Elevate with Tyler Chesser - The Real Estate Podcast for Investing, Mindset and Personal Development

John Casmon is a real estate entrepreneur, who has partnered with busy professionals to invest in close to $90 million worth of apartments. John hosts the Target Market Insights podcast where he covers multifamily and marketing insights. He is the co-creator of the Midwest Real Estate Networking Summit, a no pitch event to connect like-minded Investors. With a background in marketing, he has overs...

Rob Giltner was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. Early in life, he valued all types of relationships and the well-being of people. That value influenced him to pursue a masters degree in the psychotherapy field with an influence in systemic therapy. After graduating from Louisville Seminary, he worked a year in a substance abuse facility working with their intensive outpatient program befo...

Mike Flaherty is the founder and president of L5 Investments. L5 provides its partners with short term cash flow returns and long-term capital appreciation via the ownership, repositioning and management of apartment communities in U.S. emerging markets of growth and stability. Mike has closed on over $525M of apartment deals since 2009, totaling over 5,500 units. His focus is on well located, yie...

Carmine Gallo is a three-time Wall Street Journal bestselling author, internationally popular keynote speaker, Harvard instructor, and leadership advisor for the world’s most admired brands. A “communications guru,” according to Publishers Weekly, Gallo’s books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He delivers highly customized, engaging, inspiring, and actionable multimedia keynotes b...

KC Conway is the CCIM Institute Chief Economist and Director of Research and Corporate Engagement at the Alabama Center for Real Estate. He has 35 years of commercial real estate experience, with 30 years in the private industry and five within the Federal Reserve system (2005-2010). He also serves on the Monmouth MREIC Board of Directors, and he has been an MAI since 1989 and a Counselor of Real...

Will Baumgardner is Chief of Staff for Venture First. He has extensive experience in the e-commerce industry, holding roles in finance, strategy and operations. Will started his career with Zappos.com, a subsidiary of Amazon.com, where he was responsible for the finance function of three fulfillment centers and over $230 million in operating and capital expenses. He has strong expertise in financi...

Charles Dobens is a multifamily investor, attorney, and mentor to multifamily investors all around the country. Charles founded the Multifamily Investing Academy, where he works with students in his Owner Forum program to train them in the correct way to acquire, operate and own multifamily property. Dobens Law, his legal and consulting practice, has one specialty - helping new investors overcome...

Spencer Hilligoss is a passive real estate investor, multifamily co-sponsor and former technology leader. His company, Madison Investing, has co-sponsored deals totaling more than 4000 units for more than $500M. Spencer invests in syndications as an LP and actively leads Madison Investing alongside his Co-founder/Wife - Jennifer Morimoto. As a technology leader, Spencer built a 13-year track recor...

Kevin Gray is the role model to two boys, Jack and Phoenix, and husband of twelve years to Angela. He is the president and owner of ADC Paving, a Louisville-based full service paving and pavement maintenance contractor specializing in commercial/residential paving, resurfacing, new ground construction, patchwork, gravel, seal coat and striping. He’s also the operations coach of Top Contractor Scho...

Steven Pesavento is the host of The Investor Mindset Podcast and an active investor who’s flipped over 150 houses within his first two years in the business. Based out of Denver, he manages teams out of state and is an expert at finding and funding deals. Through his top rated podcast and private membership community hearings, he brings together real estate investors focused on growing their busin...

David Allen is one of the world's most influential thinkers on productivity and he has 35 years experience as a management consultant and executive coach. He’s earned the titles of personal productivity guru by Fast Company Magazine and one of America's top five executive coaches by Forbes Magazine. The American management association has ranked him in the top 10 business leaders. His bestselling...

Pancham Gupta is the host of The Gold Collar Investor podcast and principal of Mesos Capital. Pancham has a Masters in Information Networking in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. He manages and controls over $32 million in real estate. He has bought and invested in properties in five different states and internationally. Pancham has successfully built a portfolio which is cash-flow...

Rod Khleif is a multiple business owner and philanthropist who is passionate about entrepreneurship and giving back. Rod soared from humble beginnings as a young, impoverished Dutch immigrant to incredible success. Rod has owned over 2,000 homes and apartment buildings and has built over 22 businesses in his 40 year career. Rod also founded the Tiny Hands Foundation, which has benefited more than...

