Dealmaker Diaries Podcast

Founder of AllCity Adjusting, a licensed public  adjusting firm, Andy Gurczak immigrated to  America from Poland with his family at the age of  nine. After working in the construction industry–  more specifically fire restoration, Andy discovered  his true calling: public adjusting. This discovery was  largely thanks to Herb Johnson, the first African  American p...

Yannik holds experience in real estate syndication and asset management. He began managing commercial real estate by trade as an Asset Manager for both retail and institutionally-capitalized real estate private equity firms with over $1.5B+ in AUM.  Prior to real estate, Yannik played in the National Football League (NFL) and retired in 2017. Yannik currently oversees the asset management and...

Today’s guest, Jacob Vanderslice, is Principal at VanWest Partners, a  Denver-based real estate investment firm focusing on the acquisition  and management of self-storage centers and other opportunistic real  estate throughout the United States. VanWest has established a track  record with over $195mm in real estate assets. Jacob and his partners’  success is driven by a...

Today’s guest is known as “The Land Geek.” Mark Podolsky is widely considered to be the country’s most trusted and foremost authority on buying and selling raw, undeveloped land. Today, Mark will share his journey into the world of buying, selling, and leasing raw land as an investment. He has actively invested in real estate and raw land for almost twenty years, and has completed over 5,000 uniqu...

Joining us today is Zack Boothe, host of the Driving For Dollars Mastery podcast,  where Zack shares his insider secrets to finding massively discounted properties  regardless of experience level. Zack went from a successful window cleaner to  an even more successful millionaire, real estate investor. With his constantly  growing business, he now spends his time helping others...

Marc, a successful entrepreneur, is a leader in a variety of industries and owns four prospering companies in Florida. He thrives as a financial mentor and belongs to an exclusive group of top insurance professionals under the Bank on Yourself brand. Since joining this elite group, Marc has been named Producer of the Year, 3x Top Five Producer of the Year, 4x Top Ten Producer of the Year. He is co...

Spencer Hilligoss is the CEO & Co-Founder of  Madison Investing, a real estate investment firm  specializing in real estate syndications. As a passive  investor and active syndicator, he understands the  unique challenges that busy professionals face when  starting out on their REI journey. Spencer’s mission is to  arm investors with the know-how they need to make...

Charley has been a CPA since 1990, and received his MBA from the University of Maryland and his undergrad from the University of Texas.  He began his career in Big Six auditing with KPMG Peat Marwick, then segued into industry as a financial leader for public and privately held companies.  His tax practice focuses on real estate investors and transactions specializing self-directed IRAs,...

With us today is Heather Dreves, the Director of Funding at Secured Investment Corp and fund manager with, one of the fastest growing companies in the private money marketplace in the US, focusing on residential real estate investments.  Heather is passionate about helping self-employed entrepreneurs and their  families build wealth and succeed in their business ventures and helping inve...

Jim Remley is a nationally recognized expert in the field of residential real estate. Entering the real estate industry at the age of 19 he began an unlikely rise from college drop out to real estate Rock Star by becoming ranked in the top 1% of REALTORS® nationwide. Implementing game changing strategies and deploying the latest technology advances Jim shattered sales records by listing over 150 p...

Matthew Baltzell is the former host of Real Estate Journeys, a Top 400 Business Podcast, and is a real estate investor with a portfolio of 743 units and 4 years of asset management experience. With his vast experience in podcasting and real estate, he founded Elite Podcast Bookings, a company specializing in helping real estate investors attract more capital and become thought leaders. In this epi...

Damion Lupo is a professional real estate investor, serial  entrepreneur (started 50+ companies), and best selling author of  11 books. He’s a four-time college dropout, who actually got  thrown out of one of the schools for opening a bookstore in his  dorm room, putting the official store into bankruptcy.   Damion became a multimillionaire by age 25 and then lost his &nbs...

