The Gentle Art of Crushing It!

Yunis Abdalla, a native of Africa, overcame a troubled past in Saint Louis City to become a real estate success story. After a turbulent upbringing marked by expulsions and arrests, Yunis knew he was destined for something greater. At 18, he read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," which changed his mindset and set him on a path of self-improvement. In just 2.5 years, he completed over 30+ wholesale d...

Julie is founder of Three Keys Investment, helps people like you find their freedom through multifamily real estate investing so that they can live the life of their dreams! She has invested in single family homes, house-hacked before it had a name, managed properties from 1k miles away and passively invested in multifamily assets. Currently, Julie is passively invested in nearly 300 doors, strate...

Sarah Weaver is an author, speaker, coach, real estate investor, and business owner. Sarah runs three businesses that serve both real estate investors and real estate agents.  She travels the country coaching real estate agents and hosting intimate retreats for investors. Talk about a dream life. Invested Adventures hosts epic events for real estate investors all over the world. Sarah is taking 18...

Bio: As a dedicated husband and a loving father of two, Paul Lee understands the importance of creating a life of abundance, both in terms of financial security and time freedom. In today's fast-paced world, Paul wears multiple hats. Not only does he work a full-time job as a corporate banking underwriter, but he is also a real estate investor, managing a $2.0 million portfolio of eight units,...

GUEST BIO: Brent Kesler was a Chiropractor and Chiropractic coach for over 14 years. After implementing The Money Multiplier (TMM) Method, Brent paid off $984,711 in 3rd party debt in 39 months. In fact, Brent became so passionate about how powerful this concept was, he began sharing it with others. It was when his previous mentor told him that he had successfully referred over forty-one new clien...

GUEST BIO: I was born and raised in St. Louis, MO. to a father who was an engineer and a mom who was a teacher. I followed the path you’re told to do and ended up working a corporate job in the area and making a decent enough living. But there were a couple problems… I was working at a stressful 50 hour a week job, working for someone I didn’t like and most of all, wishing I had more time and free...

Mark C. Updegraff moved to Rochester, NY in 1997 to pursue his Bachelor's of Science from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in Imaging and Photographic Technology. As an undergraduate student, he participated in co-operative work academic quarters for NASA, Pictometry, and as an independent 4x5 film photographer. In 2003, after working for Kodak, Mark took a position in RIT's Center...

As a multi-location business operator for over a decade, Lucas earned his stripes as the co-founder and operating partner of a 25-location business with over 500 employees in multiple states. His experience in franchising gave him direct insight into how large companies utilize systems. By pulling the best practices from those systems, Lucas is able to scale them to suit businesses of any size. Ov...

James and Emily were just two regular people, working regular jobs, living in a regular town when they found the financial independence movement. They went all in and focused on real estate buying their first property in 2017. Within two years they had 10 units and enough cash-flow to leave their jobs. Now, they’re still two regular people, but they live an extraordinary life of travel and adventu...

Based in Columbus, Ohio, Brittany Barchalk has built her career through advising, guiding, and promoting tech startups. She is now the Head of Marketing at Tribevest, a platform that makes it easy and safe to invest as a group.  With Brittany at the helm of the marketing strategy and execution, the Tribevest team is obsessed with building a platform that standardizes, streamlines, and ultimately d...

A man who has spent almost two decades in the real estate industry, cultivating experience and knowledge that few can rival. His name is Jon Farling, the esteemed owner of L4 Real Estate Investments. Jon has an impressive and diverse background in real estate. From flipping houses to managing rental properties, even building speculative homes, he's done it all. However, his restless spirit dro...

🤠 Husband, father, friend, ✝️🏡 $5M+ in RE while working a W2 & raising a family🎙️ Host of “The Finance Cowboy Show” JD Sustar, a 31-year-old from Anderson, S.C., has transformed his financial situation from significant debt to becoming a millionaire. Through his dedication to real estate investment, JD has built a rental portfolio valued at just under $2 million. While working full-time in m...

Colby Fryar is the principal of Mountain Bridge Capital. He started investing in real estate in 2013 and personally owns multiple properties in Tucson, AZ, Huntsville Al and Montgomery Al and a 12 unit multifamily property in Albuquerque, NM. He closed on his first syndication deal in October of 2021, a 123 unit portfolio deal in Las Cruces New Mexico and more recently assisted in closing a 297 un...