After graduating with an engineering degree and an MBA from Ohio State, Paul Moore started on the management development track at Ford Motor Company in Detroit. He later departed to start a staffing company with a partner, which they sold for $2.9 million. Paul later entered the real estate sector, where he completed 85 real estate investments and exits, managed dozens of rental properties, develo...

Stewart Scovil has worked in real estate for over 18 years. He's the co-founder of Only Epic Holdings, a commercial real estate investment and development company. Prior to that, Stewart was the owner and president of Scovil Real Estate, which focused on construction development and asset management. He's managed and developed multiple commercial and multifamily self storage assets with a value in...

Tyler visited The Best Ever Conference in Keystone, Colorado, for this special edition live audience recording of Elevate where he talked with Keynote Speaker and NFL Legendary Hall of Famer Andre Reed. Andre played in the NFL for 16 seasons, 15 with the Buffalo Bills (1985–1999) and one with the Washington Redskins (2000). Andre is currently a Boys & Girls Club of America Ambassador. During this...

Leesa McGregor is a visionary entrepreneur, a futurist and igniter of social change. She's one of the most influential and new paradigm thinkers and mentors working anywhere in the world today. In her career, she has influenced more than $100 million in revenue growth while starting and growing more than a dozen ventures. Today she travels and speaks globally on building a regenerative future and...

Dan Handford is a managing partner with PassiveInvesting.com, a national passive apartment investing firm based in the Carolinas. He is also a passive apartment investor himself in 4,100+ units in 15 different syndication investments. Prior to real estate, Dan had an extensive background in starting multiple seven-figure businesses from scratch. He is also the founder of the Multifamily Investor N...

Gene Trowbridge Esq., CCIM is experienced in the commercial and investment real estate market. As a syndicator, he sponsored 16 funds while raising money through the SEC brokerage network. He was a senior instructor for CCIM courses for 40 years. At age 45, he went to law school and is now the managing partner of Trowbridge Sidoti LLP. He and his law partner have authored securities offering docum...

When Vinod Chopra, aka “Mr. Smiles,” came to the United States from India many years ago, he had only $7 in his pockets. With a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, he entered The George Washington University to seek a master of business administration degree in marketing and advertising. While pursuing his MBA, Vinney decided to leave engineering altogether and become a motivational speak...

David Thompson is the Founder and CEO of Thompson Investing, which helps passive investors with opportunities in value-add multifamily, self-storage and mobile home parks. David is a real estate investing thought leader based in Austin, Texas, who is a blogger, speaker and an author of two books. In this episode, Tyler and David’s discussion focused on the journey of leaving a comfortable, full-ti...

Logan Freeman is a real estate investor, developer and agent who found his niche as an investment property specialist and representing buyers in the transactions process. He has also completed multiple joint venture projects and equity partnerships. Completing over 120 transactions in less than a year, Logan relies on his most valuable priorities to guide his profit-producing activities. Located i...

Andrew Campbell is a real estate entrepreneur and the Managing Partner of Wildhorn Capital, where he is focused on acquisitions and maintaining investor relations. He broke into real estate investing first as a passive investor in 2009. In 2012, he transitioned into active investing and the management of a 76-unit portfolio across Austin and San Antonio, Texas. He earned his stripes building and m...

Dr. Bradley Calobrace is a highly acclaimed authority in cosmetic surgery and non-surgical procedures. He is a graduate of Indiana University Medical School and completed residencies in both General Surgery and Plastic Surgery at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He has a thriving cosmetic surgery practice in Louisville, KY, performing approximately 1,000 major cosmetic procedu...

Andrew Holden is a CCIM and the Market President of Park National Bank. He’s previously held positions at Commonwealth Bank and Trust Company, Old National Bank and Fifth Third Bank, and has served as the CCIM Chapter President for the Kentucky Chapter and the Chair of the Kentucky Commercial Real Estate Conference. He’s also a professional speaker. The theme of Tyler and Andrew’s discussion was t...