The Academy Presents podcast

William Holland is the CEO and founder of Bigger Picture Holdings LLC, a real estate investment company in Dallas, Texas, specializing in value-add multifamily properties. He has extensive experience in construction planning and management, having previously worked for Balfour Beatty and Infinity MEP Consultants. William is an active member of TREC, a significant real estate organization in Texas,...

William Holland is the CEO and founder of Bigger Picture Holdings LLC, a real estate investment company in Dallas, Texas, specializing in value-add multifamily properties. He has extensive experience in construction planning and management, having previously worked for Balfour Beatty and Infinity MEP Consultants. William is an active member of TREC, a significant real estate organization in Texas,...

Randi Jo Pieper began her journey in 2004, helping men and women that filled their "voids" with addictions by working as a probation officer. She has had a professional career helping thousands of people of all ages struggling with where they fit in and reintegrating into society during their probation. She is an unlicensed Psychotherapist and holds a Master's Degree in teaching and learning onlin...

Randi Jo Pieper began her journey in 2004, helping men and women that filled their "voids" with addictions by working as a probation officer. She has had a professional career helping thousands of people of all ages struggling with where they fit in and reintegrating into society during their probation. She is an unlicensed Psychotherapist and holds a Master's Degree in teaching and learning onlin...

Randi Jo Pieper began her journey in 2004, helping men and women that filled their "voids" with addictions by working as a probation officer. She has had a professional career helping thousands of people of all ages struggling with where they fit in and reintegrating into society during their probation. She is an unlicensed Psychotherapist and holds a Master's Degree in teaching and learning onlin...

Todd Sulzinger is the CEO of Blue Elm Investments, a private equity real estate firm based in San Francisco, CA. Todd is a former Silicon Valley finance executive turned real estate investor. He founded Blue Elm in 2018 to create curated real estate investment opportunities for investors to allow them to passively invest in real estate as a strategic way to diversify their portfolios outside of th...

Todd Sulzinger is the CEO of Blue Elm Investments, a private equity real estate firm based in San Francisco, CA. Todd is a former Silicon Valley finance executive turned real estate investor. He founded Blue Elm in 2018 to create curated real estate investment opportunities for investors to allow them to passively invest in real estate as a strategic way to diversify their portfolios outside of th...

Todd Sulzinger is the CEO of Blue Elm Investments, a private equity real estate firm based in San Francisco, CA. Todd is a former Silicon Valley finance executive turned real estate investor. He founded Blue Elm in 2018 to create curated real estate investment opportunities for investors to allow them to passively invest in real estate as a strategic way to diversify their portfolios outside of th...

Raymond T. Hightower is a tech company founder and commercial real estate investor operating in the State of Arizona, USA. Growing a technology company for twenty-one years and ultimately selling it gave Hightower a boots-on-the-ground education in business execution and vanquishing obstacles. Driven by a desire to improve the world through business, Hightower launched ROIClear (formerly BizDayGlo...

Raymond T. Hightower is a tech company founder and commercial real estate investor operating in the State of Arizona, USA. Growing a technology company for twenty-one years and ultimately selling it gave Hightower a boots-on-the-ground education in business execution and vanquishing obstacles. Driven by a desire to improve the world through business, Hightower launched ROIClear (formerly BizDayGlo...

Raymond T. Hightower is a tech company founder and commercial real estate investor operating in the State of Arizona, USA. Growing a technology company for twenty-one years and ultimately selling it gave Hightower a boots-on-the-ground education in business execution and vanquishing obstacles. Driven by a desire to improve the world through business, Hightower launched ROIClear (formerly BizDayGlo...

Jeffrey Pollack was born and raised in Detroit. His schooling and early professional career brought him to Milwaukee, Miami, New York, Vancouver, Las Vegas, and Israel. Eventually he landed in Baltimore. He started his career as a chef and caterer, eventually switching careers to become a commercial mortgage broker with GPARENCY. In this episode, Jeffrey discusses a toolkit that provides extensive...