Matt Amabile retired at 25 years old by investing in real estate.  He went from sleeping on a couch to owning 22 doors within 2 years which throw off $7k/month passive. After quitting his corporate job in 2023, Matt traveled the world for 6 months, started a 5 day a week podcast, a mentorship and still focuses on growing his portfolio.  Matt has gotten into the majority of his portfolio with no mo...

Dave Spooner is a co-founder of Innago, a property management software designed to simplify life for small to mid-sized landlords. He has been involved in the real estate technology space since 2013, working to enhance the way landlords and tenants communicate. In 2018, he purchased his first rental property. He utilizes his experience with entrepreneurship and management to help landlords achieve...

Julie Peterson serves as a Senior Director for Old Capital.  Ms. Peterson is responsible for raising both debt and equity capital for commercial real estate projects throughout the nation.  With 30 years of real estate transaction experience, Julie Peterson does not just source funds; she consults with her clients to help solve their immediate needs. She works with all types of income producing re...

After leaving UCLA, Bill pursued a career playing professional golf internationally before venturing into entrepreneurship. He successfully established a multi-million dollar glow-in-the-dark golf business, restaurants, real estate development, and as an investor. However, Bill’s interest in real estate investing was piqued when he visited Gulf Shores, AL, to search for a family beach house, promp...

Taylor Adams is a real estate investor and finance content creator based just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Taylor started investing in real estate in 2018, almost by accident, and became hooked on the financial freedom it allowed! Since then she has left her W2 job, bought and sold 7 investment properties across the US, built an investment portfolio of $3M, and with her experience, coached ot...

David Frasz is a Director and commercial loan originator for a top nationwide CRE lender.  He is responsible for relationship management and originating commercial loans across all asset types with a specialty in direct originations of multifamily financing including Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, FHA/HUD, and bridge loans.  David is acutely focused on building strong relationships with clients and help...

Karen Briscoe is a highly sought after life and productivity coach.  She is a mega real estate agent, investor, the creator of the transformative "5 Minute Success" concept, the author of 4 books and host of the 5 Minute Success podcast, a Heroine and Entrepreneur.  "Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day: Secrets of a Top Agent Revealed" was featured in INMAN as “must read for...

Real Estate Investor by Day LEO by night. SWAT by later night. 13 units in 3 markets. Seattle, Gary, IN and Chicago, IL! 👑KING of GARY INDIANA👑 HIGHLIGHTS IN THIS EPISODE: 00:00 - Intro 02:04 - Mike’s Background 07:25 - Motivation 11:42 - Househacking 13:49 - Remote Investing 19:29 - Building a Team 21:10 - Favorite Success Story, Finding Purpose in Helping Others 22:40 - Definition of Success 2...

Arn Cenedella is a real estate broker and investor with over 44  years experience in the real estate industry. Arn joined Cenedella and Co, his family’s residential and investment brokerage firm, located in Menlo Park, CA in 1978. Over a 36 year period, Arn had success as a broker in Palo Alto and Menlo Park built a single family rental portfolio on the SF Peninsula and elsewhere in the US. During...

Scott Meyers and his affiliated companies focus on the acquisition, development, and syndication of self-storage facilities nationwide.  He currently owns and operates over 4,000,000 square feet and over 25,000 units nationwide.  His education organization, SelfStorageInvesting.com, provides courses, tools, live events and mentoring to help others launch their own self-storage business to enjoy a...

Meet Tom, the man who broke free from the mundane 9-5 grind and turned his life into a thrilling adventure! Hailing from the vibrant city of Dallas, Texas, Tom is an exceptional entrepreneur who made his fortune through smart real estate investments. With an unwavering determination to achieve financial independence, Tom embarked on a path less traveled, and his hard work paid off big time! He kic...

Entrepreneur, Real Estate Investor, Husband, Father, Doctor of Chiropractic, and Clinical Director of Integrative Medical Practice with over 15 years of experience.  Alex built his career as a chiropractor and then as clinical director at a successful Integrative medicine clinic and has gone on to authored a book “The Truth About Chronic Pain” and has helped many with whom mainstream medicine has...