards explores the vital role of private money in real estate success with expert Alan Cowgill. Alan shares his journey from corporate America to private lending, explaining the difference between private and hard money lenders and offering tips for finding private lenders. He also discusses deal structuring and provides a free e-book for new and seasoned investors. Tune in for valuable insights to elevate your real estate investing game.

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In this episode, listen to this concise excerpt from Lance Edwards’ weekly Apartment Wealth Nuggets webinar, conducted LIVE with Q&A. Quick shortcuts to small apartment investing.

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About This Episode:

In this episode, listen to this concise excerpt from Lance Edwards’ weekly Apartment Wealth Nuggets webinar, conducted LIVE with Q&A. Quick shortcuts to small apartment investing.

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About This Episode:

In this episode, listen to this concise excerpt from Lance Edwards’ weekly Apartment Wealth Nuggets webinar, conducted LIVE with Q&A.  Quick shortcuts to small apartment investing.

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In this episode, Lance Edwards’ guest is Aaron Abelson who delves into various aspects of loan products and financing options, specifically focusing on non-recourse loans. They cover borrower qualifications, perception versus misperception, the loan application process, and the underwriting process with lenders. Additionally, Aaron explores the importance of property management companies and provides valuable tips for investors on preparing for the loan application process and managing their transactions. Lance and Aaron conclude with a discussion on the future of rates and the economy.

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Traumatic brain injury of our active military is a silent injury that can go undetected and wreck the lives of of those who faithfully serve our county. Lance interviews President David Winters on the innovative and interdisciplinary way the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund is helping those affected service men and women win their lives back.  In addition, David reveals his equally fulfilling second job (and most interesting office location on the planet).

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In this episode, Lance Edwards’ guest is Kim Butler, author and founder of Prosperity Thinkers. Kim Butler has shunned common financial products such as stocks, bonds, savings accounts and CDs in favor of creative life insurance strategies outside of the typical financial planning “box”.

Tune in as Mrs. Butler will discuss how to combine life insurance with small apartments investing!

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Amazed by Peter Arianas’ dogged determination and amazing ability to navigate through all the seemingly insurmountable challenges that came up in trying to close his first deal, Lance Edwards once dubbed him the “Poster Boy of Resilience.”

After completing one of Lance’s early courses in small apartment investing, Arianas was finding himself stuck trying to get started, feeling there was a missing piece. With nothing to lose, flew to Houston to join Lance’s hands-on mentoring program. When the deal that Arianas was working on in Akron, Ohio encountered a series of setbacks that would normally overwhelm a first time investor, Lance told him, “If I were you, I would back out.”

Fully believing that he could make good money on the deal if he stuck with it, Arianas chose not to take the advice – and his ultimate success earned Lance’s utmost respect as one of the organization’s early Apartment Champions.

Tune in as Mr. Arianas will discuss the details of his experience investing in small apartments and his journey to run for Congress.

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In this episode, Lance Edwards’ guest is Damon Caldwell. A recent graduate of the Small Apartments Boot Camp, Mr. Caldwell got his start wholesaling in 2017 after serving as a firefighter for several years. He quickly learned about the greater income potential with multi-family units and takes Lance through his process of finding his first deal, getting it under contract and quickly finding a buyer. He emphasizes the importance of mindset and says that the confidence he gained from getting that first deal done now makes him feel he can do anything. Persistence is the key.

Tune in as Mr. Caldwell will discuss the details of his first multi-family deal, what he learned about investing in small apartments, the importance of mindset and how he learned from his early mistakes..

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In this episode, Lance Edwards’ guest is Peter Sage. Mr. Sage is a motivational speaker, serial entrepreneur, philosopher, teacher and bestselling author of several books, including The Inside Track: An Inspirational Guide to Conquering Adversity, a collection of private letters that he sent to his elite coaching groups throughout his 6-month prison sentence for being found in contempt of court for a civil matter.

Tune in as Mr. Sage will discuss his bestselling book, The Inside Track: An Inspirational Guide to Conquering Adversity.

