The Legacy Podcast with Tim Bratz

Happy Father's Day! Today I have a very special guest on the podcast, my dad, Lloyd Bratz. So quick backstory on my dad: his main career was as a Cleveland police officer for almost 30 years, and on the side of that, he had a personal security business. He made more money on a part time basis with the security business than he did in his full time job, but always kind of balanced the two of them....

What's up, guys? Welcome to another episode of Spilling the Beans. Today I'm sitting down with my buddy Mike Wilkinson, who's a good friend of mine here in Charleston, South Carolina. He has a successful financial business, and what I really love about Mike is his personal financial strategy. He is a phenomenal steward of capital. He's been able to take a W-2 position and increase his earning pote...

Today on Spilling the Beans, I'm sitting down with my good friend, Dusty Keefe! Dusty was actually our very first guest on the podcast over two and a half years ago. A lot of things have happened since then, so we'll be talking about what he's seen over the last couple of years in his real estate business, the coaching business, and the continually changing market. To sign up for his next event, v...

Hey, guys, welcome to another episode of Spilling the Beans. Today I'm sitting down with Sarah Maxwell. She's been our Director of Operations and Director of Membership for the Legacy Family Mastermind for the past two and a half years, and this Friday was her last day working with us. It's super sad, but kind of bittersweet because she's taking the things that she's learned from the mastermind --...

Welcome to a special property tour episode of Spilling the Beans! Today I'm hanging out with my buddy Dan Rivers, a local real estate investor and broker who has been on the podcast once before. He's got a lot of good stuff going on here in the Charleston market, including his new office building, The Helm. The Helm is kind of like a micro office for entrepreneurs with three offices downstairs and...

Hey, welcome to Spilling the Beans! Today I'm sitting down with Clint and Kristen Gaskins. They are the owners of a couple of different restaurants, including one called Longboard here in Charleston over on Sullivan's Island. And that's where we're going to be meeting up with them and interviewing them about how they've started in the restaurant business, how they've grown, how they've expanded in...

Hey, welcome to another episode of Spilling the Beans. Today I'm sitting down with Bobby Oliver, who is a rock star member of our mastermind Legacy family. She's done a lot of research on the entrepreneurial brain — how we work, how we think, how we behave, how we make decisions, how we move through stress and things along those lines — and she's going to share some of those things with us today....

Welcome to another episode of Spilling the Beans! This week, I'm sitting down with my good friend Audrey Borcherding. I've known her and her husband Josh for a few years now, and they're both amazing business owners and amazing PEOPLE. What I truly respect about them is how they design their business around their life. Audrey has this really fascinating way of creating a calendar, putting her life...

Today I'm sitting down with Andy Sallée and Logan Lindstrum. Andy was on the podcast about a year ago, but now he's back with a new partner and double his portfolio value! Andy and Logan are commercial real estate investors who specialize in retail strips, office buildings, and medical offices. In this episode, we'll dive deep into what that asset class is like and how these guys have had so much...

What's up y'all! Today I'm sitting down with my buddy Paul Barbeau, who's a member of my Legacy Family mastermind and specializes in underwriting apartments (especially in changing markets!). We're going to dive deep into how he used to underwrite deals, how he's underwriting them now, and how he expects to underwrite them going forward  //SAY HI TO PAUL Instagram: @thepaulbarbeau 0:00 Meet Paul 3...

What's up guys? Today, I'm sitting down with my buddies Chris Garrison and Kevin Marron. They invest in real estate as well, but what they really specialize in is buying service businesses, growing them, scaling them, and selling them off at big multiples. I love their dynamic, they are just good good dudes, and I can't wait for you guys to hear about what they've got going on. //SAY HI Instagram:...

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Welcome to another episode of Spilling the Beans! Today I'm sitting down with Ford Smith, who's a local real estate investor, a wholesaler, and flipper. I think he's 27 years old, lives here in Charleston, South Carolina, does seven figures net annually in his real estate business -- DESPITE what happened with the market in 2022 -- and is on pace to do many times that this year in 2023. More impor...

