The Disruptive Capitalists

Brock VandenBerg's real estate career started in 2001 with KeyBank’s Private Equity Group, where he worked closely with leading real estate developers and institutional investors to fund more than $200 million in mezzanine debt and joint venture equity investments. After spending over 5 years with KeyBank, Brock was appointed to a three year engagement with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corpor...

Dr. Eric Francom attended dental school in the inaugural class of Midwestern University, and has owned and operated four dental practices. His success allowed him to roll the practices up for a sale to private equity. Eric also proudly served in the US Army National Guard for 10 years during the creation of these practices. He now manages wealth and investments in commercial real estate, private e...

As founder and CEO of Balcomie Capital, Travis Baucom is the director of overall investment strategy, asset acquisitions, and business development activities. Travis started his journey in the private markets in August 2012 and has been directly involved in the acquisition or development, repositioning, disposition, asset management, and strategic planning with over $55 million in AUM. Prior to Ba...

David Garofalo is Chairman & CEO of Gold Royalty Corp., Co-Chair of Gold Mining Inc. and Chairman & CEO of the Marshall Precious Metals Fund. David was President & CEO and Director of Goldcorp (2016-2019), President & CEO and Director of Hudbay from 2010, Senior Vice President and CFO and Director of Agnico-Eagle from 1998 and Treasurer of Inmet Mining from 1990. David was recogniz...

Christopher Larsen is the founder and Principal of Next-Level Income. Since “retiring” after 18 years in the medical device industry, Chris dedicates his time to helping others become financially independent through education and investment opportunities. Chris bought his first single-family rental at age 21 and has expanded into development, private-lending, buying distressed debt, as well as com...

Peter Risko has become a prominent name in the merchant cash advance industry. In 2017, Peter entered Wall Street in the private equity sector with no experience or special connections. He mastered the industry, created his multimillionaire empire with a 50+ agent sales team and became a self-made multimillionaire, later introducing the proper use of cutting-edge technology solutions in the New Yo...

Steven Pesavento is a real estate entrepreneur and Managing Partner of VonFinch Capital. Investing full time since 2016, he’s completed over 200 transactions, renovated over 100 buildings, and transacted over $180,000,000 in investment real estate. Formerly, he was a Management Consultant for Fortune 500’s top companies and High-Growth Startups. Steven is the host of the top ranked podcast with ov...

Knolly Williams, the Business Healer, runs 3 separate and distinct 6 Figure Businesses while working just 3 Hours a Day, and he teaches thousands of entrepreneurs and business leaders how to duplicate that success. Knolly is a Bestselling Author, an International Speaker, and a Thought Leader who has built multiple six and seven figure businesses from scratch. He built a 7 figure record label in h...

Mike and Ligia Deaton escaped the corporate world and entered the real estate market together in 2016. They formally launched their real estate investing business full time in 2017 and have incorporated multiple asset classes to combine tremendous cash-flowing financial returns with incredible tax benefits. They are currently active land investors as well as partners in more than 1,200 units of mu...

Utilizing real estate through multifamily syndications, joint ventures, and providing workforce housing, Bethany Finch is focused on helping grow and sustain this niche market in multifamily units as well as single family. She is passionate about creating change that is beautiful and sustainable. Bethany's faith keeps her grounded and focused on using her talents and skills in a way that gives...

Christian Bachelder is the broker/owner of The One Brokerage and a seasoned real estate veteran. With experience as a realtor, loan originator, house flipper, long and short term rental holder, insurance broker, and even holding a degree in Chemical Engineering from UC Berkeley, Christian brings a wealth of knowledge to The One Brokerage that is rarely matched in the industry. He has been the core...

Jimmy Atkinson is a two-decade serial entrepreneur who helps High Net Worth Investors protect and grow their wealth with alternative investments. After founding, scaling, and selling four different seven- and eight-figure businesses to private equity buyers, he realized that there was more potential profit to be made on the buying side of private equity. In 2018, Jimmy founded OpportunityDb, the w...