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About This Episode:

In this episode, Lance Edwards’ guest is Dr. Jeffrey Gladden. Dr. Gladden is currently the Director of Heart Attack and Stroke Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation at The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano, which he co-founded in 2004. He is CEO Board Chair, Principle and CMO for Product Development at Scientia Cardio Access and a board member at Scientia Vascular.

Tune in to learn the secrets to longevity and what’s making Lance so healthy – and why “100 is the new 30.”

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In this episode, Lance Edwards’ guest is Todd Strumpfer, Senior Account Executive with Cost Segregation Services, Inc. They discuss the tax savings benefits of depreciation and cost segregation.

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In this episode, Lance and commercial lending expert Rick Cabin discuss various topics related to commercial lending, especially in the era of COVID-19. They specifically address the essential differences between commercial and residential lending (including loan qualifications), the importance of Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR), the distinctions between recourse and non-recourse loans, types of lenders, the fixed rate options for commercial loans and the general criteria used to qualify for them. Commercial lending has been a whole different experience this year, and Lance and Rick get into the nitty gritty about how things have changed.

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Robert Allen has spent his entire life helping people earn more and live better. He is the author of 11 books, including the #1 bestsellers Nothing Down, “Multiple Streams of Income: How to Generate a Lifetime of Unlimited Wealth!, The Four Maps of Happy Successful People, Creating Wealth and The Challenge. Combined his books have spent over 80 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller list, and his seminars and trainings have reached well over a million students. He has proudly taught over a million entrepreneurs the mindset tools to earn more, work better and be happier. Current courses he teaches via his School of Successful People are The 4 Maps of Happy Successful People, Best Life Launch and Real Estate Launch.

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Steve is a frequent guest in Dallas on 620 AM KEXB The Experts in Business with Brian Glenn and has been featured across the country and in Australia on multiple real estate investor programs including the podcast Entrepreneur On Fire, Flip Nerd and “Best Real Estate Investing Advice Ever” with Joe Fairless. He is also a frequent speaker for the Lone Star Real Estate Expo in Houston and several motivational and real estate conferences throughout Australia.

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Talking Reverse Wholesaling and Entrepreneurship with Kent Clothier

Kent Clothier is the founder and CEO of Real Estate Worldwide (REWW), a multi-faceted real estate investment education and training company with headquarters in La Jolla, CA and additional offices in Scottsdale, Arizona. REWW offers customers a cutting-edge advantage with a curriculum steeped in award-winning and proven real estate systems and technology. The company offers lead generation services through its web-based platform, SMART. Kent leads an amazing team of individuals that are focused on building disruptive systems that push the entrepreneur dream and the real estate industry forward.

The son of an entrepreneur and an entrepreneur by nature, he’s dedicated his business life and ventures towards awaking the human spirit in all of us and inspiring thousands of entrepreneurs to escape the “rat race” and create the dream lives that they’ve always wanted. He stands for integrity, ideas, companies and products that allow entrepreneurs to not only “learn” what it takes to live a successful live on every level, but the tools and strategies to create real change on a daily level.

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Expert Shares About Lease Options in Current Market

Often referred to as the “King of Lease Options,” John Jackson is considered the nation’s premier authority on real estate lease options.

Numerous other nationally recognized real estate educators refer their students to him to learn his groundbreaking lease option systems.

Since launching his lease option company Leasing To Buy® in 2003, he has facilitated over 650 lease option transactions – and his students have in turn done hundreds of lease option transactions as well. He is also the only educator that teaches Texas Lease options; numerous real estate attorneys refer to John for education and training on the subject.

By utilizing his lease option strategies and systems, you can also create a very successful lease option business, or add a powerful and useful tool to your real estate toolbelt.

John has been featured on FOX, NBC and multiple podcasts and radio shows, in addition to his inclusion in a #1 Amazon bestseller called “Real Estate Rockstars.”

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Security Syndication Attorney Shares How To Raise Private Money For Real Estate

Kim Lisa Lisa Taylor, Esq., is the founder of Syndication Attorneys PLLC, a boutique corporate securities law firm that helps clients nationwide with their federal real estate securities offerings.

