The Art of Passive Income

Looking for a good book to read this summer? Whether you’re looking for books that will move the needle in business or motivate you in life, or maybe you just want to lose yourself in another world, Team Land Geek has your summer reading list covered! Join Mark and Team Geek as they share their recommendations for summer reading. Erik Peterson Mimi Schmidt Mike Zaino Tate Litchfield Scott Todd But...

Get ready to take your business to the next level as our guest, Fazil Musa —serial entrepreneur, marketer and trainer, joins us to talk about cracking the code to effective marketing. Fazil is the accounts and brand director of The Leverage Group and he addresses audiences internationally. His expertise is to help companies design, develop and deploy strategies to take their businesses or companie...

With all the systems in place for your land business, is it possible to step away 100% and fully enjoy a vacation without worry? The hardest part sometimes, is doing nothing. - Mike As we enter into the first days of summer, #TeamGeek is busy making vacation plans with their families. We just said aloha to Scott Todd who is currently sitting on the beaches of Hawaii. But, is he fully enjoying his...

Mark J. Kohler —C.P.A., J.D. joins us on today’s show to share some major tips on taking control of your financial strategy. Mark is a best-selling author; national speaker, radio show host, writer and video personality for Entrepreneur.com. He is a senior partner in the law firm, Kyler, Kohler, Ostermiller & Sorensen, and the accounting firm of Kohler & Eyre, CPAs. He is also a real estate invest...

With this business being 90% automated, we have a lot of free time on our hands… should we feel guilty about it? Scott Todd takes the helm as team geek talks about SURVIVOR'S GUILT in this week’s Round Table discussion! Join Scott and this week’s cast of geeks: Mimi Schmidt Aaron Williams Erik Peterson Scott Bossman Tate Litchfield ...as they answer these questions: What did your Monday look like?...

Our guest, Jason Lucchesi , has done it all when it comes to real estate and today he shares his extensive expertise and tell us which strategies make the most sense. Jason has been enjoying a successful career in the real estate industry since 2002 when he started as a loan officer for the Illinois bank brokerage Bancgroup Mortgage. In 2004 Jason joined the management team at Countrywide Home Loa...

What are some of the biggest beginning challenges in land investing? After attending a recent entrepreneurial seminar, Scott Todd witnessed the struggles of bootstrappers who are spending a substantial amount of time and money on their business only to get knocked down time and time again. He wanted to take them all by the hand and say “ follow me to land ….” In this week’s Round Table discussion,...

Author and serial entrepreneur  Mike Michalowicz  joins us today to talk about the basis behind his newest book, Clockwork . You might have heard us mention Mike’s previous book, Profit First , once... or two hundred times before on the podcast. He created that formula as a way for businesses to ensure profitability from their very next deposit forward. Along with the two above mentioned books, Mi...

Are you struggling with pricing when mailing out your offer letters? You're not alone! It's a struggle with many when starting out in the business or even those moving into a new county. So, how do you price it just right so you get the responses you want but not too high that it cuts into your profits? Join Mark and Team Geek... Aaron Williams Mimi Schmidt Mike Zaino Erik Peterson Tate Litchfield...

Business consultant Josh Patrick has done it all when it comes to business and today he joins us to share his expertise along with some of the biggest lessons he learned for running a great business. Back in 1976, at the age of 24, Josh took his vending business from one and a half employees to 25 in just 18 months, making 1.5 million! For 2 years his business was highly successful and then the wo...

Facebook Marketing Pet Peeves— If you have ever tried to sell something on Facebook, you've probably ran across some sort of annoyance, usually it's a someone whose only goal is to ruin your day. How do you deal with these troublemakers? Join Mark and Team Geek... Erik Peterson Scott Bossman Tate Litchfield Mimi Schmidt Aaron Williams Scott Todd ...as they take out their Facebook frustrations on t...

Stuart Gethner —Pharmacist turned real estate investor, instructor, and coach joins us on The Art of Passive Income to talk about why he left pharmaceuticals in the past to start living life for himself! Stuart, who is also a neighbor of Marks, has been a real estate investor for over 15 years and he's done it all—purchased with cash, traditional financing, self-financing, hard money lending, leas...

Facebook is a great marketing tool. It’s a fast and easy way to connect with potential buyers. You can even collect down payments straight from messenger. But, are your ads at their maximum potential? In this week’s Round Table discussion, join Mark and his dawgs, aka Team Geek... Aaron Williams Scott Bossman Mimi Schmidt Erik Peterson Tate Litchfield Scott Todd ...as they share the best practices...