Following a massively successful run as a real estate agent/broker, Wally Bressler started coaching and training agents and teams, including industry titans like Jay Kinder and Michael Reese. Wally has helped top agents build multi-million-dollar producing sales organizations, all while conducting over 40,000 one-on-one coaching calls, live trainings, in-person presentations, and over-the-phone co...

Noelle Frieson has over two decades of marketing, public relations, and project management experience in the real estate, consumer marketing, and economic development fields. Noelle developed a love of real estate when she became the freelance publicist for Alexander Anderson Real Estate Group almost a decade ago. As the multifaceted brokerage grew – so did her knowledge and love of the industry....

Leigh Brown is a successful realtor, CEO, #1 best-selling author, honest coach, and kickin’ keynote speaker. She uses her decades of experience - as well as her Southern charm and contagious energy - to help both early-career and experienced salespeople build their industry presence and expand their confidence. Leigh knows that the secret to build and maintain solid client relationships starts wit...

Today’s guest, Brent Bowers, is an investor and coach with a focus on buying and selling vacant land. As an Army Officer with over 8 years of service, Brent was spending a great deal of time away from his family, and he knew he needed to make some changes in order to be more present with his wife and children. Brent began investing in real estate as a way to support his family while having more ti...

Bronson Hill is the founder and CEO of Bronson Equity. He has raised over $20M for real estate investment and is a general partner in over $150M worth of real estate around the US. Bronson is an authority on apartment investing and is continually putting out new content to help educate investors and help them achieve financial freedom. He spent his earlier years working as a well paid consult...

Avery Carl is the CEO and founder of the Short Term Shop, a real estate team that helps her clients “create wealth outside of your zip code” by helping them acquire short term rental properties in the most recession-resistant markets and teaching them how to manage them from afar. Avery is passionate about helping people out of the corporate rat race and into financial freedom the way she did for...

Jason Lee is a highly recognized real estate broker in the multifamily real estate industry. He has worked with several eight to ten figure real estate investors in San Diego County, helping them acquire, dispose and 1031 exchange in order to improve their portfolio. In the last couple of years, Jason has represented over 100 investors and closed over $250,000,000 worth of real estate in San Diego...

Glenn and Amber Schworm started their career in real estate investing out of sheer desperation. They were in $80K of credit card debt and needed to make large chunks of cash to get out from under it. In 2007, they flipped their first house and made $17,000. On their second flip, they profited $33,000 in 33 days. When they proved their model, they wanted to show other people how to change their liv...

Over the past 20 years, Rob Stein has developed a life changing process in the IMPOSSIBLE TO FAIL framework that has allowed him to achieve a level of wealth and financial freedom that he previously thought was only possible for the select few. He has personally applied this process to transition from a teacher with a master’s degree to an award winning music composer and publisher, championship l...

Franchise consultant Kim Daly has spent the last 20 years helping people achieve financial freedom by enabling them to find the perfect franchise opportunities. Her skill for matching a client’s background, interests, skills, finances and life goals to the ideal opportunity has made her one of the top franchise consultants in the country. She is the creator of “The Daly Plan” – a millionaire minds...

If you're an entrepreneur, you know it can be extremely difficult to access the capital your business needs. Today's guest, Joe Camberato is the CEO and founder of National Business Capital – the leading fintech marketplace, helping entrepreneurs access competitive financing fast, through an easy-to-use online platform and experienced team. Joe knows entrepreneurs because he is an entrepreneur. He...

On this episode, Sam sits down with Lyndsay Dowd. Lyndsay has a 25+ year, highly decorated sales career as an individual contributor, manager and executive. As the founder of Heartbeat For Hire, she helps sales teams and leaders elevate their culture in order to increase profits, employee retention and career fulfillment across the board. She has expertise in software sales, building first of a ki...

This week, Sam meets with Josh Cadillac to discuss excellence and how to achieve it. Josh is a real estate coach, national speaker, and author who trains real estate professionals how to Close for Life by building lasting success through extensive knowledge. His unique method combines the education real estate professionals need to survive in this industry, with the tools to convert that knowledge...