Kim Lisa and the other members of the Syndication Attorneys team focus on helping small business owners/developers structure and convey their investment opportunities in a way that will attract private investors, both domestic and foreign. They teach their clients how to use securities laws effectively and provide them the tools and resources they need to achieve their business goals legally.

In addition to her work with the firm’s clients, Kim Lisa is a nationally recognized expert in the securities industry and a highly sought-after speaker, instructor and author. Kim Lisa has been responsible as a securities attorney for over 3,300 securities. She is also the author of the best selling book “How to Legally Raise Private Money: The Definitive Guide to Raising Money for Real Estate and Small Business.”

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“Rentalpreneur” Talks about the Great Possibilities of Airbnbs

Featured in INC. Magazine, the Indy Star and on the Ron LeGrand Mentor podcast, Rachel Prince has been called the “maven” of Airbnb short-term renting. She is the creator of BUYBNB, the online Airbnb real estate investing course. From a renter struggling to pay her rent, to owning several BNB homes and running a six-figure short term rental property management company, Rachel is all about optimizing assets. In 2017, she relocated her Airbnb real estate business to the Indianapolis market with FC Tucker real estate, carving her niche in the Midwest BNB world. [Read More]

I.D.E.A.L. Math on Pretty Properties & The Speed Wealth Method

In this solo podcast, Lance tells his listeners about the power of math when it comes to investing in small apartments – and how to earn 15 percent on what he calls “pretty apartments.” He calls this process the “speed wealth method to wealth accumulation” because it provides a path for people to get their retirement plan back on track. Up front, he distinguishes “pretty” apartments from “ugly” apartments by explaining that the ugly ones are the ones that need a lot of rehab. In this episode of his podcast, he says, “I want to show you how to make great returns on “pretty properties in pretty areas that don’t need any rehab,” that you would be comfortable showing your in-laws. [Read More]

The Business Owner’s Guide To Financial Freedom

Mark is a personal and small business tax and legal expert who helps clients build and protect wealth through wealth management strategies, as well as business and tax remedies often overlooked in this challenging, ever-changing economic climate. His seminars have helped tens of thousands of individuals and small business owners navigate the maze of legal, regulatory and financial laws to achieve greater success and wealth.  In his newest release and #1 bestseller, The Business Owners Guide To Financial Freedom: What Wall Street Isn’t Telling You, Mark reveals the secrets behind successfully investing in his business while bypassing Wall Street-influenced financial planners. [Read More]

Property Due Diligence and Inspections

Keith Mathias is the National Accounts Manager for AmeriSpec Inspection Services, which provides expert evaluation for any residential or commercial property inspection. As the leading home inspection brand, tested and proven for 30+ years, the company delivers complete peace of mind to buyers and sellers of homes and other properties. Their coast-to-coast network includes 400+ highly trained, experienced inspectors with more than 80 hours of classroom, in-field and hands-on technical training. AmeriSpec evaluates properties on 400+ points to provide detailed condition assessment. Prior to joining AmeriSpec, Keith served as Director to Franchise Recruiting for Pillar to Post Home Inspector and was Director of Strategic Market/Franchise Development/WIN for America (Veteran’s Program) for WIN Home Inspection. For ten years, he also owned Mid-South Stone Masons, Inc., which specialized in stone and hardscape products and installation on both residential and commercial projects.  [Read More]

Making Money With First Position Seller Finance Real Estate Notes

With over 2,200 closed note transactions since the inception of Armstrong Capital in 1991, Jeff Armstrong’s knowledge and experience in the real estate note industry is unsurpassed. His company specializes in purchasing Seller-Financed Notes, for all cash. This allows investors to receive a lump sum of cash immediately, as opposed to the monthly payments they may currently be receiving. Jeff acquired his California Real Estate Sales License in June 1992 and then his California Real Estate Broker’s license in June 1996. He became a member of the American Cash Flow Association’s Million-Dollar Club, and is one of the leaders in the cash flow industry. He is also a highly speaker on the topic of seller financed notes, in addition to marketing, motivation and inspiration for conferences, conventions and other events nationwide. Armstrong Capital’s credo is: Straightforward, Honest, Fair…The Way It Should Be. [Read More]

