5 Minute Success - The Podcast

Tiffany Fykes is a natural-born leader and entrepreneur. Tiffany lives with her husband, Joshua, and two boys in Nashville, Tennessee, where she runs the FYKES Realty Group, which is consistently recognized as one of the top teams in central Tennessee.   She joined the real estate industry in 2009, and within four years created a million-dollar producing team while growing her family at the same t...

Adrienne Green is an accomplished entrepreneur and real estate investor living her dream of traveling the world with her family. From a high school math teacher burdened with debt, she has built and managed a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio, achieving financial freedom. Since beginning her real estate journey in 2013, Adrienne has gained extensive experience in various property types an...

From Adversity to Entrepreneurial Success Andrew Spira is a successful entrepreneur and motivational speaker with a powerful story of transformation and resilience. His journey from overcoming personal challenges to building a multi-million dollar real estate portfolio and successful businesses makes him an ideal guest for podcasts focused on personal growth, entrepreneurship, and overcoming adver...

Murisa Harba is an International Best-selling Author, thought leader, and award-winning actress/director. She founded About The Work in 2013 and has been coaching and inspiring artists, speakers, and business professionals across 5 continents to step outside their comfort zones to explore what they are truly made of ever since. She finds incredible joy in teaching artists and entrepreneurs how to...

Through his eBusiness Institute, Matt has trained thousands of individuals, providing practical courses on buying and building income-generating websites and effective digital marketing strategies. His goal is to equip students with the skills to secure their future in the digital age.   In this episode, Karen and Matt discuss: Success Story of Matt Commit to Get Leads You can work through brokers...

Chrissy Myers, is the author of "Reluctantly Resilient" and CEO of AUI and Clarity HR. She is a third-generation business owner revolutionizing the complexities of benefits and HR for small to medium-sized businesses. As the chief cheerleader, she guides marketing efforts and steers both companies to disrupt established norms. Beyond profit, AUI Gives Back and Clarity Cares, two impactful communit...

Liz Leonard is a noted Franchise Advisor, speaker, and owner of multiple businesses. After leaving corporate America, Liz founded and sold a successful business before pivoting to franchise ownership. She started her franchise advisory business in 2014 and has spent the last decade helping others find the perfect franchise match for their lifestyle and personality that will build their wealth whil...

Spaulding Decon was born from a desire to help families in need. While serving as a police officer in Kansas City, Laura Spaulding witnessed the devastation caused by crime. The already grieving families were shocked to discover that the police were not responsible for cleaning up the scene. At that moment, Laura decided to work with the family herself to get their home cleaned up. In 2016 Spauldi...

Whitney Elkins-Hutten is the Director of Investor Education at PassiveInvesting.com, Founder of AshWealth.com, author of Money for Tomorrow: A Sensible Guide to Building Wealth that Lasts published with BiggerPockets, co-author of the international #1 bestseller Resilient Women in Life and Business, host of the Passive Investing Made Simple YouTube show and podcasts, and a partner in $800M+ in rea...

Lady Jen Du Plessis is affectionately known as America's Mortgage Mentor and is referred to as the Leading Expert in Creating World Class Teams.  She has been in the financial services industry for 4 decades and during her illustrious career was listed 5 times in the Top 200 mortgage originators nationally and funded over $1 Billion in mortgage loans. Jen works with high-achieving Loan Officers, a...

Sonia Gomez has been an advocate for alternative health, a voice for freedom, and a community leader in alternative health education for the past 12 years. In order to recover from a serious life-altering accident, Soina discovered the secrets to eliminating synthetic medications and holistically rebuilding her health. Food was the first, and most important medicine. After publishing 1200 articles...

Lenore Mohr is an Investment Realtor.    Her first full-gut renovation was over 20 years ago for her own personal residence. She started Pure Light Properties in 2016 and renovated over 30 properties. She became a realtor in 2018. Combining her knowledge of renovation, sales and the real estate market, Lenore best serves her clients by guiding them to build long-term sustainable wealth through rea...

Dr. Rachel, originally from Haiti, possesses an unwavering drive to make a difference. As a doctor raised in Miami and burdened by $500K in student loans, she embarked on a relentless journey to pay them off.    Discovering the immense potential of AirBNB STR & MTR investing, she achieved a remarkable return through short-term real estate rentals. Today, Dr. Rachel adeptly balances her roles as an...

