The New American Dream with Nate Barger

DeShon Clark has been a practitioner in Office 365/SharePoint and content management technologies for more than 15 years. He has been in IT for over 20 years with boots-on-the-ground experience. From starting out at the help desk to landing in lead technical roles, DeShon has embraced new challenges and technology changes along the way. Today, he specializes in architecting and developing modern-d...

Sam Sells is a retired US Air Force officer and combat veteran who founded Wild Mountain Capital in 2018 with his hero dad. Sam traveled globally with US Air Force Special Operations as an International Health Specialist and saw poverty and a lack of safe housing while leading complex rehab and development projects worldwide. This motivated Sam to start Wild Mountain to transform neglected, unsafe...

Anne Gannon, CPA, is not your typical accountant. A former professional golfer, she began her career as a CPA with a big-five accounting firm in Boston, Massachusetts. There, she quickly realized that the only winner in the traditional “busy season” approach was the accounting firm. An entrepreneur at heart, Anne founded The Largo Group in 2016 because of her belief that accounting needs to be don...

Shawn Meaike is the founder and president of Family First Life. In late 2013, Shawn launched Family First Life, currently a multi-million-dollar independent marketing organization. Family First Life is now represented by over 17,000 licensed agents in almost all 50 states marketing mortgage protection, final expense, life insurance, and annuities. Prior to launching Family First life, Shawn worked...

Jason Lee is a highly recognized real estate agent in the multifamily real estate industry. He has worked with multiple eight to ten figure real estate investors from San Diego County, helping them acquire and sell apartment complexes. In the last few years, Jason has represented over 100 investors and sold over $200,000,000 worth of real estate in San Diego County. He is well respected by his inv...

Justin Brown started his mortgage career in 1999, working as a loan processor, underwriter and operations manager. This backend experience gave him an extensive edge in understanding the best programs available for his clients and the best way to overcome obstacles. Justin brings 20 years of expertise in residential lending to work for his clients. His dedication to providing top notch service, th...

Tyler Wright started with $0 at 22, became a millionaire at 27, grew his net worth to $1.5 million by 28 and retired from the corporate world forever just before his 29th birthday. Fresh out of school, Tyler quickly determined that he didn’t want to work forever, so he decided to learn as much as he could about personal finance and investing. Over the next 7 years, he raised his income from $30k t...

In this week's episode, Nate sits down with Gogo Bethke to discuss her unique story of coming to America and conquering the real estate game. Gogo was one of the first eXp agents to personally bring 100 agents to the company. Now, 3 years later, they have 1000+ agents on #teamgogo, and they are located in 45 states and 5 countries. Gogo learned early on in her career that social media marketing ha...

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 great wealth and financial freedom. 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 level bodybuilder, top producing real estate agent, team leader and en...

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. While helping thousands of other people to live their dreams of business ownersh...

Coach Micheal Burt specializes in coaching aggressive-minded companies and individuals in highly commoditized and saturated markets to achieve new levels of success. With a history of winning championships as a former head women’s basketball coach, Coach Burt has infused his coaching acumen with his business and entrepreneurial mindset. Bringing a level of creativity, depth and energy that very fe...

Entrepreneur, coach and philanthropist Maurice Philogene discovered at an early age that the only way to carve out the life he desired was to give opportunities a shot, have worldwide, diverse experiences and create wealth that could help his family and others. He quickly learned chasing corporate titles meant nothing to him; ‘LIFE’ and helping people did. Maurice has taught countless professional...

This week, Nate sits down with New York Times Best Selling Author and one of the world’s most influential marketers, Neil Patel. For over two decades Neil has been providing consulting and thought-leadership to the business and marketing community. A self-made millionaire who started his first business at 16, Neil knows what it takes to climb to the top. Listen in to find out what Nate and Neil th...

This week, Nate meets with friend and mentee Todd Strotman to discuss all things real estate. Todd buys, renovates and sells single family and multi family houses. Tune in to hear about the challenges Todd faced in his real estate journey, how he put in the work and what areas are best to buy in.

On this episode, Nate sits down with Siri Lindley, two-time world champion triathlete, winner of twelve ITU World Cup races, an inspirational, energetic life coach and one of Tony Robbins’ 10 favorite motivational speakers. Having faced many mountains in her own life, Siri now empowers audiences to strive for peak performance and to work through and ultimately conquer the demons of fear and self-d...

Adam Koehler knows what it's like to struggle for success. Growing up in poverty, Adam decided that he would not let his atmosphere create his reality. Instead of working for others, Adam worked to create his own businesses and found massive success in the art of the side hustle. Now, he is running for Ohio State House Representative for District 24. Tune in to hear more about poverty pimps, Adam'...

Author, mindset coach and podcast host JM Ryerson knows how to help you write your own story. Having created personal and financial freedom for himself, JM now helps high-performing leaders define and execute their own individual leadership styles in order to grow the impact and profits of their businesses. He is generous with his knowledge and cherishes being a part of other people's journeys. Tu...

This week, Nate meets with Joe Camberato, 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 started National Business Capital after realizing how challenging it is for business owners to access the funding they need to grow. Tune in to learn more a...

This week, Nate talks to firefighter-turned-real estate expert Seth Teagle about his journey into the industry. While it was a learning curve getting into real estate, Seth was dedicated and determined to create financial freedom and wealth longevity for him and his family. Now, he teaches others to do the same through his coaching and education group, The Firehouse Bros. Listen in to learn more a...

On this week's episode, Nate talks to the power couple of real estate investing...Glenn and Amber Schworm! Starting in real estate out of sheer desperation, it didn’t take long for Glenn and Amber to rise to the top. Now, they flip over 100 houses a year and help others create wealth using their unique formula for success. Tune in to hear Glenn and Amber's views on utilizing the education that’s o...

On this episode, Nate talks to real estate agent, investor and coach Brandon Schlichter about taking $5 and scaling it to a $100 million asset. Brandon owns rentals, laundromats and a trailer park and shares his investing knowledge and experiences through instructional videos. He has helped hundreds of ordinary people acquire highly profitable businesses with no money or low money down,...

What is holding you back from success? Coach, speaker, author and entrepreneur Ray Higdon is here this week to help you pick your weeds! After losing everything, Ray put in the work to grow his confidence and work his way up to the top on his own terms. Now, he helps others do the same. Tune in to hear Nate and Ray talk about helping others, scarcity mindset and addressing past traumas.

This week, Nate talks to best friend and business partner Jiries Dawaher about how they leveled up their lives! Mentored by Nate, Jiries is an expert of his craft and knows the importance of grinding to create an empire. Listen in to hear more about wholesaling, how Jiries got into real estate and what keeps him going through tough times.

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. He lost it all, worked his way back up to the top and is now passionate about simplifying the complex and paying it forward to others. Listen in to hear what Knolly has to say about spi...

At a young age, Ash Patel knew he wanted to lever up and create financial freedom for himself. He knew he didn't want to work for someone forever. After 15 years in IT, Ash started his side hustles. He saw firsthand the sacrifices required to find success on your own, and he has never stopped pushing forward. Listen in to hear what Ash has to say about his immigrant upbringing, delegating business...