Understanding Bridge Financing and How It Can Help You Invest in Small Apartments

A 25-year veteran of the financial industry, Mike Boggiano is currently Director of Multifamily Originations at Lending One, a financial technology company focused on providing creative financing to professional real estate investors. Its founders have set out to build a company that helps these investors grow their investment portfolios. It has become one of the nation’s largest and fastest growing direct private lenders, proving to date over $1 billion in real estate capital. Its projects range from small SFR properties to complex redevelopments, ground-up construction and multi-family bridge lending. LendingOne uses its own capital, an online platform and its extensive real estate experience to provide quick and reliable funding for clients. Prior to joining Lending One, Mike was VP of CRE Lending at Ready Capital Corporation.[Read More]

Joanne Musa, “the Tax Lien Lady,” is a Tax Lien Investing Expert who teaches people to invest in safe, highly profitable, tax lien certificates and tax deeds. Her goal is to help clients build profitable portfolios in tax lien certificates or tax deeds. She urges people to get started in educating themselves in this arena with her free report “7 Steps To Building Your Profitable Tax Lien Portfolio.” Her specialties include tax lien and tax deed investor, trainer, coach and mentor, author, weightlifting coach, internet marketing. Her books include “The Truth About Tax Lien Investing” and “Tax Lien Investing Secrets: How You Can Get 8% to 36% Return on Your Money Without the Typical Risk of Real Estate Investing or the Uncertainty of the Stock Market! [Read More]

As Founder of Lifetime Paradigm, Inc., Randy Luebke’s job is to help his clients to and through their retirement by fixing broken retirement plans, putting them back on track and making up for both lost time and insufficient savings. His company is real estate integrated and provides self-directed retirement planning, asset protection, estate and tax planning for businesses, homeowners and real estate investors. Randy is licensed in several fields as a Registered Mortgage Advisor, Registered Financial Consultant, Life Insurance Agent, Real Estate Broker, Mortgage Broker, Stock Broker, and an Educator. After serving thousands of clients, he frequently finds out that most people struggle planning for their retirement because it is too complicated and sadly avoid dealing with it altogether or they seriously underestimate how much money they will need to fund their retirement for 20, 30 years or more. He is the author of “The Business Owner’s Guide to Financial Freedom.” [Read More]

How to Fund Your Apartments with Non-Recourse Loans

As CEO of Janover Ventures, Blake Janover oversees the capital markets advisory, equity placement platform, digital and technology strategies for Janover Ventures and its family of sites including multi-family loans, commercial real estate loans, HUD loans, CMBS loans and dozens of others. He is an honorary member of the 2019 Forbes Real Estate Council and is regularly published in Housing Wire and other industry trade journals. Throughout his career, Blake has overseen the underwriting and origination of billions of dollars of commercial, multifamily and residential real estate loans with a core competency in FHA insured debt, GSA financing, CMBS loans, bank, debt fund, and other similar vehicles. He has run lead on LP equity syndications and advised on secondary-market bond-pricing negotiations. Additionally, he has advised borrowers on hundreds of multimillion-dollar real estate transactions, including complex, multi-layered capital stacks and the re-positioning of large multifamily, hospitality and assisted living portfolios. [Read More]

Having been in the real estate business for over 7 years, Zach Beach is a powerhouse investor deal maker (with over 100 deals to his credit) working as part of the team with Chris Prefontaine’s PreProperty Solutions. The former bartender studied Management and Marketing at Bay State University, then took that knowledge and expanded it at UMASS Dartmouth to major in Marketing and minor in Finance. Zach’s day to day focus is to help sellers eliminate their pain and/or accomplish a specific goal. He is constantly educating himself to make sure that he can provide the best solutions possible in a multitude of situations. His skills in marketing and finance have allowed him to become an excellent resource for any seller. [Read More]

Larry is the Founder and CEO of the revolutionary, continuously growing senior living facility and brand Tuscan Gardens®. Prior to launching the company in 2010, he was the Founder and CEO of a private equity development and management company focused on starting, developing and growing business enterprises. He has served as Chairman or Board Member for many of those investments. He has created some 80 businesses in his professional career selling over $1.5 billion of goods and services, employing several thousand employees and generating half a billion dollars of investment capital. [Read More]