After over 10 years working for a Real Estate investment firm as an accountant. I decided to make a change into real estate investing mainly vacation rentals.  Since then, my business partner Lori Lusk and I have started Remote Host Hub, where we help vacation rental owners fire their property managers and reclaim up to 50% of their profits without sacrificing their lifestyle.  I love the idea of...

In 2018, Jamie Gruber was an insurance executive who stated a vision for his life to his co-workers to 'travel for 3-4 months a year with his family to any destination'.  He was laughed at.  Through that experience, he learned the power of proximity and surrounding himself with growth-minded individuals.   Fast forward 3 years, and Jamie became a millionaire, left his high paying W2 behind, and re...

Kaaren Hall, CEO uDirect IRA Services, LLC and OCREIA    Despite being in the midst of a recession and mortgage market collapse, Kaaren Hall founded and made a resounding success of uDirect IRA Services. She discovered a strategic way to put her 20+ years in mortgage banking, real estate, and property management to use. The solution was an untapped market for both her skills and for investors – se...

Corinn Altomare is co-founder of Hearthfire Holdings – a private equity firm focused on self storage, with a growing portfolio across the Northeast and MidAtlantic regions.  Since 2012, Hearthfire has delivered an average 25% IRR to investors on their first 5 full cycle multifamily investments.   Hearthfire pivoted to self storage with a project in 2019, which went full cycle delivering 33% IRR to...

Leslie Anne Morris began her Smoky Mountain investing journey while earning her MBA at the University of Southern California and working in Los Angeles as a commercial banker. For over twenty years, Leslie helped high-profile clients like SpaceX and closed a $50 million private equity deal. She applies the same underwriting strategy to building her growing real estate portfolio. And today, she is...

Tom started as an agent and was on the real estate roller coaster - UNTIL he started investing in real estate. Since then, Tom has fixed and flipped over 1,200 homes, has an over 300 unit rental property portfolio, and has  a brokerage of over 350 agents - that specifically teaches agents how to become financially free by investing in real estate. Tom has created the Agent Investor Brand - a natio...

Sharon Lechter is internationally recognized as a financial literacy expert, keynote speaker and business mentor.  She is a 5 time New York Times Bestselling author, successful entrepreneur, philanthropist, and enjoyed a 35 year career as a licensed CPA.  She has advised two US Presidents on the topic of financial literacy. Sharon co-authored the international bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad and 14 o...

Mandy McAllister is a multifamily real estate investor, mindset ninja, and connector. She spent the bulk of her career in medical device sales chasing cases and commission checks. In 2021, Mandy left her W2 to lean on the financial independence she built through real estate investing. Mandy now serves as CEO of GoBundance women, a tribe of healthy, wealthy, generous women who choose to lead epic l...

Alyce Dailey is an author, coach, speaker, entrepreneur, community builder, and the ultimate Girl Mom, raising four wildly adventurous daughters while running multiple businesses alongside her husband, Seth. She has won numerous awards from The Daily Record and SmartCEO magazine for her leadership in the business community. Alyce started the MAGIC Momhood community because she believes being a Mom...

Karen has been on a Heroine's Journey from being too busy and overwhelmed to loving the life she has while she creates and co-creates the life of her dreams.  In her personal life, she has enjoyed good health for her age, long and happy marriage to Andy since 1987, and 2 healthy, well-established kids. Yet there never seemed to be enough time or money.  She felt as though there was something more...

As both a tax strategist and real estate investor, Amanda helps investors with strategies designed to supercharge their wealth building using entity structuring, self-directed investing, and income offset opportunities to keep more of what they make. Amanda has a highly rated book Tax Strategies for the Savvy Real Estate Investor on Amazon and she has been featured in prominent publications includ...

Suzy Sevier is the co-founder of Adventurous Real Estate Investors. She specializes in a different ROI, Return on Impact. Through real estate investing they create immeasurable impacts with the residents, they serve, to create thriving communities.  She is the owner and asset manager of multifamily apartments in Oklahoma. She hosts "The Adventures of a Real Estate Investor" podcast and a monthly m...