The Active Duty Passive Income Podcast

In this week's episode, Mike & Kevin switch gears to talk with Nick Love, a U.S. Military dependent. Nick talks explains how growing up a military dependent helped shape his multifamily real estate investing career. Nick also dives into how he came to focus on multifamily syndication and why finding your investing niche and educating yourself is so important. "Real estate shouldn’t b...

In this week’s episode, Mike & Kevin interview Military entrepreneur Jon Cruz. Jon talks about his real estate beginnings and his search for passive income. He also discusses his fight with COVID-19 and how it completely changed his mindset—and resulted in starting 2 businesses that fulfill his passion for helping others. Listen up for an incredible story! "Find a passion, turn it into a...

In this week’s episode Mike & Kevin talk with  student NFO and ADPI Community member Chalin Fairly. Chalin explains how he was able to solve a rental demand problem, which put him on the path to investing success. Chalin also touches on the power of networking, taking action, and putting yourself out there--which will catapult you on your journey to financial freedom. "Plug yourself into...

In this week’s awesome episode, Mike & Kevin interview Marine veteran and founder of Bellatorum Resources, Chris Bentley. Chris talks about his niche of mineral rights investing and shares great tips and details about how to get started in the market. If you’ve ever wondered about the world of mineral rights—this episode is for you! "Anybody in the military on active duty needs to be inve...

In this week’s episode, Mike & Kevin chat with Air National Guard and ADPI member Nick Cammaroto. Nick explains his background and how his positive attitude continues to contribute to his success in both real estate investing and his military career. If you’re feeling discouraged in your life or your business--catch this episode! It’s a total game-changer! "No matter what, make people hap...

On this week’s fabulous episode, Mike & Kevin interview service member, real estate agent, and investor Travis Winfield. Travis dives into his investment beginnings and his passion for helping other servicemembers and veterans. Listen up to learn how Travis learned from his mistakes and continues to “fail forward” and overcome challenges in investing.  "It’s okay to fail. Don’t be afraid...

In this epic episode, Mike & Kevin talk with Bigger Pocket’s VP of Growth, Brandon Turner, about the importance of personal branding in order to build your business. Brandon explains how branding can take your business to the next level—and how you can accomplish it. Listen up for tips on growth, mindset, and much more! Don’t you dare miss this episode! "That’s where branding begins – fin...

In this week's episode, Mike & Kevin talk with GoBundance co-founder and rockstar real estate investor David Osborn. David speaks about how his childhood and background contributed to his success – and the steps that fellow real estate investors need to take to mimic that success. If you're looking for ways to grow and scale your business-- this episode is for you! "You’ve got t...

In this incredible episode, Mike & Kevin interview Private Lending and Action Taker extraordinaire, Alex Breshears. Listen closely to see how Alex found a portable and fulfilling career as a 20 year military spouse--and how she now educates others to do the same thing. You don't want to miss this! "You don’t have to know all the steps in front of you – you just have to know what the...

In this fabulous episode, Mike & Kevin chat with Hutch "The Marine Investor" and Dr. Heath about the creation of their company "H Squared Capital". Find out how they built a beautiful partnership that gives them the potential to grow and scale up their real estate investing business.  "No matter how bad it gets...if you pull yourself together; if you pull support from...

In this episode Mike & Kevin talk with Real Estate Investment Educator Evie Brooks about her success in overseas agricultural investing. Listen up for an incredible show that will expand your real estate investing horizons--and show you yet another great path to financial freedom. "Every day, my playground is different - I have a new challenge, a new opportunity, a new trip-- so it's...

In this episode Mike & Kevin talk with Retired Air Force Pararescueman & Co-Founder of Valkere Investment Group, Ashton Levarek. Ashton discusses the keys to building a phenomenal team--and how that has been the overall foundation of his real estate investing success. "I really believe in building those relationships, building those partnerships, and building that team—because you can...

In this emotionally powerful episode, Mike & Kevin interview recent Naval Academy graduate and ADPI Community Member, Jun Shin. Jun shares his real estate investing journey and how an unexpected health hardship set him on the path to financial freedom. Listen up for an uplifting and motivational episode that will push you to take action and fulfill your investing goals. "What was importan...

