Proven By Ruben PODCAST

Kent Temple is the CEO of The Temple Team where him and his wife, Pam Temple, run a real estate team that is on track to close approx. $65 Million in real estate in 2018. If that doesn’t keep them busy enough, Kent is also an investor in 6 KW offices, they are actively expanding their business across the Carolinas (including Charlotte, Asheville, Charleston and The Triad) and both Kent and Pam tra...

"Gross Stinks, Average Sucks" Brian Pate is the former CEO of a real estate office that has over 300+agents! He is now the CEO of the Pate Realty Group. Him and his team have closed 100+ units equating to approx. $26M+ in closed production in the last 12 mths! When it comes to his real estate portfolio, he currently has 54 properties ($33M+) with over 400 doors! On top of that he also owns a title...

Jerome Bell Sr. is a former active duty Marine and the CEO/Founder of Rajj Investment Properties, Inc and ExpressTax Professionals. By the end of 2018, he will had closed over 70 flips and have almost 70 buy and hold investments in his portfolio. Jerome reads approx. a book a week which has put him in contact with the greatest minds in the universe. With his love of reading came his love of writin...

Aimee Freeman is the CEO/ Founder of Aimee & Co. Currently, her business in Wilmington, NC is projected to close 150 homes this year (2018) which has secured her and her team in the top 1% of her real estate market! Aimee’s team currently consist of 9 agents and 3 admin with a goal to have 20 agents by the end of 2018. Listen to this podcast to hear just how she has doubled her business from 2...

Jonathan Rivera is the founder/CEO of the Rivera Realty Group and with only 3 yrs in the real estate business, he has increased his business 443% year over year! After leaving Chicago for NC to pursue a baseball scholarship at UNC-Pembroke he immediately started exercising his entrepreneurial spirit and started a community childhood obesity prevention program that empowered families through health...

Blake Ginther started his real estate career in 2003 in NY City where he was also an actor. Although he loved acting, he started seeing his passion lean more towards real estate and architecture which ultimately had him jump into real estate full time. He now lives in Winston-Salem, NC where his business is selling approx 330+ homes a year which breaks down to approx. $75+M in production. He not o...

David Fowler is a Fayetteville, NC native who, along with his family, operated a food truck previously known as The Blind Pig NC, and has now opened their own stand-alone restaurant named FOWLER’S. A premier place to get some of the BEST Quality Smoked Meats around! With David’s stint as a sommelier in Napels, FL, he was trained to become a knowledgeable wine professional. Working in fine restaura...

Brigit Clevenger is the CEO of REALIST Homes with KW. Her team is on pace to close over $25M in production in 2018, almost doubling her business from 2017! When Brigit entered real estate, she noticed some agents had 1 or 2 of the pieces she believes are necessary to help all types of clients, and she thought to herself, “How was I going to master doing it all?” Plan of action: She recognized the...

Collecting vintage clothing and antiques is in Bertha “Bertie” Fernandez blood. Her beautiful mother (shown on store tags) has always been her inspiration. Bertie adored looking at photos of her growing up in the 50's, listening to her stories and admiring her style of clothing and home decor. Born in San Antonio, Texas, graduated from FIDM in Los Angeles and earned a Bachelors in Design from the...

Brian retired after 20yrs of service from the US Navy in ‘06. He moved to FtBragg to work as a contractor. He had an interest in real estate & started his career in '07. Sharon had lived in the Fayetteville area since 1988. She had a 20yr career as a Registered Nurse but has always had a passion for real estate, as evidenced by the many personal homes she had purchase & sold before getting...

Leslie and Justin Pearson are serial entrepreneurs and are the owners/founders of the Fayetteville Pie Company and Vizcaya Villa. When Justin, and Leslie decided to open a local lunch spot, they knew they wanted to make large quantities of food using fresh, locally sourced ingredients and yet have it served quickly. They decided on serving individual savory and sweet pies and thus Fayetteville Pie...

Ladd's career as a serial entrepreneur with a focus in real estate began in 2004 when Ladd launched his first law firm as a solo attorney. His firm became one of the top real estate/business firms in the area. In 2009, Ladd sold his law practice to the attorneys in his practice, and beginning as CEO/Dir. of Markt/Business Dev. for his wife's fast growing real estate company. In 2013, Ladd left a t...

