Chris Prefontaine

The Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast|Real Estate Investing

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Welcome to the Smart Real Estate Coach podcast. Our episodes are designed to help YOU reach the next level of real estate investing no matter where you are right now. To make this a reality, we lean into our 32+ years of experience, our huge network of experts, and our thriving community of Associates. With the right tools, the right education, and the right mindset YOU can take control of your financial future. At Smart Real Estate Coach, we empower individuals and families to create the life of their dreams through real estate. If you are an aspiring or seasoned real estate investor looking...

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Chris Prefontaine

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Jul 8, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 192: Raw Land Deals, with Mark Podolsky 14.08.2020

Mark J. Podolsky (AKA The Land Geek) is widely considered the country's most trusted and foremost authority on buying and selling raw, undeveloped land within the United States. He has been actively investing in real estate and raw land since 2001, and has completed over 5,200 unique transactions. Mark's company, Frontier Equity Properties LLC, is an A+ rated BBB real estate company. Mark has achi...

Episode 191: Becoming a Full-Time Investor in Just Eight Months, with Brian O'Neill 12.08.2020

Brian O'Neill was born in New York and moved to Florida at age 5 and spent most of his life there. He attended Florida State University and then at the age of 30 he moved to Chicago. Brian has been there for 17 years now and has a wonderful wife, Katie, who he has been married to for 10 years. They have a very soon-to-be 9-year-old son named Will. They love spending time together and taking family...

Episode 190: Visualizing Your Success, with Ed Mylett 07.08.2020

Mr. Ed Mylett is one of the top business leaders, peak performance experts, and global keynote speakers in the world today. While many leaders and speakers just "talk the talk," Ed is a team-made millionaire who has built one of the most prolific financial service businesses the world has ever seen. After graduating from high school in Diamond Bar, California, Ed Mylett attended the University of...

Episode 189: Learning From the Cashflow King, with Jim Murray 05.08.2020

Jim "Jimmy" Murray is a Millennial House Hacker turned corporate dropout by the age of 28. Jimmy co-owns Lyon Property Management with 600 doors under management and is an active investor in the Rhode Island market. Jimmy's primary focus are 2-3 unit multi-family flips. He also co-hosts a podcast called  The Cashflow Kings . What you'll learn about in this episode: How Jimmy got started in real es...

Episode 188: Pivoting with Market Changes, with Lee Kearney 31.07.2020

Lee Kearney is one of the nation's most active and successful single-family real estate investors, having flipped over 7000 houses in the last decade, totaling over $500 million in property, under his SPIN real estate company. Lee is known as the leading expert in understanding and leveraging real estate market cycles. He's been on the front lines of flipping homes, and his passion and expertise c...

Episode 187: The 6 Stacks to a Complete Predictable Package, with Chris Prefontaine 29.07.2020

Chris is the best-selling author of  Real Estate on Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit . He's also the founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. Chris has been in real estate for over 25 years. His experience includes the construction of over 100 single-family and duplex homes (mostly in the 1990's and selectively to da...

Episode 186: Using Investing to Help Others into Home Ownership, with Scott Bower 24.07.2020

Scott Bower is a transplant from the state of Iowa who caught the entrepreneurial bug at the early age of 17 when he started his first company, a vehicle detailing company. He went on to study at the University of Iowa with degrees in Business Communication and Entrepreneurial Management, while also studying health and nutrition. With his entrepreneurial spirit and his degrees in hand, he moved to...

Episode 185: Asset Protection and Proper Business Structuring, with Clint Coons 22.07.2020

As one of the founding partners of Anderson Law Group, Clint has grown his legal and tax firm to over 200 employees by assisting real estate investors with creating and implementing solid entity structuring plans. His success in these regards is in large part due to his personal investing experience. Taking what he learned growing up in a real estate family, Clint has acquired over 100 properties,...

Episode 184: The Benefits of Terms, with Chad Heeter 17.07.2020

With over 20 years of real estate experience, Chad Heeter is building a family-run real estate investing company based in beautiful Buena Vista, Colorado. Chad Heeter grew up in a Kansas City real estate family. At 7 years old, he was pulling weeds and picking up trash around the 30+ rental properties that his dad owned. Soon, he was promoted to mowing lawns and painting. Years later, Chad continu...

Episode 183: Getting Aligned and Developing Resiliency, with George Grombacher 15.07.2020

George Grombacher is a former Division 1 scholarship athlete in tennis. He serves on the Foundation Board for Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona, the Phoenix Police Department's Citizen Review Board and he is the President of the Phoenix Alumni Chapter of Sigma Chi. He is also the President of Financial Consulting Professionals and the Founder and Chief Community Officer of Money Alignment A...

Episode 182: Building Relationships Opens Doors, with Omar Khan 10.07.2020

Omar is responsible for capital raising, strategic planning, and investor relations. He has over 10 years of global investment experience. He has participated in capital financing and M&A transactions valued at $3.7 billion. He is a CFA Charterholder and graduated with honors from the University of Toronto with a B.Com in Finance. Omar moved from Canada and lives in Texas with his wife and newborn...

Episode 181: Faith, Perseverance and Starting Over, with Waikiki Paulino 08.07.2020

Waikiki Paulino began his professional involvement in real estate within the construction field working with investors, union, and non-union construction managers in 1998. He graduated from New York City Technical College with a degree in Structural Engineering and Architectural Studies. He earned his bachelor's degree in Construction Management from Pratt Institute and furthered his education by...

