The AJNashville Podcast

Having a piece of art is something special. Anyone can run down to the local Walmart and pick up an item off a shelf and display it in their home. But a true piece of art ALWAYS has a story behind it. If you are anything like I am, you want your walls filled with stories that are impactful and meaningful.  There are flag companies popping up everyday. Some of the owners are veterans, some are peop...

Luis shares an intimate time in his life where he experienced failure. Failure that could have easily brought him to his knees. Failure that ultimately did bring him down. But eventually he found his way and found a way to rise to the top again. See the one thing that most of us don't do is realize that even our worst hour can be other peoples brightest day. We get too far down our own rabbit...

Remember, Memorial Day is about honoring those who we have lost while preserving our freedoms. When you are out with your family or friends this weekend, remember what this day is about. Also do what we can to pass on that message to our younger generations so that they can honor those who have fallen in the pursuit of our freedoms as well.    In this episode we talk about getting back into the ha...

 Being a high school student has changed dramatically from the years that we were in school. We have now introduced mini computers that just about all students carry in their pockets. These tools are some times used for bullying and other purposes that have a massive effect on our children. In this episode, I speak to our oldest son about what he experiences on a day to day basis at his local high...

This is an issue we hear all to often. Another offer not accepted because the client is using their entitlement to the VA home loan. Not because the offer was inferior but because the agent may have heard that the VA home loan is more difficult than any other loan type. This cannot be furthest from the truth. The fact of the matter is, the VA home loan with a properly trained agent can be one of t...

Episode 131: Do you have a mentor? If so, how long have you had one? How difficult of a process was it to find the perfect mentor that fit your needs? To find someone whose message resonated with you? This weeks guest, John Abbas, has an app he is working on that will circumvent all these troubles and help direct you to the right mentor for your needs. Almost like an Uber for mentor ship. We also...

The Michigan Marine, Brad Stinson, shares his story of being honorably discharged and returning to his home town. A person who once felt the commradery of being part of a team, suddenly finds himself in a place that is no longer the way he left it. His friends and family have grown up and started families all while Brad was left to feel like he was further behind than when he started. Left in the...

Explicit Warning   Episode 129   Continuation of last weeks podcast with Brad Stinson and Luis Aguero. We talk about Luis transitioning from the Army to the civilian lifestyle, from being a solider to becoming a business owner, and now to entering the mortgage profession. Nothing about leaving the Army comes easy. Join us while we welcome (haze) Luis in his new mission. 

EXPLICIT WARNING EPISODE 128 Join us as Stinson and I haze the new production partner, Luis. 10 year Army Veteran that decided to take the route of becoming and engineer and then some how managed to make his way into the mortgage industry. This was by no mistake though, the cards fell in place at the right time to have him join part of our team. 

Too many of us do this far too often. We get so obsessed with being the best or getting something done that we tend to lose sight of why we started something in the first place. We have to find balance in all the things we do. This is something I struggle with as well, so I speak from the heart when I say this. If you lose sight in what is important, you may wake up one day to find out that the im...

Running for office is a big move, you are asking to be the voice of your city. Lord knows, you better be a good one. You are gaining momentum to become a popular person to be elected into office to only become a person that many people are no longer fond of. That is unless you are a person who stands up for the people and become a voice for them. In this podcast I go into why I think I am a great...

Episode 125 Here I am, as open as I can be. I am discussing the day I lost my mom. The hard decision I had to make on whether or not they continued to revive her or if they allowed her to go in peace. It was one of the toughest decisions I had to make in my life. In this episode, I discuss the day she passed and the days after. This is a therapeutic episode to me, it is something I have had to get...

Episode 124: Basking in negativity  The water cooler talk, those could be some of the worst conversations that you could engage with. If you are already having a crummy day, and you get around people who's minds are in a bad place anyways, its very easy to get submersed in that negative talk. Its even easier to slip into it and believe that problems that are being talked about really do exist...

Episode 123 I interview local agent, Candice Thornton as she tells us about some of the struggles she faced when getting into the industry. We all know there is nothing easy about being a Realtor. But the freedom that goes with being self employed could be a great thing for most. But it can also be a bad thing for some. Listen in as I speak to Candice about some of the things she was faced with as...

Episode 122:  As Americans I think we take a lot for granted. Speaker included obviously. It wasn't until I had the opportunity this past weekend to question a friend who was here from China, that I realized how good we have it. A lot of simple things that we never even thing of or that are part of our normal life that is to other people a luxury and privilege. Join me in this episode as I go...

Episode 121: Lord knows I have been guilty of falling into the influence of others, taking an early day on Friday to go hang out with co workers. Celebrating with out having anything to celebrate about. Not accomplishing the goals that I had set for myself 4 days prior. Spending the last few dollars I had to my name to go out and have a drink. I told everyone I wanted to be successful but yet I wa...

Episode 120: Your time is valuable, and should be spent doing great things for the people that matter the most to you. However as human beings, most of us have the desire to give back and be there for the people around us. Its human nature, and its ok. The biggest thing we need to do is be sure we are using that time well. We never want to surround ourselves with people who bleed negativity. But y...

Episode 119: As young humans, it takes some time for us to evolve and figure out who we want to be / become. From personality growth to our fashion style. All of us have been through that transformation, often as we grow we end up going through that transformation again. The biggest thing that we need to do through it all, is remain true to who we want to be. Not to emulate someone that we are not...

Episode 118: Life has its ups and downs. With out one, you couldn't have the other. In this episode I interview my friend Sid Clevinger. A man who went from a beautiful home making great money and doing well in life, to losing it all in a matter of days and finding himself in a position I am all too familiar with. Sid made a decision to grab life by the balls and make a move that would foreve...

Episode 117: Forgiveness is very hard for many of us to deal with. Human nature for the most part doesn't allow for us to automatically see the fault in our thinking and move on with a relationship that may have been severed do to a wrong doing. We often hold grudges and sometimes go years with out over speaking to that person again. But what happens with the lack of forgiveness suddenly turn...

Episode 116: All of us have mastered the art of quitting at one point in our lives. Its whether we choose to live on that path or not that truly separates who we are. Sometimes we need to reach out to other people who have been there to get a hand up. Someone that is willing to help a person out that may find themselves in a position that requires some guidance, a person who is willing to invest s...

Episode 115: You cannot operate property if you're going 70 mph in the fast lane while focusing on the cars going 50 in the. slow lane. But yet in a lot of cases we have people who focus on what is going on around them and not what is ahead o them. Why do we take our eyes off the "road" and worry about things that do not matter to us? Why do we focus on others when the things others...

Episode 114: Its very easy on a day to day basis to take for granted the things that other people do. My California trip with my toddlers was a stark reminder of how much Shannon does to help keep our household balanced. Things seem to run smooth and easy until its time to pick up the parts that normally would be picked up by someone else. In this episode we talk about that and Jocko Willinks podc...

Episode 113:  Traveling with kids is one of the most stressful things I have done to date. Not just any kids, my two toddlers. Four and a half hours on an airplane with two little terrorist was something I was not quite prepared for. In this episode I talk about my flight there and what I went through and most of all, how I survived. 

Episode 112: Being in Jeffs shoes is not always an easy task. Over the years he has had to do some pretty wild stuff. All of it done with no complaints. This podcast goes over just a few of those things he has had to do that is above any beyond. Tasks that it takes a true friend to step in and execute.