RJ Burr, 46, is a third generation producer of American  oil. Born into the industry, Mr. Burr was on his first  location before he could walk and has been fascinated  by the production of oil his entire life. Within 3 months of graduating high school, Mr. Burr funded his first partnership  and never looked back. RJ is the Sr. VP Corporate Operations  at Panex. With a main...

As a successful Vice President with 47+ years in the attractions and entertainment industry, K Trevor spent the past 20 years working for iFLY Indoor Skydiving, which grew from 1 location to 80 worldwide. As an accredited investor, LP in 18 (15 active) – GP 1 syndicated deals and over the past few years, has become deeply passionate about learning about Real Estate Investing. Being an avid learner...

Joining us today is Zack Boothe, host of the Driving For Dollars Mastery podcast,  where Zack shares his insider secrets to finding massively discounted properties  regardless of experience level. Zack went from a successful window cleaner to  an even more successful millionaire, real estate investor. With his constantly  growing business, he now spends his time helping others...

With a background in corporate finance and 25 years of real estate and investment experience, Tom brings extensive experience to Belrose Asset Management. Taking the company from start-up to world-class organization, Tom has specialized in discounted asset opportunities nationwide since 2006. His financial savvy, open communicative manner and integrity have seen him help alternative investors achi...

For over 35 years, Tim Redmond has been growing highly successful businesses including his work at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, growing a software company from 2 to 400 employees then selling it to Intuit, Inc., and helping thousands of business owners gain time and financial freedom.  Tim is also an author and speaker throughout the world whose leadership maxims have been featured in John Maxwell...

Trailer for Episode 42 - Tim talks about his perspective of how a failure or perceived failure, actually allowed him a greater success later?

We're excited to bring you a conversation with Henry Daas about his experience and many lessons on the mindset and approach that can help us recognize, develop, and grow our financial intelligence (FQ). Far from being anything to do with “get rich quick” schemes, Henry explains how our “FQ” is all about the tried and true principles and mindset that help us manage, invest, and grow our wealth. In...

Lowell Sheppard is an author, speaker, a social entrepreneur, a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society, husband, father, a long-distance cyclist, and wanna-be Sailor. Lowell has spent his entire adult life working with established Non-Government Organizations (also known as non-profit societies) and in several NGO start-ups. As Founder of HOPE International Development Agency Japan and Asia Pacifi...

Mark Willis is a man on a mission to help you think differently about your money, your economy and your future. After graduating with six figures of student loan debt and discovering a way to turn his debt into real wealth as he watched everybody lose their retirement savings and home equity in 2008, he knew that he needed to find a more predictable way to meet his financial objectives and those o...

Veena Jetti (VEE-nuh JEH-tee) is the founding partner of Vive (rhymes with "five") Funds, a unique commercial real estate firm that specializes in curating conservative opportunities for investors. Veena brings a dynamic perspective to targeting, acquiring, managing, and operating assets using best practices combined with cutting edge technologies. Her professional expertise includes driving corpo...

Chad has been an industrial real estate broker since 2005. Over the past 16+ years, he's completed over 500 transactions with clients ranging from local companies to large institutional owners. He's proud to be a perennial top producer and a partner with his firm.   In addition to earning SIOR and CCIM designations, he's earned a Diploma in Urban Land Economics from UBC and an MBA from Thomps...

Harry is a Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Physician, real estate investor, entrepreneur, co-founder and manager of Nima Equity LLC, a commercial real estate syndication company where he helps physicians to earn passive income, lower taxes and achieve financial freedom. Harry has experience in rental properties and currently owns and manages 9 properties across the DFW metropolitan area. Ha...

Are you leaving money on the table at tax time? Benjamin Pitzer is a tax manager of exceptional quality. He specializes in tax consulting and compliance for mid-sized businesses, and the individuals who own them. If you're looking for tax strategies to mitigate gains from stocks, crypto, real estate, and/or your busniness, Ben is someone you should be consulting with. Prior to working with HKG, Be...