Geoffrey Platt joined Arbor in 2010 and is responsible for originating FNMA, Freddie Mac, HUD, CMBS and Bridge loans. In addition, he oversees The Arbor Select Program (ASP), a rigorous and comprehensive development curriculum for sales careers at the Company. Prior to joining Arbor, Platt was a Real Estate Assistant Manager at Pomander Associates LLC, a family-based real estate business. During his tenure, he identified acquisition opportunities, developed post-acquisition profit improvement strategies and repositioned underperforming assets. Previous to that position, Platt spent several years at Bear Stearns & Co., holding multiple management trainee positions within Fixed Income Trade Support, Derivatives Client Servicing, and Prime Broker Trade Support. He earned a Master of Science in Real Estate from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brandeis University. [Read More]

In this episode of Green Light REI, Lance Edwards shares with listeners his excitement over the release of his latest book, As It Should Be, a unique work chronicling seven generations of Lance’s family and its connections to the history of Florida (“Old Florida,” as he calls it) and development of key industries like Citrus. The book is scheduled for release on February 27. Lance will be donating 200 percent of the proceeds generated by the book on its launch day to the Intrepid Fallen Heroes fund, a top non-profit that serves America’s veterans. [Read More]

Gene Guarino is President of Residential Assisted Living Academy™ in Phoenix, AZ and has over 30 years of experience in real estate investing and business. Today, he is focused on just one thing – investing in the mega trend of senior assisted housing. Having trained tens of thousands of investor/entrepreneurs over the past 25 years, he now specializes in helping others take advantage of this huge opportunity. Gene is also a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) in the U.S. and Australia. Since 1976, he has owned and operated 16 businesses and been an angel investor in numerous others. He has written four books, hosted two radio shows and has spoken to more than 250,000 people in four countries since 1990. His goal is to help people by training investor/entrepreneurs how to, in his words, “do good and do well.” [Read More]

Larry H. Goins has been investing in Real Estate for over 20 years. In the past, he has served as President (2003 & 2004) of the Metrolina Real Estate Investors Association in Charlotte NC, a not-for-profit organization that has over 350 members and is the local chapter of the National Real Estate Investors Association. Larry is an active real estate investor and travels the US speaking and training audiences at conventions, expos and Real Estate Investment Associations on his strategies for buying 10-15 properties per month without ever leaving his office. Between speaking Larry engagements and mentoring other Investors, he oversees the daily operations of Investors Rehab, Inc., is a real estate investment company that buys and wholesales 10-15 properties per month to other investors. Larryis the host of the BRAG Radio Show (Be Rich and Generous) and The Brain Pick-a-Pro podcast. As a Husband, Father, Business Man and Real Estate Investor, he holds true to his core values and moral integrity. His personal and business motto is, “People & Principles before Profits.” [Read More]

Having completed over 3,600 real estate transaction deals over the past 22 years as a real estate investor, Peter Vekselman combines coaching, mentoring and partnerships to help others achieve success. Having established partnerships with real estate brokers, agents, wholesalers, investors, general contractors and private and hard money lenders, he funds real estate deals through his unique Partner Driven Real Estate Coaching Program whose motto is, “You find it, I fund it!” His team actively invests in 15-30 deals every month. Peter leads an army of real estate agents, negotiators, and marketers that dominate the southeastern real estate arena. He teaches his students how to become self-assured, confident, and successful investors able to achieve their goals and surpass the expectations of what they hope to accomplish by investing in Real Estate. [Read More]

Understanding Alternative Investments for Retirement Savings via Self-Directed IRAs

