Payback Time

Imagine spending $100 MILLION DOLLARS on a project with uncertainty you’ll ever make your money back.  Welcome to the world of real estate development.  My next guest has been a real estate developer for over 20 years.  This industry is most definitely not for the faint of heart.  From the outside looking in, the risk to reward ratio is far off balance and would cause most peop...

Imagine earning 700% in the stock market?  How would that make you feel?  My next guest started his career in the Navy, moved into management consulting, and eventually landed in real estate.  Contrary to most investors he started in commercial real estate and eventually transitioned to residential.  He used his gains in the stock market to help propel his real estate investing...

Imagine being recruited as a high paid consultant at age 14?  This story began when my next guest witnessed his father get locked into a long term SEO contract.  Coming from a family that was already in a difficult financial position, this contract sent his family into further financial ruin. At age 14 he decided he would solve the problem himself and learn SEO.  By age 17 he was at...

Imagine starting a project.  The client is excited, you’re excited, everything feels great!  Then the client requests changes, scope creep occurs, deadlines are pushed, and the project goes off the rails.  Then you figure out a way to face those challenges one at a time and eventually climb out of the hole, make the client feel good again, and bring the project back on track. ...

Imagine striking a deal with a Shark Tank host but in this circumstance, the shark calls you without you even appearing on the TV show.  My next guest has a history of building and selling successful product based businesses.  He has a knack for licencing highly ergonomic problem solving ideas.  Now he has a product called Love Handle which is essentially a brandable strap that goes...

"Once you earn a million dollars per year, you will probably do well the rest of your life. That’s because you no longer believe you can do it, you’ve shifted to knowing you can do it because you’ve already done it before.” These are wise words from my next guest who built an online business that generates $6M per year and he was able to achieve that without advertising. So the question you may as...

Imagine turning a real estate investment of $14,000 into over $300,000.  How would that make you feel?  My next guest has been a real estate investor for over 30 years.  She’s invested in properties that produce passive income for her and her husband, she’s invested in properties that have funded her children’s education, and she’s even donated a few of her properties to help those...

What if you were an introverted accountant and then one day decided you wanted to flip your career on its head and get into sales?  I bet if you did the research on this type of career transition, it would probably be less than 1%.  My next guest did exactly that.  He spent the earlier part of his career as an accountant and then eventually made the transition to sales and actually...

My next guest pretty much stumbled into the career path of an entrepreneur.  At a young age he witnessed his father struggle with neck pain and noticed that pain would be reduced through chiropractic treatments.  He then went onto chiropractic school which lead to him establishing his own practice.  The problem is, like most professions, school doesn’t teach you how to sell or gener...

My next guest has a background in the auto industry as well as the insurance industry and he turned his attention to business lending where he founded a company that helps provide lending for real estate investing.  Not only is he a lending partner but he provides services to help investors reduce risk and make wise investments that produce positive cash flow for the long term.  If you’v...

Everyone faces adversity in life to some degree  .  It’s what you do with that adversity that determines your future.  My next guest has certainly faced his fair share of challenges.  Some of which were self-inflicted and some of which were the product of his surroundings.  He’s sold drugs, been in and out of jail, and faced extreme poverty.  When life beats up for no...

Imagine retiring by age 40 but wishing you would have taken action earlier so you could have retired by age 30.  My next guest has been investing in real estate most of his professional working career.  We walk through the circumstances that put him on this path at a young age, the choices he’s made, and how he spends his time today.  He also provides some wisdom on how to take acti...

Have you ever thought about day trading stocks?  Those who know me understand that I’m not a fan of trading.  It’s high risk and over 90% of people lose money doing it.  In most cases, you’re better off going to the Casino.  At least they’ll serve you free drinks while you lose money.  Well my next guest has been trading for 10 years and he’s one of the 10% that found a wa...

My next guest co-founded a company called Carlypso after graduating from Stanford Business School in 2013.   He went through YCombinator (same startup accelerator as AirBnb, DoorDash, Stripe, Reddit etc).  He Raised a total of $10M in venture funding by 2015 and sold the business to Carvana.com in 2017.  He stayed with Carvana for 3 years and left in June of 2020 to start a dig...

My next guest is a young entrepreneur who found a niche in the Amazon account management space.  He helps Amazon sellers achieve more freedom by managing their supply chain and customer service.  Although his business is a service business, he’s applied his engineering talents to the business operations which is allowing him to quickly scale.  At a young age he’s already off to an i...

Have you ever thought about owning real estate?  How about owning real estate where your tenant signs a contract for 5, 10, and sometimes 15 years?  The thought of having a low risk and long term tenant is pretty much a dream in this space.  But check this out… My next guest focuses on high demand corporate real estate opportunities where some of the tenets include Walgreens, CVS, a...

My next guest took his background in supply chain and applied it to sales processes.  He created a highly scalable service business that generates leads for other organizations. He talks about a very conservative approach to starting a business in the beginning but this approach has allowed him to build a highly profitable business that also provides excellent work/life balance. Aside from hi...

Cold calling.  I don’t know about you, but I don’t exactly roll out of bed with motivation to cold call. As for our next guest, it’s not only something he loves, but something he’s great at. He first discovered the craft in college and by the time he graduated, he was running a cold call center. Fast forward years later, cold calling has been the foundation of his career ever since. Today he’...

Ashley Altum achieved the dream of helping build and sell a business at a relatively  young age.  She then took the profits of that sale and invested in another business that unfortunately ended up being a pretty big failure.  After losing a lot of money and feeling down and depressed, she had no choice put to pick herself up and keep going.  But in this case, she did everythin...

Curtis May is an insurance and financial services professional with over 20+ years experience.  On the surface, insurance isn't exactly a glamorous business model but it's a necessity!  It's also a recurring revenue model.  If you want to become an entrepreneur, this is a great place to start. Are you tired of typical financial advice that keeps your assets at risk and out of your c...

Agostino Pintus is a multifamily investor, syndicator, and entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience in real estate. He currently oversees strategic partnerships, capital development, and platform development for Realty Dynamics Equity Partners, an investment firm specializing in multifamily acquisition and asset management services. Contact Agostino at http://rdyne.com

Chad Heeter has an inspirational story of overcoming the loss of a loved one.  With two children at home, he knew he needed a career that provided freedom.  In this case, he turned his attention to real estate investing.  His specialty is Lease to Own Investing. Contact Chad at http://buffalopeakpropertysolutions.com Real Estate Coaching QLS Link https://hugewhy.isrefer.com/go/QLS2/...

Noah Garrett is the co-founder of True Repair, a tech startup that is streamlines the auto repair industry.   Contact Noah at noah.garrett@true.repair For more episodes go to:   https://paybacktime.pro/podcast/ For wealth coaching services go to:   https://paybacktime.pro/coaching/ If you want to increase your annual returns in the stock market go to:   https://tykr.pro

Nick Guenther has established an SEM (Search Engine Marketing) agency as well as real estate rental income.  He put himself into a position where he could travel for several months at any instance while leveraged income continues to roll in.  Now he's turned his attention to a new venture entitled Catalyst Shift.  It's a virtual mastermind website platform that's gaining traction fa...

Matt Riordan is an IT Professional who managed to remove tens of thousands of dollars of debt within two years.  Now, being debt free, he has the high ground and the opportunity to create leveraged income with very little risk. Contact Matt at riordanm89@gmail.com For more episodes go to:   https://paybacktime.pro/podcast/ For wealth coaching services go to:   https://paybacktime.pr...