The Kash & Dash Show

Dallin Cottle quit his job after being ordered to drive through a foot of snow. He went home, Googled “how to start a business,” and generated $600,000 in revenue during his first 10 months. Today, Dallin is the founder of Roar and helps business owners improve their marketing, operations, and use of AI. In this episode, he joins Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner to explain why most business owners are...

AI isn’t just changing the job market—it’s already replacing entire teams. In Episode 333 of The Kash and Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner discuss how one business owner replaced 10 positions with AI agents in a matter of hours. They break down which careers could be hit next, why some professionals are actually making more money because of AI, and how people can adapt before their jobs beco...

This special episode of The Kash and Dash Show features a replay from Chris Pomerleau’s live presentation at Omaha REIA. Most real estate investors get stuck on one of two questions: “How do I make this deal work?” or “Where do I get the money?” Chris tackles both with a straightforward breakdown of creative financing, partnerships, hard money, and building a capital stack that actually makes sens...

Episode 331 of The Kash and Dash Show is completely unscripted—and this one goes everywhere. Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner catch up after missing a week of recording, starting with Owen’s family trip to Park City, Utah, where an Olympic bobsled ride turned into one of the wildest vacation experiences he’s had. Then things get back to real estate. Owen shares what happened when he tried to close on a...

What would make a 25-year-old engineer living in Israel buy a rental property in Phoenix without ever seeing it? Dani Beit-Or joins Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner to share how one sight-unseen purchase, sent to him through a blurry fax machine, launched a real estate career spanning more than two decades and thousands of transactions. Dani explains why he ignored the people who told him he was crazy,...

Artificial intelligence is evolving faster than anyone expected—but is it becoming too powerful to control? In Episode 329 of The Kash and Dash Show Unscripted, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner are joined by Dentlis Bertrand for a wide-ranging conversation about AI, cybersecurity, phone security, real estate investing, terrible candy, and one very questionable massage experience. Owen also gets brutall...

What do living in a truck near Malibu, selling multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills homes, cleaning an industrial egg-processing machine, backpacking across Europe, and investing in Omaha real estate have in common? They are all chapters in the unpredictable life of Alex Beltran. Alex joins Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner to share how growing up in California during the 2008 housing crash initially pushe...

Episode 327 of The Kash & Dash Show Unscripted proves that “passive income” can sometimes require a shocking amount of active work. Ted Kaasch breaks down the ongoing problems at his car wash, including failed payment systems, broken pumps, blown pressure lines, lost chemicals, expensive replacement parts, and a coin machine repair that required calling in an arcade technician. What looked lik...

Cynthia Trammell was a single mother raising triplet boys while working long hours in church ministry and struggling to make ends meet. When she decided to leave her stable job and pursue real estate, someone she trusted looked her in the eye and told her she would fail. She did it anyway. In Episode 326 of The Kash and Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Cynthia—known as the “Mot...

In Episode 325 of The Kash and Dash Show: Unscripted , Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner are joined by Denlis Bertrand for a conversation that goes in nearly every possible direction. Denlis breaks down the World Cup, controversial calls, passionate soccer fans, and what it has been like watching the United States, Canada, and Mexico host the tournament. Owen shares the awkward reality of filming script...

What if one question could completely change the direction of your life? In this episode of The Kash & Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner welcome back legendary Nebraska real estate broker, speaker, and entrepreneur Van Deeb for one of the most inspiring conversations we've had. With more than four decades in real estate, Van shares the lessons that helped him build multiple successfu...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show Unscripted, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner get into one of the more honest real estate conversations they’ve had in a while. Ted opens up about taking some financial hits on past renovation projects and how those losses can mess with your confidence, even when a good deal is sitting right in front of you. He walks through a potential Benson property with upda...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Colin Schwartz and Megan Ahern for a wide-open conversation on AI, business, real estate, discipline, and what it really takes to stay in the game when the market gets harder. Colin breaks down how AI is changing the way business owners operate, why prompts and inputs matter more than people think, and why AI is n...

In this episode of The Kash & Dash Show Unscripted, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner recap a packed week coming off the REIA Mastery Series with Fernando Angelucci, where self-storage, seller financing, deal structure, and real estate strategy were front and center. Owen shares a real estate wake-up call after getting a surprise phone call about a seller-financed duplex loan that had ballooned with...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show , hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Dalton Daeges for a real conversation about what it actually looks like to build businesses, buy real estate, and learn the hard way. Dalton shares how he got started flipping houses while still working a W-2 job, how his partnership with Neil grew into Beard Bros Build Co., and why showing up early, doing...

On this episode of The Kash & Dash Show – Unscripted , hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner are back with another episode full of real stories, bad luck, business lessons, and complete chaos. Ted kicks things off with a vacation story that turned into a rental car nightmare. After a long road trip, strict Airbnb rules, and a much-needed cigar lounge stop, he came back to a brand-new rental car wi...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Darin Zuhlke, a full-time real estate investor with 126 units and nearly $20 million in assets under ownership. Darin shares how he went from growing up on a family farm to building a real estate business across eastern Nebraska. The conversation covers creative finance, business credit, private money, multi...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show Unscripted , hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner are back with another wild mix of real life, real estate problems, business decisions, and the kind of stories that make you question why anyone owns boats, pools, Airbnbs, or commercial buildings. Owen kicks things off with an update on his missing wedding ring, which somehow ended up stuck inside a baseball...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Dwan Bent-Twyford, known as the Queen of Short Sales, for a raw, funny, and powerful conversation about real estate, survival, faith, family, and betting on yourself. Dwan shares how she went from growing up in small-town Ohio, working factory and restaurant jobs, becoming a single mom, and facing a major li...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show Unscripted, hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner are back with another real, random, and brutally honest conversation about business, real estate, and life being a complete circus sometimes. Ted and Owen kick things off with a throwback debate about the best cereals from the 80s and 90s, including Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Captain Crunch, Frosted Flakes, and a f...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show, hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Brandon Tauber for a conversation that has been five years in the making. Brandon shares his journey from college soccer and business school at Indiana University to consulting, trading at the Chicago Board of Trade, and eventually realizing the high-pressure world of trading was no longer the life he wanted...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show Unscripted, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner mix real-life chaos with a real business lesson. They talk kids’ sports, pets ruining sleep schedules, camping trips, and the usual unscripted nonsense before diving into Owen’s breakdown of the three stages of investor systems: the shoebox stage, the duct tape stage, and the machine stage. Most investors think they...

In this episode of The Kash & Dash Show, Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Josh Kolbo, a real estate agent, investor, and creative finance operator who made the move from California back to Nebraska with his family. Josh shares what it was like buying and selling real estate in one of the most expensive markets in the country, how California appreciation helped him reset financially, a...

In this episode of The Kash and Dash Show Unscripted , hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner kick things off with a hilarious story about Ted finally meeting Owen’s dad — and realizing he might actually be the coolest Dashner in the room. From there, Ted and Owen share their wins for the week. Ted talks about coaching his daughter’s volleyball team and the pride that comes with watching kids grow, lis...

In this episode of The Kash & Dash Show , hosts Ted Kaasch and Owen Dashner sit down with Jeff Charlton , founder of REI Print Mail , to talk about why direct mail is still one of the most powerful marketing tools in real estate. Jeff has been an entrepreneur since he was 14, built a major direct mail and printing company, and has bought 27 companies over the last 25 years. But this episode is...