Brandon Richards

The Fearless Pursuit of Freedom Podcast

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Welcome to the Fearless Pursuit of Freedom Podcast; I am your host Brandon Richards. I am a real estate investor and avid entrepreneur based out of Flagstaff Arizona. My wife and I run a real estate investment company, The OPF Group and the brokerage, OPF Realty. We focus on land acquisition across several states, flip and build houses, acquire and wholesale apartments and we are now the proud owners of the real estate investor software, Deal Manager Pro. Deal Manager is a real estate investor CRM that we are building based off of our 10 years of experience in the game. Listen in as I intervie...

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Brandon Richards

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Aug 11, 2025

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From brokering leases to owning 1400 doors and nearly $90MM in MF projects under his belt. Tim Bratz explains to us how fear and faith are the same thing, and why his tenant burned down his complex after being told to pay rent! 29.08.2018

Tim Bratz was just your typical punk kid with money on the mind. At 20 years old he discovered the power of building wealth through real estate. After seeing investors making tremendous money through his brokered deals, he went out and bought his first project with credit card balance transfer check. Tim transitioned into turnkey rentals for a bit, discovered his team was better utilized in multi-...

Freedom through storage units with Michael Wagner. How he manages to travel worry free for over 3 months a year. 27.08.2018

Michael did the typical go to school, get an education, get a great job in the hopes of being able to retire by 65. After years of a working a J.O.B he loved, he knew he wanted more for not only himself but for his family and the people around him. 3-4 years into buying small multi-family units, the time-intensive management pushed him to look for more opportunities, which lead him to storage faci...

How overcoming fears, outsourcing, and building a team of experts 10x Daniel Moore's networth. Why did he pay a $300k assignment to a wholesaler? 22.08.2018

Daniel Moore has been through thick and thin! Daniel tells us how he went from nothing to being one of the top producing content/lead providers in the country. His love of helping others has built a massive following allowing him to build DFW's largest real estate networking meet up to date. Daniel overcame his fears of the unknown and learned to outsource low dollar tasks and hire experts in thei...

Nick Good explains how he built a traditional real estate team to achieve $75MM in production and $50MM in holdings with his brother and business partner Austin. 20.08.2018

Description: Today we dive into building a traditional realtor team. How important lead generation is in any business and what these top producers are doing! What CRM they use, some of their used technology and how MASSIVE action built an expected year end close of $65-$75MM in production and over $2MM in GCI. Want market insight from the guys in the heart of the trenches seeing the day to day of...

Learn how this top producer left his 9-5, failed forward, scaled and built systems to acquire 9 rentals in the past 6 months on his way to financial freedom! 15.08.2018

Today we discuss how/why Jason McDougall left his 9-5 to pursue his passion in real estate. He explains how he overcame the fear, failed forward and took massive action to achieve his goals. Putting systems in place and utilizing VA's(Virtual Assistants) helped him free up time to work on the $10k an hour tasks within his business. Jason goes on to tell us about all the strategies he uses in real...

Investing in huge Multi-Family deals as lead sponsor, raising money, the power of social branding and building Colorado's biggest MeetUp group all in one show with Adam Adams! 13.08.2018

Originally from Salt Lake City, Adam went to school for Music Education. Adam started investing in real estate through Tax Deed investing in 2005. Then he read the book Rich Dad Poor Dad and decided to get into Apartment investing. His first step into the space was as a property manager where he managed a complete "reposition" in 2007 where he took the value from a $2MM to $4MM in just 12 months....

Lazarus tells us why he went big right off the bat and built a Real Estate Fund and why fitness and high performers tend to go hand-in-hand. 09.08.2018

Lazarus built a massive fitness coaching business called focused on enabling those around him to obtain their goals in regards to fitness and healthy eating. With his passion for real estate, after flipping notes back in 2007, Lazarus is a principal owner in the capital group Major Gainz Capital, a real estate project development firm specializing in project formulation and management, a licensed...

These guys say STOP FLIPPING! Buying 120 owner finance houses a year and creating notes with Collin Carrington. 06.08.2018

Hear why these guys proudly and boldly state, stop flipping houses! We talk why they don't flip as much, but instead, they built a business around owner finance and selling notes at FACE value! We learn exactly what owner finance and notes even mean and how they market, structure and finance the deals. Collin explains the "Apple Pie Theory" and how they make a partnership work.

Importance of Financial Literacy, the Power of REWARDING yourself and "If you can't wholesale after this, I've got nothing for you" with Todd Fleming! 31.07.2018

Author of: If You Cant Wholesale After This I've Got Nothing For You- Todd Flemming Secret Academy Challenge 3.0 Winner of $20,000 Founder of the kingdom real estate and the power of finance with todd fleming Todd began his career in real estate after fighting internally with the traditional 9 to 5 rat race. Struggling to find fulfillment in the traditional idea of establishment and after failing...

From police officer to leadership expert. Learn the power of rewarding yourself and valuing YOU! 30.07.2018

Leadership Expert, Executive Coach, and Author Dom Faussette has been to HELL and back. Dom is a military veteran and prior Police Officer with 10+ years of corporate leadership experience. Dom is the CEO of ThinkReactLead. ThinkReactLead is a company dedicated to pushing people past their limiting beliefs by bridging the gap between their mind and heart for increased success. We dive in deep on v...

From Tint shop owner, to Single-Family and Multi-Family Development, with Matt Peace 25.07.2018

Today's guest is another high-level entrepreneur in the Flagstaff, AZ market and longtime friend, Matt Peace with Axxo Development Group. We dive in and learn why and how he hired staff to take over his tint shop so that he could pursue building single-family and multi-family dwellings full time. He shares government given methods to tax-free gains, hurdles of building, troubles with contractors a...

From roofer, to Expanding his Real Estate Empire Nationwide. We clear the air on his mission to $100k Net a Month, #BeatKidsCancer and How to Raise Money 24.07.2018

RJ Bates III is a father first, entrepreneur, and real estate investor who has been working in the real estate industry in one facet or another since 2004, and consistently as a business owner since 2011. Areas of expertise include remodeling and construction, wholesaling, flipping, rentals, and portfolios. Early in his college education at the University of North Texas, RJ was introduced to the c...

From Teacher, to Logging Entrepreneur, to selling it all to start a large charity organization Called The People of Peru 21.07.2018

Today's guest is very special and dear to my heart. I recently took a trip down to Peru to ride some motorcycles for a couple weeks. It turned out to be the most eye-opening, emotional experiences of my life. Paul Opp is the president of "The People Of Peru Project" a US 502(c)(3)Nonprofit Organization. Paul was a school teacher for some years, who eventually almost accidentally got into the loggi...

From luxury high-rise condo salesman to owning over 400 doors with Jimmy Edwards 18.07.2018

Todays guest is a real estate investor in the DFW market, making big moves. Jimmy Edwards, a Texas Tech graduate, started out in real estate about 12 years ago selling high-end condos in Houston. Shortly after, he merged into mortgage origination in Dallas. Aching for more knowledge and a new challenge, he began to rehab single-family houses in the DFW area. With over a 100 flips under his belt, h...

Getting started in real estate investing and eXp Realty explained 01.07.2018

Connor Steinbrook is one of DFW's top real estate investors active in many aspects of investing including flips, rentals, notes, owner finance and more. I learned the power of Virtual Assistants from him. Connor went from making incredible money in the high stakes online poker world, to broke, to top real estate investor. We dive into why he is putting all this on the back burner to build a retail...

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