The Rich Somers Report

Rich sits down with Ryan Garland – Entrepreneur and Real Estate Investor, Founder and Chairman of Paradyme, Developer and Investment Manager, and Fund Manager. Ryan’s company, Paradyme, is a private equity firm that has been at the forefront of developing innovative investment solutions. Garland started his career in real estate by dealing with Single Family Residences (SFR). During the 2008 reces...

Rich sits down with DJ Young – Professional Pickleball Player.  DJ grew up in Burriana, Spain and played played junior tennis competitively from ages 4 to 16. He was first introduced to Pickleball at age 18 by his dad and has won numerous Pickleball accolades since turning pro, including the World Pickleball Championships, MLP Season 2 Newport Beach (Ranchers), and a PPA silver medal in men’s doub...

Rich joins co-hosts Thomas Castelli and Ryan Carriere on their podcast: Tax Smart Real Estate Investors. This episode originally aired in their feed on February 6th, 2024.   On this episode, they discuss Rich's journey and why he transitioned from multifamily value-add and STRs to boutique hotels, STR regulations and tax strategies, and personal branding tips for real estate investors. If you...

Rich sits down with Alex Camacho – Real Estate Investor, Coach, and Mentor. Alex has a track record of over 150 real estate investment deals in the past five years. His primary focus has been on residential properties in California, and Hawaii, while he also owns a multifamily building in Phoenix, Arizona. Alex has been featured on numerous platforms, including the BiggerPockets Real Estate Podcas...

Rich sits down with Simon Keith – Social Entrepreneur, Humanitarian, Philanthropist, and former professional soccer player. Simon received a heart transplant when he was 21 years old and is known as the world’s first heart transplant recipient to play a professional sport. He’s one of the longest-living organ transplant recipients in the world, and had a second transplant in  2019. Today Simon is...

Rich is joined by co-host, Alex Camacho, on today’s episode of the Saturday Edition. They answer the top question of the week that was sent in by our listeners.  Rich and Alex reflect on their experiences working with Virtual Assistants (or VAs). They then analyze the many roles that VAs can perform inside a company and where real estate investors can find the best VAs. If you have a question you&...

Rich sits down with Henry Washington – Real Estate Investor, Author, and Co-Host of Bigger Pockets. When Henry married he quickly realized that working 50 hours a week was still not giving him enough income to provide his family with the life they deserve. After a late-night panic attack and some Google searches, Henry found that real estate investing was a powerful tool for building generational...

Rich sits down with David August – Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of David August Clothing and co-partner with Conor McGregor for August McGregor, a luxury lifestyle brand. Since 1989, David August Heil has crafted the finest custom men’s wardrobes for international leaders in business, sports and entertainment, like Tony Robbins, Frank Gehry, Jeff Koons, Sylvester Stallone, Chris Hemsworth,...

On today's "Saturday Edition" episode, Rich answers the top question of the week that was sent in by our listeners.  Rich and Alex reflect on their trip to Nashville for STR Wealth Con and the mastermind trip, co-hosted with Investor Girl Britt, in Cabo coming up in a few weeks. They then analyze why Set Jet, a charter airline with a membership-based and by-the-seat private jet prog...

Rich sits down with Levi Lascsak – Real Estate Agent, Video Creator, and Co-Founder of Living in Dallas Texas, Passive Prospecting, and Passive Productions. Levi and his partner, Travis, made $1 million in their first year marketing their real estate business on Youtube. They surpassed $2.6 Million in the first seven months of their second year. Also an Iraq combat veteran, Levi is a frequent spea...

Rich sits down with Paul Alex – Entrepreneur, Founder of New American Dream, Former Law Enforcement Officer (LEO), and Author. Paul transitioned from a career as a detective in law enforcement to a serial entrepreneur in the world of digital marking. He’s generated $25+ Million in revenue through ATM ventures since January 2021 and achieved a recent milestone of $1 Million in revenue in his newest...

Rich is joined by Co-Hosts, Jeff and Daniel Bommarito, on today’s Saturday Edition. They answer the top question of the week that was sent in by our listeners. Rich and the Bommarito Brothers speak on meeting Ryan Garcia in Miami, planting the seeds of meeting others and what it takes to start your own photography and videography business. They also discuss the differences in camera lenses, findin...

Rich sits down with Eli Facenda – Entrepreneur and Founder of Freedom Travel Systems, which helps other entrepreneurs maximize luxury travel points to unlock bucket list travel experiences. Eli has visited 42 countries in the last 5 years and is able to leverage credit card points to get on average around $100k of luxury travel per year. Rich and Eli start off by discussing being connected through...