Today’s guest,  Jay Conner  is known as The Private Money Authority and he is here to teach us his “no ask” approach to raising money from private lenders for real estate investments. Jay grew up in the mobile home industry. His father was the largest retailer of manufactured homes in the nation up until the late 80's. Jay, however, transitioned into single family homes and has been a full-time re...

When you’re first getting started in this business it’s necessary for you to do all angles of the business yourself, both for knowledge and financial reasons. But, as your business starts to take off how do you let go of the mindset of wanting to do everything yourself and change it to embrace automation, delegation, elimination, and systematization? In this week’s Round Table discussion, join Mar...

Our guest today, Dr. Buck Joffrey , has the formula to wealth and he’s here to shed some light on Wealth Formula Banking and Velocity Plus. Dr. Joffrey is board certified surgeon, a best-selling financial author, a real estate investor, and a podcaster. As a straight ‘A’ student all through school, Dr. Joffrey started his medical career out in neurosurgery but ultimately decided to go into cosmeti...

There are many advantages to wholesaling land, but do you know the proper process so it’s a win win for both the buyer & the seller? In this week’s Round Table discussion, Mark and Team Geek: Erik Peterson Aaron Williams Mimi Schmidt Mike Zaino Tate Litchfield Scott Todd ...do a deep dive into wholesaling on both the buy and sell sides. Mark has a new free course coming out soon on wholesaling and...

Real Estate Investment Coach, Edna Keep joins us on today’s episode of The Art of Passive Income to talk about multi-family investing and the power of leveraging other people's money! Edna is the co-founder of 3D Real Estate, Profit in the Prairie Real Estate Investor Group and Multiple Ways to Wealth—a training, education and membership organization for real estate investors. Edna has built her o...

When it comes to hiring VAs, should you rent or buy? Do you pay a premium and rent VAs that have already been trained in the business saving you considerable time and headache. Or do you prefer to buy your own and train them on YOUR business based on your own preferences? In this week’s Round Table discussion, Mark and Team Geek... Scott Bossman Erik Peterson Aaron Williams Mike Zaino Tate Litchfi...

Our guest, Austin Krajicek, is not only a current coaching client, he is also a professional tennis player who travels the world and ranks #39 in doubles...and he joins us today to talk about his land investing journey. Austin ran across The Land Geek model while trying to utilize his spare time while in China on a tour. And, after already trying his hand in the rental property niche and finding i...

Can a county become too saturated? It’s a topic that comes up often. More specifically, there is an area in CO with a lot of investor activity, does that mean you should look elsewhere or throw in your fishing pole? It just depends on what kind of fisherman you are. Join Mark and Team Geek: Erik Peterson Aaron Williams Mimi Schmidt Scott Bossman Scott Todd ...as they offer sagacious advice when wo...

Taking the stress out of buy & hold real estate with The Blissful Investor , Moneeka Sawyer, on today’s episode of The Art of Passive Income. Our motto here at The Land Geek is No Renters, No Rehabs, No Rodents . By investing in raw land you avoid all the stress that come with rentals. Moneeka Sawyer is here to give us a different perspective with her unique approach to  buy & hold properties. An...

Do your land ads keep getting flagged on Craigslist? It’s all about location! Join Mark and Team Geek: Erik Peterson Aaron Williams Mimi Schmidt Scott Todd ...as they dive deep into the struggle of getting your ads to stick on this week’s Round Table. Erik shares how he often sees people throw the towel in too soon when it comes to CL because of flagged posts. Since Craigslist is big on getting ri...

We talk with Minesh Bhindi, CEO of Gold And Silver For Life . Minesh is a wealth manager who has been helping people generate a monthly cash flow income through gold and silver since 2010 and has clients all over the world. Minesh starts us off with a bit of his background—starting at age 16 he was working with his father in real estate. From there he got into trading and also taught it to others...

Finding Focus—So often in this business we see people who get hung up and hyper-focus on the little details that aren’t doing anything to help their businesses grow. How do you reset that mentality so you can focus on the things that bring value? Joining Mark in this week’s Round Table, are: Scott Bossman Tate Litchfield Erik Peterson Mimi Schmidt Aaron Williams Scott Todd Join Team Geek as they h...