The Art of Passive Income

What happens when you climb to the top of the finance food chain only to discover it’s not what you were hungry for? That was the story for today's guest, Alex Grodnik— WallStreetOasis.com . It's funny, you work your whole life to get something and then it's like, “Man, maybe this isn't right for me. -Alex Alex began his career as an analyst at JP Morgan Private Bank and after completing the progr...

How do you know if a VA is going to be an A-player? In this week’s Round Table, Team Geek shares how they find and hire top-notch VAs and train them for the land business. With Mark back at the helm, will he clear up the confusion over the cheesecake discussion from last week’s Round Table? Joining Mark this week are: Aaron Williams Mimi Schmidt Mike Zaino Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Listen in as w...

Practicing “Grategy” with Lisa Ryan. Join Mark and Scott as they welcome Lisa Ryan to the show to talk about Gratitude Strategies in the workplace. Lisa, who was referred to us by one of our own coaching clients—Jeff Dettmer, works with organizations who want to keep their top talent from becoming someone else's. She is an award-winning speaker and a bestselling author of ten books, her most recen...

We all make mistakes in the land investing business, the good news is they are fixable but they all come with valuable lessons! Today, Team Geek shares their biggest mistakes and the lessons that were learned. Scott Todd takes the controls for this week's Round Table as Mark is away visiting… this is where it becomes a little unclear because there seems to be some discrepancy between stories. If y...

Vinnie Fisher— The Total CEO joins us on today’s episode of The Art of Passive Income. A lawyer by trade, Vinnie practiced tax and business law for 10 years before leaving the field in 2007 to pursue entrepreneurship. He went on to create four 8-figure businesses and is now on a mission to help men in leadership for life. Join us as we take a look inside the mindset of the Total CEO and why Vinnie...

Growing pains are an inevitable part of any business, land investing included. You hit a plateau and growth halts until you make the necessary expenses to get your business climbing upward once again. Join Mark and team geek: Erik Peterson Aaron Williams Mimi Schmidt Tate Litchfield Scott Todd ...as they tackle the entrepreneurial dilemma of Growing Pains. Mimi, who is facing this dilemma now, sha...

Hunter Thompson— CashFlowConnections.com joins Mark and Scott on today’s episode of The Art of Passive Income. Cash Flow Connections is a real estate consulting firm that helps clients invest outside of the stock market in turnkey real estate investments. They specialize in assisting clients who are sick and tired of the headaches and uncertainty of the stock market and have a desire for a more st...

One of the many advantages of this business is that you can do it from anywhere… even while snowboarding the slopes in Colorado. As was the case for Erik Peterson who shares details of the trip, his business, and the slope deal with an impressive ROI! How did his business hold up while he was away? Was he able to be present and enjoy his time away? In this week's Round Table, join Mark and team ge...

Nancy Gaines join Mark & Scott in this one-up episode on Automation & Productivity! As each try to one-up each other, find out who will come out on top in an epic battle over systems and productivity tools. Nancy is an expert in productivity and as the CEO and founder of Gain Advantages Inc. she has been advising small businesses and Fortune 100 companies how to increase revenues through proven sy...

Can your land business hold up if you need to step away from it? This business model is all about setting up the systems that will allow you to earn passive income so you can live a life beyond the business. And, with Tate just returning from a week in Hawaii, we thought it would be a good topic to explore in this week’s Round Table. Joining Mark are: Aaron Williams Mimi Schmidt Mike Zaino Tate Li...

In today’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark and Scott talk with Dr. Jason Brooks— DrJasonBrooks.com .   You know that saying, if you don’t like the way things are, then change it. Change is rarely that simple though. You first have to identify what's holding you back from making those life-altering changes by digging deep below the surface. Today, Dr. Jason Brooks is going to help us get...

What is the best plan of attack when it comes to keeping up the health of your land business? Do you stretch it out over a week’s time, being consistent to show up every day? Or, do you only work only a few days a week and hit it hard? Join Mark and the panel of geeks as they take on consistency vs. batch working in this week’s Round Table. This week’s panel includes: Scott Bossman Aaron Williams...

They say when one door closes on you another door opens, as was the case for today’s guest. Tom Cafarella found himself working at a job he hated. One that he studied for in college and was expected to earn a good living at… your typical go to college, get a good education and then on to a 9-5 job to make a good living, traditional kind of case. But Tom’s heart wasn’t in it as he found himself spe...