This episode is a re-run of Mikey Taylor's original episodes, which aired May 16th and 18th, 2023. Rich sits down with Mikey Taylor- Serial entrepreneur and former professional skateboarder. Mikey Taylor is the President and Managing Principal of Commune Capital, a private equity firm that invests in commercial real estate. After a successful 14 year skateboarding career, Mikey began the tran...

Rich is joined by Co-Host, Pace Morby, on today’s Saturday Edition. They answer the top question of the week that was sent in by our listeners. Rich and Pace speak on the fundamentals of subject-to real estate deal, the types of candidates that make for a good seller, defaulting on sub-to deals, positioning landlords to lenders, and negotiating with maximum leverage. They also discuss the willingn...

Rich sits down with Pace Morby – creative real estate investor, expert in “subject to” and host of A&E’s Triple Digit Flip TV Show. Pace is the founder of Subto, a thriving real estate education program and community that teaches creative financing strategies to real estate investors of all experience levels in order to do deals without cash, credit, or credentials, and also has a bestselling...

Rich sits down with Mike Sjogren – Podcast Host of Short Term Rental Secrets, Hotel & Short Term Rental Investor and Coach, and founder of the Short Term Rental Secrets Mastermind. Mike and his wife Krysten started their short-term rental investment and management company in 2017, as a vehicle to build passive income so they could stop trading away time from family for a paycheck. That vision...

How To Find A Good Boutique Hotel Deal | Saturday Edition 144On today's "Saturday Edition" episode, Rich answers the top question of the week that was sent in by our listeners.  Rich reflects on visiting Miami last weekend for a mastermind hosted by Ryan Garland and meeting Jordan Belfort, Wes Watson, and Ryan Garcia. Rich then analyzes the three things that support finding a good b...

Rich sits down with Mark Moss – Podcast Host, Radio Host, Founder of Market Disruptors and Co-Author of the bestselling book, The UnCommunist Manifesto.  Mark’s show, The Mark Moss Show, analyzes such topics as Economics, Business, Bitcoin, and Freedom. Mark has founded seven companies that hit 7-8 figures in less than a year with multiple business exits including a high valuation Fortune 500 exit...

Rich sits down with Chris Groves – a serial entrepreneur who is leading the way in the lending industry and has funded over $7 billion in loans. He and his wife, Aleyna, started Groves Capital Inc, a family-owned mortgage company with the lowest rates in the industry. Groves Capital’s greatest accomplishments have been growing from 2 people to 575 across 25 states in fewer than three years; creati...

Rich joins Bethany LaFlam on her Bubbles with Bethany Mastermind, recorded in January 2024. Bethany is an Entrepreneur, Seasoned Deals Lawyer, Managing Partner of Premier Law Group, Mother, and Visionary. With more than 20 years of experience practicing law, Bethany has leveraged that expertise into her business life. Rich and Bethany start off by discussing what Rich’s unique superpower is, Betha...

Rich brings on his old business partner, Shawn DiMartile - Real Estate Investor, Host of The Real Estate Takeoff Podcast, Co-Founder of Takeoff Capital, Author of California Gold, and US Navy Veteran. Before cashing out his 401k to get his start in real estate, Shawn worked as an Air Traffic Controller for 6 years and before that he was a Navy Controller. He now owns over 300 rental units, $50 mil...

Rich sits down with Adam Nelson and Braun Thueson - Founders of Top1Percenter, a mentorship program that was created to inspire, influence, and help others to achieve life success, business success, and have success investing in real estate. Rich, Adam, and Braun start off by discussing how Rich first met Adam, how Adam and Braun first got started in sales, traditional door-to-door sales, applying...

On today's "Saturday Edition" episode, Rich is joined by co-hosts Adam Nelson and Braun Thueson - Founders of Top1Percenter, a mentorship program that was created to inspire, influence, and help others to achieve life success, business success, and have success investing in real estate.  They answer the top question of the week that was sent in by our listeners.  Rich, Adam, and Bra...

Rich sits down with Elliott Caldwell - Entrepreneur, Real Estate Investor, CEO, and Co-Founder of Home Team Vacation Rentals.  On April 1st, 2022 Elliott sold his previous business.  After a 2-3 month hiatus Elliott started a management company (Home Team) with Michael Elefante. In 16 months Home Team has become one of the fastest growing property management companies in the country with over 320...