Episode 180: Accountability and Discipline, with Chris Prefontaine 03.07.2020

Chris is the best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit. He's also the founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. Chris has been in real estate for over 25 years. His experience includes the construction of over 100 single-family and duplex homes (mostly in the 1990's and selectively to date...

Episode 179: Learning from a Master Coach, with Jairek Robbins 01.07.2020

Jairek Robbins is a man dedicated to helping professionals like you  Achieve Success by Living With Purpose in your life and business . At only 23 years old, Jairek was awarded the Congressional Award (Gold Medal) from the United States Congress. He has conducted training for a variety of companies & organizations including: Harvard University, The United States Marines, The United States Air Forc...

Episode 178: Private Money Power, with Jay Conner 26.06.2020

Jay Conner has been buying and selling houses for fourteen years in a city with a population of only 40,000, with profits averaging $64,000. He has successfully rehabbed over 300 houses and been involved in over $52 million in total transactions. For the past seven years, Jay has completely automated his seven-figure income business to the point where he works in his business less than 10 hours pe...

Episode 177: Using Mindset to Break Out of Scarcity, with Agostino Pintus 24.06.2020

Agostino Pintus is an engaging speaker who boldly gets the audience thinking bigger and different. His background as a C-level executive in Corporate America, managing millions in capital and leading international teams, allows him to make people start thinking about their business in new ways. Agostino is a multifamily investor, entrepreneur, and public speaker with more than 15 years of experien...

Episode 176: Managing the Smart Real Estate Coach Family Business, with Colleen Murphy 19.06.2020

The Smart Real Estate Coach family team empowers individuals and families to create the life of their dreams. We encourage aspiring investors and entrepreneurs to take the first step towards creating REAL income with real estate. After many years of coaching and constantly doing deals himself independently, Chris Prefontaine founded Smart Real Estate Coach in 2014, bringing in his son Nick, daught...

Episode 175: Strategies for Investing in Self Storage, with Paul Moore 17.06.2020

After graduating with an engineering degree and then an MBA from Ohio State, Paul entered the management development track at Ford Motor Company in Detroit. After five years, he departed to start a staffing company with a partner. They sold it to a publicly traded firm five years later for $2.9 million. Along the way, Paul was Finalist for Ernst & Young's Michigan Entrepreneur of the Year two year...

Episode 174: From the Oakland Raiders to Real Estate Investor and Broker, with Logan Freeman 12.06.2020

Logan Freeman has also completed multiple joint venture projects, equity partnerships and works as a developer. Completing over 120 transactions in less than a year, Logan has found a process, and relies on his most valuable priorities to guide his profit-producing activities. In 2018, Logan founded LiveFree Investments, a successful real estate investment firm that ensures strong returns on capit...

Episode 173: The Advantages of Short-Term Rentals and Airbnb, with Kyle Stanley 10.06.2020

Kyle Stanley helps people make money in real estate. He does this by hosting a podcast and youtube channel called Fearless Flipping. On these platforms, he shares his knowledge and experience of Airbnb and he interviews experts on strategies in real estate investments. Kyle has been doing Airbnb since 2015, and has been investing in real estate since January 2019. What you'll learn about in this e...

Episode 172: Why the Terms Niche?, with Chris Prefontaine 05.06.2020

Chris is the best-selling author of Real Estate on Your Terms: Create Continuous Cash Flow Now, Without Using Your Cash or Credit. He's also the founder of SmartRealEstateCoach.com and the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast. Chris has been in real estate for over 25 years. His experience includes the construction of over 100 single-family and duplex homes (mostly in the 1990's and selectively to date...

Episode 171: Searching Property Lists the Easy Way, with Burton Alicando 03.06.2020

Burton Alicando lives for data. He is the Media Relations Director and Product Specialist at PropStream, where users can combine any number of criteria and extract lists of properties that meet the exact investment profile they're looking for. PropStream has nationwide coverage in the areas of preforeclosure, MLS properties, bank-owned real estate, vacant properties, as well as tax, IRS, HOA and u...

Episode 170: The Infinite Money Concept, with Chris Naugle 29.05.2020

Chris is a nationally recognized entrepreneur with high-level experience as a financial advisor managing over 30 million dollars in assets. Using his expert knowledge in finance he has successfully bought, renovated and sold hundreds of properties, which have been featured on HGTV. Chris is a real estate investor who founded Flipout Academy and The Money School to help motivate and show others how...

Episode 169: Behind the Scenes at the Family Business, with Kristen Gallant 27.05.2020

Kristen Gallant is an Executive Assistant at Smart Real Estate Coach. She is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago where she studied Business Management. Kristen has many years of experience in management, marketing, and sales where she has worked alongside Fortune 500 companies. Kristen is involved in her local community by volunteering with the Boys and Girls Club, as well as the Donor Appreci...

Episode 168: Raw Land Investing: Avoiding Tenants, Toilets and Termites, with Scott Bossman 22.05.2020

When Scott Bossman stumbled into the world of land investing, he had no experience in real estate or business. He was working 40-50 hours a week as a physical therapist, but looking for a way to spend more time with his family. In his search for passive income options, he ran across one of Mark Podolsky's podcasts and was hooked on the idea of raw land flipping as the ideal passive income model, s...

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