Mat Sorensen is the CEO of Directed IRA and Directed Trust Company, a lawyer, bestselling author, national speaker and expert on self-directed retirement accounts. His company establishes and serves as custodian for all types of self-directed accounts (IRAs, Roth IRAs, HAS, Coverdells, Solo K’s, custodial accounts) for self-directed asset classes such as real estate, private company/private equity, IRA/LLCs, precious metals, and cryptocurrency. His book (The Self Directed IRA Handbook), a five star rated Amazon bestseller, is the most widely used and referenced book in the self-directed IRA industry and is endorsed or used for training by all major self-directed IRA custodians. Matt is also an attorney and partner at Kyler, Kohler, Ostermiller & Sorensen, aka “The Entrepreneurs Law Firm.” [Read More]

How To Create a Forever Cash Flow Via Land Investments

Jack Bosch (aka “The Land Guy” is one of the country’s foremost experts in Land Investments and an industry leader in Real Estate Investment education. An experienced business owner, entrepreneur, real estate investor, respected industry leader, speaker and educator, he is the author of the bestselling financial literacy book “Forever Cash” and the creator of the Land Profit Generator real estate without hassles system. Jack emigrated to the U.S. from Germany in 1997 with just two suitcases and a bunch of student debt, and since 2002, he and his wife Michelle, co-founder of the Land Profit Generator have purchased and sold over 4,000 properties. With his Land For Pennies investment method, Jack and Michelle went from zero to a million in just 18-months and from that built a real estate investment empire that spans multiple areas of real estate including, land flipping, financing/ notes, tax delinquent real estate, home rentals, commercial, multi-family investments, and education. [Read More]

The Benefits of Using A Land Trust to Hold Title to Your Real Estate Investments

Since purchasing his first rental house in 1969, Randy Hughes, aka “Mr. Land Trust” and creator of the Land Trusts Made Simple website, has bought over 200 houses. His primary goal now is to teach others how to break the cycle of poverty. Randy teaches real estate investment courses throughout the United States. He has written Privacy and Asset Protection books as well as home study courses. Randy’s most popular publications are his Land Trust Made Simple home study courses and live seminars. Randy has written extensively for local and national real estate publications. He has taught real estate classes at the University of Illinois, Parkland College and Elgin Community College. Randy has been a licensed Continuing Education Instructor for the Illinois Association of Realtors for 20 years. He also speaks to real estate investment clubs throughout the United States. He also teaches land trust law and administration, authors the only Land Trust Newsletter and Blog in the country, is the founder of the Land Trust University. [Read More]

Empowering People to Take Control of Their Personal Finances

For 10 years, Brian Fouts worked and traveled as a construction manager – but while following the straight and narrow, he accrued debt, struggled to make ends meet, and realized his time was controlled by someone else. He knew there was a greater journey to follow, and made a significant change after 2008, when he, his family and friends lost their homes, their life savings and financial security. He and his brother Jake began to educate themselves about how money, wealth and “real” investing worked. Learning strategies ranging from real estate to private lending to cash banking (including real estate single families and online investing), they began taking control of their financial destinies. As founders of The Elevation Group, they teach people how to get out of the rat race and create connections with those who can help them achieve their goals. Through their resources at EVG and investing ventures, they built Elevation Institute as a beacon to those looking for actionable education and resources to take control of their financial security. [Read More]

Small Balance Loans For Small Apartment Purchases

Geoffrey Platt joined Arbor in 2010 and is responsible for originating FNMA, Freddie Mac, HUD, CMBS and Bridge loans. In addition, he oversees The Arbor Select Program (ASP), a rigorous and comprehensive development curriculum for sales careers at the Company. Prior to joining Arbor, Platt was a Real Estate Assistant Manager at Pomander Associates LLC, a family-based real estate business. During his tenure, he identified acquisition opportunities, developed post-acquisition profit improvement strategies and repositioned underperforming assets. Previous to that position, Platt spent several years at Bear Stearns & Co., holding multiple management trainee positions within Fixed Income Trade Support, Derivatives Client Servicing, and Prime Broker Trade Support. He earned a Master of Science in Real Estate from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Brandeis University. [Read More]