Benjamin Stout is the Founder and President of Ben Stout Construction. Graduating from the University of GA with a degree in business mgmt, he is no stranger to business & entrepreneurship. Thru Stouts hard work, he was recognized for excellence in dollar vol. and units sold at a local ERA franchise. In 2003, while flipping homes himself & gaining greater knowledge on how homes were built...

Timothy Dudley is currently the 28 year old owner of Quick Property Solutions, a remarkable company that specializes in property acquisition and management. After leaving college to pursue his dream, Timothy purchased his first property at 23 years old and aggressively continued to build toward the $500,000 in real assets that his company possesses today. Some of Timothy’s favorite aspects of buil...

Kelsy Timas is the CEO/ Founding Director of Guiding Wellness Institute. She is a Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, Life Coach and Wellness Educator assisting the world in discovering and recovering a life in balance. A proud member of the American Holistic Health Association (AHHA), International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT), National Board of Drugless Practitioners, Board of...

Tiffany and Jimmy Niles are the owners of Axes & X's which is Fayetteville's FIRST indoor axe throwing range! You'll hear about their struggles, where they are going next and WHY they do what they do! Book their mobile targets for private parties, corporate events, team building, and more. "Transforming ordinary events into AXEtrodinary adventures!" Check out more here: https://www.instagram.c...

Patrick Leclair is the owner of LECLAIRS GENERAL STORE in the Haymount community in Fayetteville, NC. LECLAIRS GENERAL STORE provides customers with a nostalgic feel of all things old and new. It's a one-stop-shop for most of life's necessities offering a wide variety of items such as, coffee, tea, wine, craft beer, apparel, books, plants, art, vintage decor, antiques, local goods and more! Quick...

The PRESSED Story started in 2011 when owner Ashley Thompson moved to North Carolina to begin her journey as a military spouse. A creative spirit and a passion for design led her to begin a design company while her husband was deployed overseas. In 2015, Ashley took her love for design, creative marketing experience and retail background and opened PRESSED - A Creative Space. She wanted to create...

From #TEACHER to Mega Agent! Some stats... 🔥 2017= The Perry Group @ KW Closed 224 Units ($64M in vol) 🔥 He's also the Operating Principle (OP) at KW Durham (launched 19 mths ago) and has already sealed their position as #1 in Durham City and Durham County! What are the #'s? 125 agents closed 1131 units ($288M in vol) and profit shared $97,000+! Check out more here: https://www.mattperryrealty.c...

Zan Monroe is currently the CEO of the Longleaf Pine REALTORS in Fayetteville, NC. Zan Monroe is an entrepreneur who started his first business at the age of 16 and his first corporation at the age of 21. He now oversees the operation of numerous businesses and corporations. Zan is a writer, speaker and consultant. He has published two books, Stories of Uncle Adrian and 7 Lessons for Success. He r...

Alyssa Hennessey, Suzy Hrabovsky, Ingrid Marthy, and Sylvia Ray (who came in unexpectedly and to our delight, near the end of the podcast) sit down with me to talk about ALL that The Center for Economic Empowerment & Development (CEED), formerly known as the Women’s Center of Fayetteville, has to offer our community! Check out more here: https://www.ncceed.org/about/ Ruben Garcia is the CEO of...

William Ryan Harrell is an award winning marketing consultant for several marketing firms, and an active entrepreneur. He is the Co-Owner at American Tattoo Society, Founder at The All American Tattoo Convention and the head honcho at Creative Champion. In the last 15 years Ryan has built and sold 3 award winning marketing firms. With over a decade of experience designing and building brands onlin...

From working at Able Body Labor without guaranteed work to the CEO of his own company, Cutting Edge Gifts. Eric Chandler started his selling career when he started selling CUTCO knives. He went from the worst in his class to ending his 17 week period as the #1 rep in the office and remained the top rep for the rest of the year. By his 2nd year with CUTCO he was running a CUTCO branch in Burlington...

Tiffany Spell started off in the mortgage industry in 2002 as a receptionist at a local mortgage company. Quickly moved from processor, to closing department to working side by side with a top producer at Wells Fargo. In 2012, Tiffany decided to go out on her own and in those three years, placed herself in the Top 10 for Movement Mortgage in units and in the top 1% of loan originators in America f...

Ginger Vereen is the CEO and founder of Ginger & Co. A native of Wake Forest, and a graduate of East Carolina University, she proudly calls North Carolina and the Triangle home. With a degree in finance and tons of determination, Ginger embarked upon a career in real estate in 2010. After recognizing her leadership skills and the principle that strength occurs in numbers, she founded Ginger &a...