Dealmaker Catalyst

Most people who've ever taken a vacation somewhere beautiful have had the thought: what would it take to own a piece of this? On this episode, Jason Seward sits down with Michael K. Cobb, founder and CEO of ECI Development and one of the most recognized names in international real estate, to answer exactly that. Since 1996, Michael has built residential communities across Belize, Nicaragua, Panama...

Chuck Glover didn't start building wealth until he was 70 years old. Six and a half years later, with no prior background in real estate or investing, he's a private money lender, author of The $5,000 Millionaire, and the architect of a "massive achievement" philosophy that has funded mission trips across the globe. In this episode of Dealmaker Catalyst, host Jason Seward sits down with Chuck to p...

David Richter is the author of  Profit First for Real Estate Investing , founder of Simple CFO Solutions, and one of the most recognized voices in real estate financial management. After working inside a company doing 25 deals a month and watching the money disappear anyway, he spent years helping real estate investors stop the bleeding and build actual financial systems that put cash in their poc...

Jon Schoeller has spent 20 years building businesses, flipping over 400 real estate deals, and lending on more than 100 — but the move that changed everything was pointing a camera at what he was already doing. Starting from scratch documenting his house flips in Charleston, West Virginia, he grew to over 1 million YouTube subscribers and 2 million followers across all platforms, generating betwee...

David Greene is a former Bay Area police officer turned nationally recognized real estate authority — bestselling author of  Long Distance Real Estate Investing , Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat , Pillars of Wealth , Better Than Cash Flow , and The Top Producer Trilogy — whose work on the BiggerPockets podcast helped build the investing foundation of an entire generation of operators, includin...

Ten episodes in and Dealmaker Catalyst is already stacking up a guest list that reads like a masterclass series — from new construction and note buying to buy box clarity, creative deal structures, and the mindset behind building real wealth. In this episode, host Jason Seward sits down with Jim Ingersoll to look back at the first ten shows, highlight the moments that hit hardest, and give listene...

Leon Johnson has been building businesses and stacking assets since before most people even start thinking about financial freedom. At 73, he holds a portfolio that includes decades of buy-and-hold real estate, H&R Block franchises he ran for 20 years, and independent insurance agencies — built on a simple philosophy that employees come first, customers come second, and the right deal structure ca...

In this episode, host Jason Seward sits down with Major Hillard — founder of MH Estates and one of the most operationally experienced mobile home park investors in the country. Starting with just $1,500 and a dusty book found in his father's attic, Major built a $50 million-plus portfolio across 1,026 lots, sold 523 homes, and closed over $70 million in combined transactions. Major's story runs fr...

In this episode, host Jason Seward sits down with Alie Murphy — business operations strategist, consultant, and founder of Let's Talk Business — for a practical deep dive into the bottlenecks that stall most growing businesses and the systems that break them open. Alie helps founders turn chaos into clean, scalable operations. Her background spans healthcare administration, real estate, and high-g...

In this episode, host Jason Seward sits down with Tom Olson — licensed general contractor, investor, developer, and founder of multiple real estate businesses operating out of Gary, Indiana. With over 2,000 transactions, 1,200-plus flips, 700 investor rentals, and 45 mid-term rentals under management, Tom has built one of the most vertically integrated real estate operations in the Midwest — and h...

In this episode, host Jason Seward sits down with Dr. David Phelps — dentist turned real estate investor and founder of Freedom Founders — for a conversation about what it really takes to break free from a high-income career that's quietly running your life. David's story starts in 1980 when, as a broke first-year dental student, he convinced his father to co-invest in a rental property at a 30.5%...

In this episode, host Jason Seward sits down with Eddie Speed — founder of Note School and one of the most experienced note investors in the country — for a high-level introduction to a corner of real estate that most investors have heard of but few fully understand. Eddie has been buying mortgage notes for over 45 years, has been involved in more than 50,000 note transactions, and built an entire...

In this episode, host Jason Seward sits down with Tony Moreno — mechanical engineer, real estate investor, and Huntsville, Alabama-based father of one — for a conversation that is equal parts origin story and tactical playbook. Tony was born in the Dominican Republic, moved to Cleveland at nine, bounced back to the DR, and eventually landed in Huntsville when his father Googled "best places to liv...

In this episode, host Jason Seward sits down with Brandon Lindsey — Richmond-based real estate investor, licensed contractor, and creator of The Rehab Playbook — for a ground-level master class on new construction investing. Brandon has spent years mastering both sides of the business: the construction process and the real estate strategy behind it. That dual fluency is rare, and this conversation...

In this episode, host Jason Seward sits down with Michael Zuber — author, investor, and founder of One Rental at a Time — for one of the most tactically dense conversations the show has produced. Michael started investing in 2002 while working a demanding full-time tech career, buying his first rental in Fresno, California and building his portfolio one property at a time over the next two decades...

In this episode of Dealmaker Catalyst, host Jason Seward sits down with Wendy Coles — real estate investor, agent, private lender, and one of the most compelling voices in the Dealmaker community — for a deep dive into the strategies and mindset shifts that transformed her investing journey. Wendy's story is not a straight line. She entered real estate at 47 with no resume, no retirement, and no r...

In this special launch episode, host Jason Seward sits down with Jim Ingersoll — founder of the Dealmaker community and widely known as "The Godfather of Richmond Real Estate" — to introduce the Dealmaker Catalyst podcast and lay out the vision driving it forward. Recorded on the heels of a major three-day Dealmaker event, the intent is clear: this show exists to change trajectories. Jason and Jim...