Welcome to another episode of Spilling the Beans! Today I'm sitting down with my buddy (and new Legacy Family member) Dan Tollens. Dan has a ton of experience in property management, construction, house flipping, and buying and converting hotels into short-term rentals. He and his wife Cassie have figured out how to run their businesses pretty much on autopilot so that they have time to travel the...

Welcome to another episode of Spilling the Beans! Today I'm sitting down with my buddy Zac Jordan of RIGWA Bowls. He started this business (that manufactures stainless steel insulated containers) right before COVID. They've been building this thing on their own dollars, trying to figure things out, and they've done an amazing job at it. I'm excited about what he's done, the growth they've had over...

Welcome to another episode of Spilling the Beans! Today, I'm sitting down with Cristina Morales, the sister of my good buddy Juan Carlos Morales. JC has a big Airbnb business, but Cristina is the brains and the muscle behind it. We're going to be talking about how they've substantially scaled their Airbnb business and all the other cool stuff they've got going on.  

On this week's episode of Spilling the Beans, I'm sitting down with the king of keto Ben Azadi! I've known Ben for several years now and have actually hired him to help me keep my health dialed in. He knows more about health and nutrition than anyone else I know and is an expert at teaching people about the health benefits of things like fasting and keto. Today we're gonna be diving into how you c...

Welcome to another episode of Spilling the Beans! Today I'm sitting down with my buddy Matt Bare. Matt Is an entrepreneur at heart that has been owning businesses since he was in high school and has exited multiple companies – some for eight figures and some for north of that. He's got a lot of good insights on the business side of things, on the marketing side of things, on the passive investing...

Hey, welcome to Spilling the Beans! Today, I'm sitting down with Luke Layman, who actually goes out and invests in businesses as sort of an in-between of a private investor and a venture capitalist, and he specifically works on service industry businesses. A little bit of a different perspective for you guys, not real estate, more service/consulting type businesses. He has a ton of insights on wha...

The world of cryptocurrency has gotten completely rocked over the past 12 months. Today, I'm sitting down with two crypto guys, Corey & Dane, to talk about what they're seeing in the crypto space right now, what they're investing in, and their top 5 tips for crypto investing in 2023. I'm personally very interested in what's going on on that front and what the opportunities are -- if there even ARE...

Welcome to Spilling the Beans! Today I'm sitting down with my boy Trevor B. West. He's an absolute rockstar, a member of Legacy Family, and he actually MCs all of our Legacy Summits. He's such an awesome communicator that we asked him to put together a course on communication for Legacy Wealth Academy. So let's sit down with Trevor to talk about the 3 keys that he's learned on how to master commun...

On this episode of Spilling the Beans, I'm sitting down with Maria Zondervan. Did you know she used to be a wildlife biologist? I didn't until this interview. Maria has a ton of experience in real estate on both the single family and multifamily side and in owning businesses. She really specializes though in maximizing returns on passive investments. I'm excited to sit down with her to talk about...

Happy New Year everyone and welcome to another episode of Spilling the Beans! Today I'm sitting down with Eduardo Joy, who flew to Charleston all the way from Puerto Rico to talk about how to do business internationally in the real estate world, specifically in PR. Eduardo comes from a software engineering background, but has found amazing success in residential AND commercial real estate in the p...

Welcome to this week's episode of Spilling the Beans! Today, I'm sitting down with Ryan Groene, a fellow Miami University grad and Charleston transplant. Ryan owns and operates a bunch of mobile home parks and RV parks throughout the Southeast. We're going to be talking about how he got started and how the mobile home/RV park industries are doing in today's market. //SAY HI TO RYAN Instagram: @rya...

Grit. Grind. Guts. Welcome to another episode of Spilling the Beans! Today, we're sitting down with Tommy Welch, owner of First Class Painting and Restoration. He's one of the premier general contractors in the southeast! Tommy and I are going to be talking about his entrepreneurial journey, the importance of creating a genuine personal brand, the current market from a trades perspective, and how...