Creating Wealth with Yes! Energy

Lance Edwards recently hosted Loral Langemeier, “The Millionaire Maker” on his Greenlight podcast, and Ms. Langemeier spoke in detail about her trademarked seven steps that people can take to create more wealth for themselves. The first is understanding your relationship to money. She teaches it not from the standpoint of just writing about it in a journal, talking about it and having therapy about it, but the importance of hands on experience. You’ve got to get out in the streets, to speak, and hang out with established entrepreneurs. It’s not just reading or audio books – you have to have the relationship in person. Ms. Langemeier tells people that the fastest way to know what millionaires think and how they act and behave is by spending time with them. You can read and fantasize all you want but it won’t manifest in your life unless there’s that personal connection. [Read More]

No Money Down Deals, Exit Strategies and More

The founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and SmartRealEstatePodcast.com, Chris Prefontaine is the Amazon Best Selling author of Real Estate On Your Terms – Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit. He has been in real estate for over 25 years and his experience includes the construction of over 100+ single family and duplex homes. He has owned a Realty Executives Franchise as broker / owner which maintained high per agent standards and eventually sold to Coldwell Banker in 2000. Since then he has coached over half a million realtors in order to scale and automate their business throughout the U.S. and Canada. He has also participated in in doing condo conversions (multi-family homes to condos) and “raise the roof” projects (converting single family ranches to colonials in growth neighborhoods). Chris and his family/team have done over 80 million in real estate transactions. They mentor, coach, consult and actually partner with students around the Country (by application only) to do exactly what they do. [Read More]

Talking “Red Tide” Algae Bloom and Combating Climate Change

Garrett Stuart, aka “Captain Planet,” is a marine biologist who passionately promotes conservation and education. The CEO of the Eco Preservation Project, he not only talks the talk, he walks the walk by promoting sustainable agriculture and cleaner oceans. His weapon of choice is education, and he is renowned for sharing the importance of protecting natural resources, especially in Florida, which is facing enhanced algal blooms (“Red Tide”) and an alarming rate of coral and fish die-offs. After receiving his bachelor’s degree in Field Biology specializing in algae, he worked for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, restoring tall grass prairies and building artificial wetlands before entering the field of agriculture. After a time as a crop consultant and working in Puerto Rico managing an Agroforestry Farm, he returned to the Florida Keys to become a Marine Scientist, focusing on outreach educational programs. [Read More]

Father/Son Team Small Apartment Champions

This Father/Son team is one of our most fascinating set of Champions as it has our youngest Champion at 10 years old! Based out of Beaverton, Oregon; Tony and his wife initially invested in businesses, gas stations and hotels when they found that dealing with the employees was less than ideal. Wanted to move from those assets towards Small Apartments to transition from minimum wage/angry customer dealings to more mailbox money.

In 2016, they got more focused with Small Apartments. Their focus truly blossomed after attending a Tony Robbins sponsored seminar on Real estate. Arman had joined in with his Dad to learn the business shortly after.

Arman, with the help of his dad, had already closed on a single-family home in Alabama before they had attended boot camp in San Francisco. Arman likes that he can build his finances now and plan for his future. After attending the boot camp with his dad in San Francisco, they were able to hit the ground running and closed on a Duplex.

Note: Since this interview, Arman has been able to rent out both units for a total of $1150.00 gross rents and $800 NOI. He will be marketing the property soon and hopes to sell next month. With his some of his profits he will be reinvesting in real estate in addition to getting a new iPhone X and maybe giving his dad a piece of the action. [Read More]

How to Leverage Other People’s Money

Larry is the Founder and CEO of the revolutionary senior living facility Tuscan Gardens®. Prior to founding the company in 2010, he was the Founder and CEO of a private equity development and management company focused on starting, developing and growing business enterprises. He has served as Chairman or Board Member for many of those investments. He has created some 80 businesses in his professional career selling over $1.5 billion of goods and services, employing several thousand employees and generating half a billion dollars of investment capital. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Pino has transacted numerous real estate, stock, and investment ventures for himself and his clients exceeding $10 billion in value. Larry is also a commercial litigation attorney specializing in business and investment law. In the last 30 years, Larry has conducted some 5,500 speaking engagements, speaking to over one million people and appearing on 140 radio and television talk shows. In addition, he is the author of eleven books. [Read More]