Ever wonder about the deals your favorite geeks are doing? Then join us on this week’s Round Table for a special case study episode! Joining Mark are: Scott Bossman Tate Litchfield Erik Peterson Aaron Williams Mimi Schmidt Scott Todd Listen in as we give you all the details on: The last deals we did How we bought it How we sold it The numbers And, more!  Also, find out how Scott Todd’s recommendat...

In today’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark and Scott talk with Jena Rodriguez— BraveMasters.com . Jena is a wife, mother, serial entrepreneur, love-of-all-things business, a brand specialist, an artist, a numbers-gal, a coach, and committed to eradicating unrealized human potential. After attending college at age 16, Jena took up studying accounting and even though numbers came easy to...

How far should you chase a deal for a buyer? Join Mark and this week’s cast of geeks as they help to determine if your time is worth chasing the buyer's demands. This week’s cast includes: Aaron Williams Erik Peterson Mike Zaino Mimi Schmidt Tate Litchfield Scott Todd A buyer wants more acreage than what you have, do you go out of your way to find what they are looking for? What if it's in a diffe...

In today’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Mark and Scott talk with Colin Morgan of the DailyGrindPodcast.com . Colin developed The Daily Grind Podcast to help people who are just like him. The podcast has featured some of the most fascinating people, like John Lee Dumas, Kyle Wilson Rod Khleif, Aaron Walker, David Mead (Simon Sinek’s business partner), Noah Kagan and Walter O'Brien... just...

We tackle creating TIME in this week’s Round Table. Joining Mark are: Aaron Williams Mimi Schmidt Erik Peterson Tate Litchfield Scott Todd When first starting out, many come into this business with full-time jobs and other time commitments. So, how do you find the time to learn and build your land business when you already have a full-time schedule? Our panel of geeks come from all different backg...

Grant Wise —Serial entrepreneur and founder of Real Estate Marketing University  joins Mark and Scott on today's episode of The Art of Passive Income. Grant is known to be a maverick leader and an innovative marketing strategist unafraid to lead companies in new directions. Grant’s story is one of education, truth, and perseverance. He's helped more than a thousand companies, entrepreneurs, and bu...

Recovering from an exhilarating Bootcamp weekend in San Antonio, Mark and the panel of geeks get together for today’s Round Table to talk about their biggest takeaways, and there were a lot of them! Today’s panel includes: Mimi Schmidt Erik Peterson Scott Bossman Aaron Williams Tate Litchfield Scott Todd One takeaway that was reiterated by many was how well our coaching clients are doing. Over the...

Mark and Scott talk with Andy Storch —performance coach, sales leader, and international speaker who has worked with big companies such as Salesforce.com, Oracle, Google, Box, Toyota, Genentech, State Farm, Red Bull, Deloitte, KPMG, HP, Sony, Bechtel, Cisco. Andy is also the host of The Andy Storch Show —a podcast where he puts entrepreneurs in the hot seat! Plus, he's just an all around a great g...

In the first Round Table of 2019, Mark is joined by: Aaron Williams Mimi Schmidt Erik Peterson Mike Zaino Tate Litchfield Scott Todd Join the panel of geeks as they go over their own experiences with poor response rates. It’s something that everyone struggles with at one time or another, even the seasoned pros. There could be a variety of reasons for low to no responses, but how do the pros adjust...

Ozeal Debastos —podcaster, a proud gen-xer and a digital marketing strategist for Houston-based creative marketing agency: Rekord, join Mark and Scott on today’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, to talk about what it takes to break through your fears! Ozeal’s goal is to provide early-stage solopreneurs and creatives, simple, practical lessons that he’s learned along his own extensive creative...

In today’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, Best of Round Table edition—With the new year just beginning and goals still on everyone's minds, we decided to dig deep into our vaults and pull out past segments that are centered around goal setting.  Why is it important to set goals? Goals are important, not only for business but in life as well, as they: Give you focus Allow you to measure your...

In today’s episode of The Art of Passive Income, our newest coach Mimi Schmidt joins Mark and Scott and gives them an in-depth look into her land investing journey. Mimi was part of customs and border protection for the Dept. of Homeland Security. She managed data analytics teams who looked for weapons of mass destruction, narcotics, and terrorists. While she found her job with DHS interesting it...