AJ Osborne Podcast

 The disconnect between real estate investors can sometimes be frustrating. Often, to learn more about a specific niche market or a specific deal, you have to seek out someone who is a pillar in that industry - a mentor or teacher - in that space.  This is the problem Paul tackled when he started his business. There needed to be a way that real estate investors can talk to *each other* a...

When Ryan lost his ability to speak English, he had to start from scratch. He was involved in an accident that caused him to lose the majority of his long-term memory. He had to re-learn everything just to function normally. This puts a wrench in the system when it comes to career and education. How did he go from there to creating and running businesses and becoming an entrepreneur? This and much...

With the Fed jacking up interest rates yet again, the real estate market continues to experiences drastic shifts. We were only recently seeing houses fly off the market within a matter of days, when it used to sit on the market for months on end before it sells. What about now? What happens with a hot market is suddenly cooled down by economic conditions?  Today, we've invited Katie McFerrin,...

This is a special episode to me, everybody. Today we're talking with my dad, Ron Osborne, about his background and history. He comes from what we call extreme poverty, and he had to work and intentionally change his circumstances to create a better life.  We are also celebrating Ron's new book, The Right Kind of Rich, where he dives deeper into the topics discussed in this episode, and more a...

Is it possible to retire in just ONE year? This is a lofty idea and aspiration nearly no one believes is possible. But in reality, it's an infinite array of possibilities.  In this episode, we're talking about hustle culture and the difference between keeping your head down and working versus being focused and having strategies in place. How you treat the inherent opportunity cost - how you s...

The markets are exploding. Stocks, real estate, crypto - it's all crashing. It's a very scary and confusing time, and risk is piling up.  We're addressing that today. It's important to be thinking about these things all the time and keeping an eye on the potential impact to you. Asset valuation is more complicated than ever, and the future we expected 6 months ago is not what it is now. ...

Building a business has never been easy. But in the digital age, there are a whole new set of nuances to consider. When building a business, you have to consider not only your online presence, but also how entrepreneurship itself has changed. Expectations are no longer the same. Amount of effort and work are also different. Being rich is hard. But being poor is also hard. Choose your "hard."...

As the economy changes and as your financial situation changes, your earning potential changes along with it. In this episode, Amy Mahjoory and I discuss the state of the market and the over-arching strategies that can be applied to real estate investing as a whole.  You may have seen Amy on HGTV, New York Finance, and many more publications. She is a #1 Top Seller on Amazon and specializes i...

From his humble beginnings, to investing in real estate, to starring in two HGTV shows (Boise Boys and Outgrown), Luke Caldwell has made a tremendous impact in his community and those around him. Starting out can seen scary with all the roadblocks and challenges ahead. How do you overcome that uncertainty? There are always excuses to be made, and things to be made perfect. How do you push asi...

The Fed is raising interest rates again! It's becoming harder and more expensive to use debt. This means higher mortgage rates, car payments, increased credit card debt - will this stop inflation or will it crash the economy first? After all, raising rates doesn't help other aspects of high prices. What about supply chain? What about consumer demand? Find out in today's episode! Get more free reso...

Event-based investing is not only scary, but dangerous. Is your investment - like a stock or a property - contingent on the SALE of that asset? If so, how do you know what your returns will ACTUALLY be and where they ACTUALLY come from?  Nobody has a crystal ball into the future. There are common metrics like expense ratios and ROIs that help us gauge how much an investment is worth. But are...

Why do the rich keep getting richer? There are so many "theories" and hypotheticals when it comes to this topic. Most of it is steeped in resentment, hatred, and ignorance. Very few millionaires inherited the wealth they have, and the ones that do usually end up wasting it. So what's with the hatred? In this episode, we're discussing three reasons why the rich are actually keeping their money...

It’s currently July, a little over halfway through an incredible year, and we’re about to close on another MASSIVE real estate deal. The team is doing well, my family is doing well, so why do I feel so down and unmotivated? In this episode, we discuss how our results can sometimes be the enemy of our progress. The way we look at success is different from person to person, but we need to make sure...

The collapse of the housing market in 2008 left a bad taste in many people's mouths when it comes to recessions and the real estate market. It's now 2022, and the housing market is back up in the air, and there are a lot of "gurus" online saying it will crash again much like 2008. How will home affordability change in the next few months or the next few years? Are the federal reserve's higher mort...

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast!  It’s pretty amazing to think about how many amazing guests we’ve had here on the podcast. Out guest today is no different and I couldn’t be more excited to welcome her. We have the Invest Diva herself - Kiana Danial!  Kiana, like so many of us entrepreneurs, was fired from her job on Wall Street and shortly after began her investing jour...

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast!    We’re living in some pretty interesting times - inflation, rising interest rates, social and political friction, volatile markets here in the US and globally, all coming off the back end of a long economic cycle of nothing but massive prosperity.    What does this mean for our businesses and our investments? What should we be...

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast!    I know, I know, I’ve been a little hit and miss here lately on the podcast, but man I’ve been busy! Me and the team have been crushing deals, growing our company, attending amazing events, and we couldn’t be more excited about what we’re doing.    That said, we actually have a super special episode lined up today with a coupl...

Welcome back everyone to the AJ Osborne Podcast!   Honestly, my guest today needs little introduction if you’ve been in and around the real estate industry, or if you’ve watched real estate reality TV show Flip or Flop. My guest today is Tarek El Moussa.    As with most of us who are drawn to real estate investing - Tarek was frustrated with his career, was tired of making little to...

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast, this is your host of course, AJ Osborne!    Well if you’ve been paying attention to the economy at all… things look a bit… questionable let’s say. Inflation just keeps going up and up. Government spending keeps going up and up. Interest rates are going up and up in an ever weakening economy. Despite higher interest rates, housing prices h...

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast! Thanks so much for tuning in and for all your amazing support.    Today we have an amazing guest on the show that I wish I could give you an epic description of, but its virtually guaranteed that whatever cool words I used, it wouldn’t do any justice. My guest today is Rich Fettke.    It’s wild because Rich and I share very simi...

What’s going on everybody, welcome back to the AJ Osborne Podcast!    Man do I have an awesome episode lined up for you guys today. My great friend Tarl Yarber joins us today and sheds an awesome amount of insight into building the lifestyle and business that aligns with your REAL goals and aspirations.    So often we put our heads down, work like crazy to move the needle, then...

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast!   I have a special guest with me today, someone I’ve followed and known about for years who is absolutely crushing it in his industry. We get the pleasure of sitting down with the one and only Kris Gethin.    Born on a farm in Wales, Kris had an early introduction to discipline and consistency - an extremely potent recipe for achieve...

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast!    Today we get to sit down with the man himself Chandler Bolt CEO of the Self Publishing School - a company that he started that has published 6,000 books and that has been ranked on the Inc. 5000 for several years. Not only that, Chandler himself just made Forbes 30 Under 30. Not bad for a company that was launched just a few years ago....

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast!    We have a special guest with us today who has been on the podcast before and who has made some special appearances with me on YouTube and social media... We have the one and only Brittany Arnason back on the podcast today to talk about probably one of the most important topics of all time - building relationships and networking. ...

Welcome back everybody to the AJ Osborne Podcast! My guest today is a total real estate investing rock star! I got to sit down with the man himself Brody Fausett. Brody just happened to get into real estate when he went off to college but couldn’t find a place to rent. After talking to his mother who was a real estate agent, he decided to look at actually buying a house. All said and done, he boug...