The Power of Leverage in the Buying and Selling of Businesses

Carl Allen, Founder and President of Ninja Acquisitions, is an entrepreneur, investor, and corporate dealmaker. Carl has worked on transactions worth over $50 billion, which includes over 250 acquisitions and sales, together with more than 100 capital fund raising projects. In a 24-year career, Carl has analyzed thousands of businesses, big and small, in 17 different countries and across nearly every business sector, including technology, pharmaceuticals, transport and logistics, engineering, manufacturing, aerospace, consumer goods and services, business services, retail, professional services, finance, packaging, and corporate clothing. He has a solid reputation as an investor and corporate dealmaker, having worked for Bank of America, Hewlett-Packard, Forrester, and Gartner. In addition to advising some of the world’s largest corporations on investments, acquisitions, disposals, and restructuring, Carl has also assisted hundreds of business owners in raising both equity and debt finance. [Read More]

How To Pay Off Your Mortgage Quickly – And Other Empowering Strategies

Renowned throughout the financial industry as America’s “Money Answer Man,” Jordan Goodman has been addressing America’s personal finance questions for nearly 40 years. The host of MoneyAnswers.com, he has been in the personal finance journalism field for decades. A graduate of Amherst College’s London School of Economics, he received his master’s in journalism from the Columbia School of Journalism and spent 20 years at Money magazine, where he covered every aspect of personal finance for 20 years. He has written 13 books, including “Fast Profits in Hard Times” and the Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms. In addition to guest appearances on finance related radio and TV shows, he has also hosted his own podcast called The Money Answer Show for 11 years. [Read More]

Ron Legrand Talks Small Apartments

In case you didn’t know, I’m from humble beginnings, a former auto mechanic who couldn’t even make ends meet working overtime. I’ll never forget telling my wife again and again we couldn’t afford a new washing machine when our old one broke. Today, we live in a 7,000 square foot home in Florida. I’ve bought and sold over 3,000 homes and commercial properties all over America (using the same System I’ll give you) and I have thousands of people I’ve helped and am helping to achieve their grandest goals. I’d like to share my story with you. [Read More]

How to Get More Money Than You Know What to Do With

Jay Conner’s message is so critical to your wealth. The key to buying bank-owned properties in the current market is private money. Without it, you’re not going far. With it, you can buy four houses a month from your desk and get deals at 40-60 cents on the dollar. Jay is a guy who’s made over a million per year in the last 8 years in a town of little more than 40K, and all while only working about 10 hours a month. It’s all due to private money. He’ll show you how he raised $2,100,000 in 90 days and give you the scripts and steps to do the same. [Read More]

Self-Directed IRAs – Investing in What You Know Best

Quincy Long is the President of Quest IRA and works in the Houston corporate office. He has been a licensed Texas attorney since 1991, specializing in real estate and has been a fee attorney for American Title Company. In 1990, Quincy received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Houston, and continued his education, receiving his Masters of Law in 1997. He has sat on the board of directors of the Realty Investment Club of Houston (RICH), the second largest real estate club in the country, and maintains the title of Certified IRA Service Professional, CISP. Quincy is also the author of numerous articles on self-directed IRAs and other real estate related topics, many of which can be found on the Quest IRA website. He is the co-author of “Real Estate Investment Using Self-Directed IRAs and Other Retirement Plans.” Widely known for his enthusiasm, attention to detail and knowledge of the Self-Directed retirement industry, he is one of the most sought after key note speakers in the nation. [Read More]

How to Profit with Small Apartments

Lance Edwards, the host of the Greenlight REI podcast, is the #1 Bestselling author of “How To Make Big Money in Small Apartments.” He has been involved in buying and reselling small apartment buildings since 2002, when he discovered real estate investing as a supplemental income source to his demanding, full-time corporate job. His first deal was a small apartment fourplex that he bought with nothing down. Over the years, he has done deals ranging from three to nearly 300 units – and within three years he was able to retire from corporate America. His company, First Cornerstone Group, LLC is a real estate education and marketing company which enables both new and experienced real estate investors to accelerate their path to financial independence through small apartment investing. Houston Business Journal recognized Lance’s company as the 13th fastest growing private company in the city. [Read More]