Jeffrey Pollack was born and raised in Detroit. His schooling and early professional career brought him to Milwaukee, Miami, New York, Vancouver, Las Vegas, and Israel. Eventually he landed in Baltimore. He started his career as a chef and caterer, eventually switching careers to become a commercial mortgage broker with GPARENCY. In this episode, Jeffrey shares the nitty-gritty details of debt fin...

Jeffrey Pollack was born and raised in Detroit. His schooling and early professional career brought him to Milwaukee, Miami, New York, Vancouver, Las Vegas, and Israel. Eventually he landed in Baltimore. He started his career as a chef and caterer, eventually switching careers to become a commercial mortgage broker with GPARENCY. In this episode, Jeffrey discusses how GParency membership can help...

BD Dweik is a successful real estate investor with over 25 years of experience. He purchased his first property in 1997. He is a partner at DA Commercial Investors working on value add QSR and Commercial Retail properties. BD is on the Board of Directors for Miraval Community (267 units) and has been Service President for 6 years. BD holds a Bachelor's in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an...

BD Dweik is a successful real estate investor with over 25 years of experience. He purchased his first property in 1997. He is a partner at DA Commercial Investors working on value add QSR and Commercial Retail properties. BD is on the Board of Directors for Miraval Community (267 units) and has been Service President for 6 years. BD holds a Bachelor's in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an...

BD Dweik is a successful real estate investor with over 25 years of experience. He purchased his first property in 1997. He is a partner at DA Commercial Investors working on value add QSR and Commercial Retail properties. is on the Board of Directors for Miraval Community (267 units) and has been Service President for 6 years. BD holds a Bachelor's in Electrical and Computer Engineering and an MB...

Ethan has owned several rental properties, made over 300 private loans secured by real estate (both single family and commercial real estate), invested in over 100 single family fix and flip projects and is a general partner on multiple commercial and multifamily projects totaling over 900 units. His primary role on deals is loan guarantor/key principal or gap funder (i.e. where the sponsorship te...

Ethan has owned several rental properties, made over 300 private loans secured by real estate (both single family and commercial real estate), invested in over 100 single family fix and flip projects and is a general partner on multiple commercial and multifamily projects totaling over 900 units. His primary role on deals is loan guarantor/key principal or gap funder (i.e. where the sponsorship te...

Ethan Gao has owned several rental properties, made over 300 private loans secured by real estate (both single family and commercial real estate), invested in over 100 single family fix and flip projects and is a general partner on multiple commercial and multifamily projects totaling over 900 units. His primary role on deals is loan guarantor/key principal or gap funder (i.e. where the sponsorshi...

Dustin Heiner is the founder of Master Passive Income, Real Estate Wealth Builders Conference (REWBCON) and Successfully Unemployed. He is a real estate investor who was able to make enough passive income from his business to quit his job when he was 37 years old. With his podcast, Youtube channel, books, courses, and coaching, he now helps other people quit their job by investing in real estate r...

Dustin Heiner is the founder of Master Passive Income, Real Estate Wealth Builders Conference (REWBCON) and Successfully Unemployed. He is a real estate investor who was able to make enough passive income from his business to quit his job when he was 37 years old. With his podcast, Youtube channel, books, courses, and coaching, he now helps other people quit their job by investing in real estate r...

Dustin Heiner is the founder of Master Passive Income, Real Estate Wealth Builders Conference (REWBCON) and Successfully Unemployed. He is a real estate investor who was able to make enough passive income from his business to quit his job when he was 37 years old. With his podcast, Youtube channel, books, courses, and coaching, he now helps other people quit their job by investing in real estate r...

Tamara N. Jones is the CEO & Founder of Bucket List Stays LLC-bucketliststays.co. She has been learning from Short Term Rental experiences worldwide since 2015. In February 2018, she started managing her first vacation property in Tybee Island, GA while growing local partnerships. Today she has forged relationships in 13 different cities with the locals who today provide her cleaning, maintena...

Tamara N. Jones is the CEO & Founder of Bucket List Stays LLC-bucketliststays.co. She has been learning from Short Term Rental experiences worldwide since 2015. In February 2018, she started managing her first vacation property in Tybee Island, GA while growing local partnerships. Today she has forged relationships in 13 different cities with the locals whom today provide her cleaning, mainten...