In this episode, Mike & Kevin interview Air Force maintainer Vincent Gethings about how he managed to get from 20 units to 120 units in the span of a year— all while on active duty. Vincent explains how he overcame investing challenges, found his team, and maintains continual success in the multifamily investing realm. " When you’re in the real estate world, so many people are willing to...

In this episode, Mike & Kevin talk with Navy EOD Officer Brad Penley about the importance of teamwork, passion, and growing your business. Listen up to hear how Brad went from uncertainty about real estate to consistently growing his multifamily real estate portfolio. "You have to work on being authentic. You have to work on loving people...and on showing empathy because they have a probl...

In this episode, Mike chats with veteran entrepreneur David Johnson about his transition from service member to civilian. David explains how he overcame the challenges of military separation and the success he's recently found in entrepreneurship. "You have the innate ability...if you match that by learning a skillset, then that's the recipe." -David Johnson Here are 5 Key Take...

In this moving episode, Mike & Kevin interview investor and credit expert Brandon Elliott, who picked himself up from a drug-induced coma to find success in real estate throughout the Midwest. Listen up to hear how he uses creative financing strategies to fund his real estate investing and how you too can build your investing empire from the ground up. "You can use credit for anything and...

In this amazing episode, Mike & Kevin talk with Brian Murray about his journey from a community college instructor to a commercial real estate investor. From office buildings to multifamily, to a 1,000 pad mobile home park, Brian highlights how to get from where you are to where you NEED to be with commercial real estate investing. "We love the recession resistance, limited supply, and de...

In this episode, Mike & Kevin chat with USMC veteran Ian Cameron about the importance of acquiring a mentor when starting out in real estate. Ian shares his story about how he started investing while serving in the Marine Corps. Listen to this episode to learn from his challenges and how he overcame them to successfully build a cash-flowing out-of-state rental portfolio.  "Anybody who has...

In this episode, Mike and Kevin interview Ryan Guina from The Military Wallet. Ryan explains to us the importance of personal finance, and how to treat your finances like a business, which is absolutely critical for anyone getting started in real estate investing today! "As a person, I want to be profitable. So I should run my finances like a business." -Ryan Guina Here are 5 Key Takeawa...

In this episode, Mike interviews Naval Officer Morgan Hampel on his systematic approach to investing successfully in real estate while serving in the military. Hear how he learns from his mistakes as an entrepreneur early on and applies them to building sound real estate investing practices. "To be successful as long-distance real estate investors, it's all about your TEAM - building rep...

In this episode Kevin & Mike interview USMC LTC Brian Briscoe from Four Oaks Capital on the explosive momentum finding like-minded partners can create. Listen to this episode to find out how Brian tackled 80 units and raised 3.5 million dollars in a single year. "If you can find a partner, you can do a lot better, you can do a lot more...you can go BIG!" -Brian Briscoe Here are 5 Key...

In this episode, Kevin Brenner interviews entrepreneur and radio star Kathy Fettke on her family's incredible journey through real estate. By learning how to house hack, Kathy was able to build the pillars of financial success for her and her family.  "If You Don't Own Assets You're Going To Be In A Wider Gap Between The Wealthy And UnWealthy." -Kathy Fettke Here are 5 Key...

In this episode, Chad Peyton returns to the show! Mike and Kevin interview Chad on his progress and how he hit his real estate target of 33 units, retired his wife, and built a retirement plan with Whole Life Insurance.  "Don't Let Your Goal of Financial Independence Get In The Way of Living The Life You Want To Live." -Chad Peyton Here are 5 Key Takeaways from this episode: How To...

In this episode, Mike and Kevin chat with former Army E-6 helicopter mechanic turned high volume House Flipper Curtis Bellenot. Curtis goes into depth about how in just 18 months he was able to nearly double his Army salary through real estate! Listen and take notes as Curtis digs deep into how he decided that real estate was for him and how he mustered up the courage to take the dreaded, "le...